NEW: IRGC claims an F/A-18 fighter jet was hit by Iranian air defenses off Chabahar.

IRGC also says the jet crashed into the Indian Ocean.

NEW: Israel is concerned the U.S. could push for a one-month ceasefire with Iran to open talks.

White House:

Trump’s meeting with Xi in China will now take place in Beijing on May 14–15.

White House on Iran:

The Iranian regime is looking for an exit ramp; they recognize that they are being crushed.

White House on Iran:

The President’s preference is always peace. There does not need to be any more death and destruction.

But if Iran fails to accept the reality of the current moment — if they fail to understand that they have been defeated militarily and will continue to be — President Trump will ensure they are hit harder than they have ever been hit before.

White House on Iran:

Trump does not bluff; he is prepared to unleash hell. Iran should not miscalculate again.

White House on Iran:

Trump and this administration will always abide by the law.

White House on Iran:

Trump is doing this for you. He is doing this for young people...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf:

Based on some intelligence, Iran’s enemies — backed by a regional country — are preparing to occupy one of our islands.

All enemy movements are under our surveillance.

If they make a move, that country’s vital infrastructure will be hit without limits and under relentless attack.

Rep. Nancy Mace posted three consecutive statements opposing the deployment of ground troops to Iran after walking out of a House Armed Services briefing.

At a Netanyahu press conference, NBC Correspondent Richard Engel pressed him on whether Israel dragged the U.S. into the war and what the actual endgame is.

Netanyahu's handlers tried to cut him off.

Engel: “Many Americans do believe that Israel dragged the United States into this war.”

Netanyahu: “This canard… is ridiculous.”

White House on Iran:

Joe Kent accused Trump of essentially being controlled by foreign countries, which is a ridiculous claim.

Reporter: Trump said he had achieved regime change in Iran.

White House: I mean has it not? Their entire leadership has been killed.

Reporter: There has been a change in the leadership.

White House: There has been a change in the regime leadership. That is what Trump said.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran:

The Pope is against the war, but I don’t hear the opposition parties saying that the Vatican is on the side of the Ayatollahs.

UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba on WSJ opinion:

Forty miles away, the U.A.E. stands on the front line of this conflict.

The U.A.E. is the argument Iran can’t win, the idea it can’t accept.

Iran’s nuclear capabilities have been degraded. Its proxies have been weakened. More needs to be done.

We are ready to join an international initiative to reopen the strait and keep it open.

The stronger our economic ties to America, the stronger both nations become.

CENTCOM denies Iran’s claim that it shot down an F/A-18 jet today.

Israel is preparing for the possibility that Trump could announce a ceasefire in Iran by next Saturday.

The chances of reaching a detailed and precise agreement between Iran and the United States are slim.

Source: N12

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

There are no talks with the U.S.

The U.S. is sending messages through different mediators.

Exchange of messages via mediators does not mean negotiation with the U.S.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

We demand a permanent end to the war and compensation for destructions.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

The fact that they are now talking about negotiations is an admission of defeat; didn’t they claim unconditional surrender before?

So why are they now mobilizing their top officials to negotiate?

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

For some countries we consider friends, we have allowed passage through the Strait of Hormuz; we permitted China, Russia, India, Iraq, and Pakistan to pass.

There is no reason to allow our enemy to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.