Two US Navy Arleigh Burke–class destroyers attempted to pass through the Strait of Hormuz but were forced to turn back after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened them and launched a drone toward the ships.

Source: Bloomberg, citing regional intelligence official

Netanyahu:

If I had told you a year ago that the United States of America, the most powerful power in the world, would fight alongside us, shoulder to shoulder, wing to wing, for nearly 40 days against the common enemy, who would have believed it?

But all of this happened because we initiated, we acted, we attacked.

Iranian state TV claimed the US agreed to release billions in frozen oil funds, but a US official denied it.

But Washington indeed discussed potentially unfreezing $6 billion in assets through mediation.

Source: FT

Netanyahu:

Khamenei wanted to hide both missile production and nuclear production deep, deep under a high mountain, in such a way that even B-2 aircraft could not reach it.

A source close to Iran’s negotiating team says the US is making excessive demands, especially about the Strait of Hormuz, and is trying to gain in talks what it failed to achieve through weeks of war and pressure.

Iran says it will firmly protect its gains.

Source: Fars

Iranian officials say they feel confident in the talks and believe the negotiations are going well, with the US listening to their position.

Source: MS NOW

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Netanyahu's latest insults against Türkiye:

Netanyahu — described as ‘the Hitler of our time’ — is a figure whose identity and record are well known.

An arrest warrant has been issued against him by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Under Netanyahu’s leadership, Israel is being tried at the International Court of Justice on allegations of genocide.

Netanyahu’s current objective is to sabotage the ongoing peace negotiations.

Otherwise, he would face trial in his own country and likely be sentenced to prison.

The targeting of our President by Israeli officials through baseless, insolent, and false accusations is a result of the discomfort caused by the truths we have consistently voiced on every platform.

Türkiye will continue to stand by innocent civilians.

We will persist in efforts to ensure that Netanyahu is held accountable.

A new round of trilateral talks between Iran, the United States, and Pakistan has begun.

Source: Tasnim

A source close to Tehran says the US is making unacceptable demands over the Strait of Hormuz and other issues in the talks.

Source: CNN

Trump:

We win, regardless what happens, we win.

Let’s see what happens. Maybe they will make a deal, maybe they won’t. It doesn’t matter.

From the standpoint of America, we win.

Trump:

Boats are sailing up and heading to our country.

Big, beautiful tankers, and we are loading them up with oil and gas.

Trump:

They probably have a couple of mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump:

Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me.

Trump:

We will open up the Strait, even though we do not use it, because we have a lot of other countries in the world that do use it that are either afraid, or weak, or cheap.

Trump:

We are in very deep negotiations with Iran. We win regardless.

Trump on China sending weapons to Iran:

If China does that, China is going to have big problems.

IRGC Navy:

Any attempt by military vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will face a firm response.

The IRGC Navy has full authority and maintains intelligent control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Ghalibaf met face to face and shook hands with Vice President JD Vance, a rare moment given decades of hostility.

Source: NYT

Reporter: Iran is not listening to your threats about reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump: How do you know that?

Reporter: Because it’s still blocked.

Trump: Why do you say that? You don’t know anything. Who are you with?

Reporter: NBC News.

Trump: NBC? That’s fake news.

After 21 hours of negotiations in Pakistan, JD Vance said the U.S. and Iran failed to reach an agreement.

He said the U.S. made its terms clear, but Iran did not accept them.

Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said there was no expectation of a deal with the United States, citing “an atmosphere of mistrust” after weeks of war.

“We should not have expected an agreement in just one meeting,” he said, adding that while some common ground was found, “on two, three key topics there were significant differences.”