Iran says it shot down a hostile drone over the Persian Gulf using a new covert defense system, warning that even stealth drones can no longer enter the area undetected.

Source: Fars

Serbian President Vučić visits China, gets his own ceremony with little children.

Mexico will host Iran’s World Cup team in Tijuana after the US refused to allow the team to stay in Arizona, President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

Iran says it will not impose tolls on ships using the Strait of Hormuz, instead charging for maritime services and “environmental protection” measures in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

WATCH: Hezbollah releases footage showing the targeting of the newly established Israeli command headquarters of the 401st Armored Brigade in southern Lebanon.

Liat Hamburger said her son, Noam Hamburger, dreamed of working with drones after the army, making it “especially heartbreaking” that he was killed in a Hezbollah drone strike near Israel’s northern border.

Source: ynet

US and Iran are still negotiating final details of a deal to end the war, with disagreements centered on Iran’s nuclear program and sanctions relief.

The US wants Iran to give up its highly enriched uranium and commit to not pursuing nuclear weapons before easing sanctions, while Iran wants guarantees on lifting sanctions and unfreezing assets.

Officials on both sides remain optimistic a compromise can be reached soon.

Source: CNN

Brig. Gen. Hassan Hassanzadeh, commander of Tehran’s IRGC, said Iran is “stronger today than on the first day of the war” with the US and Israel.

He warned Washington that continued “threats and pressure” would bring “heavy, fatal, and regrettable blows.”

Trump:

In two wars recently, we’ve lost a total of 13 service members.

In Venezuela — which was a complete and total victory, where we’re working very closely with the Venezuelan government right now — we took that over in one day and lost no one.

In Operation Epic Fury, we lost 13 wonderful souls.

U.S. official to Al Jazeera:

Hezbollah ignored repeated requests to cease fire against Israel, including the latest warning.

Israel will respond to attacks targeting its forces and civilians; this is not the Biden administration.

Iranian President Pezeshkian has issued a decision to restore internet service.

Netanyahu:

We are at war with Hezbollah.

In recent weeks alone, our heroic fighters have eliminated more than 600 terrorists. I want you to know this: more than 600 terrorists.

But we are not taking our foot off the gas. On the contrary, I said to step on the gas even more.

We will strike them. True, they are firing drones at us, FPV drones. We have a special team working on this and we will solve this as well.

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Russia plans “systemic strikes” on Kyiv.

Lavrov urged Marco Rubio to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.

Prof. John Mearsheimer:

What the Israelis really wanted was to do to Iran what’s been done to Syria — break it into pieces.

Prof. John Mearsheimer:

The decision to attack Iran on February 28th and involve the United States and Israel in this war was a catastrophic mistake.

This decision will far outdistance the Iraq 2003 war as the greatest foreign policy blunder the United States ever made.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus:

We were denied access to many of the bases we normally occupy.

Now, the truth is, we’re not as inclined to occupy these bases now that we have seen what the Iranians can throw at them.

Former CIA Director David Petraeus:

We have not remotely learned all the lessons we should have from the war in Ukraine.

That is the future of war right now. Ukraine is using 10,000 drones a day.

Ninety percent of the casualties on the Russian side are caused by drones. Tanks can’t manoeuvre anymore. They can’t survive. Armored vehicles can’t survive.

And by the way, there’s more coming. Within a year or two, we’re going to see unmanned systems that are not remotely piloted.

In the future, we’re going to see autonomous systems — truly autonomous — that do not require a pilot to remotely operate them.

Then you face drone swarms. And that is something for which we really don’t have a solution.

Footage shows HIMARS launches targeting Iran from a Gulf country during the recent U.S.-Iran conflict.