💬 🇺🇸 Trump blasts South Korea:

I called the president of South Korea. I said, “Would you help with Iran? If you would like, we don’t need help.” He said, “No thanks.”

I said, “What do you mean? We have 39,000 soldiers over there guarding you from Kim Jong Un, and you are not going to help us with Iran? That’s strange.”

Then why are we involved with helping you? Protecting South Korea is costing us billions of dollars.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran:

I like the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory.

We have total control over the Strait.

💬 🇺🇸 Jared Kushner on Iran:

Right now, the Iranians are not showing any interest in doing something that makes sense for us.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Ghalibaf:

The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the blockade and oil sanctions are lifted, Iran’s frozen assets are released, and military operations end.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Ghalibaf:

The enemy is looking for an opportunity to create chaos and combine it with military operations, such as terror and separatist actions, which are completed with cognitive warfare.

In order to operationalize this conspiracy, the enemy has planned to take advantage of the government's measures to reduce gasoline consumption.

Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of gasoline shortage with comprehensive and very clever planning.

#️⃣ 🇪🇬 Egypt warned it "will not allow Ethiopia to impose a fait accompli on the Nile," after Ethiopia's Water Minister said downstream water flows would be "under Ethiopia's control" alone.

Egypt stated it has "multiple and diverse means" to defend its Nile rights, adding that "illusions of controlling the Nile contradict the rules of international law."

#️⃣ Taiwan is giving every citizen ~$314 cash, calling it an "AI dividend" from its booming semiconductor-driven economy.

First-half growth hit 14.15% — strongest in 50 years.

Defense spending also hits a record, crossing 3% of GDP for the first time.

#️⃣ 🇸🇾 Syria condemned Israeli airstrikes on Abu al-Duhur Military Airbase in Idlib as a violation of its sovereignty and a dangerous escalation.

It urged the UN and international community to condemn the attacks and said it would defend its rights under international law.

#️⃣ 🇯🇵 Japan and Australia agreed to deepen defence cooperation, with Japan planning to test hypersonic and other standoff missiles at Australian ranges over the next decade.

The countries will also develop a laser-based system to detect threats, strengthening their military cooperation amid concerns over China.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump:

There are no talks or conversations going on, or scheduled, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Naval Blockade remains in full force and effect. The Hormuz Strait is open and operating. All water mines have been removed or detonated.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

💬 🇮🇷 Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi:

Just as Trump correctly wrote the name of the eternal Persian Gulf, soon his delusion regarding the Strait of Hormuz will either be corrected or we will correct the delusions of this deluded man.

#️⃣ 🇦🇪 UAE MoD says two ballistic missiles from Iran were detected: one fell outside UAE territorial waters and the other inside.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Ghalibaf:

Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of the agreement.

Bessent and Hegseth are way out of their league. Stop waiting for the clown crew to pull a rabbit out of their hat and clean up the mess you made.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

This recent war showed that foreign forces and foreign bases not only could not bring security but instead turned into security disruptors.

Countries without U.S. military bases suffered less damage, while foreign bases were unable to defend even their own interests against attacks.

#️⃣ 🇦🇪 The UAE Defense Ministry says the two Iranian ballistic missiles detected today were aimed at maritime traffic and were not intentionally fired at the UAE.

#️⃣ 🇦🇪 The UAE says it has halted all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 Trump has ordered his top envoys to halt talks with Iran, signaling a major shift in strategy.

The administration is moving away from trying to “hammer Iran ASAP” and toward a longer-term effort to “strangle” Tehran through sustained economic and military pressure.

The goal appears to be increasing pressure over time until Iran is more willing to accept Trump’s terms.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has rejected the UAE’s claim that missiles were launched from Iran towards the Gulf country.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇰🇵 President Trump is pushing aides to arrange a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as early as this fall, potentially during Trump’s expected trip to Asia in November, WSJ reports.

No formal planning is underway, but Trump views another face-to-face meeting as an opportunity to reopen dialogue with Pyongyang over its nuclear program.

Some U.S. officials are skeptical that another summit would produce significant progress.