Overview
- U.S. officials say talks between Iran and Oman are in advanced stages and that Washington will end its blockade of Iranian ports once free commercial navigation returns.
- Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has declared the strait will stay closed until the United States 'corrects its behavior' by meeting demands such as sanctions relief, reparations and withdrawal of forces.
- U.S. Central Command reports its forces have diverted 51 commercial vessels, disabled two and inspected two more as part of enforcement of the blockade.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the U.S.-backed 15-point Board of Peace plan for Gaza, insisting Israeli troops will not withdraw without full Hamas disarmament even as media report private signals of limited openness and some IDF repositioning.
- Houthi missile and drone strikes in the Red Sea have hit Saudi targets, including a Saudi Aramco facility in Jizan, causing deaths and dozens of injuries while threatening regional shipping and raising the risk of wider escalation.