Overview
- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Mojtaba Jamenei is in good health and is performing his duties despite the lack of public appearances since his designation.
- Speculation from President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that Jamenei was wounded or possibly dead remains unverified and is flatly denied by Tehran.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps publicly vowed to pursue and kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and announced another wave of attacks.
- Tehran reiterates that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, while Trump says U.S. forces will intensify strikes on Iran’s coast to reopen oil shipping routes.
- Washington reports destroying more than 65 Iranian vessels and striking thousands of targets as officials claim sharp reductions in Iran’s missile and drone capabilities, while Araqchi says the war will end only with assurances against recurrence and with reparations.