Overview
- Trump, who announced the pause Tuesday at Pakistan’s request, said negotiators had made “great progress” and kept the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports in place.
- U.S. Central Command said MH-60 Seahawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters destroyed six small Iranian boats that threatened commercial traffic during early convoy runs, a claim Tehran disputes as it touts strikes on a U.S. ship.
- The United Arab Emirates reported Iranian missile and drone attacks that wounded three people at the Fujairah oil site, and both Qatar and the UAE issued partial airspace restrictions.
- Axios and ANSA describe a U.S. draft that opens a 30-day negotiation window with a temporary halt to uranium enrichment, phased sanctions relief, and a plan to reopen Hormuz, which Iranian sources call partly unacceptable.
- The ceasefire formally holds but remains fragile, and the de facto closure has left almost 23,000 mariners on hundreds of ships stuck near the gulf, squeezing fuel and fertilizer supply lines.