Overview
- President Donald Trump told reporters he would “either make a deal or … finish the job,” saying the U.S. could eliminate Iran’s gathered leadership or cripple its infrastructure but that he preferred a negotiated settlement.
- Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will not resume talks while public threats continue and the Iranian Embassy in Armenia publicly rebuked Trump’s comments.
- Mediated indirect talks that followed a June ceasefire have paused during the weeklong state funerals for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and negotiators reported no public progress before the pause.
- A commercial tanker was struck and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the British military reported, sharply raising near‑term risks to shipping and testing the ceasefire’s limits.
- Large funeral processions in Tehran have projected defiance and stoked hardline calls for revenge, exposing internal political pressure in Iran and narrowing the window for diplomacy led by regional mediators.