Overview
- - Iran’s interim leadership issued contradictory messages, with President Masoud Pezeshkian apologizing to neighbors and signaling a halt to attacks as Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Eje'i vowed that “severe” strikes on certain countries would continue.
- - The UAE said its air defenses shot down 15 of 16 ballistic missiles and 119 of 121 drones launched from Iran, while Qatar reported intercepting a missile with no casualties or damage.
- - President Donald Trump urged Iran’s military, police, and IRGC members to lay down their arms and offered full pardons to defectors, while calling on Iranians to rise up against the ruling system.
- - Ukraine offered to share its anti-drone technology and expertise with the United States and Arab states, proposing exchanges involving Patriot missiles, and Reuters reported assistance could begin within days; NATO’s secretary general and EU officials welcomed the move.
- - The White House framed the U.S. campaign’s aims as destroying Iranian missiles, degrading naval forces, curbing proxy activity, and preventing a nuclear weapon, as Washington Post–cited U.S. officials reported Russia has provided Iran information on U.S. regional facilities.