Overview
- Iran is reviewing a one-page, 14-point U.S. memo carried through Pakistani mediators that would open a 30‑day window to negotiate nuclear limits, sanctions relief, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
- President Trump threatened heavier bombing if Tehran declines to sign quickly, saying late Thursday that three U.S. destroyers crossed Hormuz under fire and that attackers suffered losses.
- U.S. Central Command said Iranian missiles, drones, and fast boats targeted the destroyers on Thursday, and the U.S. answered with strikes on Iranian command nodes and launch sites in what marked a sharp break from the monthlong cease-fire.
- Iran disputed that sequence and said it fired missiles after U.S. forces hit an Iranian tanker, a claim that followed Wednesday’s U.S. admission that a fighter jet disabled a tanker’s rudder in the Gulf of Oman.
- Shipping remains snarled with hundreds of vessels stuck and energy costs elevated, even as oil slid back toward $100 on deal hopes, while Pakistan pushes for a quick reply, France and the UK ready a maritime security mission, Italy offers naval demining, and China calls for a full cease-fire.