Overview
- U.S. naval forces in the Middle East are prepared for potential strikes on Iran, with the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group and multiple destroyers positioned, according to CBS reporting cited by Spanish media.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard will conduct live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz next week, Press TV reported, as Tehran pursues urgent regional diplomacy and its UN mission warns it will defend and respond if pressured.
- Human-rights group HRANA reports at least 6,221 deaths and over 42,300 detentions since protests began in Iran, figures that outpace official counts and coincide with a plunging rial and an extended internet blackout that hinders verification.
- Mexico deployed 1,600 army personnel, including special forces, to Culiacán and Mazatlán after an armed attack on two Movimiento Ciudadano deputies; Sergio Torres remains in delicate condition and Elizabeth Montoya lost an eye but is recovering.
- Trump said the U.S. will reopen Venezuelan airspace to commercial flights after speaking with Delcy Rodríguez, while in Peru President José Jerí gave a statement to prosecutors in a preliminary influence-peddling probe tied to unregistered meetings.