Overview
- Indirect negotiations in Geneva concluded with agreement on a set of guiding principles, and a U.S. official said Iran will return in roughly two weeks with detailed proposals.
- The Pentagon has expanded its posture, with the USS Abraham Lincoln in theater and the USS Gerald R. Ford moving toward the region, as officials cite more than 50 additional F‑35, F‑22 and F‑16 jets deployed in the past day.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard held naval and missile drills in the Strait of Hormuz that temporarily closed areas to traffic, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Iranian weapons could sink U.S. warships.
- Axios, citing an anonymous presidential adviser, reports a 90% chance of a major U.S. operation within weeks, while President Trump warns of consequences for Tehran if no deal is reached and Vice President JD Vance says key U.S. red lines remain unmet.
- Russia offered to take Iran’s enriched uranium as part of a potential deal and will join a naval exercise with Iran near Hormuz, as rights groups report new executions and mass death sentences for protesters with fresh crackdowns in the streets.