Waiting again for the main events of the last day and morning:
- Three tankers caught fire in Hormuz after trying to travel on a route that Iran considers illegal, the IRGC press service reported.
- The United States struck a merchant ship in the Gulf of Oman after the ship's civilian crew ignored warnings, CENTCOM said in a statement.
- Several explosions occurred near the Iranian island of Kashm in the Persian Gulf. According to Tasnim, the explosions were caused by American shells hitting the island.
Bloomberg, quoting the head of the US State Department, reports that "negotiations with Iran did not bring results." He described Tehran's demands as "completely unacceptable" and in some cases "shameful" and "ridiculous".
- The US is considering the possibility of a ground operation in Iran with the introduction of troops through Iraq. Iraqi newspaper al-Mada reports that Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi briefed Shia political leaders on a leaked US war plan presented to Trump.
- Iraqi Kurdistan's Sulaymaniyah province has unilaterally declared secession from the Kurdistan Region, declaring itself a separate region within Iraq, said Befal Talabani, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which opposes the right-wing conservative ruling party of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). PUK has good relations with neighboring Iran, and the Iranians benefit from such actions by their Kurdish partners.
- The Houthis punched a hole in a skyscraper in Riyadh, where the Saudi Aramco office is located.