- Iran has announced plans to establish an exclusion zone outside the Strait of Hormuz, targeting vessels attempting to transit the strategic waterway.
- Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated the zone will be declared in the coming days and will extend from the line of the US naval blockade.
- US Central Command confirmed it struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy ships.
- The IRGC threatened intensified strikes on US military vessels, claiming it targeted three tankers on unauthorised routes and three US-linked vessels in other areas.
- US Central Command dismissed Iran's claims to have successfully struck an uncrewed US military vessel, describing the assertion as a total lie.
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