Trump's warning that a decision on Iran must be made and Tehran could choose an easy or difficult path led exile coverage, with claims Iran was badly weakened and had abandoned weapons pursuit. Tehran answered via Qalibaf and Araghchi that Washington had sent proposals through a mediator but offered nothing new, and Hormuz would stay closed until seven conditions were met, with any new attack answered more strongly.
The rial's slide continued past 272,000 to the dollar, which state media blamed on shallow, psychological trading.
Late in the day oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned and a caretaker was named, which exile outlets linked to a reported halt in crude loadings and U.S. economic pressure.
Yemen was presented as the same equation, with Houthi claims of missile strikes on Aramco and advances in Taiz amid Saudi airstrikes.