Early morning coverage focused on diplomatic communications, with state-aligned sources denying any messages were sent to the US while foreign outlets reported China's dispatch of a special envoy to mediate. Mid-morning reports detailed military confrontations, including Iranian claims of downing a US F-15 fighter jet and striking Tel Aviv with Khoramshahr-4 missiles. Afternoon coverage centered on internal leadership succession debates and regional tensions, with foreign outlets reporting Trump's statement about influencing Iran's next leader and Lebanon's threat to arrest IRGC members. Evening reporting culminated in state-aligned sources announcing that IRGC naval drones had struck the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.