Coverage stayed with the U.S. midterms aftermath. Trump conceded the Iran war and gasoline prices cost Republicans Congress but said he would order it again, while Democrats listed ending the war among priorities and exile outlets reported a Vance-Trump rift and Axios framing of a choice between a deal or renewed strikes.

Attention then turned to the Strait of Hormuz, where state-aligned outlets attributed fires on two tankers and a tug to illegal transit, the army later claimed a tanker hit a mine, Britain reported projectiles hitting a tanker off Qatar, and Washington announced sanctions on flagging and procurement networks.

By evening focus shifted to Moscow for Mohsen Rezaei's unannounced Kremlin talks. State media described a message from the supreme leader and quoted Putin offering help to end the war; exile outlets identified the sender as Mojtaba Khamenei and noted Moscow's travel warning and reported missile-launcher sale.