Overnight attention stayed on Yemen after Houthi ballistic missiles hit Aden's presidential palace, killing five, with state outlets framing Saudi air defenses as failing and the war equation shifting toward Sanaa while Tehran denied directing the barrage.

Focus then moved to Washington, where Trump said he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran and ruled out ground troops, describing the MOAB under Pentagon discussion as non-nuclear but keeping a strike option open and claiming talks were underway. Army chief Hatami and IRGC officials answered that Hormuz remained under full surveillance and conditioned any reopening on a U.S. exit, state media claimed U.S. ships had fled, while CENTCOM said over 40 vessels transited in 24 hours.

Pezeshkian, in Armenia, reiterated Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons and denounced wartime environmental destruction as ecocide.