Washington-Tel Aviv alignment carried into the day, with Trump repeating full backing for Netanyahu and Netanyahu saying the two would finish unfinished work on Iran, prompting Araghchi to answer Tehran had unfinished business of its own. Rubio added that much of Iran remained vulnerable, while Trump said Moscow was refraining from helping Tehran and he wanted it to stay that way.

Tehran answered diplomatically with Russia's first ministerial trip since the American-Israeli strikes, as Lavrov met Araghchi and Pezeshkian and said cooperation would not be abandoned. Araghchi used the occasion to call Europeans partners in the war and rebuke Macron.

State outlets paired the diplomacy with deterrence warnings from commander Abdollahi and claims to Hormuz, and with celebration of the U23 wrestling title in the United States, while exile outlets led instead with drug shortages, protest-related detentions and death sentences.