Washington-Tel Aviv coordination dominated after the Pentagon chief's unannounced stop in Israel for closed talks with Netanyahu, read by exile outlets as planning for renewed strikes. Netanyahu's order to the security establishment to topple the Islamic Republic and Trump's talk of a final decision drew Tehran's letter to the Security Council and warnings that no strike would go unanswered and no enriched uranium would leave.
Shuttle diplomacy continued with Pakistan's army chief arriving in Tehran a day after Lavrov, as Pezeshkian urged closer Russian cooperation.
State outlets claimed two violating tankers struck mines and burned in Hormuz, one carrying two million barrels. Britain sent Typhoons to Saudi Arabia, Washington ordered the Roosevelt to the region and pledged to defend its bases, while Riyadh postponed its investment forum and London re-detained two Fairford suspects over suspected Iranian links.
