#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Regional countries are urgently trying to bring the U.S. and Iran back to negotiations after talks in Islamabad ended without a deal, WSJ reports.

Despite firm rhetoric from both sides, the door to diplomacy remains open, with a possible second round of talks within days, while regional states are also working with Washington to extend the two-week ceasefire.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 IF TRUMP TAKES ACTION AGAINST THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, HE WILL LOSE THE BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT — PRESS TV, CITING AN IRANIAN REPORT.

Around 5–6% of global seaborne oil shipments pass through this strait.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump:

Iran is in very bad shape. I think they’re very desperate.

💬 🇺🇸 Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo?

Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess.

We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a big fan of Pope Leo.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷 Iran's Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf had impressed the American team as a “refined and professional bargainer, and potential leader of a new Iran.”

#️⃣ 🇷🇺 Kremlin:

Russia’s proposal to accept Iran’s enriched uranium remains on the table, but it has not been taken up.

💬 🇮🇱 Netanyahu:

Since Iran violated the rules, Trump decided to impose a blockade, a naval siege, and we of course support this firm position.

💬 🇮🇱 Netanyahu:

We have alignment with the most powerful nation in the world, and together we have the capability to confront the gravest threats.

💬 🇮🇱 Netanyahu:

Israel is at the height of its power.

💬 🇮🇱 Netanyahu:

The ceasefire with Iran could end quickly.

#️⃣ 🇨🇳 China denies reports that it is sending or planning to send weapons to Iran:

We oppose groundless smears or malicious associations without any factual basis.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 More than 15 U.S. warships are enforcing the blockade on Iran.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 Trump has deleted the post portraying himself as Jesus Christ.

💬 🇺🇸 President Trump on the AI-generated picture of himself depicted as Jesus Christ:

I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor and had to do with the Red Cross as a Red Cross worker there, which we support, and only the fake news could come up with that one (that he is depicted as Jesus Christ).

So I had just heard about it, and I said, how did they come up with that?

It's supposed to be me as a doctor making people better, and I do make people better. I make people a lot better.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump on Iran:

Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.

I think they will agree to it. I am sure of it.

If they don’t agree, there’s no deal.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump on the Strait of Hormuz:

Other countries are going also.

We don't need other countries, frankly, but they've offered their services.

We'll let it be known probably tomorrow.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump on Iran:

We can’t let a country blackmail or extort the world.

That’s what they’re doing — they’re really blackmailing the world.

We’re not going to let that happen.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump on Iran:

We’ve been called this morning, by the right people, the appropriate people, and they want to work a deal.

They would like to work a deal.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 President Trump on Iran:

There’s no fighting right now.

We have a blockade. They’re doing no business.

Iran is doing absolutely no business — and we’re going to keep it that way.

💬 🇺🇸🇨🇺 President Trump:

We may stop by Cuba after we’re finished with Iran.