Summary

  • Pentagon addresses whether ceasefire over or violated: Caine says Iran’s Monday operations were “all below the threshold of restarting major combat operations at this point.

  • Contradictory statements out of Tehran on UAE attack, amid reports of division between IRGC & civilian leaders.

  • Two US Navy destroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Persian Gulf.

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi travels to Beijing to discuss crisis with Chinese counterpart.
  • Araghchi: “Events in Hormuz make clear that there’s no military solution to a political crisis.”

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