Overview
- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Iran’s parliament on Sunday that Tehran will not tolerate an indefinite stalemate and said the door to talks opens only if Washington accepts Iran’s seven conditions.
- Ghalibaf warned that any new U.S. attack would prompt Iran’s armed forces to determine the geography of the battlefield, signaling readiness to widen the conflict.
- President Donald Trump has told senior advisers he may hold off on fresh strikes if there are no new provocations from Iran or Iran-backed Houthis, according to reporting cited by multiple outlets.
- Trump consulted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, both of whom urged restraint, even as U.S. planners move an additional aircraft carrier toward the region.
- The standoff follows months of strikes, Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a collapsed June ceasefire, and it continues to disrupt shipping and push global oil prices higher while mediators try to restart talks.