Overview
- The Washington Post reports the Pentagon has reduced aircraft, ships and personnel in the Middle East after redeployments for Venezuela operations, constraining options for a full-scale strike on Iran.
- Reuters cites European officials who assess U.S. military intervention in Iran as likely and say it could occur within about 24 hours, while other reporting describes the president as more cautious in private.
- A senior Turkish diplomatic source says Ankara is engaging both Washington and Tehran in an effort to de-escalate the crisis.
- Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi denounces recent U.S. statements on the protests as provocative and an unlawful interference in Iran’s internal affairs.
- President Trump tells Denmark to "get out" of Greenland in a Truth Social post as Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio meet the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers at the White House.