- U.S.-Iran negotiations in Pakistan end without agreement over Iran's nuclear weapons program.
- Two U.S. Navy warships transit the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the start of the Iran War.
- U.S. forces begin operations to clear Iranian sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz.
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