- U.S. Navy destroyers and two U.S.-flagged merchant vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran.
- Iran threatens to attack U.S. military ships in the Strait and claims a U.S. Navy ship was hit, a claim the Pentagon denies.
- Iran submitted a peace proposal
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