- Iran's foreign minister arrived in Oman for potential peace talks with U.S. officials, despite Iranian claims of 17 deaths and over 100 injuries from U.S. airstrikes in six cities.
- Iranian forces attacked commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting U.S. retaliatory airstr
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