Musk called Trump on Monday night before his ‘regret’ post.

Source: NYT

NEW: The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is preparing for an ordered evacuation due to heightened security risks.

Iran’s Minister of Defense Aziz Nasirzadeh threatened to strike U.S. bases in the region if nuclear talks and conflict arise with Washington.

Israel presented its “red lines” in Syria to Tom Barrack, the U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye and Special Envoy for Syria.

These include no Turkish bases in Syria, demilitarization of southern Syria, and no renewed presence of Iran or Hezbollah.

Source: Axios

Something’s cooking: The U.S. State Department is allowing nonessential personnel and their families to leave Bahrain and Kuwait.

UKMTO:

Due to rising regional tensions, vessels are urged to exercise caution when transiting the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Strait of Hormuz.

NEW: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations across the Middle East.

Source: Reuters

Iranian President Pezeshkian:

We are not seeking to manufacture nuclear weapons.

They are demanding that we give up our capabilities so that Israel can drop bombs on our heads.

Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN:

Threats of “overwhelming force” won’t change facts:
Iran is not seeking a nuclear weapon, and U.S. militarism only fuels instability.

CENTCOM’s legacy of fueling regional instability, through arming aggressors and enabling Israeli crimes, strips it of any credibility to speak on peace or non-proliferation.

Diplomacy—not militarism—is the only path forward.

Iranian President Pezeshkian:

We have said many times that we will not make nuclear weapons. No person with a conscience would agree to drop bombs on innocent women and children.

President Trump is aware of the movement of US personnel in the Middle East.

Source: Reuters

Zelensky:

Serbian President Vučić is visiting Ukraine for the first time, and it is really important to be here, in Ukraine, and see the war with his own eyes.

Egypt has announced it will deny the North African Sumoud Convoy and the Global March to Gaza access to the border area near Rafah.

Iranian Foreign Minister:

Tehran cannot accept being deprived of its natural rights.

NEW: The head of U.S. Central Command has postponed Thursday’s testimony to lawmakers due to rising tensions in the Middle East.

The possibility of a round of negotiations between Washington and Tehran this weekend appears increasingly unlikely.

Source: WaPo

No US uniformed service members in the Middle East will be evacuating.

Source: Fox News

Zelensky:

People are not firewood that we throw into the fire. We do not treat our people the way the Russians do.