The British maritime safety agency Ukmto reported receiving a report of an incident 23 nautical miles northeast of Doha, Qatar. The captain of a merchant ship, the note says, ‘reported that the vessel had been hit by an unidentified projectile’
Khamenei meets with Iranian army commander
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, met with one of the top army officials, General Abdollahi, Iranian state television reported.
Telephone call between Qatari Prime Minister and Pakistan: focus on mediation
Telephone conversation between Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Al-Thani, according to the Doha Foreign Ministry, confirmed ‘full support for Pakistan’s mediation efforts to end the crisis by peaceful means’ and reiterated the ‘need for all parties to respond to these efforts in order to create the conditions for progress in the negotiations’ and to arrive at a ‘comprehensive agreement’ and a ‘sustainable peace in the region’. The news of the talks comes on the heels of al-Thani’s meeting with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s envoy. At the centre of the talks, Doha reports, was the cooperation between Qatar and Pakistan and ‘ways to support and strengthen it’. On X Sharif points out that the contact took place at al-Thani’s initiative and was an opportunity to ‘reaffirm our joint commitment to support all efforts to promote lasting peace, stability and constructive dialogue in the region’. “I conveyed,” he added, “my gratitude to Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani for Qatar’s wise leadership and continued support for Pakistan’s work to promote peace and stability in the region through dialogue and diplomacy.
Tehran media: ‘Explosion in port in southern Iran, unexploded ordnance from the war’
In the Iranian port city of Chabahar in the province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the sound of a loud explosion was heard. According to the Mehr Agency, the detonation was attributable to unexploded ordnance from the Iran-US war. Chabahar is located on the Gulf coast of Oman.