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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’
Iran, from Mojtaba Khamenei ‘new directives’ to the military
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, indicated during a meeting with Ali Abdollahi, head of the Iranian military command Khatam al-Anbiya, “new measures and directives” to deal with “enemies”. This was reported by the Iranian Fars news agency after reports of the meeting between the two. No date was specified. Abdollahi assured, according to Fars, that Iranian forces, including the Pasdaran and Basij, are ready to “counter hostile actions of the enemies”, the US and Israel, and stated that “in the event of a strategic error” Iran will respond with “speed, intensity and power”.
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.
