伊朗外交部：所有国家，特别是波斯湾南岸的邻国，负有国际法义务，必须防止侵略方利用其领土和设施对伊朗实施侵略行为，我们重申，任何协助实施针对伊朗的侵略罪行的行为，均构成对该罪行的共谋和参与。

Asahi Shimbun reports the Japanese government may revise monetary-policy wording in its draft annual economic and fiscal policy guidelines to avoid giving the impression it is pressuring the Bank of Japan. The earlier draft described the "appropriate implementation" of monetary policy as "extremely important," a phrase some read as signaling opposition to further BOJ tightening. The updated draft adds inflation language, calling for appropriate monetary policy to promote stable price rises; a government official said the change reflects some market participants' misreading of the original wording.

Spot silver tumbled 4.00% intraday to $59.54/oz.