Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said Iran has achieved success and victory both diplomatically and on the battlefield.

必和必拓财年收入587.6亿美元，同比增长15%。必和必拓财年资本及勘探支出为102.6亿美元，同比增长5%。

Alexandru Hudisteanu, defense analyst and retired Romanian naval officer, says the Iran–US confrontation is regionalizing: the war remains localized but the wider region is effectively in a conflict state. Houthi forces have extended the front into the Red Sea, threatening Saudi shipping, and a recent attack in the Caspian links events to the Russia–Ukraine theater. Instability triggered by Feb US–Israel action against Iran may further spread and spark broader turbulence; Hudisteanu calls this a new security reality. He says US military measures have not broken the stalemate or resolved the Strait of Hormuz issue, Washington is in a strategic pause to reassess options, and the US blockade of Iranian ports is its most consequential move since kinetic strikes — a tactic Iran is now using to retaliate globally.