伊朗总统佩泽希齐扬表示，伊朗并未挑起该地区的战争，而是“坚定抵抗侵略者”。他说：“美国和犹太复国主义实体对伊朗发动了战争。”他还重申了伊朗的一贯立场，即伊朗不应成为其邻国发动攻击的目标，邻国也不应被用于对伊朗发起袭击。佩泽希齐扬表示：“任何穆斯林国家都不应通过牺牲邻国的安全来谋求自身安全；任何穆斯林国家的领土都不应被用于对抗另一个穆斯林国家。”

US President Trump said beef prices have begun to fall.

Kpler data show tracked bulk-cargo transits through the Strait of Hormuz rose to 10 on Wednesday from 8 on Tuesday, but remain below a roughly 10-day moving average of 15, despite ongoing US‑Iran geopolitical tensions. Vessels entering from the Gulf of Oman included two medium product tankers, one LPG carrier, one Panamax tanker and three handy tankers; exiting toward the Gulf were one medium product tanker, one asphalt tanker and one bulker. Traffic through the Bab al‑Mandeb slowed for a second day: Kpler recorded 19 bulk-cargo transits on Wednesday, including six outbound tankers — one a VLCC — down from 24 a day earlier.