伊朗贸易促进组织商业服务部副部长表示，为促进与伊拉克和阿富汗等国的商业往来，已提出建立里亚尔贸易机制的建议，目前正与银行系统和外汇兑换机构合作对此事进行审议。

Harlan Ullman, chairman of Killowen Group and a retired senior US navy officer who served in the Gulf, said Washington’s operational constraints and a dwindling set of military targets make further US strikes on Iran likely to remain limited. He said the Trump administration appears intent on keeping strikes very limited to avoid escalation and is relying primarily on economic strangulation; whether Iran can hold out or US domestic political pressure forces talks is uncertain. Ullman warned that expanding targets to civilian infrastructure would risk war-crime allegations. He added some senior US officers have warned the campaign is degrading US readiness: extended deployments and deferred maintenance will put carriers USS Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford into shipyards for months, effectively sidelining two nuclear-powered carriers without Iran mounting a direct attack.

Baghaei, Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, said Iran has consulted relevant countries on the matter and will continue consultations on the Turkey issue.