US President Trump told Fox News he is "making a decision" on Iran and said "very significant" developments could occur soon. He outlined options including annihilating Iran, crippling its economy, or striking a deal. Trump said he "might" meet Iran president PEZESHKIAN during next week’s UN General Assembly in New York, where PEZESHKIAN is due to appear, and noted recent alerts while calling the weekend routine.

William Lawrence, former US diplomat and American University professor of international relations, said Saudi Arabia did not respond quickly enough to a Houthi offensive in Yemen because each side assumed the other would deal with the threat. He said both Washington and Riyadh assumed the other would defend Mocha; when then-President Trump denied Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s request for assistance, Saudi forces were too late to intervene there. Lawrence added the Saudi-led anti-Houthi coalition’s new command-and-control architecture—designed to improve defense and coordination—appeared to collapse at the outset of the Houthis’ lightning raid along the Red Sea coast toward the Bab al-Mandeb. A Saudi counteroffensive has begun but has delivered limited success so far in retaking Houthi-held areas; Lawrence characterized the problem as a delayed reaction to the scale of the attacks rather than a misjudgment of Houthi capability.

法国外交部：法国将首先召见伊朗大使。