CNN, citing sources, says the Pentagon has been placed on lockdown.

IRGC navy warned that any vessels anchored in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that approach the Strait of Hormuz will be treated as cooperating with the enemy.

China's Foreign Ministry accused Japan of abandoning its peaceful posture, saying Tokyo has sharply increased defense spending, relaxed controls on lethal arms exports, advanced deployment of medium-to-long-range missiles, expanded offensive military capabilities, stockpiled large quantities of sensitive nuclear materials and pushed to revise its pacifist constitution. The ministry said these moves amount to Japan having 'removed the mask' of a peaceful state and warned the international community to be vigilant against a revival of Japanese militarism.