Qatar's foreign ministry said it supports all efforts to ease tensions between the United States and Iran.

前美國海軍陸戰隊軍官丹·格雷齊爾（Dan Grazier）表示，針對伊朗在霍爾木茲海峽襲擊商船的行動，美方的迴應是“對等”的，但華盛頓需要找到制止衝突的途徑。他指出，美軍打擊了伊朗南部沿海的軍事設施，以及用於騷擾那些未獲德黑蘭許可通過該海峽的船隻的“快艇”。他說：“當伊朗不試圖將其軍事力量投射到遠離本土的區域時，它便擁有巨大的優勢。他們只需採取一些小規模的干擾行動，就能給美國和以色列製造難以應對的重大難題。”“因此，華盛頓的官員們確實應該設法結束這種衝突，因爲這種非對稱戰爭是一個棘手的軍事難題，坦率地說，美國至今尚未找到應對之策。”

China's A-share market showed divergent early trade. At midday the Shanghai Composite was up 0.76%, the Shenzhen Composite rose 0.61% and the ChiNext fell 0.65%. Innovative drug names led gains: Changshan Pharmaceutical +20%, with Zhongsheng Pharmaceutical, Joinn New Drug and Shuanglu Pharmaceutical hitting limit-up. AI application stocks were active; Fushi Holdings and Zhewen Interactive hit limit-up. Outperformers included film chains, baijiu, precious metals, property services and gaming; laggards included semiconductors, energy metals, brokerages, industrial gases, silicon carbide and lab-grown diamond concepts. More than 4,400 stocks advanced and half-day turnover exceeded CNY 2.18 trillion.