伊朗外交部：任何國家的任何一部分土地，若被用於侵犯伊朗，都將理所當然地成爲伊朗防禦行動的目標。我們在何時、以何種方式、採取何種行動進行自衛，是由國家武裝力量根據國家利益作出的決策。

Tropical Storm Bavi, the year’s ninth system, was centered at 08:00 on July 13 over Sixian County, Suzhou, Anhui (33.4°N, 117.9°E) with maximum outer winds of force 8 (20 m/s) and central pressure 992 hPa. Bavi is moving northeast at 10–15 km/h, expected to weaken slowly, cross the Shandong Peninsula into the northern Yellow Sea during daytime July 14, and gradually become extratropical after July 15.

South Africa plans to rebuild a strategic petroleum reserve to mitigate supply risk, the Minerals Resources and Energy Department (DMRE) said in a July 9 draft policy paper for public comment. DMRE estimates a current shortfall of about 10 mln bbl and proposes a 60-day buffer—roughly 36 mln bbl based on EIA’s estimate of 600,000 bpd—split about two-thirds crude and one-third products. National Treasury and the state oil company will design financing and guarantee mechanisms for the reserve. Under the plan, licensed wholesalers and importers would be required to hold stocks equivalent to 21 days’ demand. South Africa last expanded emergency stocks in the 1970s with the Saldanha Bay facility (capacity ~45 mln bbl).