Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee, stated that Donald Trump "only has a choice of how to fail," either "surrendering with sweet words or being destroyed on the battlefield," emphasizing Iran's "unwavering" stance. Meanwhile, oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have been hit again, with a series of Iranian attacks on vessels earlier this month once more impacting crude oil exports. Previously, the strait had briefly recovered to pre-war levels of oil transportation after the war.