🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki "categorically rejects blatant interference" by the US.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US President Donald Trump calls on Iran's leadership to "make a deal" as the "next attack will be far worse."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi calls on the US to "set aside threats" if it wants to resume talks.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Iranian government is "weaker than it has ever been."

🇺🇸🇨🇳 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the dismissal of high-ranking Chinese generals is being watched closely.

🇫🇷🇮🇷 - The French presidency says it backs adding the IRGC to the European list of terrorist groups after initially opposing it.

🇺🇸🇮🇶 - Local media say hundreds of Iraqis have gathered near the US embassy in Baghdad to protest against interference.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he does not expect further military action against Venezuela.

🇹🇷🇺🇸🇮🇷 - A Turkish official says the border with Iran will be reinforced in case of attack.

🇮🇷🇪🇺 - The EU designates the IRGC as a terrorist organization.

🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez calls on the opposition to "stay in Washington."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says the country "must be prepared for a state of war."

🇫🇷🇲🇿 - French oil major TotalEnergies says work has resumed on its gas megaproject in Mozambique after a five-year hiatus.

🇮🇷🇪🇺 - The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemns the EU's "strategic mistake" in labelling the IRGC as a terrorist group.