Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi in Beijing, with Wang calling the US-Israel war against Iran 'illegitimate.' The meeting occurred as Trump paused Project Freedom and sought diplomatic progress.
Iran's Mahan Air operated the first Tehran-Moscow flight, resuming the route after a 60-day suspension caused by the US-Israeli war; the same day Iran's Foreign Minister returned from meeting Putin in Russia to discuss the conflict. Airport authorities announced further route restorations to Bangkok, Istanbul, Beijing and other destinations in the coming days.
Russia and China vetoed a watered-down UN Security Council resolution that would have encouraged countries to coordinate defensive efforts on reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The resolution had been repeatedly weakened in hopes of securing abstentions from the two countries.
European intelligence agencies report Russia is in final stages of completing phased shipment of drones, medicine and food to Iran amid ongoing conflict. The Kremlin has denied the Financial Times report as 'lies.'
