President Trump said the United States will hit Iran very hard, targeting Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure, and assume total control of Iran's oil and gas markets. According to Al Arabiya, Trump compared the planned action against Iran to the US military kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and taking over Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, claiming the takeover was successful. According to The Hindu, Trump said he would rather not hit Iranian civilian infrastructure like power plants because once you do that, the people suffer. The US Apache helicopter was shot down, according to Hindustan Times. Qatari mediators left Tehran after ceasefire talks, according to The Times of Israel, with frozen Iranian funds cited as the sticking point. Tehran said its ceasefire agreement with Washington had become practically meaningless, according to Bluesky.