According to TankerTrackers: Recently, three unloaded oil tankers subject to US sanctions broke through the US Navy blockade (in the Strait of Hormuz) and entered the surrounding area.

According to AXIOS: U.S. President Trump is expected to hold a meeting with his senior national security team in the Situation Room on Tuesday to discuss options for military action (Iran), two U.S. officials said.

European Commission President von der Leyen: I am very happy to gather in Gothenburg with the Prime Minister of Sweden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. The agreement we reached heralds a new era in the relationship between the two parties.

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: (Talking about Iran) I don’t think Iran’s nuclear program poses an imminent threat. We bombed it twice. Many of their nuclear scientists had been killed and their centrifuges mostly destroyed. This is not an immediate problem.

Former German Chancellor Merkel: We did not completely abolish conscription by removing it from the constitution, we just suspended it. This means that it can now be changed again with a simple majority vote.

Former German Chancellor Merkel: They have pointed out before that within Europe we no longer face problems that require military means to defend ourselves. Germany is not unique in this thinking – the reality has indeed changed.