Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Fox News the United States must choose whether to end the seven-month war, remarks amplified Friday as CNBC and Al Jazeera tracked continued Middle East strikes and Chinese diplomacy tied to the Washington summit.

China’s special Middle East envoy Zhai Jun said in Singapore that Middle East issues featured in the Trump-Xi discussion and that any consensus would be critical to cooling the conflict. Iranian officials have signaled Hormuz could reopen within days if Washington eases its naval blockade of Iranian ports; U.S. officials continue to stress patience and military options.

Saudi authorities said they intercepted six ballistic missiles Friday morning amid a new Houthi wave. Pezeshkian separately told media Iran wants Washington back into a memorandum of understanding before U.S. midterms. Accounts agree diplomacy remains open without a deal; they diverge on whether Beijing’s pressure on Tehran will move faster than battlefield tempo.

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