Breaking News reported via WhatsApp that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iranian demands were unacceptable. It also quoted him as saying that the United States would respond to any Iranian threat targeting its forces or ships. It further quoted him as saying that President Trump was not elected to ignore the Iran file or leave it to the next president. Breaking News is the only source for these statements, and they could not be independently verified. It is not known when or where Rubio made the statements, or which Iranian demands he was referring to. Breaking News reported that the Israeli Broadcasting Authority said military officials in Israel and the United States support launching an attack on Iran. The identities of these officials are not known, and it is not known whether an actual decision to launch an attack has been made.