ITALY PERSPECTIVE

Rome retains above all the tempo of the reversal — that moment when American planes were 'already flying over Iran' for a strike 'even harder' than the night before, before the about-face. ANSA reconstructs the timeline: after hours of threats, including taking control of Kharg, Trump announces on Truth that he has 'canceled the attacks and bombings planned for tonight,' explaining that talks, sustained despite crossfire over the Persian Gulf, were 'taken to the highest level of the Iranian leadership and approved,' both in concept and in detail. The agency flags a detail heavy with symbolism for Italy: the signing could happen 'perhaps this weekend in Europe,' on the eve of the Evian G7, at the hands of Vice President JD Vance, with the Strait of Hormuz reopening 'immediately' afterward. Adnkronos and Libero follow the same thread, underlining Tehran's 'freeze' as it declines to confirm the deal Washington proclaims. The Italian framing is that of a country deeply exposed to Mediterranean energy dependence, scanning Hormuz with anxiety: the prospect of the strait reopening is read more as a potential relief for supply and prices than as an American diplomatic victory.