The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected claims made by US President Donald Trump regarding the reaching of an agreement with Iran, stating that Tehran has not yet arrived at a final conclusion on the matter. | The spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, pointing to the trajectory of negotiations with the United States, stated: "Since the beginning of the talks, we have witnessed shifting positions from American officials, and this issue has recurred multiple times." ● Esmaeil Baghaei noted that Iran entered the negotiations in good faith, but the United States launched attacks against Iran twice mid-negotiation and further violated the terms during the ceasefire period. He added: "While they speak of negotiation, they simultaneously resort to force and criminal actions." ● The spokesperson noted that the Americans are trying to create a false narrative to claim that diplomatic processes have potentially succeeded due to their pressures. He stated:

■ Iran firm on red lines, says proposed deal not finalized amid US backtracking (Press TV)
■ Trump Says He Has ‘Canceled’ Plans To Bomb Iran for Third Night (Antiwar)

Moon of Alabama | The war on Iran continues to escalate. | Yesterday a U.S. Apache helicopter went down in the Strait of Hormuz near the coast of Oman. The pilots were saved. The U.S. at first did not claim any external influence for the incident. Only hours after it happened it claimed that an Iranian Shahid drone had hit the helicopter. That claim is not plausible at all. ■ Shahid are point to point kamikaze drones. They get their target coordinates before they are launched. They are not radio controlled. They do not have the capability to maneuver against a moving target. They explode when they hit something. Whatever happened to the downed helicopter it wasn’t a hit by a Shahid drone that took it down. ■ After the U.S. had suddenly claimed that Iran had caused the incident it announced to strike on Iran. Some 10 targets were bombed including radar, communication equipment and, in the port of Sirik, a desalination station. Iran responded by firing some 20 missiles and drones against U.S. installations in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain.

■ Trump Says US Will Be ‘Taking’ Iran’s Kharg Island (Antiwar)
■ What to know about Trump's plans of new strikes on Iran, oil market reaction (TASS)
■ US strikes targets across Iran as oil prices surge (RT)
■ Strait of Hormuz fully closed after US strikes on Iran (IRNA)
■ Iran’s Armed Forces to continue response to US aggression (IRNA)
■ IRGC launches 12 ballistic missiles at US al-Azraq base in Jordan (Press TV)

Iran's Armed Forces have launched retaliatory operations against American military targets in the region after fresh American aggression struck several locations in the country's southern Hormozgan Province. | On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) noted how the "warmongering American regime" had attacked several locations in Jask, Sirik, and Qeshm in the province earlier in the day under the "false pretext" of an American helicopter's crash.According to the IRGC, the American strikes had damaged a telecommunications tower in Sirik and destroyed two water reservoirs in the Bemani district of the county. US Fifth Fleet, al-Azraq base hit in reprisal | The Corps said its Navy responded to the attacks by carrying out a retaliatory drone strike against the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. The force later announced that it had also launched a missile strike against Washington's al-Azraq base in Jordan. According to another IRGC statement, four major targets, including F-35 warplane shelters and the command-and-control center of the "child-killing American army" at al-Azraq, were struck and destroyed.

■ Iran MP blasts US for quick blame on copter crash, silence on school massacre (Press TV)
■ US bombs Iran’s water facilities: Why that’s so significant (Al Jazeera)
■ IRGC downs MQ-9 near Strait of Hormuz as Iran responds to US aggression (Press TV)
■ MQ-9 Drone Intercepted and Destroyed Over Bushehr Province (WANA)
■ Iran launches retaliatory missile strikes on US targets (VIDEO) (RT)
■ US Completes Strikes on Iran; Iran Retaliates With Attacks on Bahrain, Jordan Bases (Sputnik)
■ US carries out strikes in Iran over helicopter incident (RT)

Iran has launched multiple waves of missiles towards Israel in response to Israeli attacks, as fears of a return to a full-fledged war across the region rise.

🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: https://t.co/tn0Aji6E4B pic.twitter.com/9T78DRARzA

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 8, 2026

Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile strike targeting one of Israel's key military aviation facilities amid rapidly escalating regional tensions. According to a statement carried by Iran's Tasnim News Agency, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said ballistic missiles were launched at Ramat David Air Base in northern Israel, located near Haifa. The IRGC described the facility as a source of military operations against southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs and said the strike was part of its latest retaliatory wave. Videos circulating online appear to show large explosions near the area, though the extent of any damage has not been independently verified.

■ Iran will deliver 'decisive, painful response' to Israeli strike on Beirut: MP (Press TV)
■ Iran pounds occupied territories with missiles, warns of 'more crushing blows' if Lebanon attacks persist (Press TV)
✅ Iran Keeps Striking Tel Aviv! Mossad HQ Destroyed, Israel Declares Emergency (Scott Ritter)(VIDEO)

The US is planning to use Iran’s own frozen wealth to fund reconstruction in Gulf states following the US-Israeli war of aggression, American media reported. | US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has allegedly directed his team to estimate repair costs in Gulf countries and tap into Iranian funds to cover them.

The scheme emerges as Iranian officials warn that peace talks remain at a “deadlock” until the US unlocks the $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

■ US wants to send frozen Iranian assets to Gulf allies (RT)

“Despite the expansion of the distance between enemy vessels and the range of the missiles used, should the need arise, this force (Iran’s Navy) will employ missiles with longer ranges.” | In a statement released on Friday, the Navy said that, as part of ongoing operations to counter acts of maritime aggression, harassment, and the seizure of commercial vessels and oil tankers by the “terrorist US Navy”, Iranian forces launched warning shots using Qadir missiles and newly developed offensive drones known as the “Martyr Dana”.

■ Iran fires missiles and drones at US destroyers in Oman Sea (Türkiye Today)
■ Iranian Navy Says Missiles, Drones Targeted US Warships — US Calls It False (Marine Insight)
■ Tehran retaliates for ‘defensive’ US strike on Iranian island (VIDEOS) (RT)
■ IRGC pounds US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain after drone attacks on Iranian territory (Press TV)
■ IRGC Retaliatory Missile Attacks Target US Bases in Region (Tasnim News Agency)

Iran made clear in its latest attacks that it will be striking harder in response to any further US attacks on Iranian ships or Iranian ports | President Trump has told his aides that he may restart the full-scale bombing campaign against Iran if US troops are killed, The Wall Street Journal has reported, as the US and Iran have traded multiple rounds of attacks despite a nominal ceasefire. ● The report came after the president downplayed Iranian attacks targeting US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, which were Iran’s most significant response yet to US strikes. The president acknowledged that the US hit Iran “hard” before the Iranian attacks and that Tehran was “a little bit provoked.” ● A US soldier did die in Iraq on May 31, but according to the US military, it was due to a training accident, and several US troops and American contractors were injured by an Iranian attack on Kuwait last week. At least 13 US troops were killed during the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, according to the Pentagon’s numbers.

Moon of Alabama | Selected oil derived products will become rare. At some point Iran and the U.S. will come to an agreement. | The Zionist lobby is vehemently against any peace deal with Iran. Israel will do its best to sabotage any resolution of the matter by continuing its war in Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. It wants the war on Iran to continue until that country is destroyed as a viable competitor. ■ So far the Zionists hold the upper hand. They can and do defy Trump at every corner. The Lobby has the upper hand. He does not yet dare to take it down. ■ Existing oil inventories, commercial ones as well as state owned strategic reserves, were used as a buffer to paper over the lack of some 15% of crude oil in the global markets. Gas prices at the pump have risen, but only moderately. ■ From now on the situation can only, and will, get worse.

■ Iran Condemns US Strikes on Qeshm, Accuses Kuwait and Bahrain of Complicity (Sputnik)
■ US and Iran exchange missile strikes (VIDEOS) (RT)

Ghalibaf Says Iran Will Be in ‘Direct Confrontation’ With Israel If It Doesn’t Halt Attacks on Lebanon | Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Monday that Iran would be in a “direct confrontation with the enemy” if Israel doesn’t halt its attacks in Lebanon. ● Ghalibaf made the comments in a post on X recounting a conversation he had with Nabih Berri, the speaker of Lebanon’s parliament and leader of the Amal Movement, a Shia political faction that’s largely aligned with Hezbollah. [...] Earlier in the day, Iranian media reported that Tehran halted negotiations with Washington over Israel’s continued attacks and escalations in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel planned to launch strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, but appeared to have backed down after a call with President Trump. Iran had also warned that it could target northern Israel if Netanyahu went ahead with the strikes. ● Trump claimed in two posts on Truth Social after his call with Netanyahu that some sort of ceasefire had been agreed to, though Israeli attacks continue in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah continues to fire at Israeli forces.

■ IRGC says armed forces prepared for all scenarios amid heightened military readiness (Press TV)
■ Iran halts talks with US, says it will close Bab el-Mandeb Strait: Report (MEE)
✅ After Israel Threatened Beirut, Iran Announced To Further Reduce Global Oil Supplies (Moon of Alabama)

The US military says it attacked Iranian radar and drone sites in the city of Goruk and the island of Qeshm, while Kuwait reports “hostile” missile and drone attacks.

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— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 1, 2026

● The US military says it attacked Iranian radar and drone sites in the city of Goruk and the island of Qeshm over the weekend.
● Kuwait reports “hostile” missile and drone attacks, as Iran’s IRGC says it launched a retaliatory strike on a base it claims was used for an attack on its Sirik Island.
● Israel’s expanding invasion of Lebanon has drawn global condemnation, with France requesting an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
● US President Donald Trump says he is close to a “very good deal” with Iran, with US media reporting that he is pushing for tougher terms.
● Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the exchange of messages with the US is ongoing, but that nothing is certain until a deal is finalised.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has stated that a ceasefire in Lebanon is inseparable from any final agreement to end the war, as the Israeli regime escalates assaults on Lebanon in violation of an earlier truce. | Speaking at his weekly press conference on Monday, Esmaeil Baghaei responded to a question about Lebanon's developments and the ongoing Israeli atrocities in the country. [...] The United States and Israel launched their illegal, unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and striking nuclear facilities, schools, hospitals, and civilian infrastructure. ● Iran’s armed forces responded with at least 100 waves of decisive retaliatory strikes under Operation True Promise 4, launching hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as drones, against American military bases across West Asia and Israeli positions throughout the occupied territories.

■ US dragging out talks by changing its demands or making new ones — Iranian diplomat (TASS)

This is utterly brutal and outrageous. There is no excuse for Dutch police violently assaulting a pregnant woman simply because she wanted to stay with her detained PALESTINIAN husband.

The Dutch authorities must ensure full accountability for this blatant human rights… pic.twitter.com/3zhTifOXrB

— Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) May 31, 2026

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei reacted on Monday to a video circulated by Al Jazeera showing a Dutch police officer forcefully throwing a pregnant woman to the ground and dragging her during the arrest of her Palestinian husband. | The incident, which took place on May 19 in the Dutch town of Zeist, gained public attention over the weekend after videos emerged online showing a police officer forcefully pulling a heavily pregnant woman by the arm, causing her to fall to the ground. ● The Al Jazeera report said that the woman went into early labor as a result of her trauma, and later gave birth to a baby girl ahead of schedule. While neither the mother nor the newborn reportedly suffered serious injuries, the incident has sparked scrutiny and renewed questions over the conduct of the police officers involved.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) air defense units have detected and successfully shot down an intruding MQ-1 Predator drone belonging to the “aggressor US military”, shortly after it encroached upon Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. | The IRGC Public Relations Department announced in a statement that the multi-mission and long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft was intercepted and destroyed as it entered the Iranian skies in the early hours of Sunday. ● The unmanned aerial vehicle was immediately tracked by IRGC air defense systems and targeted by advanced surface-to-air missiles before it could carry out any act of aggression. ● The IRGC also emphasized that Iranian airspace over the country’s territorial waters is under full control of its air defense units, warning that any intrusion will be met with a decisive response.

Larry C. Johnson | Trump and his national security sycophants continue to live in a dream world when it comes to negotiating with Iran. | The NY Times [...] frames Trump’s approach as sowing confusion, reflecting internal tug-of-war between hawks and those wanting a quick deal to ease economic pain at home. In reporting that Trump had toughened the terms of a proposed peace framework and sent the revised version back to Iran, partly to pressure Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the Times’ reporters said nothing about Iran’s likely reaction. Instead, they simply noted that while Trump is applying more pressure, his campaign has so far had limited effect on shifting Iran’s core positions, especially on uranium enrichment and its nuclear program. ■ Back in my days at CIA, we called that No Shit analysis. Neither the Times nor Axios chose to report that Iran’s position on those issues remains firm and uncompromising. Iran, exercising its territorial rights, will control the flow of ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz for the foreseeable future and will not, under any circumstance, turn over its supply of enriched uranium to the United States. I am not sure that Trump and his advisers understand that, but it would sure be helpful if the media would help educate the public about this reality.

■ White House Expects Clarity on US-Iran Deal by End of Next Week (Sputnik)
■ Trump pushes for last-minute changes to Iran peace draft (RT)
■ Iran rejects Trump's terms of deal to lift Hormuz blockade (MEE)
■ Iran REJECTS U.S. Agreement (Hal Turner)

'Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,' official says after nearly 2-hour Situation Room meeting | A White House official said Friday that US President Donald Trump would only pursue an Iran nuclear agreement on American terms, following a lengthy meeting in the Situation Room. [...] It came amid US-Iran nuclear negotiations, with Washington maintaining that any agreement must meet strict conditions set by the president.

■ Pezeshkian: Iran ready for ‘dignified framework’ to end war in region (Press TV)
■ United States and Iran acknowledge preliminary agreement but disagree on its essential terms (MercoPress)

Israel is pressing the US to restart heavy airstrikes on Iran that would involve the targeted killing of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s lead negotiators, and attacks on the country’s oil infrastructure, Capital & Empire reported on Thursday. | The report, which cited US sources familiar with a classified report circulating within the US intelligence community, said Israel is aggressively pushing for the US to abandon talks with Iran and insisting that destroying oil infrastructure in the country could bring about regime change while also downplaying the impact the renewed full-scale war will have on the global economy.

Meanwhile, Israel intensifies attacks across southern Lebanon, killing and wounding civilians
● Sirens sound across Kuwait as state-media reports of drone, missile attacks
● Death toll from Israeli strike on residential tower in Gaza City rises to 10
● US adds Persian Gulf Strait Authority to sanctions list
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■ ‘Stern warning’: IRGC announces retaliatory attack on US base following American aggression (Press TV)
■ Iran targeted US base in response to new strikes – IRGC (RT)

David Hearst | The balance of power has shifted, and nations of the Middle East will no longer accept a regional order dictated by the US and Israel | Each day brings a fresh turn in the tortured negotiations between US President Donald Trump and the Islamic Republic of Iran. ■ Each time an agreement on one point is close, Trump picks up the phone to call his partner-in-crime, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - and Trump then retreats from it. ■ This is what has happened to two points on which Iranian negotiators thought they had an agreement. According to Hassan Ahmadian, an Iranian affairs analyst, the two key elements of a 30-60 day ceasefire being proposed were that the truce would cover Lebanon, and that some Iranian assets would be unfrozen. ■ But however tortuous the path, and even if this deal fails and Trump decides to attack Iran for a third time, it is brutally clear that the US has just lost another war in the Middle East - its sixth in 25 years.

📌 Larry C. Johnson | Notwithstanding the Al Jazeera report, there are still significant areas of disagreement that make a deal between Iran and the US unlikely. | Washington and Israel want Iranian concessions first, while Tehran wants tangible, front-loaded economic and security relief before it gives ground on anything that matters. That is the heart of the present deadlock. ■ Iran’s position is not theatrical. It is rooted in a clear strategic doctrine: after decades of sanctions, pressure, assassinations, sabotage, and military threats, Tehran will not trade hard leverage for verbal assurances or a memorandum of understanding. ■ Promises are not enough. Mechanisms matter. Sequencing matters. Asset movement matters. Enforcement matters. The central judgment is this: Iran is not blinking.

■ US, Iran inch closer to deal to end the war: What to know (Al Jazeera)
■ Iran, Oman in Talks on New Procedure for Ships' Passage Via Strait of Hormuz - Official (Sputnik)

The jihadists are being moved from prisons in Syria to special camps in neighboring Iraq, Aleksandr Bortnikov has said | Western spy agencies are intending to use Syrian militants as a proxy force against Iran, Russian Federal Security Service chief Aleksandr Bortnikov has said. ● The jihadists, who fought for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and other terrorist groups, are being moved from their detention facilities in Syria to special camps in Iraq, Bortnikov said during a meeting of the security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia’s Irkutsk Region on Tuesday. The CIS was established in 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, to promote economic, political and security cooperation between members. It currently includes nine nations: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan.

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The strikes reportedly occurred in the narrowest section of the Strait of Hormuz | US fighter jets have struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) speedboats as explosions were heard near the port of Bandar Abbas. The attack occurred on Monday as US and Iranian negotiators arrived in Qatar in hopes of advancing stalled talks. According to SNN, the attack on the Iranian vessels took place south of Larak Island, in the narrowest section of the Strait of Hormuz, which remains under a dual US-Iranian blockade. At least three Iranian sailors were killed, SNN said. Media outlets also reported a series of explosions in Bandar Abbas, home to an Iranian naval base.

Moon of Alabama | Trump’s attempt over Friday and Saturday to come to some deal with Iran has failed. | Iran’s supreme leader had rejected to move any enriched Uranian from Iran’s territory. Enrichment to Iran is a non negotiable right. The inclusion of a real ceasefire in Lebanon is also a prime condition for Iran to conclude any deal. After the call Trump immediately changed course. The deal he had been eager to conclude hours earlier was suddenly no longer urgent. Trump soon diverted attention by resorting to a new, mafia-like, scheme.

✅ Iran: "Further Talks pointless" (Harold Turner)

A Fars analysis of the agreement’s wording debunks claims that "Israel" is exempted from the deal. | Claims that President Donald Trump exempted "Israel" from commitments under a potential agreement with Iran appear to be baseless, Fars News Agency revealed, based on a review of the final draft text. ● Fars reported that The New York Times had alleged "Israel" was granted an exemption from the obligations outlined in the emerging draft MoU with Tehran. ● However, an examination of the explicit wording of the prospective agreement shows the opposite. According to the draft text, should the agreement be finalized, the United States and its allies would be bound not to launch any form of aggression against Iran or its allies. ● In return, Iran has committed that neither it nor its allies would carry out preemptive military strikes against the United States and its allies.

■ Iran Denies Planning to Charge Tolls in Strait of Hormuz (Tasnim)
■ US ‘obstructs’ Iran talks as Trump claims deal with Tehran nearing ‘final stages’ (The Cradle)

White House post 1-SECOND nuclear B-2 launch seen as restart of Iran war https://t.co/7bjlEBDi2G pic.twitter.com/ypzmXpFcix

— RT (@RT_com) May 23, 2026

While there are indications pointing to a possible announcement of a preliminary memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States, Iran is also prepared for the possibility of the talks failing at this stage. | Iran’s Armed Forces, taking into account the record of war-mongering and crimes by the US government and the possibility of any hostile action from it as well as the Zionist regime, always remain in full readiness regardless of the status of negotiations. ● A military source recently told Tasnim that if the Americans once again make a miscalculation and resort to aggression or criminal actions against Iran, they will face “Iran’s third version of confrontation”, which will differ from the previous two wars in terms of strategy, tactics, objectives, and equipment.

■ IRGC Warns of ‘Hellish’ Response to Any New Aggression against Iran (Tasnim)
■ Iran "Fully Rejects" Alleged Peace Deal With 60-day Ceasefire (Hal Turner) [?]

Washington’s illegal crackdown on Iran’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’ | The United States has seized an Iran-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean amid intensifying confrontation with Tehran and renewed military threats from US President Donald Trump, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing American officials. The operation marks the latest escalation in Washington’s widening crackdown on Iran’s covert oil trade network, which US authorities claim is helping Tehran bypass international sanctions through secret maritime operations across key global shipping routes. ● According to the report, the vessel identified as “Skywave” was detained overnight after US authorities linked it to a network allegedly transporting sanctioned Iranian crude oil. The tanker had already been sanctioned by Washington earlier this year. ● US officials quoted in the report said intelligence assessments and shipping records suggested that the vessel had loaded more than one million barrels of crude oil from Iran’s Kharg Island in February before continuing its voyage through international waters.

■ US seizes Iran-linked 'shadow fleet' tanker in Indian Ocean amid Trump's strike threats (WebIndia123)
■ Trump Threatens Iran With a ‘Big Hit’ If Deal Isn’t Reached in the Coming Days (Antiwar)
■ 'Economic Fury': US treasury chief demands allies intensify sanctions against Iran (The Cradle)
■ US Senate votes to advance resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers (The Guardian)
■ Senate advances bill to limit Trump’s Iran war powers (RT)

All options are on the table. For example, look at the Bab al-Mandab Strait option as narrated by Press TV! https://t.co/Y7P6JfFCRU

— Peyman Jebelli بيمان جبلّي (@PJebelli_ir) May 19, 2026

Moon of Alabama | As long as Trump is politically (through the bond market) and personally (through stocks) bound to rising markets he will likely avoid anything that might lead to a large tumble of bond and stock values or even a crash. | At Naked Capitalism Yves Smith has held for a while that only ‘the markets’ can prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from further attacks on Iran. ● ‘The markets’ here are for one the bond market where any slump would mean lower treasuries, higher interest rates and problems for the U.S. to finance its debt. It is here where inflation hits Trump the most. Any interest increase is a political burden for Trump who has argued for the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark interest rate. ● But ‘the markets’ are also the stock market where Trump is privately engaged. A recent filing to the US Office of Government Ethics revealed that more than 3,600(!) transactions were made between January and the end of March on Trump’s personal account, which is (allegedly) handled by his sons through a brokerage

While Tehran has said it does not trust Washington, it maintains the standoff cannot be resolved through military means | The US and Israel are actively preparing for a renewal of hostilities with Iran and could resume attacks as early as next week, The New York Times has reported, citing sources. ● Indirect negotiations between Iran and the Trump White House have remained deadlocked since a fragile ceasefire was established in April following over a month of hostilities. Both sides have repeatedly dismissed the other’s demands as unrealistic, and both Tehran and Washington still insist they hold the upper hand. ● Meanwhile, disruptions continue in the Strait of Hormuz, which has heavily affected global shipping and caused oil shortages worldwide. While Iran has announced its own mechanism to regulate maritime traffic in the waterway, Washington has rejected the scheme and is enforcing a naval blockade on Iranian ports in retaliation. ● Two unnamed Middle East officials told the NYT on Friday that preparations for new strikes by Israel and the US have greatly accelerated over the past few days, and the conflict could resume as early as next week, according to the sources.

■ Iran submits new 14-point proposal to US via Pakistan to end war: Report (Press TV)
■ Ten-point plan for talks with US is 'red line' for Iran — lawmaker (TASS)
■ Still threatening Iran, US sets five more demands for talks: Fars (Al Mayadeen)
■ Explainer: Iran's 10-point proposal that forced US surrender after 40 days of aggression (Press TV)
■ Trump says US could ‘easily’ take Strait of Hormuz, ‘make a fortune’ over oil exports (NYP) (April 3, 2026)