Iranian officials continued to make disparaging comments about the United States and tout their plans to take permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, even as the White House remains optimistic about an imminent “deal” that would end the conflict in the Middle East and secure safe passage for shipping.
The Ugandan parliament voted on Tuesday to approve deploying soldiers to the Gaza Strip as part of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) envisioned by President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan.
Israeli forces resumed military operations in southern Lebanon, allegedly against the Iran-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah, on Thursday after minimal progress in talks with the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.
The foreign ministry of Qatar said on Tuesday that diplomatic efforts between the United States and Iran are “ongoing,” but no direct talks between the two are currently scheduled.
The U.S. military carried out a 13th consecutive night of strikes against Iran early Friday, targeting military command centers, drone facilities, communications networks, and maritime capabilities. The action came as President Donald Trump said he was weighing a “massive attack bigger than anything before” while Tehran rejected a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal and warned the conflict could expand further across the region.
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni made a trip to Pakistan on Tuesday with a “high-level delegation” to meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his defense chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.
Unnamed mediators have reportedly shopped a proposal for a ten-day de-escalation ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.
Iran reportedly told Trump advisers the Strait of Hormuz attacks were the work of a rogue hardline group and not a deliberate government decision.
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the ceasefire with Iran is over, though the United States has agreed that talks will continue.
President Donald Trump said Iran “called a little while ago” and “wants a deal so badly” after the United States launched a second consecutive night of strikes against Iranian targets, but questioned whether Tehran is “worthy” of an agreement while warning that any future attacks would be met with overwhelming force.
U.S. forces launched a new round of strikes against Iranian military targets Wednesday after President Donald Trump declared the U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Tehran was “over,” escalating Washington’s military response to Iran’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S.-brokered interim ceasefire with Iran is now over. President Donald Trump made the declaration Wednesday, telling reporters at the NATO defence summit in Ankara, Turkey: “These are evil, sick people,” before describing Tehran’s negotiators as scum and a cancer that needs to be excised.
The Trump administration on Tuesday reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil and petrochemical sales after Tehran reportedly attacked three vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.
Actor-comedian Michael Rapaport said he stopped referring to President Donald Trump as “Dick Stain” because he wanted to support efforts to bring home the hostages taken during the October 7 attacks.
U.S. officials feared Israel might target two of Iran’s top negotiators during sensitive peace talks this spring, concerned such a strike could derail the diplomatic effort and reignite the war, according to a report published Thursday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Monday that Tehran will honor its commitments under the memorandum of understanding with the United States if Washington upholds its end of the agreement, as the two sides prepared for expected high-level discussions in Doha after a weekend flare-up in the Strait of Hormuz briefly threatened the ceasefire.
U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets for a second consecutive day Saturday after Tehran launched another drone attack against a commercial tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz, prompting President Donald Trump to warn that Washington could ultimately “militarily complete the job” if the Islamic Republic continues violating last week’s ceasefire agreement.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Saturday that American forces carried out another round of strikes on multiple targets in Iran after a Panama-flagged oil tanker was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States launched strikes on Iran on Friday as a “powerful response” to the country’s Thursday attack on a cargo ship trying to exit the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) officials said.
The majority of Americans are in favor of the deal between the U.S. and Iran, according to poll results shared by President Donald Trump.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun discussed ceasefire efforts in his country with Vice President JD Vance in a phone call on Monday.
Shipping traffic is reportedly beginning to move through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran promised to reopen without tolls or ransoms as part of its ceasefire deal with the United States.
Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-language spokesman for the Israeli military, said on Thursday that Israeli forces “struck more than 100 Hezbollah targets across various areas of Lebanon, including the Bekaa Valley and Nabatieh.”
President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his call for peace across the Middle East, urging all parties to uphold ongoing negotiations as Israel moved to deepen its military presence inside southern Lebanon.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has canceled planned strikes against Iran, declaring that a deal to end the conflict has been approved by all parties and is awaiting finalization.
The U.S. military launched a fresh wave of strikes against multiple targets in Iran on Wednesday evening after President Donald Trump warned Tehran would “pay the price” for dragging out negotiations aimed at ending the conflict.
President Donald Trump personally intervened Monday to stop Israel from carrying out a significantly larger military operation against Iran after warning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu further escalation could leave Israel confronting Tehran without American backing, multiple U.S. and Israeli media report.
Iran shattered the fragile ceasefire that had largely held since April 8 by launching multiple ballistic missile barrages at Israel on Sunday, threatening to derail negotiations that President Donald Trump said were only days away from producing a broader agreement between Washington and Tehran.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced a ceasefire plan with Israel, but it was quickly rejected by the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists.
Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to implement a U.S.-brokered ceasefire framework contingent on Hezbollah ending its attacks.
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he brokered a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists of Lebanon, but both sides continued to launch attacks on Tuesday, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are still issuing evacuation orders for Lebanese communities where strikes against Hezbollah are imminent.
President Donald Trump said Monday he believes the United States could reach an agreement with Iran “over the next week” after personally intervening to halt a rapidly escalating confrontation between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon that Tehran warned could derail the negotiations altogether.
President Donald Trump said Monday that talks with Iran continue after announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
President Donald Trump is meeting in the Situation Room to make a final determination on Iran amid reports that his sign-off is awaited on a ceasefire extension of 60 days.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to extend the fragile ceasefire between the two countries by 60 days and launch negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, though President Donald Trump has not yet signed off on the deal.
Multiple reports have indicated that U.S. negotiators believe that Iran has committed to giving up its nuclear ambitions and its highly enriched uranium as a part of a broader peace deal with President Donald Trump.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday there has been “progress” in the U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks mediated by Pakistan, but there are still major hurdles to overcome.
Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “no country in the world should accept” Iran’s latest scheme to control the Strait of Hormuz in perpetuity and extort “tolls” from international shipping.
Iran’s Tasnim News Agency claimed on Monday that Tehran has prepared a 14-point ceasefire proposal and given it to Pakistani intermediaries to present to the United States.
President Donald Trump on Monday declared that the fragile ceasefire with Iran was on “massive life support” with only a “1% chance of living” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal as “garbage” and “totally unacceptable.”
