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⚡️ The Middle East Update for June 8 includes information from Iran and Israel due to their overnight 12-hour war, as well as Lebanon as Iran attempt to include a ceasefire in the peace agreement with the United States, while Israel try to keep the issue separate, along with statements from official press conferences or interviews, and all the other news you need from around the Gulf.
Israel-Iran aftermath:
⚡️ Channel 12: Trump Warned Netanyahu Over Iranian Escalation
🔹 President Trump told Israeli Channel 12 news that he had threatened the Israeli Prime Minister: “I warned Netanyahu that if he escalates the situation into a war, he will be left alone against Iran,” adding that he tried to limit the size of the Israeli response to Iran after 5 countries asked the President to pressure the Prime Minster.
⚡️ Israel Hayom: Officials Thought Iran Would Not Carry Out A Strike
🔹 According to official Israeli sources, Iran succeeded in creating a very disturbing equation in the Middle East, because any attack on Beirut would be met with Iranian missiles towards Israel.
🔹 Israel Hayom said that security sources admitted there was no possibility of Iran responding before the decision to attack the Beirut southern suburb was made, but officials also didn’t believe the Iranian’s would carry out the threat and fire towards Israel.
⚡️ Saudi Ministry of Defence: Reports Of Explosions Are False
🔹 According to a statement by the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence, Major-General Turki Al-Maliki, stated that reports circulating about the Prince Sultan Air Base in Al-Kharj Governorate being targeted was untrue.
🔹 Al-Maliki added that the sound of the sirens in Al-Kharj in the morning was a precautionary measure resulting from the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen that disappeared near the border, and investigations are ongoing to determine the details of the launch.
🔹 Saudi’s Ministry of Defence later updated that the ballistic missile launched from Yemen had suffered a technical malfunction, causing it to deviate from its planned trajectory and ultimately fell in an uninhabited area near the Saudi-Yemeni border, adding the missile was launched by the Houthis.
⚡️ Times Of Israel: IDF Preparing For More Fighting With Iran
🔹 Preparations were underway for at least several days of fighting in Iran, with the possibility of returning to a prolonged conflict, a senior Israeli military officer told the TOI.
🔹 According to the report, IDF frames current operations as a continuation of Operation Roaring Lion (day 42), resuming after a two-month pause, noting 22-24 ballistic missiles launched from Iran had been intercepted, while one fell short from the two that were fired from the Houthis, and the other fell short.
🔹 IDF struck Iran in two waves by Monday morning, with all attacks on Iranian soil including Israeli military only, saying it would continue to strike Dahieh in Beirut when the opportunity arose, since yesterday’s strike allegedly killed two mid-level Hezbollah commanders involved in drone operations.
🔹 The senior IDF official added: “We have no equations – the Iranians are trying to limit us, but we will not allow them to create a new reality in the Middle East.”
⚡️ President Trump: Two Truths To A Ceasefire
🔹 US President Trump took to Truth Social on Monday morning with a first post saying that Israel and Iran must immediately stop shooting at each other, before taking to the network an hour later announcing a ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel had already been agreed.
🔹 “Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking do do an immediate ceasefire,” the president said, stating final negotiations on peace are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in the way, but the blockade will remain in full force and effect until a final deal is reached and things should move quickly.
⚡️ Israel Hayom: Message to Iran:
🔹 The US and Israel sent a message to Iran shortly after the ceasefire announcement by President Trump on Truth Social, reported Israel Hayom, claiming it said there would be no further attacks provided Iran doesn’t launch another attack.
⚡️ Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ Issues Warning to Israel
🔹 Spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central HQ said on Monday that Iranian forces had ceased operations after dealing a ‘painful response’ to Israel, warning any renewed Israeli aggression, including in southern Lebanon, will trigger a ‘much harsher and more crushing’ attack.
⚡️ Sharif Urges For Peace Over Fighting
🔹 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a statement on X on Monday saying the surge in violence in the Middle East was a stark reminder of the dangers associated with a tenuous ceasefire and the unbearable consequences it may lead to.
🔹 Sharif said; “As we work earnestly and painstakingly, together with our brothers and partners, to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the conflict, and especially when the final objective is just about to be achieved, we sincerely urge all sides to exercise restraint and give peace a little more chance.”
🔹 The PM added that the countries should continue to remain on the path of peace and diplomacy which have a bright prospect of success instead of violence and destruction.
⚡️ Warning From Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
🔹 Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council Mohammed Bagher Zolghadr published a statement which said forty-seven years and one hundred days of resistance, ‘from the battlefield to the city square, from the city square to the field of politics and diplomacy, have transformed the world’s security order.’
🔹 Zolghadr said: “Look for a credible threat from somewhere other than Washington and Tel Aviv,” adding: “If the evil Zionist-American coalition makes another mistake, the region will become hell for it.”
⚡️ Warning From Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf
🔹 Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf took to X to publish a warning to any aggressors of Iran: “We have disrupted the equation of a ceasefire on paper and its repeated violations in the field,” he said, warning: “As long as you lack the genuine will to build trust, Iran’s response will be exactly this.”
⚡️ Netanyahu’s Televised Statement
🔹 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a scheduled broadcast appearance to issue a statement, saying that one year ago, Israel launched a ‘historic preemptive’ strike against Iran’s intention to ‘destroy us’ with atomic bombs.
🔹 Netanyahu said: “If we had not acted in time and with force, we would not be here today,” adding: “I reiterate my comment: Iran will not have nuclear weapons – the same determination we acted also against Hezbollah.”
🔹 The PM claimed: “Hezbollah planned to invade the Galilee with thousands of terrorists, and at the same time it planned to destroy the cities of Israel with 150,000 rockets and missiles,” adding that Israeli fighters were ‘destroying Hezbollah.’
🔹 Netanyahu said Iran and Hezbollah are weaker than ever and Israel are stronger than ever, but the campaign against them isn’t over: “Over the past 24 hours, Iran and Hezbollah tried to impose a new equation on us that is unacceptable to me,” Netanyahu said: “As I have done for decades, I am adamant to maintain our rights and respond to such attacks.”
🔹 The Prime Minister said that If Iran made the mistake and resumed its attacks, Israel would respond forcefully, because Israel has the right to defend itself and would maintain that right: “As I say to my friend President Trump: we will defend Israel with determination and wit, and together, with God’s help and willing, we will bring back security to northern Israel.”
⚡️ Strikes On Iran Halted
🔹 IDF were preparing a major wave of airstrikes against Iran on Tuesday evening, with dozens of Air Force fighter jets set to launch attacks on targets across the country, but the largescale operation didn’t go ahead, according to Israeli Army Radio.
⚡️ IRGC Quds Force Commander Praises Yemen, Warns Israel And US
🔹 Commander of the IRGC Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, published a statement saying the timely and authoritative action of the heroic Yemeni demonstrated the intelligence of the resistance front, adding that if necessary, others would come as well.
🔹 Qaani said: “From the Strait of Hormuz to Bab al-Mandab and from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, there will be a new security belt of resistance,” adding that the evils of Israel and America in the region will result in a reaction from the United Resistance Front: “Warriors Without Borders are watching over your crossings: continue to attack, and they will grab your throat,” he warned.
⚡️ IDF Targeted Nine Air Defence Systems In Iran
🔹 Footage was released by the IDF showing strikes on Iranian air defence systems on Monday morning, claiming that dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck nine Iranian air defence systems in western and central Iran.
🔹 The IDF said: “The destruction of the systems further expands the Israeli Air Force’s aerial superiority in the skies over Iran, with the goal of continuing to remove threats to the citizens of the State of Israel.”
⚡️ IRGC Struck Multiple Targets In Israel Overnight
🔹 According to a statement, the Iranian Armed Forces claimed they struck multiple targets in Israel during the attack between Sunday and Monday, including Tiberias, Nahariya, the Bazan industrial complex in Haifa, and the Ramat David Airbase, in an operation dubbed ‘Warning,’ while a second phase called ‘Victory’ hit the Tel Nof and Nevatim airbases in central and southern Israel.
🔹 The strikes were in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s Dahieh District and on petrochemical facilities in Mahshahr, Iran, while Ramat David was targeted as the main airbase supporting Israeli aggression in southern Lebanon.
🔹 Meanwhile, Yemeni forces claimed a ballistic missile strike on Tel Aviv (Jaffa), triggering sirens from Ramat Gan to Bnei Brak.
⚡️ Mohammad Reza Aref: ‘Operation Victory’ Showcased New Level Of Deterrence For Iran
🔹 Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said that the ‘enemy,’ in the shortest possible time, tasted the might of the nation’s honour and expertise and was forced to beg again for a ceasefire from Iran, claiming Operation Victory showcased a new level of deterrence for Iran: “We do not seek war, but we will not hesitate for a moment to defend our land and values,” he wrote on X.
⚡️ Iran’s Commander-in-Chief of Army Statement
🔹 Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army, Major General Amir Hatami, said that Israel attacking while the Pakistan Interior Minister was still in Tehran showed that they had no intention of following a ceasefire or committing to any agreement.
🔹 Hatami said that with the support and presence of the Iranian people, along with the full readiness announcement of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, Iran was in a position to warn that the responsibility for Israel’s aggression lie with America, and if Israel’s acts are repeated, actions will be more severe.
⚡️ 15 People Injured Following Israel’s Attack on Iran
🔹 Head of Iran’s Emergency Organisation, Jafar Miadfar, said fifteen people had been injured in the msot recent attacks by Israel, but no one had been killed, stating that 14 of the injured were from Mahshahr County in Khuzestan Province and one person was from Tehran city.
🔹 Miadfar noted one person was still hospitalised and fourteen others had been discharged after receiving the necessary medical services, adding that the health system and the country’s emergency organisation were fully prepared to provide necessary and appropriate services to any potential injured in case of continued hostile actions.
⚡️ Israel Hayom: Half A Billion In Damage To Israel In 12 Hours
🔹 Iran’s attacks of Israel caused half a billion dollars in damage was inflicted on infrastructure around Israel within 12 hours, and despite its usual censorship, the outlet publicly announced the damages and human casualties.
🔹 The former head of the Israeli military intelligence said the new equation created by Iran was a great victory for the country, adding that Iran had shown it can fully support the resistance groups, while Israel’s Channel 12 also admitted Israel is trapped in a quagmire where Iran sets the playing field.
⚡️ Yediot News: Dahieh Target Confirmed By Israel
🔹 According to Israeli estimates, the targeted drone attack carried out on the Dahieh district of Beirut was aimed at a central commander of Hezbollah involved in the drone field, stating that two Hezbollah operatives were killed and nine others injured, including commanders with ranks equivalent to battalion commanders in the organisation.
Media claims:
⚡️ CBS: American source says that US forces took no part in the strikes on Iran, and Trump did not order any defensive assistance to intercept Iranian missiles targeting Israel.
⚡️ i24NEWS: An Israeli source said the big battle with the Trump administration will now be to continue disconnecting the tracks between the Tehran-Washington negotiations and the Lebanon front.
⚡️ Tasnim News: Iran suspended all arrivals and departures until future notice on Monday evening.
⚡️ Channel 12 Israel: At Trump’s request, Israel is stopping the attacks on Iran, but the attacks in southern Lebanon will continue in the coming days with full force, and will bomb Dahieh if attacks on settlements continue.
⚡️ Naya News: Iraq reopens airspace following President Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire and a de-escalation around the Middle East.
⚡️ Kan News: Israeli sources indicated that a war cabinet meeting was scheduled to convene at 9pm local time.
⚡️ Israeli Army Radio: IDF received instructions to stop attacking Iran, but continue to operate freely in southern Lebanon.
⚡️ WSJ: Senior US official said US forces helped intercept missiles fired by Iran towards Israel
⚡️ Israeli Army Radio: Netanyahu held overnight discussions with the American leadership over what targets to attack in Iran
⚡️ Channel 14 Israel: A senior Israeli official said a return to intense fighting with Iran is ‘only a matter of time, possibly within the coming days,’ with both defensive and offensive alertness remaining high.
⚡️ Channel 12 Israel: Trump told Bibi: “You better be careful with what you do, because you might be soon left alone against Iran.”
⚡️ Reuters: Netanyahu informed Trump that Israel would not accept any agreement that limits its freedom to operate against Lebanon.
⚡️ Sky News: President Trump told Sky he didn’t think Israel would go back to war with Iran and it was all working out very well: “Iran is doing what they have to do; I don’t think that’s going to happen, ok?”
⚡️ Mehr News: Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority announced that flight restrictions were lifted and air activities were gradually returning to normal across the country.
⚡️ IRIB News: Syria reopened their closed airspace following the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
⚡️ Reuters and CBS: The US Government, instead of releasing Iran’s blocked assets, is planning to confiscate the funds in favour of Arab countries damaged during the war.
Lebanese news:
⚡️ CNN: President Aoun Has No Option But To Negotiate On Behalf Of Lebanon
🔹 Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN that he has no option but to negotiate, hoping to benefit from President Trump’s personal desire to end the conflict: “Stability in Lebanon is important for regional security,” he said.
🔹 Aoun stressed that the negotiations are the President’s prerogative under the constriction but are conducted in close consultation with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, adding that the proposal is a non-aggression security agreement, not a peace treaty, as Lebanon remains committed to the Arab Peace Initiative.
🔹 The President said Hezbollah members are Lebanese and have the right to live in dignity, but under state protection: “If the party does not agree to hand over its weapons or negotiate with the government, the people will distance themselves from it,” he warned.
🔹 Aoun refused to meet Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu before a final agreement, calling on Israel to show commitment to ending the war, while adding that Iran must not interfere in Lebanon’s affairs or destroy the country for its own interests, and seeking a relationship based on mutual respect.
🔹 President Aoun said Israel could occupy all of Lebanon but cannot eliminate Hezbollah: “Their strategy is short-sighted,” he said, adding: “They have tried it before; in 2000, in 2006, in 2023 and 2024, and now again in 2026.”
🔹 Aoun said the reality is that Israel could occupy the entire country, they could level the whole country to the ground, but they could never achieve their goal, because confronting non-state actors is different from confronting conventional forces.
🔹 “When two conventional forces face each other, the side with greater capabilities and capacities defeats the other, but Hezbollah is not a tangible target, it is an ideology,” Aoun said, noting it was something that isn’t seen, nor is it a geographical target: “It is a kind of war among the people, the battlefield is the people themselves,” he said.
🔹 Aoun added: “So, how do you measure success? By counting the dead? They tried this method in Gaza as well. Does Hamas exist or not? Yes it does!”
⚡️ Katz: Dahieh Treated Same As Northern Settlements
🔹 Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz published a statement on Monday saying that the Dahieh district of Beirut was being treated the same as Israeli northern settlements, so any attack on northern settlements would lead to an attack on Dahieh.
🔹 Katz said the IDF will continue to operate in Lebanon against Hezbollah, while rejecting Iran’s threats out of hand, saying any Iranian attempt to link Lebanon and Iran and to attack Israel would be met with ‘great force as happened yesterday.’
⚡️ LCBI: Washington Sources Say Lebanese Ceasefire Is Comprehensive & Complete
🔹 Sources from Washington have told LCBI that the ceasefire reached last Wednesday is comprehensive and complete, stating the implementation of the ceasefire is conditional of Hezbollah’s acceptance of the arrangement and the withdrawal of its forces from south of the Litani line.
🔹 The experimental zone mechanism was designed to facilitate the gradual Israeli withdrawal and the deployment of the Lebanese Army in the evacuated areas.
⚡️ Michel Issa: US Ambassador Says Israel Will Withdraw From Lebanon
🔹 US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa said after a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that Israel would withdraw from Lebanon and return Israeli controlled areas and prisoners, and said the discussions clarified previously unclear aspects of the comprehensive ceasefire framework.
🔹 Issa said a ‘pilot zone’ is to be established where residents can return to their homes, protected by the Lebanese Army, with Israel having no involvement in its administration, adding that if Hezbollah stopped its attacks against Israel, then Israel would not strike.
🔹 The Ambassador commented on Sunday’s Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, saying the attack came in response to Hezbollah strikes, noting that Israel had previously stated it would respond if attacked.
⚡️ Attacks Against Hezbollah Intensify In Southern Lebanon
🔹 Media outlets in Lebanon report the IDF has increased the scope of attacks in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire between Israel and Iran came into effect, noting the purpose of increasing military pressure is to clarify that operational activity against Hezbollah would continue as usual, and that it is not part of the understandings or agreements reached with the administration in Tehran.
Israeli News:
⚡️ Axios: Divisions Between The Leaders of Israel and the United States
🔹 Cracks were beginning to appear between what President Trump called a ‘great friendship and partnership’ previously with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Axios reported: “Bibi needs the war to continue to stay politically alive in Israel, and Trump needs the war to end to stay politically alive in the US.
⚡️ Restrictions In Israel To Be Lifted
🔹 IDF Home Front Command announced it would lift the restrictions imposed during the latest escalation with Iran, allowing schools across Israel to reopen from 6am Tuesday, noting educational activities will be permitted nationwide, although classes near Lebanon must take place in buildings with access to protected shelters.
⚡️ I24NEWS: Concerns Over Trump Limiting Lebanese Attacks
🔹 Israeli officials are becoming increasingly concerned that President Trump could seek to limit Israeli military operations in Lebanon, including not only strikes on Beirut’s Dahieh district, but broader activity across the country, however, Israeli officials are working to prevent such a move happening.
🔹 While there are currently no indications Trump intends to push for reduced Israeli operations, concerns stem from the possibility that Iran demands in negotiations with Washington could lead the Trump administration to argue that restraint in Lebanon would help advance diplomatic talks.
⚡️ Israeli Channel 12: Netanyahu’s Tense Call From President Trump
🔹 President Trump warned Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu during a tense phone call not to escalate after Iran launched missiles toward Israel, stressing that he didn’t want a new war and that Israel didn’t have US approval for broader military action.
🔹 Netanyahu argued that Iran had violated Israeli sovereignty and that a response was necessary, giving the US the impression Israel would respond but would seek to limit the scope of the operation, but five regional countries called on Trump to pressure Netanyahu not to attack Iran.
🔹 Israel subsequently carried out two waves of strikes in Iran before Tehran launched another response later Monday morning, and after Iran’s final missile barrage, Tehran informed Washington it was prepared for a ceasefire.
🔹 As Israel prepared a larger follow-on strike, Trump called Netanyahu again and urged him to halt the operation, telling him: “You did what you did; now hold your fire; we are heading into an agreement.”
🔹 Netanyahu then returned to Israel’s command bunker and ordered the planned attack cancelled, despite aircraft already being prepared to launch attacks on Iran.
⚡️ Damage At Israel’s Ramat David Airbase
🔹 Sentinel-2 satellite imagery published on Monday, although extremely blurred, appeared to show what looked like an Iranian missile impact on a warehouse at Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel.
⚡️ Two Patriot Missiles To Take Down One Yemeni Drone
🔹 Yemen launched a singular drone towards the Israeli coastal city of Eilat, in southern Israel, on Monday night, as the IDF published reports of interceptions being attempted, while footage appeared online showing at least two Patriot interceptor missiles attempting to target one Yemeni drone.
⚡️ Trump Could Give Green Light For Israel To Target Iran In A Week
🔹 US President Trump spoke before boarding Air Force One in New York, saying that he had a very good conversation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, noting that Israel was hit, so they hit back, which he cannot blame them for, stating they’d now called it quits, and added: “They’re gonna leave each other alone for another week or something.”
🔹 Trump also said that the US were in the final throws of what would be a very good deal: “That will not allow in any way, shape or form, nuclear weapons, and the Strait will be opened up right away.”
⚡️ Channel 13: Netanyahu Wanted To Carry Out Significant Strikes
🔹 Israeli television news Channel 13 said Israel wanted to carry out a more significant strike on Iran, including the targeting of energy facilities, but the US sent a clear message that there will be no strikes on energy infrastructure.
🔹 Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke not only with President Trump but with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, where detailed discussions took place about the nature of the intended attack, but Trump told Netanyahu: “Strike and close the event,” and dont go for a full-scale war.
🔹 The US understood Israel would respond but sought to limit the scope of the operation, while inside Israeli’s smaller security cabinet, ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich demanded a wider strike, but Netanyahu explained the political consequences, while Aryeh Deri, who sits on the cabinet despite not being a full government member as Head of the Ultra-Orthodox party Shas, apposed a broad move.
⚡️ Israel Could Return To Fighting Against Iran
🔹 Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly told ministers Israel may return for several more rounds with Iran, and that he has US President Trump’s approval to strike Beirut if Israel is attacked, after speaking with the President three times in 24 hours, summarising the outcome of the calls, saying: “It is possible we will go for several more rounds with Iran – there is approval from President Trump to attack Beirut if we’re attacked.”
⚡️ Border Crossings To Reopen In Gaza
🔹 COGAT announced that Israel will reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing on Tuesday for the gradual entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, following a security assessment and the removal of restrictions.
🔹 The Rafah crossing will also reopen for limited movement of people in both directions, based on the mechanism in place before its closure and subject to coordination requests by Egypt and the World Health Organisation.
Iranian news:
⚡️ President Pezeshkian: Message Of Support To Iranians
🔹 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took to X to say the Iranian priority is national security and the peace of the people, warning that Iran would defend the rights of the nation with authority and will not retreat in the face of any threat.
🔹 “Diplomacy and defence are the two wings of national power,” he said, adding Iran had neither abandoned the field or the negotiating table: “God willing, with unity and rationality, Iran will emerge triumphant from this trial as well,” he said.
⚡️ Vital Pumping System Struck At Iranian Petrochemical Plant
🔹 Israel struck a vital pumping system at the Karoon Petrochemical Complex in Mahshahr, Iran, early on Monday morning, targeting a costly and essential component responsible for transporting materials within the facility in an effort to disrupt operations and halt production, i24News reported.
⚡️ Sanctions Targeting The IRGC Navy And Iranian Individuals
🔹 European Officials announced on Monday that sanctions had been imposed on two Iranian individuals, as well as a unit from the IRGC, citing actions that threaten the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
🔹 According to the statement, the sanctions target the IRGC Navy’s Hormozgan Provincial Command, along with Mohammad Akbarzadeh, the IRGC Navy’s Deputy Commander for Political Affairs, and Hamid Hosseini, a representative of Iran’s Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union.
⚡️ Iran Responds To EU Sanctions
🔹 Deputy for Legal and International Affairs for the MFA, Kazem Gharibabadi, said that Monday, the Council of the European Union approved sanctions against some Iranian individuals and entities related to the Strait of Hormuz.
🔹 Gharibabadi said: “This is while the member countries of the Union themselves are major violators of the rights of the Iranian nation, and the Union has deliberately remained silent in the face of the US naval blockade against Iran, which is considered an act of war!
🔹 The Legal Minister said: “I must point out that Iran is not a member of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the sea; the legal regime emphasised by Iranian the Strait of Hormuz is ‘innocent passage’ based on customary international law and respecting the safety and security considerations of the coastal state.”
🔹 Unilateral coercive measures do not create law, Gharibabadi said: “Rather, they themselves can be the source of international responsibility for their enforcers,” adding that Iran places no value on the political and hypocritical action and would continue its strategy regarding the preservation of sovereignty and the exercise of sovereign rights over the Strait of Hormuz.
⚡️ Al Jazeera: Breach Of Ceasefire Could Affect Negotiations
🔹 An Iranian official told Al Jazeera that Washington had made recent changes to the draft memorandum of understanding, which was unacceptable, while stating any breach of the ceasefire could affect negotiations, and Iran would not tolerate dealing with the matter lightly.
🔹 The official also said stability and security in the region could only be achieved through the existence of a genuine deterrence mechanism against aggressions, while adding that no agreement could be reached if Iranian frozen funds were not released, and sanctions weren’t lifted.
⚡️ Iranian UN Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani said the US and Iran were providing and exchanging views and opinions to reach the final text through Pakistan: “We have not yet reached the final text, but we are pursuing it,” he said.
⚡️ Russian Permanent Representative Of The IAEA Calls Anti-Iran Draft ‘Shameful’
🔹 Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative of the IAEA in Vienna, said that Washington distributed a copy of the draft to some of the representatives behind the scenes, trying to shift the responsibility from the ‘aggressor to the victim,’ adding that the submission of the resolution indicated an escalation of tensions between the two countries.
🔹 Ulyanov said that according to the text of the draft, Iran must provide detailed information about the damaged nuclear production facilities and enriched uranium stockpiles to the agency immediately and without delay.
⚡️ IRNA: Iran Plans To Build New Nuclear Power Plants
🔹 Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation Mohammed Eslami announced that Iran plans to build nuclear power plants at five locations along its coast when speaking to Parliament’s Civil and Energy Commission, stating the projects are part of a strategic plan to increase the share of nuclear electricity in the country’s energy mix.
⚡️ Phone Consultation: Qatar and Iran
🔹 Iranian Foreign Minister called Qatari Foreign Minister & Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, reviewing the negotiations between Tehran and Washington, as well as the latest ongoing developments in Lebanon.
🔹 Al Thani said the Qatari government fully supports efforts to contain tensions and the necessity of reaching a comprehensive agreement that helps strengthen security, stability, and peace in the region.
⚡️ Warnings To Iranians Capturing Or Disseminating Content
🔹 IRGC published a statement saying that according to the law on combating what they call ‘hostile actions of the Zionist regime,’ any cooperation with Israel, including preparing and sending photos and videos, is considered a criminal act, and offenders will be dealt with according to wartime law.
🔹 The IRGC Intelligence Organisation asked all resilient Iranian people to report ‘traitorous elements cooperating with the enemy’ through an official phone line or using a social media bot on Telegram.
🔹 Iran’s Attorney General’s Office also warned of the publication of images of impact sites, stating that the publishing of content related to the locations of impacts, which could help complete information by ‘enemy intelligence services,’ is considered a crime.
⚡️ Addressing the allegations of Israel spying against the US, Baghaei said that Israel was being given information about the negotiations directly from the US, yet the US has repeatedly faced espionage by Israel: “The behaviours of the Zionist regime should convince everyone what entity in this region is trying with all its power and negative capacities to destroy the diplomacy,” he said.
🔹 Baghaei was asked about Egypt’s involvement with the UAE, replying that Iran had no problem with Egypt or any of the Muslim and Arab countries in the region and believed in having good relations based on good neighbourliness: “I recommend all countries concerned about Islamic and Arab unity not to pour water into the enemy’s mill and not to gain credibility and trust through other means.”
🔹 Iran continued to manage the situation with full coordination at all levels in the fields of the battlefield, diplomacy, and overall governance, but Israel doesn’t acknowledge any diplomatic process that could lead to peace in the region: “We regret that some regional countries allowed their land and dignity to be used against a Muslim country in the region,” Baghaei said.
🔹 Baghaei addressed claims that the US were looking to confiscate Iran’s frozen assets, saying that Iran’s blocked funds will be part of any agreement with the opposing side, and coordination at all levels of the system is proceeding in the best possible way, while the reason for the Pakistani Interior Minister’s visit to Iran was to assist in continuing the talks.
🔹 Iran’s actions on Sunday night was a decisive measure, Baghaei stated, noting that despite facing ceasefire violations, Iran has so far shown great restraint, but said the statements by US officials claiming ignorance of Israel’s attack on Lebanon indicated they had accepted that the ceasefire in Lebanon was part of the overall ceasefire, so the responsibility of the violations lie with Washington.
🔹 The Spokesman said that as a friend of Lebanon, Iran would spare no effort to preserve Lebanon’s unity, cohesion and integrity.
🔹 Baghaei said the Iranian Armed Forces take responsibility for any action carried out, while at the same time, have always warned about the execution of false flag operations, claiming Iran wasn’t responsible for an attack on a Saudi Arabian refinery.
🔹 Iraqi resistance groups, as part of Iraq, have played a major role in protecting the country’s integrity against external threats, and the Iraqi people do not forget this role, Baghaei said, adding that recent developments and the actions of Israel have taught the people of the region not to remain bound and helpless.
🔹 Baghaei said the world must know the actions of Israel and the US are contrary to the UN Charter while the silence of countries also threaten global security, noting the way to confront actions of the Israeli regime was for all countries to oppose them and speak up in the face of their crimes against Gaza: “Tel Aviv continues the massacre of people and journalists in silencing its media capacity.”
🔹 Albania’s anti-Iranian claims are based on a stereotypical framework and are part of that country’s officials to get closer to Israel, Baghaei stated, adding that Albanian officials looked to avoid accountability or explaining their actions of approaching Israel by accusing Iran.
🔹 Despite the slogan ‘America First’ and the claim of the current US administration to end all wars, Iran saw that a new war had been started by a group associated with Israel, which has had devastating effects for the people of the region and the US, Baghaei said: “Negotiations are focused on ending the war, but the details mentioned about the nuclear program, especially the amount of uranium and how it is preserved, are speculative and irrelevant.”
🔹 Baghaei said the World Cup in Qatar was held in a single country with good order, but now three countries were hosting the event, it was regrettable the US were taking actions, because Iran were now witnessing one of the most politicised editions of the World Cup: “The Iranian football team must participate in the World Cup matches without discrimination, pressure, or stress,” he said.
🔹 Iran is in the hope that the new countries added to the Security Council will lead to the cessation of selective security incidents in the region and create a basis for international cooperation to confront international irregularities, adding that German officials supporting Israel cost them a sear in the Security Council.
⚡️ Discovery Of Israeli Ground-Based Aerial Support In Tonekabon
🔹 Iran said on Monday that a collection of technical equipment and ground-based systems used to support and guide attacking fighter jets was discovered and collected in the forested heights of Tonekabon County in Mazandaran Province, stating they were deployed on one of the main entry routes of Israeli fighter jets into the capital’s airspace.
🔹 The area was considered one of the main corridors for Israeli fighter jets to enter during the war and to carry out attacks against Tehran and northern regions of the country, IRIB reported.
USA news:
⚡️ Axios: Iran Wants A Deal
🔹 President Trump reportedly told Axios that Iran wanted a deal and that one could be signed soon: “It is going to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and stop enrichment,” he said, claiming it was a ‘phenomenal deal,’ and added: “We are getting everything we wanted.”
⚡️ Fox News: Vance Says A Deal With Iran Is More Important Than Israel’s Objective
🔹 US Vice-President JD Vance said the Israelis and United States have a lot of shared interests but also have some situations where interests diverge, when speaking to Fox News, saying: “I think where President Trump has been very clear here is that while Israel has some objectives that it has, the US main objective in Iran is to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.”
🔹 Vance said that over the last year and a half, the necessary space has been created where the president believes the US can get a long-term settlement to Iran’s nuclear deal, something the VP agrees with, stating Israel may like it or may not, but fundamentally, ‘we think this is in the best interest of the United States of America,’ adding: “We’re going to keep pursuing it because that’s what President Trump was elected to do.”
🔹 According to Vance, ‘everybody’s always trying to play everybody,” but one of the most important things to whether this ultimate settlement was a success was not what the Iranians wrote on paper, instead being whether they actually comply with some of the requirements of the settlements.
🔹 Vance said: “I don’t assume that anybody’s acting in good faith – let’s be honest, the Iranian’s don’t want this war to continue, it’s not in their best interest – I think they’re coming to the table, putting some real things on the table, and we’re of course, going to verify it,” adding that if the US got to the deal, it’s going to be a ‘home run,’ a win for the American people.
⚡️ IAEA: Political Dialogue And Diplomatic Solution Vital For Iranian Nuclear Issue
🔹 General-Secretary Rafael Grossi of the IAEA said on Monday there must be a political dialogue and a diplomatic solution regarding Iran’s nuclear issue, rejecting claims that his statements condemned the Iranian side as the so-called victim.
🔹 Grossi said: “There must be a political dialogue, there must be a diplomatic agreement,” adding: “This is what we believe in and what we are trying to support.”
Iraq news:
⚡️ Asharq Al-Awsat: Al-Zaidi Seeking To Reduce Escalations From Militia Groups
🔹 Iraqi authorities are making active efforts to prevent Iran-backed armed factions from joining the new round of escalation between Iran and Israel, with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi attempting to convince influential political figures within the Shiite Coordination Framework to help keep the factions quiet.
🔹 The government fears that the factions could launch attacks on Gulf countries or the Kurdistan Region if not restrained, and because Iraq has already lost most of its oil export revenues due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a renewed wider war would further devastate the country’s finances.
⚡️ Iranian attacks on Iraq
🔹 Several Iranian Shahed-136 drones targeted KDPI’s Camp Azadi in the Koya district east of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan during the afternoon on Monday, with two drones impacting inside the camp causing material damage, while a third struck the camp’s hospital, but no casualties were reported.
🔹 During the night, Iran’s IRGC launched drone attacks on US bases and Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups near Soran and Harir in the Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, and Patriot missiles were engaging the drones.
🔹 Kurdistan Region’s Security Agency announced two drones were shot down near the Unit 70 Forces Command in Sulaymaniyah at 00:20 local time, as footage captured one of the interceptions overnight.
⚡️ Repeated Violations Of Iraqi Airspace, Report Saraya Awliya Al-Dam
🔹 Iraqi militia group Saraya Awliya al-Dam said that Iraqi airspace was being subjected to repeated violations by the ‘Zionist entity’ in the absence of a clear and firm official Iraqi stance, calling for an explicit condemnation of each violation, and serious actions to preserve the country’s dignity and sovereignty.
🔹 The group also declared it was fully prepared and ready to resume its operations immediately should the Americans intervene or participate again in any aggression or escalation targeting Iraq or the peoples of the region.
Hormuz news:
⚡️ UKTMO: Maritime Incident Reported
🔹 The UKTMO received a report of an incident 15 nautical miles northeast of Masirah in Oman, stating a tanker had experienced a fire onboard resulting in the evacuation of the crew.
🔹 Indian authorities are coordinating the response and there are no reports of environmental impacts at present, but vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activities to UKTMO while authorities continue to investigate.
⚡️ CENTCOM: Vessel Disabled Near Oman
🔹 US Central Command published a statement on Monday evening stating the US forces had disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday, after the vessel violated the ongoing blockade against Iran by attempting to sail to an Iranian port.
🔹 CENTCOM disabled the Palau-flagged M/T Marivex as it transited international waters in the Gulf of Oman toward Iran, with an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the USS Abraham Lincoln firing a precision munition into the ship’s engineering and steering spaces after the crew failed to comply with directions from US forces, adding that it was no longer sailing towards Iran.
🔹 Since the start of the Naval blockade on April 13, CENTCOM forces have disabled seven non-compliant vessels, redirected 134 ships that complied, and allowed 42 vessels supporting humanitarian aid to pass.
⚡️ Strait Of Hormuz Closed By IRGC Navy
🔹 The IRGC Navy announced on Monday that no vessel from ‘hostile countries’ is permitted to transit the Strait of Hormuz, with a Gunner aboard an IRGC navy vessel saying: “The entry of any combat vessel from hostile countries into the Persian Gulf is prohibited, and if observed, we will target immediately.”
🔹 An IRGC sailor added that no vessel had the right to cross the Strait without permission from Iran, and the statement reinforces Iran’s claim of full control over the Strait of Hormuz.
⚡️ Bloomberg: EU Seek Approval From Trump For Hormuz Plan
🔹 US allies are seeking US President Trump’s approval for a Europe-led plan to demine the Strait of Hormuz during next week’s G7 Summit in France, with France and the UK are leading the mission that is operationally ready and would deploy assets within days of a US-Iran peace deal, with more than 15 countries contributing military planners.
🔹 European leaders see the mission as a way to show support to the US and to restart commercial shipping through the Strait, which Iran has kept shut since the war began, and while it is unclear whether Trump will endorse the proposal, Germany, Italy and the UK have readied naval assets, including mine-sweepers and autonomous systems, for potential deployment.
⚡️ Mohsen Rezaei: Military Adviser Said The Strait Belongs To Iran And Oman
🔹 Senior Military Adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Mohsen Rezaei, said the Strait of Hormuz belonged to Iran and Oman, and that no power – including the United States or Europe – will be allowed to interfere: “We say the Strait of Hormuz belongs to us and the country of Oman, and we ourselves will manage the arrangements here,” he said.
🔹 Rezaei claimed that currently 30 ships transit the Strait on a daily basis and that Iran is ready for more, but that the Americans are creating disruptions by threatening that more ships should not pass through: “If America interferes here, it means it interferes in oil, gas and the global economy – even the Europeans are not willing to accept it,” he added.
⚡️ Iran received a photo along with a message from a commercial vessel that had obtained permission and passed through the Strait of Hormuz, thanking the new Strait Of Hormuz management authority.
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