İran Krizi Derinleşirken Putin ve UAE Barışı, Trump İse Anlaşmayı Tartışıyor

Putin discusses Iran conflict with UAE leader

Putin discusses Iran conflict with UAE leader Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the US-Israeli attack on Iran with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the Kremlin has said. Both leaders said it was important to secure peace, according to the Kremlin.

Putin discusses with UAE president situation in Middle East and around Iran

Both sides reportedly noted the importance of continuing the political and diplomatic process to work out compromise peace agreements "with due regard for the interests of all states in the region"

Iran warns UAE over Israel ties, says patience has limits

Iran warns UAE over Israel ties, says patience has limits Iran has issued a sharp warning to the United Arab Emirates, signalling rising tensions over Abu Dhabi’s ties with Israel following the recent regional escalation. Speaking to ISNA, Mohsen Rezaei, a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander and current secretary of Tehran’s Expediency Council, said Iran has exercised restraint but drew a clear line. “Tehran has not ‘closed the door to friendship in dealing with the United Arab Emirates, but they should know that Iran’s patience has limits’,” Rezaei said. He directly warned the UAE against deepening its engagement with Israel, adding: “We are aware that there are relations and exchanges between the UAE and Israel; the UAE should not become entangled in Israel’s plots and schemes.”

Middle East crisis live: Trump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran to reach peace deal

US president says there ‘won’t be anything left’ of country if it doesn’t come to an agreement UAE blames Iran or its proxies for drone strike fire near nuclear plant Oman’s foreign ministry has condemned the drone strike that caused a fire at the perimeter of UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant on Sunday. In a statement shared to X, the ministry expressed its solidarity with the UAE but stressed that it rejected all “hostile and escalatory acts” as it urged for dialogue to address regional issues and called for international law to be respected by all parties. Continue reading...

Erdogan says Iran conflict 'devastating' global economy

Middle East war live: Trump says 'very good chance' of reaching a deal with Iran

US President Donald Trump said there was a “very good chance” of reaching an agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear programme after he paused a planned military attack on Iran on Monday, while warning the US remained ready to launch a large-scale assault if talks fail. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.

Trump turns to Middle East allies as deal to end Iran war proves elusive

President claims planned Tehran attack postponed to allow talks to continue – but no indication peace plan is imminent As he seeks an exit from the Iran war, Donald Trump is increasingly outsourcing his policymaking to US allies in the Middle East, while the White House appears unable to find a simple way to end the fighting and reopen global shipping lanes held by Tehran. In Trump’s telling, the “dealmaker-in-chief” has maintained a consistent policy toward Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, leveling threats and incentives to reach a new deal that would also open the Strait of Hormuz. Continue reading...

Middle East war live: Trump to attend G7 summit in France in June

US President Donald Trump will travel to next month's G7summit in France, a White House official told AFP Tuesday, despite tensions between Washington and its allies on a host of issues from Iran to tariffs. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.

Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade threats but Trump insists Tehran wants deal

Trump says he could strike Iran again as Tehran threatens ‘new fronts’ in war if an attack takes place Trump threatens ‘a big hit’ if Tehran does not make deal soon Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Donald Trump warned the US may strike Iran again – a day after he said he had held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal – but Tehran’s army threatened to open “new fronts” if he went ahead. The US Senate has advanced a war-powers resolution that would end the Iran war unless Trump obtains Congress’ authorisation. The vote on a procedural measure to advance the resolution was 50 to 47, as four of Trump’s fellow Republicans voted with every Democrat but one in favour. Three Republicans missed the vote. The Israeli military launched a series of strikes across Lebanon, killing 19 people, according to the Lebanese health ministry. One strike, in the town of Deir Qanun al-Nahr in the Tyre district, killed 10 people including three children and three women, the ministry said. The Israeli army in turn said that it intercepted a drone fired from Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon’s central government have twice extended a US-brokered ceasefire, but Israel says it does not apply to its attacks on Hezbollah. Israeli authorities said 430 activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were taken to Israel after their vessels were intercepted in international waters near Cyprus. Sailing from Turkey last week, the Global Sumud Flotilla is the latest in a string of attempts by activists to breach Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory, with the last convoy intercepted by Israeli forces last month. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said Moscow was ready to help with talks between the US and Iran to end the war, according to the Russian Tass news agency. His remarks came as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The United Arab Emirates was rattled by a drone attack on its Barakah nuclear power plant last week. On Tuesday the UAE said it originated from Iraqi territory, where Iran backs groups accused of launching attacks on Gulf nations in the war. The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned the attack. Russia, which often defends Iran, joined the other members. Two Chinese tankers laden with oil exited the strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to shipping data. Continue reading...

Iran promises war beyond the Middle East if Trump decides to attack

Iran promises war beyond the Middle East if Trump decides to attack Iran vowed to extend the war "beyond the region" of the Middle East if the US attacks it again, following threats from Donald Trump to resume hostilities if peace negotiations fail to produce a breakthrough. "If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time extend far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you," declared the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Wednesday.

'I'm in no hurry': Trump says US will 'give one shot' to peace talks with Iran

US President Donald Trump has signaled openness to renewed peace talks with Iran, a shift from his previous threats of military action. Saudi Arabia welcomed this diplomatic approach. Iran's chief negotiator, however, warned of retaliation, viewing the US stance as an attempt to reignite conflict.

Middle East: Iran says any new attack will widen war

Iran's army has threatened to "open new fronts" in Tehran's war with the US and Israel in the event of new attacks. DW has the latest.

War would spread beyond West Asia, say Iran Guards

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issued their own threat, saying, “if the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will this time spread far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush you”

America's Middle East: How Washington brought ruin to the region

America's Middle East: How Washington brought ruin to the region Hossam el-Hamalawy on Thu, 05/21/2026 - 12:16 Marc Lynch's new book says US foreign policy did not fail but was designed to keep the Middle East broken A Kuwaiti woman welcomes a US soldier with rose water on 27 February 1991 after allied forces rolled into Kuwait City (Christophe Simon/AFP) Off America’s Middle East by Marc Lynch is a book written against amnesia, and against the greasy consolations by which empires survive their crimes. It is also, improbably, a magnificent act of civic faith. Lynch begins in rage, but he does not remain there. The anger that animates these pages is not the ornamental fury of the columnist or the safely retrospective indignation of the memoirist. It is the rage of someone who has lived inside the institutions through which American Middle East policy is made, and who has finally concluded that the machine did not merely malfunction. It worked as designed. Lynch is unusually well placed to make the case. A professor at George Washington University’s Elliott School, he is one of the most important American interpreters of Arab politics of recent decades. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He has written on the Arab public sphere, the 2011 uprisings and the new wars that followed. Lynch is not a parachutist, nor a late convert discovering Palestine after scrolling through horrors on a phone. His work has long moved between scholarship and policy, between the public hopes of the region and the bureaucratic habits of the power that has so often crushed them. That double vision gives the book its force. Lynch knows the American policy world too intimately to caricature it, and the Middle East too seriously to forgive it. Establishing a brutal order The argument is sweeping and patient. Since 1991, the United States has not merely entered the region. It has constituted a regional order: America’s Middle East. That order rests on military primacy, protection of Israel, the arming and preservation of autocratic allies, containment of Iran, the policing of permissible politics, and the routine conversion of Arab and Muslim suffering into strategic background noise. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It promised peace, democracy, development and stability. It produced Iraq’s ruin, a frozen and fraudulent peace process in Palestine, the survival of regimes that tortured, Libya’s collapse, Syria’s inferno, Yemen’s starvation, Sudan’s abandonment and genocide in Gaza. Lynch describes a foreign policy without a consistent moral underpinning (Hurst) (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Palestine is the book’s moral centre, even when Lynch widens the lens beyond it. His argument is not simply that Washington failed to broker a just settlement, but that the so-called peace process became one of the central institutions of American regional domination. It converted occupation into process, dispossession into negotiation, and Palestinian political existence into a security problem to be managed. The Oslo accords appear here not as a lost opportunity tragically squandered, but as a structure that allowed Israel to deepen control while the United States preserved the fiction of mediation. Gaza, in this reading, is not an aberration. It is the endpoint of a system that treated Palestinian life as administratively inconvenient and Palestinian resistance as proof of unfitness for freedom. Lynch is especially sharp on the way American policy makes Palestinian suffering visible only when it threatens regional order, never when it demands justice. The book is careful not to absolve regional rulers. Saudi, Emirati, Egyptian, Israeli, Iranian, Syrian and other actors appear here as agents with projects, cruelties and calculations of their own. But Lynch rejects the alibi of local agency when it becomes a way of laundering American responsibility. Washington did not invent every despot, militia or war. It did, however, build the weather in which they learned to move. It rewarded brutality, sanctioned others, excused allies, demonised enemies, disciplined knowledge and then called the resulting wasteland order. Different leadership, same destructive mindset There is a grim comedy in the continuity Lynch describes. Presidents arrive promising to pivot, rebalance, end forever wars or make a new beginning. They leave having reproduced the same architecture. George HW Bush launches the order from the wreckage of Iraq. Bill Clinton sanctifies it through sanctions and Oslo’s theatrical promise. George W Bush breaks it by invading Iraq, while claiming to democratise the region by force. Barack Obama sees more clearly than most, tries at moments to reduce the American footprint, reaches for the Iran nuclear deal, then is pulled back by inherited compulsions. Donald Trump strips the system of liberal pretence, embraces transactional cruelty and normalisation without Palestine. Joe Biden, the institutionalist, brings the edifice to its moral nadir by arming and shielding Israel as Gaza is pulverised. Nuanced approaches Lynch’s treatment of Islamism is one of the book’s quieter strengths. He refuses the lazy American habit of treating Islamists as a single civilisational threat, forever outside politics, history and social life. Islamism in these pages is neither romanticised nor flattened. Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah, the Houthis and other Islamist actors are placed inside specific political orders, wars, occupations, state collapses and fields of repression. Hyper-Zionism: How Israel became Germany's 'reason' for being Read More » Lynch understands that movements formed under occupation, dictatorship or foreign assault cannot be explained by theology alone. At the same time, he does not turn them into noble vessels of resistance. They have their own hierarchies, coercions, sectarian languages and strategic brutalities. What matters is that the American order has repeatedly helped produce the very Islamist forces it later claims to be fighting, whether by closing non-violent political routes, backing dictators who crush elected Islamists, tolerating occupation, or reducing whole societies to security laboratories. Anti-Islamism becomes, in Washington and among its Arab allies, a grammar of rule. It justifies prisons, coups, surveillance, bombing and the permanent suspicion of popular politics. Designed to fail The most disturbing claim in the book is not that American policy failed. Failure would be a softer word, suggesting error, miscalculation, tragedy. Lynch’s harsher point is that many of these policies succeeded according to their own metrics. Israel remained armed and protected. Oil moved. Autocrats stayed friendly. Iran was contained or punished. American centrality was reaffirmed in every crisis, even when that centrality made resolution impossible. The scandal is not only that Arabs and Muslims are dehumanised. It is that this dehumanisation has been institutionalised by people who often believe themselves humane The dead were not counted in the ledger that mattered. Here the prose gathers a cold brightness. Lynch does not need to shout. The sentences have the terrible calm of an autopsy. Lynch’s book is also an anatomy of racism, though he approaches the word through political history rather than sermon. Again and again, American policy presumes that Palestinians, Iraqis, Yemenis, Lebanese, Syrians and Sudanese can be bombed, sanctioned, displaced, starved or managed without producing the same moral emergency that would follow the death of Americans or Israelis. The hierarchy is not always spoken. It does not need to be. It is embedded in casualty debates, in television language, in congressional reflex, in the anthropology of think-tank panels, in the ease with which “security” devours populations. The scandal is not only that Arabs and Muslims are dehumanised. It is that this dehumanisation has been institutionalised by people who often believe themselves humane. 'Hypocrisy as infrastructure' The title is therefore exact. America’s Middle East is not the Middle East as lived by its peoples, nor the Middle East of its poets, prisoners, workers, exiles, mothers, revolutionaries and martyrs. It is a geopolitical construction, a map drawn by power and defended by euphemism. Lynch’s achievement is to show how that map became so durable, and why even its failures have rarely discredited it inside Washington. Bad outcomes become arguments for more management. Blowback becomes proof of local pathology. Popular anger becomes manipulation. Democracy is praised until it threatens America’s friends. International law is invoked against enemies and suspended for allies. The result is not hypocrisy as an occasional lapse, but hypocrisy as infrastructure. For readers of the region, much of this will feel painfully familiar. Arabs have known for decades that America’s liberal language becomes brittle at the first mention of Palestine Arabs have known for decades that America’s liberal language becomes brittle at the first mention of Palestine, that promotion of democracy stops at the palace gate, that human rights are negotiable when arms contracts and bases are in view. But Lynch’s book is valuable precisely because it is written from within the American sphere, by someone who has heard its arguments in their most intelligent form. He is not content to denounce. He explains how policies become natural, how dissent becomes marginal, how institutions teach decent people to defend indecent outcomes. The timing gives the book its urgency. We are living not after catastrophe, but inside it. Gaza is not over. The Gulf is not an island of stability but a nervous theatre of rapprochements, rivalries, investments and wars deferred. The Most American King: Jordan’s Abdullah II and the craft of survival Read More » Yemen’s war has mutated rather than ended. Sudan burns at the edge of the world’s conscience. Syria’s ruins keep shifting. Iran and Israel move between shadow war and open exchange. The Red Sea, oil routes and the university campus are now part of the same trembling system. The instability shaking the world is not an interruption of the old order. It is the old order revealing itself. That is why America’s Middle East should be read now. Not because it offers the comfort of policy recommendations, though it implies many. Nor because it relieves regional actors of blame, because it does not. It should be read because it restores proportion. It asks the question that polite debate avoids: what if the structure that claims to prevent chaos is one of chaos’s principal authors? What if the ruin is not accidental, but cumulative? What if moral clarity begins by admitting that those under the bombs have always understood the system better than those who dropped them? Lynch has written a brilliant, necessary and sorrowing book. Its celebration lies not in cheerfulness, but in its refusal of despair. To describe a prison is also to insist that its walls were made, and can be unmade. America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region, by Marc Lynch, is available to order through Hurst. 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Rubio urges more support from NATO allies to help end Iran war

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged more support for US efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, relaying Trump's "disappointment" at NATO allies and European partners for failing to step up their efforts to end the Iran war. Rubio made the comments ahead of the arrival of Pakistan’s army chief in Tehran on Friday to advance mediation between Iran and Washington.

Iran says respecting its rights is key to ending conflict

Iran says respecting its rights is key to ending conflict An Iranian defence ministry spokesperson said US President Donald Trump must accept what he described as Iran’s legitimate rights and demands if he wants to avoid further setbacks. Speaking to Tasnim News, Sardar Talainik said Washington had “no choice” but to recognise the demands of the Iranian people and the rights of the country. Talainik said that securing Iran’s demands through both diplomacy and conflict resolution was the only path out of what he called the “third imposed war” involving the United States and Israel. He also urged Trump to consider the costs of continuing the conflict for both the American public and the wider international community and to accept Iran’s proposal for resolving the crisis. Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at campaign event in Suffern, New York, 22 May 2026 (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images via AFP)

Axios reporter: Trump says he is '50-50' on Iran deal

Axios reporter: Trump says he is '50-50' on Iran deal Trump told an Axios reporter on Saturday that he is a "solid 50-50" in his decision to make a deal with Iran or resume the war. “Either we reach a good deal or I’ll blow them to a thousand hells,” Trump said in a phone call, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid on X. The US president said that he would meet with senior advisors to discuss the updated draft of the deal and make a decision by Sunday. 🚨🚨🚨Scoop: President Trump tells me he's "solid 50/50" on Iran deal or bombing. Trump said he will meet senior advisers today to discuss latest draft agreement and may make a decision by tomorrow. My story on @axioshttps://t.co/jDHZtqUqT4 May 23, 2026

Trump: US and Iran ‘getting a lot closer’ to finalising deal

Trump: US and Iran ‘getting a lot closer’ to finalising deal US President Donald Trump told CBS News on Saturday that the United States and Iran are “getting a lot closer” to an agreement to end the conflict, but added that he will only sign one “where we get everything we want”. Trump said that the possible deal currently under review would see Iran’s enriched uranium “satisfactorily handled”, though provided no further details. However, he warned that if the US and Iran do not come to an agreement, "we're going to have a situation where no country will ever be hit as hard as they're about to be hit."

Iran refutes Trump's 'largely negotiated' deal, claims to keep Hormuz control

President Donald Trump announced a significant deal with Iran is nearing completion. This agreement aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end ongoing hostilities. While Iran has pushed back on some claims, discussions are ongoing. Regional leaders have expressed support for the peace efforts. The proposed deal also addresses Iran's nuclear program.

Middle East war live: Rubio says announcement on Iran war possible later Sunday

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said an announcement on the Iran war could be possible later in the day. While US media has reported that a deal would include a commitment from Tehran to hand over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, an Iranian source told Reuters this was not the case. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.

Iran war day 86: Trump announces potential deal amid ‘cloud of mistrust’

Trump announces progress on Iran peace deal, signalling the Strait of Hormuz, vital for global trade, could reopen soon.

Israel says it will keep striking region as Trump pushes Iran deal

Israel says it will keep striking region as Trump pushes Iran deal A senior Israeli official says Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Donald Trump that Israel will continue military operations across the region, including in Lebanon, regardless of ongoing negotiations with Iran. The official told the BBC that Netanyahu stressed Israel would “maintain freedom of action against threats in all arenas”. The US is also briefing Israel on talks aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and moving towards a final agreement with Tehran. “President Trump made it clear that he will stand firm in the negotiations on his consistent demand for dismantling the Iranian nuclear program and removing all enriched uranium from its territory, and that he will not sign a final agreement without accepting these conditions,” the official said. Netanyahu echoed the position shortly afterwards, saying no deal would be possible unless what he described as Iran’s nuclear threat is eliminated.

Democrats slam Trump Iran deal, say US position now ‘worse than before’

Democrats slam Trump Iran deal, say US position now ‘worse than before’ Democratic lawmakers have sharply condemned Donald Trump’s handling of negotiations with Iran, warning any deal could leave the US in a weaker position than before the war. Senator Chris Van Hollen said the conflict had been a “blunder from the very start” and warned the reported terms would hand Tehran greater leverage. He said the deal could give Iran “more control than it did before” over the Strait of Hormuz. “When you’re digging a hole, you should stop digging,” he added. Senator Cory Booker also condemned the negotiations, saying he was “outraged” that the proposed agreement “does not deal” with Iran’s nuclear programme. “He’s got us in a situation that’s worse than it was before,” Booker said. “Donald Trump is being played as the fool that he is.”

Trump says Iran deal not fully negotiated yet

Trump says Iran deal not fully negotiated yet Trump has said any agreement with Iran remains incomplete, pushing back against criticism as negotiations continue. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the deal under discussion has not yet been finalised, while insisting any outcome he secures would be favourable. “If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon. "Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. "It isn’t even fully negotiated yet. "So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about. "Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!,” he said.

Top Democrat says Iran emerged stronger despite conflict

Top Democrat says Iran emerged stronger despite conflict US Senator Chris Murphy welcomed the prospect of an end to the conflict with Iran but sharply criticised President Donald Trump, arguing that the war had caused widespread destruction without achieving its stated objectives. In a post on X, Murphy said “thousands of innocent people have been killed” and the economy had been damaged, while accusing Trump of repeatedly changing the goals of the conflict. He argued that Iran retained key capabilities, including its ballistic missile and drone programmes, and said Tehran had emerged from the war “more powerful” and emboldened. Murphy added that the possibility of peace should not prevent scrutiny of what he described as an unnecessary and poorly managed conflict.

Nuclear issue remains key obstacle in Iran-US deal

Simon Mabon, Professor of International Politics and Middle East Studies at Lancaster University, joins FRANCE 24 to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East. While Iran and the United States are still exploring a possible deal to end the conflict, both sides are now downplaying hopes of an imminent breakthrough after appearing close to an agreement just days ago. Mabon explains that Iran may currently hold leverage through its influence over the Strait of Hormuz, increasing pressure on both President Donald Trump and the global economy, while Tehran also seeks economic guarantees after years of sanctions. The Iranian nuclear programme remains a major obstacle, with Israel likely pushing behind the scenes against any agreement that fails to address it directly.

Trump says Iran uranium must be handed over or destroyed in deal

Trump says Iran uranium must be handed over or destroyed in deal US President Donald Trump has said Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile must either be transferred to the United States or eliminated under international supervision as part of any agreement. In a post on Truth Social, Trump outlined his conditions for handling Iran’s nuclear material. “The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event,” he wrote. Trump did not clarify whether his proposal applies only to Iran’s estimated 440kg of highly enriched uranium or to its entire stockpile, although US officials have suggested the full inventory would need to be removed. Iranian officials have said they will not engage on the nuclear file until a proposed 60-day ceasefire linked to the talks takes effect.

US strikes Iran missile sites and mine laying vessels as Trump’s promised peace deal remains elusive

Negotiators from Iran travelled to Qatar on Monday, with the fate of the country’s nuclear programme and access to frozen assets under discussion Middle East crisis – live updates The US has launched strikes on southern Iran in a test of the seven week-long ceasefire, as both sides played down hopes for an imminent peace deal even as negotiators from Tehran began new talks in Qatar. US forces targeted missile launch sites and boats attempting to lay mines, US central command (Centcom) said on Tuesday, but stressed that the strikes did not indicate the ceasefire with Iran was over. Continue reading...

Middle East crisis live: US attacks Iran missile sites as Tehran negotiators hold talks in Qatar

US Central Command claims targets also included boats trying to lay mines, rattling ceasefire, while Iranians meet with Qatari prime minister in Doha Israel escalates strikes in Lebanon as Netanyahu vows to ‘crush’ Hezbollah Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. US forces attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines on Monday, US Central Command said, as top Iranian negotiators arrived in Doha for talks to end the war. Trump said the enriched uranium held by Iran could be destroyed inside the country, in a process overseen by an international nuclear agency. Experts said his announcement could amount to a major concession to Tehran. Trump also said any deal to end the war with Iran should require certain countries in the region – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan – to sign up to the Abraham accords. The agreements aimed at normalising relations with Israel were brokered by the US during Trump’s first term. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “crush” Hezbollah in Lebanon, dealing another blow to hopes for a US-Iran deal. Tehran has demanded that any peace accord apply to the fighting in Lebanon as well. Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi praised Hezbollah for the Tehran-backed militant group’s ongoing resistance in Lebanon against Israel. Continue reading...

Qatar rejects claims Iran was offered payment for deal

Qatar rejects claims Iran was offered payment for deal Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari has rejected reports suggesting Iran was offered a payment to secure an agreement to end the war, describing the claims as rumours spread by parties seeking to derail diplomatic efforts. In a post on X, al-Ansari said the allegations were being circulated by actors attempting to “sabotage the deal” and undermine ongoing efforts to reduce tensions in the region. He added that Qatar’s diplomatic role, carried out in coordination with regional partners, is well established and publicly documented. The reports suggesting Qatar “offered” $12 billion to Iran to secure a deal are simply not true & are being circulated by parties attempting to sabotage the deal & undermine ongoing diplomatic efforts toward regional de-escalation & stability. May 25, 2026

Iran's Supreme Leader vows Middle East will no longer be 'safe haven' for the US

Iran's Supreme Leader vows Middle East will no longer be 'safe haven' for the US Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Tuesday that countries in the region will no longer be a "safe haven" for the US and its military bases. He called on Muslim states and international governements to "pursue shared interests" for creating a new regional and global order. "I sincerely invite all Islamic countries and governments to friendship and cooperation for the common good," Khamenei added.

US needs years to replenish munitions expended in Iran conflict — experts

According to the research, over a thousand Tomahawk missiles were used in the strikes against Iran

Iran, US reportedly agree to deal, pending Trump approval

US media reported that American and Iranian negotiators have agreed to resume nuclear talks and allow shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Israel has launched strikes across Lebanon. DW has the latest.

Iran’s president reiterates Tehran not seeking nuclear weapons

Iran’s president reiterates Tehran not seeking nuclear weapons Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has repeated that Iran is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons while accusing Israel of fuelling instability in the region. In comments reported by the state-linked ISNA news agency, Pezeshkian also appeared to refer to ongoing negotiations with the US, saying: “We do not engage in diplomacy with humiliation.” “If we stand against the strongest power in the world, we must accept the hardships, we cannot fight and expect the process to be as normal as before,” he added.

Iran denies finalizing 60-day nuclear deal with U.S., calls reports inaccurate

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Trump says making ‘final determination’ on Iran deal

Trump says making ‘final determination’ on Iran deal US President Donald Trump says he is preparing to make a final decision on a potential agreement with Iran as talks reach a critical stage. In a post on social media, Trump said he would meet in the Situation Room to decide whether to proceed with the deal. “I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,” he wrote, reiterating that any agreement must ensure Iran never obtains nuclear weapons and must include the reopening of shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said Iran “will complete the immediate removal” of mines in the waterway and indicated the United States would lift its naval blockade on Iranian ports, allowing oil shipments to resume. It remains unclear whether Iran has accepted those terms or whether any easing of restrictions has already taken place. The US president also said Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile “will be unearthed by the United States... in close coordination and conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, plus the International Atomic Energy Agency, and DESTROYED.” Addressing reports that Tehran has sought financial compensation, Trump said “no money will be exchanged, until further notice.” He added that only “items, of far less importance, have been agreed to,” underscoring the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the negotiations.

Trump says most of Iranian deal provisions already agreed

Having outlined some agreements regarding Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz and other issues, the US leader added that "other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to"

Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran deal but hasn't yet decided

The official, who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Mr. Trump would only sign a deal that “satisfies his redlines” and curbs Iran’s nuclear ambitions

U.S. warns capable of resuming war with Iran as deal remains elusive

The U.S. warns of potential war with Iran as diplomatic negotiations falter and tensions escalate over nuclear conditions and regional conflicts

Press review: Iran, US struggle on deal as Russia warns of potential strike on Ukraine

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, June 1st

Trump wants to formalize Iran's nuclear program concessions in memorandum — TV

According to the TV channel, Iranian negotiators verbally assured the United States that the Islamic Republic would eventually agree to a number of conditions regarding its nuclear program, but Donald Trump considered these guarantees insufficient

Rubio says Iran ready to discuss nuclear deal as Tehran declares peace talks over

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Middle East war live: Iran’s Khamenei warns against internal division after ‘enemy’s defeat’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday announced “the enemy’s defeat on the battleground” but warned Iranians against internal division. Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was reportedly injured in the US-Israeli strikes that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, in late February, and messages from him are rare. Follow our liveblog for all the latest.

US-Iran war pushing millions into food crisis, warns UN

WFP warns that the war is causing substantial increases in food prices in a number of countries.

WFP: War on Iran pushing millions towards hunger

The US-Israeli war on Iran could tip up to 45 million people into acute hunger, the UN's WFP warns.

Millions are being pushed into hunger by Iran war: UN food agency

Iran peace deal at risk? US considers redirecting Iranian assets to Gulf states

The US is exploring redirecting frozen Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding after missile and drone strikes. This move comes as indirect negotiations between the US and Iran remain deadlocked, with Tehran demanding the release of $24 billion in frozen funds. Military tensions continue to escalate across the region despite ongoing diplomatic efforts.

Trump Says Iran Has Made a ‘Big’ Nuclear Promise. It Isn’t New.

President Trump’s boasts of securing a commitment from Iranian leaders not to develop a nuclear weapon have puzzled nuclear experts who note that Tehran has made that pledge for more than 50 years.

Iran says $24B asset release key to potential US deal

Iran has made the release of $24 billion in frozen assets a key condition in its indirect talks with the United States, according to Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Supreme Lead...

From Tehran to Tel Aviv: How press in Middle East is framing Iran war, ceasefire negotiations?

Coverage across the Middle East reveals sharp divides over Iran’s nuclear program, the Hormuz crisis, President Trump’s diplomacy, and who bears responsibility for the widening confrontation.

Iran demands $24B release as US nuclear negotiations stall, Khamenei adviser says - CNN

Rezaei framed the demand for the release of $24 billion in Iranian assets as a "test of trust" for Trump, warning that the Islamic Republic would expand the war if hostilities resume.

Iran demands US unfreeze its $24-billion funds as condition for making deal — adviser

According to the military adviser to the Iranian supreme leader Mohsen Rezaee, Tehran views the release of Iranian frozen assets as a trust-building measure between the sides

US draft resolution at IAEA demands Iran disclose nuclear sites, uranium stockpiles

The text of the US draft resolution refrains from reporting Iran to the UN Security Council.

Europe no longer part of Iran's nuclear negotiations

TEHRAN, Jun. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said Europe no longer has a place in the diplomatic processes surrounding Iran’s nuclear issue.

IAEA calls on Iran to 're-engage' as West pressures it with resolution

VIENNA, June 8 - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi called on Iran on Monday to \"re-engage\" with him so inspections can resume at sites the U.S. and Israel bombed a year ago, as the U.S. led a push for a resolution to that effect at the agency's board.

IAEA chief dismisses Iran’s criticism of his handling of its nuclear file as 'political reaction’

- Iran accuses Rafael Grossi of being 'political, irresponsible' for not condemning US-Israeli attacks on its nuclear facilities

Iran urges unconditional release of Afghanistan frozen assets

TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has called for sustained international engagement with Afghanistan de factor officials, increased humanitarian support, and the unconditional release of Afghanistan frozen assets.

Gulf and European states raise alarm over Iran's nuclear programme

Iran Censured by Nuclear Watchdog Over Missing Uranium Stockpile

The United Nations nuclear watchdog censured Iran over failing to account for its stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium, potentially escalating its military confrontation and diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration.

Iran’s Attacks on Gulf States Underscore Their Dependence on U.S.

The targeted countries host sprawling American military bases and thousands of personnel at a time when the United States is waging war against Iran.

IAEA chief highlights verification role in potential U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, says NPT remains effective tool

VIENNA, June 14 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency ...

US to release US$12bil in frozen assets

TEHERAN: The United States will release US$12 billion in frozen assets to Iran before the start of negotiations, Mehr news agency reported on Monday, quoting a 14-point memorandum of understanding between the two nations.

Gulf Countries Confront New Questions About Relying on U.S. Protection

Iran targeted Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other American allies in the Middle East during the war, harming their economies and military sectors.

US-Iran deal, Uranium stockpile and the $300 billion question: What exactly has Tehran agreed to?

ABD'den İran'a 300 milyar dolarlık yeşil ışık: Hürmüz Boğazı'nın açılmasına karşılık dev paket

ABD ve İran arasındaki barış mutabakatının ardından, Tahran için aşamalı yaptırım gevşetilmesi ve küresel şirketlerin katılımıyla 300 milyar ABD Doları büyüklüğünde bir yatırım fonu kurulması gündeme geldi.

Iran war latest: Draft deal with US offers Iran oil sales, $300 billion fund and sanctions relief: report