Iran has ‘no trust’ in US, will negotiate only if it is serious: Araghchi
Israel intensifies strikes across southern Lebanon despite ongoing talks
Pakistan's mediation with the US in 'difficult course' but not 'failed': Iran
Iran lashes out at UAE in India BRICS summit
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen "sometime this summer at the latest," while warning that the US military could intervene if Iran continues disrupting traffic through the strategic waterway.
Speaking to CNBC from an LNG terminal in Cameron, Louisiana, Wright said a diplomatic agreement with Iran could emerge “in the next few days” despite strains surrounding the fragile US-Iran ceasefire brokered by Pakistan on April 8 and later extended by US President Donald Trump.
“If Iran continues to hold the world economy hostage, the US military will force the reopening of the Straits of Hormuz, but that's not trivial to do,” Wright said, adding that negotiations remain the preferred option.
The Israeli army says it launched new strikes targeting what it described as Hezbollah infrastructure sites across southern Lebanon, a day after the ceasefire extension agreement.
In message to Pope Leo XIV, Iranian president appreciates Catholic leader's "moral stance on recent military aggressions against Iran".


Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil via the Strait of Hormuz in April, down from about 93 million barrels monthly before the Iran war, the country's new oil minister, Basim Mohammed, said at a press conference.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran war has curtailed oil exports from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Iraq, sending prices sharply higher.
Iraq's crude exports through the Kirkuk–Ceyhan oil pipeline resumed in March, after Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government agreed on restarting flows.
The US will face growing economic consequences from its “war of choice” on Iran, the Iranian foreign minister warned.
On US social media company X, Abbas Araghchi said Americans would be forced to bear the rising costs of a conflict with Tehran.
“Put aside gas price hike and stock market bubble. Real pain begins when U.S. debt and mortgage rates start to jump,” he wrote in English.
South Korea’s oceans minister is opposed to Iran’s reported move to impose fees on ships passing through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, calling the action a violation of international law, media reports said.
Speaking at a news conference in the southeastern port city of Busan, Hwang Jong-woo said the waterway is an international shipping route where free navigation must be guaranteed, according to Yonhap News.
An Iraqi national accused of involvement in multiple attacks against US interests in Europe has been arrested and brought to the US to face six terrorism-related counts, the US Justice Department said.
Prosecutors said the suspect, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, was a senior member of the Iran-backed militia Kata’ib Hezbollah and accused him of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation.
Al-Saadi is accused of coordinating or supporting nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States, "including his efforts to kill on US soil," said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York in a statement.
Hezbollah has said that it had carried out 33 attacks targeting Israeli forces, military positions, and vehicles in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours.
The group said the attacks were carried out in response to continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement and attacks on civilians and areas in southern Lebanon.
In separate statements, Hezbollah said the attacks targeted Israeli troop and vehicle gatherings in the towns of Rashaf, Qouzah, and Hadatha.
US President Donald Trump has said that Washington could rapidly destroy Iranian infrastructure, and saying he had not underestimated Tehran's resilience in the war.
"I didn't underestimate anything. We hit them unbelievably hard," Trump said in an interview with Fox News after he visited China.
He added that the US "left their bridges, we left their electricity capacity. We can knock that all out in two days. Everything."
Trump described repeated breakdowns in diplomacy with Iran, saying negotiations had become unreliable and unpredictable.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi highlights growing economic pressure inside the US due to the war, saying auto loan delinquencies had already reached a more than 30-year high.
Iran has ‘no trust’ in US, will negotiate only if it is serious: Araghchi
Israel intensifies strikes across southern Lebanon despite ongoing talks
Pakistan's mediation with the US in 'difficult course' but not 'failed': Iran
Iran lashes out at UAE in India BRICS summit





