BREAKING: Iran rejects US Treasury Sec. Bessent's and Trump's claim that the Strait of Hormuz will open tomorrow under a new deal, saying Iran-Oman Hormuz negotiations, held without US participation, are instead aimed at establishing an "intermediate corridor" that will halt both the current Iran-controlled northern and US-backed southern routes, giving Iran as a coastal state fully protected sovereignty, interests, and national security, an informed source tells Press TV. Iran adds "Trump has violated his commitments, and Iran is moving forward with its plan to establish arrangements in the Strait independently of US threats, and it will succeed," saying "Iran does not shape its interests and priorities based on schedule or demands of Trump." The agreement with Oman would grant Iran total sovereign authority over all inbound maritime traffic, with Oman's limited role being to clear outbound vessels but only after notifying Iranian officials, ensuring Iran retains visibility and the option to intervene.
U.S.–Iran Conflict & Oil Market News
Fast English translations from selected Middle Eastern sources covering military developments, the Strait of Hormuz, oil supply, and market-moving events.
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BREAKING: Yemen's Houthis have struck an Indian ship 13 miles off the coast of Hodeidah, Yemen with a remotely-controlled suicide boat, per initial reports. The ship is now sinking.
BREAKING: Just 10 minutes before futures market open, Trump has claimed "there's a deal on Hormuz and there will be a deal on denuclearization" with the US "talking to them in the form of a negotiation" and "Iran negotiations to begin Monday afternoon." Iran continues to reject any negotiations with the US and launched anti-ship cruise missiles toward a ship just a few minutes ago.
BREAKING: Thousands of Israeli troops were on maximum alert this weekend following US warnings of a pending American strike on Iran's infrastructure, only for Trump to cancel the operation at the last minute. Israeli security officials are now "extremely angry" at Trump and strongly criticize the abrupt cancellation, the second within a week, saying that unpredictable US decision making severely undermines Israeli operational planning and preparedness, per Kan.
BREAKING: Iran's IRGC is considering launching preemptive strikes as Iranian officials are aware of Trump's political vulnerability and are looking to exploit, per WSJ.
BREAKING: Unlike Saudi Arabia where Crown Prince MBS held a call just hours before Trump cancelled his massive attack, the UAE is lobbying Trump in recent days for far more decisive action against Iran, suggesting the US should take immediate control over the Strait of Hormuz, carry out harsher strikes and start a major ground operation, so that Iran's IRGC compromises, per WSJ. Gulf countries are frustrated with a lack of a clear strategy from the Trump administration as the war drags on, subjecting their territories to frequent Iranian attacks, while Patriot interceptor stocks are critically low and without a guarantee of protection.
BREAKING: Iran directly rejects Trump's new claim that Iran has asked for a deal and seeks to agree to it by reopening the Strait of Hormuz, saying "there is no agreement regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," adding the US-backed Qatari proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is false and Israeli Channel 12's claim that Iran FM Araghchi accepted the deal is also completely false, per Fars. Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains fully closed under any circumstances, with passage only through the designated route with IRGC Navy permission. No changes have been made to Iran's policy. Iran adds every US threat is treated as real, with Iran not backing down and instead using Trump's ceasefire period to raise combat readiness and strengthen deterrence.
BREAKING: The U.S. has made a last minute peace offer to Iran through Qatar, and Iran is now reviewing it, per initial reports. Iran is highly likely to reject the offer, which means this was another TACO.
BREAKING: Iran held direct phone calls with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey warning of striking them if they participate or support the announced US and Israeli attack in any shape or form, per Tasnim. Iran’s FM Araghchi, after speaking with Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Turkey’s FM Hakan Fidan, and Saudi Arabia’s FM Faisal bin Farhan, further warns "any participation and alignment by regional countries would be met with a decisive and proportionate response from Iran’s Armed Forces, with those responsible bearing full accountability for all consequences arising from such adventures."
BREAKING: Mohammad Mokhber, Advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, responds to Trump's announced infrastructure strikes, warning "attacking Iran's infrastructure will directly trigger geological fractures on which your hegemony has been built for 250 years. When the pillars of this system collapse, there will be neither a command center nor a market to plunder." Iran Parliament National Security Committee spokesman Rezaei adds Iran will "respond to all enemy bases and the source of attacks from anywhere," with Iran's response "not limited to the Persian Gulf region."
BREAKING: The top U.S. general in Europe has directly warned the Pentagon in a written private notification that he no longer has enough Navy destroyers to keep protecting Israel from Iranian ballistic missile attacks, and will be forced to prioritize the United States homeland over Israel, per Gen. Alexus Grynkewich to WaPo. The destroyers are equipped with SM-3 and SM-6 anti-ballistic missile interceptors, the main ship-based interceptors used against Iranian ballistic missiles aimed at Israel, and have been stretched by operations daily in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and around Iran with major ammunition shortages and maintenance issues piling up due to the Iran war tempo. This comes after Iran's ballistic missile attacks have already drained the Arab Dome from Patriot interceptors causing Trump's earlier halt on major escalation.
BREAKING: Iran directly warns that any US or Israeli attack on Iran's energy infrastructure will send the entire Middle East "back to the Stone Age," dismissing the US's new bombing plans as "a delusion Netanyahu has whispered in Trump's ear." "They think that in the two days the market is closed they can deliver a decisive and rapid blow to us and force Iran to surrender, it is a delusion that Netanyahu has whispered into Trump’s ear," said spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee Rezaei. "If a strike is made on Iran, we will return the entire region and its facilities to the Stone Age. It is in your best interest not to act foolishly."