Iran's Guards will view military vessels approaching strait as ceasefire breach
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that any military vessels attempting to approach the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the two-week U.S. ceasefire and be dealt with harshly and decisively.
The strait is under the control and 'smart management' of Iran's Navy, the Guards said in a statement reported by Iranian state media, adding it is "open for the safe passage of non-military vessels in accordance with specific regulations".
Trump threatens China with 50% tariffs if it sends arms to Iran
US president Trump said his threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on goods from countries that sold weapons to Iran was aimed at China.
Trump told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" that has heard reports of China giving anti-aircraft "shoulder missiles" to Iran.
J-K minister urges MEA to expedite repatriation of six locals killed in Kuwait
Jammu and Kashmir tribal affairs minister Javed Ahmad Rana on Sunday urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to expedite all legal and procedural formalities for the early repatriation of the mortal remains of six accident victims from Kuwait.
Six men – five from Poonch and one from Rajouri – were killed in a road accident near Kuwait City on April 8.
Rana visited Bachaianwali village in Surankote area of Poonch on Sunday and expressed condolences to the bereaved families.
Iran President: Reaching deal not far off, if US 'returns to framework of international law'
Iran's President says that he has been in calls with his Russian counterpart, and that reaching an agreement is not far off, if the US 'returns to the framework of international law', Iranian state media reported.
The President also said that Iran is ready for a 'balanced and fair agreement' that ensures stable peace and security.
Trump says it will take a little while for US to blockade the Strait of Hormuz
Implementing a newly announced US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will take a little while, President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
Israel says war with Iran costed them $11.5 billion in budgetary expenses
Israel's war with Iran incurred 35 billion shekels ($11.52 billion) in budgetary expenses, with 22 billion shekels of that going to defence, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday, citing a preliminary estimate.
The amount has already been added to the 2026 budget, it said.
Iran holds talks with Russia on failed Pakistan-mediated US-Tehran negotiations
According to Al Jazeera, in a post on X, the office of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says he held a phone call with his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin after the negotiations with the US in Pakistan failed.
The two leaders “reviewed latest regional & international developments”, including the status of the ceasefire, the post said. We had earlier reported on Putin making the call.
Russia has long exchanged weapons with Iran and is likely offering satellite support, but it has so far refrained from getting directly involved in the conflict.
US ready to 'finish up the little that is left of Iran', says Trump
Trump said the US was ready to "finish up" Iran at the "appropriate moment," stressing that Tehran's nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war.
Trump posted today that US would start blockading the Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.
Trump made his remarks in a Truth Social post.
Trump says, 'Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be blown to hell'
USA President Donald Trump on his Truth Social said, "So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!"
'Strait of Hormuz not Iran’s to control': ADNOC CEO
The Strait of Hormuz has never been Iran's to close or restrict the navigation through, the CEO of United Arab Emirates state oil giant ADNOC, Sultan Al Jaber, said on X on Sunday.
He said that any disruption would threaten energy, food and health security worldwide, warning that setting such a precedent would be "dangerous and unacceptable".
"The world simply cannot afford it and must not allow it," he added.
US to send forces, help with mine-clearing in Hormuz
The US military said two of its destroyers transited the critical waterway in the Strait of Hormuz ahead of mine-clearing work, a first since the war began.
"We're sweeping the strait. Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me," Trump said as talks extended into early Sunday morning.
Iran's state media, however, reported the country's joint military command denied that.
Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has proved its biggest strategic advantage in the war. Around a fifth of the world's traded oil had typically passed through on over 100 ships a day. Only 12 have been recorded transiting since the ceasefire.
On Saturday, Trump said on social media that the US had begun "clearing out" the strait.
"Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe pathway with the maritime industry soon," US Central Command commander Adm Brad Cooper later said.
The US statement about the destroyers added: "Additional US forces, including underwater drones, will join the clearance effort in the coming days."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said Tehran was entering negotiations with "deep distrust" after strikes on Iran during previous talks. Araghchi, part of Iran's delegation in Pakistan, said on Saturday that his country was prepared to retaliate if attacked again.
Iran's 10-point proposal ahead of the talks called for a guaranteed end to the war and sought control over the Strait of Hormuz. It included ending fighting against Iran's "regional allies", explicitly calling for a halt to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah.
The United States' 15-point proposal includes restricting Iran's nuclear program and reopening the strait.
Infant girl killed in southern Lebanon in Israeli strike during father’s funeral
Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline Saeed, seven, barely survived the Israeli strike on her home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as hopes of a truce spread across the region, but a new strike killed her infant sister and other relatives.
The strike on the Saeed family home in the village of Srifa took place on Wednesday, the first day of a U.S.-Iran ceasefire that many in Lebanon hoped would apply to their country, too. Instead, Israeli strikes killed more than 350 across Lebanon and left the Saeed family with four more relatives to bury.
"They said it was a ceasefire. Like all these people, we went up to the village. We went to the casket to read the prayers and walk home... suddenly we felt like a storm was landing right on us," said Nasser Saeed, Aline's 64-year-old grandfather, who also survived.
On Sunday, he joined other relatives in the southern port city of Tyre to pick up the bodies wrapped in green cloth. One of them, a fraction the size of the rest, contained his granddaughter Taleen, Aline's sister.
She had not yet turned two.
With bandages to his head and right hand and scratches on his face, Saeed mourned in silence as the women around him turned their faces up to the sky and screamed in agony.
Members of civil defence personnel carry the body of Taleen, 1.5 years old, who was killed in an Israeli strike in the village of Srifa along with three other members of her family, on the day of their funeral service at the Al Kharab mosque in Tyre, Lebanon, April 12, 2026. (Image by Reuters)
Iran says 3,375 people killed during war: Report
According to Al Jazeera reports, the head of Iran’s Forensic Medicine Organisation, Abbas Masjedi Arani, says the authorities have identified the bodies of 3,375 people killed during the US-Israel war on Iran.
In a statement to the Iranian media, Arani said the death toll included 2,875 men and nearly 500 women.
Historic 21-hour Iran–US talks lead nowhere
The US and Iran failed to reach a peace deal at their historic 21-hour talks in Pakistan, leaving the fate of a tenuous two-week ceasefire in doubt, with both sides attempting to hold each other responsible for the collapse of the negotiations.
Vice President JD Vance, who led the US delegation at the negotiations in Islamabad, said the Iranian side did not accept Washington's terms for ending the war even as the US presented its "final and best offer". He indicated that Tehran's reluctance to abandon its nuclear programme was one of the key sticking points.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the head of the Iranian team, said it is for the US to decide whether it can "earn our trust or not".
The Iranian foreign ministry, without elaborating, said the US side resorted to "excessive" and "illegal demands"
The failure to reach an agreement has dimmed the prospect of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to stabilise the global energy market. It is unclear whether the US will resume military operations against Iran.
"We have been at it now for 21 hours. We've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians, that's the good news," Vance said at a press conference before departing from the Pakistani capital.
US delegation leaves Islamabad after Iran talks, none stay behind: Report
None of the US delegation stayed behind in Pakistan after the Iran talks, a CBS reporter said. Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff and the technical team departed Islamabad.
Drone interception debris hits home in Metula, causes damage: Israeli media
Israeli media is reporting damage to a home following the fall of shrapnel from intercepting a drone in the Metula area in the Upper Galilee region, Al Jazeera reported.
Iran says opposing side fails to gain trust in latest talks: Report
Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Sunday that his country's delegation raised "forward-looking" initiatives during negotiations in Pakistan's Islamabad, but the U.S. failed to gain the trust of the delegation in the talks.
"The U.S. has understood Iran's logic and principles and it's time for them to decide whether they can earn our trust or not," Ghalibaf, who was among Iran's negotiating team, said in a post on X.
Six killed in Israeli strike near Tyre: Lebanese media
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that at least six people were killed in an Israeli strike on Maaroub, near Tyre in southern Lebanon, according to sources.
The report said the casualties resulted from the attack in the country’s south, amid ongoing escalation in the region.
Iran says refineries to regain capacity soon, Lavan restart in 10 days: report
Iran expects to restore most damaged refining and distribution facilities to 70–80% of their pre-attack capacity within one to two months, a senior oil official said, as authorities work to recover from a wave of strikes on energy infrastructure.
Deputy Minister of Oil Mohammad Sadeq Azimifar told the Student News Network that repair work had begun and that part of the Lavan refinery is expected to resume operations within about 10 days, with other units coming back online gradually.
