President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended the US ceasefire with Iran to allow more time for talks, just hours before hostilities were set to resume, but he vowed to maintain a blockade of Tehran's ports. Trump indefinitely pushed back the end of the truce ...

Iran said its multipage response to the U.S. proposal to end the war was a “generous and responsible” counteroffer focused on lifting the blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and that decisions on its nuclear program would be left until “the time is right.

Iran continues to review the proposal as Tehran’s nuclear programme and Strait of Hormuz remain main sticking points.

The Iranian Army accuses Washington of violating the ceasefire with an attack, but Donald Trump claims that his country is still negotiating with the Persians. After a month of ceasefire, tension is rising in The Middle East.

"What has emerged in Iran is a different architecture of leadership, where power is exercised through institutions and networks that have reconfigured themselves to meet the demands of war and prolonged confrontation,

The Israeli military said it carried out a strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the first since the April 16 ceasefire, although hostilities in southern Lebanon have not halted.

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Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sector.