Get you up to speed: US President Confirms Iran’s Request to Lift Naval Blockade on Ports
Iran war live: Trump says Tehran wants end to blockade; Israel kills medics
US President states that Iran has requested Washington to lift its naval blockade on Iranian ports. After the US rejected Iran’s latest proposal. The communication indicates a direct outreach from Iran to the US.
US President has stated that Iran has reached out to request the lifting of the naval blockade on its ports.
President Donald Trump says Iran is in a “state of collapse” and has asked Washington to lift its blockade on Iranian ports “as soon as possible”.
There has been no further clarification from Trump on those comments from a short Truth Social post earlier in the day. He’s insinuating that there is division in the Iranian leadership, saying that they do not know who’s actually in control.
This is part of perhaps a campaign to unsettle the Iranian leadership and cast division among them as he attempts to get them back to the negotiating table on his terms.
It would appear that the ceasefire, though, stays in place. But that itself is at the will of the US president.
Iran calls for UNSC to compel Israel to stop attacks on Lebanon
Iran’s ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, has called on the UN Security Council to “act decisively to compel Israel to fully uphold the ceasefire in Lebanon”.
The council should also ensure that Israel “immediately halt all attacks against civilian and civilian infrastructure and withdraws all its occupying forces” from Lebanon, Iravani said.
He also decried US and Israeli attacks on Iran, as well as Israel’s actions in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.