Middle East crisis live: Iran reportedly prevents tanker crossing strait of Hormuz as Trump claims peace deal to be signed ‘very soon’

Blasts heard as Iran confronts tanker trying to transit Hormuz strait – report

Iranian state media are reporting that explosion heard in the south of the country a short while ago were related to a confrontation with a “violating vessel” attempting to pass through the strait of Hormuz.

Citing the Revolutionary Guard, state media said the vessel was an oil tanker and was forced to comply with a “traffic prohibition law” in the strait after a warning from the Guards.

Iranian officials said earlier that a tanker was stopped from entering the strait, claiming it did not have “coordination” to pass.

In Donald Trump’s announcement that an agreement with Iran was imminent and could be signed “maybe over the weekend in Europe”, he said the Hormuz strait would open “as soon as we sign” the documents of the “great settlement”.

“The whole Middle East is happy,” Trump said

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Citing the Revolutionary Guard, state media said the vessel was an oil tanker and was forced to comply with a “traffic prohibition law” in the strait after a warning from the Guards.

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Iranian officials said earlier that a tanker was stopped from entering the strait, claiming it did not have “coordination” to pass.

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“The whole Middle East is happy,” Trump said

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Iranian media is saying the country’s forces have not allowed a “violating tanker” to enter the strait of Hormuz without coordinating with Tehran.

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The report from the Fars news agency – closely linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard – came shortly after the sound of explosions were reportedly heard near the port city of Bandar Abbas.

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Hours earlier Donald Trump claimed a “great settlement” has been reached with Iran, while Tehran later said a final decision on an agreement had not yet been made.

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Donald Trump announced that he was cancelling the third day of airstrikes and bombings that he had earlier said would happen because “discussions” with Iran “have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved”. This agreement will be signed “soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe” according to Trump, who said “(d)iscussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved”, which includes “the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others”.

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Israel, however, said it was “not a party to” what the prime minister’s office described as an emerging memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. However, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had spoken to Trump, Netanyahu’s office said, and the final agreement at the conclusion of negotiations will include the removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production, and the cessation of Iran’s support for its terrorist proxies in the region.

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Though Trump said that Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved the agreement, a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry told the state-run IRNA that Iran has not yet made a final decision. Iran will not compromise on its “red lines” in negotiations and any reports regarding the signing of the agreement was speculative as nothing has been finalised, Esmaeil Baghaei said Thursday. He added that a large part of the text had been finalised but the US repeatedly changed its positions during the talks.

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The strait of Hormuz will open “as soon as we sign” the documents of the “great settlement” reached with Iran, Trump said. “The whole Middle East is happy,” Trump said.

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Trump had earlier posted on social media that the US would seize Iran’s Kharg island “some point in the not too distant future”, but he later said a military operation to take Kharg would be off the table “if we sign this agreement”.

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The price of oil had risen after Trump threatened a ‘very hard’ attack on Iran – but it fell hours later after he announced he was canceling the strikes. Brent futures fell $3.37, or 3.6%, to $89.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $3.20, or 3.6%, to $86.83 a barrel, according to the Associated Press.

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A strike wounded 10 staff members of a hospital in the Lebanese city of Tyre on Thursday, the facility’s director told AFP, as Israeli raids continue in the country’s south. All three of the historic city’s hospitals have been hit since the start of the latest war between Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and Israel in early March.

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UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that all parties must work towards a diplomatic settlement that fully respects the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon. In a post on X, Guterres added that there must be a comprehensive ceasefire and said he fully supports a monopoly on weapons by the Lebanese government.

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The Kuwaiti armed forces said it has responded to 24 Iranian drones in its airspace in the past two days. “The Iranian aggression resulted in limited material damage without any human casualties,” the army said in a statement on social media.

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The US has confirmed that it carried out a strike on Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel M/T Jalveer, which according to Central Command (Centcom) was violating the blockade. Centcom alleged that the ship was attempting to transport Iranian oil through the Gulf of Oman.

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The Indian government has voiced a “strong protest” after three Indian seafarers were killed in US military strikes against oil tankers travelling through the strait of Hormuz. The three men who died were named as Patnala Suresh, a chief engineer, Aditya Sharma, a deck cadet, and Shivanand Chaurashiya, a fitter. Sarbananda Sonowal, India’s shipping and ports minister, called it a “profound loss to our maritime family”.

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A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry told the state-run IRNA that Iran has not yet made a final decision on an agreement with the US, Reuters reports.

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Esmaeil Baghaei said Thursday that Iran will not compromise on its “red lines” in negotiations.

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Though Donald Trump told reporters that an agreement signing could take place as early as the weekend and will likely be in Europe, Baghaei said any reports regarding the signing of the agreement was speculative as nothing has been finalised.

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A large part of the text had been finalised, Baghaei said, but the US repeatedly changed its positions during the talks.

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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with Donald Trump about the “emerging” memorandum of understanding with Iran, the Israeli prime minister’s office posted on X on Thursday.

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While Israel “is not a party to the memorandum of understanding, the Prime Minister expressed his appreciation for President Trump’s commitment that the final agreement at the conclusion of negotiations will include the removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production, and the cessation of Iran’s support for its terrorist proxies in the region”, the statement reads.

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Earlier today, Donald Trump posted on social media that the US would take Iran’s Kharg island “some point in the not too distant future”.

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But after announcing that he was canceling tonight’s strikes because of the “great settlement” reached with Iran, he said a military operation to take Kharg would be off the table “if we sign this agreement”.

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“They weren’t so thrilled when they heard that that’s what I wanted done,” he said, without specifiying who he meant by “they”.

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When asked, Donald Trump maintained that he was confident that “it’ll be soon, maybe this weekend” that the Iran agreement will be signed.

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He said it was his understanding that the Iranian supreme leader –
Mojtaba Khamenei, who became supreme leader after his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike at the end of February – has approved the deal.

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When asked again why he was so convinced that a deal has been reached this time – he has made this claim dozens of times over the past few weeks – he said it was because “they’ve taken a pounding”.

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“They’ve taken a pounding like very few people can take and they want to make a deal a lot more than I do,” Trump said.

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He again said the agreement was “a great deal for the United States and for the Middle East” and ultimately, Iran will “in no way, shape or form have a nuclear weapon”.

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Donald Trump said he will likely not attend the signing of the Iran agreement, which he said will be signed “soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe”.

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However, vice president JD Vance “will be there”, Trump said.

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Donald Trump said the strait of Hormuz will open “as soon as we sign” the documents of the “great settlement” reached with Iran.

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“The whole Middle East is happy,” Trump said.

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Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the deal reached with Iran holds with the point he has refused to budge on – the future of Iran’s nuclear program.

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“Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, which is the whole purpose of what we had to go through to get this,” Trump said.

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Trump added that he “just spoke” to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in addition to the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, and that he will be speaking to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey.

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Donald Trump is speaking to the press at a proclamation signing in the Oval Office. One of his first comments was that he had “just had a big day”.

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“We just made a great settlement in the war with Iran and we’re going to be subject to finalisation of documents, which should get done in the next few days,” Trump said.

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He said the signing will likely take place in Europe.

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Iran has not yet agreed to any document or memorandum of understanding with the United States, Iran’s Fars news agency reports, citing an informed source close to Iran’s negotiating team.

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This appears to contradict Donald Trump’s statement that “final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved”.

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Oil prices dropped following the announcement from Donald Trump that he has “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening”, the Associated Press reports.

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Brent futures fell $3.37, or 3.6%, to $89.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $3.20, or 3.6%, to $86.83 a barrel.

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Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social that he has “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.”

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“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” Trump wrote.

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He continued “Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized — Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly.”

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US Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer took to the floor on Thursday to accuse the Trump administration of lying to the public about the war in Iran and to urge Senate Republicans to support the war powers resolution and “end this war for real”.

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“It doesn’t take a military genius to see that Trump’s fiasco of a war with Iran never ended – not with American helicopters being shot down, not when American bases are being attacked, and American troops are coming under fire,” Schumer said.

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“Saying this war is over is an insult, an insult to the brave American servicemen who are risking their lives every day to fight it.”

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Trump is “incapable, given his way, his lack of concern for facts, his only concern being his own ego. He is incapable of ending the war, incapable of cleaning up his own mess”, Schumer said.

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“Republicans need to stop buying the BS, show some spine, and help us bring our servicemembers home,” Schumer said.

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On Thursday, Trump threatened to attack Iran “very hard tonight” and seize the country’s Kharg Island and “other infrastructure”.

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Donald Trump has threatened to attack Iran “very hard tonight” and seize the country’s Kharg Island and “other infrastructure” in his latest warning to Tehran. In a post on his Truth Social app, he said: “The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT.”

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Trump told Fox News that he would “rather not” attack civilian infrastructure in Iran – despite previously threatening to. This comes as the US said it will increase strikes on the Islamic Republic. “Yeah, but I’d rather not do it, because once you do that, the people suffer,” Trump said when asked if the United States would start attacking power plants and bridges as he has previously threatened.

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One of Iran’s top negotiators has warned of an “endless quagmire” if the US makes “impulsive” decisions. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said “wrong strategies” will “reset the entire board for the worse”.

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The price of oil has risen since Donald Trump has threatened a ‘very hard’ attack on Iran tonight and said US will seize Kharg island, according to the BBC. Brent crude futures increased by around $2, to $94.16, a barrel in the space of a few minutes this afternoon – before shortly falling back down minorly.

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The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the renewed US strikes against Iran “have rendered the ceasefire ineffective”, according to a statement on his Telegram channel. Araghchi discussed the latest developments with the EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, in a phone call this afternoon, where he condemned the US attacks, the statement said.

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The US has confirmed that it carried out a strike on Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel M/T Jalveer, which according to Central Command (Centcom) was violating the blockade. Centcom alleged that the ship was attempting to transport Iranian oil through the Gulf of Oman.

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The Kuwaiti armed forces said it has responded to 24 Iranian drones in its airspace in the past two days. “The Iranian aggression resulted in limited material damage without any human casualties,” the army said in a statement on social media.

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According to Mehr, Iran’s semi-official news agency, explosions have been heard in Sirik, which borders the strait of Hormuz. These blasts allegedly sounded from the sea, according to reports. “A few minutes ago, an explosion was heard in the Sirik area at sea,” a state television reporter said from the area, without providing further information.

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UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that all parties must work towards a diplomatic settlement that fully respects the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon. In a post on X, Guterres added that there must be a comprehensive ceasefire and said he fully supports a monopoly on weapons by the Lebanese government.

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A strike wounded 10 staff members of a hospital in the Lebanese city of Tyre on Thursday, the facility’s director told AFP, as Israeli raids continue in the country’s south. All three of the historic city’s hospitals have been hit since the start of the latest war between Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and Israel in early March.

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Saudi Arabia has lifted its five-year import ban from Lebanon – which marks a significant step in improving relations between countries in the Gulf region and Lebanon. The ban was introduced in 2021 and initially was only for Lebanese fruits and vegetables, citing drug smuggling concerns.

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The Pakistani foreign ministry said the country will continue with mediation efforts to end the war despite an escalation in hostilities between the US and Iran. “Pakistan remains deeply concerned at the situation in the region marked by recent escalation. We appeal to the parties to adhere to the understanding reached on the ceasefire,” the ministry spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi, told reporters in a briefing today.

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Bahrain’s interior ministry said an 11-year-old girl was injured from falling debris after Iranian drones were intercepted by air defences in the capital Manama and Hamad Town. The incident also damaged several vehicles and homes, the ministry said in a post on X, with pictures showing scorched cars and buildings.

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Three Indian seafarers were killed in a US attack on an oil tanker earlier this week, India’s shipping minister, ‌Sarbananda Sonowal, said. “It is deeply unfortunate to learn of the tragic incident aboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello. Sadly, three Indian seafarers initially reported missing are now confirmed dead after bodies have been located and identified,” he wrote in a post on X.

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One of Iran’s top negotiators has warned of an “endless quagmire” if the US makes “impulsive” decisions.

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said “wrong strategies” will “reset the entire board for the worse”.

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In a post on X, he said:

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Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years.

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You will see a different Iran.

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The price of oil has risen since Donald Trump has threatened a ‘very hard’ attack on Iran tonight and said US will seize Kharg island, according to the BBC. Brent crude futures increased by around $2, to $94.16, a barrel in the space of a few minutes this afternoon – before shortly falling back down minorly.

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This comes in as Trump claims he will be “taking” Kharg Island “at some point in the not too distant future”. He believes he will take control of their oil and gas markets, “much like we have with Venezuela”.

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Kharg island, which is home to a major oil terminal that is considered vital to the country’s economy, is located just off the coast of Iran.

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CNN is now reporting that Iran has laid traps on the island with anti-personnel and antiarmor mines, including along the shoreline that US troops could enter if Trump did announce an on-the-ground-mission.

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It is also moving shoulder-fired, surface-to-air guided missile systems known as MANPADs to the island – according to the outlet.

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Donald Trump has threatened to attack Iran “very hard tonight” and seize the country’s Kharg Island and “other infrastructure” in his latest warning to Tehran.

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In a post on his Truth Social app, he said:

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The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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Iran’s Kharg Island in the Gulf is an economic lifeline for the country, which handles about 90% of its oil exports.

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The US has confirmed that it carried out a strike on Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel M/T Jalveer, which according to Central Command (Centcom) was violating the blockade.

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Centcom alleged that the ship was attempting to transport Iranian oil through the Gulf of Oman.

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According to Centcom, it is the third vessel attacked by the US in the Gulf this week – after the Marivex and Settebello vessels were struck previously.

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India’s shipping ministry said all 20 Indian crew members were safe after the Jalveer ship sent a distress call while off Oman’s port of Shinas after a fire broke out, according to Reuters.

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A tanker with 20 Indian crew members on board was hit in a suspected US strike off the coast of Oman, Reuters reports.

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If confirmed, it would be the third vessel carrying an Indian crew hit by US forces this week.

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Three Indian seafarers were killed after a US strike on the oil tanker Settebello off Oman’s coast on Tuesday, an Indian official said (see post at 08:06). On Monday, an Indian crew of the sanctioned Marivex oil tanker put out a distress call after the ship was hit by a US missile.

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In today’s incident, India’s shipping ministry said all 20 Indian crew members were safe after the Guinea-Bissau flagged Jalveer sent a distress call while off Oman’s port of Shinas after a fire broke out, according to Reuters.

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The ship was attacked by the US navy, Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters.

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The US Central Command did not immediately comment on the report. It previously said the Marivex and Settebello failed to follow directions as US forces enforced the American blockade on Iranian ports.

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Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA), a government agency set up on 5 May to oversee transit through the strait of Hormuz, announced the key waterway is “closed until further notice”, blaming US strikes in the region.

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In a statement carried on Iranian media, the PGSA said: “Due to the tensions created by the US aggression forces in the region and the announcement by the Iranian armed forces last night, the strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice.

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The announcement came shortly after an Iranian official accused the US of striking a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman this morning.

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Reza Shahidian, governor of Sirik in the southern Hormozgan province, located on the stores of the strait of Hormuz, said the ship was “carrying essential goods” when it was hit while travelling from an Omani port, according to Iranian media.

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He added that the crew had been rescued and taken to Oman.

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Earlier, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the strait will be “closed to all vessels”, a claim which the US Central Command rejected, saying commercial ships continue to transit in and out of the strait.

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The Iranian foreign ministry has condemned the latest US strikes on Tehran, saying the attacks have rendered the ceasefire as “practically meaningless”.

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In a statement carried by Iranian media, the ministry said:

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The illegal and criminal attacks by the US in recent hours are not only a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and the fundamental rules of international law regarding respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, but have also rendered the ceasefire [of 8 April] practically meaningless.”

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Kuwait’s civil aviation authority has announced that air traffic has resumed after it was suspended due to Iranian attacks.

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Officials earlier announced that some flights were being diverted to alternative airports, after Kuwait said its air defences were firing at aerial targets.

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In its statement, the civil aviation authority said Kuwait’s international airport was working normally, with flights set to resume.

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Kuwait has closed its airspace after Iran announced new attacks on the gulf country, with officials saying some flights were being diverted to alternative airports.

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Flights had been circling outside Kuwait for some time before the announcement, after it said its air defences were firing at aerial targets.

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Kuwait International airport took a direct hit from an Iranian strikes last week, with one person killed and dozens more wounded.

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Bahrain separately sounded its missile alert sirens on Thursday, after Iran said it was attacking the US navy’s fifth fleet which is headquartered in the country.

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And the US embassy in Jordan issued an alert, saying “reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace”.

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Welcome to our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

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The US has launched a second round of airstrikes, after Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations, and Iran responded with strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.

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The US assault across multiple Iranian cities came as efforts to negotiate an end the war again appeared stuck, with Iran insisting it would maintain its chokehold on the strait of Hormuz.

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It was the second consecutive day of back-and-forth strikes between the US and Iran, testing the limits of the shaky two-month ceasefire.

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Here are the day’s main developments:

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US Central Command said it had “completed” its latest round of airstrikes just before sunrise in Iran. It said the strikes targeted “Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defense sites” and were carried out by the US air force, Marines and navy.

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The sounds of explosions echoed around Tehran, the port city of Bandar Abbas and other southern areas along the strait of Hormuz.

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Iran responded by launching strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.

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Kuwait closed its airspace as its air defences fought off the attack. Kuwait’s directorate general of civil aviation said flights were being diverted to other airports, without elaborating.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had fired ballistic missiles at a US command centre in Jordan, according to state media.

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Iran’s UN envoy said the US should refrain from threats of force if it wants a deal.

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Israel early on Thursday warned residents in the north to seek shelter after the detection of suspected incoming fire from Lebanon.

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The international benchmark for crude oil traded above $93 a barrel on Wednesday, up more than 25% since the start of the war.

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Key events

More now on the apparent confrontation in the strait of Hormuz: Iranian media reported sounds of explosions near Bandar Abbas, but state news agency Irna later said no explosions had been reported in the southern port city and that any sounds could have been related to military activity in maritime areas.

Iranian state media also said the country’s forces had prevented a tanker from transiting the strait of Hormuz without coordination.

Iran’s top joint military command on Thursday announced the closure of the strait, including oil tankers and commercial ships, saying any vessel that attempted passage would be shot at, Reuters is reporting.

Iranian media also said explosion sounds were heard off the coast of Sirik, east of Bandar Abbas.

A military source told state media the sounds heard near Sirik were linked to Iranian forces confronting an oil tanker attempting to pass through the Hormuz strait.

The tanker later complied with the ban on transit after receiving warnings from the Revolutionary Guards’ navy, the source said.

Blasts heard as Iran confronts tanker trying to transit Hormuz strait – report

Citing the Revolutionary Guard, state media said the vessel was an oil tanker and was forced to comply with a “traffic prohibition law” in the strait after a warning from the Guards.

Iranian officials said earlier that a tanker was stopped from entering the strait, claiming it did not have “coordination” to pass.

“The whole Middle East is happy,” Trump said

As Donald Trump has declared a deal with Iran is set to be signed “very soon”, Iran’s Tasnim news agency is saying he has announced that a deal is imminent 38 times over the previous two months – though one didn’t eventuate.

“Until Iran announces the matter of a potential understanding, any news from Trump on this subject should be regarded the same as his previous messaging,” the semi-official agency said, cited by AFP.

As mentioned, Iran said it had not reached a final decision on a deal with Washington after Trump announced a “great settlement” to end the war.

“So far, Iran has not reached a final conclusion on the agreement,” foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said, after Trump said he expected a deal to be signed in Europe in the coming days.

Iran stops tanker from entering strait of Hormuz – report

Iranian media is saying the country’s forces have not allowed a “violating tanker” to enter the strait of Hormuz without coordinating with Tehran.

The report from the Fars news agency – closely linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard – came shortly after the sound of explosions were reportedly heard near the port city of Bandar Abbas.

Hours earlier Donald Trump claimed a “great settlement” has been reached with Iran, while Tehran later said a final decision on an agreement had not yet been made.

Today so far

Donald Trump announced that he was cancelling the third day of airstrikes and bombings that he had earlier said would happen because “discussions” with Iran “have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved”. This agreement will be signed “soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe” according to Trump, who said “(d)iscussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved”, which includes “the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others”.
Israel, however, said it was “not a party to” what the prime minister’s office described as an emerging memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. However, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had spoken to Trump, Netanyahu’s office said, and the final agreement at the conclusion of negotiations will include the removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production, and the cessation of Iran’s support for its terrorist proxies in the region.
Though Trump said that Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved the agreement, a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry told the state-run IRNA that Iran has not yet made a final decision. Iran will not compromise on its “red lines” in negotiations and any reports regarding the signing of the agreement was speculative as nothing has been finalised, Esmaeil Baghaei said Thursday. He added that a large part of the text had been finalised but the US repeatedly changed its positions during the talks.
The strait of Hormuz will open “as soon as we sign” the documents of the “great settlement” reached with Iran, Trump said. “The whole Middle East is happy,” Trump said.
Trump had earlier posted on social media that the US would seize Iran’s Kharg island “some point in the not too distant future”, but he later said a military operation to take Kharg would be off the table “if we sign this agreement”.
The price of oil had risen after Trump threatened a ‘very hard’ attack on Iran – but it fell hours later after he announced he was canceling the strikes. Brent futures fell $3.37, or 3.6%, to $89.73 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $3.20, or 3.6%, to $86.83 a barrel, according to the Associated Press.
A strike wounded 10 staff members of a hospital in the Lebanese city of Tyre on Thursday, the facility’s director told AFP, as Israeli raids continue in the country’s south. All three of the historic city’s hospitals have been hit since the start of the latest war between Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and Israel in early March.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that all parties must work towards a diplomatic settlement that fully respects the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon. In a post on X, Guterres added that there must be a comprehensive ceasefire and said he fully supports a monopoly on weapons by the Lebanese government.
The Kuwaiti armed forces said it has responded to 24 Iranian drones in its airspace in the past two days. “The Iranian aggression resulted in limited material damage without any human casualties,” the army said in a statement on social media.
The US has confirmed that it carried out a strike on Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel M/T Jalveer, which according to Central Command (Centcom) was violating the blockade. Centcom alleged that the ship was attempting to transport Iranian oil through the Gulf of Oman.
The Indian government has voiced a “strong protest” after three Indian seafarers were killed in US military strikes against oil tankers travelling through the strait of Hormuz. The three men who died were named as Patnala Suresh, a chief engineer, Aditya Sharma, a deck cadet, and Shivanand Chaurashiya, a fitter. Sarbananda Sonowal, India’s shipping and ports minister, called it a “profound loss to our maritime family”.

Here is video of Donald Trump talking about the “great settlement” that the US reached with Iran:

Trump says US and Iran will sign a peace deal – video

Iran: No final decision has been made in US agreement

A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry told the state-run IRNA that Iran has not yet made a final decision on an agreement with the US, Reuters reports.

Esmaeil Baghaei said Thursday that Iran will not compromise on its “red lines” in negotiations.

A large part of the text had been finalised, Baghaei said, but the US repeatedly changed its positions during the talks.

Israel is ‘not a party’ to US memorandum of understanding with Iran, Israeli prime minister’s office says

US will no longer seize Kharg island, Trump says

Earlier today, Donald Trump posted on social media that the US would take Iran’s Kharg island “some point in the not too distant future”.

“They weren’t so thrilled when they heard that that’s what I wanted done,” he said, without specifiying who he meant by “they”.

Trump says Iranian supreme leader has approved deal

When asked, Donald Trump maintained that he was confident that “it’ll be soon, maybe this weekend” that the Iran agreement will be signed.

“They’ve taken a pounding like very few people can take and they want to make a deal a lot more than I do,” Trump said.

He again said the agreement was “a great deal for the United States and for the Middle East” and ultimately, Iran will “in no way, shape or form have a nuclear weapon”.

Iran agreement will be signed ‘maybe over the weekend in Europe’, Trump says

Donald Trump said he will likely not attend the signing of the Iran agreement, which he said will be signed “soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe”.

However, vice president JD Vance “will be there”, Trump said.

Middle East crisis live: Iran reportedly prevents tanker crossing strait of Hormuz as Trump claims peace deal to be signed ‘very soon’

Blasts heard as Iran confronts tanker trying to transit Hormuz strait – report

Blasts heard as Iran confronts tanker trying to transit Hormuz strait – report

Iran stops tanker from entering strait of Hormuz – report

Today so far

Iran: No final decision has been made in US agreement

Israel is ‘not a party’ to US memorandum of understanding with Iran, Israeli prime minister’s office says

US will no longer seize Kharg island, Trump says

Trump says Iranian supreme leader has approved deal

Iran agreement will be signed ‘maybe over the weekend in Europe’, Trump says

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