Live – Trump says open to 20-year Iran nuclear suspension after Beijing trip – ایران اینترنشنال
China’s ambassador to the United Nations criticized a proposed US-Bahraini resolution on the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, saying both the content and timing were inappropriate.
Iran faces a daily gasoline shortage of 30 million liters, said a member of Iran’s parliamentary energy committee,
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire declared by US President Donald Trump on April 16 by another 45 days, the State Department said Friday
Iran’s internet shutdown has reached day 77, deepening disruption to work, education, healthcare, family contact, online business and access to information.
Lebanon filed a sharply worded complaint with the United Nations accusing Iran of abusing diplomatic immunity by refusing to recall its ambassador after Beirut allegedly demanded his expulsion, according to a report by Fox News.
The report, citing a letter from late April that recently surfaced, said Lebanese authorities also accused Iran of failing to halt alleged terrorist activities on Lebanese soil.
Fox News described the move as potentially unprecedented for Lebanon.
The Iran war has entered a more ambiguous phase, with the regime battered but not broken, the US struggling to define victory, and the Strait of Hormuz emerging as Iran’s most potent bargaining tool, two Middle East experts said at an Iran International townhall in Washington DC.
The panel, moderated by Iran International’s Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, brought together Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute and Jon Alterman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies to discuss what comes after a ceasefire that has not ended the wider confrontation.
The debate, held on May 14, came a month after the US naval blockade of Iranian ports began on April 13, intensifying pressure on Tehran’s economy and maritime trade. But the blockade has also pushed shipping, insurance risk and control of Hormuz to the center of the conflict.
Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, criticized comments by President Donald Trump suggesting that a 20-year halt to Iran’s nuclear activity could be sufficient.
Ulyanov was reacting to a video clip circulating online in which Trump appeared to say that stopping Iran’s nuclear activity for two decades “may be enough.”
“Why 20 years and not 15 or 25?” Ulyanov wrote on X. “The US position is not substantiated at all. It is guided exclusively by ideological considerations.”
“If such an approach is digestible to the US, let it be,” he added. “But, please, do not complain in case of fruitless actions.”
US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said China has “backed away” from Iran following President Donald Trump’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing this week.
Appearing on Fox News program The Story, Waltz described Beijing’s shift in posture as one of the major outcomes of Trump’s three-day visit to China.
Asked to explain what he meant, Waltz said Beijing had agreed on two key principles: “no nuclear weapons and no militarization of the Strait of Hormuz.”
Senate Intelligence Committee chair Mark Warner said on Friday that Americans are increasingly feeling the economic impact of the conflict with Iran through rising housing and borrowing costs.
“From gas prices to home costs, Trump’s war of choice is making it harder and harder to afford the life you want,” Warner wrote in a post on X.
The Virginia Democrat shared a New York Times article examining how the Iran war and resulting rise in Treasury yields have pushed mortgage rates higher, adding pressure to an already strained US housing market.
Tehran media coverage of the impasse with Washington following President Donald Trump’s visit to China points to growing frustration, with many insiders voicing concern that diplomacy has stalled and more confrontation may lie ahead.
Trump’s visit had fueled speculation in parts of the Iranian press that China might play a more active mediating role or pressure the United States toward concessions over the Strait of Hormuz and the broader conflict.
Instead, Chinese statements after the summit largely emphasized stability in global trade and uninterrupted shipping flows, reinforcing perceptions in Tehran that Beijing would ultimately prioritize its own economic interests.
Part of the disappointment stems from signs that Trump saw little value in seeking China’s help on Iran, while Beijing itself appears unwilling to meaningfully intervene unless its own strategic and economic interests are directly threatened.
US officials suspect Iranian hackers were behind a series of breaches targeting systems used to monitor fuel levels in storage tanks at gas stations across several states, CNN reported on Friday.
According to the report, the breaches involved automatic tank gauge systems, which help track fuel levels and detect leaks or other issues.
Officials told CNN there is no indication of physical damage so far, but warned that compromising such systems could create broader safety risks if problems go unnoticed.
US investigators reportedly suspect Iranian involvement partly because Iranian-linked cyber actors have previously targeted vulnerable infrastructure systems tied to energy and utilities.
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that all its actions were part of defensive measures aimed at protecting its sovereignty, civilians and vital infrastructure.
The statement by the UAE foreign ministry came days after the Wall Street Journal reported that Abu Dhabi carried out military operations against Iran in early April.
The UAE statement did not explicitly refer to the reported strikes on Iran.
“All actions taken by the UAE came within its framework of defensive measures aimed at protecting its sovereignty, civilians, and vital infrastructure,” the foreign ministry said.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations accused Washington on Friday of attempting to manufacture the appearance of broad international backing for its actions through a US-backed draft resolution on the Strait of Hormuz.
In a sharply worded statement, the mission said the United States was exploiting the number of co-sponsors attached to the resolution to create a “false image” of international support for what it described as unlawful actions against Iran.
“Should the U.S. trigger any new escalation, all co-sponsoring States will share international responsibility alongside Washington for the consequences,” it said.
“No political excuse or diplomatic cover can absolve them of responsibility for facilitating, enabling, and legitimizing U.S. aggression.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that Americans are beginning to face the economic consequences of what he described as a “war of choice” against Iran, warning that the financial fallout could deepen further.
“Americans are told that they must absorb rocketing costs of war of choice on Iran,” he wrote on X.
"Real pain begins when U.S. debt and mortgage rates start to jump … This was all avoidable,” he added.
