Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Iran Krieg: Trump steht am Rande des Wahnsinns
Après cinq semaines de bombardements contre l’Iran, Donald Trump crie victoire sans avoir atteint ses objectifs
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Le régime des mollahs a survécu et le casse-tête de la navigation dans le détroit d’Ormuz s’ajoute à celui du programme nucléaire iranien.
Donald Trump a réussi à trouver une issue à la guerre qu’il cherchait à arrêter depuis plusieurs semaines. En moins de vingt-quatre heures, le président américain est passé de la menace de destructions massives en Iran à un cessez-le-feu de quinze jours, puis à la proclamation de la victoire. « Une victoire totale et absolue. À 100 %. Cela ne fait aucun doute », a déclaré Trump à l’AFP dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi.
Après l’Armageddon, l’âge d’or. Trump a annoncé le début d’une ère nouvelle. « Un grand jour pour la paix mondiale ! », a-t-il écrit sur Truth Social. « L’Iran souhaite que cela se réalise, ils en ont assez ! Tout comme tout le monde d’ailleurs ! Les États-Unis d’Amérique contribueront à fluidifier le trafic dans le détroit d’Ormuz. Il y aura beaucoup d’initiatives positives ! Il y aura beaucoup d’argent à gagner ! L’Iran pourra entamer le processus de reconstruction ! Nous allons faire le plein en toutes sortes de matières premières et simplement “traîner” dans les parages pour nous assurer que tout se passe bien. Je suis convaincu que ce sera le cas. Tout comme ce que nous vivons actuellement aux États-Unis, cela pourrait bien être l’âge d’or du Moyen-Orient !!! » » | Par Adrien Jaulmes Correspondant à Washington | mercredi 8 avril 2026
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Donald Trump a réussi à trouver une issue à la guerre qu’il cherchait à arrêter depuis plusieurs semaines. En moins de vingt-quatre heures, le président américain est passé de la menace de destructions massives en Iran à un cessez-le-feu de quinze jours, puis à la proclamation de la victoire. « Une victoire totale et absolue. À 100 %. Cela ne fait aucun doute », a déclaré Trump à l’AFP dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi.
Après l’Armageddon, l’âge d’or. Trump a annoncé le début d’une ère nouvelle. « Un grand jour pour la paix mondiale ! », a-t-il écrit sur Truth Social. « L’Iran souhaite que cela se réalise, ils en ont assez ! Tout comme tout le monde d’ailleurs ! Les États-Unis d’Amérique contribueront à fluidifier le trafic dans le détroit d’Ormuz. Il y aura beaucoup d’initiatives positives ! Il y aura beaucoup d’argent à gagner ! L’Iran pourra entamer le processus de reconstruction ! Nous allons faire le plein en toutes sortes de matières premières et simplement “traîner” dans les parages pour nous assurer que tout se passe bien. Je suis convaincu que ce sera le cas. Tout comme ce que nous vivons actuellement aux États-Unis, cela pourrait bien être l’âge d’or du Moyen-Orient !!! » » | Par Adrien Jaulmes Correspondant à Washington | mercredi 8 avril 2026
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Trump's America Is Now a Rogue Power | Bill Kristol
Apr 8, 2026 | “This is a terrible development for the international order, of which [the US] has been a key component.”
America is “not much more responsible” than China or Russia, says Republican and Trump critic Bill Kristol.
America is “not much more responsible” than China or Russia, says Republican and Trump critic Bill Kristol.
Jeffrey Sachs' Analysis of America Iran Deal & Why Trump Is Losing the War
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If Don Jr wants to find "a bit of a mess", he needs to look at his father's America! — © Mark Alexander
Why Are Tourists Turning Away from America?
Aug 7, 2026 | Recent data shows a 5 per cent drop in international arrivals to the United States, compared with the previous year.
Washington correspondent George Grylls explains what could be causing holidaymakers to turn away from the US.
The decline comes at a critical time for the industry, as the US is set to host events such as the World Cup this year and the LA Olympics in 2028.
Can the US convince tourists to visit?
Nobody in his right mind would want to visit the US while Trump is in the White House. When people go on holiday, they want a good time. They don’t want to be arrested by ICE agents, beaten by them, and then disappeared! Sensible people are rightly staying well away from Trump’s dystopia. — © Mar Alexander
Washington correspondent George Grylls explains what could be causing holidaymakers to turn away from the US.
The decline comes at a critical time for the industry, as the US is set to host events such as the World Cup this year and the LA Olympics in 2028.
Can the US convince tourists to visit?
Nobody in his right mind would want to visit the US while Trump is in the White House. When people go on holiday, they want a good time. They don’t want to be arrested by ICE agents, beaten by them, and then disappeared! Sensible people are rightly staying well away from Trump’s dystopia. — © Mar Alexander
US Secretary of War Gives Official Update Following Iran War Two-week Ceasefire Announcement
Apr 8, 2026 | Iran, the United States and Israel have agreed to a two-week ceasefire. The 11th-hour deal headed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. But hours after the announcement, Iran and Gulf Arab countries reported new attacks Wednesday. It was not clear if the strikes would scuttle the deal.
Even before the new attacks, much about the agreement was unclear as the sides presented vastly different visions of the terms. Iran said the deal would allow it to formalize its new practice of charging ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial transit lane for oil, but the terms were not clear, nor was whether ships would feel safe using it. It also was unclear whether any other country agreed to this condition.
Pakistan, which helped to mediate the deal, and others, said fighting would pause in Lebanon, where Israel has launched a ground invasion against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. Israel said it would not, and strikes hit Beirut on Wednesday.
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS updates here.
This OBJECTIONABLE dude is FULL of BULL! His brags are quite sickening; his propaganda is transparent. Even Goebbels could have learnt a thing or two about bullshitting from this guy! — © Mark Alexander
Even before the new attacks, much about the agreement was unclear as the sides presented vastly different visions of the terms. Iran said the deal would allow it to formalize its new practice of charging ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial transit lane for oil, but the terms were not clear, nor was whether ships would feel safe using it. It also was unclear whether any other country agreed to this condition.
Pakistan, which helped to mediate the deal, and others, said fighting would pause in Lebanon, where Israel has launched a ground invasion against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. Israel said it would not, and strikes hit Beirut on Wednesday.
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS updates here.
This OBJECTIONABLE dude is FULL of BULL! His brags are quite sickening; his propaganda is transparent. Even Goebbels could have learnt a thing or two about bullshitting from this guy! — © Mark Alexander
Germany Triggers Debate by Requiring Men under 45 to Get Permit for Trips Longer than Three Months
"Fahrenheit 11/9" - This Is How Fascism Starts | Michael Moore
Jubilation on Streets of Tehran as Iran and US Agree Two-week Ceasefire
Apr 8, 2026 | Footage from inside Iran showed crowds of people celebrating in Tehran after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, barely an hour before Donald Trump’s Wednesday deadline to obliterate the country and its infrastructure.
Iranian state media announced that the country forced the US 'to accept its 10-point plan'
Iranian state media announced that the country forced the US 'to accept its 10-point plan'
Trump Wants Iran in the Stone Age. He Sounds Like He’s from It!
Apr 8, 2026 | When Donald Trump said he wanted to return Iran “to the Stone Age”, it was a line intended to project force and intimidate.
Soumaya Ghannoushi, a writer and expert in Middle East politics, explains why Trump’s comments do not project strength, but rather a profound illiteracy of history, civilisation, and the very region he threatens to dismantle.
“Trump cannot return Iran to the Stone Age, because it has not been there for thousands of years,” Ghannoushi says.
“What he is doing instead is dragging America into one. Into an age of savagery. Into the logic of the Stone Age.”
Soumaya Ghannoushi, a writer and expert in Middle East politics, explains why Trump’s comments do not project strength, but rather a profound illiteracy of history, civilisation, and the very region he threatens to dismantle.
“Trump cannot return Iran to the Stone Age, because it has not been there for thousands of years,” Ghannoushi says.
“What he is doing instead is dragging America into one. Into an age of savagery. Into the logic of the Stone Age.”
America’s Suez Moment: Trump Has Completely Underestimated Iran | General Sir Richard Shirreff
Apr 8, 2026 | “You now see the global superpower humbled by a tinpot theocratic dictatorship.”
Trump's failure to force the Iranians to open the Strait of Hormuz "is America's Suez moment”, and he has completely underestimated Iran’s “tinpot theocratic dictatorship”, says General Sir Richard Shirreff, former deputy supreme allied commander of NATO.
Trump's failure to force the Iranians to open the Strait of Hormuz "is America's Suez moment”, and he has completely underestimated Iran’s “tinpot theocratic dictatorship”, says General Sir Richard Shirreff, former deputy supreme allied commander of NATO.
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« Ses facultés mentales s’effondrent » : des élus américains invoquent le 25e amendement pour destituer Donald Trump après ses propos sur l’Iran
LE FIGARO : Quatre-vingt-cinq démocrates de la Chambre des représentants ont demandé au vice-président JD Vance de destituer le président américain ce mardi. La rengaine s’est même propagée jusque dans les rangs de ses anciens soutiens.
C’est une petite musique qui court à Washington depuis quelques semaines. Alors que les propos virulents du président américain Donald Trump — qui menaçait ce mardi de « détruire » la civilisation iranienne — heurtent par leur virulence et leur absence totale de retenue oratoire, plusieurs élus du Congrès et personnalités politiques américaines évoquent la possibilité d’une destitution du président américain via le 25e amendement de la Constitution.
Quatre-vingt-cinq élus démocrates de la Chambre des représentants ont ainsi demandé au vice-président JD Vance de destituer le président ce mardi, rapportait ce mercredi le média américain Axios. « Il semble avoir perdu le contrôle », a ainsi accusé le sénateur démocrate Jack Reed, quand l’élue progressiste Alexandria Ocasio Cortez alertait sur « les facultés mentales du président [qui] sont en train de s’effondrer ». Le sénateur démocrate du Connecticut Chris Murphy n’avait pas de mots assez forts pour qualifier l’état psychologique de l’occupant de la Maison Blanche. « Si j’étais un membre du cabinet Trump, je passerais Pâques à appeler des juristes constitutionnels au sujet du 25e amendement. C’est complètement, totalement délirant. Il a déjà tué des milliers de personnes. Il va en tuer des milliers d’autres », alertait-il. » | Par Jeanne Durieux | mercredi 8 avril 2026
C’est une petite musique qui court à Washington depuis quelques semaines. Alors que les propos virulents du président américain Donald Trump — qui menaçait ce mardi de « détruire » la civilisation iranienne — heurtent par leur virulence et leur absence totale de retenue oratoire, plusieurs élus du Congrès et personnalités politiques américaines évoquent la possibilité d’une destitution du président américain via le 25e amendement de la Constitution.
Quatre-vingt-cinq élus démocrates de la Chambre des représentants ont ainsi demandé au vice-président JD Vance de destituer le président ce mardi, rapportait ce mercredi le média américain Axios. « Il semble avoir perdu le contrôle », a ainsi accusé le sénateur démocrate Jack Reed, quand l’élue progressiste Alexandria Ocasio Cortez alertait sur « les facultés mentales du président [qui] sont en train de s’effondrer ». Le sénateur démocrate du Connecticut Chris Murphy n’avait pas de mots assez forts pour qualifier l’état psychologique de l’occupant de la Maison Blanche. « Si j’étais un membre du cabinet Trump, je passerais Pâques à appeler des juristes constitutionnels au sujet du 25e amendement. C’est complètement, totalement délirant. Il a déjà tué des milliers de personnes. Il va en tuer des milliers d’autres », alertait-il. » | Par Jeanne Durieux | mercredi 8 avril 2026
« Victoire tactique », « aucun problème fondamental résolu » : la presse étrangère salue le cessez-le-feu en Iran mais reste sceptique sur l’issue des négociations
LE FIGARO : REVUE DE PRESSE - Les États-Unis et l’Iran ont convenu mardi soir d’un cessez-le-feu de deux semaines, une heure avant l’expiration de l’ultimatum. Mais l’Iran conserve une « position de force », alors que Trump est loin d’avoir atteint ses objectifs militaires, relève la presse internationale.
« Au final, la raison l’a emporté - du moins pour l’instant », souffle la BBC. Quelques heures après l’annonce d’un cessez-le-feu de dernière minute entre Washington et l’Iran, proclamée à moins de 90 minutes de l’ultimatum fixé par Donald Trump, la presse internationale salue une trêve presque inespérée.
Mais les titres étrangers restent prudents, si ce n’est sceptiques, sur l’issue des négociations à venir, qui se dérouleront à Islamabad, au Pakistan, et dureront deux semaines, alors que les plans de paix énoncés par les parties adverses comportent des divergences flagrantes. » | Par Jeanne Durieux | mercredi 8 avril 2026
« Au final, la raison l’a emporté - du moins pour l’instant », souffle la BBC. Quelques heures après l’annonce d’un cessez-le-feu de dernière minute entre Washington et l’Iran, proclamée à moins de 90 minutes de l’ultimatum fixé par Donald Trump, la presse internationale salue une trêve presque inespérée.
Mais les titres étrangers restent prudents, si ce n’est sceptiques, sur l’issue des négociations à venir, qui se dérouleront à Islamabad, au Pakistan, et dureront deux semaines, alors que les plans de paix énoncés par les parties adverses comportent des divergences flagrantes. » | Par Jeanne Durieux | mercredi 8 avril 2026
Iran Deal Is Not the Victory Trump Claims It Is
THE TELEGRAPH: US president’s success in reopening the Strait of Hormuz is not as watertight as he suggests
It is, in theory, a victory for real-estate geopolitics.
Donald Trump has shown that if you rip up the rule book, shout loudly enough and make your demands as maximalist as possible, you can get your way. Diplomacy, it seems, is not so different from closing a New York property deal.
The US president demanded that Iran “open the f----n’ strait” or face the extermination of “a whole civilisation” and, behold, Iran agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz.
But as any real estate agent knows, the devil – even after a war of this magnitude – is in the detail. A closer inspection suggests Mr Trump’s triumph may not be quite as unalloyed as he claims.
It all comes down to semantics and how you define the word “open” in the ceasefire deal brokered by Pakistan.
As far as Washington is concerned, Iran has surrendered its main source of leverage, forced by the US’s overwhelming firepower into a capitulation that sceptics had once scoffed was impossible.
Oil tankers and other maritime traffic will once again pass unimpeded through the Gulf. Energy prices will tumble and the US economy will march onwards and upwards.
Iran begs to differ.
As he accepted the deal, Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said: “For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via co-ordination with Iran’s armed forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.”
In other words, Iran may have agreed to allow shipping through the chokepoint, but it insists it is doing so on its own terms and has not relinquished its claim to control it. » | Adrian Blomfield | Senior Foreign Correspondent in Muscat | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
It is, in theory, a victory for real-estate geopolitics.
Donald Trump has shown that if you rip up the rule book, shout loudly enough and make your demands as maximalist as possible, you can get your way. Diplomacy, it seems, is not so different from closing a New York property deal.
The US president demanded that Iran “open the f----n’ strait” or face the extermination of “a whole civilisation” and, behold, Iran agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz.
But as any real estate agent knows, the devil – even after a war of this magnitude – is in the detail. A closer inspection suggests Mr Trump’s triumph may not be quite as unalloyed as he claims.
It all comes down to semantics and how you define the word “open” in the ceasefire deal brokered by Pakistan.
As far as Washington is concerned, Iran has surrendered its main source of leverage, forced by the US’s overwhelming firepower into a capitulation that sceptics had once scoffed was impossible.
Oil tankers and other maritime traffic will once again pass unimpeded through the Gulf. Energy prices will tumble and the US economy will march onwards and upwards.
Iran begs to differ.
As he accepted the deal, Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said: “For a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via co-ordination with Iran’s armed forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.”
In other words, Iran may have agreed to allow shipping through the chokepoint, but it insists it is doing so on its own terms and has not relinquished its claim to control it. » | Adrian Blomfield | Senior Foreign Correspondent in Muscat | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Israel Strikes Lebanon Despite Ceasefire Deal
THE TELEGRAPH: Israel will continue strikes and ground operations in Lebanon, insisting the ceasefire agreed last night only applies to the war with Iran.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said the agreement between the US and Iran did not cover the fight against Hezbollah and that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) would continue their operations.
This morning, the IDF issued another evacuation order covering the southern suburbs of Beirut and fired a wave of missiles. » | Robert White. Harriet Barber. Emily Blumenthal. Abbir Dib | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said the agreement between the US and Iran did not cover the fight against Hezbollah and that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) would continue their operations.
This morning, the IDF issued another evacuation order covering the southern suburbs of Beirut and fired a wave of missiles. » | Robert White. Harriet Barber. Emily Blumenthal. Abbir Dib | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
2-Week Cease-Fire Takes Hold
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Israel said the cease-fire did not include Lebanon. It was unclear whether ship operators considered the Strait of Hormuz safe for transit, or if word of the deal had reached local Iranian commanders.
The United States and Iran announced a two-week cease-fire on Tuesday evening, shortly before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to unblock the Strait of Hormuz or to see its “whole civilization” destroyed.
But on Wednesday morning, it was unclear whether word of the nascent deal had reached Iranian local commanders, as fresh missile and drone attacks were reported across the Persian Gulf. And even though the news sent the international oil price benchmark down 15 percent, to $93 a barrel, it remained unclear whether ship operators considered the strait — a critical passage for the world’s oil and gas — safe for transit.
After Mr. Trump said on Tuesday night that he had agreed to the cease-fire proposed by Pakistan, a U.S. official said American military strikes against Iran had stopped. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the country’s armed forces would “cease their defensive operation,” and that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible for two weeks if it was coordinated with Iran’s military.
But early on Wednesday, emergency sirens in Israel warned of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates reported missile and drone attacks. Bahrain’s interior ministry sounded warning sirens and reported a fire started by an Iranian attack. Iranian local commanders are allowed to make their own strike decisions under a decentralized control system. Iran War Live Updates » | Francesca Regalado, Elian Peltier, Ephrat Livni and Farnaz Fassihi | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
The United States and Iran announced a two-week cease-fire on Tuesday evening, shortly before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to unblock the Strait of Hormuz or to see its “whole civilization” destroyed.
But on Wednesday morning, it was unclear whether word of the nascent deal had reached Iranian local commanders, as fresh missile and drone attacks were reported across the Persian Gulf. And even though the news sent the international oil price benchmark down 15 percent, to $93 a barrel, it remained unclear whether ship operators considered the strait — a critical passage for the world’s oil and gas — safe for transit.
After Mr. Trump said on Tuesday night that he had agreed to the cease-fire proposed by Pakistan, a U.S. official said American military strikes against Iran had stopped. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said the country’s armed forces would “cease their defensive operation,” and that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible for two weeks if it was coordinated with Iran’s military.
But early on Wednesday, emergency sirens in Israel warned of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles. Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates reported missile and drone attacks. Bahrain’s interior ministry sounded warning sirens and reported a fire started by an Iranian attack. Iranian local commanders are allowed to make their own strike decisions under a decentralized control system. Iran War Live Updates » | Francesca Regalado, Elian Peltier, Ephrat Livni and Farnaz Fassihi | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
US and Iran Agree to Provisional Ceasefire as Tehran Says It Will Reopen Strait of Hormuz
THE GUARDIAN: US president abandons threat for Iran to surrender or face destruction with last-minute intervention led by Pakistan
The US and Iran agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire on Tuesday evening, which included a temporary reopening of the strait of Hormuz, after a last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan, canceling an ultimatum from Donald Trump for Iran to surrender or face widespread destruction.
Trump’s announcement of the ceasefire agreement came less than two hours before the US president’s self-imposed 8pm Eastern time deadline to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges in a move that legal scholars, as well as officials from numerous countries and the pope, had warned could constitute war crimes.
Just hours earlier, Trump had written on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” American B-52 bombers were reported to be en route to Iran before the ceasefire agreement was announced.
But by Tuesday evening, Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement had been mediated through Pakistan, whose prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, had requested the two-week peace in order to “allow diplomacy to run its course”.
Trump wrote in a post that “subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks”.
In a separate post later, the US president called Tuesday “a big day for world peace” on a social media post, claiming that Iran had “had enough”. He said the US would be “helping with the traffic buildup” in the strait of Hormuz and that “big money will be made” as Iran begins reconstruction. » | Andrew Roth in Washington | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
The US and Iran agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire on Tuesday evening, which included a temporary reopening of the strait of Hormuz, after a last-minute diplomatic intervention led by Pakistan, canceling an ultimatum from Donald Trump for Iran to surrender or face widespread destruction.
Trump’s announcement of the ceasefire agreement came less than two hours before the US president’s self-imposed 8pm Eastern time deadline to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges in a move that legal scholars, as well as officials from numerous countries and the pope, had warned could constitute war crimes.
Just hours earlier, Trump had written on Truth Social: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” American B-52 bombers were reported to be en route to Iran before the ceasefire agreement was announced.
But by Tuesday evening, Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement had been mediated through Pakistan, whose prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, had requested the two-week peace in order to “allow diplomacy to run its course”.
Trump wrote in a post that “subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks”.
In a separate post later, the US president called Tuesday “a big day for world peace” on a social media post, claiming that Iran had “had enough”. He said the US would be “helping with the traffic buildup” in the strait of Hormuz and that “big money will be made” as Iran begins reconstruction. » | Andrew Roth in Washington | Wednesday, April 8, 2026
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Trump was supposed to be the dealmaker par excellence. Fact is, when it comes to dealmaking, he hasn't got a clue! His abortive attempts to deal with the smarter Iranians proves it. — © Mark Alexander
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Un centime d’euro le litre : en Iran, les prix à la pompe restent les plus bas du monde
LE FIGARO : En Iran, les prix des carburants sont extrêmement bas. Deux raisons bien spécifiques à la République islamique contribuent à cet écart vertigineux avec le reste du monde.
1 centime d’euro. C’est le prix d’un litre d’essence en Iran, dans un pays où le salaire moyen est de 170 euros par mois et le salaire minimum de 85 euros. Sans appliquer de pondération par le niveau de vie sur place, l’Iran pratique le prix de l’essence le moins cher du monde. Avec la Libye, et le Venezuela, devant tous les grands producteurs pétroliers du Golfe.
Une spécificité d’abord liée à sa géographie. « L’Iran est un grand producteur, un grand raffineur de pétrole brut , et produit donc d’importants volumes de produits pétroliers. Il dispose d’un approvisionnement intérieur, ce qui rend les prix plus bas dès le départ que dans les pays qui doivent importer », explique Nader Itayim, spécialiste des hydrocarbures pour l’agence Argus Media à Dubaï. » | Par Clément Gros | mardi 7 avril 2026
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1 centime d’euro. C’est le prix d’un litre d’essence en Iran, dans un pays où le salaire moyen est de 170 euros par mois et le salaire minimum de 85 euros. Sans appliquer de pondération par le niveau de vie sur place, l’Iran pratique le prix de l’essence le moins cher du monde. Avec la Libye, et le Venezuela, devant tous les grands producteurs pétroliers du Golfe.
Une spécificité d’abord liée à sa géographie. « L’Iran est un grand producteur, un grand raffineur de pétrole brut , et produit donc d’importants volumes de produits pétroliers. Il dispose d’un approvisionnement intérieur, ce qui rend les prix plus bas dès le départ que dans les pays qui doivent importer », explique Nader Itayim, spécialiste des hydrocarbures pour l’agence Argus Media à Dubaï. » | Par Clément Gros | mardi 7 avril 2026
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Iran Has Attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail Petrochemical Complex, IRGC Says
REUTERS: RGC says attacks in response to strikes on Iran's Asaluyeh plants / Smoke and flames rising from the direction of Saudi's Jubail
April 7 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, the heart of the kingdom's downstream sector, its Revolutionary Guards said, the latest evidence of Tehran's ability to strike back in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks ahead of a U.S. deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said the attack was in response to attacks against its Asaluyeh petrochemical plants, which are connected to its massive South Pars gas field and were reportedly hit by multiple explosions overnight.
U.S. President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint by the end of Tuesday or face bombing of civilian infrastructure would be the biggest escalation yet of the war. Iran has warned it would target similar infrastructure in the Gulf. Hormuz's closure has sent global energy prices surging.
Iran has shown it retains the ability to strike targets in neighbouring countries and effectively shut transit through the Strait, previously a conduit for a fifth of global oil supply.
Jubail, a sprawling industrial city, houses multi-billion dollar joint ventures between state-backed oil giant Saudi Aramco and its petrochemical subsidiary SABIC, and Western energy majors.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attacks were "in response to the enemy's crimes in the aggression against (Iran's) Asaluyeh petrochemical plants," which had reportedly been hit by several explosions overnight.
It was not immediately clear which facility or facilities were hit in Saudi Arabia. Video footage verified by Reuters showed smoke and flames rising from the direction of Jubail. » | Reuters | Tuesday, April 7, 2026
April 7 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, the heart of the kingdom's downstream sector, its Revolutionary Guards said, the latest evidence of Tehran's ability to strike back in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks ahead of a U.S. deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said the attack was in response to attacks against its Asaluyeh petrochemical plants, which are connected to its massive South Pars gas field and were reportedly hit by multiple explosions overnight.
U.S. President Donald Trump's ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint by the end of Tuesday or face bombing of civilian infrastructure would be the biggest escalation yet of the war. Iran has warned it would target similar infrastructure in the Gulf. Hormuz's closure has sent global energy prices surging.
Iran has shown it retains the ability to strike targets in neighbouring countries and effectively shut transit through the Strait, previously a conduit for a fifth of global oil supply.
Jubail, a sprawling industrial city, houses multi-billion dollar joint ventures between state-backed oil giant Saudi Aramco and its petrochemical subsidiary SABIC, and Western energy majors.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the attacks were "in response to the enemy's crimes in the aggression against (Iran's) Asaluyeh petrochemical plants," which had reportedly been hit by several explosions overnight.
It was not immediately clear which facility or facilities were hit in Saudi Arabia. Video footage verified by Reuters showed smoke and flames rising from the direction of Jubail. » | Reuters | Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Trump Warns "a Whole Civilisation Will Die Tonight" Unless Iran Reaches a Deal | BBC News
Aug 7, 2026 | US President Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social, warning: "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again" unless Iran reaches a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump has given Iran a deadline of 20:00 EDT Tuesday (00:00 GMT / 01:00 BST on Wednesday) to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The threat came one day after Trump said the US would destroy "every bridge" and power station in Iran if a deal isn't reached.
Meanwhile, his Vice President JD Vance - speaking at a press conference in Budapest - says that it's up to Iran to "come to the table", or the "economic situation in Iran will continue to be very, very bad".
In mainland Iran, two people have reportedly been killed after a strike on a railway bridge, while train services have been cancelled, according to reports from Iranian media.
Trump has given Iran a deadline of 20:00 EDT Tuesday (00:00 GMT / 01:00 BST on Wednesday) to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The threat came one day after Trump said the US would destroy "every bridge" and power station in Iran if a deal isn't reached.
Meanwhile, his Vice President JD Vance - speaking at a press conference in Budapest - says that it's up to Iran to "come to the table", or the "economic situation in Iran will continue to be very, very bad".
In mainland Iran, two people have reportedly been killed after a strike on a railway bridge, while train services have been cancelled, according to reports from Iranian media.
Trump: Iran’s Civilisation Will Die Tonight
THE TELEGRAPH: Donald Trump has declared that Iran’s “whole civilisation will die tonight” if it does not make a deal to end the war.
The US president said that “one of the most important moments in the history of the world” would take place this evening. His deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or see its power plants and bridges destroyed, expires at 8pm EST (1am BST).
“A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalised minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social.
He added: “We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end.”
In an apparent show of his intent, the US struck Iran’s Kharg Island, the regime’s economic lifeline which handles 90 per cent of its oil exports.
Israel, meanwhile, killed at least two people in strikes on a railway bridge in the city of Kashan in Isfahan province. » | Robert White. Iona Cleave | Tuesday, April 7, 2026
The rantings of a MADMAN! Nobody can help Trump now, so he should be sectioned and locked up for good. The man DISGUSTS me as he does all decent people. — © Mark Alexander
Guerre en Iran : «Une civilisation entière va mourir ce soir», prévient Donald Trump avant la fin de l’ultimatum pour un accord avec Téhéran
LE FIGARO : L’Iran a subi de nouvelles frappes mardi quelques heures avant l’échéance de l’ultimatum du président américain, qui menace de détruire des infrastructures essentielles en Iran faute d’accord pour rouvrir le détroit d’Ormuz, vital pour l’approvisionnement mondial en pétrole. EN DIRECT » | Par Amaury Coutansais-Pervinquière et Marie de Montalembert de Cers | mardi 7 avril 2026
Le président Trump est complètement fou ! Dément même ! Avons-nous besoin d'autres preuves ? — © Mark Alexander
Le président Trump est complètement fou ! Dément même ! Avons-nous besoin d'autres preuves ? — © Mark Alexander
Hegseth Likens Easter Rescue of U.S. Airman to Resurrection of Jesus Christ
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump also asserted that God supports the American war against Iran “because God is good, and God wants to see people taken care of.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday likened the rescue on Easter Sunday of a missing American airman shot down over Iran to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Minutes later, speaking at the same news conference describing the military operation, President Trump asserted that God supports the Israeli-U.S. war against Iran, which has killed thousands, including many civilians. “Because God is good,” he said, “and God wants to see people taken care of.”
Mr. Trump continued: “God doesn’t like what’s happening. I don’t like what’s happening. Everyone says I enjoy it. I don’t enjoy this.”
“I don’t like seeing people get killed,” he said.
In his account of the rescue operation, Mr. Hegseth drew parallels between the airman’s ordeal and the account of Christ’s death and Resurrection given in the Bible.
The F-15E fighter jet, he noted, was “shot down on a Friday — Good Friday.” That is the day Jesus was crucified.
After the airman bailed out over Iran, he hid, Mr. Hegseth said, “in a cave, a crevice, all of Saturday,” reminiscent of the tomb cut into a rock in which Jesus was buried.
Then, he said, the airman was rescued on the day Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus — “flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday.”
,br /> “A pilot reborn, all home and accounted for, a nation rejoicing,” the defense secretary said. “God is good.” » | Chris Cameron | Reporting from Washington | Monday, April 6, 2026
One is SPEECHLESS! — © Mark Alexander
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday likened the rescue on Easter Sunday of a missing American airman shot down over Iran to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Minutes later, speaking at the same news conference describing the military operation, President Trump asserted that God supports the Israeli-U.S. war against Iran, which has killed thousands, including many civilians. “Because God is good,” he said, “and God wants to see people taken care of.”
Mr. Trump continued: “God doesn’t like what’s happening. I don’t like what’s happening. Everyone says I enjoy it. I don’t enjoy this.”
“I don’t like seeing people get killed,” he said.
In his account of the rescue operation, Mr. Hegseth drew parallels between the airman’s ordeal and the account of Christ’s death and Resurrection given in the Bible.
The F-15E fighter jet, he noted, was “shot down on a Friday — Good Friday.” That is the day Jesus was crucified.
After the airman bailed out over Iran, he hid, Mr. Hegseth said, “in a cave, a crevice, all of Saturday,” reminiscent of the tomb cut into a rock in which Jesus was buried.
Then, he said, the airman was rescued on the day Christians celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus — “flown out of Iran as the sun was rising on Easter Sunday.”
,br /> “A pilot reborn, all home and accounted for, a nation rejoicing,” the defense secretary said. “God is good.” » | Chris Cameron | Reporting from Washington | Monday, April 6, 2026
One is SPEECHLESS! — © Mark Alexander
The Guardian View on Trump’s Apocalyptic Threats: A Sign Not of Strength, But of Moral and Strategic Weakness
THE GUARDIAN — EDITORIAL: An expletive-ridden post on social media shamed the office of the US president. Its substantive message, if acted on, would be a war crime
Article 52 of the first additional protocol to the Geneva conventions prohibits attacks on civilian targets. It is on those grounds that the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for Russian military officers and officials responsible for attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Such assaults, and the missiles rained on Ukrainian cities and towns in order to terrify and demoralise, constitute war crimes. Exactly the same would apply to the United States, should Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran back to the “stone age” this week be carried out.
Such basic tenets of international law bear repeating at a time when Mr Trump and his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, appear to speak as if from within a bloodthirsty fever dream. Glorying repulsively in his capacity to order death and destruction from the Pentagon, Mr Hegseth, an Evangelical Christian, has presented Operation Epic Fury as a 21st-century crusade “to break the teeth of the ungodly”. On social media at the weekend, Mr Trump topped that by unleashing a stream of expletive-ridden abuse, ranting that unless Iran reopens the strait of Hormuz to shipping, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day … Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell”. » | Editorial | Monday, April 6, 2026
Article 52 of the first additional protocol to the Geneva conventions prohibits attacks on civilian targets. It is on those grounds that the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for Russian military officers and officials responsible for attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Such assaults, and the missiles rained on Ukrainian cities and towns in order to terrify and demoralise, constitute war crimes. Exactly the same would apply to the United States, should Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran back to the “stone age” this week be carried out.
Such basic tenets of international law bear repeating at a time when Mr Trump and his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, appear to speak as if from within a bloodthirsty fever dream. Glorying repulsively in his capacity to order death and destruction from the Pentagon, Mr Hegseth, an Evangelical Christian, has presented Operation Epic Fury as a 21st-century crusade “to break the teeth of the ungodly”. On social media at the weekend, Mr Trump topped that by unleashing a stream of expletive-ridden abuse, ranting that unless Iran reopens the strait of Hormuz to shipping, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day … Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell”. » | Editorial | Monday, April 6, 2026
Deutschland vor dem Crash? Drei Krisen, die jetzt alles entscheiden
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Deutschland steckt in drei Krisen gleichzeitig. Energie, Rohstoffe und Krieg treffen die Wirtschaft hart. Doch die wahre Katastrophe steht erst bevor. Eine Analyse.
In Krisen wird oft auf Koalitionszwänge verwiesen. Auf Zuständigkeiten. Oder, wenn gar nichts mehr geht, eine „komplexe Gemengelage“. Deutschland erlebt gerade einen solchen Moment. Drei Krisen – eine selbst verschuldete, eine importierte und eine verschlafene – laufen aufeinander zu.
Jede einzelne wäre für eine handlungsfähige Regierung eine Herausforderung. Zusammen ergeben sie das Szenario eines ökonomischen Crashs, auf den die Bundesregierung unter Friedrich Merz (CDU) keine erkennbare Antwort hat. Schlimmer noch: Die konzeptionelle Leere ist kein Betriebsunfall dieser Koalition. Sie ist das Erbe einer politischen Kultur, die ideologische Selbstvergewisserung über die materiellen Interessen der eigenen Bürger gestellt hat – und die nun unfähig ist, die Folgen dieses Fehlers zu korrigieren. » | Harald Neuber | Dienstag, 7. April 7, 2026
In Krisen wird oft auf Koalitionszwänge verwiesen. Auf Zuständigkeiten. Oder, wenn gar nichts mehr geht, eine „komplexe Gemengelage“. Deutschland erlebt gerade einen solchen Moment. Drei Krisen – eine selbst verschuldete, eine importierte und eine verschlafene – laufen aufeinander zu.
Jede einzelne wäre für eine handlungsfähige Regierung eine Herausforderung. Zusammen ergeben sie das Szenario eines ökonomischen Crashs, auf den die Bundesregierung unter Friedrich Merz (CDU) keine erkennbare Antwort hat. Schlimmer noch: Die konzeptionelle Leere ist kein Betriebsunfall dieser Koalition. Sie ist das Erbe einer politischen Kultur, die ideologische Selbstvergewisserung über die materiellen Interessen der eigenen Bürger gestellt hat – und die nun unfähig ist, die Folgen dieses Fehlers zu korrigieren. » | Harald Neuber | Dienstag, 7. April 7, 2026
Donald Trump menace d’« anéantir » l’Iran la nuit prochaine si le détroit d’Ormuz ne rouvre pas
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - « Mais je ne veux pas ça », a ajouté le président américain, qui a laissé entendre que des négociations sont en cours et ont de bonnes chances d’aboutir, malgré les démentis de l’Iran
Trump a menacé l’Iran de nouvelles destructions si un accord pour rouvrir le détroit d’Ormuz n’est pas trouvé d’ici mardi soir. « Le pays tout entier peut être anéanti en une seule nuit, et cette nuit pourrait bien être celle de demain », a-t-il déclaré dans une conférence de presse à la Maison-Blanche. « Ils ont jusqu’à demain, a déclaré le président américain. Nous verrons bien ce qui se passera ». Donald Trump avait fixé plusieurs ultimatums aux Iraniens, dont le dernier il y a dix jours. « Les dix jours se terminaient, en fait, aujourd’hui », a expliqué Trump, « mais je leur en ai donc accordé onze, je suppose, je trouvais cela inapproprié le lendemain de Pâques. Je veux être quelqu’un de gentil ».
« Grâce à la puissance de notre armée, nous prévoyons que tous les ponts d’Iran seront détruits d’ici minuit demain soir, et que toutes les centrales électriques d’Iran seront hors service — en feu, en train d’exploser, et ne pourront plus jamais être utilisées », a prévenu Trump. « Et par là je veux dire une démolition totale d’ici minuit, et ça se ferait en quatre heures, si on le voulait ». « Mais je ne veux pas que ça arrive », a cependant ajouté le président américain. « Est-ce que je veux détruire leurs infrastructures ? Non. Il leur faudrait 100 ans pour les reconstruire aujourd’hui. Si nous arrêtions aujourd’hui, il leur faudrait 20 ans pour reconstruire leur pays, et il ne serait jamais aussi bien qu’avant. Et la seule façon pour eux de reconstruire leur pays est de faire appel au génie des États-Unis d’Amérique. » » | Par Adrien Jaulmes, correspondant à Washington | mardi 7 avril 2026
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Trump a menacé l’Iran de nouvelles destructions si un accord pour rouvrir le détroit d’Ormuz n’est pas trouvé d’ici mardi soir. « Le pays tout entier peut être anéanti en une seule nuit, et cette nuit pourrait bien être celle de demain », a-t-il déclaré dans une conférence de presse à la Maison-Blanche. « Ils ont jusqu’à demain, a déclaré le président américain. Nous verrons bien ce qui se passera ». Donald Trump avait fixé plusieurs ultimatums aux Iraniens, dont le dernier il y a dix jours. « Les dix jours se terminaient, en fait, aujourd’hui », a expliqué Trump, « mais je leur en ai donc accordé onze, je suppose, je trouvais cela inapproprié le lendemain de Pâques. Je veux être quelqu’un de gentil ».
« Grâce à la puissance de notre armée, nous prévoyons que tous les ponts d’Iran seront détruits d’ici minuit demain soir, et que toutes les centrales électriques d’Iran seront hors service — en feu, en train d’exploser, et ne pourront plus jamais être utilisées », a prévenu Trump. « Et par là je veux dire une démolition totale d’ici minuit, et ça se ferait en quatre heures, si on le voulait ». « Mais je ne veux pas que ça arrive », a cependant ajouté le président américain. « Est-ce que je veux détruire leurs infrastructures ? Non. Il leur faudrait 100 ans pour les reconstruire aujourd’hui. Si nous arrêtions aujourd’hui, il leur faudrait 20 ans pour reconstruire leur pays, et il ne serait jamais aussi bien qu’avant. Et la seule façon pour eux de reconstruire leur pays est de faire appel au génie des États-Unis d’Amérique. » » | Par Adrien Jaulmes, correspondant à Washington | mardi 7 avril 2026
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Iran lehnt Waffenstillstand mit den USA ab
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Im Iran-Krieg ist eine Lösung nicht in Sicht. Der Vorschlag einer Waffenruhe wurde abgelehnt.
Der Iran hat den Vorschlag einer Waffenruhe zurückgewiesen. Dies berichteten die Staatsmedien. „Wir können den Krieg so lange fortsetzen, wie es die politisch Verantwortlichen für angebracht halten“, sagte Armeesprecher Mohammed Akraminia am Montag der iranischen Nachrichtenagentur Isna.
Der „Feind“ müsse den Beginn der Angriffe gegen den Iran „bereuen“, damit nach dem Krieg wieder Sicherheit hergestellt und ein „neuer Krieg“ verhindert werden könne. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Montag, 6. April 2026
Der Iran hat den Vorschlag einer Waffenruhe zurückgewiesen. Dies berichteten die Staatsmedien. „Wir können den Krieg so lange fortsetzen, wie es die politisch Verantwortlichen für angebracht halten“, sagte Armeesprecher Mohammed Akraminia am Montag der iranischen Nachrichtenagentur Isna.
Der „Feind“ müsse den Beginn der Angriffe gegen den Iran „bereuen“, damit nach dem Krieg wieder Sicherheit hergestellt und ein „neuer Krieg“ verhindert werden könne. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Montag, 6. April 2026
En Indonésie, un couple condamné à 100 coups de fouet pour avoir eu des relations intimes hors mariage
LE FIGARO : Quatre autres personnes ont été soumises à des sévices similaires dans la province très conservatrice d’Aceh. L’une des condamnées s’est évanouie en public.
Un homme et une femme ont été condamnés pour des relations sexuelles hors mariage par un tribunal islamique de la province conservatrice d'Aceh, dans l'ouest de l'Indonésie. Le couple, dont l'âge n'a pas été précisé, a reçu chacun 100 coups d'un bâton de rotin dans le dos dans un parc public de la capitale provinciale, Banda Aceh, sous les yeux de dizaines de personnes. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 7 avril 2026
Un homme et une femme ont été condamnés pour des relations sexuelles hors mariage par un tribunal islamique de la province conservatrice d'Aceh, dans l'ouest de l'Indonésie. Le couple, dont l'âge n'a pas été précisé, a reçu chacun 100 coups d'un bâton de rotin dans le dos dans un parc public de la capitale provinciale, Banda Aceh, sous les yeux de dizaines de personnes. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 7 avril 2026
Renaud Girard : « Iran, prendre le temps de vraies négociations de paix »
LE FIGARO : CHRONIQUE - Bien que la démocratie médiatique américaine vive dans le temps court, le président Trump serait bien avisé de donner un peu de temps aux Iraniens pour élaborer un accord raisonnable. Car l’enjeu est de doter le Moyen-Orient d’une paix définitive.
Dans un tweet au langage fleuri, Donald Trump a, le 5 avril 2026, donné un nouvel ultimatum aux Iraniens : ou bien vous débloquez le détroit d’Ormuz dans les 48 heures, ou bien je déchaîne contre vous le feu du ciel, et je vous détruis vos ponts comme vos centrales électriques.
L’Amérique jouit d’une supériorité militaire et technologique écrasante face aux Iraniens, comme l’a bien montré la récupération réussie de ses deux aviateurs, qui s’étaient éjectés en plein centre de la Perse, non loin d’Ispahan. Mais le problème de la Maison-Blanche aujourd’hui est qu’elle ne voit pas comment convertir son avantage militaire en gain politique. » | Par Renaud Girard | lundi 6 avril 2026
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Dans un tweet au langage fleuri, Donald Trump a, le 5 avril 2026, donné un nouvel ultimatum aux Iraniens : ou bien vous débloquez le détroit d’Ormuz dans les 48 heures, ou bien je déchaîne contre vous le feu du ciel, et je vous détruis vos ponts comme vos centrales électriques.
L’Amérique jouit d’une supériorité militaire et technologique écrasante face aux Iraniens, comme l’a bien montré la récupération réussie de ses deux aviateurs, qui s’étaient éjectés en plein centre de la Perse, non loin d’Ispahan. Mais le problème de la Maison-Blanche aujourd’hui est qu’elle ne voit pas comment convertir son avantage militaire en gain politique. » | Par Renaud Girard | lundi 6 avril 2026
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Iran : le nouveau guide suprême reçoit des soins médicaux dans la ville sainte de Qom, selon le Times
LE FIGARO : Mojtaba Khamenei, qui serait en « incapacité », selon le quotidien britannique, n’est pas apparu publiquement depuis sa nomination. Une absence qui alimente de nombreuses rumeurs sur son état de santé.
Le nouveau guide suprême de la révolution, Mojtaba Khamenei, fils du précédent, serait en « incapacité » de travailler et recevrait des « soins médicaux », dans la ville chiite sainte de Qom, révèle le Times, qui s’appuie sur une note des services de renseignement. Selon le quotidien britannique, les Israéliens et les Américains connaissaient la localisation du guide depuis « un certain temps ». » | Par Amaury Coutansais-Pervinquière | mardi 7 avril 2026
Le nouveau guide suprême de la révolution, Mojtaba Khamenei, fils du précédent, serait en « incapacité » de travailler et recevrait des « soins médicaux », dans la ville chiite sainte de Qom, révèle le Times, qui s’appuie sur une note des services de renseignement. Selon le quotidien britannique, les Israéliens et les Américains connaissaient la localisation du guide depuis « un certain temps ». » | Par Amaury Coutansais-Pervinquière | mardi 7 avril 2026
The US Is Climbing an Endless Ladder of Escalation | Steve Erlanger
Apr 7, 2026 | "Strategically, America's stuck. We don't know how the war is going to end."
Donald Trump has "the wrong idea" of what military power on its own can achieve, says chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe for the New York Times Steven Erlanger.
Donald Trump has "the wrong idea" of what military power on its own can achieve, says chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe for the New York Times Steven Erlanger.
Pope Leo Calls for Peace and Condemns Violence on Easter
Trump Says Iran Proposal Isn’t Enough to Stop Attacks on Bridges and Power Plants
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump has told Iran it must open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Tuesday or face the consequences, although he has delayed previous deadlines.
President Trump said on Monday that a cease-fire proposal put forth by mediators between the United States and Iran was a “significant step,” but he warned that it was “not good enough” as his deadline of Tuesday evening for a deal approached.
Iran, for its part, rejected any proposal for a cease-fire, mandating that any peace plan include a complete end of hostilities. Diplomatic talks coordinated by Pakistan and other regional countries were continuing, officials said, even as there appeared to be little agreement on what any cessation of hostilities would look like.
If Iran does not agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time, Mr. Trump has threatened to launch a massive attack targeting bridges, power plants and other civilian facilities that would, in his words, send Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” But the president has also extended self-imposed deadlines in recent weeks, and diplomats around the world were asking whether Mr. Trump would find an off-ramp again or if he would follow through this time with what could be a gigantic conflagration.
“We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday afternoon. “I mean complete demolition by 12 o’clock.” » | Tyler Pager and Erika Solomon | Tyler Pager is a White House correspondent and reported from Washington. Erika Solomon is the Iran and Iraq bureau chief and reported from Cairo. | Monday, April 6, 2026
President Trump said on Monday that a cease-fire proposal put forth by mediators between the United States and Iran was a “significant step,” but he warned that it was “not good enough” as his deadline of Tuesday evening for a deal approached.
Iran, for its part, rejected any proposal for a cease-fire, mandating that any peace plan include a complete end of hostilities. Diplomatic talks coordinated by Pakistan and other regional countries were continuing, officials said, even as there appeared to be little agreement on what any cessation of hostilities would look like.
If Iran does not agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time, Mr. Trump has threatened to launch a massive attack targeting bridges, power plants and other civilian facilities that would, in his words, send Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” But the president has also extended self-imposed deadlines in recent weeks, and diplomats around the world were asking whether Mr. Trump would find an off-ramp again or if he would follow through this time with what could be a gigantic conflagration.
“We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday afternoon. “I mean complete demolition by 12 o’clock.” » | Tyler Pager and Erika Solomon | Tyler Pager is a White House correspondent and reported from Washington. Erika Solomon is the Iran and Iraq bureau chief and reported from Cairo. | Monday, April 6, 2026
Interview: My Mother, Audrey Hepburn: the Star’s Son Sean on Her Movies, Marriages, Good Works and Fascist Parents
THE GUARDIAN: The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life. Sean Hepburn Ferrer paints a very different picture in his new biography
Growing up, Sean Hepburn Ferrer says he never felt like the son of a movie star – but he very much is. His mother was Audrey Hepburn, one of the biggest names in the golden age of Hollywood, an Oscar-winner, a screen star and a fashion icon. Hundreds of millions of people all over the world recognise her from classics such as Roman Holiday, Funny Face and My Fair Lady – besotted with the way she laughs, dances, or poses tastefully in Givenchy couture.
Audrey’s image is so ubiquitous in posters, art prints, magazines, on handbags, keyrings or T-shirts, that the family has made hunting for her likeness into a game. “I must have made this crack to my kids,” Sean says. “We were probably waiting for a train or a plane that had been delayed: ‘Three minutes to find Grandma.’ And it became a thing. Now the kids are grown-up, but they do it on their own. I do it by myself and send a snapshot to my wife and we giggle privately.”
In a new book, Intimate Audrey, Sean writes his own story of https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/audrey-hepburn-sean-hepburn-ferrer-biographyhis mother’s life. It is, he tells me over coffee at a Tuscan vineyard near his hillside home, a “behind the scenes” take on the life of one of the 20th century’s most famous women. Fewer ballgowns, more family dinners.
Sean, 65, had what he calls a “normal childhood” in Switzerland and Rome, very far from Hollywood. “She had normal priorities,” says Sean about his mother. “She realised that life is short and fickle and delicate – and you can’t want a family and then when it comes not put your elbow into it.” Even if that elbow is best known encased in a Givenchy evening glove and cradling a bag of doughnuts outside Tiffany’s on Fifth Avenue at dawn. » | Pamela Hutchinson | Monday, April 6, 2026
Monday, April 06, 2026
Iran’s 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions
THE NEW YORK TIMES: As President Trump’s deadline for new attacks loomed, Iran conveyed its conditions through Pakistani intermediaries.
Iran on Monday delivered a 10-point proposal to end its war with the United States and Israel, according to Iranian state media. The plan was conveyed by Pakistan, which has been acting as a primary intermediary in the conflict, but appeared unlikely to resolve major questions ahead of President Trump’s Tuesday evening deadline for new attacks on Iran.
Two senior Iranian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive negotiations, said the proposal included a guarantee that Iran would not be attacked again, an end to Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the lifting of all sanctions.
In return, Iran would lift its de facto blockade of the key shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran would also impose a fee of roughly $2 million per ship that it would split with Oman, which sits across the strait. Iran would use its share of the proceeds to reconstruct infrastructure destroyed by American and Israeli attacks, rather than demand direct compensation, according to the plan. » | Max Bearak, Farnaz Fassihi, Shirin Hakim and Erika Solomon | Monday, April 6, 2026
Iran on Monday delivered a 10-point proposal to end its war with the United States and Israel, according to Iranian state media. The plan was conveyed by Pakistan, which has been acting as a primary intermediary in the conflict, but appeared unlikely to resolve major questions ahead of President Trump’s Tuesday evening deadline for new attacks on Iran.
Two senior Iranian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive negotiations, said the proposal included a guarantee that Iran would not be attacked again, an end to Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the lifting of all sanctions.
In return, Iran would lift its de facto blockade of the key shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran would also impose a fee of roughly $2 million per ship that it would split with Oman, which sits across the strait. Iran would use its share of the proceeds to reconstruct infrastructure destroyed by American and Israeli attacks, rather than demand direct compensation, according to the plan. » | Max Bearak, Farnaz Fassihi, Shirin Hakim and Erika Solomon | Monday, April 6, 2026
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