BERLINER ZEITUNG: Das internationale Internet ist im Iran seit mehr als 80 Tagen gesperrt. Nun soll die Freischaltung angeordnet worden
Irans Präsident Massud Peseschkian hat offenbar eine Anordnung zur Wiedereröffnung des internationalen Internetzugangs erlassen. Das berichteten staatliche iranische Medien am Montag unter Berufung auf einen Vertreter des Kommunikationsministeriums, wie die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters meldete.
Die Behörden hatten dem Bericht zufolge bereits am 8. Januar als Reaktion auf landesweite regierungskritische Proteste eine Internetsperre verhängt. Im Februar normalisierte sich der Zugang zunächst schrittweise, bevor mit Beginn der US-amerikanischen und israelischen Angriffe auf den Iran am 28. Februar eine erneute Blockade folgte. Viele Iraner hatten seitdem nur noch Zugang zu staatlich genehmigten Webseiten im „nationalen Internet“, wie die Deutsche Presse-Agentur berichtete. » | Anika Schlünz | Montag, 25. Mai 2026
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Monday, May 25, 2026
La vraie histoire des Pahlavi, ces Chahs d’Iran détestés hier, acclamés aujourd’hui
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Les Pahlavi ont régné sur l’Iran de 1925 à 1979 et laïcisé le pays à marche forcée, avant d’être chassés par la révolution islamique. Plonger dans leur histoire permet de comprendre leur popularité inattendue chez les jeunes Iraniens.
«Vive le Chah !». On ne s’attendait pas à ce que des centaines de milliers d’Iraniens, en particulier des jeunes de 20 ans, qui n’ont pas connu le régime des Pahlavi, tombé en 1979, défient le pouvoir des Mollahs en janvier 2026 en scandant le nom de leurs anciens souverains. La réévaluation de ces rois et de leur bilan par la jeunesse iranienne actuelle doit retenir l’attention. Qui étaient donc les Pahlavi qui ont créé l’Iran moderne?
Le fondateur de la dynastie est né en 1878 dans un village isolé d’une région montagneuse de l’Iran qui borde la mer Caspienne, le Mazandaran. Son clan domine la bourgade et mène une vie très rude. Orphelin, hébergé par un oncle officier, Reza Khan s’engage dans l’armée dès 14 ans. L’année suivante, l’adolescent pauvre et encore analphabète réussit à rejoindre l’unité d’élite fondée et encadrée par des officiers russes, la « Division cosaque », qui assure la garde de la famille royale. Autodidacte, blessé à plusieurs reprises lors de combats, doté d’autorité, l’homme se fait un nom et progresse : lieutenant à 21 ans, colonel à 37. En deuxièmes noces, l’ambitieux épouse la fille d’un général. Son premier fils, Mohammad Reza, le futur Chah d’Iran, que les Occidentaux ont bien connu, naît en 1919, de même que sa sœur jumelle. Le premier des Pahlavi aura, au cours de sa vie, onze enfants issus de quatre mariages.
En 1920, la guerre civile qui déchire la Russie provoque le départ de la plupart des officiers russes de la « division cosaque », résolus à rejoindre les Blancs. Reza Khan, soutenu par ses homologues persans, obtient d’être promu général et reçoit le commandement de la division. L’Iran, alors semi-tribal et archaïque, sombre en plein chaos. Dans ce pays qui possède des frontières avec l’Irak, la Turquie, ce qui va devenir l’URSS (Arménie, Azerbaïdjan et Turkménistan), l’Afghanistan et le Pakistan, il n’y a plus d’État. L’Armée rouge se trouve à 200 kilomètres de Téhéran.
Avec le soutien des Britanniques, sinon à leur instigation, Reza Khan perpètre un coup d’État en 1921, décrète la loi martiale dans la capitale et obtient l’évacuation des Bolcheviks. Deux ans plus tard, après avoir écrasé plusieurs soulèvements armés, le voilà premier ministre. » | Par Guillaume Perrault | vendredi 6 mars 2026
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Sunday, May 24, 2026
Iran : un homme accusé d'espionnage pendant la guerre exécuté
LE FIGARO : L’homme a été pendu car il aurait transmis des informations liées aux unités de l’industrie de défense du pays. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 24 mai 2026
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Thursday, May 21, 2026
Trump Came Dangerously Close to ‘Catastrophic’ Iran Mistake | Gen. Richard Shirreff
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Iran Warns Trump: ‘We’ll Take War Global If You Bomb Us Again’
THE TELEGRAPH: Plus: A former US Marine Intelligence officer on the Iranian terror threat to the West
Iran has threatened to spread the war beyond the Middle East if Donald Trump starts bombing the country again. Is it an empty threat or should we be worried? Listen to the podcast here » | Venetia Rainey. Sophia Yan Senior foreign correspondent. Roland Oliphant Chief Foreign Analyst | Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Iran has threatened to spread the war beyond the Middle East if Donald Trump starts bombing the country again. Is it an empty threat or should we be worried? Listen to the podcast here » | Venetia Rainey. Sophia Yan Senior foreign correspondent. Roland Oliphant Chief Foreign Analyst | Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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Who Runs Iran Now? A Hard-Line Military Band of Brothers.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Decision making in the country is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader for 37 years, was killed by Israel on Feb. 28, in the opening airstrike of the war against the Islamic Republic, he was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba.
But at 86, the ayatollah had wielded a level of influence that no replacement could soon match.
Senior Iranian officials maintain that all key matters are run by the 56-year-old heir. Decision making, however, extends beyond one man, experts say, guided by a small, elite band of mostly current or former senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
It is not the Guards as an organization that is exerting control, they say, but a hardened “band of brothers,” whose seminal experience was the brutal, eight-year war between Iran and Iraq that began in 1980.
Founded in 1979 to safeguard the newborn revolution and its leader, the Guards promoted these commanders to generals while they were still in their late 20s or early 30s. Western support for Iraq in the war convinced them that Iran had to forge its own way no matter what the cost.
After the war, they went on to control intelligence or security services. Most are believed to have some personal connection with Mojtaba Khamenei from the long years that he directed his father’s office.
These men are among the hardest-line figures in the country — militants not only in terms of perpetuating the Islamic revolution, but also in the harsh methods they have championed while running the main organs of government repression. » | Neil MacFarquhar | Thursday, May 21, 2026
When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader for 37 years, was killed by Israel on Feb. 28, in the opening airstrike of the war against the Islamic Republic, he was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba.
But at 86, the ayatollah had wielded a level of influence that no replacement could soon match.
Senior Iranian officials maintain that all key matters are run by the 56-year-old heir. Decision making, however, extends beyond one man, experts say, guided by a small, elite band of mostly current or former senior commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
It is not the Guards as an organization that is exerting control, they say, but a hardened “band of brothers,” whose seminal experience was the brutal, eight-year war between Iran and Iraq that began in 1980.
Founded in 1979 to safeguard the newborn revolution and its leader, the Guards promoted these commanders to generals while they were still in their late 20s or early 30s. Western support for Iraq in the war convinced them that Iran had to forge its own way no matter what the cost.
After the war, they went on to control intelligence or security services. Most are believed to have some personal connection with Mojtaba Khamenei from the long years that he directed his father’s office.
These men are among the hardest-line figures in the country — militants not only in terms of perpetuating the Islamic revolution, but also in the harsh methods they have championed while running the main organs of government repression. » | Neil MacFarquhar | Thursday, May 21, 2026
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026
« Cette visite témoigne de la solidité de l’axe russo-chinois » : après la venue de Donald Trump, Vladimir Poutine vient resserrer les liens avec Xi Jinping
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Le voyage du président russe vise à afficher la ténacité de son partenariat, mais trahit l’anxiété de Moscou face au récent rapprochement sino-américain.
À peine Air Force One envolé que la Chine déroule le tapis rouge pour l’Iliouchine de Vladimir Poutine, surnommé le « Kremlin volant », ce mardi 19 mai. Après avoir tenu tête à Donald Trump à Zhongnanhai la semaine dernière, Xi Jinping accueille dans la foulée son « vieil ami » russe, en position de force dans le triangle mouvant Washington-Moscou-Pékin, secoué par le Moyen-Orient.
Sur les pas du trublion de l’Amérique d’abord, cette visite d’État de deux jours vise à afficher la solidité du « partenariat sans limite » scellé face à l’Occident par les dirigeants en 2022, mais consacre aussi l’ascendant du géant chinois face à un Kremlin anxieux du pas de deux sino-américain.
Il s’agit de la vingt-cinquième visite en Chine de Poutine, a rappelé la diplomatie chinoise, pointant un déplacement presque de routine sous le signe la connivence stratégique entre deux dirigeants qui se sont rencontrés à plus de quarante reprises. Alors que Trump était le premier président américain à fouler le sol de l’empire du Milieu depuis près d’une décennie, son homologue russe était aux premières loges sur la place Tiananmen, à la droite de Xi, le 3 septembre dernier, lors d’un spectaculaire défilé de l’armée populaire de libération (APL), aux avant-postes d’un front anti-occidental. » | Par Sébastien Falletti correspondant en Asie | mardi 19 mai 2026
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Saturday, May 16, 2026
Affichant sa force, Xi tient en respect l’Amérique de Trump et promeut la stabilité
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Le président américain a qualifié d’« incroyable » sa visite en Chine. Mais le bilan de son voyage reste maigre. Les démonstrations d’amitié entre les deux pays n’ont pas masqué leur rivalité stratégique, esquisse de l’émergence d’un monde bipolaire.
Surnommée « the Beast », la limousine blindée de Donald Trump s’est engouffrée entre les colonnes ocre du portail traditionnel protégeant le saint des saints de la Chine communiste, vendredi. Le président Xi Jinping a offert le thé à son homologue américain à Zhongnanhai, la résidence barricadée des dirigeants du Parti à Pékin, en point d’orgue d’une visite affichant une bonne entente de façade entre les deux premières puissances mondiales.
Des lieux familiers pour ce « prince rouge », élevé à quelques encablures de la Cité interdite à l’ère maoïste, et qui a tenu en respect le magnat de l’immobilier new-yorkais pendant cette visite de deux jours, placée sous la bannière de la stabilité, en s’affichant sur un pied d’égalité. « Nous devons être des partenaires et non des rivaux », a ainsi lancé Xi, qui a déployé un faste impérial pour son hôte, de la place Tiananmen au Temple du ciel, hauts lieux de la capitale chinoise. Et lui a offert un brownie au chocolat après des raviolis à la vapeur pour conclure leur ultime déjeuner de travail avant l’envol d’Air Force One. » | Par Sébastien Falletti, correspondant en Asie | vendredi 15 mai 2026
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Surnommée « the Beast », la limousine blindée de Donald Trump s’est engouffrée entre les colonnes ocre du portail traditionnel protégeant le saint des saints de la Chine communiste, vendredi. Le président Xi Jinping a offert le thé à son homologue américain à Zhongnanhai, la résidence barricadée des dirigeants du Parti à Pékin, en point d’orgue d’une visite affichant une bonne entente de façade entre les deux premières puissances mondiales.
Des lieux familiers pour ce « prince rouge », élevé à quelques encablures de la Cité interdite à l’ère maoïste, et qui a tenu en respect le magnat de l’immobilier new-yorkais pendant cette visite de deux jours, placée sous la bannière de la stabilité, en s’affichant sur un pied d’égalité. « Nous devons être des partenaires et non des rivaux », a ainsi lancé Xi, qui a déployé un faste impérial pour son hôte, de la place Tiananmen au Temple du ciel, hauts lieux de la capitale chinoise. Et lui a offert un brownie au chocolat après des raviolis à la vapeur pour conclure leur ultime déjeuner de travail avant l’envol d’Air Force One. » | Par Sébastien Falletti, correspondant en Asie | vendredi 15 mai 2026
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
En position de force face à Donald Trump, Xi Jinping agite la menace d’un « conflit » à Taïwan
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Le président américain a salué une rencontre « extrêmement positive » sur le front économique, mais a esquivé le dossier taïwanais lors de la première journée de sa visite en Chine.
Sous les lambris dorés du Grand Hall du peuple, Xi Jinping s’est offert un détour par l’Antiquité grecque face à un Donald Trump subjugué par le faste impérial de sa visite en Chine. Sourire matois, le président chinois a mis solennellement en garde contre le « piège de Thucydide » qui pourrait se refermer sur les deux premières puissances mondiales, agitant la menace voilée d’un conflit dans le détroit de Taïwan, jeudi, à l’occasion de la première visite d’un président américain à Pékin depuis près d’une décennie.
Une référence à l’historien athénien de la guerre du Péloponnèse en guise d’avertissement à l’auteur de L’Art du deal, sommé de s’accommoder de la montée en puissance planétaire du géant asiatique, sous peine d’une périlleuse confrontation. » | Par Sébastien Falletti correspondant en Asie | jeudi 14 mai 2026
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Sous les lambris dorés du Grand Hall du peuple, Xi Jinping s’est offert un détour par l’Antiquité grecque face à un Donald Trump subjugué par le faste impérial de sa visite en Chine. Sourire matois, le président chinois a mis solennellement en garde contre le « piège de Thucydide » qui pourrait se refermer sur les deux premières puissances mondiales, agitant la menace voilée d’un conflit dans le détroit de Taïwan, jeudi, à l’occasion de la première visite d’un président américain à Pékin depuis près d’une décennie.
Une référence à l’historien athénien de la guerre du Péloponnèse en guise d’avertissement à l’auteur de L’Art du deal, sommé de s’accommoder de la montée en puissance planétaire du géant asiatique, sous peine d’une périlleuse confrontation. » | Par Sébastien Falletti correspondant en Asie | jeudi 14 mai 2026
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Iran : un homme pendu pour ses liens présumés avec les services de renseignements israéliens
LE FIGARO : « Ehsan Afreshteh, un espion formé par le Mossad au Népal et ayant vendu des informations sensibles à Israël, a été exécuté », a indiqué Mizan, l’organe de presse du pouvoir judiciaire.
Un homme a été pendu à nouveau mercredi en Iran après avoir été reconnu coupable d'avoir établi des liens avec les services de renseignements israéliens, a annoncé Mizan, l'organe de presse du pouvoir judiciaire. Il s'agit de la dernière exécution en date depuis le début de la guerre au Moyen-Orient, déclenchée par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février contre l'Iran. Les arrestations et exécutions se sont depuis multipliées depuis dans le pays. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 13 mai 2026
Un homme a été pendu à nouveau mercredi en Iran après avoir été reconnu coupable d'avoir établi des liens avec les services de renseignements israéliens, a annoncé Mizan, l'organe de presse du pouvoir judiciaire. Il s'agit de la dernière exécution en date depuis le début de la guerre au Moyen-Orient, déclenchée par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février contre l'Iran. Les arrestations et exécutions se sont depuis multipliées depuis dans le pays. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 13 mai 2026
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
More Than 110 Nobel Laureates Call on Iran to Release Gravely Ill Activist Narges Mohammadi
THE GUARDIAN: As human rights advocate is treated in Tehran hospital after transfer from Zanjan prison, prize winners demand her freedom
Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | Narges Mohammadi has been campaigning for women’s rights for decades and was first arrested in 1998. Medical experts warned that her life may be at imminent risk. Photograph: Eagen/Alamy
More than 110 Nobel laureates have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian human rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate, after she was transferred to hospital amid concerns over her rapidly deteriorating health.
In a statement released on Tuesday, 112 Nobel laureates urged the Iranian authorities and the international community to act “without delay” to secure Mohammadi’s release and ensure her continued access to medical treatment.
Mohammadi, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel peace prize for decades of campaigning for women’s rights in Iran was transferred by ambulance in a critical medical condition to Tehran’s Pars hospital on 10 May for specialised treatment.
The human rights activist has experienced severe weight loss, unstable blood pressure and serious cardiac symptoms while in detention, and was found unconscious in her cell after a possible heart attack. Mohammadi’s transfer to hospital is only a temporary respite and her representatives fear she will be returned to prison if her condition improves.
The Nobel laureates called for her immediate release and for all charges against her to be dropped. “Medical experts warn that her life may be at imminent risk,” they said in a joint statement, adding that she had been denied specialised medical care for months while imprisoned. » | Deepa Parent | Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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More than 110 Nobel laureates have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian human rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate, after she was transferred to hospital amid concerns over her rapidly deteriorating health.
In a statement released on Tuesday, 112 Nobel laureates urged the Iranian authorities and the international community to act “without delay” to secure Mohammadi’s release and ensure her continued access to medical treatment.
Mohammadi, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel peace prize for decades of campaigning for women’s rights in Iran was transferred by ambulance in a critical medical condition to Tehran’s Pars hospital on 10 May for specialised treatment.
The human rights activist has experienced severe weight loss, unstable blood pressure and serious cardiac symptoms while in detention, and was found unconscious in her cell after a possible heart attack. Mohammadi’s transfer to hospital is only a temporary respite and her representatives fear she will be returned to prison if her condition improves.
The Nobel laureates called for her immediate release and for all charges against her to be dropped. “Medical experts warn that her life may be at imminent risk,” they said in a joint statement, adding that she had been denied specialised medical care for months while imprisoned. » | Deepa Parent | Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Monday, May 11, 2026
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Transferred to Tehran Hospital
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison, will undergo treatment in Tehran after collapsing earlier this month, a foundation run by her family said.
Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights activist who collapsed earlier this month, has been transferred to a hospital in Tehran for treatment by her own medical team, a foundation run by her family said in a statement on Sunday.
Ms. Mohammadi, 54, has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison in Iran’s authoritarian theocracy and her health has deteriorated in recent months. She was hospitalized on May 1 in the city of Zanjan, where she had been in prison, after collapsing and losing consciousness, but requests to move her to Tehran for treatment were denied at that time.
Ms. Mohammadi spent 10 days in that hospital, before being transferred to another hospital in Tehran on Sunday, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said.
Mostafa Nili, a lawyer for Ms. Mohammadi, said on social media on Sunday that she had been transferred to Tehran “following an order halting her sentence for medical treatment.” » | Amelia Nierenberg | Monday, May 11, 2026
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Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and prominent human rights activist who collapsed earlier this month, has been transferred to a hospital in Tehran for treatment by her own medical team, a foundation run by her family said in a statement on Sunday.
Ms. Mohammadi, 54, has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison in Iran’s authoritarian theocracy and her health has deteriorated in recent months. She was hospitalized on May 1 in the city of Zanjan, where she had been in prison, after collapsing and losing consciousness, but requests to move her to Tehran for treatment were denied at that time.
Ms. Mohammadi spent 10 days in that hospital, before being transferred to another hospital in Tehran on Sunday, the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said.
Mostafa Nili, a lawyer for Ms. Mohammadi, said on social media on Sunday that she had been transferred to Tehran “following an order halting her sentence for medical treatment.” » | Amelia Nierenberg | Monday, May 11, 2026
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Friday, May 08, 2026
U.S. Fires on Iranian Tankers as Tehran Accuses Washington of ‘Reckless’ Attacks
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran’s foreign minister accused Washington of undermining diplomacy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expected to hear from Tehran on Friday.
The United States said it had fired on two Iranian-flagged oil tankers on Friday, as Iran’s foreign minister on Friday accused the United States of “a reckless military adventure” and of undermining diplomatic efforts to end the war.
U.S. Central Command said it had disabled the two tankers as they tried to reach an Iranian port. The latest strikes came a day after the U.S. military and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz — fighting that the Iranian military said was triggered by an earlier U.S. attack on another Iranian tanker.
They also came as Iranian officials have said Washington and Tehran are debating a one-page U.S. proposal for the sides to reopen the strait and cease hostilities for 30 days as they negotiate a comprehensive deal to end the war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked about the state of negotiations, said that the United States expected a “response” from Iran on Friday. And despite the exchanges of fire in recent days, both President Trump and Iran’s foreign ministry have insisted that their monthlong cease-fire was holding.
U.S. Central Command said on Thursday that “unprovoked Iranian attacks” on three American destroyers had involved missiles, drones and small boats. In response, the U.S. military said it had “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces,” including missile and drone launch sites.
The Iranian military said the United States had violated the cease-fire a day earlier by firing on an Iranian oil tanker trying to cross an American blockade. It said it had “retaliated by attacking U.S. military vessels.”
Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters in Washington on Thursday evening, dismissed the Iranian attacks as a “trifle” and again warned that Iran “better sign their agreement fast,” an apparent reference to the one-page U.S. proposal. A key hurdle was the U.S. demand for advance commitments on the fate of Iran’s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, three senior Iranian officials said.
On Friday, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, questioned in a social media post whether the U.S. strikes were a “crude pressure tactic.” He added: “Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure.” Iran War Live Updates » | Euan Ward, Leily Nikounazar, Farnaz Fassihi, Erica L. Green and Motoko Rich | Friday, May 8, 2026
The United States said it had fired on two Iranian-flagged oil tankers on Friday, as Iran’s foreign minister on Friday accused the United States of “a reckless military adventure” and of undermining diplomatic efforts to end the war.
U.S. Central Command said it had disabled the two tankers as they tried to reach an Iranian port. The latest strikes came a day after the U.S. military and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz — fighting that the Iranian military said was triggered by an earlier U.S. attack on another Iranian tanker.
They also came as Iranian officials have said Washington and Tehran are debating a one-page U.S. proposal for the sides to reopen the strait and cease hostilities for 30 days as they negotiate a comprehensive deal to end the war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked about the state of negotiations, said that the United States expected a “response” from Iran on Friday. And despite the exchanges of fire in recent days, both President Trump and Iran’s foreign ministry have insisted that their monthlong cease-fire was holding.
U.S. Central Command said on Thursday that “unprovoked Iranian attacks” on three American destroyers had involved missiles, drones and small boats. In response, the U.S. military said it had “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces,” including missile and drone launch sites.
The Iranian military said the United States had violated the cease-fire a day earlier by firing on an Iranian oil tanker trying to cross an American blockade. It said it had “retaliated by attacking U.S. military vessels.”
Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters in Washington on Thursday evening, dismissed the Iranian attacks as a “trifle” and again warned that Iran “better sign their agreement fast,” an apparent reference to the one-page U.S. proposal. A key hurdle was the U.S. demand for advance commitments on the fate of Iran’s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, three senior Iranian officials said.
On Friday, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, questioned in a social media post whether the U.S. strikes were a “crude pressure tactic.” He added: “Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure.” Iran War Live Updates » | Euan Ward, Leily Nikounazar, Farnaz Fassihi, Erica L. Green and Motoko Rich | Friday, May 8, 2026
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Thursday, May 07, 2026
Iran Will Not ‘Cry Uncle’ to Donald Trump | Trita Parsi
May 6, 2026 | “Iran will not give him the perception of having humiliated Iran.”
Donald Trump’s public threats against Iran risk sabotaging the diplomacy his administration is simultaneously trying to advance behind closed doors, says executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, Trita Parsi.
If I am not greatly mistaken, the USA has lost this war. The Iranians have outmanoeuvred the Americans. President Trump: Eat your heart out! — © Mark Alexander
Donald Trump’s public threats against Iran risk sabotaging the diplomacy his administration is simultaneously trying to advance behind closed doors, says executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, Trita Parsi.
If I am not greatly mistaken, the USA has lost this war. The Iranians have outmanoeuvred the Americans. President Trump: Eat your heart out! — © Mark Alexander
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US Fires on Iranian-flagged Oil Tanker as Trump Gives Tehran Fresh Ultimatum
THE GUARDIAN: President tells Iran to accept deal to end war or face new wave of bombing at ‘much higher level and intensity’
The US military fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday, shortly after Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to Tehran, telling it to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”.
The US fighter fired several rounds and “disabled the tanker’s rudder” as it attempted to breach the US’s blockade of Iranian ports, US Central Command said in a social media post.
The attack came after the US president’s social media announcement – the latest in a rapid series of dramatic and often contradictory changes in policy amid unconfirmed reports of progress in stalled negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
“Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is perhaps a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end,” the US president posted on his Truth Social platform, referring to the military operation he launched with Israel against Iran in February.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.” » | Jason Burke, Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi | Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The US military fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday, shortly after Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to Tehran, telling it to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”.
The US fighter fired several rounds and “disabled the tanker’s rudder” as it attempted to breach the US’s blockade of Iranian ports, US Central Command said in a social media post.
The attack came after the US president’s social media announcement – the latest in a rapid series of dramatic and often contradictory changes in policy amid unconfirmed reports of progress in stalled negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
“Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is perhaps a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end,” the US president posted on his Truth Social platform, referring to the military operation he launched with Israel against Iran in February.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.” » | Jason Burke, Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi | Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Tehran Says It Is Reviewing U.S. Proposal as Trump Makes New Threats
THE NEW YORK TIMES: An Iranian official said his government was looking at an American plan to end the war, hours after President Trump threatened to resume strikes. Earlier Wednesday, another Iranian official dismissed a reported proposal as a “list of American wishes.”
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said Wednesday that his government was reviewing an American plan to end the war, hours after President Trump put pressure on Iran to agree to a deal to end the war and renewed threats, fueling uncertainty around the negotiations.
Mr. Baghaei said that Iran had yet to respond to that proposal. “After finalizing its considerations, Iran will convey its views to the Pakistani side,” he said in an interview with the semiofficial news agency ISNA. Earlier in the day, another Iranian official had dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.”
The mixed messages came a day after Mr. Trump abruptly paused a U.S. military operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing what he said was “great progress” in talks. In public, there has been little sign that the weeks of diplomacy aimed at reaching a deal to reopen the vital waterway and end the war were bearing fruit.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he would end the war and offer safe passage for vessels through the strait if Iran “agrees to give what has been agreed,” without elaborating. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” he threatened, warning that further U.S. attacks would be “at a much higher level and intensity.”
The suggestion appeared to contradict the assertion made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday that the war was “over.” Iran War Live Updates » | Leo Sands, Qasim Nauman and Erica L. Green | Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said Wednesday that his government was reviewing an American plan to end the war, hours after President Trump put pressure on Iran to agree to a deal to end the war and renewed threats, fueling uncertainty around the negotiations.
Mr. Baghaei said that Iran had yet to respond to that proposal. “After finalizing its considerations, Iran will convey its views to the Pakistani side,” he said in an interview with the semiofficial news agency ISNA. Earlier in the day, another Iranian official had dismissed a reported proposal to end the war as a “list of American wishes.”
The mixed messages came a day after Mr. Trump abruptly paused a U.S. military operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing what he said was “great progress” in talks. In public, there has been little sign that the weeks of diplomacy aimed at reaching a deal to reopen the vital waterway and end the war were bearing fruit.
In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Mr. Trump said he would end the war and offer safe passage for vessels through the strait if Iran “agrees to give what has been agreed,” without elaborating. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” he threatened, warning that further U.S. attacks would be “at a much higher level and intensity.”
The suggestion appeared to contradict the assertion made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday that the war was “over.” Iran War Live Updates » | Leo Sands, Qasim Nauman and Erica L. Green | Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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Tuesday, May 05, 2026
Iran : la prix Nobel de la paix Narges Mohammadi « entre la vie et la mort », selon ses soutiens
LE FIGARO : La lauréate du prestigieux prix en 2023, détenue en Iran depuis décembre, a été hospitalisée en urgence le week-end dernier. « Elle risque à tout moment de nous quitter », alerte son avocate Ardakani.
L’Iranienne Narges Mohammadi, lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix détenue en Iran depuis décembre, se trouve « entre la vie et la mort » après son hospitalisation en urgence le week-end dernier, selon son avocate. « Nous n’avons jamais eu aussi peur pour la vie de Narges, elle risque à tout moment de nous quitter », a déclaré mardi Me Chirinne Ardakani lors d’un point presse de son comité de soutien à Paris. « On ne se bat pas que pour sa liberté, on se bat pour que son cœur continue de battre », a-t-elle ajouté.
La militante de 54 ans a été transférée début mai de la prison de Zanjan (nord) à un hôpital de la région « à la suite d’une dramatique détérioration de son état de santé, marquée notamment par deux épisodes de perte totale de conscience et une crise cardiaque », selon un communiqué de sa fondation publié vendredi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 5 mai 2026
READ ALSO: This related article.
L’Iranienne Narges Mohammadi, lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix détenue en Iran depuis décembre, se trouve « entre la vie et la mort » après son hospitalisation en urgence le week-end dernier, selon son avocate. « Nous n’avons jamais eu aussi peur pour la vie de Narges, elle risque à tout moment de nous quitter », a déclaré mardi Me Chirinne Ardakani lors d’un point presse de son comité de soutien à Paris. « On ne se bat pas que pour sa liberté, on se bat pour que son cœur continue de battre », a-t-elle ajouté.
La militante de 54 ans a été transférée début mai de la prison de Zanjan (nord) à un hôpital de la région « à la suite d’une dramatique détérioration de son état de santé, marquée notamment par deux épisodes de perte totale de conscience et une crise cardiaque », selon un communiqué de sa fondation publié vendredi. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mardi 5 mai 2026
READ ALSO: This related article.
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Iranian Official Warns of Escalation in Strait of Hormuz Standoff
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator, accused the United States of violating the shaky cease-fire, after Iranian forces fired at vessels that the U.S. Navy was guiding through the strait.
A top Iranian official warned on Tuesday of an escalation in the Strait of Hormuz and accused the United States of violating the fragile cease-fire, a day after the U.S. Navy began an initiative to escort commercial ships through the strait, a vital oil shipping waterway.
As the truce appeared to falter, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator in the stumbling peace negotiations, said in a social media post that “a new equation” was emerging in the waterway. He said that American actions had endangered shipping through the strait, which Iran has effectively blockaded since the war began in late February.
“We know well that the continuation of the current situation is unbearable for the United States, while we have not even started yet,” Mr. Ghalibaf said.
The U.S. Navy began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Reports of attacks from Iran in and around the Persian Gulf quickly tested the American actions and the Pakistani-brokered cease-fire that paused the war last month.
The United Arab Emirates said Iran had fired missiles and drones at its territory on Monday, the first time since the cease-fire had come into effect. The U.A.E.’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the country “reserves its full and legitimate right to respond” to the attacks.
American forces shot down cruise missiles and drones and destroyed six Iranian speedboats that had threatened the vessels, according to U.S. Central Command. The U.S. military said two commercial ships operating under the U.S. flag had passed through the waterway.
Iran did not officially confirm or deny whether it had resumed attacks. IRIB, Iran’s state-run broadcaster, said that a senior Iranian military official denied the American claim that several Iranian boats had been sunk.
In an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that aired Monday, President Trump declined to say whether the cease-fire was over. “Well, I can’t tell you that,” Mr. Trump said. » | John Yoon | Tuesday, May 5, 2026
A top Iranian official warned on Tuesday of an escalation in the Strait of Hormuz and accused the United States of violating the fragile cease-fire, a day after the U.S. Navy began an initiative to escort commercial ships through the strait, a vital oil shipping waterway.
As the truce appeared to falter, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s top negotiator in the stumbling peace negotiations, said in a social media post that “a new equation” was emerging in the waterway. He said that American actions had endangered shipping through the strait, which Iran has effectively blockaded since the war began in late February.
“We know well that the continuation of the current situation is unbearable for the United States, while we have not even started yet,” Mr. Ghalibaf said.
The U.S. Navy began escorting commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Reports of attacks from Iran in and around the Persian Gulf quickly tested the American actions and the Pakistani-brokered cease-fire that paused the war last month.
The United Arab Emirates said Iran had fired missiles and drones at its territory on Monday, the first time since the cease-fire had come into effect. The U.A.E.’s foreign ministry said in a statement that the country “reserves its full and legitimate right to respond” to the attacks.
American forces shot down cruise missiles and drones and destroyed six Iranian speedboats that had threatened the vessels, according to U.S. Central Command. The U.S. military said two commercial ships operating under the U.S. flag had passed through the waterway.
Iran did not officially confirm or deny whether it had resumed attacks. IRIB, Iran’s state-run broadcaster, said that a senior Iranian military official denied the American claim that several Iranian boats had been sunk.
In an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that aired Monday, President Trump declined to say whether the cease-fire was over. “Well, I can’t tell you that,” Mr. Trump said. » | John Yoon | Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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Monday, May 04, 2026
Some Iranians Fear the Regime Is Now More Entrenched - and Ready for Revenge
BBC: They are still there. There is no evading the simple fact. Everywhere the people walk. Wherever they drive. Whenever they switch on the television. The faces of assassinated leaders, and those of new rulers, dominate the public space.
Protests have come and gone. A war. Then a ceasefire. But the regime of the Islamic Republic has endured.
In fact, according to Iranians the BBC has spoken to inside the country, far from being weakened the regime is more deeply embedded. And it is in a vengeful mood. » | Fergal Keane | Special correspondent | Monday, May 4, 2026
Protests have come and gone. A war. Then a ceasefire. But the regime of the Islamic Republic has endured.
In fact, according to Iranians the BBC has spoken to inside the country, far from being weakened the regime is more deeply embedded. And it is in a vengeful mood. » | Fergal Keane | Special correspondent | Monday, May 4, 2026
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Iran : trois hommes pendus en lien avec des manifestations de janvier
LE FIGARO : Les arrestations et exécutions, notamment liées aux manifestations qui ont secoué le pays l’hiver dernier, se multiplient en Iran depuis le début du conflit régional déclenché par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février.
Trois hommes ont été pendus dans le nord-est de l'Iran après avoir été reconnus coupables d'avoir contribué aux décès de membres des forces de sécurité lors des manifestations qui ont secoué le pays en décembre et janvier, a annoncé lundi la justice iranienne. Les arrestations et exécutions, notamment liées aux manifestations qui ont secoué le pays l'hiver dernier, se multiplient en Iran depuis le début du conflit régional déclenché par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 4 mai 2026
Trois hommes ont été pendus dans le nord-est de l'Iran après avoir été reconnus coupables d'avoir contribué aux décès de membres des forces de sécurité lors des manifestations qui ont secoué le pays en décembre et janvier, a annoncé lundi la justice iranienne. Les arrestations et exécutions, notamment liées aux manifestations qui ont secoué le pays l'hiver dernier, se multiplient en Iran depuis le début du conflit régional déclenché par une attaque américano-israélienne le 28 février. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 4 mai 2026
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