Iran not seeking war but will not give up its rights: Supreme leader
Iran is not seeking war but it will not give up its rights, the country’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says in a statement read out on state TV.
Iran’s deputy foreign minister: ‘Coming hours very critical’
Saeed Khatibzadeh has confirmed that the Iranian delegation will travel for the talks with the US in Islamabad, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.
Iran says Israeli strikes on Lebanon violate ceasefire with US
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says Israeli strikes on Lebanon violate the ceasefire agreement with the US and would render negotiations meaningless.
IRGC issues map to help ships avoid mines in Strait of Hormuz
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released a map portraying alternate shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz for ships to avoid naval mines, according to local media reports.
Lebanon death toll surpasses 200 after Israel launches assault despite U.S.-Iran ceasefire
Trump threatens action if Tehran fails to comply with deal
Iranian delegation heading to Pakistan tonight for talks:
Al-Aqsa Mosque reopens after 40-day closure by Israel
Reports of Iranian air defences targeting drones
The sound of air defences in action can be heard in Tehran and some areas of Alborz province, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says, "...Iran has agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz, and as the president said, we have received a proposal from the Iranians that has been determined to be a workable basis on which to negotiate...
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇸🇦🇦🇪Pete Hegseth has thanked the Arab regimes for helping Israel and the US:
“The UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait — all of whom have fought shoulder to shoulder with us, especially in defense of our facilities and our people, as well as their own facilities.

Hegseth claims Iran begged for ceasefire as US-Israeli war was ‘historic success’
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are holding a news conference at the Pentagon
US will give sanctions, tariff relief to Iran: Trump
Trump has also said, in his latest Truth Social posts, that “Tariff and Sanctions relief” will be given to Iran.
Iran’s Ghalibaf, US’sance expected at Islamabad talks on Friday
The Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,is set to lead Iran’s negotiating team in Friday’s talks in Pakistan’s capital,Islamabad, with Vice President JD Vance expected to represent the US delegation,
Hezbollah abides by ceasefire
Hezbollah has accepted the two-week ceasefire despite Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon, three Lebanese sources close to the group told Reuters news agency
The group halted fire on northern Israel and on Israeli troops in Lebanon.