Trump blasts US media; calls off Iran strike for another day….

Trump Says He’s Called off Iran Strike for Tuesday…

Trump Rips Media over Iran Coverage: ‘They Have Gone Absolutely Crazy’

President Donald Trump ripped establishment media on Monday, contending that even if Iran surrendered, outlets like the New York Times would spin it as a victory over the United States.

Trump blasted the Times and others in a Truth Social post on Monday morning:

If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!! President DJT

Here’s the latest Al Jazeera ‘news’ from Trump

Here are some of the latest updates from US President Trump regarding his war on Iran:

  • Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday afternoon that there is “a very good ⁠chance” that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE could reach a deal to end the war soon.
  • “If we can do that without bombing the hell out of them, I ‌would be very happy,” Trump said.
  • The US president again emphasised his primary condition is that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon, but said the US would “be probably satisfied also” if its allies in the region were also satisfied.
  • Trump further specified that he had agreed to wait two or three days before bombing Iran after announcing he had delayed an attack planned for Tuesday.
  • Rick Scott: ‘Trump Is Going to Have to Go in and Bomb the Daylights Out of Iran’

  • Iranian Media Claims It Presented Ceasefire Plan to U.S. Via Pakistan

Space Terrorism

Report: Pakistan Deploys Jets and Troops to Saudi Arabia for Iran War

Pakistan Hosted Iranian Military Aircraft To Insulate Them From US Attacks

That’s enough to bomb Pakistan.

‘Mediator’ Pakistan Hosted Iranian Military Aircraft To Insulate Them From US Attacks, Graham Fumes At Islamabad

Calls for complete reevaluation of the role Pakistan is playing…

Calls for complete reevaluation of the role Pakistan is playing

Summary:

  • CBS reports Pakistan sheltered Iranian military planes, Sen. Graham outraged, calls for ‘reevaluation’.

  • US President blasts ‘piece of garbage’ Iran response, says ceasefire on ‘life support’, reportedly mulls renewed military action; US Treasury imposes yet more sanctions.

  • Trump mulls restarting Project Freedom in Hormuz and says forcibly retrieving ‘nuclear dust’ is still on the table, oil jumps on headline.

  • Iran Foreign Ministry: “Everything we proposed in the text was reasonable and generous.” However, US officials insist on their “unreasonable demands.

  • Saudi Arabia condemns Iran for its latest drone attacks targeting the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait on Sunday.

  • Qatari LNG tanker abruptly U-Turns In Hormuz chokepoint after earlier in weekend an initial one made it through – an unprecedented first for a Qatari tanker of the war.

Continue reading Pakistan Hosted Iranian Military Aircraft To Insulate Them From US Attacks

Trump Rejects Iran’s Latest Response as ‘Totally Unacceptable’ — ‘They Will Be Laughing No Longer’

Looks like we’re back in a hot war with the mullah regime.

“They’ll Be Laughing No Longer”: Trump Rejects Iran Peace Deal Response As “Totally Unacceptable”

Iran had been “playing games with the United States, and the rest of the world, for 47 years…”

President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s latest response to the American offer to end the conflict as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” warning Tehran it would “be laughing no longer” after reports indicated the regime refused key U.S. nuclear demands while pushing for sanctions relief, frozen assets, an end to the naval blockade, and control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran submitted its response Sunday through Pakistani mediators following nearly 10 days of deliberations over the latest American proposal, which reportedly centered on ending hostilities, restoring maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and opening a roughly 30-day negotiation window over Tehran’s nuclear program, uranium enrichment activities, and stockpile of highly enriched uranium — issues Trump has repeatedly insisted must end with Iran permanently barred from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Continue reading Trump Rejects Iran’s Latest Response as ‘Totally Unacceptable’ — ‘They Will Be Laughing No Longer’

Israel destroys Yemeni international airport following attack on Ben Gurion

Iran huffs & puffs:

Iran warned European countries not to join the United States and Israel in the war against Tehran, saying any government that participates in the campaign could face retaliation.

Update:

Several foreign airlines such as Germany’s national carrier Lufthansa have suspended flights to Tel Aviv following the Houthi air strike that hit the Ben Gurion International Airport.

Israeli airstrikes hit airport and power station in the Houthi-controlled capital city of Sana’a, Yemen. May 6, 2025. (X)

Update:

Israeli warplanes strike Sana’a International Airport in Yemen’s Houthi-occupied capital city, destroying the passenger hall and other buildings, and bombs power station days after a Houthi missile exploded outside Israel’s largest airport.

By David Rosenberg, World Israel News

Israeli warplanes on Tuesday afternoon bombed multiple targets in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, days after pro-Iranian rebel forces in Yemen launched a missile that exploded next to Israel’s largest air travel hub.

According to preliminary reports, IDF fighter jets struck the Dhaban power station, just outside of Sana’a, along a power distribution facility and a cement factory.

In addition, Israeli warplanes hit the Sana’a International Airport.

Multiple aircraft were destroyed in the strike, and the passenger hall and flight service areas were also hit.

At least two dozen hits have been reported in the Israeli airstrikes.

The attacks came shortly after the Israeli military warned Yemen of an impending attack on the Sana’a International Airport, calling for its evacuation.

IDF Col. Avichay Adraee, the Israeli military’s chief Arabic spokesperson, issued an “urgent warning to everyone in the vicinity of Sanaa International Airport: We urge you to evacuate the airport area immediately and to warn others nearby to do the same. Failure to do so endangers your lives.”

Mojtaba Khamenei

Continue reading Israel destroys Yemeni international airport following attack on Ben Gurion

Iran ‘on standby for a return to war with the US’

Trump on Iran Missile Capability: ‘I’d Like to Eliminate It’

  • US President Donald Trump says he will “soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us”, but does not think he can make a deal.
  • The comments come after Iran sent a 14-point plan to the US, calling for guarantees of non-aggression, the lifting of a naval blockade and an end to the war “on all fronts“, including in Lebanon.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it is on standby for a return to war with the US, saying a resumption of hostilities is “likely”, as “evidence shows that [the US] is not committed to any agreements or treaties”.
  • Israeli forces continue to bombard Lebanon, killing several people and damaging a Catholic convent in Yaroun, as the death toll since March 2 rises to 2,659 people.

IDF official says Iran war will be ‘one big failure’ if enriched uranium not removed

A senior Israeli military official said on Friday that if Iran’s stockpile of more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium is not removed from the country in the wake of the recent war, the campaign could be considered “one big failure.”

Israeli officials have said that this stockpile is sufficient for 11 nuclear bombs if enriched further. Iran has long maintained that its program is peaceful, despite enriching uranium at near-weapons-grade levels.

Iran official confirms proposal would open Hormuz before nuclear talks

An Iranian proposal so ‌far rejected by President Trump would open shipping in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz and end ⁠the US blockade of Iran while leaving talks on Iran’s nuclear programme for later, a senior Iranian official confirmed.

What’s the latest on the US-Iran talks?

  • US President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that he is preparing to review a “plan that Iran has just sent to us”.
  • But he said he cannot imagine “it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years”.

Continue reading Iran ‘on standby for a return to war with the US’

Iran: US blockade must end to allow talks

Can’t wish them good luck with that, but Trump isn’t going to move unless Iran submits.

Iran dismisses Trump’s claim of leadership rift, says nation is ‘one soul’

Women hold Iranian flags and a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a state-organised rally in Tehran, April 17

Several Iranian officials share same message, emphasising what they call the ‘iron unity of the nation and government’.

‘Blockade and threats’: Iran blames US siege of ports for stalled talks

  • Senior Iranian officials have blamed Washington for stalled peace negotiations due to the United States naval blockade of the country’s ports, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guardsays it captured two foreign vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and opened fire on a third ship for violating maritime regulations.
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran wants “dialogue and agreement” but “breach of commitments, blockade and threats are the main obstacles to genuine negotiations”.
  • White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said no deadline has been set by US President Donald Trump for the extension of his ceasefire on Iran, adding that it will be the president’s decision when the truce ends.

Trump says Iran won’t execute 8 women after he demanded their release…

No Deal — And That’s a Good Thing

JD Vance was supposed to be heading to Pakistan today to resume negotiations with the leaders of the Islamic Republic, but as of this writing on Tuesday afternoon, the whole thing is off, at least for now.

Just The News reported Tuesday that Vance “put off travel to Islamabad after Iran failed to respond to negotiating positions put forth by the U.S…. With no official response coming from Tehran, the diplomatic process is paused.” However, “while paused, the trip hasn’t been canceled. Iran has yet to announce a decision on whether it will participate in the scheduled talks, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Tuesday.” Continue reading Iran: US blockade must end to allow talks

Who runs Iran? Tehran says no date set for US talks, Hormuz Strait closed

Iran has effectively turned the strait into a pay-to-pass zone.

Iran frames it as charging for “securing the strait” and safety services, not a classic toll. They’ve drafted laws and protocols around this. 

Grok: If you pay we let you pass!

  • Iran says it will not open the Strait of Hormuz unless the US stops blockading its ports.
  • Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh says no date has been set for a new round of face-to-face talks with the US and slams Washington’s refusal to abandon its “maximalist” demands.
  • US President Donald Trump says the naval blockade on Iranian ports will remain in force until there is a deal, and warns that Washington will not be blackmailed by Tehran.
  • Israel launches attacks on southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire, and says it has established what it calls a “yellow line” – similar to the one it imposed in Gaza.
  • French President Emmanuel Macron has blamed Hezbollah for an attack that killed a French peacekeeping soldier in Lebanon. The armed group denied the claim.

Trump Confirms Strait of Hormuz ‘Completely Open’ to All Shipping Traffic

Trump: Iran ‘Agreed to Everything’ Including Reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Not Enriching Uranium

Iran Claims to Have Shut Down Strait of Hormuz Again

Trump Says Iran ‘Can’t Blackmail’ United States, After Ships Come Under Fire in S

Iranian official says no enriched uranium to be sent to US

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh says his country will not send any enriched uranium to the US and that the question is “not open for discussion”.

The IRNA news agency reported on Khatibzadeh’s comments, which came on the sidelines of a diplomatic meeting in Turkiye.

“Multiple messages have been exchanged between Iran and the United States, but [the US] insists on demands that Tehran considers excessive,” he said, according to IRNA.

“Iran wants Hormuz, and it wants to keep its enriched uranium; and the US wants exactly the opposite, not half of a loaf – and that’s what’s really standing in the way,”–Robert Pape, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago

Trump Confirms Strait of Hormuz ‘Completely Open’ to All Shipping Traffic

Winning!

US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Mar

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that Iran has fully opened the contested waters of the Strait of Hormuz to all commercial shipping traffic.

  • Iran’s Foreign Minister says “in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire”.
  • United States President Donald Trump says naval blockade on Iran to stay in place until peace deal signed.

First loaded Iranian oil tankers leave Gulf since US blockade: 

Three Iranian oil tankers have become the first loaded vessels to leave the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz since the US blockade came into force, according to maritime tracking firm Kpler.

Iran Demands Arab Countries It Bombed Pay ‘Compensation’

Continue reading Trump Confirms Strait of Hormuz ‘Completely Open’ to All Shipping Traffic

Death to Amriika, Death to Israel!

The near-blackout of internet in Iran “is now entering its 47th day after 1,104 hours without international connectivity for the general public”, according to watchdog NetBlocks.

The continued US naval blockade of all Iranian ports constitutes a violation of the ceasefire, said the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran’s top joint military command.

President Trump says he asked his Chinese counterpart Xi not to supply weapons to Iran and that Xi replied he was not doing so.

Iran says $270bn war loss must be compensated, as fresh talks with US loom

Iran demands compensation for war damages caused by US and Israeli attacks on critical infrastructure.

That won’t happen.

Tehran, Iran – Iran has demanded that it receive compensation for the destruction caused by the United States and Israel’s attacks, as the country remains defiant and regional powers continue their attempts to mediate an end to the conflict.

Tehran’s envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday that five regional countries must pay compensation, based on his accusation that their territories were used for launching attacks on Iran.

  • Iran’s army has warned it will block trade through the Red Sea along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman if the US naval blockade on Iranian ports continues.
  • The US military says it has “completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea” as its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz continues for a second day.

Trump claims China is happy he is ‘permanently opening’ Strait of Hormuz

Trump claims that China ⁠and the US are working ⁠together and that Beijing is happy that he is opening the ‌Strait of Hormuz.

US to send ‘thousands of additional troops’ to Middle East

The US is sending thousands of additional troops into the Middle East in the coming days, according to a report by The Washington Post, which cited unnamed US officials.

Erdogan bitches:

Israel “must not be allowed to sabotage” the ceasefire between the US and Iran, Turkiye’s President Erdogan says, adding that Netanyahu’s government “is known to be unhappy with the ceasefire process”.

Iran has arrested 35 people, including those its Intelligence Ministry said were “Mossad-linked”, arms smugglers and members of separatist groups.

Could Trump’s Strait Blockade Lead to Golden Era of American Energy Production?

(Photo: iStock/Getty Images)

The more of the world’s oil market that is controlled by the U.S., the better, and it seems as though Donald Trump is aware of this fact.

Continue reading Death to Amriika, Death to Israel!

Iran, champion of women’s rights

You could not make it up.

  • The US blockade of Iranian ports is in effect, but President Donald Trump says there is still plenty of room for Iran to make a deal.
  • Iran accuses the US of committing piracy as thousands of Iranians rally in Tehran against the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump Blockade Threatens Iran’s Military-Industrial Complex

The blockade officially began at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on Monday.

President Donald Trump’s blockade of Iran could be poised to deliver a staggering blow to the Iranian economy, including the cash flows needed by the regime to pay the host of soldiers and thugs it requires to stay in power.

“The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” the statement said.

More about Russia’s offer to take Iran’s enriched uranium

The Kremlin has reiterated its readiness to help Iran hand over its highly enriched uranium to Russia, which is capable of accommodating it.

For many years, Russia has been one of the key countries participating in the negotiation process on Iran’s nuclear programme.

It has repeatedly offered to export excess enriched uranium from Iran, process it and return it in the form of nuclear fuel for nuclear power plants.

Still, Iran hasn’t accepted the offer.