Category: Iran

Trump on Iran’s nuclear stash: “If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up”

Iran replies to US proposal to end war, Trump finds response ‘unacceptable’

Iran had a chance to move toward peace. Instead, Tehran tried to turn Trump’s proposal into a payoff.

Trump says US will not allow Iran to reach enriched uranium

US president says Washington has the nuclear material in Iran ‘surveilled’ and will ‘blow up’ anyone who gets near it.

President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will target any Iranian trying to reach the country’s highly enriched uranium, saying that the nuclear material is under constant surveillance by the US military.

In an interview with the syndicated TV show Full Measure that aired on Sunday, Trump appeared to play down the significance of the uranium, which is believed to be buried under the rubble of nuclear facilities, remaining in Iran for now.

“We’ll get that at some point, whenever we want. We have it surveilled,” Trump said.

“I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching. If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge … If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up.” Continue reading Trump on Iran’s nuclear stash: “If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up”

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

Escalation in the Gulf: Khamenei issues ‘new instructions’ to high command

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Iran Updates

  • The ceasefire that began on April 8 continues to hold despite sporadic skirmishes in the strait.
  • The US said it is optimistic that Iran will respond to its latest proposal to resume talks and end the war.
  • Defence ministries in Kuwait and UAE have announced their air defences have shot down a number of drones coming in from Iran this morning.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says any attack on Iranian oil tankers and commercial ships will be met with assaults on US bases and “enemy ships” in the region.
  • Washington says it’s optimistic to think that Tehran will respond to its latest proposal to end the war and resume talks.
  • Qatar has confirmed that a commercial cargo vessel arriving from Abu Dhabi was targeted by a drone this morning in its territorial waters, resulting in a limited fire on board.
  • Kuwait’s Defence Ministry says a “number of hostile drones” had been detected in the country’s airspace at dawn.
  • An Iranian army spokesperson warns the countries that comply with US-imposed sanctions against Tehran that they will “definitely face difficulties passing through the Strait of Hormuz”.

Trump Threatens Expanded ‘Project Freedom Plus’ in Hormuz if Iran Rejects Deal

Iran Says Ceasefire Broken After U.S. ‘Love Tap,’ IRGC to Launch Attacks

Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships but ceasefire appears to hold

IRGC navy warns that any attack on Iranian tankers will be met with strike on US base


Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy command has warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers or commercial ships will be met with a large attack on its vessels as well as an American base in the region, Iran’s state-run IRIB News agency reported.

“Any attack on Iranian oil tankers and commercial ships will be met with a wide attack on one of the American bases in the region and enemy ships,” the IRGC Navy Command was quoted by IRIB News.

Tensions continue to remain high in the strait, with Iranian and US forces exchanging fire. Despite the limited skirmishes, Donald Trump says the ceasefire is still in effect.

World Starts To “Build” Around Hormuz

Gold Jumps, Dollar Dumps As AMD & Imminent Iran Deal Lift Stocks & Bonds, Sink Oil

US crude oil futures rose by approximately $1 in early Thursday trading as investors weighed the prospects of a potential peace deal in the US-Israel war on Iran.

German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd says the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is costing it about $60m per week in fuel and insurance costs, as it remains too risky to send its vessels through the strategic waterway, AFP reports.

Iran Oil Official In Surprise Admission: ‘Fate Of Our Refineries Now At Risk’ As US Blockade Begins To Bite

Meanwhile US Navy jet fires on Iranian ship trying to reach Iranian port…

World Starts To “Build” Around Hormuz; Japan Buying UAE Oil Bypassing Strait As ADNOC To Spend $55 Billion On Pipelines

“Iran’s mistake is that once Hormuz becomes structurally unreliable, the world builds around it…“

Long after the Iran war is just a bookmark in the history books, one distinct consequence will persist: much of the world, at least the part that does not fall under the Chinese sphere of influence, will do everything it can to avoid the Strait of Hormuz and failing that, have a Plan B. Just like when the Biden admin weaponized the US Dollar in 2022 by booting Russia from SWIFT after the Ukraine war, and in the process started the biggest gold and bitcoin rally in history as the rest of the world parked its savings in non-USD assets, so the world’s most important oil choke point will never again be viewed again in the same way after Iran launched dozens of rockets at the ships transiting it. 

This shift in perception is what James Thorne, chief market strategist of WellingtonAltus, called “Iran’s Historic Mistake“; he explains it as follows: 

By weaponizing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran committed a strategic blunder of historic proportions. Tehran meant to punish America. Instead, it exposed every power built on imported energy, vulnerable sea lanes, and the delusion that globalization repealed geography. China is exposed. Europe is exposed. Britain is exposed. Iran has created a world where hard resource power decides outcomes.

And the punchline:

Iran’s mistake is that once Hormuz becomes structurally unreliable, the world builds around it. That means bypass corridors, revived pipeline politics, and urgent planning for routes linking Aqaba to Mediterranean outlets near Gaza and the long-stalled Basra-to-Aqaba pipeline. The old energy order is cracking. The UAE’s OPEC exit signals cartel discipline giving way to national advantage under pressure.

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US says offensive phase over, Tehran won’t control Hormuz

Trump knows what goes on behind the scenes:

Pezeshkian Faces Fierce Attacks as Crises Fuel Factional Warfare in Tehran

Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian regime’s president, surrounded by state-affiliated reporters amid mounting political attacks from rival factions

The Iranian regime’s president Masoud Pezeshkian is under mounting fire from rival factions, with senior regime media, IRGC-linked outlets, and political figures openly questioning his competence and loyalty after recent foreign policy remarks. The unusually sharp attacks reflect a leadership consumed by internal mistrust as Tehran grapples with simultaneous domestic unrest, regional losses, and international pressure—an environment where even small deviations from the Supreme Leader’s line are treated as threats to the regime’s survival.

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United Arab Emirates Says Iran Launched New Drone and Missile Attacks for the Second Consecutive Day

On May 4:

  • The UAE said it intercepted 15 missiles and four drones fired from Iran, marking the first time it had been targeted since the US-Iran ceasefire on April 8.
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran should “pay a price” for closing the Strait of Hormuz and that the US’s Operation Epic Fury has achieved its objectives.
  • For a second day straight, the UAE says its air defence systems have been engaged in shooting down missiles and drones launched from Iran.
  • A spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has claimed that its armed forces have not carried out any missile or drone operations against the UAE in recent days.
  • US President Donald Trump has urged Iran to “do the smart thing” and make a deal, while Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has said the ceasefire with Iran is “not over” despite the escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The Israeli military has launched new air attacks on southern Lebanon while issuing forced displacement orders for two more towns, as Hezbollah claims attacks in response.

Iran rejects claims it targeted UAE, says attack was aimed at US

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has denied the UAE’s allegation that it fired missiles and drones at it, saying Tehran’s actions were “exclusively” directed at the US.

The ministry said in a statement that Iran would not “spare any action in taking the necessary and appropriate measures to defend its interests and national security”.

Rubio says US aims to restore Hormuz status ‘to the way it was’

Rubio says Washington’s preference is that the Strait of Hormuz goes “back to the way it was”.

That means “anyone can use it, no mines in the water and nobody paying tolls,” he said.

Rubio says US in touch with numerous shipping liners about Hormuz movement

Here are more remarks from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio from the White House:

  • The US has been in contact “with a bunch” of shipping liners about helping them move through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • “We hope to continue improving the security situation, and we’ll start to see some of that movement.”
  • A peace deal between the Israeli and Lebanese governments is “achievable”, but Rubio claims that Hezbollah is the “problem”.
  • The US hopes that Lebanon’s armed forces will develop the capacity to challenge and disarm Hezbollah.
  • As for restoring a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, “it’s not going to be easy… we’re going to do everything we can to make sure both sides continue to talk so that progress can be made”.

Trump threatens: Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth”

The Iranians are saying that the Americans have attacked civilian boats and killed five civilians.

They are denying that the boats that the Americans claim to have hit belong to Iran’s IRGC. Rather, they are saying they were civilian boats.

Trump rejects Iranian peace offer

The US president says Tehran’s proposed path to de-escalation is not acceptable
 
  • The United Arab Emirates said its air defences intercepted ballistic and cruise missiles fired from Iran, and a fire at an oil facility in Fujairah was reported after a drone attack.
  • Qatar, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Gulf Cooperation Council, France, Germany and the UK have all condemned the suspected Iranian missile and drone attack on the UAE.
  • US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if any US Navy ships come under fire in the Strait of Hormuz. The threat followed Iranian reports that missiles hit a US naval frigate in the strait, which the US military denied.
  • The US military said it sank several Iranian small boats that attempted to interfere with commercial shipping, as US forces attempt to escort vessels through the blockaded waterway, with Danish shipping company Maersk reporting that a US-flagged vehicle carrier transited the strait safely, under US escort.
  • The Reuters news agency reports that South Korea’s presidential office is reportedly investigating if the country can participate in President Trump’s “Project Freedom” in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • You can read more about the “Project Freedom” here.

‘Dangerous Escalation’

U.S. Sinks Iranian Boats in Hormuz

Trump Warns Regime Could Be ‘Blown Off the Face of the Earth’

A photo illustration taken in Nicosia on May 4, 2026, shows a person in front of a large s

President Donald Trump warned Monday that Iran would be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks U.S. vessels carrying out Project Freedom, as Iranian forces fired missiles, drones, and deployed fast-attack boats against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz — prompting U.S. forces to destroy six Iranian boats — while Tehran launched a major barrage at the United Arab Emirates.

Bessent: ‘We Have Absolute Control of the Strait’

 
Tehran denies US claim about sinking Iranian boats

The head of US Central Command said the American military had struck six boats in the Strait of Hormuz

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Vehicle Jihad in Germany

As always, ‘authorities’ are eager to obfuscate origin & motivation of the driver. In this case it’s a “German national with a history of mental illness”.

So the motive is a real head scratcher.

But if you scratch the surface you find this:

At least two dead and about twenty injured after a car plowed into a pedestrian area in #Leipzig. The driver, a 31-year-old man of Afghan origin, has been arrested.

Or this:

A savage Islamist-style terrorist assault has unfolded in Leipzig, Germany, where a lone assailant carried out a coordinated stabbing spree and deliberate vehicular ramming attack in a crowded pedestrian zone.

An Afghan jihadist murdered two Germans and seriously injured others by running over a crowd in a pedestrian area in Leipzig. For a couple of hours, it was front-page news in the Frankfurter Allgemeine. Now it has vanished. The price of diesel has made this Islamist attack and its victims disappear. Just like that. Journalism today is the enemy of the truth.

Germany: Muslim migrant opens fire upon cars on three straight days, wanted to kill ‘infidels’

Globalist Leaders Fear End of NATO

President Trump Says U.S. Will Withdraw ‘A Lot’ More Than 5,000 Troops From Germany

  • US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of 5,000 American troops from Germany, the Pentagon said on Friday, in an apparent rebuke to the NATO ally over its lack of support for Washington’s war on Tehran.
  • The ⁠US State Department said it ⁠was approving military sales ⁠worth more than $8.6bn to Middle Eastern ‌allies Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
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    Trump considering option to ‘blast the hell out of’ Iran

    US President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” with the latest peace proposal from Iran and warned that the alternative to talks is to “blast the hell out of” the country.

    The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Economic Collapse

    The supreme leaders and mad mullahs of Iran have spent more than $100 billion on their nuclear project. Many of the nuclear facilities , especially those at Natanz, Fordow, and especially Isfahan, have been destroyed or severely damaged. Iran has also spent tens of billions of dollars manufacturing thousands of ballistic missiles; Iran began the last war with 3,000 missiles, and is now believed to be down to 1,000. Continue reading Vehicle Jihad in Germany

UAE reports missile and drone strikes incoming from Iran


There are no immediate reports of casualties, and there has been no immediate comment from ‌Iran.

Update:

Iran says it fired missiles at US warship to prevent it entering Hormuz

Iranian state media says two missiles have struck a US navy destroyer to prevent it entering the Strait of Hormuz after the warship ignored warnings to halt. The attack comes after US President Donald Trump announced a naval mission to ‘guide’ stranded ships through the strait.

UAE Intercepts Iranian Missiles

An Iranian locally made cruise missile is fired during war games in the northern Indian Ocean and near the entrance to the Gulf
The United Arab Emirates reports interceptions of cruise missiles incoming from Iran [File: West Asia News Agency]
Published On 4 May 2026
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Air defences in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have intercepted missiles and incoming drone attacks from Iran.

The UAE Ministry of Defence said late on Monday afternoon that it was intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones across the country. It later reported that three missiles had been intercepted, with a fourth falling into the sea.

The strikes came as tension in the Gulf increased, with efforts to extend the ceasefire in the United States-Israeli war on Iran having failed to make a breakthrough, and rhetoric remaining elevated on both sides as they face off regarding the blockades in the Strait of Hormuz.

A senior Iranian military official said later on state TV that “Iran had no plans to target the UAE”.

Trump Announces ‘Project Freedom’ to Escort Ships Out of Hormuz — ‘Any Interference Will Be

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Iranian Embassies Recruit Iranians For ‘Sacrifice One’s Life For Iran’

Updates from the Strait:

  • US President Donald Trump has announced a naval mission, dubbed Project Freedom, to guide stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, with operations set to begin in the coming hours.
  • Iran: “We warn that any foreign armed force, especially the aggressive US army, will be attacked if they attempt to approach and enter the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Economic Pressure Against Iran – “We Are Suffocating the Regime and They Are Not Able to Pay Their Soldiers” (VIDEO)

UAE Warns ‘No Iranian Arrangements Can Be Trusted’ on Strait of Hormuz

How many ships are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz?

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) says up to 20,000 seafarers have been stranded on some 2,000 vessels in the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Israel war on Iran began.

The vessels include oil and gas tankers, bulk carriers, cargo ships and tourist cruise liners.

MEMRI.ORG
Iranian Embassies Recruit Iranians For ‘Sacrifice One’s Life For Iran’ Campaign In Germany, UK, Australia, Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Czech Republic ‘For Popular Defense Of The Land Of Iran’
In recent weeks, Iranian Embassies worldwide have been encouraging Iranians living abroad, “while wishing the warriors of Islam increasing success” and commending their “anti-enemy spirit,” to use the Iranian government’s existing Mikhak system,[1] which is used for governmental and consular service…

Former Muslim American Society top dog: ‘We have a divine civilizational project of guiding humanity’

Omeish is right. The Qur’an says: “You are the best of people that has been raised up for mankind. You command what is right and forbid what is wrong…” (3:110)

This encapsulates the divine mission, or “civilizational project of guiding humanity,” to which he refers. The Muslims, the best of people, must assert their authority to “command what is right and forbid what is wrong” over unbelievers, and in doing so, create the rightly guided society, organized according to the will of Allah. And so it must be understood that he is articulating a political imperative, for only once Muslims gain political power will they be able to “command what is right and forbid what is wrong.”

And so today, Sharia is advancing all over the U.S. under the claim that it is solely religious, while even Muslim leaders are saying more or less openly that they have a political agenda that is inherently supremacist. Few in power today, if any, realize these implications of what Esam Omeish is saying. Continue reading Iranian Embassies Recruit Iranians For ‘Sacrifice One’s Life For Iran’

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’