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2026-05-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Iran submits new proposal to end war; Trump says he’s ‘not satisfied’
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[IsraelTimes] Offer sent via Pakistan said to envision US unwinding blockade at start of Hormuz talks rather than as precondition; suggests nuclear negotiations in exchange for sanctions relief
On Friday, the US warned shippers that they risked sanctions if they paid tolls to Iran
 ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to pass through the Strait. An EU official told AFP that the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas had spoken with Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi by phone Friday about diplomatic efforts to reopen the strait.
Underlining the concerns of Gulf states, which rely on the strait to export oil, UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said that the "collective international will and provisions of international law" were the primary guarantors of freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
"And, of course, no unilateral Iranian arrangements can be trusted or relied upon following its treacherous aggression against all its neighbors," Gargash wrote on X.
TRUMP OFFICIAL CLAIMS TRUCE RESET CLOCK ON CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION
Iran launched missile and dronezaps across the region in response to the bombing campaign that the US and Israel launched on Iran on February 28 in a bid to destabilize its regime and destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, and then extended it indefinitely hours before it was set to end last week.
A senior Trump administration official said Friday that the ceasefire "terminated" hostilities between the US and Iran for the purposes of the 1973 US War Powers Act.
The act requires US presidents who launch hostilities without congressional approval to either end them within 60 days or seek an extension from politicians.
Trump formally faced that deadline for the Iran war on Friday, but his administration is arguing that the ceasefire has reset the clock.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Senate, the partisans of Honorius went for their knives and the partisans of Stilicho went for the doors...
Iran’s judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei insisted in a video statement Friday that the US achieved "nothing" during the war, and that Tehran was open to negotiations but would not "back down" in them.
"The Islamic Theocratic Republic has never shied away from negotiations... but we certainly do not accept imposition," said Ejei in the statement, which was carried by the judiciary’s Mizan Online website.
"We do not welcome war in any way; we do not want war, we do not want its continuation," but Iran is "absolutely not willing to abandon our principles and values in the face of this malicious enemy to avoid war or prevent its continuation," Ejei said.
Two senior Iranian sources told Rooters on condition of anonymity that Iran has activated air defenses and plans a wide response if attacked, having assessed that there will be a short, intensive US strike, possibly followed by an Israeli attack.
Unnamed US officials and two other informed sources were also cited by NBC on Friday as saying Iran has been preparing for the ceasefire’s potential collapse by digging out missiles and other munitions from both underground storage units and under rubble.
Washington has assessed that Tehran wants to be ready to quickly renew drone and missile attacks if the war resumes, the report said, adding that Trump would decide how to proceed in the next few days.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Senate, the partisans of Honorius went for their knives and the partisans of Stilicho went for the doors...
a kaboom of leftover bombs from strikes during the war against Iran killed 14 members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian media reported on Friday.
A report by the Nournews website, believed to be close to Iran’s security, said the earth-shattering kaboom happened near the northern city of Zanjan, which is northwest of Tehran.
It was the largest number of IRGC members reported to be killed since the ceasefire began on April 7. The report said the ammunition included cluster bombs and air mines dropped during the fighting.
US warns shippers that paying Iran to traverse Hormuz may incur sanctions
[IsraelTimes] Iran demands payments for safe passage through blockaded Strait, including in form of charitable donations; US Treasury threatens punitive action against shippers who comply.
OFAC advised companies this week that paying the tolls puts them at risk, but clarified on Friday that payments disguised through charity or indirect payments are not allowed.
OFAC said demands may include several payment options, including fiat currency, digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments, such as nominally charitable donations made to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, the foundation Bonyad Mostazafan, or Iranian embassy accounts.
“OFAC is issuing this alert to warn US and non-US persons about the sanctions risks of making these payments to, or soliciting guarantees from, the Iranian regime for safe passage,” it said. “These risks exist regardless of payment method.”
The Treasury did not offer details on any countries or companies that have made such indirect payments. There have been reports of at least one payment of $2 million having been made for a vessel to traverse the strait.
OFAC also imposed fresh sanctions on what it said were three Iranian foreign currency exchange houses, saying they facilitate billions of dollars in transactions annually, and their associated front companies.
The office also imposed Iran-related sanctions on the Panama-flagged NEW FUSION oil products tanker. “We will relentlessly target the regime’s ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds, and pursue anyone enabling Tehran’s attempts to evade sanctions,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Analysts have long said that China, Iran’s largest buyer of oil, will continue to buy the petroleum until the US imposes sanctions on its banks. Such a move, however, could damage the Washington-Beijing relationship.
Iran’s largest crypto exchange enables IRGC to move millions despite sanctions
[IsraelTimes] Brothers who founded Nobitex in 2018 hid ties to powerful family that has advised and married into Khamenei and Khomeini clans; firm denies receiving government support.
UN nuclear chief: Much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium likely still buried at Isfahan site
[IsraelTimes] IAEA’s Grossi says inspectors need access to nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Fordo and Natanz; says US-Iran talks very different from those of 2015 due to Iran’s nuclear progress.
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