US Iran war LIVE updates: Israel is carrying out attacks in souther Lebanon, claimed an Al Jazeera reports.
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran said Tuesday the United States can no longer “dictate” actions to other nations, as Washington considers Tehran’s new proposal to end the West Asia war. Defence ministry spokesman Reza Talaei-Nik said the US must accept abandoning its “illegal and irrational demands,” according to state television….Read More
Amid rising tensions between the US and Iran, António Guterres warned that maritime security threats now affect every coastline and nation, even landlocked ones. He said growing global divisions are eroding trust, challenging international law, and putting the foundations of collective security under severe strain.
The United States Central Command said the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepted the tanker M/T Stream on Sunday, preventing it from reaching its destination. The vessel was stopped after it attempted to sail toward an Iranian port, according to the statement.
Oil prices rise
Oil prices edged higher as traders weighed prospects for peace talks in the Iran conflict, with the US reviewing Tehran’s proposal while the Strait of Hormuz remained largely impassable. Brent crude hovered near $109 a barrel after a 2.8% rise, reported Bloomberg.
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Earlier, A superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the few vessels to pass the blockaded route amid the US-Iran conflict, shipping data showed.
The 142-metre yacht Nord, valued at over $500 million, departed a Dubai marina around 1400 GMT on Friday, crossed the strait on Saturday morning, and reached Muscat early Sunday, according to MarineTraffic data.
It remains unclear how the luxury vessel secured permission to transit the route. Since February, Iran has heavily restricted movement through the strait, a crucial global chokepoint that typically carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. The rare passage underscores the tight controls in place and highlights the ongoing disruption to one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.
White House reviewing Iran proposal
The White House said US officials are reviewing Iran’s latest proposal but reiterated firm red lines, including preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
According to two regional officials, Iran has offered to ease its control over the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for the US lifting its blockade and ending the conflict, while deferring discussions on its nuclear programme.
However, US President Donald Trump is unlikely to accept the proposal, which was conveyed through Pakistan and leaves key disputes unresolved — issues that led to the US and Israel launching military action on February 28, the AP reported.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump held a meeting with national security officials earlier in the day to assess the offer.
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“His red lines with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear,” she said, adding that the president would address the issue “very soon.”
Araghchi meets Putin
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met Russian President Vladimir Putin as negotiations with the US to end the eight-week war remain stalled. Araghchi said he was coordinating with Russian officials after the US-Israeli military campaign disrupted bilateral talks, according to a foreign ministry statement. Iran’s foreign minister’s trip to Russia comes after a report emerged that Tehran was signaling willingness to accept an interim deal with the US whereby Iran reopens the Hormuz in exchange for Washington ending its blockade of Iranian ports.
Iran’s oil production beginning to stall, says US
Amid ongoing efforts to end the war, the United States is intensifying pressure on Iran to accept its proposal. On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the American blockade on Iranian ports is severely impacting the country’s oil sector, pushing it toward a potential shutdown.
In a post on X, Bessent claimed Iran’s oil production is beginning to stall under mounting pressure, warning that output could soon collapse entirely. He also suggested that fuel shortages may follow if the situation continues to worsen.
Using strong language, Bessent said remaining leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are increasingly constrained, comparing their position to being trapped. His remarks underscore Washington’s strategy of using economic and logistical pressure to force concessions, even as diplomatic talks remain deadlocked and prospects for a resolution appear uncertain.
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Apr 28, 2026 1:59:21 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Mossad head praises spy agency’s ‘groundbreaking’ work in Iran war
US Iran war news LIVE updates: The head of Israel’s Mossad has praised the spy agency’s “groundbreaking” operations in the war against Iran and Hezbollah, saying it acquired intelligence “from the heart of the enemy’s secrets”.
“In the campaigns against Iran and Hezbollah, we worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the IDF, on both defence and offence,” David Barnea said, referring to the Israeli military.
His remarks were delivered during a commendation ceremony at Mossad headquarters on Monday and published on Tuesday.
“We acquired strategic and tactical intelligence from the heart of the enemy’s secrets,” Barnea said, adding that Mossad had “proved new, groundbreaking operational capabilities in target countries”. (AFP)
Apr 28, 2026 1:41:05 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran says the US can no longer “dictate” policies to other nations
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran said on Tuesday that the United States was no longer able to “dictate” what other countries do, as Washington weighed a new proposal from Tehran on ending the Middle East war.
“The United States is no longer in a position to dictate its policy to independent nations,” defence ministry spokesman Reza Talaei-Nik said, according to state TV, adding Washington would “accept that it must abandon its illegal and irrational demands”. (AFP)
Apr 28, 2026 1:33:45 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israel attacks South Lebanon towns
Al Jazeera reports that an Israeli airstrike targeted Jabal al-Batoum town in southern Lebanon, while a drone strike hit the town of Majdal Zoun as well.
Apr 28, 2026 1:16:35 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: UN general secretary warns of eroding global trust, calls for dialogue as US-Iran crisis deepens
US Iran war news LIVE updates: As tensions between the US and Iran deepen, António Guterres has issued a stark reminder to the world. “Maritime security threats now reach every coastline and every nation — even those without direct access to the sea. In an increasingly divided global landscape, trust is eroding, international law is being openly challenged, and the very foundations of collective security are under strain,” said Guterres in a statement.
At a time when escalation feels imminent, the United Nations chief is urging restraint, dialogue, and confidence-building.
The path forward, he stresses, lies in peaceful resolution — guided by the UN Charter, particularly Chapter VI (Articles 33 & 34), which calls for negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy.
Guterres has also reiterated that his good offices remain available to help bridge divides and prevent further conflict.
Apr 28, 2026 12:53:44 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran ready to share defence capabilities with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran’s deputy defence minister Talaei-Nik says Tehran is ready to share its defensive weapons capabilities with members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, according to state media.
Apr 28, 2026 12:44:26 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israel continues to attack southern Lebanon, says report
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Israeli forces continue to carry out air raids and shelling in southern Lebanon, reports Al Jazeera. Earlier too, Israel had carried out attacks on Zawtar al-Shargiya and Bint Jbeil.
Apr 28, 2026 12:32:25 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Oil prices up 2% as no end to Iran war stand-off seems in sight
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Tuesday, extending gains from the previous session, as efforts to end the U.S.-Iran war appear stalled, with the crucial Strait of Hormuz waterway still mainly shut, keeping energy supplies from the key Middle East producing region out of the reach of global buyers. (Reuters)
Apr 28, 2026 12:14:22 PM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: King Charles to meet Trump as Iran war tests US-UK ties
US Iran war news LIVE updates: King Charles II is all set to meet US President Donald Trump during his visit to Washington. The British monarch’s visit to the US comes as the Iran war tests the relations between the UK and Washington. The British King is on a four day visit to the US.
Apr 28, 2026 11:57:16 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Gold hits three-week low with US-Iran talks in focus
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Gold fell to a three-week low on Tuesday, as elevated oil prices kept inflation concerns high, while investors awaited key central bank decisions this week to see if the Middle East conflict has altered the interest rate outlook. (Reuters)
Apr 28, 2026 11:31:56 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: US says ‘No Iran deal without firm curbs on nuclear weapons ambitions’
US Iran war news LIVE updates: While Iran reportedly wants to defer discussions on its nuclear programme, the US insists no deal is possible without preventing Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. “We can’t let them get away with it,” Marco Rubio said in a Fox News interview on Monday. “We have to ensure that any deal that is made… definitively prevents them from sprinting towards a nuclear weapon at any point.”
Apr 28, 2026 11:11:50 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: West Asia war complicates Chabahar talks with US and Iran, says India
US Iran war news LIVE updates: India said the war in the Middle East is a “complicating factor” as it holds talks with both Washington and Tehran over options to safeguard its $120 million investment in Iran’s Chabahar port.
“This issue is under discussion with both Iran and US,” Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said in a statement on Monday. “Obviously, the current conflict is also a complicating factor.”
New Delhi signed a 10-year contract with Iran’s Port and Maritime Organization in 2024, seeking to develop Chabahar as an alternative gateway to ship goods to Afghanistan and Central Asia, bypassing rival Pakistan. In 2018, the US gave India a sanctions waiver to operate at the port. That exemption was revoked in September 2025, but after lobbying from New Delhi, a waiver was given until April this year.
Officials had been hopeful the sanctions waiver would be extended, but rising tensions between the US and Iran have made that unlikely, Bloomberg News reported earlier this month, citing people familiar with the matter.
Apr 28, 2026 10:56:55 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Economic impact of war on Iran
1. Iran has lost at least 1 million jobs directly because of the war, Deputy Labor Minister Gholamhossein Mohammadi said, according to state media.
2. But the ripple effects put some 10 million to 12 million jobs at risk — half of Iran’s labor force — warns Hadi Kahalzadeh, an Iranian economist.
3. Dairies struggle to find packages for milk and butter. Giant steel mills that once drove Iran’s economy have gone silent.
4. The cost of chicken is up 75% the past month, and beef and lamb jumped 68%. Many dairy products have increased by half. (AP)
Apr 28, 2026 10:41:27 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: US guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepts Iranian tanker M/T Stream
US Iran war news LIVE updates: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that the guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta intercepted the M/T Stream on Sunday, preventing the vessel from reaching its intended destination.
The American warship stopped the tanker “after it attempted to sail to an Iranian port,” according to a statement released by CENTCOM.
Apr 28, 2026 10:16:48 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: What does Iran’s latest proposal include?
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian media said Sunday that foreign minister Abbas Araghchi would convey to Pakistan, which is mediating peace talks, that the conflict could end if the US lift their naval blockade, agree to a new legal framework for traffic transiting the strait and guarantee there will be no future military action against Iran.
Apr 28, 2026 10:07:13 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Russian billionaire’s superyacht sailed crosses deadlocked Strait of Hormuz
US Iran war LIVE updates: Earlier today, a Russian billionaire’s superyacht — Nord — reportedly sailed through the deadlocked Strait of Hormuz, becoming one of the very few vessels to transit through the key waterway through which a fifth of world’s oil and gas needs travel.
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Apr 28, 2026 9:52:26 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Tehran slams US’ seizure of ships carrying Iranian oil
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday condemned the US’s seizure of vessels carrying Iranian oil.
Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, “This is the outright legalization of piracy and armed robbery on the high seas.”
“Welcome to the return of the pirates — only now, they operate with government-issued warrants, sail under official flags, and call their plunder “law enforcement”,” he said in a post on X.
“The United States must be held fully accountable for this brazenly lawless behavior, which strikes at the heart of international law & international free trade, and threatens the basic principles of maritime security,” Baghaei added.
Apr 28, 2026 9:34:37 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Oil prices climb as US reviews Iran proposal
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Oil prices edged higher as traders assessed prospects for peace talks over the Iran conflict, with the US reviewing a proposal from Tehran while the Strait of Hormuz remained largely impassable.
Brent crude traded near $109 a barrel after rising 2.8% on Monday, while West Texas Intermediate held above $97. Donald Trump convened a meeting to discuss the proposal but reiterated firm “red lines” for any deal, including preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. (Bloomberg)
Apr 28, 2026 9:27:16 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: First LNG export since Iran war appears to exit Hormuz
US Iran war news LIVE updates: The first liquefied natural gas shipment since the war in the Middle East began two months ago appears to have traversed the Strait of Hormuz to exit the Persian Gulf.
The Mubaraz — which loaded a cargo from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s Das Island facility in the United Arab Emirates around early March — is now passing the southern tip of India, according to ship-tracking data. The tanker had been idling inside the Gulf, but stopped sending a signal around March 31, before re-appearing west of India on April 27, the data show. (Bloomberg)
Apr 28, 2026 9:08:10 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Rubio on why US has blocked shipping from Iranian protest
US Iran war news LIVE updates: “The blockade is not a blockade against shipping, it’s a blockade against Iranian shipping—because they cannot be the sole beneficiaries of an illegal, unlawful, and unjustified system of tolling and control in the straits,” said Rubio in an interview to Fox News.
Apr 28, 2026 8:53:15 AM IST
Marco Rubio questions Mojtaba Khamenei’s credibility, authority as Iran’s potential supreme leader
US Iran war news LIVE updates: “We have indications that he (Mojtaba Khamenei) is (alive). We don’t have evidence that he is not. I think the unresolved questions here are that does he have the same credibility that his father did. For many years, there have been internal debates in Iran on whether there should be hereditary-based sucession. Does he have the clerical credentials to act as the supreme leader. is he actually making the decisions,” Rubio to Fox News.
Apr 28, 2026 8:26:28 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Trump unhappy with Iran’s latest propoal, says report
US Iran war news LIVE updates: A US official said on Monday that President Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it did not address Iran’s nuclear program. “He doesn’t love the proposal,” the U.S. official said, referring to Trump. Earlier in the day, Trump discussed the proposal with his top national security aides. The U.S.-Iran conflict remains in a stalemate with energy supplies from the region reduced. Iranian sources earlier on Monday said the proposal would set aside discussion of Iran’s nuclear program until the war has ended and disputes over shipping from the Gulf are resolved. Washington has said nuclear issues must be dealt with from the outset. (Reuters)
Apr 28, 2026 8:12:23 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran reveals details of Minab school strike death toll
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran on Tuesday released details of casualties from a strike on a school on the first day of the Middle East war, according to state media, said a AFP report.
A total of 120 children—73 boys and 47 girls—were killed in the February 28 attack on an elementary school in Minab, state broadcaster IRIB and local outlets reported.
The strike coincided with the day the United States and Israel launched attacks across Iran. In response, Tehran carried out retaliatory strikes targeting sites in Israel and across Gulf countries.
Apr 28, 2026 7:57:28 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Rubio says Trump to take call if no deal is reached with Iran
US Iran war news LIVE updates: US secretary of state, Marco Rubio said the it will be ‘US president’s decision to make’ if no deal is reached with Iran. “The level of sanctions on Iran are extraordinary, the level of pressure on Iran is extraordinary, and I think more can be brought to bear.”
Apr 28, 2026 7:45:41 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Araghchi welcomes Moscow’s support for diplomacy
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday he welcomed Russia’s support for diplomacy and praised the strength of ties between the two countries, after meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Monday, saying recent events had demonstrated the depth of their strategic partnership.
Russia has offered to mediate to try to help restore calm to the Middle East following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that Moscow has strongly condemned.
Russia has also repeatedly offered to store Iran’s enriched uranium as a way of defusing tensions, a proposal spurned by the United States. (Reuters)
Apr 28, 2026 7:40:42 AM IST
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Iran’s oil industry is beginning to shut down, says US
US Iran war news LIVE updates: Amid the ongoing talks to end the war, the US is continuing to put more pressure on Iran to accept their proposal. On Monday Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, wrote that thanks to the US blockade of the Iranian ports, the oil industry in Iran is begging to shut operations.
“While the surviving IRGC Leaders are trapped like drowning rats in a sewage pipe, Iran’s creaking oil industry is starting to shut in production thanks to the U.S. BLOCKADE. Pumping will soon collapse. GASOLINE SHORTAGES IN IRAN NEXT,” wrote Bessent on X.
Apr 28, 2026 7:31:59 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran’s Abbas Araghchi hails strong Russia ties, welcomes support for diplomacy amid regional flux
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met Russian president Vladimir Putin and wrote on X that recent events amid the development in West Asia have seen the depth and strength of Russia-Iran strategic partnership.
“Pleased to engage with Russia at the highest level as the region is in major flux. Recent events have evidenced the depth and strength of our strategic partnership. As our relationship continues to grow, we are grateful for solidarity and welcome Russia’s support for diplomacy,” wrote Araghchi.
Apr 28, 2026 7:13:37 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Russian-linked superyacht crossed Hormuz amid US blockade of Iranian ports
US Iran war LIVE updates: A superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, shipping data showed, one of very few vessels to transit the blockaded shipping lane at the heart of the US-Iran conflict.
Nord – a 142-meter (465-foot) yacht worth over $500 million – left a Dubai marina at around 1400 GMT on Friday, crossed the strait on Saturday morning, and arrived in Muscat early on Sunday, according to data on the MarineTraffic platform.
It is not clear how the multi-deck pleasure vessel gained permission to use the route. Since February, Iran has severely restricted traffic through the strait, which typically handles around one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. (Reuters)
Apr 28, 2026 7:12:11 AM IST
US Iran war LIVE updates: Trump unlikely to accept offer from Iran, says report
US Iran war LIVE updates: Iran has proposed easing its grip on the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade and ends the war, while deferring talks on its nuclear programme, two regional officials said. However, Donald Trump is unlikely to accept the offer—conveyed via Pakistan—as it leaves unresolved the issues that led the US and Israel to go to war on February 28, according to AP.
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