{"id":116383,"date":"2026-05-16T09:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/116383\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:04:11","slug":"iran-us-war-latest-trump-claims-worlds-most-active-terrorist-has-been-killed-and-sets-out-new-nuclear-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/116383\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-US war latest Trump claims world\u2019s \u2018most active terrorist\u2019 has been killed and sets out new nuclear demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Trump claims \u2018most\u2019 Iranians have same first name<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> has claimed \u201cmost\u201d Iranians have the same first name.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s comment was made during a Fox News interview that aired Friday evening, in which he talked about the U.S. Space Force\u2019s ability to surveil Iranian nuclear sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpace Force, which I created, has got cameras \u2014 nine different cameras \u2014 in space on that site,\u201d he told Special Report host Bret Baier during his trip to China this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know everybody that moves there. We can read the name of a person. If his name is Muhammad something \u2014 and most of \u2019em are Muhammad, you can guess about 50 percent right \u2014 we can read his name right on his tag from space,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Thomas16 May 2026 10:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iraq exported 10 miilion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in April<\/p>\n

Basim Mohammed, has said the country exported 10 million barrels of oil via the Strait of Hormuz last month – down from 93 million – according to reports from Reuters.<\/p>\n

Oil exports from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq have been curtailed due to the closure of the key waterway during the war.<\/p>\n

“We export 200,000 barrels through Ceyhan port, and we \u2060have a plan to increase \u200bit to 500,000 barrels,” \u200bMohammed said. <\/p>\n

Iraq’s crude exports through the Kirkuk\u2013Ceyhan \u200boil pipeline resumed in March, after Baghdad and \u200cthe \u2060Kurdistan Regional Government agreed on restarting flows.<\/p>\n

Iraq plans to engage \u200bwith the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to boost the \u2060its production and export capacity, the minister said, adding that Baghdad aims \u2060to reach a production \u200bcapacity of five million barrels per \u200bday.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Thomas16 May 2026 09:21<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump says \u2018most active terrorist in the world\u2019 killed by US and Nigerian forces<\/p>\n

U.S.<\/a> President Donald Trump<\/a> said Friday Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of Isis<\/a> globally, was killed in an operation conducted by U.S. and Nigerian forces.<\/p>\n

“Tonight, at my direction, brave \u200bAmerican \u2060forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the \u2060most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbu-Bilal al-Minuki, second \u200bin \u2060command of ISIS globally, \u200cthought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he \u200cwas doing,” Trump said on Truth \u200cSocial.<\/p>\n

Trump did not disclose in his post the exact location of the operation.<\/p>\n

Al-Minuki, a Nigerian national, was designated as a “specially designated global terrorist” by the \u2060former Biden administration in 2023, according to the U.S. Federal Register.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Thomas16 May 2026 09:01<\/p>\n

<\/a>FIFA officials to meet Iranian FA to discuss World Cup on Saturday – reports<\/p>\n

FIFA officials are set to meet the Iranian FA in Istanbul to offer \u201creassurance\u201d over the country\u2019s participation in the World Cup, according to reports from Reuters. <\/p>\n

A source familiar with the talks told Reuters that FIFA was working with the relevant authorities to ensure all teams at the World Cup, which is set to be held in the US, were able to compete.<\/p>\n

Iran is set to play three World Cup matches, but its participation has been in question since the onset of the US-Israel war with Iran in February. <\/p>\n

Rebecca Thomas16 May 2026 09:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Key demand of senior Iranian officials<\/p>\n

The main demand of senior Iranian officials seems to be guarantees against future US-Israeli attacks as a precondition for negotiations.<\/p>\n

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said yesterday that the US must satisfy Iranian \u201cconfidence-building\u201d before starting negotiations.<\/p>\n

The Iranian regime seeks that the US recognise its control over the Strait of Hormuz as one such guarantee.<\/p>\n

Vishwam Sankaran16 May 2026 09:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>UN states backing Trump’s resolution will be responsible for escalation, says Iran<\/p>\n

The UN states who co-sponsor Donald Trump\u2019s draft resolution for the Strait of Hormuz will share responsibility for any military escalation, Iranian officials have warned. <\/p>\n

The statement published on the social media site X accused the US of seeking to \u201cexploit\u201d supportive member states to engineer a false image of \u201cbroad international support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca Thomas16 May 2026 08:39<\/p>\n

<\/a>Even Iran’s own export hub has paused oil shipments<\/p>\n

Iran’s key export hub, Kharg Island, has paused shipments likely due to an oil spill in the area, satellite images suggest.<\/p>\n

Reports from TankerTrackers, a firm that uses satellite imagery to monitor vessels, point to a multi-day pause in the loading of big ships at the island.<\/p>\n

This follows a large oil spill reported around the site on 9 May by the New York Times.<\/p>\n

Iran remained one country easily moving oil through the Strait of Hormuz, but the oil spill seems to have disrupted its dominance in the area as well.<\/p>\n

Vishwam Sankaran16 May 2026 08:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran says lack of trust is biggest hurdle to end war with US<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said today that a lack of trust with the US is the biggest obstacle to ending the war.<\/p>\n

He said contradictory messages from the Trump administration \u201cmade us reluctant about the real intentions of Americans”.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in doubt about their seriousness,\u201d Araghchi said, adding that Iran would welcome diplomatic support from other countries, particularly from China.<\/p>\n

He said the issue of Tehran’s enriched uranium stockpile is one of the most difficult subjects in negotiations with the US.<\/p>\n

Vishwam Sankaran16 May 2026 08:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Trump’s $40bn Hormuz ship insurance scheme has had zero takers \u2013 report<\/p>\n

Nearly two months after US president Donald Trump announced a government programme to provide insurance to ships seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz, not even a single user has used the scheme, a new report suggests.<\/p>\n

In March, Trump announced that the US would provide insurance to ships seeking to pass through the Strait \u201cat a very reasonable price\u201d, with insurers Chubb and AIG roped in to help provide cover.<\/p>\n

He posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, that the US Development Finance Corporation would provide \u201cat a very reasonable price, political risk insurance and guarantees for the Financial Security of ALL Maritime Trade, especially Energy, travelling through the Gulf”.<\/p>\n

\"\"(Getty)<\/p>\n

But the $40bn programme has not been used at all till now, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the scheme’s operations.<\/p>\n

This comes even as reports suggest at least 38 ships have been attacked or struck since the conflict began, and 11 seafarers killed while transiting through the Strait.<\/p>\n

Vishwam Sankaran16 May 2026 07:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Hormuz strait will open in ‘summer at the latest’: US energy secretary<\/p>\n

The US energy secretary Chris Wright said yesterday that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen \u201csometime this summer at the latest”.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraffic will be flowing through the Straits of Hormuz, you know, as soon as we can, but certainly sometime this summer at the latest,\u201d Wright said, later adding that a deal could be struck \u201cin the next few days” at the earliest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done the early steps on that, but [what\u2019s] better is to get a deal and not have to use military force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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