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A man flashes a victory sign as he carries an Iranian flag in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting the American aircrafts into the Iranian armed forces fishing net with signs that read in Farsi: “The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground,” at the Eqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026.<\/p>\n
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A man drives his motorbike with a poster on its windshield depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, top, and his father, the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strikes on Feb. 28, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Mourners react during the funeral of 13 state security officers killed the previous day in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s coastal city of Sidon, Saturday, April 11, 2026.<\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington.<\/p>\n
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Family members pray at the grave of a relative buried alongside Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strikes, in a cemetery in Choueifat, Lebanon, Monday, April 13, 2026.<\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. military has begun a blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas and Iran responded with threats on ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Trump had vowed earlier to block the Strait of Hormuz entirely.<\/p>\n
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Trump later suggested he was willing to engage with Iran, saying he had spoken to \u201cthe other side.\u201d This came after he warned on social media that Iranian warships coming \u201canywhere close\u201d to the U.S. blockade would be destroyed.<\/p>\n
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Ceasefire talks between the U.S. and Iran ended Sunday without an agreement, raising questions about what happens when the current two-week truce expires on April 22. The Israeli military, meanwhile, pushed ahead with its offensive in southern Lebanon, engaging in fierce fighting with Hezbollah militants over a strategic town, while the group fires rockets and drones at northern Israel.<\/p>\n
Pakistan proposes second round of talks in Islamabad<\/p>\n
Pakistan has proposed hosting a second round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad in the coming days, before the end of the ceasefire, two Pakistani officials said.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter with the press, said the proposal would depend on whether the parties request a different location.<\/p>\n One of the officials said that, despite ending without an agreement, the first talks were part of an ongoing diplomatic process rather than a one-off effort.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Vance says Iranians made \u2018some progress\u2019 in talks on nuclear issues<\/p>\n U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with Fox News Channel\u2019s \u201cSpecial Report\u201d that negotiations \u201cdid make some progress\u201d in the Islamabad talks on the U.S. insistence on the removal of nuclear material from Iran as well as a mechanism to ensure uranium cannot be enriched in the future.<\/p>\n \u201cThey moved in our direction,\u201d Vance said in the interview. He said he thought Iranian negotiators were \u201cunable to cut a deal\u201d and needed to get approval from others in Tehran.<\/p>\n Vance also said that U.S. negotiators made clear that Trump \u201cwould be very happy if Iran was treated like a normal country, if it had a normal economy,\u201d but he did not go into details about what he meant.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cThere really is, I think, a grand deal to be had here. But, it\u2019s up to the Iranians, I think, to take the next step,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n The White House won\u2019t say if talks are in the works<\/p>\n The White House was not responsive to queries about whether new talks were being weighed.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump, Vice President Vance and the negotiating team have made the U.S. red lines very clear. The Iranians desperation for a deal will only increase with President Trump\u2019s highly effective Naval blockade now in effect,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n US and Iran could be headed toward a second round of talks, AP sources say<\/p>\n The sides are weighing new in-person negotiations in a bid to reach a deal aimed at ending their six-week war before the ceasefire expires next week, two U.S. officials and person familiar with the development said.<\/p>\n The three said discussions were still underway about a new round of talks, while a diplomat from one of the mediating countries went further to say Tehran and Washington have agreed to it.<\/p>\n All four spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic negotiations.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear if the same level of delegation would be expected to attend, the diplomat and U.S. officials said.<\/p>\n The diplomat and U.S. officials said Islamabad, Pakistan, was once again being discussed as the host location. The U.S. officials also said Geneva was a possibility, and that while the venue and timing had not been decided, the talks could happen Thursday.<\/p>\n The White House didn\u2019t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n Trump told reporters earlier Monday that \u201cwe\u2019ve been called by the other side\u201d and \u201cthey want to work a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u2014 By Farnoush Amiri, Aamer Madhani and Matthew Lee<\/p>\n Official says Iran is seeking compensation from 5 Middle East countries<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s representative to the United Nations has demanded compensation from countries it says participated in the U.S. and Israeli war effort against Iran.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s state media report the nations include Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s official news agency, IRNA, said that the U.N. representative, Amir-Saeid Iravani, claimed the countries had violated international law and had to \u201cmake full compensation for the damages caused to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including payment of compensation for all material and moral damages resulting from their international violations.\u201d<\/p>\n Many US Catholics dismayed by Trump\u2019s verbal attack on Pope Leo<\/p>\n A majority of U.S. Catholic voters supported Trump in his 2024 presidential victory.<\/p>\n Yet across the broad Catholic political spectrum \u2013 even among conservative-leaning bishops \u2013 there is dismay over Trump\u2019s unprecedented verbal assault on Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead their church.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Leo says he is sharing a Gospel message and not directly attacking Trump or anyone else with his appeals for peace and criticism of attitudes fueling the Iran war.<\/p>\n Criticism of Trump came from Archbishop Paul Coakley<\/a>, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and from Minnesota-based Bishop Robert Barron,<\/a> who only a few days ago was applauding Trump as an Easter guest at the White House.<\/p>\n Barron called the president\u2019s remarks \u201centirely inappropriate and disrespectful\u201d and urged him to apologize.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Thune says US has been \u2018effective\u2019 in Iran war but needs a plan to end it<\/p>\n \u201cThey do need a plan for how to wind this down, how to get an outcome that actually leads to a safer, more secure Middle East and, by extension, a stronger national security position for the United States,\u201d the Senate majority leader told reporters after returning from a two-week recess Monday.<\/p>\n On Trump\u2019s blockade of ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, Thune said that \u201cpenalizing those who do business with the Iranians may get people\u2019s attention,\u201d including China, which depends on energy in the region.<\/p>\n \u201cThat probably more than anything else right now, is going to be the key issue to resolving the situation, getting the Iranians to the table,\u201d Thune said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Majority Leader Thune says White House spending request for war \u2018has been scaled back\u2019<\/p>\n Senate Majority Leader John Thune says it\u2019s his understanding that a potential request from the White House to pay for the Iran war has been scaled back, but he did not give a specific number.<\/p>\n Congress is still waiting for the request, which could total hundreds of billions of dollars. The Pentagon sent the White House a request for $200 billion last month, but Trump has not yet asked Congress to approve any new amount for the war.<\/p>\n Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, told reporters that the request will be an \u201cinflection point\u201d for Republicans, as Congress will have to vote to approve it. That is a \u201cpower that Congress has to influence what happens there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n UN says Israel has opened second crossing for aid deliveries to Gaza<\/p>\n The U.N. humanitarian office reports that Israeli authorities reopened the Zikim crossing into northern Gaza for the first time in more than 40 days, the U.N. spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Five international aid groups recently said humanitarian conditions in Gaza have deteriorated further since the Iran war began.<\/p>\n Over the weekend, supplies were unloaded, and the U.N. resumed collecting the cargo inside Gaza on Monday, starting with food, nutrition products and other humanitarian items, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Opening the Zikim crossing \u201cwill help address a critical need by allowing supplies to enter northern Gaza directly, so we don\u2019t have to truck them from the south,\u201d where Kemen Shalom is the only other crossing open for goods, he said.<\/p>\n But despite the opening, Dujarric said, \u201cMajor constraints\u202fremain.\u201d<\/p>\n He pointed to Israeli customs clearance delays, insufficient screening capacity, which makes approval for critical items difficult, and blanket bans on some U.N. agencies and partner organizations \u201cthat are central and critical to the joint humanitarian response in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n Global financial organizations warn of oil shock<\/p>\n The directors of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the International Energy Agency said Monday that the war\u2019s damage to energy facilities could keep fuel and fertilizer prices high for \u201ca prolonged period.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Fatih Birol, executive director of the IEA, said the disruptions to oil supplies from the conflict is \u201cthe greatest energy security challenge in history.\u201d One-third of the 80 Mideast energy facilities his agency is monitoring have been damaged.<\/p>\n Birol spoke at IMF headquarters after meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, and Ajay Banga, president of the World Bank.<\/p>\n Birol warned that April could be worse than March for the world economy because many fuel shipments from before the war were still arriving in ports last month.<\/p>\n U.S. oil prices were $98 a barrel in afternoon trading, after topping $100 earlier Monday.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n US military has 16 warships in the Middle East<\/p>\n But military officials have offered few details about how a blockade of Iranian ports would actually work.<\/p>\n Aside from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy has 11 destroyers, three amphibious assault ships, and a littoral combat ship, all in the waters of the Middle East, a defense official said.<\/p>\n A second defense official says no U.S. warships are in the Persian Gulf \u2014 the body of water that forms most of Iran\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations.<\/p>\n Trump said the blockade had taken effect Monday.<\/p>\n The second defense official pointed to a notice to mariners as a more accurate representation of the military\u2019s plans. It says access to Iranian ports is being restricted, but how these measures \u201cwill be applied in practice … are in development.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2014 By Konstantin Toropin<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Oil prices ease back from their morning spurts as US stocks rally on a still-hopeful Wall Street<\/p>\n The S&P 500 rallied 1% Monday and is back to within 1.3% of its record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.2%.<\/p>\n Even in the oil market, where prices jumped above $100 per barrel after ceasefire talks failed to end the war, prices pared their leaps as Monday progressed. The moves for financial markets overall were much more modest than the extreme swings that have hit since the war began in late February.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Naval blockades can be a tool for applying pressure<\/p>\n Blockades alone typically don\u2019t settle military conflicts, but they can be a way of exerting pressure on an adversary\u2019s economy, experts tell the AP. That\u2019s likely President Donald Trump\u2019s intention in declaring a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n Blockades are \u201cvery much a gradual tool,\u201d said Sidharth Kaushal, a naval power expert at the Royal United Services Institute defense and security think tank in London.<\/p>\n Throughout history, blockades have been a way for one power to drain another\u2019s economy by disrupting the flow of goods in and out of a country. But they take time, and can also require significant resources by the blockading force.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a form of economic warfare,\u201d said Raul Pedrozo, professor of international law at the U.S. Naval War College.<\/p>\n Navigating the legal questions of a US blockade<\/p>\n To meet international law, a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz must be officially announced and effectively and impartially enforced, legal experts tell the AP.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to apply it to everybody going in and out of Iran,\u201d said Raul Pedrozo, professor of international law at the U.S. Naval War College. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t just apply to people we don\u2019t like.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The requirements are to warn mariners of any blockade and ensure it is enforced fairly and responsibly. International law experts will also be watching to see if the U.S. allows humanitarian aid, food or medicine to reach Iran.<\/p>\n \u201cHow it is carried out will determine whether it is lawful or not,\u201d Todd Huntley, a retired Navy captain and director of Georgetown University\u2019s National Security Law Program.<\/p>\n Netanyahu focuses on Iran in Holocaust speech<\/p>\n The Israeli leader says the war against Iran was a powerful contrast to the Holocaust.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In an address marking Israel\u2019s annual Holocaust memorial day, Netanyahu said that while Jews were like an \u201cabused animal crying in agony\u201d at the hands of the Nazis, the modern state of Israel fights back against its enemies.<\/p>\n He then listed several Iranian nuclear sites alongside Nazi death camps.<\/p>\n \u201cHad we not acted, the names Natanz, Fordow, Isfahan and Parchin might have been remembered eternally in infamy, just like Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Sobibor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Netanyahu often uses the annual address to lash out at Iran.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Finnish president says he doesn\u2019t see US withdrawal from NATO; allies will assist after Iran war ends<\/p>\n During a panel on Monday, Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb said that he \u201csees no signs\u201d of America abandoning the trans-Atlantic alliance despite Trump\u2019s threats over NATO countries\u2019 refusal to help with the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n \u201cSo don\u2019t underestimate the interest of the United States to stay engaged with the alliance,\u201d Stubb said at an event at the Brookings Institution.<\/p>\n The European leader has often leveraged his good relationship with Trump \u2014 the two men have played golf together and speak regularly \u2014 to argue against his \u201cAmerica First\u201d posturing. Stubb also reiterated that a \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d would help ensure the critical waterway was opened after the war ended.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s my job as president of Finland to try to save the situation and convince the Americans that without allies, it\u2019s difficult to project power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n At least 2 tankers turn around after approaching the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n The vessel-tracker MarineTraffic said in a post on the social platform X that the ships reversed course within minutes of approaching the critical waterway, shortly after the U.S. blockade began.<\/p>\n It said one of the tankers departed the United Arab Emirates\u2019 Sharjah anchorage on Monday, bound for China. It was not immediately clear where the second vessel was headed.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just gas prices: Some U.S. water utilities are reporting that the war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water.<\/p>\n The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies says it expects additional shortages as the war stresses the supply chain. Israel is a major supplier of the chemical used to fluoridate drinking water.<\/p>\n The number of water utilities affected so far is small, but the shortage is affecting hundreds of thousands of people.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Dentists say a short-term drop in fluoride levels should be fine for most people, but longer-term disruptions could put Americans, especially young children, at higher risk for tooth decay.<\/p>\n Trump says \u2018we\u2019ve been called by the other side\u2019 but offers no details on conversation<\/p>\n Speaking outside the Oval Office on Monday, Trump suggested the U.S. is still willing to engage with Iran to negotiate a resolution.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cI can tell you that we\u2019ve been called by the other side,\u201d Trump said, adding, \u201cWe\u2019ve been called this morning by the right people, the appropriate people, and they want to work a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump did not say who called or what was discussed.<\/p>\n Trump confirms that Strait of Hormuz blockade started at 10 am Monday<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t let a country blackmail or extort the world because that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing,\u201d Trump said of Iran.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Trump repeated his argument that safeguarding the strait is of greater concern to other parts of the globe than the United States. The effective closure of the strait since the start of the war, however, impacts global oil prices \u2014 which has led to surging gas prices for American motorists and rising inflation on other goods.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t use this strait,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe have our own oil and gas, much more than we need.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump says he won\u2019t apologize to Pope Leo over Iran war criticisms<\/p>\n Trump is refusing to apologize for sharply criticizing Pope Leo, saying that the pontiff \u201cwent public\u201d in his criticisms of the war in Iran, and \u201cI\u2019m just responding.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In comments to reporters outside the Oval Office, Trump added, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to apologize for\u201d and said of Leo, \u201cHe\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump was also asked about posting an image of himself as a saintlike healer, which seemed to draw comparisons between himself and Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n The image was posted Sunday night and drew widespread condemnation from Evangelical Christian leaders and has since been taken down.<\/p>\n Trump said, \u201cI did post it.\u201d But he suggested it had something to do with the Red Cross and insisted: \u201cIt\u2019s supposed to be me as a doctor making people better.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Iranian official says US blockade will backfire<\/p>\n Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei derided the blockade as a \u201crevenge of choice\u201d against the global economy.<\/p>\n \u201cIs it ever worthwhile to cut off one\u2019s nose to spite one\u2019s face?!\u201d he wrote on the social platform X.<\/p>\n OPEC oil production tumbled before US threatened blockade<\/p>\n The closure of the strait severely crimped output from OPEC last month. The 12-nation oil cartel, with members in the Middle East, Africa and Venezuela, said Monday that production tumbled by 7.89 million barrels a day in March, to 20.79 million barrels.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cDisruptions to shipping operations in the region raised persistent concerns about regional supply flows, while strong buying of prompt spot market barrels, production cuts, and declarations of force majeure further supported the upward price momentum,\u201d OPEC said.<\/p>\n The organization said demand appears to be steady this year, but cut its forecast for the current quarter, citing the war.<\/p>\n Netanyahu spokeswoman rules out a ceasefire with Hezbollah<\/p>\n Shosh Bedrosian told reporters Monday that Israel\u2019s upcoming talks with Lebanon will focus on disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cWe will not discuss a ceasefire with Hezbollah, which continues to carry out indiscriminate attacks against Israel and our civilians,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Israel and the Lebanese army have both been unable to forcibly disarm Hezbollah.<\/p>\n US-Iran ceasefire is holding despite failed peace talks, Pakistan\u2019s prime minister says<\/p>\n Efforts are underway to resolve the remaining disputes between Washington and Tehran as a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan remains intact, said the country\u2019s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n In televised remarks at a Cabinet meeting, Sharif cautioned that peace efforts take time, citing past agreements such as the Geneva accords.<\/p>\n Trump says Iranian ships that come \u2018anywhere close\u2019 to US blockade will be destroyed<\/p>\n The president made the comment on social media just after the blockade of Iran was expected to begin. Trump said Iran has some \u201cfast attack ships\u201d remaining even after much of its navy was destroyed by U.S. strikes.<\/p>\n \u201cWarning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea,\u201d Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n He added: \u201cIt is quick and brutal.\u201d<\/p>\n Where things stand on ceasefire talks<\/p>\n The current truce between the U.S. and Iran appears to be holding, with no word on whether negotiations will resume before it expires on April 22.<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, said his country will try to facilitate a new round of dialogue between Iran and the U.S. in the coming days. There was no immediate reaction from either side.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n A key obstacle seems to be a perception on both sides that they won the war and that each has time on its side.<\/p>\n Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed 2,089 people during the latest Hezbollah-Israel war<\/p>\n That\u2019s an increase of 34 deaths since the previous day\u2019s count, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. It said Monday that among those killed were 252 women, 166 children, and 88 medical workers.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The number of wounded has increased to 6,762 people since the war began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets toward northern Israel in solidarity with Iran, sparking Israel\u2019s ground invasion and aerial bombardment campaign that has displaced over one million people.<\/p>\n Ahead of anticipated direct talks in Washington on Tuesday, the strikes across both sides of the tense frontier and fierce ground fighting in southern Lebanon have intensified.<\/p>\n Stage is set for an extraordinary showdown over shipping off Iran\u2019s coast<\/p>\n The U.S. military has vowed to blockade all Iranian ports to pressure Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and accepting a peace deal. Iran responded with threats on all the ports of U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The showdown contains serious risks for the global economy and raises the specter that a ceasefire that is currently holding could collapse.<\/p>\n It was not clear if the blockade had started when the designated time of 10 a.m. EDT (2 p.m. GMT) arrived. Minutes earlier, a notice to mariners issued by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency, which monitors maritime security, said the restrictions included \u201cthe entirety of the Iranian coastline, including ports and energy infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n The notice added that transit through the strait \u201cto or from non-Iranian destinations is not reported to be impeded by these measures,\u201d but it added that ships \u201cmay encounter military presence\u201d in the strait.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man flashes a victory sign as he carries an Iranian flag in front of an anti-U.S. billboard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2941,24729,11615,38,34,24373,37,1096,1866,1772,2896,21043,1496,3284,3285,650,24728,39,5657,14765,14766,3282,3281,3283,12512,3286,24727,16816,21814,101],"class_list":{"0":"post-66128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-persian-gulf","8":"tag-abraham-lincoln","9":"tag-ajay-banga","10":"tag-alexander-stubb","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iran-israel-us-lebanon-latest-april-13-2026","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-jd-vance","16":"tag-john-thune","17":"tag-karoline-leavitt","18":"tag-konstantin-toropin","19":"tag-matthew-lee","20":"tag-munir-ahmed","21":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","22":"tag-package-100373-mc-complete-state-national","23":"tag-pakistan","24":"tag-paul-coakley","25":"tag-persian-gulf","26":"tag-pope-leo-xiv","27":"tag-product-30117-ap-washington-dc-state-news-no-weather","28":"tag-product-30119-ap-washington-state-news-no-weather","29":"tag-product-30598-ap-national-news-report-a-wire","30":"tag-product-31998-ap-online-national-news","31":"tag-product-32505-ap-online-middle-east-news","32":"tag-product-32509-ap-online-religion-columns","33":"tag-product-46986-ap-online-top-stories","34":"tag-robert-barron","35":"tag-shehbaz-sharif","36":"tag-stephane-dujarric","37":"tag-strait-of-hormuz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}