US Iran war LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he has ordered the military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats deploying mines in the a move announced after Iran demonstrated its ability to disrupt shipping in the vital channel.
US Iran war LIVE: What happened in the last few hours?
- Trump said, “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be … putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted, adding that “are clearing the Strait right now.” “I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level!” he added.
- A member of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Mahmoud Nabavian, has said that the negotiation talks held with the US in was a mistake. Nabavian posted a snippet of his interview to SNN TV, where he noted that discussing its nuclear issue in Pakistan was a ‘strategic mistake’. In a post on X, he said, “Putting the nuclear issue on the negotiation table in Pakistan was a strategic mistake.”
- The price of Brent crude for June delivery climbed 3.1% to settle at $105.07 per barrel and briefly surpassed $107. That spike coincided with a sharp drop in stocks, with the S&P 500 falling as much as 1.3% before quickly recovering about half of its losses, AP reported.
- Meanwhile, the more actively traded July contract for settled at $99.35 per barrel after earlier rising to as high as $101.
- A U.S. Special Forces soldier involved in the mission to capture Venezuelan President has been charged with using classified information from the operation to earn over $400,000 through online betting, federal authorities said Thursday, AP reported.
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Key Events
US Iran war LIVE: Hezbollah says it attacked Israeli positions in southern Lebanon
The group said in a statement that it targeted Israeli soldiers in the southern village of Taybeh and downed a drone in Majdal Zone on Thursday. Earlier, the Israeli army said it intercepted an “aerial target” in southern Lebanon.
US Iran war LIVE: US puts $10 million bounty on Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada leader
The United States has placed a $10 million bounty on the leader of an Iranian-backed Shiite militia in Iraq.
The U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program issued a notice it sought the leader of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada.
It said Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji led the group, whose members “killed Iraqi civilians and attacked U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq.”
US Iran war LIVE: Oil prices up 1% amid continued stalemate on US-Iran talks, closure of Strait of Hormuz
continued to trade higher on Friday morning amid ongoing supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz and little progress in US-Iran peace talks.
At 7:08 am, the June Brent contract on the Intercontinental Exchange was trading at $106.57, up 1.43% from its previous close. The May contract of West Texas Intermediate on NYMEX rose 1.29% to $97.06 per barrel.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday declined to provide a timeline for the end of the Iran war. Responding to a question on a prospective timeline, Trump told reporters at the White House: “Don’t rush me.”
US Iran war LIVE: US stocks edge back from their records
The US stock market is edging back from its all-time high following mixed profit reports from Tesla and other big companies. Oil prices are yo-yoing on continued uncertainty about what will happen next in the war with Iran.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.3 per cent in the early going Thursday following a big rally that erased all its losses because of the war. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 193 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.4 per cent.
Oil prices wavered as uncertainty continues about what will happen with the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude rose 0.5 per cent to USD 102.43 a barrel. (AP)
US Iran war LIVE: Trump claims leadership rift in Iran
Trump this week extended a ceasefire to give the Iranian leadership more time to come up with a “unified proposal” on ending the war, while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports.
In a post Thursday, Trump claimed a leadership rift between moderates and hard-liners was confounding Iran. “Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They just don’t know!” Trump said. (AP)
US Iran war LIVE: Lebanon presses wider-reaching negotiations
Aoun, the Lebanese president, said a day earlier that during the talks Hamadeh would ask for an end to Israeli home demolitions in villages and towns occupied by Israel after the latest war broke out on March 2.
Preparations were being made for wider-reaching negotiations. The aim of the future talks is to “fully” stop Israeli attacks, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon, release of Lebanese prisoners held in Israel, deployment of Lebanese troops along the border and beginning the reconstruction process, Aoun said in comments released by his office.
US Iran war LIVE: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar calls on Lebanon to work with Israel to disarm Hezbollah
“We don’t have any serious disagreements with Lebanon. There are a few minor border disputes that can be solved,” Saar said during Independence Day remarks to Israel’s ambassadors and diplomatic corps. He described the neighboring country as a “failed state.”
“The obstacle to peace and normalization between the countries is one: Hezbollah,” he said, adding that Lebanon could have “a future of sovereignty, independence and freedom from the Iranian occupation.”
US Iran war LIVE: Trump says Lebanon and Israel agree to extend Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire by 3 weeks
US President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday.
Trump said the meeting between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to the United States, the second in the past week, went “very well,” but during an Oval Office gathering he acknowledged that “they do have Hezbollah to think about.” The Iranian-backed group has opposed the talks, and since the initial ceasefire went into effect last Friday, there have been multiple violations by both sides.
US Iran war LIVE: US soldier charged with using classified intel to win USD 400K Polymarket bet on Maduro raid
A US special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than USD 400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday, AP reported.
US Iran war LIVE Updates: Trump orders to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian boats putting mines in waters of Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz.
In a social media post, Trump also said that the US has total control over the Strait of Hormuz, and no ship can enter or leave without its approval. “It is “Sealed up Tight,” until such time as Iran is able to make a DEAL,” he said.
His comments came a day after the Revolutionary Guards intercepted and transferred two vessels to Iranian territorial waters for inspection of their cargo, documents, and related records.
“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be… that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation,” he said.
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