US Iran war Live Updates: A ceasefire aimed at pausing the conflict in Iran appeared increasingly fragile on Wednesday (local time) after Iran shut down the once again, reacting to Israeli strikes in Lebanon, as reported by the Associated Press.
The White House called for the waterway to be reopened and worked to keep diplomatic efforts on course.
What happened in the last few hours?
- Iran announced alternative routes on Thursday for ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the risk of sea mines in the main zone of the vital waterway, AFP reported.
- Meanwhile, Israel escalated its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon, targeting both commercial and residential areas in Beirut, where at least 182 people were killed in one of the deadliest days of fighting.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted that an end to the war in Lebanon was part of the ceasefire deal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said the truce did not cover Lebanon. When the deal was announced, Pakistan’s prime minister, whose country served as a mediator, said in a social media post that it applied to “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere.”
- In response to Israel’s actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran once again shut down the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.
- The said that Vance would head the U.S. negotiating team at the upcoming peace talks, which may start as early as Friday in Pakistan.
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Key Events
US Iran War Live Updates: Israel strikes key bridge in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military has struck the last direct crossing carrying most of the traffic to the key coastal city of Tyre over Lebanon’s Litani River, the strategic demarcation line separating southern Lebanon from the rest of the country.
The attack late Wednesday on the Qasmieh bridge further isolates southern Lebanon as the Israeli army pushes ahead with its ground invasion and bombardment following the announcement of a ceasefire in the Iran war. (AP)
US Iran War Live Updates: US moves to draw down diplomatic staff in Nigeria over security concerns related to Iran war, terrorism, crime
The State Department is moving to reduce the U.S. diplomatic footprint in Nigeria due to security concerns related to terrorism and crime even as a ceasefire in the Iran war comes into effect.
The department said Wednesday it had authorized non-essential American personnel and the families of all government staffers at the U.S. embassy in Abuja to leave the country “due to the deteriorating security situation.”
US Iran War Live Updates: Trump complains NATO ‘wasn’t there when we needed them’ after talks with alliance leader Rutte
US President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a closed-door meeting with the alliance’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday for discussions that had been expected to be aimed at soothing Trump’s anger with the military alliance over the Iran war.
Ahead of the private meeting, Trump had suggested the US may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call to help as Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping waterway, and sent gas prices soaring.
Afterward, he issued an all-caps comment on social media suggesting he remained aggrieved.
“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN,” Trump said in his post.
US Iran War Live Updates: Iran announces alternative routes in Hormuz strait
Iran announced alternative routes on Thursday for ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the risk of sea mines in the main zone of the vital waterway.
Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the strait, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil usually passes, as part of a two-week truce.
“All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines…they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement quoted by local media. (AFP)
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