Iran war day 79: Tehran to unveil Hormuz toll plan; Israel bombs Lebanon

Iran says it will soon reveal its plan to manage traffic ⁠through the Strait of ⁠Hormuz, including the charging of tolls, as United States President Donald Trump warns Tehran it will have a “very bad time” if a peace deal is not reached soon.

Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Saturday that his country will no longer allow “enemy” military equipment to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, Israel’s relentless bombardment of southern Lebanon continues with an air attack on the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.

Here is what we know:

In Iran

• Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and main negotiator, declared that the world “stands at the cusp of a new order”, adding: “The future belongs to the Global South.”
• Iranian legislator Ebrahim Azizi said Tehran’s plan for the strait involves a “professional mechanism to manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route”. He said “only commercial vessels and parties cooperating with Iran will benefit” from the plan and “fees will be collected” for “specialised services”.
• Iranian state television said on Saturday that European countries were in talks with Tehran over transit for ships through the strait.
• “Following the passage of ships from East Asian countries, notably China, Japan and Pakistan, we received information today indicating that Europeans have also begun negotiations with the Revolutionary Guard’s navy,” state television reported without elaborating.
• Iran’s World Cup squad will travel to Turkiye on Monday for a training camp, friendlies and completion of visa applications before heading to the US, head coach Amir Ghalenoei said.

(Al Jazeera)

War diplomacy

• Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday “to facilitate” peace talks between Iran and the US that have stalled despite a fragile ceasefire, Iranian media reported.
• His visit to Tehran comes days after that of Pakistan’s influential military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.

In the US