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US President Donald Trump. (Photo by ibrahim AMRO / AFP via Getty Images) /](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5255x3503+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F40%2Fb7%2Ff7642c6c42a888e0c8a55c384dff%2Fgettyimages-2271123710.jpg) A supporter of Hezbollah holds a machine gun while celebrating the ceasefire with Israel as it takes effect after midnight
attack. He was 19 at the time, and apologized for his actions in court, but was criticized by the judge for failing to stop the violence despite having been in a position
attack. It followed the US’s peace proposal, which was reported to be a one-page memorandum of understanding that would reopen the strait while setting a framework for further talks on Iran’s nuclear
US President Donald Trump (R) shake hands during the greetings ceremony at the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 13, 2025.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2470x2470+618+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2Fa9%2F02c1666e43f5b6dc1d8cd54b2e95%2Fgettyimages-2240461550.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/14/nx-s1-5857167/trump-g7-iran-war-macron-france) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/)
responsibilities, including overseeing recruiting, mobilising and organising, as well as construction and repair of ships and military equipment. He was appointed in 2024 as a political ally of Trump, despite having no prior military
attacks since the [April 8 truce](/features/2026/4/8/how-pakistan-managed-to-get-the-us-and-iran-to-a-ceasefire). An oil facility in Fujairah was struck, wounding three Indian workers. Iran denied involvement. The US and Iran each claimed they had hit the other’s ships
response. ## The secret channel By the mid-1970s, though, Pakistan had also shown China its value as a strategic partner. In July 1971, [US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger](/news/2026/3/27/nixon-to-trump-pakistans-long-record-as-backchannel-between-rival-powers) boarded a Pakistan International Airlines
military and government leaders in regional capitals have raised hopes of ending the US-Israel war with Iran through negotiations. This could initially take the form of a “framework agreement” between the United States
military “taking sides” in a coming American civil war, as previously reported in [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/28/pete-hegseth-trump-anti-muslim-book). His 2020 book American Crusade depicts Islam as a historic enemy of the west, calls
response in kind: missile strikes against targets in [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran). The exchanges spilled into Monday morning before both sides declared a halt so Trump could declare the ceasefire back on track, with
military spending – and then described some of them as “the biggest challenge” to the war effort. “The biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless, feckless and defeatist words of congressional Democrats
attacking ships and reportedly laying sea mines. Shipping traffic has since dropped by 95 percent. A week ago, the US implemented a blockade of its own. Its Navy has been blocking Iranian ports to pressure
response to the United States and Israel’s assassination of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel also invaded southern Lebanon, where it has gone about systematically destroying towns and villages in what experts – and [Israeli
Iran and step back from a conflict that, analysts warn, threatens to tip the world into [recession](/video/counting-the-cost/2026/3/18/could-the-iran-war-trigger-a-global-recession). Earlier this month, Spain called for the suspension of the European Union’s trade agreement with Israel
military to launch strikes, which White House officials reportedly said were targeting radar and air defense facilities along the strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that in response it had struck
response, infrastructure monitoring and counter-drone operations to assist in more-informed decision making. An analysis of leaked cargo documents by Movement Research Unit, a London-based volunteer research organization, appears to show Sightline
military facilities have been targeted by Iran. “If there is a way to describe the prevailing security model in the region since the 1980s, the concept of security partnerships best encapsulates it,” said Mahjoub
response to the latest tariff threats from Donald Trump. 4. ***Middle East*** | Hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations between Iran and the US [faded further on Sunday](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/no-headway-in-middle-east-peace-efforts-as-us-and-iran-refuse-to-yield), amid a deepening sense
attacks. “It is natural that there are difficulties and problems in this path, but through people’s cooperation and reliance on national cohesion, problems can be solved,” he was quoted as saying by state media
responsibility for the occupied West Bank, had not known his comments would be leaked when he boasted of the success of Israel’s policies in the occupied territory. The army, he claimed in undated comments