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Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade threats but Trump insists Tehran wants deal

Tehran wants deal Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. **Donald

Iran resumes commercial flights from Tehran airport

Tehran airport Iran has resumed commercial flights from the capital Tehran’s international airport for the first

Another day, another pivot as Trump flails in an Iran trap of his own making

Tehran has shown its capacity to close the strait of Hormuz, and a total blockade

Trump reviews Iranian proposal aimed at reopening Strait of Hormuz

Tehran will not enter negotiations while the US maintains restrictions on Iranian ports. Washington and Tehran

Trump tells Iran to accept deal or face new wave of US bombing

Tehran and Washington. “Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is perhaps

Iran’s leaders debate war and peace after Trump ceasefire extension

Tehran, Iran –** State media and Iran’s military and security leadership say they are prepared

Iran war: What is happening on day 52 of the US-Israeli conflict?

Tehran has not confirmed participation, two days before a ceasefire deal expires. The capture by US Marines

As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deadline looms, here are the main sticking points

Tehran, Iran.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1024x683+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc6%2Fb7%2F20671f4849909f1148cd0540570c%2Fgettyimages-2271704510.jpg) Representatives from more than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions, United

U.S. attempt to open Strait of Hormuz tests fragile Iran war ceasefire

Tehran a major source of leverage. But such efforts also risk reigniting the full-scale

Food inflation hammers households in war-hit Iran

Tehran](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-04-30T120403Z_274942889_RC2DYKA8WI3P_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-ECONOMY-1778426196.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) People walk through a local market in Tehran [File: Majid Asgaripour/WANA

Middle East crisis live: Trump extends ceasefire but US and Iran at loggerheads over port blockade

Tehran, even as the US military maintained its blockade of Iranian ports. The move comes

War preparations under way in Iran as Hormuz tensions with US escalate

Tehran, Iran](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/AP26121622435575-1777891808.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) A child holds an Iranian flag while driving in Tehran

Second round in Islamabad: Who’s at the US-Iran negotiating table?

Tehran has labelled the ship’s seizure “piracy” and has expressed uncertainty regarding its participation

‘Unacceptable’: What’s Iran’s peace proposal that Trump has rejected?

Tehran wants a permanent end to the war, while Trump has insisted that Iran must

Iran’s Araghchi holds talks with China’s Wang Yi in Beijing

Tehran. The pair had spoken by telephone at least three times following the start of the war. Earlier

US-Iran talks: What’s the latest on mediation efforts?

Tehran and Washington. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is on tour this week, making

Former Qatar PM: Netanyahu using Iran war to reshape Middle East

Tehran’s nuclear programme since President Bill Clinton’s administration in the 1990s. While previous

Prominent Australian academic denies links to powerful Iranian politician

Tehran’s peace negotiations with the US – saying he was named as an author on a journal

How long can Iran survive the US’s Hormuz blockade?

Tehran implemented the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the only waterway out of the Gulf

Trump says US will not lift Hormuz blockade until deal made with Iran

Tehran, US President Donald Trump has said, amid continuing uncertainty over whether fresh talks to end the war will