Iran’s conservative establishment appears to be pushing back against its own ultra-radical fringe after a hardline lawmaker accused President Masoud Pezeshkian of bypassing the Supreme Leader over the April ceasefire with the United States.
The US president’s war of choice has accomplished nothing and cost the world greatly Donald Trump claims to have mastered the Art of the Deal , but he has just given us a master class in negotiating incompetence. I would love to see an Iranian government that no longer represses its people, menaces its neighbors, or can build a nuclear weapon. Trump has set back all of these efforts.
Trump says Iran has not informed US of any suspension in talks US President Donald Trump says Iran has not notified Washington that it is suspending negotiations, but indicated he was prepared to wait if communications had stopped. “They haven’t informed us of that,” Trump told NBC. “It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there…We’ll keep the blockade.
As Israel threatens to bomb Beirut and the US and Iran trade missile strikes, Donald Trump insists it will ‘all work out well in the end’ and urges his critics to ‘sit back and relax’. So are we any closer to a deal? Lucy Hough speaks to diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour.
Qatar and Switzerland discuss backing Iran-US mediation efforts Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has held talks with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on mediation efforts between Tehran and Washington. According to a readout from Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two officials discussed Islamabad-led mediation initiatives and ways of “coordinating efforts to back mediation aimed at de-escalation”.
The US President has pitched setting up an Anti-Weaponization Fund for those allegedly targeted by the American federal government Democrat-led US states are considering imposing a 100% tax on payouts by a $1. 8 billion fund set up by US President Donald Trump for victims of attempts to weaponize the legal and political system against them.
The President has pitched an Anti-Weaponization Fund for those allegedly previously targeted by the federal government Democrat-led US states are considering imposing a 100% tax on payouts by a $1. 8 billion fund set up by US President Donald Trump for victims of attempts to weaponize the legal and political system against them.
Mandelson called Wes Streeting's Israel criticism 'wild' and 'hysterical' Submitted by Imran Mulla on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 15:04 Newly released files show the UK health secretary saying Israel was committing war crimes and should be sanctioned Former UK ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson walks his dog near his residence in central London on 20 April 2026 Off Peter Mandelson described British Health Secretary Wes Streeting's views on Israel as "wild" and "hysterical" after Streeting told him Israel was committing war crimes and should be sanctioned, newly released files have revealed. More than 1,000 pages of documents relating to Mandelson, the disgraced former cabinet minister, Labour peer and ambassador to the US , were published on Monday. Mandelson was forced out of his job, to which he was appointed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in 2024, earlier this year, after revelations about his friendship with the late paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Al-Aqsa: The moment of peril is here. Will the Muslim world act? Submitted by Ismail Patel on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 10:38 This is the final act of colonisation.
Tehran has also reportedly ordered the Strait of Hormuz to be blocked over the ongoing Israeli offensive in Lebanon Iran has halted negotiations with the US over the ongoing Israeli offensive in Lebanon, moving to block maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim news agency has reported, citing sources.
Tehran has also reportedly ordered the Strait of Hormuz to be blocked over the ongoing Israeli offensive in Lebanon Iran has halted negotiations with the US over the ongoing Israeli offensive in Lebanon, moving to block maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim news agency has reported, citing sources.
EU is 'ready to contribute' to possbile US-Iran deal EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday said that it was prepared to contribute towards a possible ceasefire deal between the US and Iran through "maritime operations, and economic incentives". "I see a concrete role for the EU in helping to make any eventual agreement durable, whether through maritime operations, economic incentives that support long-term stability or other issues," Kallas said. She added that the bloc is "ready to contribute to a sustainable and peaceful solution", and expressed that they could bring "economic leverage, hard-won nuclear expertise, long-standing relationships with partners across the Gulf, and direct engagement with Iran itself".
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Armed Forces and all forces of the fronts of the Resistance Axis are determined to respond to the Zionist regime’ crimes and open new fronts.
Iranian negotiators halt message exchange with US over attacks on Lebanon Iran negotiating team has halted exchanging messages with the US through mediators following attacks on Lebanon, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. The negotiators further stressed for the immediate end of military operations in Gaza and Lebanon.
How US law protects Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge Submitted by Daniel Tester on Fri, 05/29/2026 - 16:19 For decades Washington has ensured its ally has superior forces - is that about to change? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks at one of the first two F-35 stealth fighters to arrive in the country at Nevatim air force base on 12 December 2016 (AFP) On The US has long been Israel 's most reliable partner in the Middle East, not least during the attacks on Iran in 2025 and 2026. At the heart of this relationship has been Washington’s long-standing policy known as Qualitative Military Edge (QME).
Any temporary peace agreement between the United States and Iran must be followed by deeper talks about Tehrans nuclear stockpiles, missiles, and other critical issues, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
Trump tells Erdogan he plans to visit Turkey for Nato summit Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 11:31 The visit could make the Nato summit one of the most consequential in decades as the US weighs withdrawing troops from Europe Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and US President Donald Trump give a thumbs-up during the greetings ceremony at the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 13 October 2025 (AFP) Off US President Donald Trump has told his Turkish counterpart that he plans to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) summit in Ankara in July, multiple sources familiar with the conversations told Middle East Eye. In April, Trump said he was seriously considering withdrawing the US from Nato, adding that he was disgusted with the alliance. However, the US president struck a different tone during a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on 20 May, saying he would visit Ankara to attend the meeting.
Iran's top negotiator says no deal with US unless rights of its citizens upheld Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warns the United States is not to be trusted, saying Tehran will not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secures Iranian rights. Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warns the United States is not to be trusted, saying Tehran will not agree to any deal with Washington unless it fully secures Iranian rights. "We will not approve any agreement until we are certain that the rights of the Iranian… pic.
Iran's Araghchi says truce deal with US must include 'ceasefire on all fronts' Iran's foreign minister demanded that a truce deal between the Washington and Tehran "unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts", including in Lebanon. In a post on X, Abbas Araghchi said that a "violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts". "The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation," he added.
Hasan Piker was set to meet Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn in UK before being banned from UK Submitted by Imran Mulla on Mon, 06/01/2026 - 10:25 The American podcaster has been barred from entering Britain in a move condemned by Polanski and Corbyn Hasan Piker attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Mark Guiducci at Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026. (AFP) Off American political commentator Hasan Piker was scheduled to meet Green Party leader Zack Polanski and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in Britain before being denied entry by the Home Office, Middle East Eye has learnt. Sources with knowledge of the matter told MEE Piker was set to appear on Polanski's podcast, Bold Politics.
