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Fragile ceasefire remains intact despite US trade barrage with Iran
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The USA announced that it also attacked Iran’s military targets after the attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran accused Washington of being the first to attack. Exchange of fire threatens to disrupt fragile ceasefire in place since April 8 – but Donald Trump He insisted that the ceasefire remained intact.
“The ceasefire is going. It is in effect” The US president described the attacks to ABC News as follows: “just a love tap”.
This stance was repeated to him during a visit to see renovations to the Lincoln Memorial, reflecting on whether the ceasefire still holds despite the attacks. “Yes it is,” he said. “They made fun of us today. We blew them up. They underestimated it. That’s what I call trivial.”
Writing on the Truth Social platform, Trump said “no damage was done” to US warships but “significant damage was done to Iranian attackers.”
He added: “If they don’t sign their agreement we will knock them down much harder and much more violently in the future, FAST!”
The agreement he was talking about was this: One-page offer from the USA will enable both parties to reach an agreement Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and cessation of hostilities for 30 days According to the New York Times, they are working on a long-term ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Iran accused the United States of violating the ceasefire by attacking an oil tanker and another ship on Thursday, saying its forces “immediately and in retaliation attacked American military ships.”
Reaction to attacks in the Gulf Ibrahim Azizi, The chairman of Iran’s parliament’s national security committee wrote of X: “Making the same mistake over and over won’t give you a different answer; just a stronger one. Respect Iran’s new maritime regime.”
Tit-for-tat attacks have arrived Explosions shook Iran’s capital Tehran and the coastal city of Bandar Abbas, as well as the island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz.according to state media. The US and “enemy units” were blamed for the reported attacks, with the semi-official Tasnim news agency citing UAE intervention.
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Oil rises above $100 per barrel as ceasefire comes under pressure
Graeme Wearden
Oil rose above $100 per barrel again Hopes for an early reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have been undermined as the US-Iran ceasefire becomes tense.
The rise in oil prices came two days after hopes of a peace deal sent prices lower.
Brent, the price barometer for most of the world’s crude oil, rose 1% to $101 a barrel. This is a fairly modest move and shows that investors are still hopeful that a deal will happen. finally reach.
Markets decline on questions over whether US-Iran ceasefire continues jim reid related to German Bank:
Questions about the ceasefire have already had an overnight market impact in Asia, where all major stock indexes have fallen.. This includes Nikkei (-0.69%), KOSPI (-0.73%), Hang Seng (-1.17%), CSI 300 (-0.90%) and Shanghai Comp (-0.43%).
Moreover, European stock futures are lower, with the FTSE 100 (-0.70%) and DAX (-0.87%) lower, but US futures have recovered somewhat after yesterday’s losses.S&P 500 futures rose +0.21%.
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UAE says air defense systems thwart Iranian drone and missile attacks
UAE defense ministry unveils air defense systems They were preventing missile and drone attacks from Iran This morning the tenuous ceasefire grew even more tense.
Iranian state media blamed the UAE for attacks reported yesterday in southern Iran. The semi-official Tasnim news agency, citing sources, reported that there were signs of UAE involvement in the attacks on the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz.
There were no immediate reports of damage in the UAE. The defense ministry advised people not to approach, photograph or touch “debris or fragments that fell as a result of successful air strikes”.
In a post on X, the ministry said: “The UAE’s air defense is currently Missile and drone attacks originating from Iran, “The Ministry of Defense also confirms that the sounds heard in various parts of the country are the result of UAE air defense systems intercepting ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.”
Iran has frequently targeted the UAE and other Gulf states, siphoning off US military bases, in retaliatory strikes since the start of the war in late February.
Fragile ceasefire remains intact despite US trade barrage with Iran
Good morning and welcome to the Guardian’s Middle East live blog.
The USA announced that it also attacked Iran’s military targets after the attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran accused Washington of being the first to attack. Exchange of fire threatens to disrupt fragile ceasefire in place since April 8 – but Donald Trump He insisted that the ceasefire remained intact.
“The ceasefire is going. It is in effect” The US president described the attacks to ABC News as follows: “just a love tap”.
This stance was repeated to him during a visit to see renovations to the Lincoln Memorial, reflecting on whether the ceasefire still holds despite the attacks. “Yes it is,” he said. “They made fun of us today. We blew them up. They underestimated it. That’s what I call trivial.”
Writing on the Truth Social platform, Trump said “no damage was done” to US warships but “significant damage was done to Iranian attackers.”
He added: “If they don’t sign their agreement we will knock them down much harder and much more violently in the future, FAST!”
The agreement he was talking about was this: One-page offer from the USA will enable both parties to reach an agreement Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and cessation of hostilities for 30 days According to the New York Times, they are working on a long-term ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Iran accused the United States of violating the ceasefire by attacking an oil tanker and another ship on Thursday, saying its forces “immediately and in retaliation attacked American military ships.”
Reaction to attacks in the Gulf Ibrahim Azizi, The chairman of Iran’s parliament’s national security committee wrote of X: “Making the same mistake over and over won’t give you a different answer; just a stronger one. Respect Iran’s new maritime regime.”
Tit-for-tat attacks have arrived Explosions shook Iran’s capital Tehran and the coastal city of Bandar Abbas, as well as the island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz.according to state media. The US and “enemy units” were blamed for the reported attacks, with the semi-official Tasnim news agency citing UAE intervention.
