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The UAE said two Iranian drones targeted an ADNOC-affiliated tanker transiting the strait, with no injuries, and called it IRGC 'piracy'. The same day an explosion and fire hit the South Korean-operated bulk carrier HMM Namu with 24 crew aboard; Trump blamed Iran, Iran denied involvement, and Seoul later said two unidentified objects struck its stern.
Trump said the US would guide ships from countries not involved in the war out of the Strait of Hormuz starting Monday morning, calling it a humanitarian gesture and warning that interference would be 'dealt with forcefully'; CENTCOM said it would commit destroyers, more than 100 aircraft and 15,000 troops. Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi said any US interference in the strait would be treated as a ceasefire violation.
The State Department approved about $8.6 billion in weapons sales, including $4.01 billion in Patriot missile replenishment for Qatar, a $2.5 billion air-defense command system for Kuwait and laser-guided rocket kits for Israel and the UAE, bypassing the usual congressional review by citing an emergency.
At the War Powers Resolution's 60-day deadline, Trump wrote to congressional leaders that there had been no exchange of fire with Iran since April 7 and that the hostilities begun February 28 'have terminated'. The same day Trump called the War Powers Resolution 'unconstitutional'.
OFAC issued an alert that any US or foreign person paying Iran for safe passage through Hormuz, whether in cash, crypto or 'charitable' donations to bodies such as the Iranian Red Crescent, risks violating sanctions. The same day Treasury sanctioned three Iranian currency exchange firms, and the State Department sanctioned Chinese terminal operator Qingdao Haiye over Iranian crude imports.
The UAE Foreign Ministry banned Emiratis from traveling to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq 'in light of the current developments in the region' and told citizens in those countries to leave and return home as soon as possible.
The US Embassy in Beirut called for direct engagement between Lebanon and Israel, including a Trump-facilitated meeting between President Aoun and Prime Minister Netanyahu, saying it could secure US-guaranteed sovereignty, secure borders and reconstruction aid. Aoun said on May 4 that the timing was not right and that Israeli attacks must stop first.
In a written statement read on state media for National Persian Gulf Day, Iran's new supreme leader said a 'new chapter' was emerging in the Gulf and Hormuz and that Iranians would protect their nuclear and missile capabilities 'like water, land and air borders'. President Pezeshkian later called the US blockade 'an extension of military operations' and 'intolerable'.
In a phone call, Putin told Trump that renewed US-Israeli military action against Iran would have 'extremely adverse consequences' and that a ground operation would be particularly dangerous, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said; he also praised the ceasefire extension. Trump said Putin offered to help with Iran's enriched uranium and that he had told him he would rather Russia helped end the Ukraine war.
Acting Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst told the House Armed Services Committee, at Hegseth's first hearing since the war began, that the conflict had cost about $25 billion, mostly for munitions, with a supplemental request to follow. CBS later reported that US officials put the true cost closer to $50 billion once damaged equipment and bases are counted.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told AP the agency believes a large share of Iran's highly enriched uranium was stored at the Isfahan complex when the June 2025 war began and has been there since, but it has not been able to inspect the site or check its seals. He said the agency also wants access to Natanz and Fordo.
Senior lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi said Iran could seize ships in response to the US blockade and that its 'Yemeni allies' were ready to block the Bab el-Mandeb, and Press TV quoted a security source warning of 'practical and unprecedented military action' if the blockade continued.
OFAC designated 35 individuals and entities it said run Iran's 'shadow banking' system, moving billions of dollars through shell-company accounts at foreign banks on behalf of the IRGC, the National Iranian Oil Company and the armed forces. Treasury also warned that firms making 'toll payments' to Iran for passage through Hormuz face significant sanctions.
Trump posted that Iran had informed the US it was in a 'State of Collapse' and wanted the strait opened 'as soon as possible' while it sorted out its leadership; he did not say who delivered the message. Reuters, the New York Times and CNN reported he had told advisers he was not satisfied with Iran's plan to defer nuclear talks, and the White House said it would not be 'rushed into a bad deal'.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the group 'categorically' rejects the US-brokered direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel and their outcomes and will not give up its weapons. President Joseph Aoun replied that talks are not treason, 'treason is committed by those who take their country to war to achieve foreign interests', and said a ceasefire is the necessary first step.
Netanyahu’s office said he instructed the army “to vigorously attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon” after Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel and troops in southern Lebanon that caused no injuries. Earlier that day Israeli strikes killed at least six people Israel said were militants.
Treasury sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, which it called one of Iran’s largest crude customers, along with 19 “shadow fleet” tankers and 19 firms in Iran’s petroleum sector. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also said $344 million in Iran-linked cryptocurrency had been frozen and told AP that no Iranian oil waiver would be renewed.
Kuwait’s army said two explosive-laden drones guided by fibre-optic cables and launched from Iraq struck two northern border posts that morning, causing damage but no casualties. Iraq’s prime minister ordered an investigation, and the GCC condemned the attack “in the strongest possible terms.”
After Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors met at the White House with Vance, Rubio and U.S. envoys, Trump announced the ceasefire would be extended by three weeks and said he hoped to host Netanyahu and President Joseph Aoun soon; he said ending Iranian funding of Hezbollah was a “must” in any deal with Iran. Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad called the extension “meaningless” and said the group “firmly rejects” it.
Trump posted that he had ordered the U.S. Navy to “shoot and kill” any boat, however small, putting mines in the Strait of Hormuz with “no hesitation,” and ordered minesweeping to continue at a “tripled up level.” Hegseth said any new Iranian mine laying would violate the ceasefire.
The Pentagon said U.S. forces boarded the “stateless” sanctioned tanker Majestic X carrying Iranian oil in the Indian Ocean, two days after boarding the M/T Tifani in the Indo-Pacific. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said the two tankers held about 1.9 million barrels of Iranian oil and were seized under warrants from her office; Guyana said the Majestic X was fraudulently flying its flag, and Hegseth said the blockade had “gone global.”
Iran’s second deputy parliament speaker Hamidreza Haji-Babaei said the first revenue from tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz had been deposited in the Central Bank of Iran; another MP said fees vary with cargo and risk.
Hours before the truce was due to expire, Trump said that at the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif he would extend the ceasefire until Iran submits a “unified proposal” and talks conclude, while ordering the military to continue the blockade. Vance’s trip to Islamabad had been put on hold, and Tasnim reported Iran had told Pakistan it would not attend talks.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg reached political agreement to extend the bloc’s Iran sanctions regime to those responsible for breaches of freedom of navigation, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said, adding that transit through Hormuz “must remain free of charge” and asking ministers to bolster the EU’s naval mission in the region.
The UAE State Security Department said it had arrested at least 27 men in an Iran-linked group that held clandestine meetings, recruited Emirati youth, sent funds abroad and planned “systematic terrorist and sabotage operations” inside the country. Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the arrests “baseless.”
The U.S. Embassy said Iran-linked militias were plotting attacks on U.S. citizens and targets across Iraq and accused “some elements associated with the Iraqi government” of giving them political, financial and operational cover, urging Americans to leave. The commander of Iraqi group Saraya Awliya al-Dam said its fighters were ready to resume operations “at a higher frequency.”
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said “we have no plans for the next round of negotiations and no decision has been made,” without ruling out attending, as Pakistan prepared Islamabad for talks Trump said would be held that day. Iranian state media cited the blockade and U.S. demands; Tasnim reported Iran had sent drones toward U.S. ships after the Touska seizure.
Hezbollah said bombs its fighters planted exploded under an Israeli convoy of eight tanks passing Deir Siryan on Sunday afternoon, destroying four. It was the group’s first claimed attack since the 10-day ceasefire took effect; the Israeli military did not immediately comment.
The Israeli military published its first map of a new deployment line in southern Lebanon, running 5 to 10 km from the border and enclosing dozens of emptied villages, and said five divisions and naval forces were operating south of it to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure. The line, also called a “Yellow Line,” was not in the ceasefire terms published by the U.S.
Trump said Iran’s firing on ships in Hormuz was a “Total Violation” of the ceasefire, announced U.S. negotiators would be in Pakistan on Monday, and warned that if Iran rejected the U.S. deal the U.S. would “knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.” Iran’s IRNA denied Tehran had agreed to a second round, citing “excessive demands” and the blockade.