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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.
Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria and Kazakhstan agreed at an online meeting to raise June output targets by 188,000 barrels per day, their first decision since the UAE left the group; the increase is largely symbolic while Hormuz is closed. Kuwait exported no crude at all in April, a first since the 1991 Gulf War, Al Jazeera reported.
UKMTO said a northbound bulk carrier was attacked by multiple small craft about 11 nautical miles west of Sirik on Iran's coast; all crew were safe and nobody claimed responsibility. Hours later UKMTO said a tanker off Fujairah was hit by unknown projectiles, also without casualties.
Tasnim said Iran answered a US nine-point proposal with a 14-point plan seeking non-aggression guarantees, withdrawal of US forces from around Iran, an end to the blockade and sanctions, release of frozen assets and an end to fighting on all fronts including Lebanon, with issues settled within 30 days and nuclear talks later. Trump wrote he 'can't imagine' it would be acceptable and told Kan on Sunday it was 'not acceptable'.
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.
Iran delivered a revised response to the latest US terms to Pakistani mediators on Thursday evening, IRNA said, and Pakistani officials told CBS it had been passed to US officials and that a deal might be nearer. Trump said Iran 'wants to make a deal, but I'm not satisfied with it', calling its leadership 'disjointed'.
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.
The State Department asked partners to join a Washington-based initiative to coordinate diplomatic and economic steps, and to identify safe corridors for ships through the Strait of Hormuz, first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Officials said it would not replace a separate French-British effort.
Israeli attacks killed at least 28 people across southern Lebanon on Thursday, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Northern Command chief Rafi Milo said troops were 10 km inside Lebanon clearing an area of 60 villages and would not pull back; Israeli media said a Hezbollah drone wounded 12 soldiers at Shomera in northern Israel.
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'.
Brent for June delivery jumped past $125 in Asian trading and briefly above $126 before easing to about $122. Axios reported that CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper would brief Trump on options including 'short and powerful' strikes on Iran.
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.
Trump rejected Iran's Hormuz-first proposal and told Axios the blockade was 'somewhat more effective than the bombing' and would continue until Tehran agreed to a nuclear deal; a White House official said he had discussed with oil executives keeping it in place for months if needed. In the Oval Office he said Iran 'has to cry uncle' and that talks were now happening by phone.
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.
An Israeli strike on Majdal Zoun near Tyre hit an army patrol escorting civil defence teams at the site of an earlier strike, killing at least five people, including three paramedics, and wounding two soldiers, Lebanon's Health Ministry and army said. President Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned it as an attack on rescuers, with Salam calling it a war crime.
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'.
West Texas Intermediate rose about 5% to $101.10 a barrel and Brent traded at $112.30 on Tuesday morning as talks to reopen Hormuz stalled; Brent for June delivery later stood 2.7% higher at $111.18. AAA said average US gasoline hit $4.18 a gallon, the highest since 2022.
The United Arab Emirates said it will quit OPEC and the wider OPEC+ group on May 1, citing its long-term strategy and the need to meet 'urgent' market needs amid disruptions in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. It said it would raise output gradually once free of the group's production limits.
An extraordinary Gulf Cooperation Council summit chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman rejected Iran's 'illegal actions' to close the strait, warned against any fees for passage and called for restoring freedom of navigation to prewar levels. Leaders also urged deeper military integration, including a ballistic missile early-warning system; the UAE was represented by its foreign minister.
At the opening of the four-week Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review at the UN, the US objected to Iran's election as one of 34 vice-presidents, with Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Yeaw calling it 'beyond shameful'. Iran's envoy Reza Najafi called the US allegations 'baseless and politically motivated'; Russia objected to singling out Iran.
Putin met Iran's foreign minister in St Petersburg, praised Iranians for fighting 'for their independence and sovereignty' and said Russia would do everything in the interests of Iran and the region to bring peace as quickly as possible. Putin said he had received a message from Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the week before.
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.