US-Iran war live updates: Trump claim’s US in ‘serious discussions’ with new Iranian regime

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Donald Trump says the US is in “serious discussions” with a new Iranian regime which the president says could “end our military operations in Iran”.

“The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran,” President Trump said on a post on Truth Social.

“Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet ‘touched’.

“This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year ‘Reign of Terror’.”

“I say to President Trump: no one can end the war in our region, in the Gulf, except you,” Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a speech Monday.

“I’m talking to you in the name of humanity and in the name of everyone who loves peace, and you are one of the people who love peace. I’m sending a direct message to you on behalf of the region. There are dangerous consequences in continuing this war any further. Please help us end the war, you’re capable of that,” he said.

Defense Minister of Spain Margarita Robles told reportersreiterated that the US can’t use jointly operated military bases in the country for operations related to the war.

“This was made perfectly clear to the American military and forces from the very beginning. Therefore, neither the bases are authorized, nor, of course, is the use of Spanish airspace authorized for any actions related to the war in Iran,” she said.

Spain’s government under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is Europe’s most critical voice against the war on Iran launched by the U.S. and Israel.

“I think everyone knows Spain’s position. It’s very clear,” Robles said, calling the war “profoundly illegal and profoundly unjust.”

According to AP, the strike hit an army position near the coastal city of Tyre. Other troops were wounded, the military said in a statement.

At least 11 Lebanese army soldiers have been killed in Israeli strikes since the latest war between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group erupted earlier this month. Israel did not immediately comment.

The fire erupted Monday at the refinery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa for the second time during the monthlong war with Iran, according to AP.

Video showed flames on a large refinery tank with thick black smoke that was quickly extinguished. It wasn’t clear if a missile strike or debris caused the blaze.

The Israeli military says it has begun striking Hezbollah’s infrastructure in Beirut.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say it is targeting the Iran-backed group’s “terrorist infrastructures”.

Lebanese media also report a new wave of Israeli strikes on southern Beirut.

According to the BBC, more than a million people have been displaced in Lebanon as the US-Israel war with Iran continues to impact the wider region.

Israel on Thursday had said it killed Alireza Tangsiri, a rear admiral in the navy.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has now officially acknowledged Tangsiri’s death .

A statement from the Guard on Monday, read on state television, said Tangsiri “joined the ranks of Allah due to the severity of his injuries.”

It praised his efforts, particularly in helping Iran maintain a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. “Every fighter is a Tangsiri, and we will see what surprises they will bring in the days and months ahead,” the statement added.

Comments by Noura Al Kaabi, a minister of state at the UAE’s Foreign Ministry, offered another signal that the UAE wants more than just a ceasefire to stop the war.

In the state-linked, English-language newspaper The National, Al Kaabi denounced the missile and drone attacks targeting her country and Iran’s chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz.

“We want a normal neighbor,” she wrote.

“An Iranian regime that launches ballistic missiles at homes, weaponizes global trade and supports proxies is no longer an acceptable feature of the regional landscape.”

Israel’s military says six of its soldiers have been injured in Lebanon in separate incidents.

Two soldiers were severely injured after an anti-tank missile was fired towards them in southern Lebanon yesterday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says.

Three IDF soldiers were injured, one severely, after a drone fell near to them, the military says. One more soldier was injured after an “operational accident”, it adds. The troops have all been taken to hospital.