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Le Guardie Rivoluzionarie lanciano un avvertimento mentre Trump attende la risposta dell'Iran all'ultima proposta di pace di Washington.

Gli Stati Uniti hanno dichiarato di aver condotto attacchi contro obiettivi militari iraniani dopo un assalto a tre cacciatorpedini americani nello stretto di Hormuz. Buongiorno e benvenuti al live blog del Guardian sul Medio Oriente. Gli USA hanno affermato di aver colpito obiettivi militari iraniani a seguito di un attacco a tre cacciatorpedigheri americani nello stretto di Hormuz, mentre Teheran ha accusato Washington di aver colpito per prima. Lo scambio di colpi minaccia di compromettere un fragile cessate il fuoco in vigore dall'8 aprile, ma Donald Trump ha insistito che la tregua rimanga intatta. Continua a leggere...

Gli Stati Uniti e l'Iran hanno fornito messaggi contrastanti sulla probabilità che un accordo venga raggiunto a breve. • Gli USA e l'Iran hanno offerto messaggi divergenti sullo stato dei negoziati per porre fine alla guerra, con Donald Trump che ha segnalato che i colloqui sono "molto buoni" e un accordo "molto possibile". • La notizia di un possibile accordo è seguita al brusco ripensamento di Trump su un'operazione militare statunitense per guidare le navi fuori dallo stretto di Hormuz, denominata "Project Freedom". Trump ha dichiarato che la decisione di sospendere la missione martedì – due giorni dopo il suo lancio – era volta a dare una possibilità alla pace, ma NBC ha riferito che l'operazione è stata sospesa dopo che l'Arabia Saudita ha rifiutato di permettere all'esercito statunitense di utilizzare le proprie basi e lo spazio aereo. Funzionari USA hanno riferito all'emittente americana che gli alleati del Golfo sono rimasti spiazzati dall'improvviso annuncio del Project Freedom, e che ciò ha irritato la leadership dell'Arabia Saudita. • Il presidente iraniano, Masoud Pezeshkian, ha detto al suo omologo francese, Emmanuel Macron, che il comportamento degli Stati Uniti ha "deviato il percorso della diplomazia verso minacce, pressioni e sanzioni" e che Teheran non poteva fidarsi di Washington. In un comunicato diffuso da Press TV, l'emittente statale iraniana, Pezeshkian ha affermato che l'Iran ha intrapreso il dialogo con gli USA per due volte e che "in entrambe le occasioni, aggressioni militari contro l'Iran sono avvenute parallelamente ai negoziati. Tale comportamento equivale a 'pugnalate alle spalle'". • L'Iran ha negato ogni coinvolgimento nei danni a un'imbarcazione gestita dalla Corea del Sud nello stretto di Hormuz, colpita da un'esplosione e un incendio lunedì. Trump ha attribuito l'incidente a un attacco iraniano, mentre il ministero degli Esteri della Corea del Sud ha dichiarato che la causa dell'incendio sarà confermata solo dopo l'ispezione del nave. L'ambasciata iraniana a Seoul ha rilasciato una dichiarazione stamattina respingendo le accuse, affermando che il passaggio sicuro attraverso la via d'acqua richiede il rigoroso rispetto delle normative iraniane. • I danni e le distruzioni inflitte ai siti militari statunitensi in tutto il Medio Oriente durante la guerra sono molto superiori a quanto pubblicamente riconosciuto dall'amministrazione Trump o precedentemente riportato, secondo un'analisi del Washington Post. Esaminando le immagini satellitari, il giornale ha scoperto che i raid aerei iraniani hanno danneggiato o distrutto almeno 228 strutture o attrezzature USA, tra cui hangar, caserme, depositi di carburante, aerei e attrezzature chiave per radar, comunicazioni e difesa aerea. Il US Central Command ha rifiutato di commentare il rapporto. • In Libano, dove un cessate il fuoco ha chiaramente fallito nel fermare i combattimenti tra Israele e Hezbollah, tre persone sono state uccise stamattina in attacchi israeliani a Nabatieh, nel sud del paese, secondo l'Agenzia Nazionale di Notizie libanese. L'esercito israeliano ha dichiarato che uno dei suoi soldati è rimasto gravemente ferito ieri da un drone di Hezbollah carico di esplosivo nel sud del Libano, senza specificare il luogo dell'attacco. • A Gaza, dove un altro cessate il fuoco sembra sgretolarsi, un attacco aereo israeliano ha ucciso Azzam Khalil al-Hayya, figlio del leader dell'ufficio politico di Hamas e capo negoziatore Khalil al-Hayya, secondo l'alto funzionario di Hamas Basim Naim. Azzam è deceduto stamattina per le ferite riportate in un attacco israeliano di ieri sera, ha riportato Reuters. È il quarto figlio del capo di Hamas in esilio a Gaza a essere ucciso in attacchi israeliani.

US says it has destroyed six small Iranian military boats – which Tehran denies – while Iran launched barrage of attacks on US-allied United Arab EmiratesDonald Trump sends warships to break Iran’s strait of Hormuz blockadeWe are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The US and Iran launched new attacks in the Gulf on Monday as they wrestled for control over the strait of Hormuz amid dual maritime blockades, taking the region back to the brink of full-scale war.The fresh volleys of missiles and drones came after Donald Trump launched a new effort to get stranded tankers and other ships through the vital energy and trade route that has been virtually shut since the US-Israeli war against Iran began in late February.Trump warned that Iran’s forces would be “blown off the face of the earth” if they attacked US vessels trying to reopen a route through the strait. The president announced the US operation – called Project Freedom – on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped in the Gulf.Centcom chief Adm Brad Cooper declined to say whether he thought the ceasefire with Tehran that begun on 8 April remained in effect amid Iranian attacks in the region but acknowledged Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tried to “interfere” with Trump’s operation.Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Monday’s events showed there was no military solution to the crisis. He said peace talks were progressing with Pakistan’s mediation and warned the US and the UAE against being drawn into a “quagmire by ill-wishers”.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday that no commercial vessels had crossed the strait in the past few hours, and that US claims to the contrary were false. Iranian state media also denied reports the US had sunk Iranian vessels.The UK and Saudi Arabia both called for de-escalation after Iran’s attacks on the UAE – the first on the US ally since Washington’s ceasefire with Tehran took effect about a month ago.In Oman, two people were injured by an attack on a residential building in Bukha, on the Hormuz strait’s coastline, an Omani state news agency reported.A fire on a South Korean-operated vessel that had an explosion in the Hormuz strait has been extinguished, ship operator HMM said. South Korea’s foreign ministry said all 24 crew on the HMM Namu – including six South Koreans – were unharmed. Trump blamed an Iranian attack.International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that inflation was already picking up and the global economy could face a “much worse outcome” if the war dragged into 2027 and oil prices hit about $125 a barrel. Continue reading...

• A CNN investigation based on satellite imagery and damage assessments found that Iranian strikes damaged at least 16 U.S. military installations across eight Middle Eastern countries during the conflict. • Some U.S. military facilities suffered extensive harm classified as operationally unusable or facing difficult repair decisions, suggesting the scale of attacks was far greater than publicly acknowledged. • The report raises questions about whether the Pentagon has understated both physical damage and the true financial costs of the Iran war, challenging official public accounting of the conflict.

• The United States deployed a third aircraft carrier strike group with thousands of elite troops to the Middle East on April 24, marking the largest military buildup since the 2003 Iraq invasion, as the two-month Iran conflict escalates despite a ceasefire agreement. • President Trump warned the American military was "ready to go" if peace efforts fail, stating the US used the April 8 ceasefire to "restock" military capabilities while Washington and Tehran accuse each other of violations. • The US bombing campaign launched February 28 has devastated Iran's military infrastructure and leadership, but Tehran maintains control of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil and gas supply route, prompting a US naval blockade imposed April 13.

Tehran’s UN envoy says ‘full respect’ of Iran’s rights also key for lasting regional stabilityUS is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich MerzWe are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war on Iran.Iran needs “credible guarantees” against more US-Israeli attacks before it can ensure security in the Gulf, Tehran’s envoy to the UN has said, while on a Russian visit Iran’s foreign minister blamed Washington for the failure of peace talks.Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal on the war because it does not address Iran’s nuclear program, Reuters cited a US official as saying on Monday, after Trump discussed the proposal with his top national security aides. Iran had offered to end its closure of the strait of Hormuz if the US lifted its blockade and ended the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on Iran’s nuclear program, the Associated Press reported earlier, citing two unnamed regional officials. Later reporting quoted White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt as saying the proposal was “being discussed”.Lebanese president Joseph Aoun said direct talks with Israel sought to end the war on Lebanon and that those who dragged Lebanon into it were the ones committing “treason” – a jab at the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah, which claimed several attacks on Israeli targets in south Lebanon on Monday.Iraq’s newly elected president nominated businessman Ali al-Zaidi as the country’s prime minister-designate on Monday, after the country’s leaders yielded to US pressure not to support the bid of a former premier close to Iran.The Coordination Framework – an alliance of Shia factions with varying links to Iran – had initially backed powerbroker Nouri al-Maliki to become the country’s next premier, but Trump’s ultimatum left Iraqi leaders looking elsewhere.The US and Iran clashed at the UN on Monday over Tehran’s nuclear program and its selection to be one of dozens of vice-presidents at a month-long conference to review the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. US official Christopher Yeaw said Iran’s selection was an “affront” to the treaty. Tehran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Reza Najafi, rejected the US statement as “baseless and politically motivated”. Continue reading...

US president says there’s ‘no reason to meet’ Tehran unless they agree never to have nuclear weaponsWelcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East.Donald Trump has said Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran.Iran gave the US a new proposal on reopening the strait and ending the war, with nuclear negotiations postponed for a later stage, according to the news site Axios. The US state department and White House did not immediately comment on the Sunday report, which cited an unnamed US official and two sources.Araghchi’s talks with Pakistani officials on Sunday had included “implementing a new legal regime over the strait of Hormuz, receiving compensation, guaranteeing no renewed military aggression by warmongers and lifting the naval blockade”, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. In the talks with Omani leader Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, Araghchi called for a regional security framework free of outside interference.Araghchi would meet with Putin “in continuation of the diplomatic jihad to advance the country’s interests and amid external threats”, Iran’s envoy in Russia, Kazem Jalali, said on X.Two US air force C-17s carrying security staff, equipment and vehicles used to protect US officials flew out of Pakistan after the latest diplomatic trip was called off, two Pakistani government sources told Reuters on Sunday. Continue reading...