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The White House said US President Donald Trump's national security team discussed the offer and Trump would address it later.
The offer emerged as Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited Russia, which has long been a key backer of Tehran. It was unclear what, if any, assistance Moscow might offer now. The Trump administration seemed unlikely Tuesday to accept Iran's offer to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade on the country.
The proposal would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, something that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to rule out. "We have to ensure that any deal that is made, any agreement that is made, is one that definitively prevents them from sprinting towards a nuclear weapon at any point,” he said of the proposal, which was delivered to the US by Pakistan.
Iran is likely to submit revised Peace Proposal soon, reported CNN.
Iran Resumes Moscow Flights after two-month halt due to war, reported IRNA.
According to AlJazeera, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 2,534 people have been killed and 7,863 wounded by Israeli attacks since March 2.
Iranian state news agency IRNA on Tuesday reported that six airports in the country are now operational including Mehrabad, Mashhad, Shiraz, Zahedan, Gorgan and Urmia.
Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet have told the government that the country's airline industry is under extreme stress and on the verge of 'stopping operations', as they sought revision in ATF pricing and financial support.
The West Asia turmoil has pushed up oil prices, and airspace restrictions have increased airlines' operating costs, especially on long-haul routes. Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) accounts for around 40% of a carrier's operational expenses.
Source: PTI
"Iran has just informed us that they are in a “State of Collapse.” They want us to “Open the Hormuz Strait,” as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!). Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP," US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have continued despite the ceasefire reported AlJazeera. The report added that shelling was reported in vicinity of the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiya, while drone attacks hit on Qabrikha.
UAE’s state news agency WAM reported that UAE's decision to exit OPEC was "driven by national interests and the country’s commitment to actively contributing to meeting the urgent needs of the market, particularly given the ongoing geopolitical volatility in the near term, stemming from disruptions in the Arabian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, which impact supply dynamics”.
Global Watchdog on Tuesday said Iran’s near-total internet blackout has now lasted exactly two months.
Iranian police on Tuesday have arrested individuals accused of sending sensitive information and images to intelligence agencies via Starlink devices, local news agencies reported.
AlJazeera on Tuesday reported that the Israeli army has issued a threat to residents of several villages in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon to leave towards the Sidon district.
According to a report by AlJazeera Qatar’s FM spokesperson al-Ansari on Tuesday said they are engaging with all their interlocutors over reopening the Strait.
“We believe it should have never been closed and it should be opened immediately regardless of other considerations going on in the region,” he said.
A senior US State Department official says Iran's “illegal behaviour” in the Strait of Hormuz should serve as a “wake-up call” for global energy security.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker spoke at a gathering of Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Sea countries on Tuesday in Croatia, saying that more needs to be done to diversify supplies and connect to avoid future problems.
“Iran's illegal behaviour in the Strait of Hormuz should be a wake-up call for all of us with regard to the need to secure our supply chains and reduce our dependencies on unreliable countries and geographies,” Hooker said during a panel discussion in the southern Adriatic Sea city of Dubrovnik.
“We all need to do more,” Hooker said. “The world is changing under our feet.”
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The war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza has left 96% of the Palestinian enclave's cropland damaged or inaccessible, a study has found. A study released Tuesday by aid group Mercy Corps found only 7% of Gaza's agricultural infrastructure remains functional.
The group said water systems have been severely degraded, wells have been damaged, salinity has risen, and wastewater has infiltrated Gaza's farmland.
“This destruction is not just environmental,” Mercy Corps said. “It is directly linked to the food crisis.”
The group warned that full recovery of Gaza's cropland could be hindered for years if Israel continued its restriction on goods delivery and the contamination of land and water was not addressed.
Iran’s defence ministry spokesperson Reza Talaei-Nik said the US is no longer in a position to “dictate” policy to independent nations, as Washington reviews Tehran’s new proposal. Speaking to state TV, he added that the US must abandon its “illegal and irrational demands.”
Al Jazeera reported the proposal is not being revealed at all. The press secretary said she doesn’t want to get ahead of the national security team or the president, who may speak on it later. There’s been a complete lid on what was discussed in Trump’s meeting with his national security team — it’s unclear who even attended.
Since the war began, at least 3,375 people have been killed in Iran and at least 2,521 people in Lebanon, where fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group resumed two days after the Iran war started.
Another 23 people have been killed in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Sixteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon, 13 US service members in the region and six UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have been killed.
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Iran has offered to loosen its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the United States ends its military campaign and lifts an economic blockade, according to two regional officials cited by The Associated Press on Monday. The proposal would postpone negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, a condition U.S. officials appear unwilling to accept.
The Bank of Japan decided to keep its benchmark rate unchanged at 0.75% amid growing worries about the war in Iran pushing prices of oil and other products higher. The decision from Japan's central bank was expected, though the 6-3 vote by its monetary policy board members was not unanimous. They face pressure to gradually raise rates after years of keeping the benchmark interest rate near or below zero to counter deflationary pressures.
The Bank of Japan said that while the economy was still growing moderately it was expected to slow.
“There are various risks to the outlook,” it said in a statement. “For the time being it is necessary to pay particular attention to the impact of the future course of the situation in the Middle East.”
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Asked if Iranians are serious about a deal, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said they are skilled negotiators looking to buy time. He added “We can’t let them get away with it” and stressed any agreement must definitively prevent Iran from sprinting toward a nuclear weapon at any point.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked in a Fox News interview about Iran's latest proposal, which would postpone discussions on its nuclear programme but end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its blockade and ends the war. "There's no doubt in my mind that at some point in the future, if this radical clerical regime remains in charge in Iran, they will decide they want a nuclear weapon," Rubio said.
"That fundamental issue still has to be confronted,” he said. “That still remains the core issue here."
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The United States has no active defence against hypersonic weapons, cruise missiles or advanced cruise missiles, a senior Pentagon official told Congress, as the Trump administration presses ahead with the Golden Dome missile shield programme.
Iran's diplomatic mission in Ghana on Tuesday took a fresh swipe at US President Donald Trump, posting an AI-generated Lego-style video mocking his claims of having defeated Iran — the latest in a series of social media provocations from Tehran amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
Iran has lost at least 1 million jobs directly because of the war, Deputy Labour Minister Gholamhossein Mohammadi said, according to state media. But the ripple effects put some 10 million to 12 million jobs at risk — half of Iran's labor force — warns Hadi Kahalzadeh, an Iranian economist.
Airstrikes damaged 20,000 factories, some 20% of the country's production units, according to Kahalzadeh, a research fellow at Brandeis University. The stricken facilities included Tofigh Daru, Iran's largest pharmaceutical holding, producing anticancer drugs among other things. Optics and chemical developers, and aluminum and cement factories, were also hit.
Perhaps most damaging, Israel hit Iran's biggest steelmaking and petrochemical factories, most of them in a wave of strikes just before the April 8 ceasefire. The two biggest steel producers, Mobarakeh Steel and Khuzestan Steel, as well as smaller mills, halted production. More than 50 petrochemical complexes have been shut down, according to Iran's semiofficial Jamaran news agency.
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As tensions betweenm the US and Iran settle into an uneasy pause, global markets are taking cues from one critical variable — oil. Edward Yardeni believes the current geopolitical situation reflects a fragile equilibrium that is keeping investors cautious. "It seems as though both sides are getting comfortable with this stalemate… a continued ceasefire that includes a US blockade of Iranian ports and an Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz," Yardeni said, pointing to the broader implications for global commodity flows.
The first liquefied natural gas shipment since the war in the Middle East began two months ago appears to have traversed the Strait of Hormuz to exit the Persian Gulf.
The Mubaraz - which loaded a cargo from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.'s Das Island facility in the United Arab Emirates around early March - is now passing the southern tip of India, according to ship-tracking data. The tanker had been idling inside the gulf, but stopped sending a signal around March 31, before re-appearing west of India on April 27, the data show.
(Source: Bloomberg)
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will force a sixth Senate vote this week on a war powers resolution to curb Trump’s “war of choice” in Iran. Posting on X, Schumer asked if Republicans will keep backing Trump as the “reckless and unpopular war” hits 60 days. He noted the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, power to declare war.
THIS WEEK: Senate Democrats will force a SIXTH vote on our War Powers Resolution ending Trump’s war of choice in Iran.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 27, 2026
As we reach 60 days of a reckless and unpopular war, will Republicans continue to back Trump and dig themselves deeper into this hole?
On the current situation in the US-Iran war, Edward Yardeni, President, Yardeni Research told NDTV Profit:
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spox Baqaei slammed the US seizure of Iranian oil tankers as “legalised piracy” and “armed robbery on the high seas.” He said pirates have returned, now operating with government-issued warrants under official flags and calling their plunder “law enforcement.”
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spox Baqaei slams US seizure of Iranian oil tankers as 'legalized piracy':
Iran is rapidly running out of places to store crude oil, threatening to accelerate production cuts in what was once OPEC's second-largest source, according to research firm Kpler.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi posted on X that he was pleased to engage with Russia at the highest level amid major regional flux.
""Pleased to engage with Russia at the highest level as the region is in major flux. Recent events have evidenced the depth and strength of our strategic partnership. As our relationship continues to grow, we are grateful for solidarity and welcome Russia's support for diplomacy," posted Araghchi on X.
Pleased to engage with Russia at the highest level as the region is in major flux.
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 28, 2026
Recent events have evidenced the depth and strength of our strategic partnership. As our relationship continues to grow, we are grateful for solidarity and welcome Russia's support for diplomacy. pic.twitter.com/I1VyDSfxET
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that doing business with sanctioned Iranian airlines risks US sanctions exposure. "Doing business with sanctioned Iranian airlines risks exposure to U.S. sanctions. Foreign governments should take all actions necessary to ensure that companies in their jurisdictions do not provide services to those aircraft, including the provision of jet fuel, catering, landing fees or maintenance, wrote Bessent on X.
Doing business with sanctioned Iranian airlines risks exposure to U.S. sanctions. Foreign governments should take all actions necessary to ensure that companies in their jurisdictions do not provide services to those aircraft, including the provision of jet fuel, catering,…
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) April 27, 2026
On Iran proposing a mutual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and that nuclear discussion will occur later in the US-Iran negotiation process, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says, "... I will confirm the president met with his national security team this morning... The proposal was being discussed... What I will reiterate is that the President's red lines with respect to Iran have been made very clear, not just to the American public, but also to them as well. I wouldn't say they're considering it. I would just say that there was a discussion this morning that I don't want to get ahead of..."
#WATCH | On Iran proposing a mutual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and that nuclear discussion will occur later in the US-Iran negotiation process, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says, "... I will confirm the president met with his national security team this… pic.twitter.com/usLq0MrMVn
— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says Kyiv has summoned Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine to “request appropriate action” over a vessel carrying grain from Russian-occupied Ukraine seeking to dock at the port of Haifa, in light of reports that similar shipments of grain had already been unloaded in Israel this year.
Israeli FM Sa'ar responded on X to summons, saying diplomatic relations are “not conducted on Twitter or in the media,” adding that “allegations are not evidence” and insisting Israel is a rule-of-law state with independent legal authorities that will examine the matter in accordance with the law.
Oil prices held firm at elevated levels as the US assessed a fresh proposal from Iran, even as the Strait of Hormuz remained effectively shut, keeping global supply concerns intact. Brent crude for June settlement was unchanged at $108.23 a barrel, with the more active July contract at $101.95, while WTI for June delivery rose 0.3% to $96.65. The benchmarks have climbed sharply in recent sessions as traders price in prolonged disruption.
US President Donald Trump met his national security team to discuss Iran's latest proposal to open the Hormuz Strait. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told a press conference here that Trump was discussing Iran’s latest proposal, but did not want to “get ahead” of the President or his security team on the meeting's outcome.
Earlier, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News that Iranian negotiators were “serious” about reaching a deal with the US, but were looking to buy themselves more time.
At the last treaty review conference in August 2022, which was delayed for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia blocked agreement on a final document over its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and references to Moscow's occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and shelling at Europe's largest nuclear power facility.
At the opening session Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the treaty parties “to stand together and safeguard humanity from the grave threat of nuclear annihilation.”
He urged all countries to recommit to disarmament and nonproliferation, and in the new technological era of artificial intelligence and quantum computing to “ensure that, until nuclear weapons are eliminated, humanity never cedes control over their use.”
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Iran is a party to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which requires the country to cooperate with the UN nuclear agency.
But Iran has not given inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency access to nuclear sites that were bombed by the US last June.
Christopher Yeaw, US assistant secretary of state for arms control and nonproliferation, said that while there may be differing views about Iran's ultimate intent and how to address its programme, Iran has shown "contempt” for its commitments under the treaty.
Iran's ambassador to the UN in Vienna, Reza Najafi, called the US allegations “baseless and politically motivated,” declaring its opposition to the US as a vice president of the review conference.
(Source: AP)
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