Summary

  • Iran has been treating the period of ceasefire with the US as wartime and using it to strengthen its combat capabilities, the army spokesman said on Tuesday.
  • US President Donald Trump said on Monday he called off a planned military attack on Iran scheduled for Tuesday after the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates urged him to hold off as “serious negotiations” were underway.
  • Several consecutive explosions were heard on Iran’s Qeshm Island on Tuesday, with a provincial official saying they were caused by the disposal of unexploded ordnance.
  • An Iranian lawmaker said on Tuesday that enemy vessels would not be allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under a new legal framework the parliament is preparing.
  • Iran’s recent proposal to the United States calls for the lifting of sanctions, the release of frozen Iranian funds and an end to the US naval blockade, the country’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday.
  • President Donald Trump told the New York Post he is “not open” to concessions to Tehran and that Iran’s leaders “know what’s going to be happening soon.”