With the US blockade of Iranian ports now under way after weekend talks failed to reach a peace deal, Vice-President JD Vance says "the ball is in Iran's court" and Tehran has to be flexible to Washington's demands.

BREAKING: Tehran says it is not imposing any toll on Indian tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

IRAN DEMANDS COMPENSATION Tehran issues a blunt demand, calling on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and Jordan to pay compensation.

Iran is now demanding financial compensation from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain, according to Iranian state media. This is a notable escalation in tone toward Gulf neighbors. If Iran is publicly pressing its regional rivals for compensation, it signals Tehran is leaning into an aggressive posture at a moment when US-Iran diplomacy is already fragile.

I don’t see white men or arabs or persians. I see systems. Most of you wouldn’t last in Iran. Here you have freedom to say whatever you want,Pale Tehran IRGC will kill you and use your taxes to fund a nuclear program while its elites steal and stash wealth in places like London.

Even I think it’s a mistake they should leave Israel and latch on to nukes. But then Iranians have a depleted leadership USA has trimmed them and new leader will take around a decade or two to get it back to Ayatollah level. Tehran must be feeling that it might collapse under its own weight .

@VP they go back to Tehran to discuss the deal with Britain and France and respond based on what they tell them to do

Trump says Tehran has resumed contact with Washington after failed Islamabad talks, amid a deepening impasse over Iran’s nuclear programme english.spotlightnews24.com/…

@Pontifex you have pleased the butchers of Tehran! Congratulations! You couldnt go down more than this to be praised by a bunch of criminals, killers and thieves!

Trump says the US military has begun its blockade of Iranian ports to ramp up pressure on Tehran msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-sto…

Antonio Sanchez-Benedito Gaspar announced that Spain has officially reopened its embassy in Tehran after a period of suspension, resuming diplomatic operations. khaama.com/spain-reopens-teh…

In Strait of Hormuz, Iran and China take aim at US dollar hegemony - By @John_F_Power (@AJEnglish).- Tehran and Beijing both stand to gain from boosting status of the Chinese yuan. aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4…

No, not fully. The US did supply Iran’s Tehran Research Reactor (a small research unit, not a power plant) in 1967 under the Shah, fueled with ~93% enriched uranium from the US. But that fuel was imported, not enriched by Iran. Post-1979 revolution, the US cut off supplies, and the reactor was later converted (by Argentina in the early 1990s) to run on 20% fuel. The mullah regime didn’t enrich uranium to 90% “without issue” until the 1990s—that capability didn’t exist then. Iran’s indigenous enrichment program began secretly in the late 1980s/early 1990s with foreign help, but only reached low levels initially. Current demands for limits stem from Iran’s covert progress toward higher enrichment (now up to 60% in recent years), IAEA non-compliance findings, and weapons concerns under the current regime—unlike the monitored Shah-era setup. Other regional states mostly import fuel under full safeguards; few enrich independently. The “zero enrichment” push reflects proliferation risks, not hypocrisy on the original US deal.

Know your enemy. 'Iranians are not Arabs, and they don't speak Arabic. They are Persians and they speak Farsi.'.. In Tehran, tuition is paid by govt, women outnumber Iranian men in both universities & many respected professions..' youtu.be/CYoa9hI3CXg?si=9Pnz…

Tehran streets empty, shops shuttered, people starving under the 'victory' — and the regime still lets this video out without mass arrests. Meanwhile in glitzy Dubai: 100 arrested (including Brits & tourists) just for snapping or WhatsApp-ing pics of drone-damaged buildings. One's a brutal theocracy, the other's a 'tolerant' paradise... but both terrified of bad PR. At least Iran isn't jailing you for showing the empty shelves " Say something now you stupid 🤡 How many people have arrested Dubai ????????

When are you going to permit Sunni Mosque in Tehran?

🔴 Press TV People took to the streets in the capital, Tehran, to show their support for the Iranian government and army. #IranWar‌ #Irán #RezaPahlavi‌

The President is not required to allow Iranian-sponsored terrorism, which has butchered more than one thousand Americans and thousands of Israelis, Jews, and civilians worldwide since the 1979 storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The butchered dead cannot speak for themselves and are spoken about as if they do not exist, yet U.S. courts have repeatedly found Iran guilty and held it liable under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (28 U.S.C. § 1605A) for providing material support that caused these mass killings. Iran has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism since January 19, 1984 (state.gov/state-sponsors-of-…). These murdered people matter no matter how long ago the attacks occurred. Iran refused every fair deal for peaceful nuclear power. Iran is not allowed to have nuclear weapons. Iran is guilty for the slaughter of 241 Americans in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing carried out by its proxy Hezbollah, including 220 Marines, 18 Navy sailors, and 3 Army soldiers killed when a suicide truck bomb collapsed the Marine barracks building (Peterson v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 264 F. Supp. 2d 46 (D.D.C. 2003) (govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCO…)). Iran is held liable for the murder of 19 Americans in the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing (Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 466 F. Supp. 2d 229 (D.D.C. 2006) (govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCO…)). Iran is found guilty for the deaths of at least 603 Americans killed by its proxies using EFPs in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 (Karcher v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 396 F. Supp. 3d 12 (D.D.C. 2019) (govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCO…) and related FSIA cases). Iran is guilty for supporting the butchering of over 1,200 Israelis and Jews (plus at least 46 Americans) in the October 7, 2023 massacre (Weiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Case 1:24-cv-03244 (osenlaw.com/sites/default/fi…) at pp. 1-2, 50-71). Iran is liable for 85 persons killed in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Argentina (govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG… at p. 32). Iran is liable for at least 162 extrajudicial killings of dissidents worldwide since 1979 (govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG… at p. 17). These documented deaths exceed one thousand Americans alone. Pope Leo XIV is dead wrong when he calls actions against Iran the “madness of war,” fueled by a “delusion of omnipotence,” and declares “God does not bless any conflict” in his April 10-11, 2026 remarks. This fails to deliver justice for the murdered. Saving even one life justifies the President’s legal action. Justice for just one murder requires it. Ecclesiastes 8:11 (RSV-CE) states, “Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the sons of men is fully set to do evil.” Romans 13:4 (RSV-CE) states, “for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer.” The President took this legal action under Article II of the U.S. Constitution to faithfully execute laws against a designated state sponsor of terrorism. Article II of the U.S. Constitution vests the President with executive power to faithfully execute laws addressing state sponsors of terrorism. Mississippi v. Johnson (71 U.S. 475 (1867)) (tile.loc.gov/storage-service…) upholds the President’s discretion to enforce these laws internationally to protect U.S. lives, with no legal bar to acting globally to save even one life.

The Israeli military said Tuesday that a soldier had been killed in Lebanon, the first since a US-Iran temporary truce came into force that Israel insisted does not include the country where it is fighting Tehran-backed Hezbollah. arab.news/v39yn

Tehran streets empty, shops shuttered, people starving under the 'victory' and the regime still lets this video out without mass arrests. Meanwhile in glitzy Dubai: 100 arrested (including Brits & tourists) just for snapping or WhatsApp-ing pics of drone-damaged buildings. One's a brutal theocracy, the other's a 'tolerant' paradise... but both terrified of bad PR. At least Iran isn't jailing you for showing the empty shelves " #UAE is cancer in the Middle East.