What we know about Iran’s peace proposal rejected by Trump

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  May 2, 2026 Trump rejects Iran’s phased peace plan to end the war, reopen Hormuz, and delay nuclear talks, leaving...

Trump claims hostilities have ended in Iran in letter to congressional leaders

Lauren Gambino The Guardian  /  May 2, 2026 President seemed to suggest that legislative deadline to approve war no longer applies as Democrats push back. Donald Trump...

Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

Trita Parsi Responsible Statecraft  /  May 2, 2026 Washington's search for a 'silver bullet' to defeat Tehran has made it all but impossible to secure a...

Iran threatens ‘long and painful strikes’ after Trump briefed on ‘final blow’ options

James C. Reynolds The Independent  /  May 1, 2026 Iran has threatened retaliation if Donald Trump acts on options to reopen the conflict in the Middle...

Iran offers new peace proposal to US but Trump ‘not satisfied’

Saeed Shah & Patrick Wintour The Guardian  /  May 1, 2026 Tehran reportedly passed proposal to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night, though its contents are...

The Iran war has brought many old Gulf faultlines to the fore – and...

Toby Matthiesen The Conversation  /  May 1, 2026 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on April 28 that it will leave the global oil producers’ cartel...

The US blockade challenges Iran’s oil storage capacity and threatens well operations

Ali Falahi El Pais  /  May 1, 2026 With nowhere left to put the crude, future production — and the infrastructure that enables it — is...

We need a guns and butter debate over the costs of the Iran war

Michael Hudson CounterPunch  /  May 1, 2026 Sixty years ago, opposition to America’s war in Vietnam, a major attack concerned the costs of diverting U.S. resources...

Why is Israel so contrite over the destruction of a crucifix ?

Lisa Goldman New Lines Magazine  /  May 1, 2026 A photo of an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to destroy a crucifix in the Christian village...

UAE says Iran cannot be trusted over Hormuz, peace efforts at an impasse

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  May 1, 2026 A senior Emirati official said Tehran could not be trusted over any unilateral arrangements it makes...