Iran war updates: Tehran ponders US deal; Lebanon-Israel talks under way

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• US Secretary of State Rubio told Congress that any US sanctions relief for Iran being offered relates to Tehran’s “nuclear programme”, not reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
• IAEA chief Grossi says many nuclear activities that were taking place in Iran have now stopped.
• The US military says it has disabled a Botswana-flagged oil tanker after it attempted to sail towards Iran’s Kharg Island.
• The closure of the Strait of Hormuz could see oil import costs rise by $20bn, hitting poorer countries hardest, UN Trade and Development says.
• Israeli forces have continued deadly attacks across southern Lebanon, including one that killed four adults and two children in the Lebanese town of al-Marwaniyeh.
• A Hezbollah drone attack injured four Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.

Since Trump began his second presidency, media outlets have published anonymous accounts of rifts and “frustrating” calls between Trump and Netanyahu. But the US support for Israel has never wavered.

Experts say that despite leaks of feuds and harsh words between US leaders and Netanyahu, policies are ultimately what matters, and they have changed very little.

Read more here.

The figures released by the US Transportation Department come as oil prices jumped about 1 percent to a one-week high in volatile trade on Tuesday as the market waits for news on US-Iran talks.

The Strait of Hormuz is a major factor currently affecting oil prices, with the near-total blockade choking off about a fifth of global oil and LNG flows and driving prices up by 50 percent or more.

Trump reportedly lashed out at Netanyahu during a phone call over Israel’s threat to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday.

In the video below, Al Jazeera’s Marah Rayan explains what this means:

During his testimony before Congress, Rubio said during Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and “increasingly engaging” in negotiations.

Khamenei has not been seen or heard from publicly since he was reportedly wounded in US-Israeli strikes that killed his father.

⁠The ⁠US has issued ⁠new sanctions ‌on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, according to a notice ⁠on the ⁠Treasury Department ⁠website.

The new sanctions include levies against digital asset exchanges Nobitex, Wallex, Bitpin and Ramzinex.

The US sanctioned brothers, Seyed Mohammad Ali Aghamir Mohammad Ali and Seyed Mohammad Aghamir Mohammad Ali, who control Nobitex, as well as the exchange’s chief executive officer, Amir Hossein Rad.

Nobitex denies any direct government connections.

Israeli media is reporting that a reservist and three soldiers were wounded in a Hezbollah drone strike in southern Lebanon.

Here’s what you need to know:

• First day of US-sponsored talks between Israeli and Lebanese representatives at the State Department in Washington, DC, has ended.
• At least eight people have been killed by Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon today.
• Hezbollah says it launched drones at two Israeli military armoured vehicles and two tanks in southern Lebanon.
• IAEA chief Grossi says many nuclear activities that were taking place in Iran have now stopped.
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and “increasingly engaging”, says US Secretary of State Rubio during his testimony before Congress.

The first day of meetings between Lebanese and Israeli representatives has concluded, our correspondent has reported.

Talks are expected to resume tomorrow at the State Department in Washington, DC.

According to many politicians, many media analysts talking to several Israeli media, Netanyahu has chosen once again his political interests, his survival at the expense of the strategic goals that many Israelis were hoping he would achieve against Hezbollah.

Many opposition leaders, as well as coalition members, who have been lobbying for him to expand his military assault inside Beirut, are very frustrated and criticising Netanyahu, saying that once again, he chose himself.

Let’s not forget that Netanyahu had a hidden motive. Yes, he wanted to expand the military assault in Beirut for his own reasons. But he wanted to derail the talks between the US and Iran. And that’s why many believe Trump made that phone call and threatened him.

It’s a day of frustration and criticism of Netanyahu in Israel.

The number of Palestinian women detained in Israeli prisons has risen to 89 following the detention of four women earlier today, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.

The women being held include three minors, three pregnant women, 19 administrative detainees and three inmates diagnosed with cancer.