Iran war updates: No progress on negotiations with the US – Araghchi

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• Trump said that a deal to end the war with Iran “could happen over the weekend”.
• Iran’s FM Araghchi says while contact with the US has not been cut off, no progress has been made in negotiations.
• Kuwaiti authorities said at least one person was killed and 63 wounded in strikes on its main airport blamed on Iran.
• However, the IRGC claimed the strike was caused by a malfunctioning US-made Patriot missile system. The US military denied the claim.
• Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 3,516 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since March 2, when fighting resumed.
• The US House of Representatives passed a War Powers Resolution, curbing Trump’s powers to continue the war without consulting Congress.

US Republican Representative Thomas Massie has announced his co-sponsorship of the Block the Bombs Act, aiming to limit the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel.

In a post on X, he said that “Israel has used American-supplied munitions to kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians”, adding that “America is morally obligated to end support of Israel’s devastation of Gaza and its people”.

Israel has used American-supplied munitions to kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians.

America is morally obligated to end support of Israel’s devastation of Gaza and its people. I’m cosponsoring the Block the Bombs Act to limit the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel. pic.twitter.com/RSRUG6Swfe

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 3, 2026

The US House has passed a War Powers Resolution aimed at restricting Trump’s ability to conduct military operations without explicit congressional consent.

The vote reflects an ongoing constitutional battle over war-making authority, with lawmakers attempting to force a halt to unauthorised hostilities in Iran and reassert Congress’s oversight role.

The legislation arrived in the House after a prolonged deadlock in the Senate, where previous attempts to pass the measure failed to clear procedural hurdles or secure enough votes.

The deadlock was broken after the Senate finally managed to pass its version of the resolution, clearing the path for the vote.

Despite the successful passage through both chambers, the legislation faces a final hurdle at the White House, where the president holds the veto power to block the measure.

Mukhlis Masa’id of Khirbet Yarza in the occupied West Bank has lived in a state of sorrow since settlers intensified their attacks on his Jordan Valley community three years ago.

He and other local Palestinians have seen settlers destroy their crops, attack their homes, and assault shepherds and farmers working the grazing lands around the village, with growing ferocity and incidence.

This sustained targeting of agriculture in the area – on which almost the entire community relies – appears to be part of an organised and systematic campaign of intimidation by settlers, intended to drive whole Palestinian farming communities from their land.

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A US lawmaker is calling on the Trump administration to secure the release of a dual American citizen detained during Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

Senator Chris Van Hollen accused Israel of holding Sama Safi without charge and failing to inform either the US embassy or her family of where or why she was taken.

Israel has increasingly targeted students and universities in the occupied West Bank since launching its genocidal war on Gaza. Critics say it is part of a broader Israeli plan to extend full control over and annex the territory.

Israel arrested a total of 31 Palestinians during simultaneous raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. Safi was one of four female students at Birzeit University who were arrested.

Yassamin Ansari, the only Iranian-American Democrat in Congress, has welcomed the passage of a resolution limiting Trump’s powers to wage war.

“Finally, after months of Democrats offering this measure, the House just passed an official War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s chaotic, illegal war in Iran,” Ansari said on X.

“It is Congress’ power, not the president’s, to declare war,” she said, noting that the Senate has advanced a similar resolution and calling on Trump to “end this war now”.

Finally, after months of Democrats offering this measure, the House just passed an official War Powers Resolution to end Trump’s chaotic, illegal war in Iran that has already claimed the lives of American service members and innocent civilians.

It is Congress’ power, not the…

— Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari (@RepYassAnsari) June 3, 2026

Iran is saying that it was the Americans who started this fight yesterday night, that they have attacked two targets: One of them is an Iranian oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, and the other is a communications facility, a radar, on Qeshm Island.

That was the incident that triggered the Iranian reaction, according to Iranian authorities here … saying that the attacks on Bahrain and American bases in Bahrain and in Kuwait were a retaliation to those attacks.

The Iranians have been repeating time and again, since the beginning of this war, that they wouldn’t hesitate to defend the country and also to strike against the sources of any attacks against Iranian territory.

Israel was supposed to fully withdraw its troops from Gaza as part of the “ceasefire” signed in October. Instead of pulling back, Israeli forces are quietly cementing permanent, heavily fortified military posts across the besieged enclave, according to satellite imagery analysed by Al Jazeera.

An investigation by Al Jazeera’s Open Source Unit, analysing satellite data up to May 2026, has identified 40 distinct Israeli military outposts entrenched within Gaza. Crucially, the analysis proves that eight of these bases were constructed entirely from scratch after the October 2025 truce went into effect, with one site still undergoing active construction.

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Once again, the US president is optimistic about an agreement with Iran.

This comes on the heels of Trump saying he would not rule out, at some point, even speaking with Iran’s supreme leader.

What this signals is that the US president believes a deal is potentially imminent.

He gave comments with regard to the Iranian attacks on Kuwait, which initially US Central Command said were all intercepted – and Iran’s ballistic missiles did not get through. But obviously, a short time later, the damage was extensive.

The US president said that Iran was simply reciprocating; that the US had provoked Iran very hard, and that he believes the ceasefire is still intact – even though there has been some fighting.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned that only a “lasting ceasefire” between Israel and Hezbollah can create the conditions for “humanitarian recovery”.

An estimated 1.24 million people across Lebanon are projected to face acute food insecurity this year, with conditions particularly severe in southern Lebanon, it said in a press release, citing the famine monitoring group Famine Early Warning Systems Network.

“So many families here have lost everything – their homes, their sense of safety, their livelihoods,” Sherine Ibrahim, IRC Regional Vice President for the Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine, said.

“They need the fighting to stop, for good … Now, thousands more people are being forced from their homes with little warning – some for the second or third time.”

At least 3,516 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, when fighting resumed, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Tehran – Iran is facing more energy constraints as its summer season begins, with the widespread use of air conditioning and other needs during hotter months contributing to an imbalance between supply and consumption.

The impact of the war on Iran’s economy mean the government has fewer tools at its disposal to deal with an energy crisis this summer.

One 35-year-old owner of a welding workshop near Tehran told Al Jazeera that a surge in his monthly energy bill from 40 million rials ($23) in the previous Persian calendar year to three times that today.

“I went to the electricity company, and they only kept saying the tariffs have gone up,” he said. “I had a similar message from a friend who is paying much more now for roughly the same usage as before, so it looks like we’re to pay for the cost of war.”

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