Iran war updates: Lebanon’s president criticises Iran amid Israeli attacks

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• Trump said that oil and fertiliser prices would drop after the war in Iran is over, whether it ends through “a piece of paper or the very tough way”.
• Israeli forces shot and killed a seven-month-old baby and injured his parents near Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
• Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Iran of “using Lebanon as a bargaining chip” in negotiations with the US.
• Israeli forces killed several people, including a paramedic, and ordered the forced displacement of at least nine more towns and villages in southern Lebanon.
• Hamas officials arrived in Cairo to discuss finalising the implementation of the first phase of the US-brokered “ceasefire” agreement in Gaza.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said that lowering petrol and diesel prices will ultimately require a resolution with Iran to get more oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Wright was in California, where he told Fox News that the US state needs to increase domestic production of fuel to increase energy security for 30 military facilities there that rely on imported fuel.

Wright also said the US strategic petroleum reserve will increase after the war, since companies will have to return more than they borrowed.

“Each barrel we flow out, we’re getting 1.25 barrels back next year. We’re going to cash 40 million barrels to the [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] after the conflict is over at no cost to the taxpayer,” he said.

Hezbollah says it carried out 32 separate strikes against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon from Thursday into Friday, hitting troops and military vehicles.

According to statements detailing its operations, the Lebanese group said its fighters deployed rocket salvoes, artillery and explosive drones to target Israeli positions and halt their advances.

It said the attacks also focused heavily on Israeli forces positioned around the historic Beaufort Castle, which Israel’s army has seized.

The group also said its fighters targeted Israeli troops and vehicles in al-Ghandouriyah, al-Qantarah, Haddatha, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Yohmor al-Shaqif, Odaisseh, Naqoura and at-Tiri.

Surface-to-air missiles also targeted aircraft over the Western Bekaa, Zahrani and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.

Trump has been speaking to farmers in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, telling them he expects fuel and fertiliser prices to fall soon.

“Because we’re at a point we’re going to come out of Iran very quickly, and it’s going to be very strong one way or the other, whether it’s a piece of paper or the very tough way,” Trump said.

“Okay, the very tough ways may be the easier way, but we’re going to come out, and your fertiliser prices are going to go way down, just like they were four months ago. Your fertiliser is down, your energy is down, your oil, your gas is all coming way down.”

Trump added that he thought that the price of fuel and fertiliser “would go much higher than it did”.

“I thought, frankly, that gasoline would be much higher than it was.”

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The US ambassador to Turkiye, Tom Barrack, has appeared to confirm media reports that members of Iran’s national football team have secured US visas for the upcoming FIFA World Cup.

“Proud of our outstanding team at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara for their work processing visas for Iran’s national football team,” Barrack wrote on X.

The Reuters news agency cited an unnamed White House official earlier as saying Iranian players had received their visas. ABC News also later reported that the players had received visas, citing an unnamed US official.

Proud of our outstanding team at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara for their work processing visas for Iran’s national football team on their road to the @FIFAWorldCup in the United States.

Sports transcends borders, and we look forward to welcoming competitors and fans from around the… https://t.co/KpFUCFcvZV

— Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) June 5, 2026

The US State Department says it has approved a potential foreign military sale of counter-unmanned aerial systems platforms and related equipment to Kuwait, estimated to be valued at $1.98bn.

The department said in a statement that the proposed sale supports US foreign policy and national security objectives by enhancing the security of a major non-NATO ally in the Middle East.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said Tehran wants at least half of its frozen assets released upon signing a memorandum of understanding with the US.

“At minimum, the Islamic Republic of Iran insists that 50 percent of these funds be made available to Iran immediately upon the signing of the memorandum of understanding,” Gharibabadi told Iran’s Mehr news agency.

Iran has billions of dollars in assets frozen in accounts around the world due to sanctions, including some that date back to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

Gharibabadi added that Iran would expect the money to be released “within a limited timeframe of no more than one to two months after the deal is signed”.

Frederic Schneider, a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously told Al Jazeera that while the total value of the assets remains unclear, they likely amount to a “very substantial sum”.

Trump has told NBC News that Iran retains only about 21 to 22 percent of its missile capability after the US “totally destroyed” the country’s military.

“I would say, percentage-wise, maybe 21, 22 percent of their missiles,” he said, according to a clip of an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press programme that was shared online.

“It’s a lot of missiles, but it’s not what it was when we first attacked.”

US intelligence agencies told Congress last month that Iran had restored operational access to 30 of the 33 missile sites it maintains along the Strait of Hormuz, with the country maintaining about 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, The New York Times reported.

The Israeli arrests of two players from the Palestine national women’s football team has renewed calls on FIFA to take action.

Our colleagues at AJ+ break down the years-long pressure campaign against world football’s governing body.

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The US-Israeli war on Iran, now nearing its 100th day, has deterred fans globally from going to the World Cup, which is being co-hosted by the US and kicks off next Thursday.

“Football is called the ‘beautiful game’ for a reason, for its ability to unite people,” South African football fan Byron Pillay told Al Jazeera.

“But it’s hard to believe in that magic with the politics and war rhetoric off the field of play, especially when one of the tournament hosts is central to that.”

Compatriot Riaz Hamed echoed those reservations. “With the stance of America in particular, regarding the treatment of fans and immigrants in the country, I don’t believe it to be entirely safe to attend,” he said.

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A group of students in Gaza are running an ice cream and juice parlour to fund their studies.

Known as “the nerds” by their regular customers, the students have been serving ice cream at Flora in al-Mawasi since March, as they strive to continue their education within a system that has been largely destroyed.

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The Israeli military says a second soldier sustained minor injuries in an exchange of fire today.

In a post on Telegram, the military said the shootout took place in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, a municipality overlooking the Litani River in the Nabatieh governorate.

Both soldiers have been evacuated for medical treatment, it said.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has rejected comments by Israel’s ambassador to France saying that the 2023 Israeli attack in Lebanon that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others was a “mistake”.

Joshua Laurent Zarka said this week that Israeli forces believed the journalists, who were clearly identified as press, were “terrorists”.

Sara Qudah, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa director, said that fails to answer “the central question in this apparent war crime: why did Israeli forces repeatedly strike a group of journalists who were plainly identifiable as members of the press?”

Qudah added that the journalists had remained in the same location for an extended period and had been carrying out their work in plain sight. She called for Israel to release evidence supporting its assertion, as well as the full findings of its “purported investigation”.