An agreement has reportedly been reached between the United States and Iran to extend the ceasefire and begin negotiations on Iranian nuclear power, but Donald Trump has yet to validate it. The American president still said he was dissatisfied on Wednesday.
The essentials
- ​​The war in Iran continues this Thursday, May 28, 2026. The American army shot down four Iranian drones during the night and carried out strikes on a ground base in the south of Iran, during “measured, only defensive” actions, according to an American official cited by AFP. the Iranian revolution announced that they had targeted an American base in retaliation.
- Negotiations to end the war in Iran continues. The United States and Iran would have reached an agreement reported the media Axios this Thursday, but the text would still be subject to the approval of Donald Trump. Who said he was not satisfied with the proposals the day before. The agreement would provide for an extension of the ceasefire by 60 days and new negotiations dedicated to the Iranian nuclear issue. Is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz provided for by the agreement? This detail has not been specified, but the lifting of the blockade of Iran against the lifting of the American block on Iranian ports has been mentioned several times.
- The Strait of Hormuz is still blocked by Iran. The Iranian regime, however, claims to authorize the transit of certain ships on which it imposes fees for “navigation services” and has denied wanting to introduce a toll. This Thursday, Iranian forces fired on four ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, state television (IRIB) reported.
- The war between Israel and Lebanon continues despite the ceasefire. Early Thursday, the Israeli army called for the evacuation of several buildings in the city of Tire and surrounding areas in southern Lebanon, ahead of planned operations against pro-Iranian Hezbollah. Finally, she declared having “hit two important Hamas terrorists in the north of the Gaza Strip”, the day after the death ofnew leader of the armed branch of Hamas, targeted the day before by a strike in Gaza.
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19:20 – “Unlimited” access to the Strait of Hormuz provided for in the peace agreement?
According to information from Axios, the framework of agreement between Washington and Tehran on a 60-day memorandum of understanding, aimed at extending the ceasefire and launching negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, would provide for access to the Strait of Hormuz or “unlimited” during this period. Iran should therefore remove all mines placed in the area. Likewise, the American blockade on Iranian ports should be lifted, as maritime traffic resumes in the strait. Finally, the agreement framework would provide that Iran can sell oil, with the United States suspending its sanctions for the occasion.
17:40 – Trump not yet satisfied with the agreement
If the United States and Iran have reached an agreement that Donald Trump has yet to validate according to Axios, last night the American president said he was not yet satisfied with the proposed agreement with Tehran. But at the same time, he indicated that Iran was “starting to provide us with what it had to provide us” without giving more details.
16:29 – An Iran/United States agreement, subject to Trump’s green light
According to information from the American media Axios, the United States and Iran have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding aimed at extending the ceasefire and launching negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program, but President Donald Trump has yet to give his final approval, that’s why, nothing is not yet certain.
16:25 – Why is it stuck between Washington and Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz
Hours before the United States said it had attacked Iranian drones and a launch site around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump insisted his administration is still “not satisfied” with the terms of the Iran deal. Parallel US-Iranian blockades on ships not Allies in the Strait of Hormuz have caused global oil prices to fluctuate and trapped tens of thousands of sailors along the key canal. So far, Tehran authorities have indicated that they ultimately intend to maintain a greater degree of control over the passage through the strait than before the war. But on Thursday, the United States sanctioned the body newly created by Iran to force shippers to comply with its rules.
16:01 – An Israeli strike on an apartment in Beirut (Lebanon)
An Israeli strike targeted an apartment south of Beirut on Thursday, a Lebanese military source told AFP, as Israel intensified its land and air operations against pro-Iranian Hezbollah. “An Israeli strike targeted an apartment in Choueifat,” this source said. AFP images show smoke rising above the town, located on the edge of the southern suburbs of the capital, a Hezbollah stronghold. In addition, at least 14 people died Thursday in other Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese authorities.
3:50 p.m. – Iranian airlines soon to be shut down?
“We will cut off the two Iranian airlines’ access to landing sites, refueling and ticket sales,” US Finance Minister Scott Bessent said in a message on The Iranian economy and currency are in free fall,” he continued this Thursday, May 28.
15:36 – Iran promises a “firm response” in the event of a new US attack
The Revolutionary Guards warned the United States this Thursday against a “firm response” in the event of a new attack, after American strikes on the south of the country, in a press release. “If this action is repeated, the American army will be exposed to a firm response,” the Guardians wrote in a press release published on their site Sepah News.
13:39 – The USA and Israel seek to “bring the nation to its knees”, says Khamenei
Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said the United States and Israel were seeking to “bring the nation to its knees” after recent clashes between these countries and Iran. “The enemy’s blind plan (…) is to create division and destruction in order to compensate for its military defeats,” stressed Mojtaba Khamenei in a written statement broadcast by state television.
11:34 – Iran denounces ceasefire violations by the United States
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday strongly condemned what it called “violations” of the ceasefire by the United States following American strikes on the coastal city of Bandar Abbas, in the south of the country. Iran will take “all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty”, assured in a press release the spokesperson for the ministry, Esmaïl Baghaï, denouncing the “threatening rhetoric of American officials against Iran and several countries in the region”, following statements by Donald Trump on Oman.
09:58 – “Oman will behave like everyone else, or we will have to blow them up,” says Trump
As president, Donald Trump compiled a list of countries he threatened to attack. Trump added a new entry to that list on Wednesday, threatening to strike Oman if it tries to control the Strait of Hormuz with Iran. “Oman will behave like everyone else, or we will have to blow them up,” he said, CNN reports.
09:26 – It is in “no one’s” interest for the war to continue
The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said this Thursday that it was in “no one’s” interest for the war between Iran and the United States to continue. “They are, at this very moment, in this very dangerous zone between war and peace, and it is in no one’s interest for this war to continue,” she told a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Limassol, on the island of Cyprus.
09:05 – Israeli soldier killed by Hezbollah drone bomb
The Israeli army announced this Thursday that one of its soldiers had been killed the day before by a Hezbollah explosive drone near the border with Lebanon, bringing to 24 the number of deaths in its ranks since the beginning of March. Sergeant Rotem Yanaï, 20, “fell during a military operation in northern Israel,” the army reported in a short press release. She was killed by a Hezbollah explosive drone, an army spokeswoman told AFP. In total, 24 Israelis have been killed, including 23 soldiers and a civilian contractor, since the resumption of hostilities with Iran-backed Hezbollah at the beginning of March.
08:52 – After the American strikes, the Iranian retaliations
The United States shot down four Iranian drones and carried out strikes on a ground base in the south of the country overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, the second American operation of this type this week. Four attack drones that posed a “threat around the Strait of Hormuz” were shot down, a US official said, adding that the US military had also struck “a ground control station in Bandar Abbas which threatened to launch a fifth drone”. “These actions were measured, only defensive and carried out with the intention of maintaining the ceasefire,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced this Thursday that they had targeted an American base in retaliation for strikes carried out earlier by the United States in the south of the country, according to state television IRIB. The Kuwaiti army had earlier announced that it was repelling “enemy missile and drone attacks”.
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The start of the war in Iran, launched by the United States and Israel
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a joint military strike operation on Iran. On the Israeli side, the operation is called “Roaring Lion”, on the American side “Epic Fury”. The objectives range from the overthrow of the regime to the weakening of the Iranian nuclear program, including the destruction of the military capabilities of the Islamic Republic, judged as a threat, in particular by Israel.
In addition to targeting the Iranian arsenal, the Israeli-American coalition will lead a campaign to eliminate Iranian leaders. A significant number of political figures from the regime were killed in the first hours of the conflict, including the supreme guide Ali Khamenei. His son Mojtaba Khamenei, who took over on March 8, 2026, was also targeted and his state of health will quickly become the subject of speculation.
Iran’s response and the contagion in Lebanon and the Middle East
From February 28, 2026, Iran responded to strikes by the United States and Israel, by launching hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel and towards American military bases in the Gulf, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
On the night of March 1 to 2, in response to the death of Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, launched salvos of rockets and drones from Lebanon towards northern Israel. The Israeli army called this offensive an “official declaration of war” and launched a vast bombing campaign in Lebanon.
On March 2, 2026, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, instantly blocking numerous cargo and oil ships, and suspending a significant portion of global oil traffic. The International Energy Agency called the shutdown “the largest supply disruption in history.”
