Donald Trump assured Monday that negotiations with Tehran to end the war in the Middle East were continuing “at a rapid pace” and that a detente was looming in Lebanon, as demanded by the Iranian side.
Earlier, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said the country’s negotiators had suspended
indirect dialogue with Washington because of crimes
that Israel continues to commit
without this information being confirmed by an official Iranian source.
The United States is directly responsible for a violation of the ceasefire against Iran and a violation of the ceasefire by the Israeli regime against Lebanon
estimated the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, considered that red lines crossed
in Gaza and Lebanon were equivalent to a direct war
in reference to Israel’s almost daily strikes in the Palestinian territory and its offensive in the neighboring country.
In response
Iran est déterminé à mener des opérations défensives
and à open new fronts
warned the Guardians.
But Donald Trump announced that he had obtained from the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a commitment not to send troops to Beirut, and from the pro-Iranian Hezbollah, that of completely stop the fire
.
Le pétrole fébrile
Indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran, to end the war started on February 28 by a joint Israeli-American attack, have been stalling for weeks.
Especially since Tehran reiterated on Monday that Iranian nuclear power was not part of à ce stade
discussions, contrary to the expectations of Donald Trump, who affirmed on Sunday evening that a memorandum of understanding should stipulate very clearly that Iran will not have[it] no nuclear weapons
.
Furthermore, a ship was hit in the Gulf by a projectile which triggered a strong explosion, the British maritime safety agency UKMTO said without further details.
Ships at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port town of Khasab, on the Musandam Peninsula, northern Oman, on May 17, 2026.
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The Revolutionary Guards announced that they had attacked with a missile a ship bearing the name Sariska, which allegedly belonged to the American-Zionist enemy
specifying that the attack was a response to the attack on an Iranian ship in the Arabian Sea.
In this context, the price of Brent from the North Sea, the world benchmark for crude oil, suddenly rose again (up to around +7%) before slowing down somewhat and ending the session up 4.24% at $94.98.
Washington talks about strikes défensives
Iran had earlier in the day accused the United States of once again violating the fragile ceasefire concluded on April 8, after American strikes this weekend followed by Iranian military retaliations.
The American army announced that it had carried out a new wave of strikes on Saturday and Sunday défensives
on southern Iran, the third in just over a week.
These bombings targeted radar and drone control systems in the city of Goruk and the island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz, said the US Middle East Command (CENTCOM).
The Iranian Guards said they responded by attacking a base used by the US military for strikes against its territory, without naming the targeted country. Kuwait, however, intercepted missiles and drones hostiles
and attributed them to Iran.
The war has left thousands dead, especially in Iran and Lebanon, and is shaking the world economy.
