Iran is still reviewing the final text of a possible memorandum of understanding with the United States and has not yet sent a response, semi-official Mehr News reported on Tuesday, citing an informed source.
Outgoing Mossad chief David Barnea said Israel should remain committed to toppling Iran’s ruling system, adding, “This mission must remain our top priority.”
An IRGC cleric said on Tuesday that the public should be given updates on the Iran's wartime situation, citing how former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei spoke directly to people during the 12-day war.
Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that the relationship between the Islamic Republic and Lebanon is “unbreakable.”
Donald Trump said talks with Iran are continuing rapidly after he unilaterally declared a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah following a phone call with Israel's prime minister.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told Al Jazeera that President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Iran’s enriched uranium abroad was “difficult but not impossible” to implement.
Bahrain banned its citizens from traveling to Iran and Iraq because of ongoing security tensions, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards navy said on Tuesday that 24 vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours after receiving permits.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday night that the foundations of Iran’s ruling system had “cracked” and that it would eventually fall.
Speaking at a farewell ceremony for outgoing Mossad chief David Barnea, Netanyahu said Iran had already paid a heavy price, according to a statement form the prime minister’s office.
“The foundations of this terrorist regime in Iran have cracked. It will never return to what it was, and I tell you – it will fall in the end,” Netanyahu said.
He also warned that anyone plotting against Israel would fail and pay a heavy price.
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Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday that the UN Security Council should move beyond expressions of concern and take “punitive and binding decisions” against Israel over Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.
Writing on X, Kazem Gharibabadi said that US President Donald Trump’s claim that he had dissuaded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from launching a major attack on Beirut showed Washington’s direct role in what he called the “management of Israeli aggression.”
An IRGC spokesman said on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic’s military capability had increased significantly compared with before the war.
“If the enemy returns to the military arena, the type of operation, the geography of the battle and the weapons used will be different,” saidHossein Mohebbi, IRGC spokesman and deputy for public relations.
UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said on Tuesday that countries in the region, including Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq, were paying the price for Iran’s “inflated regional ambitions.”
He said no country’s regional role should come at the expense of shared security, stability and prosperity.
“A review is required and inevitable on clear grounds: respect for sovereignty, good neighborliness, and non-interference in the affairs of others,” he wrote in a post on X.
A senior official at Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command said on Tuesday that the United States was seeking the Islamic Republic’s “full surrender.”
Mohammad Jafar Asadi, the headquarters’ deputy inspector, said there would be war if surrender was not an option.
“When there is no surrender, war lies ahead, and we have not yet revealed all our winning cards,” he said.
Iran was still reviewing the final text of a possible memorandum of understanding with the United States and has not yet sent a response, semi-official Mehr News reported on Tuesday, citing an informed source.
“America’s record of breaking commitments and historical mistrust have led Iran to take a very strict approach to the issue,” said the source, described as close to Iran’s negotiating team.
The source also said Iran was seeking “real benefit” based on past experience.
Outgoing Mossad chief David Barnea said Israel should remain committed to toppling Iran’s ruling system.
Speaking at a retirement ceremony late Monday, Barnea said the Islamic Republic was at its weakest after the recent war and that Israel should “complete the job.”
“I believed, and I still believe, that a change in the reality in Iran by virtue of toppling the regime is a possible and achievable goal,” Barnea said.
He said such a goal would require “persistence, a cool head, and commitment to the mission.”
“This mission must remain as our top priority,” he added.
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