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June 7, 2026e-Paper
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June 7, 2026e-Paper
Updated – June 07, 2026 10:06 pm IST
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on June 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday (June 7, 2026) for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in West Asia legitimate targets, Iran’s top negotiator said in a post on X. “They are neither committed to a ceasefire nor believe in dialogue, and through the naval blockade and violation of agreements regarding Lebanon, they showed that they only understand the language of power,” Mr. Qalibaf said in an apparent reference to the U.S. and Israel.
Also read | U.S. eyes Iranian assets for Gulf allies’ reconstruction, source says
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift any sanctions before a peace deal is reached. Mr. Trump said he would consider those steps after an agreement is reached. “Comes after,” he said. “Yeah. If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking. Yeah.”
Also read | As talks stutter, Iran’s grip on Strait of Hormuz still tight
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday (June 7, 2026) held a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, during which he delivered a written message from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Iranian government said in a statement. The message was addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. “Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with FM @araghchi in Tehran today (June 7), delivering a written message from PM Shehbaz Sharif addressed to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei,” the Iranian government said in a post on X.
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The U.S. naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday (June 7) for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make U.S. bases and Israeli assets in West Asia legitimate targets, Iran’s top negotiator said in a post on X.
The comments from Iran’s Parliament speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, follow Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, a stronghold of Iran’s ally Hezbollah.
“They are neither committed to a ceasefire nor believe in dialogue, and through the naval blockade and violation of agreements regarding Lebanon, they showed that they only understand the language of power,” Mr. Qalibaf said in an apparent reference to the U.S. and Israel.
-Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he would not unfreeze Iranian assets or lift any sanctions before a peace deal is reached.
Mr. Trump said he would consider those steps after an agreement is made. “Comes after,” he said. “Yeah. If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking. Yeah.”
Mr. Trump also said that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran.
Trump insists no unfreezing of Iran's assets or sanctions relief until a peace deal is finalized.
Islamabad, Jun 7 (PTI) Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday (June 7) held a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, during which he delivered a written message from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Iranian government said in a statement.
The message was addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.
“Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with FM @araghchi in Tehran today, delivering a written message from PM Shehbaz Sharif addressed to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei,” the Iranian government said in a post on X.
-PTI
Pakistan’s Interior Minister was in Tehran on Sunday (June 7) in a fresh bid to restart negotiations between Iran and the U.S., as the American military said it shot down two more Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz that threatened international maritime traffic.
The latest action came as the U.S. administration presses Iran to make a deal to end the war in West Asia, which has strained the global economy and threatened a hunger crisis in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.
The heaviest fighting ended with a preliminary ceasefire on April 8, but the sides have not been able to agree on a long-term end to the war.
-AP
Israel’s military on Sunday (June 7, 2026) said it intercepted two projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israeli territory, as it carried out more strikes on Lebanon despite an ongoing truce.
The military later issued an evacuation warning for most of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and its surroundings.
“Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the areas of Yiftah and Ramot Naftali, two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory were intercepted,” the military said.
-AFP
The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war reached its 100th day on Sunday (June 7) with no end in sight.
It came as mediator Pakistan delivered a message to Iran’s supreme leader, following weeks of indirect talks marked by tit-for-tat threats and sporadic exchanges of fire.
Efforts to turn a ceasefire into a lasting settlement have repeatedly stalled, while the war has rattled global markets and increased pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump at home ahead of midterm elections.
– AFP
At least one person was killed and six others injured in several simultaneous shooting attacks close to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to Israel’s rescue services, Magen David Adom.
Israel’s police said they had killed at least one attacker and are carrying out searches for additional assailants. Residents in the area were instructed to stay at home.
Magen David Adom said it received the first reports of a shooting at a gas station near the town of Kokhav Yair, located on the Israeli side of the boundary with the West Bank, at around 10:30 a.m. Several other shooting reports were received soon afterward, including one inside the West Bank.
Over the weekend, Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank that they said was accelerating towards troops, killing a 7-month-old Palestinian baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian health ministry said. — AP
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the blockade by the United States of Iranian ports are among several recent acts of brinkmanship. A legacy of the Cold War era, brinkmanship refers to single action or a series of actions during a conflict or a short-of-war situation that forces a perilous climb up the escalation ladder to force the adversary to back down, make concessions, negotiate or even do something irrational that would justify the use of uncalibrated or widespread use of force.
Coined by western political scientists in the 1950s and 1960s while analysing crises such as the Berlin Blockade (1948-49) and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), the term also warned of the risk of escalation spiralling out of control, particularly in the nuclear context (Armageddon).
Arjun Subramaniam writes, click below to read:
With the vast spread of the spectrum of conflict in the post-Cold War era without the disappearance of the nuclear overhang, brinkmanship has once again assumed dangerous proportions
For nearly half a century, relations between Iran and the United States have oscillated between overt hostility and crisis management. Periods of confrontation were punctuated by brief diplomatic openings, only to be followed by renewed distrust and, more recently, war and devastation.
In this context the current move towards a memorandum that could lead to an indefinite ceasefire and buy time to address the thornier issues bedevilling their relationship appears to be a significant step. However, even agreeing on a framework to enter into substantive negotiations has been far more difficult than anticipated thanks to vastly different expectations of the two sides.
The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest level, U.S. media reported.
The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said Israel’s “ability to conduct human espionage and technical collection is at a ‘critical level’,” NBC News said, citing U.S. officials.
The move came after concerns that Israel had been attempting to spy on top U.S. officials to get information on “the Trump administration’s internal deliberations and decision-making on the conflicts in the Middle East,” the American network said.
– AFP
The Israeli military said on Sunday it intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, after sirens sounded in the areas of Yiftah and Ramot Naftali.
– Reuters
The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war crept into its 100th day on Sunday (June 7, 2026) with no end in sight.
Weeks of indirect talks marked by tit-for-tat threats and sporadic exchanges of fire have failed to secure a deal to end the conflict or reopen the vital waterway, a chokepoint for Gulf oil and gas shipments.
The enormous costs of Israel’s multi-front war and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s determination to turn his country into a “super-Sparta” of the Middle East are driving up the defence budget and raising fears of cutbacks in education and healthcare.
The total cost of the series of interconnected regional conflicts that began with Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 stood at 405 billion shekels ($138 billion) as of late April, according to the governor of the Bank of Israel, Amir Yaron.
“That’s a huge figure, more than 17% of GDP,” he said during a recent economic conference in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.
Just the military campaign against Iran, which began with a wave of US-Israeli strikes on February 28, incurred an additional cost of 35 billion shekels ($12 billion) for the state up until a ceasefire took effect on April 8, according to an initial estimate by the Finance Ministry.
– AFP
Iran’s World Cup squad is expected to arrive in Mexico early on Sunday (June 7, 2026) under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington, after the United States refused to issue visas for some team support staff.
The dispute erupted just days before kickoff of the 2026 World Cup, which is being jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Iran are due to play their three group games on U.S. soil, making the first World Cup to see a host nation receive the team of a country it is at war with.
– AP
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has dismissed the idea of his country’s Supreme Leader meeting Donald Trump, after the U.S. President floated the prospect.
On Wednesday (June 3, 2026), Mr. Trump told the New York Post, “Yeah, I’d like to meet him,” when he was asked about a possible encounter, adding that “we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out”.
Originally called Qalaat al-Shaqif, or the “Castle of the High Rock,” Beaufort was built by European crusaders atop older fortifications in 1139. Invaded and besieged multiple times throughout its long history, the bastion has been at the centre of the Israel-Lebanon conflict and a pain point in the fragile ceasefire, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 17.
Click here to read about how a 12th-century hilltop castle has emerged as a key strategic flashpoint in Israel’s war with Hezbollah in occupied southern Lebanon
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reached Tehran on Saturday (June 6, 2026) to push for peace amidst rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, according to media reports.
It is Mr. Naqvi’s third visit to Iran in recent weeks, as Pakistan leads a diplomatic push to bring the two sides to the table.
Upon his arrival in Tehran, Mr. Naqvi was received by his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported.
During his visit, Mr. Naqvi will hold talks with various top officials, including Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim reported.
– PTI
The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday (June 6, 2026), a day after a wave of attacks by Iran against Kuwait and Bahrain.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also directed a team to assess costs for damage already inflicted on Gulf allies by Iran, the source said, adding that the U.S. will consider using Iranian assets for those repairs as well.
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U.S. plans to redirect Iranian assets for Gulf reconstruction amid ongoing tensions and damage assessments following recent attacks.
The U.S. military said it shot down two Iranian attack drones threatening Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic, the latest clash between the warring forces as tensions escalate anew in the Middle East.
“Earlier today, US forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command said on its X account.
“American forces remain postured and ready to continue defending against Iranian aggression.”
– AFP
Published – June 07, 2026 07:43 am IST
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