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Key developments
• Iran’s response: Tehran’s counter-proposal to a US plan to end the war included a demand for compensation and recognition of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, reported Iranian state media. President Donald Trump has called Iran’s response “totally unacceptable” and accused Tehran of “playing games.”
• Israel on military aid: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “it’s time we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support” from the US, telling CBS that he wants to reduce the funding from $3.8 billion a year “to zero.”
• Strait of Hormuz: Iran’s military warned that countries enforcing sanctions against Tehran will “face problems” when their vessels use the strait. Iran and the US have recently traded attacks in the region’s key waterways.
Trump deems Iran's response to US proposal "unacceptable." Catch up on the headlines
US President Donald Trump has called Iran’s response to a US proposal to end the war “totally unacceptable.” These comments followed his criticism of Iran earlier Sunday, accusing Tehran of “playing games” with the US and the rest of the world.
Tehran’s counter-proposal included recognition of sovereignty over the blockaded Strait of Hormuz and a demand for compensation, state media reported. The reports did not mention the country’s nuclear program, which has been one of the key issues the US has tried to address.
More headlines to know:
- Israel looking to “wean” US support: In an interview with CBS, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wants to reduce US military support from $3.8 billion a year “to zero,” saying, “I think that it’s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support.” Separately, sources said that Netanyahu spoke with Trump on Sunday evening, as Iran submitted its response.
- Oil prices rise: Brent crude prices on Sunday rose 3.17% to $104.50 a barrel and US crude climbed 3.21%, to about $98.48 a barrel. Peace talks between the US and Iran appear to have stalled again, renewing concerns about when oil would be able to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for about one-fifth of the world’s oil.
- Activist moved: After spending 10 days in a hospital in Zanjan, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was granted bail and transferred to a hospital in Tehran on Sunday, according to a statement from her family-run foundation. Mohammadi, who has been a political prisoner for much of the last two decades, has faced serious health issues behind bars.
- China draws lessons: The war is providing a window for China into how US military capabilities work under fire. CNN spoke with experts about how the fighting can inform what might happen in any possible conflict that would pit Beijing against Washington.
CNN’s Laura Sharman, Aileen Graef, Aleena Fayaz, Tal Shalev, Jomana Karadsheh, Max Saltman, Brad Lendon, Sylvie Zhuang and Wayne Chang contributed reporting.
Netanyahu says Israel should end reliance on US military aid and social media “hurt us badly”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wants to reduce US military support from $3.8 billion a year “to zero” in a Sunday interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
“We receive $3.8 billion a year, and I think that it’s time that we weaned ourselves from the remaining military support. I said, ‘Let’s start now and do it over the next decade,’” he told CBS’ Major Garrett.
Netanyahu said he has seen support for Israel fall in the United States, which he said “correlates almost 100% with the geometric rise of social media.”
China has also played a role in the conflict, according to Netanyahu’s comments.
“China gave certain amount of support and particular components of missile manufacturing. But I can’t say more than that,” he said.
CNN has previously reported US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran. China has denied reports it is helping Iran’s military rearm.
Netanyahu said there is “work to be done” in Iran and said that US President Donald Trump agreed with him on the importance of removing Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
Regarding the US-Iran ceasefire, Netanyahu said it should be kept separate from the Israel-Hezbollah truce in southern Lebanon, though Iran would disagree.
State media: Iran's response to US proposal includes Hormuz sovereignty and compensation
Tehran’s counter-proposal to the United States’ plan to end the conflict included recognition of sovereignty over the blockaded Strait of Hormuz and a demand for compensation for war damages, Iranian state media reported.
The proposal demands the release of frozen Iranian assets as well as the lifting of sanctions, according to broadcaster IRIB early on Monday.
Iran is also seeking an end to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon, reported Reuters, citing Iranian state TV.
Iranian state media reports on the counter-proposal so far did not mention anything about the country’s nuclear program.
President Donald Trump has dismissed Iranian counter-proposal, which was submitted to the US via Pakistan, calling it “totally unacceptable.”
The US laid out a “very clear red line” in its latest proposal, US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said earlier on Sunday. “President (Donald) Trump has been clear they will never have a nuclear weapon and they cannot hold the world’s economies hostage,” Waltz told “Fox News Sunday.”
New strikes raise fears Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is collapsing
Deadly Israeli strikes and continued Hezbollah attacks are fueling fears that the US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon may be unraveling. CNN’s Oren Liebermann reports.
Deadly Israeli strikes and continued Hezbollah attacks are fueling fears that the US-backed ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon may be unraveling. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports.
Oil prices climb 3%
Brent crude prices on Sunday rose 3.17% to $104.50 a barrel and US crude climbed 3.21%, to about $98.48 a barrel.
Peace talks between the US and Iran appear to have stalled again, renewing concerns about when oil would be able to pass through a key Middle Eastern waterway.
The US laid out a “very clear red line” in its latest proposal, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told “Fox News Sunday.” Tehran responded to the United States’ latest proposal, but President Donald Trump blasted Iran’s response as “totally unacceptable.”
The lack of a peace deal in recent weeks has strained the possibility of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for about one-fifth of the world’s oil. A senior Iranian military figure warned countries enforcing sanctions on Iran that they will “face problems” when their vessels pass through the strait, according to state media.
The US is also maintaining its naval blockade on Iranian vessels and ports. The US military on Friday fired on Iranian-flagged oil tankers trying to circumvent its blockade.
Brent is nearly $20 more expensive than it was before the war started and US crude is roughly $10 more expensive. Those elevated oil prices are costing Americans more at the pump: average gas prices are $4.52 a gallon, according to AAA.
Trump calls latest proposal from Iran "totally unacceptable"
US President Donald Trump called the most recent peace proposal from Iran “totally unacceptable” as the two countries struggle to make a deal to end the monthslong war.
Iran sent its latest proposal through Pakistani mediators Sunday morning, according to Iranian state media. Trump has drawn a hard line on the Iranian nuclear program, which Tehran has resisted.
Netanyahu spoke with Trump on Sunday, sources say
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Donald Trump on Sunday evening, according to an Israeli official and an Israeli source familiar with the call, as Iran submitted its response to the latest US ceasefire proposal.
Video posted on social media showed Netanyahu excusing himself from a meeting with Druze and Circassian community leaders, saying that he needed to have a call with Trump.
Trump and Netanyahu have been in regular contact as the US has tried to advance ceasefire negotiations with Iran. In an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes set to air on Sunday, Netanyahu said there is “work to be done” on Iran.
The Israeli prime minister also said that Trump agreed with him on the importance of removing Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which has been one of the key issues the US has tried to address.
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to hospital in Tehran
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was granted bail and transferred to a hospital in Tehran on Sunday, according to a statement from her family-run foundation.
The Narges Foundation said that Mohammadi was “granted a sentence suspension on heavy bail” after 10 days in the hospital in Zanjan.
“Her transfer via ambulance has been completed,” the statement said, “and she is now at Tehran Pars Hospital to be treated by her own medical team.”
“Narges Mohammadi’s life hangs in the balance. While she is currently hospitalized following a catastrophic health failure, a temporary transfer is not enough,” Mohammadi’s husband, Taghi Rahmani, added in the statement. “Narges must never be returned to the conditions that broke her health.”
Mohammadi, who has been a political prisoner for much of the last two decades, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 for her pro-democracy activism. She has faced serious health issues behind bars, suffering multiple heart attacks while in detention and receiving emergency surgery in 2022.
Last week, the Narges Foundation reported that Mohammadi has “repeatedly experienced severe pain in her chest, back, and arms” and warned that any delay in care could result in serious consequences for her health.
Trump renews criticism against Tehran as negotiations continue
President Donald Trump today offered renewed criticism against Iran, shortly after the country submitted its response to the US peace proposal via a Pakistani mediator.
“Iran has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years (DELAY, DELAY, DELAY!),” Trump said in a post on social media.
It’s not clear if the US has been able to review Iran’s latest proposal, and president did not directly reference it in his post. Trump went on to say that Iran “will be laughing no longer!”
The US laid out a “very clear red line” in its latest proposal, US ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said earlier today. “President (Donald) Trump has been clear they will never have a nuclear weapon and they cannot hold the world’s economies hostage,” Waltz told “Fox News Sunday.”
Iran has responded to a US proposal for ending the war. Here's what you need to know today
Iran has responded to a US peace proposal, delivering its message through a Pakistani mediator, according to Iranian news agency IRNA, which did not provide any details on the terms being considered.
The US laid out a “very clear red line” in its latest proposal, according to Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the United Nations. “President (Donald) Trump has been clear they will never have a nuclear weapon and they cannot hold the world’s economies hostage,” Waltz said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took a defiant tone, even as the negotiations progressed Sunday. “We will never bow our heads before the enemy, and if talk of dialogue or negotiation arises, it does not mean surrender or retreat,” he wrote on X.
Here’s what else we’re covering:
- Internet blackout: An internet blackout imposed by the Iranian government has entered its third month, according to NetBlocks — and there is no indication as to when it will end. The blackout has now surpassed 1704 hours, the monitoring group said.
- Netanyahu on Iran: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there is still “work to be done” in Iran, emphasizing that Tehran retains many of the capabilities it had when the US and Israel first launched their joint attacks. He said Iran has not given up its enriched uranium or dismantled its nuclear sites, nor has it stopped supporting its regional proxies or agreed to any limits to its ballistic missile program.
- Regional attacks: The United Arab Emirates said its air defenses dealt with two drones that had been launched from Iran earlier Sunday, reporting no casualties. Earlier, Kuwait also said a number of “hostile drones” had entered its airspace.
- In Lebanon: Meanwhile, the Israeli military announced new strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, saying it struck targets belonging to the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.
CNN’s Aida Karimi, Max Saltman, Eugenia Yosef, Ibrahim Dahman, Oren Liebermann, Julia Benbrook, Tim Lister and Charlotte Reck contributed to this report.
China could guarantee any agreement with US, Iranian ambassador to Beijing says
China can be a guarantor for any potential agreement between Iran and the United States, Tehran’s ambassador to Beijing said in a post on social media on Sunday.
“Any potential agreement must necessarily be accompanied by guarantees from the great powers and raised in the United Nations Security Council as well,” Ambassador Abdolreza Rahman Fazli wrote on X.
“China and Russia are two major and influential powers, and given the position that China holds for Iran and other countries in the Persian Gulf region, Beijing can serve as the guarantor for any agreement,” Fazli added. Both Russia and China retain permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
It isn’t the first time that officials have floated China as a possible guarantor in a peace agreement. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar visited China ahead of US-Iran talks in Islamabad in early April. At the time, official Pakistani sources told CNN that Dar would likely discuss China acting as a guarantor while in Beijing.
In April, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN that China “supports mediation efforts by Pakistan and other countries,” and is willing to “maintain communication and coordination with all parties to continue playing a constructive role in pursuing peace.”
Israel announces new strikes in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military announced new strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, saying in a statement that it had struck “infrastructure” belonging to the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah.
Israeli strikes yesterday killed at least 22 people, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), which reported that the dead included a 12-year-old girl. Hezbollah, meanwhile, claimed that it launched 22 attacks on Israeli military forces on Saturday.
Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has remained steady despite a declared ceasefire in Lebanon brokered by the United States. Both sides have accused each other of violating the truce.
UAE says air defenses responded to two drones from Iran
The United Arab Emirates said that its air defenses dealt with two drones that had been launched from Iran earlier Sunday.
In a statement, the Defense Ministry said there were no casualties, but that it remained “ready to deal with any threats” it faces.
The UAE has said it was attacked multiple times in the past days after about a month of calm since the United States announced a ceasefire in the Iran war.
Since Iran started attacking its neighbors in response to the US-Israeli assault in February, the UAE said its air defenses have engaged 550 ballistic missiles, nearly 30 cruise missiles, and more than 2,200 drones.
Earlier, Kuwait also said that a number of “hostile drones” had entered its airspace.
White House economic adviser predicts "gusher of oil" once Strait of Hormuz opens
Consumers and businesses will face higher costs “in the short run” as the war in Iran drives up the price of oil and gas, US National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett acknowledged Sunday.
But once the Strait of Hormuz is fully opened, “a gusher of oil” will be released into the market and bring prices down, Hassett said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
Securing safe passage for ships through the vital waterway has been a key aspect of negotiations on an elusive long-term peace deal with Iran.
Reopening the strait “could take a month or two,” Hassett said. “But once, basically, the gusher opens, then we expect that oil prices could drop relatively quickly, and certainly ahead of the (midterm) election.”
Some context: Oil prices have surged since the war began in late February, in large part due to ships being unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for about 20% of oil flow.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, closed at about $100 per barrel on Friday, up from $73.21 a day before the war started. Goldman Sachs said last month that it expects Brent crude to remain above $90 a barrel through at least the end of the year.
The oil disruption has increased the national average for gas prices in the US to $4.52 a gallon, according to AAA.
Trump administration officials have repeatedly positioned the Iran war as short-term pain for long-term gain, as consumer sentiment reaches record lows.
Keep in mind: Lower oil prices will also depend on restarting oil production in the Middle East, after companies shut down some wells during the war. That process could take several weeks to restart. And strikes targeting energy and oil facilities in the Middle East could take years to repair, oil companies have warned.
“There’s work to be done” in Iran, Netanyahu says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there is “work to be done” in Iran as he acknowledged that Tehran retains many of the capabilities it had at the start of the war.
In an interview with CBS “60 Minutes,” he said the joint US-Israeli war on Iran “accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over.”
He said Iran has not given up its enriched uranium or dismantled its nuclear sites, nor has it stopped supporting its regional proxies or agreed to any limits to its ballistic missile program.
“Now, we’ve degraded a lot of it, but all of that is still there. and there’s work to be done,” Netanyahu said in a preview of the full interview.
When pressed on how to handle the highly enriched uranium that remains a key goal of negotiations, Netanyahu said it can be removed from Iran physically.
“I’m not going to talk about military means, but what President Trump has said to me – ‘I want to go in there’ – and I think it can be done physically,” he said. “That’s not the problem. If you have an agreement, and you go in and you take it out. Why not? That’s the best way.”
Netanyahu declined to lay out any timeline for removing the enriched uranium, calling it a “terrifically important mission.”
UN ambassador says US will evaluate Iran’s response to “very clear red line”
The US ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday the world’s economy can’t continue to be held hostage by Iran, as the US is set to weigh the latest peace proposal from its adversary.
“The world should not tolerate an Iranian regime that is trying to choke off the entire world’s economy,” US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said in an interview with “Fox News Sunday.”
“It cannot start just throwing sea mines indiscriminately out into the ocean, attacking shipping,” he said. “They’ve even now started talking about on Iranian state TV of taking the undersea cables that move financial data, cloud information and all kinds of important economic information in and out of the Gulf.”
Waltz’s comments come as Iran has sent its response to the latest US proposal for ending the war through a Pakistani mediator, according to Iranian state media.
“We’ll see what the Iranians just came back with overnight in terms of their response to our very clear red line,” Waltz said. “President (Donald) Trump has been clear they will never have a nuclear weapon and they cannot hold the world’s economies hostage.”
But as the tension continues, Waltz made clear that while the US is prepared for the resumption of military hostilities, Trump wants to focus on diplomacy.
“He is giving diplomacy every chance that he can before going back to hostilities,” Waltz said on ABC’s “This Week”
US energy secretary leaves door open to suspending federal gas tax
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright today suggested the administration may consider suspending the federal gas tax, saying the administration supports “all measures” to try and lower gas prices.
“Yeah, all measures that can be taken to lower the price of at the pump and lower the prices for Americans this administration is in support of,” Wright told NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked whether the administration would support suspending the tax to help give Americans relief.
Wright said the administration has already delved into the strategic petroleum reserve, revised Environmental Protection Agency regulations on gasoline blends and asked refiners to shorten their maintenance work so they can keep pumping more gas.
Wright said he would not make predictions about when gas prices would drop with the busy summer travel season approaching, but said it is dependent on the Strait of Hormuz opening.
“I can’t make predictions about that. I can say that when we start to get free flow of traffic through the Straits of Hormuz, energy prices will come down.”
Wright last month told CNN’s “State of the Union” Americans might not see gas prices fall below $3 per gallon until 2027, even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened earlier than that. Trump told The Hill in a phone interview a day later he thought Wright’s assessment was “totally wrong.”
Iran's president says dialogue is not surrender
While Iran says it has responded to the latest US proposal for ending the conflict, leading officials have issued defiant statements about the prospects for negotiations.
“We will never bow our heads before the enemy, and if talk of dialogue or negotiation arises, it does not mean surrender or retreat,” Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said in a post on X.
“Rather, the goal is to uphold the rights of the Iranian nation and to defend national interests with resolute strength,” he added.
“Time is moving against the Americans. It is in their interest not to act recklessly and sink themselves deeper into the quagmire they have fallen into,” posted a member of the Iranian parliament’s security committee, Ebrahim Rezaie.
“The best option is to surrender and make concessions. You must adapt to the new regional order,” Rezaie said.
The hardline deputy speaker of parliament, Ali Niksad, said the United States had chosen to test its “luck against a great and powerful Iran, and now you must accept the consequences.”
Iranian state media has given few details of the response sent through a Pakistani mediator, beyond saying that “according to the proposed framework, negotiations at this stage will focus on the issue of ending the war in the region.”
Iranian regime-imposed internet blackout enters day 72, Netblocks says
Iran’s internet blackout has entered its third month, according to NetBlocks — and there is no indication as to when it will end.
The blackout has now surpassed 1704 hours, the monitoring group said.
“The unprecedented measure is well into its third month with no indication of a wider restoration as authorities bar the general public from international access,” Netblocks added.
The ongoing restrictions have been in place since the US and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, following a shorter, separate internet shutdown enforced in January amid anti-government protests. These sparked a brutal crackdown by Iranian authorities.
Iran has repeatedly used internet shutdowns during periods of unrest, where access to the global internet is severely restricted or completely cut, making foreign websites and apps unreachable.
During major shutdowns, authorities often keep parts of the domestic internet running, allowing access to local banking and government services while cutting off communication with the outside world.
