Iran condemns US strikes as a show of 'bad faith' and warns of consequences
Tehran said the strikes violated a fragile ceasefire and warned they could derail talks on a 30-day truce and shipping access in the Strait of Hormuz.
- On Tuesday, Iran denounced U.S. strikes a day earlier as a sign of "bad faith and unreliability" as negotiations continue toward a possible war deal, while the U.S. military characterized Monday's strikes in southern Iran as defensive, targeting missile launch sites and boats placing mines.
- The Strait of Hormuz has become a powerful negotiating lever for Tehran, joining long-running disputes over Iran's nuclear program and highly enriched uranium, with Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf participating in Qatar talks when the strikes occurred.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed Tuesday it shot down and deterred drones and a fighter jet entering its airspace, according to Iran's official Mizan news agency, while Iran demands the U.S. lift its military blockade of Iranian ports that began April 17.
- U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Qu Dongyu warned Tuesday that fertilizer supplies are badly affected for vulnerable global farmers, describing conditions as "a systemic shock to the global agrifood system" that could evolve into a deeper food security crisis in 2026 and 2027.
- President Donald Trump has introduced a new negotiating angle requiring any war agreement to include several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, joining the Abraham Accords, with Trump suggesting Iran could eventually participate despite Israel's conduct alienating Gulf Arab states.
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Iran accused U.S. violations of the ceasefire, which it claimed will not go unanswered. “The U.S. terrorist army, continuing its illegal and unjustified actions since the announcement of the ceasefire on 19 Farvardin 1405 (8 April 2026), and especially through multiple cases of maritime piracy against Iranian commercial vessels, has committed in the last 48 hours a flagrant violation of the ceasefire in the Hormozgan region.” Iran’s Foreign Affa…
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