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Trump says the U.S. can wait only days for an Iran peace deal while refusing sanctions relief before signatures; meanwhile Marines boarded an Iranian tanker as blockade enforcement and Operation Epic Fury losses keep pressure high.

1. Trump says willing to wait for a few days to get 'right answer' on Iran peace deal - Yahoo News UK — Yahoo News UK

   Trump says willing to wait for a few days to get 'right answer' on Iran peace deal - Yahoo News UK

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IAEA says a drone strike at the UAE’s Barakah nuclear plant threatened safety but caused no radiation release, while Iran’s latest demands to Washington underscore stalled ceasefire talks and Lebanon reports 19 killed in new Israeli strikes.

1. IAEA Director General Statement to United Nations Security Council — IAEA

   IAEA Director General Statement to United Nations Security Council | IAEA # IAEA Director General Statement to United Nations Security Council 19 May 2026 United Nations Security Council IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) (As prepared for delivery) Thank you very much Mr President, An attack on the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the United Arab Emirates has…

2. Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of Hormuz - Netscape News — Netscape News

   Trump’s tough-talk foreign policy is hitting a wall with Iran as it grips Strait of Hormuz - Netscape News

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Hormuz tanker traffic is recovering from a wartime low while CENTCOM publicly details the scale of the blockade and regional air-defense campaign. Diplomacy is still moving through reported sanctions-waiver proposals, with one long-held U.S. resident back home.

1. Hormuz tanker traffic edges higher after wartime low — France 24

   Hormuz tanker traffic edges higher after wartime low

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Talks are narrowing around a hard U.S. demand for Iran’s enriched uranium while CENTCOM touts a widening Hormuz blockade and Israel keeps striking Lebanon despite a truce extension.

1. Step Back — If the deal now hinges on Iran handing over hundreds of kilograms of enriched uranium, what does that actually mean in practice — where would the material go, who verifies it, and why wouldn’t that alone settle the nuclear issue?Background sources
   • How to move 1,000 pounds of enriched uranium out of Iran : Consider This from NPR : NPR — Npr
   • Securing Iran's enriched uranium by force would be risky and complex, experts say | PBS News — PBS News
   • What might a US-Iran nuclear deal entail?  | Reuters — Francois Murphy
   • Monitoring and Verification in Iran | IAEA — IAEA
   • Why are the US, Iran arguing over duration of uranium enrichment ban? | US-Israel war on Iran News | Al Jazeera — Priyanka Shankar
2. CENTCOM Says U.S. Forces Redirected 72 Ships in Iran Blockade - Iran — Europe Says

   U.S. Central Command said American naval forces have redirected 72 commercial vessels and disabled four ships during maritime blockade operations targeting Iranian ports, as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz continue to disrupt global shipping and energy markets. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has released an official update on Thursday regarding its ongoing…

3. Israel strikes south Lebanon day after ceasefire extension - Arab News — Arab News

   Israel strikes south Lebanon day after ceasefire extension | Arab News

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A reported ship seizure near the UAE sharpens the Hormuz crisis just as Washington presses China and Tehran over reopening the strait and nuclear material. U.S. commanders are claiming Iran’s proxy supply lines are being cut, while Yemen gets a major prisoner-swap deal.

1. US Efforts to End Iran War Stumble as Ship Seized Near UAE — Insurance Journal

   US Efforts to End Iran War Stumble as Ship Seized Near UAE

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Washington is signaling progress with Tehran even as U.S. assessments and officials warn Iran remains close to weapons-grade uranium and far from militarily broken. The war’s regional spillover keeps grinding on, with deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

1. Energy secretary: Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to nuclear weapon despite Operation Epic Fury — Army Times

   Energy secretary: Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to nuclear weapon despite Operation Epic Fury #### Pentagon & Congress # Energy secretary: Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to nuclear weapon despite Operation Epic Fury May 13, 2026, 10:51 PM An Iranian flag flutters in the Islamic republic in 2010 next to a surface-to-surface Qiam-1 (Rising) missile, which was test fired a day before Iran was due to launch…

2. US Intelligence Shows Iran Retains 70% Of Prewar Missile Stockpile - Report - i24NEWS — i24NEWS

   US Intelligence Shows Iran Retains 70% Of Prewar Missile Stockpile - Report - i24NEWS

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The ceasefire track is slipping from stalemate toward collapse, while Hormuz becomes a wider military theater and the blockade grows more measurable. New reporting also points to Saudi strikes inside Iran and continued Israel-Hezbollah escalation in Lebanon.

1. Hopes Fade for Iran Peace Deal as Trump Says Ceasefire on ‘Life Support’ — Insurance Journal

   Hopes Fade for Iran Peace Deal as Trump Says Ceasefire on ‘Life Support’

• “You know, I am starting to think this guy doesn't understand how negotiations work.” — r/worldnews (3054 upvotes)

  Our take: We get the frustration: threatening vastly more bombing while asking for a peace deal makes the offer look less like diplomacy than coercion. The hard question is whether coercion is the strategy—or whether it’s now crowding out any off-ramp.

• “_The beatings will continue until morale improves_” — r/worldnews (554 upvotes)

  Our take: It’s grim, but the joke lands because that is the contradiction: “accept peace or absorb more strikes” is not exactly confidence-building language. Wars have a way of making satire sound like minutes from the meeting.

• “If it was full capitulation to American demands that would have been the headline. A response is almost certainly them reiterating the same points they've been making, including no nuclear transfer and control of the strait” — r/worldnews (283 upvotes)

  Our take: That read tracks: Iran’s reply was never likely to be a surrender memo, especially on Hormuz or nuclear-transfer questions. The useful signal is that both sides are still defining non-negotiables, not converging on terms.

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The fragile ceasefire is being squeezed from both ends: U.S. strikes are disabling Iranian tankers while Washington and Tehran reject each other’s terms, and the Hormuz shock is now rippling through oil, food, industry, and Navy readiness.

1. U.S. Strikes Disable Iranian Oil Tankers in Gulf Blockade — Conservative Institute

   U.S. Strikes Disable Iranian Oil Tankers in Gulf Blockade

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The ceasefire is still nominally holding, but U.S. enforcement of the Hormuz blockade has shifted the pressure point to Iranian tankers, with Tehran threatening retaliation while reviewing Washington’s latest proposal.

1. Fragile Iran ceasefire appears to hold as Iran warns the U.S. against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships | PBS News — PBS NewsHour

   Fragile Iran ceasefire appears to hold as Iran warns the U.S. against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships | PBS News

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U.S. and Iranian forces traded fire around the Strait of Hormuz, the sharpest test of the monthlong ceasefire as negotiators still circle a short-term deal. The military clash makes the proposed off-ramp feel much narrower, not dead.

1. New fighting breaks out between US and Iran — Independent Tribune

   New fighting breaks out between US and Iran

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