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<\/a><\/p>\nPublished On 4 Jun 20264 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said talks with the United States have made no progress, but channels of communication remain open after tensions escalated between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n
Araghchi also defended Iran\u2019s attacks on US allies in the Gulf as self-defence, warning that further sanctions or military action would not force Tehran to change course.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kuwait said Iranian missile and drone attacks on Wednesday killed one person and wounded more than 60 others.<\/p>\n
Here is what we know:<\/p>\n
Iran At least nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli air raids on residential buildings overnight. Witnesses said families were sleeping when the attacks began, while rescue teams worked through fires and rubble to reach people trapped inside.
\nIranian officials said US forces struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and a communications facility on Qeshm Island late on Tuesday, triggering Tehran\u2019s retaliatory attacks on US-linked targets in Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday. Iran said it would respond to attacks on its territory and interests.
\nAs summer demand increases<\/a>, Iran faces a gap between energy supply and consumption. At the same time, the economic impact of the war has left the government with fewer options to address the crisis. Residents and business owners report sharply higher electricity bills, with some attributing the rise to the financial strain of the conflict.
\nWar diplomacy
\nThe US said Lebanon and Israel have agreed to implement a ceasefire following talks in Washington, with the deal requiring an end to Hezbollah fire, the withdrawal of Hezbollah operatives from south of the Litani River, and the establishment of security zones under the exclusive control of Lebanese forces. Both sides are expected to resume negotiations later this month.
\nAccording to analysts, Hezbollah is likely to seek guarantees that Israeli forces will withdraw from southern Lebanon and that attacks will stop before fully committing to the deal. Previous ceasefires have struggled to hold, with both sides accusing each other of violations.
\nIn the Gulf
\nKuwaiti authorities say Iranian drone and missile strikes on Wednesday hit a terminal at the country\u2019s international airport, killing one person, injuring more than 60 others, and causing what officials described as \u201csignificant material damage\u201d.
\nUnited States
\nUS President Donald Trump said negotiations with Iran are going \u201cvery well\u201d and a deal to end the conflict \u201ccould happen over the weekend\u201d. However, he added, \u201cWho knows?\u201d
\nThe House of Representatives voted 215-208 to require<\/a> Trump to seek congressional authorisation for military action against Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats. The measure is unlikely to become law, but it marks the first successful House vote this year intended to curb Trump\u2019s war powers and serves as a rebuke of his decision to join Israel\u2019s attacks on Iran without congressional approval.
\nUS Representative Thomas Massie<\/a> announced his support for the Block the Bombs Act, which seeks to restrict transfers of offensive weapons to Israel. Massie said Israel has used US-supplied munitions to kill tens of thousands of civilians and argued that Washington is morally obligated to end support for the destruction in Gaza.
\nLebanon and Gaza
\nSeveral people were wounded in an Israeli drone attack on a vehicle on the Zefta-Kfarwa Road in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported. The strike came after Israel and Lebanon agreed to halt the war after a series of meetings in Washington, DC, mediated by US officials.<\/p>\n
\nSatellite imagery analysed<\/a> by Al Jazeera shows Israeli forces have continued expanding their footprint in Gaza despite the October ceasefire. The investigation identified 40 military outposts across the territory, including eight built after the truce took effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel carries out drone attacks on Lebanon after agreeing to renew ceasefire as Tehran defends attacks on Gulf…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18292,42,87,46,6606,47,43,40,38,41,39,1032,162198],"class_list":["post-475539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bahrain","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-kuwait","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}