{"id":739934,"date":"2026-08-16T15:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739934\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:44:11","slug":"iran-us-war-latest-tehrans-army-chief-tells-trump-well-break-your-legs-and-places-30k-bounty-on-us-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/739934\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-US war latest: Tehran\u2019s army chief tells Trump \u2018we\u2019ll break your legs\u2019 and places $30k bounty on US soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Iranian parliament advances bill to criminalise interviews with ‘hostile’ media<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s parliament have approved the general principals of a bill that would criminalise interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the Islamic Republic, including US or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country, Iran\u2019s Shargh newspaper reported on Sunday. <\/p>\n

Osman Salari, a member of the parliament\u2019s judicial and legal commission, said the individual provisions of the bill, which is aimed at countering foreign intelligence influence, have yet to be debated and approved. <\/p>\n

He told Mizan news agency that reports of the bill\u2019s details should not yet be considered final. <\/p>\n

It has been reported by Iranian media that the proposed bill would ban interviews or participation in discussions with \u201chostile\u201d media, and violations would be punished with six months to two years in prison. <\/p>\n

Interviews with other foreign media would require notification to the intelligence ministry, and contact with foreign embassies or other non-Iranian institutions without notification and permission would be punished with a fine and deprivation of certain social rights. <\/p>\n

The move is not the \u200cfirst time Iran has criminalised cooperation \u2060with foreign entities. A law passed in 2025 after a 12-day \u2060war with Israel imposed tougher penalties for alleged cooperation with hostile states. <\/p>\n

Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery \u200cwas sentenced this \u200bmonth to 15 years under that law \u200cover allegations that included giving interviews to \u200bmedia deemed hostile and providing photographs to US and Israel-linked organisations.<\/p>\n

Holly Bancroft16 August 2026 16:06<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran army chief to Trump: Hormuz defenders will \u2018break your legs\u2019<\/p>\n

Iranian army commander Major General Amir Hatami has criticised US president Donald Trump over remarks about the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRIB.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoking about such remarks is a major mistake, because this is Iran, and it has defenders who will break your legs,\u201d Hatami said.<\/p>\n

He added that the US forces had \u201ceffectively been driven out\u201d and no longer had permission to enter the Gulf, the Sea of Oman or the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Hatami also said US bases would not be allowed to return to their previous status, adding that \u201cIran will never allow this\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 15:13<\/p>\n

<\/a>Crisis unfolds on Trump\u2019s warship in the Middle East<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 14:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran executes man convicted of running over police during January protests<\/p>\n

Iran \u200bexecuted a man convicted of deliberately driving his car into police officers \u2060during anti-government protests in the city of Karaj in January, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news \u2060agency reported \u200bon \u2060Sunday.<\/p>\n

Shahram Sadeghi was accused of driving a \u2060car into police officers \u200bin \u2060Karaj on 8 January, injuring seven officers, one of whom was reportedly \u200cleft in a \u200ccoma for three months, according to Tasnim news agency.<\/p>\n

The Karaj \u2060Revolutionary Court sentenced Sadeghi to death and confiscation of his assets for what authorities described as an \u201coperational action\u201d in favour of \u200cIsrael, the United \u200bStates and hostile groups \u200cunder Iran’s espionage \u2060law.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court \u2060upheld the sentence and it \u200cwas \u200bcarried out early on \u200cSunday, according \u200bto the judiciary.<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 14:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Recap watch: Trump says Strait of Hormuz will soon be ‘called a territory of the United States’ Trump says Strait of Hormuz will soon be ‘called a territory of the United States’<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 13:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Recap: US Central Command chief visits aircraft carrier<\/p>\n

Admiral Brad Cooper, the top US military commander in the Middle East, visited the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a 10-day tour in the region that concluded on Saturday, US Central Command said.<\/p>\n

Adm. Cooper visited the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed aircraft carrier. <\/p>\n

The Lincoln arrived in the Middle East in January and has been supporting the US war against Iran, including the blockade on Iranian ports. Its deployment has included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 240 days.<\/p>\n

Extended deployments of carriers – which can have more than 5,000 sailors and Marines on board – have raised concerns about the impact not only on the ships but on service members.<\/p>\n

“History will record this deployment as one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era,” Cooper said of the Lincoln strike group in a statement released Saturday.<\/p>\n

Cooper also went to Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to meet with civilian and military leaders, according to the Central Command statement.<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 13:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Drug abuse in Israel surges post-October 7, latest data shows<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 12:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Pictured: First aid responders and residents rush to the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani\"FirstFirst aid responders and residents rush to the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 12:00<\/p>\n

<\/a>Watch: USS Lincoln sailor\u2019s wife blasts Trump over \u2018appalling\u2019 ship conditionsUSS Lincoln sailor\u2019s wife blasts Trump over \u2018appalling\u2019 ship conditions<\/p>\n

Bryony Gooch16 August 2026 11:30<\/p>\n

<\/a>Iran points finger at Kuwait for withholding information about four Iranians<\/p>\n

Mohammad \u200cBaqerzadeh, commander of the Committee for \u200cthe Search for Missing Persons of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, has also pointed fingers at Kuwait for similarly withholding information about the \u200bfate of four Iranians held in Kuwait. <\/p>\n

In \u200cMay, Iran said the \u2060four were affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards and had \u2060been on a maritime patrol before entering Kuwaiti territorial waters because \u200cof a navigation disruption. \u200b<\/p>\n

Kuwait has said the \u200cfour were suspected of \u200bplanning hostile actions against the country.<\/p>\n

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