estimates it has $270bn<\/a> in war losses and plans to seek reparations.
\nInternational Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi has said that the length of a moratorium on uranium enrichment that Iran must be bound by under any agreement with the US was a political decision, according to the Reuters news agency.
\nWar diplomacy
\nRare US-brokered talks: Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors held direct talks in Washington, with Beirut seeking a ceasefire and Israel pushing for Hezbollah\u2019s disarmament.
\nIran-US talks may resume: Trump said negotiations with Iran could resume in Pakistan \u201cwithin days\u201d, though uranium enrichment remains the main sticking point. The US is reportedly seeking a 20-year halt, while Iran has proposed five. Disputes over the Strait of Hormuz persist.
\nMixed signals on progress: Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism about progress with Iran, while Iranian analyst Hamid Reza Gholamzadeh said that surviving US pressure has strengthened Tehran\u2019s position at the table.<\/p>\n![\"INTERACTIVE_LIVETRACKER_IRAN_US_ISRAEL_MIDDLEEAST_ATTACKS_April](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/INTERACTIVE_LIVETRACKER_IRAN_US_ISRAEL_MIDDLEEAST_ATTACKS_April-13_2026_GMT1645-1776099548.png\")
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In the US
\nSenate to vote on war powers: The Senate could vote as early as Wednesday on a Democratic-led effort to limit Trump\u2019s war powers, with lawmakers pledging to keep pushing the issue.
\nUS blockade raises pressure on Trump: Former US defence official David Sedney said Iran has \u201ccalled Trump\u2019s bluff\u201d, arguing the Hormuz blockade is backfiring by increasing pressure on Washington as global partners face disruption and US domestic support weakens.
\nCENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper says \u201ca blockade of Iranian ports has been fully implemented\u201d and that US forces maintain maritime superiority in the Middle East.
\nThe US president lashed out at Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, one of his closest allies, saying she lacked courage for failing to join the US in attacking Iran.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,\u201d the US president told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
\nScott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, has said that the US will block Chinese tankers carrying Iranian oil in the Strait of Hormuz. \u201cThey\u2019re not going to be able to get their oil. They can get oil. Not Iranian oil,\u201d Bessent told reporters in Washington, DC.
\nIn Israel
\nIsrael proposes long-term presence in Lebanon: Israeli media report a proposal for a long-term troop presence in southern Lebanon, extending up to 8km into the country until Hezbollah is dismantled.
\nOngoing military operations: Israel continues its air strikes across southern Lebanon, including a concentrated effort to encircle the symbolically and strategically important town of Bint Jbeil.
\nDiverging priorities with the US on Iran: Former US Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman noted a growing gap between the US and Israel regarding the war on Iran. He noted that Israel is far more concerned about Iran\u2019s ballistic missile programme than the US is, creating a split in their strategic perspective.
\nItaly fallout: Italy\u2019s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suspended the automatic renewal of a longstanding defence agreement with Israel, a move driven by growing domestic pressure from Italian civil society. Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid lambasted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar over the suspension, calling it \u201cyet another embarrassing failure\u201d to advance Israel\u2019s interests with its allies.
\nIn Lebanon
\nIsraeli attacks continue: Lebanese civil defence teams and paramedics have recovered four bodies following an Israeli raid in the Qadmus area in southern Lebanon, according to the official National News Agency (NNA). Five people were killed in an Israeli air attack in the town of Ansariyah in Lebanon\u2019s south.
\nHezbollah fires rockets: Israel\u2019s Channel 12 broadcaster says 20 rockets were launched from Lebanon to the Galilee region in northern Israel this morning, with some intercepted and others falling in open areas.
\nMixed reactions in Lebanon: Reactions to the Israel-Lebanon talks are mixed, with some hoping for peace while others reject negotiations with Israel after more than 2,100 deaths. Hezbollah has rejected the negotiations.
\nLebanese villages razed \u2018just like\u2019 in Gaza: Israeli soldiers have told the Haaretz newspaper that the Israeli military is demolishing villages in southern Lebanon in \u201cmethods similar to those used in the Gaza Strip\u201d.
\nCivilian infrastructure hit: Strikes have hit homes, farmland and critical infrastructure, including the last functioning hospital in Tebnin, as the death toll grows and services come under severe pressure.
\nGlobal economy:
\nIMF warns of global recession: The International Monetary Fund has warned that a further escalation in the war on Iran and a continued disruption to oil markets could push the world to the brink of recession.
\nIMF cuts region\u2019s forecast: The IMF cut its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent, down from 3.9 percent, citing war-related disruptions to Gulf oil and gas exports.
\nStocks rise, oil slips: Stock markets climbed and oil prices tumbled on Tuesday on rekindled hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump has signalled a possible second round of talks with Iran in the coming days.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1127,12,11501,801,803,31737,4379,3,45063,21,19,22,20,25,231941,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-585416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-conflict","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-explainer","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-lebanon","15":"tag-military","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-oil-and-gas","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-us-israel-war-on-iran","24":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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