Iran war live: Tehran says no date set for US talks, Hormuz Strait closed

With the ceasefire in effect in Lebanon, thousands of people displaced by Israel’s strikes and forced evacuation orders are going back to their homes.

But for many, the return has brought heartbreak rather than relief.

They have found devastation: destroyed homes, buildings, and facilities.

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The UAE says its deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper have met to discuss the situation in the region.

The top diplomats discussed “overall developments in the region” and Iran’s “unprovoked and terrorist” attacks against the UAE and other Gulf countries, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

“Yvette Cooper reaffirmed her country’s solidarity with the UAE in taking the necessary measures to protect its sovereignty, safeguard the integrity of its territory, and ensure the security of its citizens, residents, and visitors,” the statement said.

“For his part, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan expressed his appreciation for Cooper’s visit, noting that it reflects the distinguished relations between the two countries and embodies the United Kingdom’s full solidarity with the UAE in the aftermath of this Iranian terrorist aggression.”

Cooper’s office did not release a statement on the meeting.

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave a statement to Lebanon’s al-Manar TV earlier, describing the ceasefire document as an insult to Lebanon.

He said his group shouldn’t have to abide by a one-sided ceasefire, and that it isn’t willing to go back to the same conditions that existed under the 15-month ceasefire from November of 2024, when Israel fired at will, and Hezbollah did not.

He described those months as waiting for diplomacy that he said had achieved nothing.

On the ground here in Lebanon, many thousands of people continued to make their way south over the course of the day. I was speaking to quite a few of them.

Traffic was once again at a standstill heading into south Lebanon in the morning, but it was also very busy on the roads north, with people heading back in the afternoon and evening.

And that is because, while many people went south to check on their homes, to retrieve belongings, and to make what small repairs they could, most were not staying in their homes overnight.

That is because there is still a sense of trepidation and distrust about this ceasefire, and so while many went south, they then headed back to larger towns and cities, including here in Beirut, to spend the night.

Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai has told the Channel 12 broadcaster that more than 1,000 apartments in the city are “no longer fit for living” because of damage caused by Iranian missiles and drones.

As we’ve reported before, Iranian attacks on Israel have killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 2,600 others.

US-Israeli attacks on Iran have killed at least 3,468 people in Iran, according to Iranian officials.

Both Iran and the US have been sending conflicting messages about the status of the Strait of Hormuz, causing uncertainty for international shipping.

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The Tasnim News Agency, citing the deputy director of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation, says the country’s airspace will be reopened, with flights from east to west established gradually.

It said the reopening of Iran’s airspace will be carried out in four stages. In the first phase, the airspace will be opened for transit flights, followed by flights from the country’s eastern airports. In the third phase, flights from Mehrabad and Imam Khomeini airports will be permitted, followed by flights from other western airports.

“Currently, airplane ticket sales are suspended, and people should pay attention to the official announcements of this organization to get the latest information about the airports and the possibility of purchasing tickets,” the official was quoted as saying by Tasnim.

The report did not specify exactly when the reopening will begin.

Harris has accused Trump of starting a war “the American people do not want” and putting US troops in harm’s way at the urging of the Israeli leader.

The former vice president, who lost the 2024 presidential election to Trump, made the remarks at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Detroit on Saturday.

Netanyahu has dismissed the suggestion he dragged the US into the war, last month telling a news conference: “Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do?”

A top United Arab Emirates official has condemned Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and said any resolution to the war must address Tehran’s “full range of threats”.

Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri, a state minister at the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the Indian Express newspaper that the Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz “is economic terrorism that must be addressed immediately by the international community”.

He added that a ceasefire in the war on Iran, “on its own, is not enough”.

“Any sustainable resolution to this war must address Iran’s full range of threats: its nuclear capabilities, its ballistic missiles and drones, its affiliated proxies, and the complete and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,” he added.

Al Hajeri went on to say that the benchmark for success was not a pause in hostilities.

“It is a conclusive outcome, with binding guarantees, accountability, and assurances that this pattern of aggression can never be repeated.”

US Vice President JD Vance has responded to People Leo’s comments, in which the Catholic Church leader sought to downplay his recent feud with Trump.

The pope had said earlier that a speech he made two days ago in Cameroon, decrying that the world was being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants”, was not aimed at Trump.

He also said the speech was misconstrued as an attempt to debate Trump, which he said was “not my interest at all”.

Vance, who is a Catholic Christian, welcomed the pope’s comments.

“I am grateful to Pope Leo for saying this,” Vance wrote in a post on X. “While the media narrative constantly gins up conflict–and yes, real disagreements have happened and will happen–the reality is often much more complicated. Pope Leo preaches the gospel, as he should, and that will inevitably mean he offers his opinions on the moral issues of the day.

“The President–and the entire administration–work to apply those moral principles in a messy world. He will be in our prayers, and I hope that we’ll be in his.”

Trump had called Pope Leo “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy” after the pontiff criticised the US-Israel war on Iran, including by saying that anyone who is a disciple of Christ “is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs”.

If you look at the terms released by the US State Department shortly after the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was announced, it allows Israel to act in what it defines as self-defence.

And Israel defines that fairly broadly, so not just imminent and ongoing threats, but even planned ones.

So Israeli forces have continued demolitions in Lebanese villages, along with artillery and machinegun fire targeting communities on or near the front line – or the “yellow line” that the Israeli military says it has established inside southern Lebanon.

They have also claimed two air strikes today.

The first of those was against a group they identified as Hezbollah fighters that they said were approaching Israeli troops on the “yellow line”. That, of course, implies that these people hadn’t crossed the line and were in fact north of it.

The second one, they said, targeted men who were entering a tunnel inside the “yellow line”.

So Israel seems to be enforcing this in the same way as the “yellow line” in Gaza, through gunfire or indeed air strikes as we have seen in the last 24 hours. And Israel is arguing that these do not violate the terms of the ceasefire.

Most of the crude passing through the Strait of Hormuz goes to Asian countries, and its closure is hitting their economies hard.

Bangladesh, which imports roughly 95 percent of its fuel, is facing a deepening energy crisis. Long queues have formed outside petrol stations, universities across the country have been shut, and the government has cut working hours to conserve energy.

Frustration is also growing over the toll the US-Israel war on Iran is taking on daily life.

At one petrol station in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, Abdul Goni, a 48-year-old long-distance coach driver, said he had been waiting for about five and a half hours to have his bus refuelled, delaying scheduled weekend departures from the popular beach town to other districts.

Drivers also complained that the amount of fuel allocated to each vehicle was insufficient for long-distance journeys.

“We are in deep trouble with this crisis. This is a daily woe for us,” Mohammad Irfat, a 17-year-old college student, told the Reuters news agency. “Only 2 litres [68fl oz] of fuel are not enough. I came from Inani [some 40km or 25 miles away]. The return trips drain all my fuel. Almost 1 to one-and-a-half litres [33 to 50fl oz] of fuel is burned.”

US Central Command says there are more than 12 warships involved in the US blockade of Iranian ports.

They say there are more than 10,000 airmen, Marines and soldiers, as well as lots of aircraft flying overhead.

They’ve been pretty productive on their social media channels, putting out videos and photos and getting the word out about their blockade. And they say they’ve already turned back 23 ships that are either Iranian or linked to Iran and sent them back through the Strait of Hormuz.

There have also been media reports that this blockade might widen.

Remember that the US blockade is only on ships that they say are going from Iranian ports or are linked to Iran. But there have been reports that they might now seek to widen it to Iranian-linked ships that are elsewhere in the world.

This is something that the US has done before with Venezuela, and it managed to board and interdict vessels that it thought were carrying Venezuelan oil and that were under sanctions in other oceans. There’s a video of one such interdiction in the Indian Ocean.

What that involves is specialised units of Marines or Navy Seals boarding that ship, often from helicopters, and then, occasionally, even driving that vessel to a port that they want to take it to. So it’s a complicated operation that includes different branches of the US government.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, has said that talks with the US cannot happen until the two sides agree on a shared “framework”.

He stressed that the two sides have not reached a point where they can meet because of issues on which Washington has taken a “maximalist” position.

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