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Donald Trump has called for retaliation against Iran after an American helicopter was shot down.

Donald Trump announced that he has postponed previously planned military strikes against Iran, citing what he described as “progress” in negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict.

Every method the United States adopts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – whether through force, sanctions, or a treaty – hastens the structural decline that led to its closure.

For three months, the Strait of Hormuz has been closed. Iran shut the narrow channel that lies between its coast and Oman when this year’s war with Israel and the United States started on February 28, blocking a waterway that carried approximately a fifth of the world’s oil and gas. Prior to the war, about 138 ships passed through it each day.

Iran has damaged 20 US military sites since the start of the war, satellite images and videos analysed by BBC Verify show, suggesting the attacks are more extensive than publicly acknowledged.

A former truck and bus driver who was charged in an assassination plot against an Iranian American writer, targeted for death by the Iranian government according to authorities, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has stated that it targeted an American air base in the region, following recent US strikes on southern Iran overnight.

Experts have stated that the Trump administration’s conflict with Iran should not affect arms sales to Taiwan, even though a US official indicated that a delay in delivering a crucial weapons package was attributed to the Gulf conflict.

On Tuesday, Iranian authorities executed a man after convicting him of allegedly cooperating with and spying for Israel’s Mossad spy agency, according to the judiciary.

As the United States engages in conflict with Iran, it is rapidly depleting its stockpiles of advanced weapons and ammunition, including Tomahawk, Patriot, and Precision Strike missiles.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that her government has consented to host the Iranian national soccer team in Mexico during the World Cup, noting that the United States was unwilling to accommodate the team.

Israel’s air force struck sites belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanon, including in the country’s eastern Bekaa Valley, late on Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to escalate attacks on the Lebanese militant group.

U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran’s supreme leader is essentially secluded in an undisclosed location with limited access to the outside world and can only be contacted through a network of couriers, according to U.S. officials familiar with the situation.

Vladimir Putin has designated Andrei Kozlov as an aide to the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Kozlov is affiliated with cybersecurity entities connected to the state defense corporation Rostec and, based on leaked information, possessed a classified security clearance granted through Military Unit 26165.

Taiwan’s presidential office stated on Friday that it had not received any information about the U.S. adjusting military sales, after a senior U.S. official indicated there was a pause due to the necessity of having sufficient arms for the conflict with Iran.

America’s NATO allies were left puzzled on Friday after President Trump announced the deployment of U.S. forces to Poland, reversing a decision to cancel the plan, with one European foreign minister describing the administration’s messaging as "confusing indeed."

President Trump announced on Friday that he will not attend his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding to Bettina Anderson this weekend, due to his responsibilities at the White House.

The EU expanded its sanctions regime against Iran to target individuals and entities involved in Tehran’s actions disrupting navigation in the Middle East, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz, the European Council said on Friday.

The conflict in the Middle East is sustaining elevated energy prices for a more extended period than anticipated, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mārtiņš Kazāks stated, indicating that increases in interest rates are probable.

The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant all originated from Iraq, the country’s Defense Ministry stated on Tuesday, suggesting that Iraqi Shiite militias supported by Iran were likely responsible for the attack.

The Senate advanced a resolution on Tuesday to limit President Trump’s war powers concerning Iran, marking a breakthrough for Democrats after seven unsuccessful attempts.

A recent American intelligence assessment revealed that U.S. forces have detected at least 10 mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. officials familiar with the situation. The officials spoke to CBS News anonymously to discuss sensitive national security issues.