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By Staff Reporter
- Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said the US naval siege of Iranian ports amounts to an “extension of military operations” by Washington and is “intolerable”.
- US President Donald Trump says “we might need” to restart war with Iran, adds that “nobody knows what the talks are except myself and a couple of other people”.
- Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reports that air defence activity heard in Tehran is part of efforts to counter “small aircraft and reconnaissance drones”.
- Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have killed more than 30 people in a single day, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports, further undermining the US-backed “ceasefire” between the Lebanese government and Israel.
- Israel said it will transfer 175 activists from the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, who were detained by Israeli forces in international waters, to Greek authorities amid international criticism of Israel’s actions more than 1,000km (620 miles) from the war-torn Palestinian territory.
