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Iran Executes Two Convicted Spies; US Rejects Truce Proposal
President Trump rejected Iran's latest truce proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the U.S. blockade. The U.S. issued a sanctions alert to shipping companies for payments to Iran, while Tehran hanged two men convicted of spying for Israel. A senior Iranian commander stated hostilities with the U.S. are likely to resume amid the ongoing naval blockade.
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A senior Iranian commander stated that hostilities between the United States and Iran are likely to resume, according to Iran's Fars news agency. U.S. blockade of Iran.
Trump said on Friday that 'I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,' without providing details. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency reported that Tehran delivered its plan to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night. Negotiations continued by phone after Trump called off his envoys’ trip to Pakistan last weekend.
A shaky three-week ceasefire appears to be holding. The United States warned shipping companies they could face sanctions for paying Iran to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control issued an alert on Friday.
U.S. warns against transfers to Iran in cash, digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments, including charitable donations and payments at Iranian embassies. About a fifth of the world's trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
U.S. and Israel launched a war on February 28. Iran offered some ships safe passage via routes closer to its shore, charging fees at times.
U.S. has responded with a naval blockade of Iranian ports since April 13, depriving Tehran of oil revenue. U.S. Central Command said on Saturday that 48 commercial ships have been told to turn back.
Before the war, 3,000 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz per month. Iran now controls the routing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran on Saturday said it hanged two men convicted of spying for Israel.
The Iranian judiciary's news outlet Mizanonline reported that Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged after the Supreme Court upheld death sentences. Karimpour was accused of sending 'sensitive information' to an officer in Israel's Mossad intelligence agency. U.S.
