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09:28
Iran Hangs Man Linked To January Protests
Iranian authorities have executed a man over charges linked to nationwide anti-government protests in January, according to the judiciary’s Mizan news agency.
Mizan identified the man as Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi and said he was convicted of intentional destruction of public property, disrupting public order and security, and conspiring to commit crimes against the country.
The judiciary’s news agency claimed Akbari was among the “armed leaders” of protests in the Iranian central city of Naeen, alleging he took part in an attack on the governor’s office and fired at security officers.
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His trial conditions and access to legal representation remain unclear.
According to Mizan, the man was hanged in the morning on May 25.
The execution is the latest in an intensifying wave of hangings since March 18, weeks after the United States and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran.
Rights groups have condemned the trials of those executed.
The Oslo-based Center for Human Rights in Iran in April said many of the trials were marked by “torture, forced confessions, and the complete absence of due process.”
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02:32
US Officials Say Iran Deal Is 95% Done, But Not Ready for Signature
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says the US and Iran are closer to a nuclear agreement than at any point in recent years, even as senior officials insist a final deal is still days away and key details remain unresolved.
Speaking on a background call with reporters, senior administration officials described negotiations with Tehran as roughly 90-95 percent complete, framing the emerging arrangement as fundamentally different from the Obama-era nuclear accord that President Donald Trump abandoned during his first term.
It isnt even fully negotiated yet. So dont listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about, Trump posted onTruth Social.Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I dont make bad deals.
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01:13
Oil Prices Decline Amid Rising Optimism For Iran Peace Deal
Oil prices declined to two-week lows early on May 25 on renewed hopes that the US and Iran were moving closer toward a peace deal, even though they appeared to remain divided over key issues, including disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz that have restricted oil supply from the Middle East.
Brent crude futures fell $4.71, or 4.6 percent, to $98.83 a barrel in initial trading, while US West Texas Intermediate was at $92.03 a barrel, down $4.57, or 4.7 percent. Both were at their lowest since May 7.
Traders in crude oil and natural gas options work on the New York Mercantile Exchange (file photo).
However, prices remain volatile, with each statement on progress on peace talks — or lack thereof — causing wild swings on oil markets.
Reuters quoted MST Marquee analyst Saul Kavonic as saying: “Notwithstanding all the caveats and risks that remain to the peace deal and Strait of Hormuz, there is now some light at the end of the tunnel, which will bring some near-term oil price relief.”
Analysts have noted, however, that even with a reopening of the crucial waterway, it will take months for oil flows to return to prewar levels and for damaged oil and gas facilities to be repaired.
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01:00
Rubio Accuses Hezbollah Of Seeking To Destabilize Lebanon
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused Hezbollah militants of trying to plunge Lebanon “back into chaos.”
Iran-backed Hezbollah is both a militant group and political party that controls much of southern Lebanon. It is considered a terrorist organization by the US, although the EU has only blacklisted its armed wing.
The top US diplomat condemned what he called Hezbollah’s “reckless call to overthrow Lebanon’s democratically elected government” and said the Iran-allied militant group was “actively trying to drag Lebanon back into chaos and destruction.”
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem earlier said that “the people have the right to go down onto the streets and to bring down the government” in response to Israeli strikes and US sanctions on the Al-Qard Al-Hassan financial institution, which is affiliated with Hezbollah and provides interest-free loans to mainly Shi’a Muslim communities.
Israel has continued to strike suspected Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite a cease-fire that went into effect on April 17. Lebanon’s civil defense agency said its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed during an Israeli strike.
With reporting by AFP
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00:45
Trump Tamps Downs Expectations For Early Iran Deal
US President Donald Trump appeared to temper expectations of a quick peace deal with Iran a day after he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparked renewed hopes for an end to the nearly 3-month-old war.
If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, Trump wrote onTruth Socialwhile blasting predecessor Barack Obama for the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement that Trump pulled the US out of during his first term.
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“Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isnt even fully negotiated yet. So dont listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about, he added.
In a separate post, Trump on May 24 wrote that “negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side.”
A day earlier, Trump wrote that an Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries.
“Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly, he asserted.
In the past, Trump has suggested that a deal was imminent, only to later reject Iranian counterproposals and threaten new attacks.
Rubio, meanwhile, earlier had said “good news” on the negotiations could come sometime on May 24, telling reporters during a trip to India theres had been “significant progress in the talks. However, in later comments to The New York Times, he also played down hopes for any early deal, saying that any nuclear deal would naturally take longer to achieve.
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20:25
24.5.2026
Bahrain Sentences 9 To Life In Prison For Alleged Collaboration With IRGC
A court in Bahrain sentenced nine people to life in prison and two others to three years in jail for collaborating with Iran’s hard-line Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to carry out what it labeled “hostile and terrorist acts” against Bahrain.
The Bahraini state news agency on May 24 said the defendants were involved in gathering information on sensitive sites and facilitating related financial transfers.
The Gulf country’s Interior Ministry on May 9 said it had arrested 41 people it alleged were linked to the IRGC.
Tehran has launched attacks on targets in Bahrain and other Gulf Arab states hosting US military bases in retaliation for US-Israeli air strikes against Iran launched at the end of February.
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20:21
24.5.2026
Hezbollah Chief Expresses Hope US-Iran Deal Includes Lebanon
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem expressed hope for an agreement between Iran and the United States and that Lebanon would be part of the deal.
Iran-backed Hezbollah is both a militant group and political party that controls much of southern Lebanon. It is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, although the European Union has only blacklisted its armed wing.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem in 2022 photo.
“God willing, this agreement will be finalized and there are signs of its completion, and accordingly that we too will be among those included in this agreement — an agreement of a full cessation of hostilities,” he said in a TV address.
Iranian state media reported that “a memorandum of understanding would first be announced, stressing an end to fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said US President Donald Trump had reaffirmed his support for Israel’s right to defend itself against threats, including from Hezbollah.
With reporting by AFP
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16:47
24.5.2026
Trump Defends Current Iran Negotiations
In a new post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump has compared favorably his administrations approach to Iran with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal signed by Barack Obama, which he called one of the worst deals ever made and a “direct path to Iran developing a Nuclear Weapon.”
Trump said that current negotiations with Iran are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner. He said that he had instructed US representatives not to rush, noting that time is on our side.
In 2015, under the Obama administration, Iran signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with the United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, and Germany. The agreement was designed to limit Irans nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, with the goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
In 2018, the first Trump administration withdrew from the deal; President Trump has repeatedly criticized that agreement as weak and dangerous.
In his Truth Social post, Trump highlighted improving professionalism in US-Iran relations, while maintaining his position that Iran will not be allowed to develop or acquire a nuclear weapon.
Some voices in the Republican Party have criticized Trump’s potential deal as too lenient, comparing it unfavorably with the JCPOA. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote: “Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world.”
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11:47
24.5.2026
Rubio: Good News On Iran Could Come Later Today
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said “good news” regarding the situation in Iran could come later today.
“There is the possibility that, over the next few hours, the world will get some good news, at least in regard to the straits,” Rubio told reporters in New Delhi, referring to the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked since the conflict began in late February.
Rubio, who is on his first trip to India, said that “significant progress” had been made in US-Iran negotiations, although not “final progress.”
The secretary of state reiterated that the Strait of Hormuz was an international waterway and Iran doesn’t own it.
“What [the Iranians] are doing now is to destroy commercial vessels using an international waterway,” Rubio said. “If we allow that to become normal, we would be normalizing an unacceptable status quo and setting a dangerous precedent that could be replicated here in this region and in multiple places around the world.”
The preference of US President Donald Trump, Rubio said, is “to find a diplomatic way” to solve these issues, which would require “full Iranian acceptance and compliance.”
He added that a potential deal would also begin a process that “could ultimately lead us to where the president wants us to be and that is a world that no longer has to be in fear or worry about an Iranian nuclear weapon.”
Rubio’s comments came after Trump said an agreement to end the war was “largely negotiated.”
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09:54
24.5.2026
Revolutionary Guards Commander Warns US About ‘Repeated Aggression’
Ahmad Vahidi
After reports that a peace deal between Iran and the US had been “largely negotiated, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) warned the United States about “repeated aggression.”
The message, which did not mention the commander, Ahmad Vahidi, by name, was reported by the Tasnim news agency, which is close to the IRGC.
“The country’s powerful armed forces are at the highest level of readiness and active deterrence in all dimensions of missile, air, sea, land, space, and cyber,” the commander was reported as saying. “It is obvious that any renewed attack by the enemy will result in a devastating and hellish response in regional and extra-regional dimensions.”
The IRGC commander’s message came on the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr, when Iranian forces recaptured the city from Iraqi occupation on May 24, 1982 — an event widely regarded as a major turning point in the IranIraq War.
Tasnim also reported that Iran and the US were approaching a “preliminary understanding” and said that the proposed deal “provides a 30-day period for implementing measures related to the naval blockade and the Strait of Hormuz, and, at the same time, a 60-day period will be defined for negotiations on the nuclear issue.”
The details of the proposed deal have not been confirmed by the White House.
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