Published on: 05/06/2026 - 10:07 Modified on: 05/06/2026 - 22:46

The United States has imposed new sanctions related to Iran, targeting individuals and LNG tankers, according to the US Treasury. The Iranian military claimed to have fired missiles at two US ships in the Arabian Sea, which the US military denied. Israeli strikes on Tyre, in southern Lebanon, killed seven people, according to the army. The June 5 thread.

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Infant killed by Israeli fire in West Bank, parents injured (Palestinian ministry)

Israeli army fire killed a Palestinian infant and injured his parents in the southern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported.

Sam Fahd Abou Haikal, aged 7 months, was killed and his parents were slightly injured "after the occupation forces (Israeli, editor's note) opened fire on them Friday evening in the Tel Rumeida sector, in the south of Hebron," the ministry said in a short statement.

Asked by AFP, the Israeli army did not immediately comment.

Former Iranian Prime Minister Mousavi hospitalized (advisor)

Former Iranian Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, central figure in the 2009 protest movement and under house arrest for 15 years, was hospitalized after a decline in his health, announced one of his advisers.

"He felt unwell and was transferred to hospital. However, his condition has since improved," Ardeshir Amir Arjomand, based abroad, told the BBC.

According to him, Mir Hossein Moussavi had a hard time changing his place of house arrest after his previous home, located in central Tehran, was hit during the American-Israeli strike on February 28 which killed Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei.

Lebanon announces five dead, including a woman and a rescuer, in an Israeli strike

Lebanon's Health Ministry said an Israeli strike in the south of the country killed five people, including a woman and a rescuer, condemning "the targeting of rescuers on a rescue mission."

“The Israeli enemy's strike on the town of Zebdine, in the Nabatieh district, killed five people, including a woman and a rescuer from the Risala association, and injured two people, including a rescuer,” said a ministry statement, referring to rescuers affiliated with the Amal movement, an ally of Hezbollah.

"Iranian team players participating in the FIFA World Cup have been granted visas to enter the United States," White House official said

Potential US-Iran deal depends on unlocking frozen assets, Iranian official tells CNN

Two men found guilty of attacking Iranian journalist in London

Two Romanian nationals were found guilty by British courts of stabbing a journalist from Iran International in 2024, a Persian-language television channel based in London and banned by Tehran.

According to the prosecution, this attack was carried out on behalf of the Iranian regime.

This “targeted and violent” attack took place on April 29, 2024, in Wimbledon, in the south of the British capital, recalls the London police in a press release.

US military says it boarded sanctioned Iran-linked oil tanker in Indian Ocean

The American army announced that it had boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean which was the subject of sanctions from Washington for having transported Iranian crude oil.

“Overnight, US forces conducted a maritime interception and visitation inspection aboard the sanctioned stateless vessel MT DAVINA, located in the Indian Ocean,” the US Indo-Pacific Command (Indopacom) said in a message on X.

US says it has imposed new sanctions on Iran

The United States has imposed new sanctions related to Iran, targeting several entities, individuals and LNG tankers, according to the US Treasury Department website.

Of the 12 designated entities, five are based in the Marshall Islands, four in the United Arab Emirates and one in China, according to information posted on the department's website. Six ships were targeted, including four LNG tankers flying the Panamanian flag.

Iran does not have to "intervene in Lebanon", says Lebanese president

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called on Iran to no longer “intervene” in his country, in an interview with CNN broadcast on Friday, and told Hezbollah supported by Tehran that diplomacy was the only solution to the conflict with Israel.

"It's not your country, it's ours. (...) You don't have to intervene in our country," said the Lebanese leader to Iran.

“Hezbollah must understand that there (is) no other solution than to sit down and talk, no other way (...) to save what is left except through negotiation and diplomacy,” he added.

Flotilla for Gaza: the French national anti-terrorism prosecution opens an investigation for “torture” and “war crimes”

US military denies being targeted by Iranian missiles

The US military has rejected Iran's allegations that it fired warning shots at US warships, saying this would have constituted a serious violation of the fragile ceasefire between the two countries.

"Iranian forces did NOT attack or fire on U.S. Navy warships. This would have been a blatant violation of the ceasefire," U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, said in a message published on X.

In Lebanon, foreign workers invisible until death, without burial

“Bodies abandoned in morgues, expensive cemeteries and consulates which do not pay for the repatriation of mortal remains… Only solidarity offers a dignified burial to migrants killed in Lebanon.” can we read in this article from L’Orient-Le Jour. Emmanuel Haddad, journalist at L'Orient-Le Jour, is at the origin of this investigation and is our guest on France 24.

Lebanese Prime Minister asks Iran to stop using his country as a “means of pressure” in negotiations

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN that Iran was using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in its negotiations with the United States.

Aoun has repeatedly worked to keep Lebanon out of regional conflicts and asserted that decisions regarding the country's sovereignty and security should be made by the Lebanese state alone.

Attack on UAE plant 'seriously compromised nuclear safety', says IAEA

The May 17 drone attack on the Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates "seriously compromised nuclear safety," IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, adding that attacking a nuclear facility was "an absolute prohibition, a taboo."

“This attack caused a fire in an electrical generator located outside the site, making the use of emergency generators necessary,” he explained at the opening of a special meeting of the board of governors at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna.

German Foreign Ministry advises against travel to Bahrain and Kuwait

The German Foreign Ministry has warned against travel to Bahrain and Kuwait. He particularly advised against traveling to Bahrain, he said in a statement, citing a still “very unstable” security situation in the region.

“A further deterioration of the security situation, including significant restrictions on air traffic, cannot be ruled out,” he said.

Iran fires 'warning missiles' against two US ships in Arabian Sea: army

The Iranian army said it had fired "warning missiles" against two American ships in the Arabian Sea, after skirmishes in the Gulf this week which weakened the ceasefire in force with the United States since April 8.

In a statement relayed by the government news agency Irna, it states that "the hostile destroyers DDG-103 and DDG-8 left the Arabian Sea to head towards the Indian Ocean (...) following warning missile fire", on an unspecified date.

Iranian-American detained in Tehran calls for treatment

An Iranian-American journalist has appealed to the United States to obtain medical help from Iranian authorities for him and other Americans detained in Tehran's Evin prison, according to CBS. The date of the recording is not known but the channel indicated on Friday that it could have been transmitted when Iran began to gradually reopen the internet at the end of May, after almost three months of outage.

“Even if treating our illnesses is an excessive demand, we should have at least asked the Iranian authorities to reduce, not all the physical pressure and psychological torture that we suffer in captivity, but at least some of them,” said Reza Valizadeh in a recorded telephone call from prison and obtained by CBS News.

In the two-minute recording, the journalist mentions three other Americans also detained at the notorious Evin prison, who suffer from "various illnesses and are deprived of proper medical care."

Lebanon: two Hezbollah opponents sentenced to 15 years in prison for inciting Israeli attacks

Lebanese justice has sentenced two opponents of Hezbollah in absentia to 15 years in prison each for having "encouraged" attacks by Israel against the pro-Iranian group, a judicial official told AFP.

It is the most severe sentence handed down against activists for alleged support for Israel in Lebanon, officially at war with its neighbor and where any contact with Israel can be punishable by imprisonment.

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