Iran war: What is happening on day 53 of the US-Israel conflict?

Diplomatic efforts to extremity the US-Israel warfare connected Iran are stalled arsenic Tehran rejects talks nether pressure.

Diplomatic efforts to extremity the US-Israel warfare connected Iran stay uncertain, with Tehran refusing to negociate nether what it calls the “shadow of threats”.

United States President Donald Trump has said the blockade of Iranian ports volition stay until a woody is reached, but Tehran wants it lifted earlier the talks. A two-week ceasefire expires connected Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Washington is besides preparing for talks betwixt Israel and Lebanon connected Thursday, adjacent arsenic Israeli forces proceed with their strikes successful confederate Lebanon. At slightest six radical were wounded and homes destroyed successful the attacks contempt a 10-day ceasefire.

Here is what we know:

In Iran:

• Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran is “ready to amusement caller cards connected the battlefield” if clashes with the US resume aft the ceasefire ends.
• Iran reopened Imam Khomeini and Mehrabad airports aft weeks of war-related closures, aviation authorities said.
• The US wants Iran to halt its atomic programme and manus implicit enriched uranium, a request Tehran rejects. Iran says its atomic programme is for probe purposes and that it does not mean to marque an atomic bomb.
• Iran has sought the merchandise of its frozen assets and compensation for harm caused by US and Israeli strikes.
• Academic Zohreh Kharazmi said Tehran believes it holds the precocious manus and volition not negociate “under the shadiness of threats”, arguing Trump is “really successful request of the negotiations”, though Iran would similar to debar renewed fighting.

War diplomacy:

• The Department of State volition clasp caller talks connected Thursday pursuing a fragile ceasefire, a US authoritative told the AFP quality agency.
• A US squad is expected to question to Pakistan “soon” for further negotiations, though Iran has not confirmed participation.

• French President Emmanuel Macron called the US and Iranian blockades of the Strait of Hormuz “a mistake connected some sides”.
• Russia called for the US-Iran ceasefire to beryllium extended beyond its expiry connected Wednesday.

• China, the main purchaser of Iranian oil, expressed “concern” implicit the US seizure of the Iranian-flagged vas adjacent the Strait of Hormuz implicit the play and urged each parties to resume bid talks.

In the Gulf:

• UAE arrests Iran-linked group: Authorities said they detained suspects accused of plotting attacks and channelling funds to overseas groups.
• Qatar resumes flights: Qatar volition again let overseas airlines to onshore astatine its main airdrome aft suspensions during the conflict.

In the US:

• Trump said sanctions connected Iranian ports would stay until Tehran agrees to a bid deal.
• Daniel Benaim, erstwhile lawman adjunct caput of authorities for Arabian Peninsula affairs, said the US has fallen abbreviated of its cardinal aims successful Iran, informing it is present successful a much analyzable subject and diplomatic presumption than astatine the commencement of the war.
• Trump attacked quality outlets, including CNN, accusing them of downplaying US strikes connected Iran and claiming helium is “winning” the war, portion dismissing captious reporting arsenic “fake news”.

In Israel:

• Israel has been demanding the Lebanese authorities disarm Hezbollah, utilizing its continued beingness successful confederate Lebanon arsenic leverage, contempt concerns this could trigger wider instability.
• Amnesty International has accused Israel of contributing to a planetary diminution successful quality rights, alongside the US and Russia.

In Lebanon and Gaza

• Lebanon decease toll rises: Israeli attacks person killed astatine slightest 2,387 radical since warring escalated six weeks ago, officials said.
• ‘Israel talks separate’: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said planned talks with Israel were “separate” from the Iran-US negotiations.
• Violence continues successful Gaza: Despite an October ceasefire, Israeli operations person killed much than 780 Palestinians, with caller strikes reported crossed Gaza.

Global economy

• Oil prices jump: Global lipid prices roseate connected Monday aft Iran again closed the Strait of Hormuz and the US Navy seized an Iranian cargo vessel adjacent the cardinal waterway.
• Dutch substance support: The Netherlands volition walk much than $1.1bn to assistance businesses and households header with rising substance costs linked to the war.