Iran insists it's ready for a new U.S. attack as Trump heads to China

An Iranian commandant says caller subject drills astir the country's superior amusement the Islamic Republic's forces are astatine a "high level of broad readiness" to face a caller onslaught by the U.S. oregon Israel, "at immoderate spot and astatine immoderate time."

Brigadier General Hassan Hassanzadeh, commandant of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the Tehran region, said the five-day drills dubbed "Martyr Commander" demonstrated his troops quality "to face immoderate question by the hostile enemy, the American and Zionist enemies, astatine immoderate spot and astatine immoderate clip with the shortest imaginable effect time."

Troops including peculiar forces and IRGC commandos participated successful the drills, which included exercising pre-planned operations "for confronting the enemy's peculiar operations … and portion tactics and techniques to face the force successful immoderate terrain and successful immoderate situation."

An representation from Iranian authorities broadcaster IRIB shows forces taking portion successful what the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described connected May 13, 2026 arsenic a five-day, large-scale subject workout successful and astir Tehran, dubbed "Martyr Commander."  IRIB/Iranian authorities TV

Tehran has acceptable 5 preconditions for resuming negotiations with Washington to extremity the 75-day warfare launched by Israel and the U.S. connected Feb. 28, according to Iran's semi-official Fars quality agency, including the lifting of sanctions and compensation for war-related damages.

The Tuesday study posted connected Fars' societal media channels, citing an anonymous source, said Iran's authorities had rejected the astir caller U.S. 14-point connection for a bid woody arsenic a "demand for surrender," calling it an effort to unafraid done diplomacy what Washington had failed to execute connected the battlefield.

According to Fars, Iran volition reengage successful nonstop bid talks with the U.S. lone connected an statement that includes an extremity to conflicts connected each fronts, including Israel's ongoing warfare with Hezbollah successful Lebanon; the lifting of sanctions against Iran; the merchandise of frozen Iranian fiscal assets; compensation for war-related damages; and designation of Iran's sovereignty implicit the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran sees these arsenic minimum requirements for negotiations to restart, but for the Trump administration, the second two, astatine least, are apt to beryllium non-starters. 

The lone circular of nonstop U.S.-Iran talks truthful acold during the warfare took spot successful Pakistan successful aboriginal April, but they ended without a deal. The fragile ceasefire that took clasp connected April 8 has been tested implicit the past week oregon truthful by naval clashes successful the Strait of Hormuz and sporadic caller Iranian attacks connected U.S. Gulf allies.

President Trump declared the truce "on beingness support" earlier this week.

President Trump said helium would inquire his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to "open up" China to American firms during their high-stakes summit this week, but his tendency to ramp up commercialized volition person to contend with governmental friction implicit Taiwan and the ongoing U.S.-Israeli warfare with Iran, which already delayed the travel from March.

As helium departed the White House Tuesday to caput for Beijing, Mr. Trump said helium expected a "long talk" with Xi astir Iran, which sells astir of its U.S.-sanctioned lipid to China. But helium besides downplayed disagreements, telling reporters, "I don't deliberation we request immoderate assistance with Iran" from China and that Xi had been "relatively good" connected the topic.

Beijing is increasing impatient for peace, however, with China's overseas curate urging his Pakistani counterpart connected Tuesday to measurement up mediation efforts betwixt Tehran and Washington.

Beijing has grown much assured and assertive since Mr. Trump's travel determination successful 2017, and helium whitethorn find himself successful a weakened presumption arsenic helium seeks a mode retired of the Iran war. But the acme besides comes astatine an uncertain clip for China's economy, which has struggled successful caller years with sluggish home spending and a protracted indebtedness situation successful the once-booming spot sector.

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Australia volition articulation a "strictly defensive" ngo led by France and Britain to unafraid shipping done the Strait of Hormuz, Defense Minister Richard Marles said.

The federation volition lend a Wedgetail E-7A surveillance aircraft, already deployed successful the portion to support the United Arab Emirates from Iran drone attacks, Marles said aft a gathering of 40 countries.

"Australia stands acceptable to enactment an autarkic and strictly antiaircraft Multinational Military Mission, led by the United Kingdom and France, erstwhile it is established," Marles said successful a statement. The ngo is aimed astatine demonstrating "a tangible committedness to the information of planetary trade," helium said.

Amid crisp disapproval from President Trump astatine each NATO allies for declining to articulation violative efforts against Iran, France and the U.K. began efforts to physique a conjugation of nations consenting to assistance guarantee the strait remains harmless and passable aft the war.

French President Emmanuel Macron said past week helium would talk to Mr. Trump astir the mission, which comes arsenic the U.S. subject suspended its operation to usher commercialized ships retired of the Persian Gulf.

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President Trump said successful a Truth Social post connected Tuesday that it's "virtual TREASON" for the quality media to accidental that Iran is doing good successful the war.

"When the Fake News says that the Iranian force is doing well, Militarily, against us, it's virtual TREASON successful that it is specified a false, and adjacent preposterous, statement," Mr. Trump said. "They are aiding and abetting the enemy! All it does is springiness Iran mendacious anticipation erstwhile nary should exist. These are American cowards that are rooting against our Country."

Treason is defined successful the U.S. Constitution arsenic a transgression erstwhile idiosyncratic "owing allegiance to the United States, levies warfare against them oregon adheres to their enemies, giving them assistance and comfortableness wrong the United States oregon elsewhere."

The president said successful the post, arsenic helium has antecedently maintained, that Iran's navy and aerial unit person been decimated by U.S. forces, and Tehran's leaders "are nary longer with us."

"Only Losers, Ingrates, and Fools are capable to marque a lawsuit against America!" helium said.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly criticized media sum of the U.S-Israeli war against Iran since the warring began. In March, Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses aft the president accused the media of falsely reporting connected the war.

Inflation accelerated successful April to an yearly complaint of 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, arsenic the Iran warfare pushed up vigor costs and raised prices crossed the economy.

The Consumer Price Index, which tracks terms changes of goods typically purchased by consumers implicit time, shows ostentation roseate 0.6% successful April from the anterior month.

Energy prices were the large driver, accounting for 40% of the full CPI increase, according to the Labor Department. On an yearly basis, gasoline prices jumped 28.4% from a twelvemonth earlier.

Core inflation, which excludes volatile nutrient and vigor prices, roseate 2.8% from a twelvemonth earlier, suggesting terms pressures are besides spreading beyond substance costs.

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