Cleric says Islamabad delegation delivered ‘another slap to Great Satan’

Iran’s nationwide internet blackout has entered its seventh week, with more than 1,000 hours of disruption, internet monitoring group NetBlocks said.

“Network data show Iran's internet blackout is now in its 44th day, continuing in its seventh week past the 1032 hour mark,” NetBlocks said.

The group added the human and economic impacts of the extended censorship measure continue to pile up, breaking global records for shutdowns in a connected society.

Iran’s police said Sunday 50 people were arrested across 16 provinces on accusations of sharing locations of security forces and sensitive sites for potential strikes.

Authorities said the suspects identified infrastructure, checkpoints and security force positions for what they described as targeting in attacks.

Saudi Arabia has restored full oil pumping capacity of about seven million barrels per day through its East-West pipeline after recent attacks, the energy ministry said on Sunday.

The ministry said affected facilities and the pipeline had recovered and resumed operations, following disruptions during the Iran conflict.

Iran’s delegation to Pakistan was not sent for negotiations but to pursue diplomatic pressure on the United States, a senior lawmaker said on Sunday.

“There is no negotiating team,” Hamidreza Haji Babai said, adding those dispatched aimed to advance what he described as US “surrender” at the United Nations.

Haji Babai said “our negotiation is our battle,” adding the confrontation would continue until the United States is “brought to its knees.”

US President Donald Trump shared an article suggesting he could impose a naval blockade on Iran after talks in Islamabad ended without agreement.

The article titled “The Trump card the president holds if Iran won’t bend: a naval blockade,” from pro-Trump outlet Just the News, said a blockade could pressure Iran’s economy and its oil buyers, including China and India.

The article says such a move would echo what it described as a previous US blockade strategy against Venezuela.