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UAE says it fully supports Bahrain’s security measures against threats

May 1, 2026, 21:59 GMT+1

Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said on Friday that the UAE fully backs Bahrain’s sovereign steps to protect its national security, sovereignty, and stability, viewing Bahrain’s security as inseparable from that of the UAE and other Persian Gulf states.

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Iran leadership 'gone and US winning in conflict,' Trump says

May 1, 2026, 21:53 GMT+1

US President Donald Trump said Iran’s leadership had been largely eliminated and claimed the United States was “winning,” as he criticized Tehran for failing to agree to a deal during a rally in Florida on Friday.

“And we’re discussing - I spoke to him today. We’re discussing. It’s a little hard to figure out who their leaders are. Frankly, their leaders are gone. The first set is gone, the second set is gone. Khomeini is gone, and they were evil people. They killed 42,000 protesters — 42,000 in a period of two weeks," Trump said.

“But we have to get this done, and we’re really doing well. We’re just winning. If it were a fight, they’d stop — you know that expression. It’s true. But they’re not coming through with the kind of deal that we have to have, and we’re going to get this thing done properly. We’re not going to leave early and then have the problem arise again in three years," he added.

Imprisoned Iranian journalist named world’s most urgent press freedom case

May 1, 2026, 21:17 GMT+1

The One Free Press Coalition on Friday named imprisoned Iranian journalist Reza Valizadeh as the world’s most urgent press freedom case ahead of World Press Freedom Day.

Valizadeh, a former Radio Farda correspondent traveled to Iran in November 2022 after leaving the outlet to visit his family. He was arrested in October 2024 and remained in prison since.

The coalition’s annual “10 Most Urgent” list names journalists detained or threatened worldwide, many of whom face security-related or anti-state charges.

Bessent says Iran blockade to stay until navigation restored

May 1, 2026, 21:08 GMT+1

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the United States has “complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz and that the blockade on Iran will remain in place until freedom of navigation is restored.

“The BLOCKADE will continue, until there is pre-February 27 Freedom of Navigation,” Bessent wrote on X.

In the post, Bessent mocked Iranian leaders as “rats in a sewer pipe,” saying they were unable to understand “what’s going on in the outside world as they literally sit in the dark.”

He said Iran was facing a shortage of hard currency, including US dollars, as well as food and gasoline rationing.

“The entire international community has turned against you,” Bessent added.

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized after losing consciousness twice

May 1, 2026, 21:05 GMT+1

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was urgently transferred from Zanjan Prison to a hospital on Friday after losing consciousness twice and suffering a severe deterioration in her health, her lawyer and the Narges Foundation said.

The Narges Foundation said in a statement Mohammadi was moved by ambulance to a local hospital in Zanjan in northwestern Iran after prison doctors concluded her condition could no longer be managed inside the prison.

She was admitted to the coronary care unit, according to her lawyer Mostafa Nili.

Nili said Mohammadi had experienced extreme blood pressure fluctuations, acute chest pain and repeated episodes of severe distress in recent days. He said she first fainted after a sudden drop in blood pressure and was given IV fluids and anti-nausea medication in the prison clinic.

After emergency services arrived, Mohammadi initially declined transfer to a Zanjan hospital, citing warnings from two cardiologists that her history of three angiographies and stent placement made treatment in Zanjan dangerous and required care by her own medical team, Nili said.

A few hours later, she lost consciousness again. A neurologist then ordered urgent hospitalization, saying her neurological condition had become the immediate clinical priority despite her serious cardiac issues.

The foundation said Mohammadi’s family had sought proper medical care for weeks and described the hospital transfer as a “last-minute” step that may have come too late.

It said specialists had recommended her transfer to Pars Hospital in Tehran, where her own medical team could treat her.

According to the foundation, Zanjan’s forensic medical commission had already recommended a one-month suspension of her sentence for medical treatment, but prosecutors made it contingent on approval from Tehran.

Mohammadi was re-arrested on December 12, 2025, and sentenced on February 8, 2026, to an additional seven and a half years in prison, bringing her cumulative sentence to more than 18 years.

Iran’s new proposal to US: First Hormuz, then nuclear, no missile talks - WSJ

May 1, 2026, 20:41 GMT+1

A 14-point proposal Iran submitted to the United States via Pakistan on Friday softens some of its conditions for resuming talks but still postpones negotiations on its nuclear program and leaves out the missile issue, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The report said Iran’s proposal softens some of Tehran’s earlier conditions for resuming negotiations, including by dropping its demand for an upfront end to the US blockade of Iranian ports before talks begin.

Instead, Iran is offering to discuss conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz at the same time as US guarantees to end attacks and unwind the blockade, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the proposal.

Under the new plan, the nuclear file would be discussed later in exchange for US sanctions relief, according to the Journal. The missile program is still not included in the reported sequencing.

Iran has indicated to mediators that it would be ready to sit down for talks in Pakistan by early next week if Washington is open to the new proposal, the Journal reported.