White House official shares B-2 Spirit stealth bomber video amid Iran tensions

Iran’s UN mission in New York on Friday accused the United States and its allies of blocking the outcome of the latest Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, saying the gathering failed for the third time in a row.

“US Excessive Demands Push the NPT into Free Fall. The NPT Review Conference failed for the third consecutive time due to obstructionism by the United States and its allies. Iran’s warning: Without nuclear disarmament, no future can be envisaged for the NPT,” it posted on X.

Ivanka Trump was targeted for assassination by an "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps‑linked terrorist" in a plot to avenge the 2020 US drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, The New York Post reported on Friday, citing intelligence sources.

The Iraqi national, Mohammad Bagher Saad Dawood Al‑Saadi, allegedly pledged to kill Ivanka, had a blueprint of her Florida home, and posted online threats warning that “neither your palaces nor the Secret Service will protect you.”

Al‑Saadi, described as a high‑ranking figure in Iraq‑Iran terror circles, was arrested in Turkey on May 15 and extradited to the US, where he faces charges connected to 18 attacks and attempted attacks in Europe and the United States, including attacks on US and Jewish targets in Amsterdam, London, Toronto, and Belgium, the report said.

Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw on Friday warned that the Iran War Powers Resolution would “tie the President’s hands” in the middle of a crisis, saying that removing credible deterrence from the commander in chief during an escalating conflict would only embolden Tehran and the terrorist groups it backs.

"The Iranian regime would love nothing more than for Congress to tie the President’s hands in the middle of a crisis. That’s exactly what the Iran War Powers Resolution would do. Iran has spent decades funding terrorist proxies, murdering Americans, attacking our allies, targeting commercial shipping, and openly chanting “Death to America,” Crenshaw posted on X. "Now some in Congress want to advertise to that regime that they must pre-approve every possible military response. That’s not restraint. That’s strategic stupidity."

The Trump administration was preparing on Friday for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, according to sources familiar with the planning, even as indirect diplomacy continues over the longer‑term standoff, CBS reported.

“No final decision on any new strikes had been reached by Friday afternoon, but defense and intelligence officials began updating recall rosters for US bases overseas and some military personnel cancelled Memorial Day weekend plans in anticipation of possible action,” the report added.

Administration officials said that the Pentagon is kept on constant standby to carry out any decision the president may issue, warning that there would be serious consequences if Iran fails to reach a deal, the report said.

Iranian air traffic authorities on Friday suspended all previous clearances for civil passenger flights at airports in the western part of the Tehran flight information region (FIR), allowing only eight sites—Tehran Mehrabad, Tehran Imam Khomeini, Qazvin, Shahid Sattari (Tehran), Payam, Yazd, Isfahan, and Arak—to remain open.

These airports are now restricted to daylight‑only operations, from sunrise to sunset, and airlines must request new permission from the Civil Aviation Organization to operate civil instrument‑flight‑rules (IFR) flights into or out of them.

This change effectively limits regular passenger traffic at these western Tehran‑area airports to the specified hours and requires fresh approval from Tehran before any scheduled or charter operations can resume.