Kayhan daily urges government to levy Hormuz transit fees

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander threatened that any new attack on Iran would draw a response across the region and beyond, saying the country’s forces were at peak readiness.

“Any renewed attack by the enemy will be met with a destructive response extending across the region and beyond,” Ahmad Vahidi said in a message.

Vahidi wrote Iran’s armed forces were at their “highest level of readiness and active deterrence” across missile, air, naval, ground, space and cyber operations.

US President Donald Trump said a gunman was killed in an exchange of fire with Secret Service agents near the White House gates, arguing the incident underscored the need for stronger presidential security measures.

“Thank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump said the suspect had “a violent history and possible obsession” with the White House and was killed after exchanging gunfire with agents near the compound.

The president linked the episode to a shooting near the White House Correspondents’ Dinner a month earlier, saying the incidents showed the importance of building “the most safe and secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, DC.”

“The National Security of our Country demands it!” Trump wrote.

The Islamic Republic executed a detainee arrested in March last year, according to Iranian state media.

Mizan news agency, affiliated with the judiciary, reported that Mojtaba Kian was executed on Sunday, after being convicted of “sending information related to defense industry units” to what authorities described as “enemy-affiliated networks” during the recent war.

Mizan said a case had been opened against Kian in the judiciary of Alborz province and that the death sentence was issued and carried out following judicial proceedings. The outlet did not publish further details about the legal process, Kian’s lawyer, or whether he had access to a full legal defense.

The United States and Iran are discussing a 60-day memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, allow Iran to resume oil exports and launch a new round of nuclear talks, Axios reported on Saturday, citing a senior US official and others familiar with the draft.

Under the proposal, Iran would clear mines in the strait so commercial shipping can pass freely, while the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and issue limited sanctions waivers, with relief tied to verifiable Iranian steps under a “relief for performance” framework.

The draft also includes Iranian commitments not to pursue nuclear weapons and to negotiate limits on uranium enrichment and the removal of its highly enriched uranium stockpile, the report added. Washington would agree to negotiate broader sanctions relief and the unfreezing of Iranian funds during the 60‑day period, but only implement those steps as part of a final, verifiably implemented agreement.

US forces mobilized in the region in recent months would remain through the interim phase and withdraw only if a final deal is reached, Axios reported. The draft also envisions an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, adding a regional de‑escalation dimension to the US–Iran understanding.

Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the White House National Security Council Sebastian Gorka said on X on Saturday that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has “no knowledge” of what is being negotiated in secret regarding Iran, adding that if he did, it would be “unauthorized” for him to possess or share such information.

"You have no knowledge of what is being negotiated in secret. If you did, you would be in possession of information illegally provided to you and which you are wholly unauthorized to have or to share. So are you a liar or a criminal Pompeo?" Gorka responded to Pompeo on X.