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From CBS News via USVI News: Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, President Trump also claimed to have "wiped out" Iran's armed forces.
What to know about the Iran war today
- Israel launched new strikes in southern Lebanon after agreeing to extend the current ceasefire between the countries by 45 days after two days of talks in Washington, D.C.
- The U.S., not Iran, is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump declared, adding, "We wiped out their armed forces, essentially." An Iranian official said Saturday that the country would soon unveil its plan to allow some traffic through the strait, for a fee.
- Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that his country "cannot trust the Americans at all" and Iran is "trying to maintain" the "shaky" ceasefire "to give diplomacy a chance."
Iran men's soccer team heading to Turkey for World Cup preparations
Iran's World Cup squad will travel to Turkey on Monday for a training camp, friendlies and to complete visa applications before heading to the United States, head coach Amir Ghalenoei said on Saturday.
The Iranian players are expected to use their time in Turkey to complete the necessary procedures for obtaining visas.
"No visas have been issued yet," Mehdi Taj, the Iranian football federation head, told Iranian media on Thursday.
Taj is expected to hold talks with FIFA president Gianni Infantino as Tehran seeks assurances for its squad amid tensions increased by the ongoing war.
When the squad reaches the U.S., Iran will set up their base camp in Tucson, Arizona.
They are due to kick off the group stage of their World Cup campaign against New Zealand at SoFi Stadium south of Los Angeles on June 15, before facing Belgium in the same stadium, and then Egypt at Lumen Field in Seattle.
Iran's stock market will reopen on Tuesday, state media says
Iran's stock market will reopen on Tuesday, IRNA News Agency, a state media news agency, said.
Hamid Yari, Deputy Director of Supervision of Stock Exchanges and Issuers of the Securities and Exchange Organization, told IRNA that the stock market was closed at the beginning of the war with the U.S. and Israel to protect shareholders' assets and provide conditions for accurate information.
He said the planning had been done to be ready to start trading in stocks and related instruments.
"With the reopening of the stock market, we will witness the completion of the activities of all parts of the capital market," Yari said.
Israel says it has struck about 100 targets in Lebanon since Friday
Despite a ceasefire, the Israeli army has struck approximately 100 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon beginning Friday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Israel said Hezbollah launched "hostile aircraft, mortar shells, and explosive drones" near IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon in the past 24 hours. In response, Israel said it struck "observation posts, terror infrastructure, and a weapons storage facility" on Saturday.
The IDF also struck targets in Tyre, in southern Lebanon, on Friday, it said.
On Friday, the U.S. State Department announced Lebanon and Israel had agreed to extend their ceasefire for another 45 days. The two sides have been in a ceasefire since mid-April, but the Iranian-backed Hezbollah — an anti-Israel militant group that is not part of the Lebanese government — is not technically taking part directly in any of the talks.
Hezbollah has released video of attacks on Israeli soldiers and army vehicles routinely throughout the last few weeks.
USS Ford returns from Middle East after nearly a year at sea
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has returned home to Virginia after an 11-month deployment that saw it support the war in Iran and the capture of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.
The warship and two accompanying destroyers docked at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday morning with about 5,000 soldiers aboard. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on hand for the arrival of the ships.
The Ford's 326 days at sea are the most for an aircraft carrier in the past 50 years and broke the record for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, according to U.S. Naval Institute News, a news outlet run by the U.S. Naval Institute, a nonprofit organization.
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