US-Israel-Iran war news Live updates: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had sent a peace proposal to Iran, expressing optimism about an end to the nearly month-long conflict, while Tehran announced it would allow “enemy” oil vessels to pass through the vital Strait of Hormuz, AFP reported.
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- “That’s what we really have, regime change. You know, this is regime change because the leaders are all very different from the ones we started with, who created all these problems,” Trump said, adding: “They’re going to make a deal. They did something yesterday that was actually amazing. They gave us a gift. And the gift arrived today. It was a very big gift worth a huge amount of money,” the US president said. “I’m not going to tell you what the gift is, but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to us,” he said. Pressing for more details, Trump said it was “oil and gas related” but went no further.
- Brent crude, the global market benchmark, fell nearly six percent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump sent a peace plan to Iran, AFP reported. By 00:30 GMT, Brent crude was down 5.92 percent at $98.30 a barrel. The benchmark U.S. crude contract, West Texas Intermediate, fell 5.01 percent to $87.72.
- According to US Central Command, a total of 290 US soldiers have been injured in the Iran conflict. Spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said 255 of the wounded had already returned to duty. That means 35 service members remain out of action, including 10 who are still classified as seriously injured.
- Israel’s military announced early Wednesday that it was carrying out strikes on targets in the Iranian capital Tehran, shortly after it said Iran had fired rockets at Israel.
- Iran claims that the projectile hit the Bushehr nuclear power plant area. No casualties or technical damage were reported at the facility in the Tuesday evening incident, which Iran’s atomic agency blamed on Israel and the United States. The International Atomic Energy Agency announced on X that it “has been informed by Iran that another projectile has hit the Bushehr area.
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