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India’s chief asks individuals to do business from home, save gas nonetheless potential “in these tough occasions”
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged individuals within the nation to do business from home and save gas because the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran retains world vitality costs excessive.
“We labored from residence throughout the COVID-era … the tough time calls for we restart it now,” Modi mentioned throughout a public assembly Sunday within the southern Indian metropolis of Hyderabad, which is residence to a number of world tech corporations. “It is going to be within the nation’s curiosity.”
Modi linked his attraction on to the Center East disaster, and he strongly urged residents to take quite a few different austerity measures, “in these tough occasions.”
Modi urged individuals to make use of public transport or carpool wherever potential to save lots of gas, and to keep away from overseas journey and overseas weddings for a 12 months – even to halt shopping for gold for a 12 months – all within the curiosity of public funds.
“Gas has develop into so costly all around the globe, the costs have risen a number of folds. It is our obligation to save lots of the overseas change that is spent on shopping for petrol and diesel,” Modi mentioned.
“Patriotism just isn’t solely in regards to the willingness to sacrifice one’s life on the border. In these occasions, it’s about dwelling responsibly and fulfilling our duties to the nation in our day by day lives,” he mentioned.
India imports about 90% of its crude oil, and the Iran conflict has despatched nationwide gas bills hovering because the Strait of Hormuz stays successfully closed.
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Iran says U.S.-Israeli strikes disrupted U.N. nuclear watchdog’s monitoring of atomic websites
Iran’s overseas ministry spokesman criticized the top of the United Nations’ Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company on Monday and mentioned it was the U.S.-Israeli strikes on his nation that had ended the IAEA’s monitoring of Iranian nuclear websites.
Requested throughout a day by day briefing whether or not Iran would give the IAEA entry once more to the nation’s nuclear amenities, which had been severely broken in assaults by the U.S. and Israel in June 2025, ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei accused the U.N. company’s director common, Rafael Grossi, of straying “from his technical {and professional} mandate.”
“What can restore the Company’s standing is for the Director Normal and the IAEA to instantly condemn the unlawful actions of the USA and the Israeli regime in opposition to Iran’s nuclear amenities, and to make sure that such incidents should not repeated sooner or later,” mentioned Baqaei. “Iran’s peaceable nuclear amenities have all the time been beneath steady IAEA inspection. What disrupted these inspections was the unlawful assault by the USA and the Israeli regime. It is a actuality the IAEA Director Normal should have in mind.”
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Iran’s oil minister acknowledges challenges amid U.S. blockade, however claims manufacturing not reducing
Iran’s oil minister acknowledged Monday that the trade has “confronted challenges” because of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and vessels, however he claimed countermeasures taken by the federal government meant “manufacturing didn’t lower.”
“Our manufacturing did not lower and the export course of was favorable,” insisted Mohsen Paknejad in an interview with Iranian state TV, whereas admitting there have been some hurdles.
“Naturally, within the days following the [U.S.] blockade, we’ve got confronted challenges, however measures had been taken and this course of continues,” he mentioned, providing no specifics.
Paknejad dismissed experiences of harm to the nation’s oil wells as “unrealistic fantasies.”
Oil costs surged once more Monday after President Trump rejected Iran’s response to the most recent U.S. peace proposal as “completely unacceptable.”
8:17 AM
A number of tankers, together with one Iran says coordinated with its army, seen transiting Strait of Hormuz
A number of liquid pure fuel (LNG) tankers and different vessels have transited the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, following a number of days of no seen actions in or out of the strait.
The Qatari-flagged LNG tanker Al Kharaitiyat transited the strategic waterway on Saturday and was headed to Pakistan.
The Reuters information company mentioned it was the primary Qatari LNG tanker to make the journey for the reason that conflict started, and that the gas cargo was licensed by Iran in a bid to spice up confidence with each Pakistan, which has acted as a mediator within the conflict, and Qatar.
The supertanker Agios Fanourios I transited the strait on Sunday, monitoring information present, and Iran mentioned it had finished so in coordination with its authorities. One other tanker, the Kiara M, linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, abruptly re-appeared off the Omani coast on Sunday, east of the strait, after final being seen on Could 6 within the northern Persian Gulf.
The British navy’s Marine Site visitors Operations middle beforehand mentioned no tanker actions had been tracked between Could 6 and eight, and that no cargo vessels had been recognized to have transited between Could 6 and 9.
Iran calls for that each one vessels wishing to transit the strait accomplish that in coordination with its army, which is believed to be charging tolls for passage.
7:52 AM
Iran “defeated, however that does not imply they’re finished,” says Trump
President Trump says Iran’s leaders “are defeated, however that does not imply they’re finished,”
In remarks aired Sunday on whether or not fight operations in opposition to Iran had been concluded, Mr. Trump mentioned: “They’re defeated, however that does not imply they’re finished.”
“We might go in for 2 extra weeks and do each single goal,” he mentioned. “Now we have sure targets that we needed, and we have finished in all probability 70% of them, however we’ve got different targets that we might conceivably hit.”
The president dismissed Iran’s phrases for a possible peace deal as “completely unacceptable” Sunday. Iran mentioned Monday that it requested just for the nation’s “official rights” and no “concessions” in its response to the most recent U.S. peace deal proposal.
7:31 AM
Preventing between Israel and Hezbollah continues in Lebanon regardless of ceasefire
The parallel conflict between Iranian-backed Hezbollah and the Israeli army continued over the weekend and into Monday, with the Israel Protection Forces warning extra civilians to evacuate their villages because the dying toll in Lebanon nears 3,000.
The violence has continued regardless of a ceasefire signed by the Lebanese and Israeli governments a month in the past, and the preventing has sophisticated efforts to dealer a wider peace deal between Washington and Tehran.
On Monday, Hezbollah launched video purportedly displaying strikes on IDF troops in southern Lebanon, with the Iranian proxy group claiming a number of “confirmed hits.”
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IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee, in his newest pressing warning to Lebanese civilians through social media, informed residents of 9 villages within the nation’s south to evacuate their properties.
An IDF strike on a village the place residents acquired no such warning killed eight members of the identical household on Saturday, in accordance with the New York Instances. On Sunday, lots of of mourners gathered within the coastal city of Sidon for the household’s funerals. Among the many useless had been a pair, three of their kids, and a 6-month-old grandchild, in accordance with the Instances.
IDF and Hezbollah strikes have intensified in latest days. Greater than 450 individuals in Lebanon have been killed for the reason that ceasefire was signed. Israeli officers say 18 army personnel and two civilians have been killed for the reason that preventing with Hezbollah escalated at first of March.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Well being says at the least 2,846 individuals have been killed since March 2, whereas greater than 1 million have been compelled to flee their properties.
7:15 AM
Netanyahu tells 60 Minutes Iran conflict “not over,” as nuclear materials nonetheless “needs to be taken out”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the joint conflict that his nation and the U.S. launched on Feb. 28 has “achieved a terrific deal, however it’s not over.”
Netanyahu informed CBS Information’ Main Garrett for an interview with 60 Minutes that the conflict can’t be over, “as a result of there’s nonetheless nuclear materials, enriched uranium that needs to be taken out of Iran. There’s nonetheless enrichment websites that must be dismantled. There are nonetheless proxies that Iran helps. There are ballistic missiles that they nonetheless wish to produce. Now, we have degraded a number of it. However all that’s nonetheless there, and there is work to be finished.”
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6:57 AM
Iranian president says nation will “by no means bow right down to the enemy”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian mentioned Sunday that the nation would “by no means bow right down to the enemy,” vowing that the ruling Islamic Republic regime would “defend nationwide pursuits with energy.”
“If speak of dialogue or negotiation arises, it doesn’t imply give up or retreat,” he mentioned in a message posted on social media earlier than President Trump rejected Iran’s response to the most recent U.S. peace proposal.
“The purpose is to uphold the rights of the Iranian nation and to defend nationwide pursuits with resolute energy,” mentioned Pezeshkian.
6:57 AM
Iran will “combat every time it’s crucial,” vows overseas ministry spokesperson
Iran is ready to combat “every time it’s crucial,” overseas ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei mentioned Monday, including that the regime would additionally proceed utilizing diplomacy, “every time we deem it acceptable.”
Talking to reporters Monday, Baqaei was requested how Iran would reply if the U.S. had been to launch new assaults on the nation.
‘We combat every time it’s crucial,” he mentioned. “Every time we deem it acceptable, we use diplomacy as a device to safe the pursuits of the Iranian nation.”
Baqaei mentioned Iran had “proven that it’s critical about pursuing its nationwide pursuits and legit rights” by way of a “diplomatic processes in good religion and in an affordable method.”
“The opposite aspect should show itself,” he mentioned, referring to the U.S. “It should display that it’s critical on this regard. To this point, it has failed.”
He earlier mentioned Iran had not demanded any concessions in its response to the most recent U.S. peace proposal: “The one factor we demanded was Iran’s official rights.”
President Trump dismissed Iran’s response on Sunday as “completely unacceptable.”
6:57 AM
Trump anticipated to debate Iran with China throughout summit this week
President Trump is anticipated to fly to Beijing on Wednesday for a summit along with his Chinese language counterpart Xi Jinping, and the Iran conflict is more likely to be on the agenda.
Mr. Trump is beneath mounting strain to finish the conflict and calm vitality markets which have despatched gas costs spiraling upward for 2 months. He is anticipated to attempt to lean on President Xi to make use of his affect with Tehran to get them to comply with a deal.
“I might anticipate the president to use strain” over Iran, a senior administration official talking on situation of anonymity informed reporters Sunday, in accordance with the French information company AFP. The official mentioned Mr. Trump had raised issues about China persevering with to bolster state coffers in Iran and Russia by buying oil – regardless of U.S. sanctions – “a number of occasions” throughout cellphone calls with Xi, in addition to China’s gross sales of military-civilian dual-use items.
“I anticipate that dialog to proceed,” the official mentioned.
U.S. sanctions in opposition to Chinese language entities over the Iran conflict are additionally more likely to come up, the official informed AFP.
Iran’s overseas ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei voiced hope on Monday that China would as an alternative use the go to to bolster Tehran’s positions and push again on U.S. calls for for a peace settlement.
“Our Chinese language buddies know very nicely how one can use these alternatives to warn in regards to the penalties of the U.S.’ unlawful and bullying actions on regional peace and safety,” he mentioned, “in addition to on financial stability and worldwide safety.”
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6:57 AM
Iran says it did not demand concessions in response to U.S. peace proposal
Iran’s International Ministry mentioned Monday that it had referred to as for an finish to the conflict throughout the area and the discharge of frozen Iranian property overseas in its response to the most recent U.S. peace proposal, which President Trump rejected on Sunday.
“We didn’t demand any concessions. The one factor we demanded was Iran’s official rights,” mentioned ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei mentioned Monday throughout a weekly briefing.
He mentioned Tehran’s calls for included “an finish to the conflict within the area,” ending the U.S. naval blockade of Iran’s ports and vessels, and the “launch of property belonging to the Iranian individuals, which have for years been unjustly trapped in overseas banks.”
Mr. Trump on Sunday rejected the Iranian response as “completely unacceptable.”
“Our focus is on what’s pressing,” Baqaei mentioned Monday. “What’s pressing is ending conflict in all its kinds, together with in Lebanon.”
Baqaei mentioned Iran was additionally eager to make sure “protected maritime navigation within the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz” whereas “stopping unlawful actions and acts of maritime interference by the USA in opposition to industrial vessels.”
Iran’s strategy is, he mentioned, “very accountable and cheap … to prioritize fast points and concentrate on resolving them, moderately than discussing subjects whose historical past exhibits they’ve, on at the least two events, led to conflict.”
The Trump administration has insisted up to now that any peace deal embody a dedication by Iran to severely curb, if not fully finish its nuclear enrichment program.
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6:57 AM
Oil costs bounce after Trump calls Iran’s response to U.S. peace proposal “completely unacceptable”
President Trump branding Iran’s phrases for ending the Center East conflict “completely unacceptable” raised the potential for renewed hostilities and despatched oil costs sharply larger in early Asia commerce on Monday.
President Trump mentioned on his Fact Social platform that he “simply learn the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I do not prefer it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”
World vitality markets had been unnerved with no indication of an imminent settlement to finish the conflict and to reopen the delivery lanes of the Strait of Hormuz. The value of a barrel of worldwide benchmark Brent crude was again above $100 a barrel early Monday.
The benchmark U.S. oil contract West Texas Intermediate additionally surged again towards the $100 a barrel mark forward of Monday morning commerce, as traders braced for additional disruptions to provides by way of the strait, the place Tehran has imposed a close to complete blockade.
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6:57 AM
U.S. Gulf allies say Iran launched new drone assaults amid shaky ceasefire
The shaky ceasefire within the Iran conflict was examined once more Sunday when a drone induced a small fireplace on a ship off the coast of Qatar, whereas the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reported drones coming into their airspaces.
The UAE blamed Iran for the most recent assault, the most recent menace to a month-old ceasefire, which the Trump administration says continues to be in impact.
There have been no casualties reported, and nobody instantly claimed duty.
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