Iran-US conflict newest: Trump says he has a brand new peace plan from Tehran however they haven’t ‘paid a big enough price’ | EUROtoday

Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Sarv Shakti, loaded with 46,313 ⁠metric tons of liquefied petroleum fuel for India, ⁠crossed ​the ⁠Strait of Hormuz ⁠on Saturday, India’s transport ​ministry ⁠stated.

The vessels ‌with 20 crew members on ‌board, 18 ‌of them Indian, is predicted ⁠to reach on the Indian port of Visakhapatnam on 13 May, it stated ‌in a ​assertion stated.

President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that the US would considerably scale back its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with chancellor Friedrich Merz as he sought to cut back America’s dedication to European safety.

The Pentagon on Friday had introduced it will pull some 5,000 troops out of Germany, however when requested Saturday concerning the motive for the transfer, Trump did not provide a proof and stated a good greater discount was coming.

“We’re going to cut way down. And we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” he told reporters in Florida.

Earlier on Saturday, Germany’s defence minister appeared to take in stride the news that 5,000 US troops would be leaving his country.

Boris Pistorius said the drawdown, which Trump had threatened for years, was expected, and that European nations needed to take on more responsibility for their own defence.

He emphasized, however, that security cooperation benefited both sides of the trans-Atlantic partnership.

“The presence of American soldiers in Europe, and especially in Germany, is in our interest and in the interest of the US,” Pistorius told the German news agency dpa.

Iranian authorities must release Nobel Peace Prize ⁠laureate Narges ​Mohammadi ⁠to her dedicated medical team ⁠so she can ​urgently ⁠receive treatment ‌as her life remains at risk, the ‌head of the ‌Nobel Peace Prize committee told Reuters on ⁠Saturday.

The health of Mohammadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign for human ‌rights in Iran ​in 2023, ‌has “deteriorated seriously”, said ⁠Joergen Watne Frydnes, ⁠citing her family ‌and lawyer.

China has issued an injunction to block US sanctions imposed on five Chinese refiners accused of buying Iranian oil, according to Xinhua, Beijing’s state news agency.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce named the five as Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, and so called ‘teapot’ refineries Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group, Hebei Xinhai Chemical Group, Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical and Shandong Shengxing Chemical.

In April, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Hengli Petrochemical, accusing it of buying billions of dollars in Iranian oil, in an escalation of Washington’s long-running effort to curb Tehran’s oil revenue.

The Trump administration last year imposed sanctions on the other four refineries named by the ministry, among others.

The US sanctions violate “international law and the basic norms of international relations,” the ministry said, announcing that it had imposed the injunction.

Poland’s prime minister has said Nato is “disintegrating” in a put up on X.

Donald Tusk wrote on social media: “The greatest threat to the transatlantic community are not its external enemies, but the ongoing disintegration of our alliance. We must all do what it takes to reverse this disastrous trend.”

A renewed battle between Iran and the US is “likely”, a senior Iranian official has warned that

Mohammad Jafar Asadi, a senior determine within the Iranian navy’s central command, advised Iran’s Fars information company that “a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely”

“Evidence has shown that the United States is not committed to any promises or agreements,” he added.

It comes amid growing fears the truce could collapse imminently.

Donald Trump has declared he is “not satisfied” by the peace deals offered by Iran.

The Iranians are “trying to make a good deal [for them] and we’re not going to let that happen,” he added.

“They’ve got to make a bad deal. Maybe we’re better off not making a deal at all”.

The UAE’s aviation authority said air traffic in the country has returned to normal, the state news agency reported on Saturday.

It comes after precautionary measures implemented on February 28 at the start of the Iran war were lifted.

The decision followed a comprehensive assessment of operational and security conditions in coordination with relevant entities, the General Civil Aviation Authority added.

As we’ve been reporting, the US has announced it will withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany following a spat between Donald Trump and German chancellor Friedrich Merz.

US troops are stationed in more than a dozen European countries. Germany, Italy and Britain have the biggest presence of personnel. This list comprises some of the largest contingents.

Germany: The largest US base in Europe is the air base near the German city of Ramstein, where troops have been stationed since 1952. According to DMDC data, as of December 2025, 36,436 active service members were stationed in Germany, divided into five garrisons.

Italy: U.S. military personnel have been stationed in Italy since the end of World War Two and comprise Army, Navy and Air Force divisions. Italy hosted 12,662 active-duty soldiers at the end of 2025 across bases in Vicenza, Aviano, Naples and Sicily.

Britain: The US forces in the United Kingdom comprised 10,156 service members as of December last year, garrisoned in three bases, hosting mainly Air Force personnel.

Spain: The country hosts U.S. Navy and Air Force bases near the Strait of Gibraltar. Around 3,814 personnel were permanently assigned to Spain.

Other countries hosting permanently assigned US troops include Poland (369), Romania (153), and Hungary (77).

Trump spent Saturday in Florida – at his Mar-a-Lago resort and the Trump National Golf ‌Club in nearby Jupiter.

In the evening he was due to visit another of his golf resorts, Trump National Doral outside Miami, which is hosting the PGA Cadillac Championship.

The United States and Israel suspended their bombing campaign against Iran four weeks ago, but appear no closer to a deal to end a war that has caused the biggest disruption ever ⁠to global energy supplies, roiled global markets and raised worries about the possibility of a wider global economic downturn.

Iran has been blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf apart from its own for more than two months. Last month the US imposed its own blockade of ships from Iranian ports.

Washington has repeatedly said it will not end the war, which has led to the deaths of thousands of people, without a deal that prevents Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon, the primary aim Trump cited when he launched strikes in February in the midst of nuclear talks. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful.

Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential diplomacy, the senior Iranian official said Tehran believed ‌its latest proposal to shelve nuclear talks for a later stage was a significant shift aimed at facilitating an agreement.

Under the ​proposal, the war would end with a guarantee that Israel and the United States would not attack again. Iran would open ‌the strait, and the United States would lift its blockade.

Future ⁠talks would then be held on curbs to Iran’s nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions, with Iran demanding ⁠Washington recognize its right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes, even if it agrees to suspend it.

“Under this framework, negotiations over the extra difficult nuclear problem have been moved to ‌the ultimate stage to create a extra ​conducive environment,” the official said.

Reuters and other news organizations already reported ‌over the past week that Tehran was proposing to reopen the ​strait before nuclear issues were resolved. The official confirmed that this new timeline had now been spelled out in a formal proposal conveyed to the United States through mediators.