US Iran War highlights: Israel, Lebanon to hold talks on Tuesday; Iran delegation arrives in Pak for peace talks with US

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said on Friday that the country will review its regional and global relationships to determine reliable partners, including through economic and financial structuring to further strengthen its model.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: The Israeli military has warned it could target ambulances in Lebanon, alleging that Hezbollah is making “extensive military use” of them.

Military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a post on X that Israel would act in line with international law against any military activity carried out by Hezbollah, including the use of medical facilities and ambulances.

The Israeli military has not provided evidence to support the claim.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash said the country will review its regional and international relationships and work to identify reliable partners, Reuters reported.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Former US National Security Advisor Michael Flynn on Friday questioned Pakistan’s ability to act as an “honest mediator” in peace talks between Iran and the United States, citing claims that Islamabad may have helped supply Chinese-made missiles to Tehran.

Flynn, who served under Donald Trump during his first term, was reacting to a commentary post on X that alleged missiles used by Iran to target a US aircraft carrier were supplied by the Chinese Communist Party and routed through Pakistan.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli settlements including Kiryat Shmona, Metula and Misgav Am with a barrage of rockets, Al Jazeera reported.

In a statement posted on its Telegram channel early Friday, the group said its fighters carried out the strikes and warned that “these attacks would continue until the Israeli-American aggression against the country and the people stopped”.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: US President Donald Trump has tasked Vice President JD Vance with finding a resolution to the war that began six weeks ago and preventing escalation after his warning to wipe out Iran’s "whole civilization."

Vance, who has consistently expressed skepticism about foreign military interventions and opposed prolonged troop deployments, is set to depart on Friday to lead mediated talks with Iran in Islamabad.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Dubai has restricted foreign airlines to just one daily flight to its airports until May 31 due to the Iran crisis, igniting revenue loss fears among Indian carriers that had planned more flights than airlines from any other country, letters show.

The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which represents top carriers IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet, has asked India to push Dubai authorities to lift the curbs and, failing that, to consider reciprocal measures on Dubai carriers including Emirates and flydubai, according to a letter it sent to the Indian government on March 31.

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US Iran War LIVE Updates: Saudi Arabia has said its production capacity has been reduced due to attacks on energy infrastructure, but futures remain on track for their biggest weekly loss since June. Saudi Arabia’s press agency said the nation’s production capacity has been cut by around 600,000 barrels a day due to attacks on energy infrastructure. That figure accounts for roughly 10% of the kingdom’s normal crude exports, Bloomberg reported.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Former Iranian foreign minister Dr. Kamal Kharrazi died days after getting injured in a US-Israeli attack, Press TV reported. Kharrazi was injured after a strike targeted his home in Tehran last week. His wife also died in the attack, according to reports.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Hezbollah reportedly Ashdod and Haifa cities of Israel. Sirens were sounded in the northern Galilee region, warning of rockets fired from southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported. Israeli army said that 60 rockets were fired into northern Israel that targeted Ashdod and Haifa.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Islamabad has been placed under an unprecedented security cover as Pakistan prepares to host high-stakes talks between the United States and Iran this weekend, even as tensions remain high following warnings from Iran’s top leadership over Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Authorities ramped up security across the capital on Thursday, with key roads sealed, traffic diverted, and sensitive zones locked down ahead of the arrival of foreign delegations expected later in the night, news agency PTI reported.

The development comes as Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week conditional ceasefire, setting the stage for face-to-face talks in Islamabad aimed at converting the temporary truce into a lasting peace arrangement.

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US Iran War LIVE Updates: Amid reports that the Iranian delegation for talks with the US in Islamabad is yet to leave for Pakistan, focus has once again come to Israel's deadly strikes on Lebanon that threatened the peace process.

“The Iranian delegation has not departed from Tehran because the Iranian side is saying, that by the time that the Israeli strikes against Lebanon continue, there will be no negotiations in Islamabad,” Abas Aslani, a senior research fellow at the Iran-based Center for Middle East Strategic Studies, told Al Jazeera. Aslani also hinted at ‘some shifts from the American on 10-point peace plan’ being once of the reasons for Iran's fresh move on talks with the US.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Several Iranian news outlets, including Mehr news agency, Tasnim and Fars news rejected a report by the Wall Street Journal that the Iranian delegation had arrived in Pakistan for the talks. “The news from some media outlets that an Iranian negotiating team has arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, to negotiate with the Americans is completely false," Tasnim news agency quoted a source as saying.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: As Israel's deadly strikes continues to test the US-Iran truce, delegation from Tehran hasn't yet departed for the crucial peace talks in Islamabad, Al Jazeera reported. “The Iranian delegation has not departed from Tehran because the Iranian side is saying, that by the time that the Israeli strikes against Lebanon continue, there will be no negotiations in Islamabad,” Abas Aslani, a senior research fellow at the Iran-based Center for Middle East Strategic Studies, was quoted as saying. Aslani added that Israel's attacks in Lebanon have created uncertainty about the talks.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Uncertainty shrouded the US-Iran dialogue, as there was no official word about the arrival of delegates on Friday, the day set for the start of talks between the two warring sides, even as Pakistan waived visa requirements for journalists and officials attending talks.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while announcing a two-week ceasefire on Wednesday, had stated that the two countries would hold talks in Islamabad on April 10. He had tagged presidents of the United States and Iran and other officials in his statement on X.

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US Iran War LIVE Updates: Pakistan on Friday said that it will allow visa-free boarding for the delegates of Iran-US talks and that visa-on-arrival will be issued to them. “Pakistan welcomes all delegates including journalists from participating nations, traveling in relation to Islamabad Talks 2026. To this end, all airlines are requested to permit boarding to all such individuals without Visa. Immigration authorities in Pakistan will issue them Visa on Arrival,” Pakistan foreign minister Ishaq Dar wrote on X.

US Iran War LIVE Updates: Washington has made its participation clear. The White House confirmed that vice president JD Vance will lead the American delegation. He will be accompanied by Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner.

On the Iranian side, the situation is far less straightforward. Earlier indications suggested that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi would lead the delegation. Ghalibaf, notably, is a former commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Iran's Mehr news agency later reported that the country has dismissed claims that any negotiating team has reached Islamabad.

Iran-US ceasefire news: Representatives from Iran and the US will meet in Pakistan's capital Islamabad over the weekend for peace talks after Pakistan mediated the ceasefire between the two sides. The talks are being hosted in Islamabad’s Serena Hotel which is located in the vicinity of key government buildings and embassies, Al Jazeera reported, adding that the hotel has been requisitioned from Wednesday evening through Sunday. The guests have been vacated and security around the venue has been tightened.

Iran-US talks updates: Islamabad will host the crucial Iran-US peace talks over the weekend amid two-week pause in the Middle East fighting. US vice president JD Vance will lead the American delegation that includes President Donald Trump’s top envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf are likely to lead the Iranian delegation. Not much is known about the Iran Guards' participation in the talks.

Iran US war news LIVE: Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif deleted his X post on Israel after his remarks triggered a row. Amid a shaky truce between Iran and the US and possible negotiations likely in Islamabad on Saturday, Asif raked up a storm after he called Israel "evil and a curse for humanity". "I hope and pray people who created this cancerous state on Palestinian land to get rid of European jews burn in hell," a part of his X post reportedly read.

Asif lashed out at Israel for continuing attacks in Lebanon despite Iran and the US declaring a ceasefire. "Israel is evil and a curse for humanity, while peace talks are underway in Islamabad, genocide is being committed in Lebanon. Innocent citizens are being killed by Israel, first Gaza, then Iran and now Lebanon, bloodletting continues unabated," he said.

Iran US war news LIVE: Security has been beefed up in Pakistan's Islamabad ahead of US-Iran peace talks over the weekend. Multi-tier security arrangements supervised by military are in place with 10,000 security personnel deployed, Pakistan's Dawn News reported. A ‘red alert’ has been put in place in view of the crucial talks.

Iran US war news LIVE: In fresh salvo at Iran, US President Donald Trump said Iran is doing a very poor job of allowing oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!” he wrote on Truth Social account.

Iran US war news LIVE: Air raid blared across Israel early Friday, including in the commercial hub of Tel Aviv and in the southern coastal city of Ashdod following rocket fire from Lebanon, AFP reported. Continued fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah has put the a fragile Iran-US truce in peril.

Iran US war news LIVE: Recent attacks by Iran on Saudi Arabia's key pipeline has rendered a huge blow to its oil capacity with the Gulf country losing more than half a million barrels a day of oil output capacity. The key pipeline bypasses the Strait of Hormuz and has further ratcheted up risks to global energy supplies from the war in the Middle East, Bloomberg reported, citing state-run Saudi Press Agency.

Almost 600,000 barrels a day of production capacity has been affected, according to the report. Strikes on a pumping station serving the vital East-West pipeline this week crimped daily throughput by 700,000 barrels, the report added.

Iran US war news LIVE: US President Donald Trump lashed out at American newspaper the Wall Street Journal over an editorial that said ‘Trump declared premature victory in Iran.’

“ The Wall Street Journal, one of the worst and most inaccurate “Editorial Boards” in the World, stated that I “declared premature victory in Iran.” Actually, it is a Victory, and there’s nothing “premature” about it! Because of me, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON and, very quickly, you’ll see Oil start flowing, with or without the help of Iran and, to me, it makes no difference, either way. The Wall Street Journal will, as usual, live to eat their words. They are always quick to criticize, but never to admit when they’re wrong, which is most of the time! (sic),” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.