US Iran war news highlights: Trump says US could restart strikes on Iran ‘if they misbehave’

US Iran war news LIVE updates: At least 14 Iranian soldiers were killed during operations to defuse unexploded ordnance in Iran's northwestern Zanjan province on Friday, reported local media.

"Today, during one of these missions, 14 of these dedicated forces were martyred and 2 were injured," Iran's Fars news agency reported citing the Revolutionary Guards.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Trump told top US lawmakers that hostilities in Iran had ended, after coming under pressure from Congress to seek authorization for the conflict as it headed into its third month.

"There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026. The hostilities that began on February 28, 2026, have terminated," he wrote in letters to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate president pro tempore Chuck Grassley. (AFP)

US Iran war news LIVE updates: The United States said it had approved a $4 billion sale of Patriot missile systems to Gulf ally Qatar, along with nearly $1 billion worth of precision weapons for Israel.

In a series of notices to Congress, the State Department said both deals would advance US “foreign policy and national security” objectives amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: At a Los Angeles gas station, Ryder Thomas filled up his pickup truck with a tense expression, watching the total climb to $130 for a full tank — about $30 more than he had been paying before the United States and Israel launched their attack on Iran.

"I'm mad about the price, but I'm even madder about why it's so high," the 28-year-old man told news agency AFP.

"There was absolutely no need for this war. It's just like when we invaded Iraq, there were no weapons of mass destruction," Thomas said.

"Trump is an idiot, that's all it is."

US Iran war news LIVE updates: People worldwide took to streets on May 1, Labour Day, calling for peace, higher wages and better working conditions, amid rising fuel prices and shrinking purchasing war due to the US' war with Iran, reported AP.

“Working people refuse to pay the price for Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East,” said the European Trade Union Confederation, which represents 93 trade union organizations in 41 European countries, said.

“Today’s rallies show working people will not stand by and see their jobs and living standards destroyed," it added.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes in the south killed 13 people on Friday, including in a town that had been placed under an evacuation order by Israel’s army despite an existing ceasefire.

According to the ministry, eight people, including a child and two women, were killed in Habboush, with 21 others injured, revising an earlier toll.

In Zrariyeh, four people, including two women, were killed and four others wounded in separate strikes.

The ministry also said an attack in Ain Baal, near the coastal city of Tyre, left one person dead and seven others injured.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: The United States has ordered withdrawal of around 5,000 troops from Germany, acting on President Donald Trump’s earlier threats to scale back the American military presence there as tensions rise over the war with Iran.

In a statement on Friday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the decision was directed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He said that the withdrawal will be done over the next 6 months to a year.

“This decision follows a thorough review of the department’s force posture in Europe and is in recognition of theater requirements and conditions on the ground. We expect the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to twelve months,” Parnell said.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: During his speech on Friday before the non-profit Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, US President Donald Trump renewed his threat to Cuba, saying that “on the way back from Iran”, one of US' biggest carriers may stop by Cuba.

“Cuba’s got problems,” Trump said.

“On the way back from Iran, we’ll have one of our big, maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier — the biggest in the world — we’ll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they’ll say, ‘Thank you very much. We give up'." he added.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: The United States warned shippers that paying a fee to pass the Strait of Hormuz could lead to sanctions against them, according to an official statement.

US Iran war news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump praised Pakistan's mediation efforts said negotiations by phone were continuing.

“They've made strides, but I'm not sure if they ever get there. They're asking for things that I can't agree to,” Trump said while referring to Iran.