Middle East war live: Trump tells US Congress that hostilities in Iran 'have terminated'
Issued on: 02/05/2026 - 07:02Modified: 02/05/2026 - 09:20
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US President Donald Trump on Friday told the top US lawmakers that fighting between the US and Iran had ended with the April ceasefire. The president's letters to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate president pro tempore Chuck Grassley came after a 60-day deadline for securing congressional approval for the war passed. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.
02/05/2026 - 09:20Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran hospital after 'cardiac crisis', foundation says
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi was in an Iranian hospital after a "catastrophic deterioration of her health," including a "cardiac crisis", a foundation run by her family said.
The secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awarded Mohammadi the 2023 prize, expressed concern on Thursday that the condition of the Iranian human rights activist was worsening after she had suffered a heart attack in prison.
Mohammadi, in her 50s, won the prize while in prison for her campaign to advance women's rights and abolish the death penalty in Iran.
The activist "was urgently transferred to a hospital in Zanjan today following a catastrophic deterioration of her health, including two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis," the Narges Mohammadi Foundation said in a statement on its website on Friday.
"This transfer was done as an unavoidable necessity after prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site, despite standing medical recommendations that she be treated by her specialised team in Tehran."
02/05/2026 - 08:42Iran executes two people for allegedly spying for Israel, including near Natanz nuclear site, state media reports
Iran executed two men accused of spying for Israel, including one accused of gathering intelligence near the Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported.
They quoted the judiciary as saying Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were hanged after being found guilty of intelligence cooperation with Israel and its spy agency, Mossad.
They said Karimpour passed sensitive information to a Mossad officer, while Bakarzadeh was accused of collecting details on government and religious figures and key sites, including in the Natanz area.
02/05/2026 - 08:28'Still on a war footing': Tehran shares new proposal on ending Iran war
FRANCE 24 correspondent Reza Sayah shares what we know so far about Iran's latest proposal to move the stalled peace talks with the US forward.
02/05/2026 - 08:17Iran senior military official says renewed conflict with US 'likely'
An Iranian military official said that a renewed conflict with the United States was "likely", as peace talks remain stalled and President Donald Trump criticised Iran's latest proposal in negotiations.
"A renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely, and evidence has shown that the United States is not committed to any promises or agreements," Mohammad Jafar Asadi of the military's central command centre, Khatam al-Anbiya, was quoted as saying by Iran's Fars news agency.
02/05/2026 - 07:22US approves military sales of more than $8.6 billion to Middle East allies
The US State Department said on Friday it was approving military sales worth a total of more than $8.6 billion to Middle Eastern allies Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
02/05/2026 - 07:07- US to pull about 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz said Tehran was 'humiliating' Washington
- US approves military sales of more than $8.6 billion to Middle East allies
- Trump tells US Congress hostilities in Iran 'have terminated'
US to pull about 5,000 troops from Germany after Merz said Tehran was 'humiliating' Washington
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Trump has renewed criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who said Monday that Iran was "humiliating" Washington at the negotiating table. Trump said Merz "thinks it's OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn't know what he's talking about!"
On Wednesday, the American leader said Washington was "studying and reviewing the possible reduction" of US troops in Germany, and that he would decide in a "short period of time".
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a Friday statement that "We expect the withdrawal to be completed over the next six to twelve months."
02/05/2026 - 06:57Trump tells US Congress hostilities in Iran 'have terminated'
US President Donald Trump told top US lawmakers on Friday that hostilities in Iran had ended, after coming under pressure from Congress to seek authorisation 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.
02/05/2026 - 06:57Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's latest proposal
US President Donald Trump said Friday he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal, as peace talks remain frozen despite a weeks-long ceasefire.
Iran delivered the draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday evening, the IRNA news agency reported, without detailing its contents.
"At this moment I'm not satisfied with what they're offering," Trump told reporters, alleging that the stalled talks were the result of "tremendous discord" within Iran's leadership.
"Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever – or do we want to try and make a deal?" he added, saying he would "prefer not" to take the first option "on a human basis".
Yesterday's key developments:
- Tehran delivered a new proposal for US talks to Pakistan, Iranian state media reported
- The US Treasury warned shippers not to pay tolls to transit the Strait of Hormuz, even in the form of charity
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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