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Iran and the United States said they had carried out strikes on military targets, and each accused the other of acting violently as officials tried to end the three-month war.
The U.S. military said over the weekend it had struck Iranian air defense planes, a ground control station and two submarines that were threatening ships after “barbaric acts by Iran,” including the shooting down of a U.S. jet.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it was targeting an air base used by the US in response to an attack in southern Iran, without identifying which base.
It did not identify the base, but Kuwait opened air defenses on Monday, and condemned the Iranian missile and drone attacks, saying they undermined efforts to reduce tensions in the region.
The U.S. military intercepted two Iranian missiles that targeted U.S. forces based in Kuwait late Sunday, the U.S. military said Monday, adding that no U.S. personnel were injured.
CBC’s David Common, filling in for chief political reporter Rosemary Barton, talks with retired vice admiral Mark Norman about the proposed draft of a denuclearization agreement between the US and Iran.
The war launched by the US and Israel on February 28 has killed thousands of people, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and caused pain in the global economy by increasing energy prices due to Iran’s successful closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump is confident ‘everything will be fine’
In a late-night communications message, US President Donald Trump did not comment on the exchange of arguments, repeating his unverified claim that Iran “really wants to make a deal.”
He criticized critics, including those he described as “republicans who seem to have no country,” for “tweeting” negative comments about the talks to end the conflict.
“Just relax, everything will be alright in the end – It always is!” he said.
Despite Trump’s words, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei accused Washington on Monday of changing its stance on negotiations and criticized what he called America’s aggressive actions.
He said sending conflicting messages would not work as a negotiating tactic, and urged Washington to reach a clear and transparent position as soon as possible.
“Discussions have started amid great suspicion and mistrust, and exchange of messages is taking place in this situation,” said Baghaei.
“The other party always changes its views and puts forward new or contradictory demands … it is natural that this situation will increase the negotiations,” he said, adding that Tehran viewed Israel’s actions in the region, including Lebanon, as inseparable from those of the United States.
Trump is under pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lower US fuel prices ahead of November’s congressional elections, as voters show growing frustration with rising prices. At the same time, he faces a possible backlash from Iran hawks in his party over any concessions to Tehran.
Trump said his main goal in the war is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon from highly enriched uranium. Tehran has always denied that it has any plans to do so.
The two sides are still at odds over a number of other issues, such as Tehran’s demands for an end to sanctions and the release of billions of dollars in Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks.
Day 610:11How can we reduce the high price of gasoline in Canada
Gas prices across Canada are at an all-time high this week. Although pump prices have dropped a little here and there since the start of the war in Iran, these high prices are expected to continue for a long time. The mantra from the government, industry and financial analysts is that inflation is inevitable because of the country’s instability. Canadian economist Jim Stanford disagrees. Earlier this month, he wrote a report, We Don’t Want a Sequel: What 2026 Oil Prices Will Cost Canadians. Jim Stanford joins Day 6 host Brent Bambury to talk about how high gas prices in Canada have little to do with war, supply and demand, or market forces – and what can be done to bring those prices down.
Israeli soldiers will enter Lebanon
Israel’s war in Lebanon with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia is another major obstacle.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he ordered the army to advance in Lebanon in the fight against the Iranian-based terrorist group Hezbollah.
On Monday, he ordered the army to attack areas south of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah. His office has accused Hezbollah of repeatedly violating a ceasefire agreement agreed in late April.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Netanyahu about diplomatic talks between Israel and Lebanon, and proposed a plan to allow a “gradual de-escalation,” the US official said.
