Iran war day 79: Tehran unveils plan to pay for Hormuz; Israel will bomb Lebanon | US-Israel War on Iran News

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Iran has said it will reveal the plan soon as US President Donald Trump warned Tehran that it will have a ‘very bad time’ if a peace deal is not reached soon.

Iran says it will soon reveal its plans to drive traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, including imposing tariffs, as US President Donald Trump warns Tehran that it will have a “very bad time” if a peace deal is not reached soon.

Iran’s Vice President, Mohammad Reza Aref, said on Saturday that his country would no longer allow “enemy” weapons to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, Israel’s continuous shelling of southern Lebanon continues with airstrikes on the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.

Here’s what we know:

In Iran

• Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament and chief negotiator, declared that the world is “on the cusp of a new order”, adding: “The future belongs to the Global South.”
• Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi said Tehran’s plan for the strait includes “a technical way to control traffic in the Strait of Hormuz on an established route”. He said that “only merchant ships and parties that cooperate with Iran will benefit” from the plan and that “money will be collected” for “special projects”.
• Iranian state television said on Saturday that European countries were negotiating with Tehran on the possibility of shipping through the river.
• “After passing ships from East Asian countries, especially China, Japan and Pakistan, we received a message today indicating that the Europeans have resumed negotiations with the Revolutionary Guard,” state television said without elaborating.
• Iran’s World Cup squad will travel to Turkey on Monday for training, friendly matches and to complete visa applications before traveling to the US, head coach Amir Ghalenoei said.

Discussions of war

• Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday “to facilitate” peace talks between Iran and the US that have stalled despite difficulties ending the conflict, Iranian media reported.
• His visit to Tehran comes days after Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir.

In the US

• The USS Gerald R Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War. The project was seen as supporting the US-Israel war on Iran and the capture of Nicolas Maduro while he was the President of Venezuela.
• The US military says it has “redirected” 78 merchant ships and “disabled” four ships during the closure of Iranian ports.

In Lebanon

• Israel’s military said on Saturday that one of its soldiers was killed in fighting in southern Lebanon, bringing the death toll to 21 since fighting with Hezbollah escalated on March 2.
• Israel said it attacked 100 sites in southern Lebanon two days after the two countries agreed to extend the “impression” for another 45 days.
• Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a 45-day ceasefire after further talks in Washington, DC, the US State Department said on Friday.