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US Official: Trump Not Pleased With Iran’s Newest Proposal
US President Donald Trump has expressed important dissatisfaction with the newest proposal from Tehran, primarily as a result of the supply fails to deal with the complexities of Iran’s nuclear program, a senior US official confirmed to RFE/RL on April 27.
The administration’s stance stays agency that any diplomatic breakthrough should embody rigorous oversight and limitations on nuclear enrichment, in line with the official.
Earlier that day, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump had mentioned a brand new Iranian proposal to resolve the two-month-old struggle, now below a cease-fire, together with his prime safety aides.
Whereas there was no instant affirmation of the brand new plan by Tehran, Axios cited three sources, together with a US official, reporting that Iran had proposed a brand new solution to finish the battle. The proposal reportedly instructed the US reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that either side postpone negotiations over Iran’s nuclear capabilities to a later stage.
In the meantime, US Secretary of State Marco RubiotoldFox Information on April 27 that the nuclear query is central to the present tensions, responding to experiences that Tehran is trying to delay discussions about its nuclear program.
“The nuclear query is the rationale why we’re on this within the first place,” he stated.
Rubio added that whereas Iran being ruled by radical management is already a priority, the broader situation lies in its revolutionary nature and its intention to develop and export its revolution.
“If Iran was only a radical nation run by radical individuals…it could nonetheless be an issue, however they’re revolutionary. In essence, they search to develop and export their revolution,” Rubio defined.
He emphasised that Iran seeks affect past its personal borders, warning of the potential penalties if these goals had been paired with nuclear capabilities.
“They do not simply search to dominate Iran, they search to dominate the area. And picture that with a nuclear weapon,” he stated.
Tehran has persistently denied desirous to develop a nuclear weapon whereas additionally resisting calls for that it agree to not enrich uranium past ranges wanted for civilian nuclear functions.
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23:47
27.4.2026
We are actually closing the dwell weblog for the day. We’ll be again at 7:30 a.m. Central European time to cowl the newest occasions throughout the Center East.
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21:25
27.4.2026
White Home Confirms Mulling New Iranian Peace Proposal
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a briefing on the White Home in Washington.
White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that US President Donald Trump mentioned a brand new Iranian proposal to resolve the two-month-old struggle, now below a cease-fire, together with his prime safety aides on April 27.
Whereas there was no instant affirmation of the brand new plan by Tehran, Axios earlier cited three sources, together with a US official,reportingthat Iran had proposed a brand new solution to finish the battle. The proposal reportedly instructed that the US reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that either side postpone negotiations over Iran’s nuclear capabilities to a later stage.
“Properly, solely as a result of it has been reported, I’ll affirm the president has met together with his nationwide safety workforce this morning,” Leavitt advised journalists in Washington, including that the assembly “could also be ongoing.”
“The president’s crimson traces with respect to Iran have been made very, very clear, not simply to the American public,” she stated, refusing to get into the small print earlier than Trump.
Hours earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had additionally confirmed toFox Newsthat Washington has obtained the brand new proposal. He stated he believed Iranian management was “severe” about making a peace deal amid the nice financial stress and absence of business and army capabilities.
Nonetheless, Rubio additionally instructed one of many obstacles to diplomatic decision of the battle was “fractured” management in Iran: “One of many impediments right here is that our negotiators aren’t simply negotiating with Iranians.”
“These Iranians then have to barter with different Iranians to be able to determine what they will comply with,” he stated, including that Iranian hard-line policymakers “have the final word energy in that nation.”
As for the Strait of Hormuz, Rubio added US would not permit Iran to manage the Strait of Hormuz. He stated the US would not “tolerate them making an attempt to normalize, a system through which the Iranians resolve who will get to make use of a global waterway, and the way a lot you must pay them to make use of it.”
The important thing waterway used to account for round one fifth of the worldwide oil commerce earlier than US-Israeli army marketing campaign which began on February 28.
Map: Strait of Hormuz (no title)
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19:00
27.4.2026
Naser Bakrzadeh’s Dad and mom Demand His Demise Sentence Be Overturned
The Iranian Human Rights Group printed a video of the mother and father of Naser Bakrzadeh, a 26-year-old Kurdish political prisoner sentenced to demise in Iran, through which they name on all non secular and human rights authorities to stop his execution.
Within the video, posted by the rights group on X on April 27, the daddy of Bakrzadeh, who’s accused of spying for Israel and who has been in jail for 3 years, insisted that his son is harmless and that his demise sentence was solely upheld “due to the current struggle.”
He stated his son’s sentence has already been overturned twice within the Supreme Courtroom, however the department that originally sentenced him has as soon as once more upheld his demise sentence.
Earlier in November 2024, Human Rights Watch had talked about Bakrzadeh in a press release, saying that he, together with 4 different Kurdish residents, had been accused of spying for Israel.
Iran, which is taken into account to have one of many highest execution charges on the planet, has ramped up the speed of executions in current months in a nationwide crackdown.
Human rights organizations have said in varied experiences that the Iranian authorities makes use of the demise penalty to create concern in society.
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17:36
27.4.2026
Putin Praises Iran’s ‘Heroic’ Combat, Says ‘Strategic Relationship’ Will Proceed
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced sturdy assist for Tehran in its battle with the US and Israel as he greeted Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi for talks in St. Petersburg on April 27.
Assembly almost two months after US and Israeli air strikes on Iran began a struggle that despatched shock waves around the globe, each Putin and Araqchi underlined the power of ties between their international locations.
“We see how bravely and heroically the Iranian persons are preventing for his or her independence, for his or her sovereignty,” Putin stated after assembly Iran’s prime diplomat.
He added that he had obtained a message final week from Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen since being introduced as Iran’s new supreme chief on March 8 following the killing of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in an air strike on February 28.
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15:04
27.4.2026
US Provides $10 Million For Data On Iran Proxy Commander
The US State Division, by way of its Rewards for Justice Program, is providing a reward of as much as $10 million for info associated to an Iraqi militia commander linked to Iran-backed militias working within the nation.
The official Rewards for Justice account on X posted on April 27 a request for info on Haider M. al-Saidi — typically generally known as Haider Ibrahim al-Gharawi. Al-Saidi is claimed to be the commander and secretary-general of Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (HAAA), which is taken into account an Iranian proxy group and is near the Quds Pressure, the abroad department of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
In keeping with the US State Division message, HAAA was concerned in assaults on US diplomatic websites and bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria and “killing US servicemembers.”
The Washington Institute for Close to East Coverage, a suppose tank, wrote in its introduction of this proxy group: “This faction, which branched off from the Sadrist group, is among the distinguished proxy forces supported by the Quds Pressure of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iraq, which has lengthy been stationed on the Syrian border and has actively participated within the killing of Iraqi protesters to show its loyalty to Iran.”
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13:47
27.4.2026
Iran Dealing with Cleanup Of 10 Million Tons Of Particles From Battle, Says Official
The positioning of a destroyed constructing following a missile strike on a neighborhood of the Iranian capital, Tehran, on February 28.
An Iranian environmental official introduced on April 27 that there’s “about 10 million tons of development particles” ensuing from the destruction within the current US-Israeli struggle with Iran.
In keeping with IRNA, Iran’s official state information company, Abu Ali Golzari, a member of the Environmental Safety Group’s strategic council, stated that “about 200,000 vans” will likely be wanted to maneuver this quantity of waste.
Referring to the massive quantity of particles generated, particularly development particles ensuing from the struggle, he added that “a considerable amount of this waste is contaminated with chemical substances and varied kinds of oils, which undoubtedly requires particular consideration.”
Golzari additionally added that because the struggle started, environmental crises — together with water, air, soil air pollution, and waste administration — have “escalated” in Iran.
“We’d like a special perspective to proceed and rebuild as a result of the trail we had beforehand taken was not the correct path, no less than by way of rebuilding,” he cautioned.
The Israeli army had beforehand stated it had carried out round 10,800 strikes towards targets in Iran in the course of the 40-day struggle.
Iran’s authorities haven’t supplied correct statistics on struggle damages and have solely printed statistics and figures in varied fields on a case-by-case foundation.
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13:33
27.4.2026
Germany’s Merz Says US Lacks ‘Technique’ For Iran Battle
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated on April 27 that the US lacks a transparent technique within the struggle with Iran and warned that the scenario might not finish anytime quickly.
“The Iranians are apparently stronger than anticipated, and the Individuals apparently don’t have any actually convincing technique,” Merz stated throughout a go to to a college within the German metropolis of Marsberg.
“The issue with such conflicts is at all times that it isn’t sufficient to only get into them — you additionally must get out once more. We noticed this painfully in Afghanistan over 20 years. It’s comparable in Iraq,” he added.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits the Carolus-Magnus Gymnasium in Marsberg as a part of the EU Mission Day in Faculties on April 27.
“The US has entered this battle and not using a clear technique,” Merz stated, making it tougher to finish the struggle.
“A really difficult scenario has developed in the intervening time and it’s costing us lots. This battle has a direct affect on our financial efficiency,” he added.
He additionally stated that Germany’s supply to ship minesweepers to assist reopen the Strait of Hormuz stays legitimate, however the precondition is an finish to the preventing.
After Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests in January, the German chancellor was the primary high-ranking worldwide political determine to say that the Islamic republic’s use of violence to stay in energy was an indication of the top of the regime. After the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, he additionally spoke of the European Union’s readiness to cut back sanctions.
This comes whereas Ursula von der Leyen stated on April 27 that lifting sanctions towards Iran is conditional on making “basic adjustments” and that it’s nonetheless “too early” to ease them.
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12:30
27.4.2026
Analyst: Putin Might Attempt To Push Iran Into Nuclear Concessions
Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi talks with officers, in line with Iran’s media, throughout his go to to Russia for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a spot given as St. Petersburg, Russia, in a screenshot from video launched on April 27.
Exiled Iranian political analyst Amir Chahaki advised RFE/RL’s Radio Farda that Russian President Vladimir Putin might search to push Iran to make concessions in negotiations with the US as a manner of currying favor with US President Donald Trump.
Talking after Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived for talks with Putin in St. Petersburg, Chahaki stated he believed there might now be a possibility for diplomatic progress.
“At the moment, Russia can, in my view, persuade Tehran to step again on the nuclear situation, as a result of the Strait of Hormuz will reopen with the top of the struggle, whereas on the identical time pushing the US towards partial concessions — resembling permitting some enrichment below stricter limits, maybe after 10 years. These prospects are actually on the desk for Putin,” the Berlin-based analyst stated.
In the meantime, Russia’s TASS information company cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying the importance of the talks, which he stated would happen on the presidential library in St. Petersburg, “might hardly be exaggerated.”
One in every of a number of key obstacles within the US-Iran diplomatic impasse is the destiny of some 450 kilograms of extremely enriched uranium that Iran reportedly holds.
“The nuclear situation, particularly the 450 kilograms and the enrichment, stays the central axis. If Russia can, by way of engagement with Trump and Tehran — both with [Supreme Leader] Mojtaba Khamenei or every other group — resolve the difficulty by having Iran dilute a few of it or switch the rest to Russia in a manner that’s accepted, that will be a serious favor from Putin to Trump,” Chahaki stated.
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11:53
27.4.2026
Trump Says China May Have Helped Iran ‘A Lot Extra’
US President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Fox Information that China has supplied restricted assist to Iran.
“I do not suppose they’ve helped a lot. Perhaps they’ve helped some, however not a lot. They may have helped much more than that,” Trump stated.
Referring to US backing of allies resembling Ukraine, he added that comparable conduct may very well be anticipated from China in supporting its companions.
Regardless of this, Trump burdened he was “not too discouraged” by Beijing’s actions and stated he didn’t view China as “too dangerous” on this context.
The president is predicted to journey to Beijing on Might 1415 for talks with Chinese language President Xi Jinping.
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