May 25, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMay 25, 2026UpdatesIran would discuss nuclear issue with U.S. if potential understanding reachedIran would ‌discuss its nuclear program and ⁠its highly ⁠enriched uranium with the United States if Washington fulfils its commitments in ‌a potential ‌memorandum of understanding being negotiated, a senior Iranian diplomat told ISNA news agency on Monday.These issues ⁠would be discussed in 60-day negotiations ‌in exchange ⁠for ‌the lifting of sanctions and release of ⁠Iranian foreign assets, Hossein Nooshabadi said, according ‌to the agency.Read the full articleIran doesn't believe Trump's 'bluff,' doesn't fear U.S. threats, official saysIran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said Tehran does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump's "bluff," adding that time is on Iran's side."Do not believe the bluff of the failed president. Time is against the Americans," Rezaei wrote on X."If they want an agreement, they should negotiate; If they want $6 gas, they should stand firm and bluff until the grass grows under their feet. Iran does not bow to force or threats."RECAP: IDF kills three in Lebanon; Hezbollah drone kills IDF soldierHere are Monday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel's war with Hezbollah:■ Israeli drone strikes on vehicles killed three people in southern Lebanon's Kfar Roummane, the country's National News Agency reported.■ The Israeli military said a Hezbollah drone killed an IDF soldier in southern Lebanon, identified as Sergeant Nehoray Leizer, 19.■ U.S. Secretary ⁠of ‌State Marco Rubio ‌said on Monday the United States will either have ⁠a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country "another way."■ An Israeli Border Police officer was lightly wounded and three police cars were damaged in an against the arrest of a Haredi man for evading IDF conscription.■ Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is holed up in a secret location and is reached through a network of couriers, CBS News reported, citing U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.■ The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for 10 towns and villages in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh area and the Bekaa Valley further east, all north of the Litani River.■ The United Arab List party announced overnight into Monday that it is prepared to run on a joint slate together with Arab-majority parties Hadash, Ta'al and Balad in Israel's upcoming election.IDF orders evacuation of 10 Lebanese towns, villages north of LitaniThe Israeli military issued an evacuation order for 10 towns and villages in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh area and the Bekaa Valley further east, all north of the Litani River."In light of Hezbollah terrorists' violation of the cease-fire agreement, the IDF is compelled to act against it forcefully," IDF Arabic-language Spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote on X. "Evacuate your homes immediately and stay away from the villages and towns."Anti-IDF Haredi riot in Jerusalem leaves three police cars damaged, officer woundedAn Israeli Border Police officer was lightly wounded and three police cars were damaged in an ultra-Orthodox riot in Jerusalem against the arrest of a Haredi man for evading IDF conscription.Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside of the Oz Israel Police station in East Jerusalem after the IDF's Military Police arrested the man and brought him to the station.The Israel Police said officers, the special patrol unit (Yasam) and Border Police forces "acted immediately to prevent the rioters from entering the station, repelling them and dispersing them, using force and equipment."U.S. Secretary of State Rubio: We'll have a good deal with Iran or ‌we'll deal ‌with it ⁠another wayU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in May. Credit: Manish Swarup,AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in May. Credit: Manish Swarup,AP U.S. Secretary ⁠of ‌State Marco Rubio ‌said on Monday the United States will either have ⁠a good agreement with Iran or deal with the country "another way."The United States will ‌give diplomacy every ‌chance to succeed before exploring the "alternatives," Rubio told reporters in New Delhi.There is a "pretty solid thing on the table in terms ⁠of their ability to open up the strait, ‌get ⁠the strait ‌open, enter into a very real, significant, time-limited negotiation ⁠on the nuclear matter, and hopefully we can pull it ‌off," Rubio said.In the NewsIsrael Kills Five in Gaza in 24 Hours, Wounds Eight Others, Medics SayThe IDF Is, Once Again, Overriding Soldier Safety to Appease the ultra-OrthodoxIran Would Discuss Nuclear Issue With U.S. if Potential Understanding ReachedGulf States Prepared to Give Iran a Safety Net That May Save Trump From HimselfThe Jewish Occult Comes Out of the ShadowRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in KentuckyUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWorld Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists VideoOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth