Iran…Trump…Conflict… Early Morning…. 4/29/2026…

This site IS reporting thru open sources that there HAVE ships that have moved thru the Strait of Hormuz….

The latest one has been a super yacht owned by a Russian Billionaire made it thru recently as has several cruise ships ….

The US and Iran have reportedly looked the ‘other ‘ or one might guess some money was exchanged to BOTH parties????

Iran’s political situation seems to be moving towards more power for it’s military people….

They ARE NOT in a hurry as has been reported for American President Trump to post any sort of win in the conflict….

Trump may say things are falling apart in Iran?

But THAT does NOT seem to be the case….

Meanwhile the Iran hardliners still have to deal with a country under blockade and collecting oil it can’t sell to make money….

US oil has risen from around $2.70 a gallon to $4.25 a gallon since Trump jumped into his Iran War….

Prices ARE going keep climbing in America and around the planet….

And the German Chancellor knocks Trump saying outlaid what mostly everyone else is thinking…..

Donald Trump IS lost on Iran and is being out smarted by the Iranian’s….

 

AP….

The Guardian….

• Donald Trump lashed out at the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, whom he said “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” regarding Iran. It comes after an unusually outspoken Merz said on Monday that he couldn’t see what a “strategic exit” from the war would look like for the United States and said that the US was being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership as talks between the two parties have stalled. More here.

• Trump also claimed without evidence in a Truth Social post that Iran has “just informed” Washington that they are in a “state of collapse”. Trump said Iran wants the US to open the strait of Hormuz “as soon as possible” as they try to “figure out” their “leadership situation”, something he said he believes is possible.

• Meanwhile, the US president’s approval rating has fallen to the lowest level of his current term, as Americans increasingly sour on his handling of the cost of living and Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The four-day poll completed on Monday showed that only 34% of Americans approve of Trump’s performance in the White House, and the same percentage approve of his war. More on that here.

• But, in a big win for Trump, the United Arab Emirates announced it is quitting the Opec group of oil producers. In an unexpected move, the UAE is leaving Opec and Opec+ (which includes allies such as Russia) from 1 May, a move which could allow it – in theory – to produce more oil and gas. Trump has previously accused the organisation of “ripping off the rest of the world” by artificially inflating oil prices by holding back production. Here’s our story.

• Israel’s top diplomat claimed that Israel was not seeking to take territory in Lebanon, as its military presses operations in the south against Iran-backed Hezbollah despite a ceasefire. “Israel has no territorial ambitions in Lebanon. Our presence in the areas by our northern border serves one purpose: protecting our citizens,” foreign minister Gideon Saar said at a joint news conference with his Serbian counterpart Marko Đurić.

• His claims come as the Israeli military ordered residents of 16 towns and villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately to the Sidon area.The affected towns and villages are: Ghndouriyeh, Burj Qlawiyeh, Qlawiyeh, al-Sawana, al-Jumayjima, Safad al-Batikh, Braashit, Shaqra, Aita al-Jabal, Tibnin, al-Sultaniyya, Bir al-Sanasil, Dounin, Khirbet Silm, Salaa and Deir Qifa, according to a social media post by the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, who claimed the attacks are being launched due to Hezbollah violating the US-mediated ceasefire agreement Israel signed with the Lebanese state in mid-April.

• Lebanon’s minister for the environment accused Israel’s military of committing “an act of ecocide” in the foreword to a report detailing the harm done to the country’s natural resources during the invasion of 2023 to 2024. Israeli military aggression “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, said the report, which does not consider the impacts of Israel’s latest barrage of attacks this spring.

• And a superyacht owned by Russian billionaire Alexey Mordashov was able to transit the blockaded strait of Hormuz after undergoing maintenance in Dubai because neither Iran nor the United States objected, a source close to Mordashov said on Tuesday. It has been unclear how the multi-deck pleasure vessel, worth over $500 million, gained permission to sail on Saturday through the commercially important waterway at the heart of the US-Iran conflict, where traffic has been severely restricted since February, Reuters reported….https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-april-28-2026/

ISW….Some American Passports will have Trump’s image on them….

1. Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations offers no concessions and represents an Iranian effort to end the war on Tehran’s terms. The proposal illustrates that Iran’s current decisionmaker, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi, believes Iran is winning despite the serious damage Iran has suffered. The United States remains opposed to the most recent April 26 proposal because it failed to address both Iran’s nuclear program and enabled Iran to assert “control” over the Strait of Hormuz.
2. Iran’s growing challenges in storing and exporting its oil could be one mechanism by which Iranian calculations change in negotiations. Iran also faces significant pressure on other parts of its economy.  It is unclear, however, whether this pressure on Iran’s economy will cause Vahidi and his inner circle to make concessions to the United States.
3. Iran’s highest national security decision-making body is preparing for a potential protest wave as economic deterioration and social pressure intensify. Iran’s prolonged internet shutdown is also posing severe economic damage and accelerating unemployment, which likely increases pressure on regime stability.
4. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be trying to retain political support and remain a key actor in negotiations despite prior signs of opposition from Vahidi and his inner circle.
5. Infighting among hardline factions has escalated into a public media confrontation amid intra-regime competition over negotiations. Intra-regime power struggle between pragmatic hardliners and ultrahardliners indicates the absence of a decisive central arbiter, which has allowed factional disputes to unfold publicly.
6. Iran continues to cooperate with key US adversaries, such as Russia and China, as it prepares for a potential resumption of conflict with the United States and Israel.