Iran-US war latest: Oil prices drop below $100 as Trump says peace deal will ‘not be rushed’

Senator Ted Cruz fired back at a young MAGA influencer who defended president Donald Trump’s potential deal to end the war in Iran, telling him, “Hush, child. The adults are talking.”

The Texas Republican got into a fiery exchange with Alex Bruesewitz, a 29-year-old influencer who has been described as the “architect” of the Trump campaign’s “podcast game plan,” on X.

The back-and-forth began after Cruz wrote that he was “deeply concerned” about some of the details on the not-yet-finalized deal with Iran.

Iran will base their squad in the Mexican border city of Tijuana during this year’s World Cup after Fifa approved a request to move the training ‌camp from Arizona.

“We will be based in the Tijuana camp, which is near the Pacific Ocean ​and on the border between Mexico and the United States,” ​Iran’s football federation president Mehdi Taj said in a ⁠video posted on Telegram.

Taj added that the ​move would help avoid visa-related complications and that the squad would ​be able to travel directly to Mexico aboard Iran Air flights.

Iran will play their first two Group ​G matches in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on 15 June and Belgium on 21 June, before facing Egypt in Seattle on 26 June.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio has claimed that Washington was awaiting a “response from Iran” to finalise the peace deal.

“You’ve got to hear back, and it takes the Iranian system a little while longer to get back,” Rubio told reporters in New Delhi.

He added that the “president is not going to make a bad deal – he’s just not”.

Iran has executed ⁠a man over charges ⁠related ​to ⁠the anti-government ⁠protests ​that ⁠took place nationwide ‌in January, ‌state media ‌reported this morning.

The individual was identified as Abbas ‌Akbari, ​according ‌to state media.

US secretary ​of state Marco Rubio said this morning that the US ⁠will either have a good agreement with Iran or deal ⁠with the ​country “another ⁠way.”

The US 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.

The Israeli military ⁠said on Monday that ⁠one soldier ⁠was ⁠killed during combat ⁠in ‌southern Lebanon, adding that ‌an ‌additional soldier ⁠was severely injured in the incident and ‌evacuated to ‌hospital.

More than 3,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in the latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Additionally, 22 Israeli soldiers and a defence contractor have been killed in or near southern Lebanon, and two civilians have been killed in northern Israel, Tel Aviv said.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a social media post said he and Donald Trump have agreed that “any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear danger,” and that Trump had reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself “on every front, including Lebanon”.

The US official said the deal would guarantee Israel’s right to act against imminent threats in self-defence.

Israeli officials are concerned that Hezbollah remains a serious threat to Israel and that Lebanon is ill-equipped to disarm it.

A fragile, US-brokered ceasefire took effect in Lebanon on 17 April, but fighting has continued, mainly in the south.

Hezbollah has launched daily drone and rocket attacks on Israeli forces and northern Israel, and Israel has struck targets across Lebanon while its troops remain in large swaths of the south.

State-owned fuel retailers in India increased ⁠diesel prices by Rs2.71($0.028) ⁠per ​litre ⁠and petrol by Rs2.61 ($0.027), ⁠dealers ‌said today, the fourth ‌hike in ‌May as authorities ⁠try to recoup losses driven by higher crude costs due to ‌the ​Iran war.

This brought the effective price of petrol in the capital New Delhi to Rs102.12 or $1.07 and pushed diesel to Rs95.20 or $1.

Donald Trump has warned that Tehran “must understand” it cannot have a nuclear weapon as the two sides edge towards a potential peace deal.

The US says it is close to reaching an agreement with Iran that would end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with expectations rising that a breakthrough could be imminent.

However, while adopting a more positive tone on, following previous reports the US was considering further strikes against Iran, Trump said his team would “not be rushed”.

His comments came soon after the US secretary of state Marco Rubio suggested an announcement could be made “within hours”.