Monday, June 1, 2026

Trump makes changes to Iran proposal, demands tougher terms, frustrated with slow regime response – report


Trump makes changes to Iran proposal, demands tougher terms, frustrated with slow regime response – report

U.S. President Donald Trump has hardened his positions in the negotiations with Iran, sending proposed changes back to Tehran, The New York Times reported on Sunday. 

According to the NYT report, which was based on two anonymous officials, Trump is concerned that the agreement would include unfreezing funds for the Iranian regime, including around $6 billion held in Qatar. 

President Trump has harshly criticized former U.S. President Barack Obama for sending billions of dollars in cash to Iran as part of the 2015 Joint Cooperative Plan of Action (JCPOA), which enabled the regime to resume funding for its regional terror proxies, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis. 

One source told the NYT that Trump is frustrated with the speed at which Iran is responding to U.S. proposals, and believes a tougher proposal could prompt the Iranian regime to agree to the current text of the agreement. 

Last Friday, President Trump met with top officials in the White House situation room for two hours to discuss the Iran situation. However, that meeting ended without any announcement. 

According to Axios, a U.S. official told reporters after the meeting that Trump “will only make a deal that is good for America, satisfies his redlines and makes sure Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon.” 

Trump is reportedly demanding the handover of Iran’s highly enriched uranium and is seeking limits on any further enrichment. This would represent a change from Trump’s previous demand of no nuclear enrichment. 

Also on Friday, Trump published a lengthy post on his Truth Social account, stating, “Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.” 

He also demanded that the Strait of Hormuz “be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions,” along with the removal of all mines from the vital waterway. 

“Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!. Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’” Trump wrote. 

According to the NYT, the current ceasefire framework would see the U.S. end military operations in Iran in exchange for the unrestricted reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with the other issues, such as Iran’s nuclear weapons program, and possibly its ballistic missile program, and aid to proxies, being discussed in later negotiations. 

Such a stance is opposed by Israel and by several Gulf states, such as the United Arab Emirates, which said any agreement must include limits on Iran’s ballistic missile program. 

On Friday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a post on social media that Iran does not trust the U.S., and “We obtain concessions not through dialogue, but with missiles. In negotiations, we only make them understand this.” 

“We have no trust in guarantees or words; only actions/behavior are the measure. No step will be taken before the other side takes action,” Ghalibaf continued. “The winner of any agreement is the one who, from the very next day, prepares even better for war.” 

On Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military stands ready to resume strikes in Iran if a deal is not reached. 

“Right now, we’re focused on being postured and prepared to reengage, if we have to,” Hegseth said in a statement to the media at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore. 

Hegseth appeared to contradict a statement by Navy Secretary Hung Cao the previous week, who told U.S. senators that the U.S. was pausing military operations to ensure sufficient supplies of munitions. 





Tehran says Israeli strikes in Lebanon violate US-Iran truce, threatens ‘consequences’


Tehran says Israeli strikes in Lebanon violate US-Iran truce, threatens ‘consequences’

Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday


Following Israel’s orders for the IDF to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns that Iran considers attacks in Lebanon as a violation of the delicate US–Iran truce.


“The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts,” Araghchi writes on X.

“The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation,” he says.

Israel had largely refrained from attacking Beirut amid escalating tensions with Iran-backed Hezbollah at the behest of the US Trump administration as it tried to reach a deal with Iran, but has now vowed to do so amid a surge in Hezbollah attacks on soldiers and northern communities.



After instructing the IDF to strike Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz state that the terror group’s headquarters in Dahiyeh are not “off-limits” amid escalating fighting between the sides, after Israel held back from striking the Lebanese capital at the behest of the Trump administration.

“There will be no situation in which Hezbollah attacks our cities and citizens while the terror headquarters in Dahiyeh remain off-limits,” Netanyahu says in a video statement. “We are continuing to deepen our operations on the ground in southern Lebanon, eliminating Hezbollah strongholds. Hezbollah is on the run. We are determined to restore security to the residents of the north, just as we did for the residents of the south,” he says.

Speaking at a military ceremony, Katz adds in a separate statement: “If there is no quiet in the north, there will be no quiet in Beirut… We will not allow a situation in which our communities and citizens are harmed while calm is maintained in Beirut.”

Katz says the IDF is continuing to carry out both air and ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying the military is achieving “significant gains” against the terror group to remove threats to Israeli civilians and troops.

He says the goal is to “turn the Litani area into a zone under IDF security control, free of weapons and terrorists.”




From containment to confusion: Washington’s Iran dilemma


From containment to confusion: Washington’s Iran dilemma


 Despite all the rhetoric, US President Donald Trump has ultimately continued along the same path 

taken by every American president since 1979. There has been no genuine will or serious determination

 to pursue regime change in Iran. However one frames it, in such a conflict, the destruction of naval and 

missile capabilities within a repressive, predatory and expansionist regime is meaningless if its engines 

of propaganda, ideology and repression remain intact.

What was truly gained by transforming the system from a clerical Shi’ite dictatorship into a de facto 

military junta, where real authority appears to rest in the hands of figures such as Ahmad Vahidi?

Today, many Iranians feel that they have been stabbed in the back. Their central demand—regime 

change—has been ignored and continues to be ignored. They did not sacrifice tens of thousands of lives 

only to see the United States engage in accommodation with a brutal military establishment. This is not

 merely a political argument; it is a historical reality.

For years, Washington approached Iran primarily as a strategic challenger seeking regional expansion 

and long-term influence across the Middle East. Tehran projected power through proxy groups, 

ideological messaging, asymmetric warfare and carefully calibrated pressure campaigns, cultivating the 

image of a regime operating with patience and strategic confidence. But Iran’s behavior today 

increasingly suggests something potentially more dangerous—a government acting not from confidence,

 but from insecurity.

That distinction matters because history shows that regimes under mounting internal and geopolitical 

pressure often become more coercive, less predictable and more willing to escalate risk. Misreading 

Iran as a stable status quo actor, rather than a cornered regime, could become one of Washington’s 

most consequential strategic mistakes in the years ahead.




Israel expands targets in Lebanon



Katz: "If there is no peace in the north, there will be no peace in Beirut" • Netanyahu: "Hezbollah's terror headquarters in Dahiyah will not remain off-limits"

Israel's military operation in southern Lebanon is intensifying on multiple fronts. IDF forces have crossed the Litani River, captured Beaufort Ridge for the first time in 44 years, and issued a mass evacuation warning for all residents south of the Zahrani River. Prime Minister Netanyahu confirmed the Beaufort capture Sunday night, saying 700 Hezbollah terrorists had been eliminated in the past month alone, more than during the entire Second Lebanon War, and instructed the IDF to deepen and expand its grip on former Hezbollah-controlled territory.

On the ground, Hezbollah fire toward northern Israel is escalating. A rocket struck Tiberias overnight for the first time since the ceasefire began, landing in an open area with no injuries. Israel is now expanding its military operation, as US officials have also concluded that current restrictions on IDF activity can no longer be sustained given the scale of Hezbollah's attacks. 

On the diplomatic side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday, proposing a clear sequence: Hezbollah stops all attacks, Israel refrains from escalating toward Beirut, and space is created for a gradual ceasefire. 

Aoun attempted to advance the proposal, but Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's response was described by a US official as "evasive and disappointing," with Berri claiming to guarantee Hezbollah's commitment while placing the burden on Israel to stop first. The US official signaled support for IDF escalation in Lebanon, saying, "The United States does not expect Israel to absorb ongoing attacks on its civilians by a terrorist organization."


On the Iran front, Tehran has not accepted Trump's proposed amendments to the MoU, with Tasnim news agency reporting that Iran intends to apply its own revisions to the draft text in upcoming talks with Washington.

Iranian FM calls Israel’s actions against Lebanon a ‘violation of the ceasefire on all fronts’; threatens US and Israel with ‘consequences’

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asserted on Monday that the ceasefire brokered by the United States applied "unequivocally" to all fronts, including Lebanon. This statement came after airstrikes ordered by Benjamin Netanyahu against Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut's southern suburbs. "Any violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The United States and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation," Araghchi wrote on X.

PM Netanyahu: "Hezbollah's terror headquarters in Dahiyah will not remain off-limits"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Monday that Israel would not allow Hezbollah to attack Israeli cities while its command centers in Beirut's Dahiyeh district remained untouched. 

"Together with the Defense Minister, I instructed the IDF to strike terrorist targets in Beirut," he said. "Hezbollah is in flight. We are determined to restore security to the residents of the north, just as we did for the residents of the south."

Netanyahu added that IDF operations in southern Lebanon were deepening, with Hezbollah strongholds being dismantled across the area.

Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Monday that Israel would not tolerate a situation in which Hezbollah attacks northern Israeli communities while Beirut remains unaffected. 

Speaking at a military ceremony, Katz confirmed that he and Prime Minister Netanyahu had ordered IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut's Dahiyeh district in response to ongoing ceasefire violations and vowed the policy would continue. 

"The law of Dahiyeh in Beirut is the same as the law of the northern communities in Israel," he said. 

Katz added that IDF ground and fire operations in Lebanon were yielding significant results, crushing Hezbollah's capabilities on the ground, and that Israel's goal was to transform the Litani region into an area under IDF security control, free of weapons and terrorists.

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The Trojan Horse for the Mark of the Beast Is Already Here


The Trojan Horse for the Mark of the Beast Is Already Here

Britt Gillette



How They’re Using Kids to Force Digital ID on Everyone

The mark of the beast doesn’t start with a mark. It starts with this…

Digital ID.

Digital ID is central to a system of digital currencies and tokenized assets.

It’s essential to any effort to take away a citizen’s anonymity so you can surveil every transaction they make.

And of course, surveillance is a prerequisite to controlling every buy and sell transaction they engage in.

So how do you convince a skeptical public to go along with digital ID?

Some governments engage in strong-arm tactics… If you want a bank account, submit to the biometric scan. If you want a job, comply with the digital ID requirement.

But other governments are taking a different approach.

A trojan horse approach.

Forcing Digital ID Through Manipulation

A trend has emerged in Western societies – one akin to a trojan horse to implement digital ID.

What are they doing? Well, first of all, they don’t call it “digital ID”; they call it “age verification.” And second, they don’t demand compliance. Instead, they appeal to human emotion.

It’s “for the safety of the children,” they say. “Don’t you care about the children?”

Here’s how it works…

In the interest of “protecting the children,” they require digital age verification for various online activities, whether it’s using social media, watching restricted videos, or downloading specific apps.

Verifying a person’s age has to go beyond easily bypassed gateways such as “enter your birth date,” which any child could simply lie about. Therefore, the age verification process must use biometric data to “protect the children.”

Facial recognition. Retinal scans. Fingerprints. And/or uploading of already biometric-compliant digital ID credentials.

When they sell it as “protecting the children,” most people go along with it. After all, who doesn’t want to protect children from online predators, bullies, or inappropriate content?

So most people say, “Yes. Protect the children!”

And that’s the trojan horse.

Because you can’t require age verification for minors only. By definition, in order to make sure a minor child is not engaging with restricted content, everyone must be age verified.

And that means EVERYONE must comply with the age verification process, creating a default digital ID in the process.

It means everyone must allow facial recognition, retinal scans, and/or their fingerprints to be uploaded in order to access the Internet.

As that happens, nations and corporations scoop up our biometric data and attach it to the profiles they’ve already built – profiles with mountains of information detailing every aspect of our lives.

Different Countries and Companies, Same Trojan Horse Approach

It’s no coincidence we’re seeing this same approach moving forward in different countries and with different companies all within the same short time period.

It’s not part of a public outcry for greater child protection. It’s part of a global scheme to trick the public into compliance with digital ID.

Don’t believe me? Just look at these examples:

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What’s at Stake

Ultimately, governments will roll out digital ID for two primary purposes:

    Ã…¸1) To Monitor Financial Transactions

Digital ID will be a means to verify the identity of anyone using central bank digital currencies (CBDC), stablecoins, and/or tokenized assets. All these digital financial instruments are fully programmable, meaning they can be programmed against you. They can literally control your ability to buy or sell.

For example, under The Genius Act here in the United States, all stablecoins must comply with the following:

“All stablecoin issuers must possess the technical capability to seize, freeze, or burn payment stablecoins when legally required and must comply with lawful orders to do so.”

This means stablecoins, like CBDCs, are indistinguishable in both capability and function from the mark of the beast system.

2) To Surveil Every Aspect of Your Life

Digital ID will also be a means to track everything you do on a daily basis – what websites you use, social media postings, who you associate with, where you shop, what your daily routine is, and more. To a degree far beyond what most people imagine, this is already happening. Digital ID simply centralizes all the data governments and corporations are already gathering, while taking away the last vestiges of anonymity.

This is how they keep you compliant – by taking away your power. Here in the United States, then presidential candidate Nikki Haley proposed making a digital ID necessary to post Internet comments. Again, they don’t want you doing anything without their “permission.”

In the end, digital ID isn’t about what’s best for you – it’s about what’s best for government. By centralizing all information associated with you as an individual, it streamlines their ability to surveil and control your life.

While the dangers of a digital ID system to freedom and liberty should be clear, the public pushback is barely noticeable. Why? I believe the reasons are many, including ignorance, naivety, and outright exhaustion when it comes to fighting back against these types of intrusive government measures.

But one of the reasons is how they’re selling it.  Like most government programs, the language used to describe digital ID is the exact opposite of what it is.

They call it “privacy-preserving.” They say it “gives citizens control,” or it will always be “voluntary.” And of course, the biggest trojan horse of all – they claim it’s “to protect the children.”

Until the rollout is complete, they’ll use this type of language to assure the public. Then, once the system is fully rolled out, they’ll shut the door to the digital prison, and no one will be able to escape.

They’ll say it was “for the children.” It was never for the children.

From the beginning, it was all about digital control.

Keep in mind, digital ID and the digital system they want to implement is NOT the mark of the beast. The mark of the beast requires the arrival of the Antichrist, the false prophet, and the seven-year Tribulation. And we’re not in the seven-year Tribulation right now.

However, this digital system DOES lay the foundation for the mark of the beast system we read about in Revelation 13. It creates a system effectively the same in terms of controlling who can buy and sell:

“He required everyone – small and great, rich and poor, free and slave – to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name” (Revelation 13:16-17, NLT).

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