Trump is expected to receive a briefing on new plans for potential military action against Iran from commanders today.
Among the hypotheses, Axios reports, the conquest of part of the Strait of Hormuz to reopen it to commercial navigation, a blitz to secure highly enriched Iranian uranium and “short and powerful” attacks. Hypersonic missiles are also on the way. Long phone call with Putin: the Russian praised the extension of the ceasefire which can help ‘give negotiations a chance’.
Suggestions from the tsar on how to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, while he reiterated that a ground operation would be ‘unacceptable and dangerous’. Putin then said he was ready for a truce with Kiev for Victory Day, May 9. Trump insisted that a deal on Ukraine is close, but said he was considering reducing US troops in Germany. Alarm from von der Leyen: ‘The war in Iran costs Europe 500 million a day’.
Bessent, ‘nearly half a billion in cryptocurrencies seized from Iran’
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington had seized “nearly half a billion” dollars in Iranian cryptocurrencies and that “Operation Economic Fury” had thrown the Tehran government into a tailspin. “crisi”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2026/04/30/axios-comandanti-oggi-da-trump-su-nuove-opzioni-militari-contro-l iran-hypothesis-conquest-of-hormuz-uranium-security-and-short-and-powerful-attacks-b4b7ba3f-0964-4b9b-afa3-34f0e8297728/.”We are We’ve managed to seize about $350 million in cryptocurrencies, plus another $100 million that we recently acquired, bringing it to almost half a billion, and we’re freezing bank accounts everywhere,” Bessent told Fox News, as reported by Al Jazeera. He added that Trump had ordered the economic pressure campaign in March last year and asked him to “further intensify the pressure” about three weeks ago. The United States is now pressuring foreign governments and companies to sever ties with Iran. “We turned to buyers of Iranian oil and told them that…we are willing to impose secondary sanctions on their industries and their banks that tolerate Iranian oil in their systems,” he said. Bessent added that the US economic campaign and naval blockade on Iranian ports will inflict permanent damage on the Iranian economy.
Axios, commanders today from Trump on new military options against Iran
American President Donald Trump is expected to receive a briefing today on new plans for potential military action against Iran from commanders, starting with Admiral Brad Cooper, head of Centcom, confirming that the tycoon is seriously considering resuming military actions to overcome the negotiating stalemate and deliver the final blow before ending the war. Among the hypotheses, Axios reports based on multiple sources, the conquest of part of the Strait of Hormuz to reopen it to commercial navigation, a blitz to secure highly enriched Iranian uranium and “short and powerful” attacks
Media: ‘The US wants to deploy hypersonic missiles in the Middle East’
The United States intends to deploy its hypersonic missile system in the Middle East, potentially usable against Iran. This operation would mark the first operational use of this weapon. This is what Bloomberg writes, taken up by Middle Eastern newspapers. The US Central Command (USC) has requested the transfer of the ‘Dark Eagle’ system, the development of which has long been delayed, to the region, with the aim of giving US forces the ability to hit ballistic missile launchers deep inside Iranian territory. If approved, it would be the first operational use of a hypersonic weapons system by the United States, a weapon that has suffered years of delays and has not yet been declared fully operational, although Russia and China have already deployed their own versions
CNN, ‘the war in Iran costs the US 40-50 billion’
The $25 billion estimate a senior Pentagon official provided to lawmakers yesterday of the total cost of the war with Iran to date is a conservative figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage to U.S. bases in the region. This is what three people familiar with the facts reported to CNN. One of the sources said the real cost estimate is around $40-50 billion, taking into account the costs of rebuilding US military installations and replacing destroyed infrastructure. Iranian attacks in the Gulf in the early days of the war severely damaged at least nine US military sites in just 48 hours, hitting facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, as reported by CNN. Several U.S. radar systems and other critical equipment in the Middle East were reportedly destroyed by Iranian attacks, including the radar system of an American Thaad missile battery in Jordan and buildings housing similar radar systems at two locations in the United Arab Emirates. A US Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft was also destroyed in an Iranian attack on an air base in Saudi Arabia. The Pentagon official who currently serves as the agency’s chief financial officer told the House Armed Services Committee yesterday that “the majority” of the $25 billion in spending he cited was for munitions, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say whether that figure included repairing damage to U.S. bases.