Trump threatens Iran; Tehran seeks deal; Israel continues strikes on Lebanon PHOTO/VIDEO

Day in Review &ndash; May 6U.S. President Donald Trump said today that the war against Iran is going &ldquo;incredibly well&rdquo; and that the American military is making &ldquo;significant progress.&rdquo;U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces in the Gulf of Oman opened fire on an Iranian-flagged tanker and disabled it.Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 facilities or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the start of the war, The Washington Post reported.Trump: &ldquo;If they agree, it&rsquo;s over. If they don&rsquo;t, we bomb.&rdquo;&ldquo;Iran wants a deal&rdquo;U.S. President Donald Trump said today that the war against Iran is going &ldquo;incredibly well&rdquo; and that the American military is making &ldquo;significant progress.&rdquo; Tanjug/AP Photo/Matt Rourke Speaking at the White House during an event honoring mothers of American soldiers, President Trump compared the Iran operation to what he described as a &ldquo;successful operation in January&rdquo; targeting Nicol&aacute;s Maduro in Venezuela.&ldquo;We are in &mdash; I call it a skirmish, because that&rsquo;s what it is, a skirmish, and it&rsquo;s going incredibly well, just like we did in Venezuela, where it was quick, finished in one day, and it&rsquo;s going just as well &mdash; I would even say better &mdash; but it&rsquo;s going very well in Iran. It&rsquo;s going very smoothly, we&rsquo;ll see what happens,&rdquo; he said, according to CBS News. According to him, the United States is keeping the situation in Iran &ldquo;largely under control.&rdquo;&ldquo;We are dealing with people who really want to make a deal. We&rsquo;ll see whether they can reach an agreement that is satisfactory for us. We largely have everything under control,&rdquo; Trump said, describing the U.S. naval blockade of ships entering and leaving Iranian ports as &ldquo;a steel wall that no one gets through.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see whether they agree or not, and if they don&rsquo;t agree, they&rsquo;ll agree soon enough. So that&rsquo;s how it is. And I thought you might want a brief update,&rdquo; Trump said in an address to the mothers of soldiers.The U.S. president also stated that he had temporarily suspended the operation to secure navigation through the Persian Gulf, known as &ldquo;Project Freedom,&rdquo; in order to create space for continued diplomatic talks with Iran.According to him, negotiations are ongoing, and any outcome will depend on whether a deal acceptable to the United States is reached.Trump: &ldquo;We will get uranium from Iran&rdquo; IRGC: Transit through the Strait of Hormuz will gradually stabilizeThe Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said today that transit through the Strait of Hormuz will gradually become safe and stable, claiming that &ldquo;threats from aggressors have been neutralized.&rdquo;&ldquo;We thank captains and shipowners in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman for complying with Iranian regulations for the Strait of Hormuz and contributing to regional maritime security. By neutralizing the threats of aggressors and establishing new protocols, safe and stable passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be ensured,&rdquo; the IRGC stated in a post on X. Israeli concern over a possible agreementIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke today with officials from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to receive the latest updates on Washington&ndash;Tehran negotiations, according to sources familiar with the details, CNN reported.Israel is particularly concerned about the possible lifting of economic sanctions on Iran. It is also advocating for restrictions on Iran&rsquo;s regional network of allies, as well as on its ballistic missile program.

Trump threatens Iran; Tehran seeks deal; Israel continues strikes on Lebanon PHOTO/VIDEO

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