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The United Arab Emirates has formed a national committee to document what it described as "Iranian acts of aggression, international crimes, and the damages resulting from them."

According to a decree issued by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who holds multiple government posts, the committee will compile evidence related to attacks affecting the Gulf state nation.

According to the state news agency WAM, the body will create “a comprehensive national record based on reliable evidence” and coordinate with domestic and international experts.

WAM said the move would ensure "the documentation of violations in a manner that supports the achievement of justice and the protection of rights."

The United Arab Emirates has been the target of more than 2,800 drone and missile attacks by Iran during the recent Middle East war, which has severely strained relations between the Persian Gulf state and Iran.

With reporting by RFE/RL's Radio Farda

Iran said it was reviewing the latest US proposal that sources say would end the fighting but leave several key issues open, as US President Donald Trump claimed a deal was “very possible” but also warned of renewed fighting if Tehran rejected the deal.

Iran’s state-run ISNA news agency cited a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying Tehran had received the US proposal and was studying the details, even as he suggested there were provisions that were unacceptable to leaders of the Islamic republic.

The US proposal to end the war is still "under review," Esmaeil Baqaei was quoted as saying, adding that Tehran will convey its response to mediator Pakistan after "finalizing its opinion."

Still, Trump said Pakistani-mediated talks were progressing well.

"They want to make a deal. We've had very good talks over the last 24 hours, and it's very possible that we'll make a deal," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on May 6.

Later, in a video message to a Republican party rally in Georgia, Trump asserted that the war will "be over quickly."

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The United States has imposed sanctions on what it calls "Iran-aligned actors" in Iraq, including the country's deputy oil minister and several Iran-linked militias, accusing them of helping Tehran evade oil sanctions and finance regional militant groups.

The Treasury Department said Deputy Oil Minister Ali Maarij al-Bahadly "abused his government position to divert Iraqi oil in support of the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies," including by helping mix Iranian crude with Iraqi oil and falsify export documents.

The sanctions also target members of Kata’ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada and Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq, militia groups Washington says have exploited Iraq’s economy to support “terrorist activities.”

The move comes as US President Donald Trump's administration intensifies pressure on Baghdad to curb Iranian influence and dismantle ties with Iran-backed armed groups following months of attacks on US facilities in Iraq.

With reporting by Alex Raufoglu and Reuters

The Narges Mohammadi Foundation says that doctors treating the imprisoned human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner believe she may be suffering from Prinzmetal angina, which it described as "a dangerous condition caused by coronary artery spasms."

The foundation said a statement on May 7 that Mohammadi remains in "unstable condition" on the seventh day of her hospitalization in the cardiac intensive care unit of a hospital in Zanjan, and concerns about her heart condition have intensified.

It added that Prinzmetal angina can lead to complications such as severe heart attacks, dangerous arrhythmias, sharp fluctuations in blood pressure, and reduced oxygen supply to the heart muscle.

According to the foundation, Mohammadi has been waking up almost daily since April 25 with "severe chest pain, heart palpitations, and intense pressure." Doctors have reportedly deemed an urgent specialized angiography necessary.

The foundation also said that Mohammadi’s family and doctors are demanding her immediate transfer to Tehran for treatment, but the Tehran prosecutor’s office continues to oppose the request.

In a post on X on May 7, US Assistant Secretary of State Rilery Barnes called on Iran to immediately release Mohammadi and "give her the care she needs."

Mohammadi, one of Iran’s most prominent human rights activists, won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign against the oppression of women in Iran and her advocacy for human rights and freedom. She has spent years in and out of prison on charges related to her activism, which supporters say are politically motivated.

The NetBlocks connectivity monitor says Iran's digital blackout "continues to drive job losses" as the country's Internet shutdown enters its 69th day.

Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian has said that he recently met and had a detailed conversation with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Speaking at Iran's Health Ministry on May 7, Pezeshkian said he met Khamenei for 2 1/2 hours but gave no further details about the meeting, only that the supreme leader was a "model for the country's management and administrative system" due to his "sincerity and humility."

After the assassination of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war with the US and Israel on February 28, Iran's Assembly of Experts named his son Mojtaba as the new leader.

However, there have been no public appearances, images, or audio from the supreme leader since then. Some written statements, purportedly from Khamenei, have been published in the Iranian media.

The New York Times reported last week that Khamenei was wounded the day his father was killed and was still receiving treatment for injuries to his leg, lips, and face.

The New York Times also reported, citing Iranian officials, that the reason Khamenei had not yet recorded and released any video or audio messages was that he does not want to appear vulnerable or weak in his first public speech.

Our senior correspondent in Washington, Alex Raufoglu, spoke with Barry Pavel, a former senior director for defense policy and strategy at the National Security Council, who served as a special assistant to the president under George W. Bush, about the strategic meaning behind recent developments in the war with Iran and the chances of a peace deal.

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In a statement, Tehran's embassy in Seoul has said that Iran wasn't involved in an incident that damaged a South Korean ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The embassy's statement also said that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz requires "coordination with the competent authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran" and that ignoring the conditions "may lead to unwanted incidents."

On May 4, there was an explosion and fire on a South Korean-operated cargo ship called the HMM Namu in the Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier, a South Korean presidential national-security adviser said it was not yet clear whether the explosion and fire were caused by an attack or a technical malfunction. The adviser said the fire started in the engine room and none of the ship's 24 crew members were injured.

The US has blamed Iran for the incident, with President Donald Trump saying that Iran fired shots at the vessel.

We are now closing the live blog for the day. We'll be back at 7:30 a.m. Central European time to cover the latest events across the Middle East.

Leaders of the ASEAN states are arriving in the central Philippines on May 7 for a summit focused on economic issues tied to the war in the Middle East.

Supply chain issued caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran are likely to dominate the discussions of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a grouping of 11 countries, the latest being Timor-Leste.

Fuel shortages, rising food prices, and the safety of migrant workers in the Middle East region will be the key issues at the summit, President Ferdinand Marcos said ahead of the summit after he declared a state of national energy emergency in his country of about 118 million people.

"What we really need at this time is for leaders to talk about...how can we help each other," he said.

With reporting by AFP