Iran announced it will boycott Monday's negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, unless the U.S. lifts its blockade of Iranian ports, which Tehran considers a violation of the ceasefire and a war crime. The U.S. and Iran are scheduled to meet in Islamabad to negotiate, with former President Donald Trump stating that peace negotiations continue there on Monday. Trump has threatened Iran with destroying all their power plants and bridges, attacks that could constitute war crimes. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that Iran has violated the ceasefire, claiming that Iran fired shots in the Strait of Hormuz aimed at a French ship and a UK cargo ship. He added that the U.S. offers a deal and will destroy Iran's infrastructure if it is not accepted. The exact terms of the negotiations and conditions regarding the blockade remain unclear.
On Thursday, Iran announced it is opening the Strait of Hormuz to ship traffic after a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Lebanon. However, when it became clear to Iran that Trump still intended to continue the blockade of Iranian ports, the regime closed the strait again and is reported to have attacked a number of ships. The current status of the strait—whether open or closed—and details of any recent attacks have not been independently verified.
Separately, at 5:15 PM on Sunday, SOS was alerted about a possible aviation incident in Hallberg municipality, Örebro County, Sweden. A small propeller plane reportedly landed in a field, with a witness seeing that the plane may have made an emergency landing. Rescue services and ambulance were on their way to the scene to investigate. It is believed no one is seriously injured because someone was reportedly moving around the plane. The cause of the landing—whether emergency, mechanical failure, or another issue—has not been determined.
In Norway, former diplomat Mona Juul is leaving the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs after reports about her connections to Jeffrey Epstein. Juul is married to Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen, and both are reported to have had connections to Epstein. In the Epstein files, it emerged that their child had been bequeathed ten million dollars by the pedophile billionaire, with the money previously frozen by U.S. authorities. The full extent and nature of her connections to Epstein remain unclear.
There was significant helicopter activity over Trondheim city center on Friday evening. The rescue helicopter Sar Queen was on a medical mission earlier in the evening in southern Trøndelag. Flightradar shows that they departed from Ørland around 10:00 PM for the medical mission. When an ambulance helicopter arrived at St. Olavs from Namsos around 10:30 PM, Sar Queen had to give way, and the helicopter pilot chose to fly some rounds outside Ladehammeren. Just before midnight, it appears that Sar Queen, which belongs to the Defense, was on its way back to Ørland.
At Høybuktmoen Airport in Sør-Varanger, the control tower reported late Saturday evening that an ambulance plane had problems with its landing gear. Emergency services immediately responded to the airport. According to iFinnmark, the ambulance plane took off from Tromsø Airport at 10:15 PM, with a planned landing in Kirkenes at 11:24 PM. At midnight, the plane was still circling over the area, which could also be observed via the monitoring service Flightradar. Just before 00:30 AM on Sunday, police reported that the plane had landed safely and without problems.
In a separate development, Iran will open the airport in Mashhad, in the northeastern part of the country, for international flights starting Monday.