{"id":1368,"date":"2026-05-29T20:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/29\/iran-is-trump-bored-bolivia-at-breaking-point-a-spanish-scandal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:39:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T20:39:53","slug":"iran-is-trump-bored-bolivia-at-breaking-point-a-spanish-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1368","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Is Trump \u201cBored\u201d?, Bolivia at \u201cBreaking point\u201d A Spanish Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Iran: Is Trump \u201cBored\u201d?, Bolivia at \u201cBreaking point\u201d A Spanish Scandal<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-99fe7b25-da8c-42d5-9a3a-74c2c25d3a8b data-show-hidden-video-player=\"99FE7B25-DA8C-42D5-9A3A-74C2C25D3A8B\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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Pressure is growing on the Trump administration with soaring energy prices and midterm elections approaching, while Iran is reportedly losing huge oil revenues with tankers backed up in port. Reports suggested a temporary agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was close, before the US struck Iran\u2019s southern coast, calling it self-defence against mine-laying boats and drone launch sites. Tehran threatened retaliation, US bases in Kuwait were targeted within hours, and talks over a wider deal continue tonight.                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p>Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli operations in Lebanon will intensify despite the supposed truce, with more than 120 airstrikes launched in a single day and Beirut hit again for the first time in weeks. The UN has described the scale of destruction as horrific.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also been another high-profile week for Xi Jinping, as Serbia\u2019s President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 received China\u2019s Friendship Medal alongside fresh Chinese investment worth a billion euros. But while there were celebrations in Beijing, there were mass anti-government protests in Belgrade, with demonstrators blaming corruption and opaque Chinese-backed infrastructure deals after the deadly collapse of a train station canopy that killed sixteen people.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s been a sweltering week across Western Europe as a record-breaking May heatwave sent Parisians diving into the Seine and Canal Saint-Martin for social media clicks \u2014 despite police handing out fines to anyone caught jumping into the water.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in Scotland, Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP and ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon, pleaded guilty to embezzling party funds on what police described as a lavish lifestyle he couldn\u2019t afford.<\/p>\n<p><em>Produced by Gavin Lee, Th\u00e9ophille Vareille, Emmanuel Miculita,\u00a0Guillaume Gougeon, Alessandro Xenos and Laura Burloux<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors t-content__authors--multiple\">\n<div 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