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By Arsalan Shahla, Sara Gharaibeh, Bloomberg News<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Iran appear to be making little progress toward an interim deal to end the war Washington and Israel began 100 days ago, as fresh attacks pile pressure on a fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n

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The past week saw the worst flare-up in tensions since the truce started around April 8. Negotiations between Washington and Tehran are bogged down over the fate of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian assets and a parallel conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command said early Sunday it downed two Iranian attack drones that threatened international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway crucial to global energy exports that\u2019s also been at the heart of discussions.<\/p>\n

On Friday, six ballistic missiles fired at Bahrain and Kuwait were intercepted and another failed to reach their intended target, hours after four unmanned craft headed to Hormuz were shot down, Central Command said. The U.S. struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island, it added.<\/p>\n

Since the U.S. and Israel began hitting Iran on Feb. 28, Tehran and its proxies have launched missile and drone attacks on oil infrastructure, industrial sites and U.S. military facilities across the Gulf. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have all sustained damage. <\/p>\n

In Washington, President Donald Trump\u2019s administration is floating a plan to steer Iranian assets frozen in the U.S. toward helping those Gulf allies rebuild from damage inflicted by the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he would not unfreeze any Iranian assets or lift any sanctions against Iran as part of an initial deal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking\u201d about releasing the assets, Trump told Kristen Welker in the interview taped Friday for NBC\u2019s Meet the Press.<\/p>\n

Tehran, meanwhile, insists those assets be released. The dispute risks derailing the discussions on a truce extension, reopening the Strait of Hormuz and future talks over Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s neighbor Pakistan has played a key mediating role. The Islamic Republic\u2019s foreign ministry said on Sunday that Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Iran\u2019s top envoy Abbas Araghchi in Tehran and passed along a letter from his premier to Iran\u2019s supreme leader. There were no further details.<\/p>\n

Trump, who has insisted for months Iran was near its breaking point, conceded in the NBC interview that the country retains some missile and drone capacity. He said about 21% to 22% of Tehran\u2019s missile arsenal remains. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of missiles, but it\u2019s not what it was when we first attacked,\u201d he told NBC during a visit to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Earlier Friday, he told reporters the U.S. is \u201chaving great success with Iran,\u201d and \u201cthey\u2019re in no position to have a nuclear weapon.\u201d <\/p>\n

The ceasefire saw its biggest test on Wednesday, when Iranian strikes killed one person at Kuwait\u2019s main airport and injured dozens. Bahrain was also attacked and the U.S. struck an oil tanker headed to the Islamic Republic. Kuwait has been one of Tehran\u2019s main targets during the truce. <\/p>\n

Fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah continued over the weekend. The Israel Defense Forces said they\u2019d intercepted two projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israel on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah last week rejected a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced by the State Department just hours before.<\/p>\n

Iran has demanded a ceasefire in Lebanon before an accord can be reached with the U.S. A military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told CNN \u201cthe ball is in Trump\u2019s court\u201d when it comes to a deal.<\/p>\n

The effective shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war has caused global oil prices to spike, prompting fears of an inflationary wave. Rising fuel costs are a sensitive issue for American voters, threatening to punish Trump\u2019s Republican party at midterm elections due in months. <\/p>\n

The president again downplayed the higher cost of oil on Friday. \u201cPeople thought it was going to be a lot worse,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cToday I looked at $96 a barrel, people thought that was going to be $300 a barrel.\u201d <\/p>\n

West Texas Intermediate crude ended the week above $90 a barrel and global benchmark Brent closed near $93. While contracts have eased from earlier peaks since the war began on Feb. 28, they remain significantly above levels before the conflict. <\/p>\n

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\u2014With assistance from Jennifer A. Dlouhy.<\/p>\n

\u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/p>\n

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