Araghchi says Iran is fully prepared for war to resume
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is fully prepared if war resumes, as tensions continued over a proposal concerning the Strait of Hormuz.
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Talks may resume as Iran maintains its Hormuz restrictions
Donald Trump expects negotiations with Iran to resume next week, but Washington still rejects Tehran’s demand for upfront sanctions relief. Iran says it awaits a formal U.S. response while maintaining its passage conditions and publicly preparing for renewed war.
Automated summary of 6 entries ·
- Trump says he expects Iran talks to resume next week
- Waltz says US rejected Iran plan over demand for upfront sanctions relief
- Iran says it awaits an official US response on its Hormuz proposal
- Araghchi says Iran is fully prepared for war to resume
- Waltz says US offered to supply Iran uranium for a civilian programme
- Iran's Hormuz authority warns ships against 'illegal routes' through the strait
What to watch
- The U.S. must decide whether to issue a formal response to Iran’s Hormuz proposal.
- Iran and the U.S. may resume talks next week, with nuclear limits and sanctions relief unresolved.
- Iran’s Hormuz authority may restrict vessels that use routes it deems invalid.
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Sunday, September 27, 2026
Trump says he expects Iran talks to resume next week
Donald Trump said he expects negotiations with Iran to resume in the coming week, while saying Tehran wants a deal that does not meet his terms. He also said further US strikes on Iran remain possible.
Waltz says US offered to supply Iran uranium for a civilian programme
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said Washington had offered to sell Iran uranium for a civilian nuclear programme under an arrangement involving international-law and inspection obligations. He said the Trump administration could permit a civilian programme if Iran gave up access to highly enriched uranium and the ability to reconstitute it.
Waltz says US rejected Iran plan over demand for upfront sanctions relief
US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said the Trump administration rejected Iran's proposal to end the war because Tehran sought sanctions relief before substantive negotiations and Washington did not believe Iran was negotiating in good faith on its nuclear programme.
Yemen government forces report expanded air and ground operations in Taiz
Yemen’s government Military Media Centre said its forces conducted multiple air and ground operations against Houthi positions across Taiz province, including airstrikes at five locations, during the preceding 24 hours.
British police arrest several men near RAF Fairford over explosives allegations
Gloucestershire Police declared a major incident, arrested several men on suspicion of explosives-act offences and deployed bomb-disposal personnel near Whelford, close to RAF Fairford. Police said the incident was contained; they did not confirm a link to the base or the Iran war.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
IRGC Navy official threatens US warships 'even in the Indian Ocean' if war resumes
Ali Mohammadi, the IRGC Navy's deputy for political affairs, told Fars that if another war breaks out Iran would "undoubtedly attack and hit their ships and destroyers even in the Indian Ocean," mocking Trump's claim to control the strait by asking why U.S. ships were not there.
Bessent says Turkey, Oman and UAE are enforcing US push to isolate Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on X that envoys he sent abroad under Operation Economic Outcast were "delivering results": Turkey and Oman halted Mahan Air flights, the UAE stopped all Iranian airline flights, and top commercial banks in the UAE and Turkey stopped transacting with Iran. He thanked the UK, Turkey, Oman and the UAE.
Iran's Hormuz authority warns ships against 'illegal routes' through the strait
The Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body Iran set up to manage the Strait of Hormuz, said some charterers were forcing vessels onto invalid routes and warned this risks "financial and life losses" and would seriously restrict those ships' future passage; it said breaches by charterers could bring restrictions on all vessels of the companies involved.
Oman urges restraint and offers to keep mediating on Hormuz navigation
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi told the U.N. General Assembly that all parties should pursue self-restraint and dialogue, and said Oman remains committed to safeguarding navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and is ready to mediate.
Iran says it awaits an official US response on its Hormuz proposal
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a Telegram statement that Iran had seen President Trump's public rejection of its seven-day Hormuz plan but was waiting for mediators to convey the definitive U.S. position before deciding its next step, adding that any reopening of the strait depends on Iran's conditions and "we will not back down from them."
Saudi foreign minister demands Hormuz return to pre-war conditions with no fees
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan told the U.N. General Assembly that attempts to block regional waterways threaten global energy security and demanded that conditions in the Strait of Hormuz return to those before Feb. 28, without fees or taxes on shipping.
Israel strikes an alleged Hezbollah weapons depot in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military said it struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the Sejoud area of southern Lebanon on Saturday, saying the site held weapons used against Israeli troops in the security zone Israel holds inside Lebanon.
Trump says he is rejecting Iran's seven-day Hormuz plan
President Trump told reporters as he left the White House that he was rejecting Iran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and restart talks, saying the U.S. has total control of the strait and that 29 ships came out overnight.
Iran's security council says Tehran will not use force over airline sanctions
Iran's Supreme National Security Council, whose secretary is Mohsen Rezaei, said in a statement carried by ISNA that Iran would not retaliate militarily against U.S. sanctions on its airlines, calling reports of such plans inaccurate interpretations of Rezaei's remarks, and said talks with the countries concerned to lift some restrictions were being pursued seriously. It said unspecified non-military countermeasures could be applied to some airports if needed.
Pezeshkian says Iran no longer trusts talks with Washington
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Al Jazeera that Iran no longer trusts talks with Washington because each round of negotiations was followed by attacks and sanctions, but said Qatar and Pakistan are relaying Tehran's messages and that negotiations rest on the June memorandum, on which "Americans must state their position."
Iraq says it is seeking a US exemption to restore some Iranian flights
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's office said Baghdad is in direct talks with Washington to exempt some Iraqi airports from the sanctions on Iranian airlines, so flights can resume for medical treatment, study, pilgrimages and other civilian needs, after all four Iraqi airports serving Iranian carriers halted them.
Trump reportedly tells aides he expects renewed strikes on Iran after the midterms
The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reported that President Trump had rejected Iran's seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, was sceptical Tehran would meet his demands on its nuclear programme, and had told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterm elections. The officials said his views could change in the coming weeks.
Friday, September 25, 2026
Pezeshkian says Iran would admit UN nuclear inspectors under a peace deal
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told CBS News that Iran would allow International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors into the country as part of a potential long-term ceasefire deal, saying the terms of access could be agreed within the negotiations.
Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi drones aimed at Riyadh
The Saudi-led coalition said its air defences intercepted and destroyed two Houthi drones launched toward the Riyadh area and ballistic missiles aimed at Khamis Mushait, a southwestern city that hosts an air base. A Houthi political bureau member called the operation "merely a small-scale rehearsal for a full-scale escalation."
CENTCOM says the blockade has redirected 122 ships since July, seven in two days
U.S. Central Command said the blockade on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports redirected seven more commercial vessels since Wednesday, bringing the total to 122 since it was reinstated on July 14, with 12 redirected this week.
US official calls Iran talks 'positive and constructive' but says Washington is in no rush
A U.S. official said discussions with Iran after Tehran's seven-day proposal were positive and constructive, but that Washington was in no rush because nearly 40 million barrels of oil had transited the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. escort in the previous 48 hours.
Brent slips to about $103 after Iran's seven-day Hormuz offer
Brent crude traded at about $103 a barrel at midday Friday, down about 2.5% from Thursday, after Iran's foreign minister said Tehran had submitted an offer that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz to tankers within seven days if an agreement is reached.
Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish military chiefs meet in Riyadh after Houthi attacks
Saudi chief of staff Gen. Fayyadh al-Ruwaili, Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir and Turkey's Gen. Selcuk Bayraktaroglu met in Riyadh under their mutual defence agreement and reaffirmed their commitment to defending Saudi Arabia's security and territorial integrity, condemning attacks targeting Mecca and Saudi civil and economic infrastructure.
US ambassador says Trump told Xi any Chinese help to Iran is 'totally unacceptable'
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue told CNBC that President Trump reiterated to Xi Jinping that any direct or indirect Chinese help to Iran, including intelligence, parts or military equipment, is unacceptable. Perdue said Washington believes China has given indirect support to keeping Hormuz closed but has no direct evidence.
Iraq halts Iranian flights at Najaf, Erbil and Sulaimaniyah under US sanctions
Najaf airport, the main gateway for Shiite pilgrims, halted all flights between Iran and Najaf after a directive from the Iraqi prime minister's office, its director told AFP, and sources told Reuters that Erbil and Sulaimaniyah airports also suspended Iranian flights. With Baghdad already closed to them, Iranian carriers lost access to all four Iraqi airports they served.
Khamenei adviser warns no one in the region will fly if Iranian airlines are barred
Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, wrote on X that flights in the region would be open to everyone or to no one, and that no country in the region would have airport services if Iran is denied them, after the UAE and Iraq closed their airports to Iranian carriers under U.S. sanctions.
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Araghchi says Iran sent the US a seven-day plan to reopen Hormuz and restart talks
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in New York that Iran had sent Washington, through mediators, a seven-day plan: if the U.S. ends its naval blockade, lifts sanctions on Iranian oil, releases about $12 billion in frozen assets and accepts a halt to fighting that includes Lebanon, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz on day six and start talks on a final deal on day seven.
Pezeshkian says Iran wants the US back in the June memorandum before the midterms
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told journalists in New York, "We wish Americans to return to the MoU before the midterms," referring to the June memorandum whose ceasefire collapsed within weeks. He also said Iran was open to inspections of its nuclear facilities and denied that Tehran seeks to assassinate Trump or his family.
Macron says France will send troops and air defences to protect Saudi port of Yanbu
President Emmanuel Macron told TF1 and France 2 that France would send soldiers, radar systems and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to protect the Red Sea port of Yanbu, "not to get us involved in any conflicts, but to protect this site."