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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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.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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.
Dozens of delegations walk out as Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly
Dozens of delegations walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the General Assembly podium, and he called those leaving "moral cowards." He said Israel and the United States had crushed Iran's army, navy, air force and nuclear facilities, thanked President Trump and said Israel would continue to defend itself.
Xi tells Trump China backs a US-Iran return to the Islamabad memorandum
At a White House meeting with President Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping backed a U.S. and Iranian return to the June Islamabad memorandum and urged negotiations toward a comprehensive agreement, including on the nuclear issue, according to Xinhua. A White House fact sheet said Trump urged Xi to increase production of refined petroleum products to stabilize global supply; no breakthrough on the war was announced.
Eighty countries at UN demand Iran reopen Hormuz with no transit fees
Bahrain's foreign minister, Abdullatif Al Zayani, read a joint statement on behalf of 80 UN member states condemning Iran's attacks on neighbouring countries and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, and calling for the urgent and complete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without transit fees, conditions or other burdens.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Rubio says an Iran deal will take hard work and military options remain
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in New York that any deal with Iran would involve hard work over a period of time, that President Trump "has a number of options available, including military options," and that the U.S. will "continue to defend and hold the Strait of Hormuz open." He later said the U.S. would honour its defence agreement with Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks.
UAE central bank bars Bank Melli branches from handling transactions with Iran
The UAE central bank prohibited branches of Iran's Bank Melli in the Emirates from executing financial transactions to or from Iran, including trade finance and transfers, citing non-compliance with laws, regulations and supervisory decisions, the state news agency WAM reported.
Pezeshkian tells UN General Assembly Israel holds nuclear weapons while Iran faces inspections
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the UN General Assembly that "the nuclear weapon is in Israel, but the inspectors are in Iran," said Iran seeks no nuclear weapon but will accept no limits on peaceful nuclear technology, and held up photos of children killed in the Feb. 28 strike on a school in Minab. A U.S. delegate walked out during the speech, a day after Trump threatened to "annihilate" Iran.
Iran's security chief says Hormuz stays shut until US meets seven written conditions
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state television that Iran would neither reopen the Strait of Hormuz nor negotiate until Washington meets seven written conditions passed through Pakistan and Qatar, and said the U.S. had been given a five-day deadline. He warned neighbours that if they bar Iranian aircraft, "their own airports will not be able to have flights either."
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Pezeshkian reaches New York as a Khamenei adviser gives cover for US talks
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly despite hardline calls to cancel the trip. Yahya Rahim Safavi, military adviser to the supreme leader and a former IRGC chief, said that if the leader had left the government open to negotiations, "that is a very important act of prudence."
Israel denounces Macron's UN remark that Hamas was never active in the West Bank
French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly that "Hamas has never been active in the West Bank," drawing a response from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich that Macron was "lying" and a statement from Netanyahu's office calling it a "grotesque absurdity." A French source said Macron meant that Hamas has never governed the territory.
Trump tells Gulf Cooperation Council there is 'a lot of momentum' on an Iran deal
Meeting leaders and officials from Gulf Cooperation Council and other regional states at the UN, Trump said Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had a "very productive" meeting with mediators and "I think there's a lot of momentum for them to make a deal." He also said the US "may have to blow up" Iran's suspected Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site if it sees activity there.
Iran says Araghchi gave Witkoff its terms for reopening Hormuz at the UN
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met US envoy Steve Witkoff at the US side's request and restated Iran's conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz: immediately lifting the naval blockade, immediately releasing frozen Iranian assets and ending the war on all "resistance" fronts, including Lebanon. Witkoff later said the talks were held through mediators who shuttled between the delegations.
Baghdad and Muscat airports to stop accepting Iranian flights as US sanctions loom
An Iranian civil aviation spokesman told Tasnim that Baghdad and Muscat airports "will no longer accept Iranian flights" from midnight and that Iran was working to divert Baghdad flights to Najaf; two sources told Reuters Iraq had ordered its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad from Wednesday. Other routes, including Istanbul, were operating normally; Iraqi government sources had told AFP on Monday that Baghdad would comply with the US ban.
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Trump says US envoys held a 'very good' three-hour meeting with Iranians at the UN
Trump told reporters that members of his administration met the Iranian delegation for about three hours, calling it "a very good meeting, a very productive meeting" with another "scheduled in the very near future"; earlier, after meeting UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, he said Iran had been talking to the US "even today" and "a settlement is going to be reached."
Qatar's prime minister meets Araghchi in New York on de-escalation
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss de-escalation efforts and conditions for dialogue, Qatar News Agency reported.
Trump tells UN he must choose between an Iran deal and 'annihilating' the Islamic Republic
In his General Assembly address, Trump said he had "a big decision to make": a deal letting Iran rebuild, or to "annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly," and predicted a deal "right after the election" on Nov. 3. Iran's army general staff and the IRGC's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters called the threats "domestic propaganda."