Iran war live: Qatar to announce regional defence partnership
US embassies in the Middle East have issued a security alert for Americans as fighting in Yemen continues to ramp up.
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US embassies in the Middle East have issued a security alert for Americans as fighting in Yemen continues to ramp up.
Hardliners are stepping up pressure on Iran's government and calling for Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's removal. The oil minister resigned, but that's doing little to ease the pressure on President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran expects Washington to respond to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. In exchange for reopening the vital shipping route, Tehran is seeking guarantees including a regional ceasefire, the lifting of sanctions on its oil sector and an end to the US naval blockade.
Tehran awaits reply on Hormuz plan as a US official says there will be no deal unless nuclear issues are addressed.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is prepared for war to resume, ‘even if it comes to a doomsday war’.
Iran says it’s still waiting for an official response from the US on its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The end of the Iran-United States conflict seems increasingly distant, after the US President described Tehran's last offer as "unacceptable."
The BBC understands Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are among the delegates allowed to enter the US.