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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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Iran: Political infighting deepens as economic woes mount during war
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.
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Iran says it expects US response Tuesday on plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
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.
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‘Iran ready for doomsday war’, FM Araghchi says
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is prepared for war to resume, ‘even if it comes to a doomsday war’.
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Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented the proposal to Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff a day earlier on the sidelines of a UN gathering in New York. The plan stipulated that the important waterway would reopen seven days after an agreement was reached.
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US to allow Iran delegation to attend UN meetings in New York as war passes half-year mark
The BBC understands Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are among the delegates allowed to enter the US.