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October 25, 2026 3:07 PM

Iran Says Policies Will Remain Unchanged Amid Renewed War Threats

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran will maintain its existing policies regardless of whether another conflict breaks out, warning that any renewed military action against Iran would be irrational, according to Iranian news agency ISNA. Araghchi made the remarks at the inauguration of the Martyr Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi Documentation Centre and Museum, along with a specialised meeting on the role of Kharrazi in shaping foreign policy consensus and the opening of a specialised l...

October 25, 2026 11:05 AM

Qatar’s bold plan to stop next war

In the Gulf, a quiet but urgent push for peace is underway and the clock is ticking. Qatar is driving a bold new regional security initiative comprising a framework of dialogue, confidence-building measures and a mutual non-aggression pact that would bring all six Gulf Cooperation Council member-states together with Iran and draw in Turkiye and Pakistan as well. The goal is simple: To stop the next war before it starts. WATCH YOUTUBE VIDEO: youtu.be/OzKa-pvuDIo So, what exactly is this pact? A...

October 14, 2026 10:35 AM

Iran shifting tactics to step up attacks on shipping before US vote, officials say

Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, two senior Iranian officials told Reuters. Tehran has tried to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28. It has restricted passage through the waterway, which carried about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade before the war, in an effort to gain leverage...

October 14, 2026 9:58 AM

Trump says Houthis trying to drive up oil prices ahead of US midterm elections

President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Yemen's Houthi militants of deliberately trying to drive up oil prices ahead of the US midterm elections and warned that he would "never forget" their attacks on Saudi Arabia, amid a widening regional conflict fueled by the US war with Iran. "The Houthis are behaving very badly," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, accusing the group of resuming attacks at Iran's behest after a period of relative quiet following US strikes in Yemen last year. Trump als...

October 8, 2026 11:58 PM

Trump says US will not attack Iran before midterm elections in November

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US will not launch an attack on Iran before November’s US midterm congressional elections, asserting that the two countries are having “productive” talks about ending the six-month-old war. “We are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “We will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections to be held in the United States on November 3rd.” The war,...

October 4, 2026 5:18 PM

Iran says Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until conditions are met

The Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until seven Iranian conditions set out in a June interim agreement with the US are met, state media reported Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as saying on Sunday. Iran presented a proposal during the UN General Assembly under which the Strait of Hormuz waterway could be reopened and normal maritime passage restored within seven days if the conditions were met, with the US replying to this proposal last week via Qatari intermediaries. "The po...

October 4, 2026 5:06 PM

Iraq says it transported 2 million barrels of crude through Strait of Hormuz

Iraq's state-owned Oil Tanker Company transported 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude aboard a very large crude carrier (VLCC) through the Strait of Hormuz, in what its director general described on Saturday as the company's first such operation in decades. The announcement means the company is transporting the crude through the strait rather than delivering it at the port of Basra, giving state oil marketer SOMO greater flexibility in how and where it sells the crude. The company's director gene...

September 30, 2026 10:49 AM

US forces exit Iraq, emboldening Iran’s proxies and Islamic State

US forces withdraw from their remaining bases in Iraq on Wednesday, raising fears they will leave behind a security vacuum, further embolden Iranian-backed militias and give the resurgent Islamic State group an opening to regroup. The departure, celebrated as a victory by Tehran and its allies, was agreed in 2024 under President Joe Biden and carried out by Donald Trump's administration even as it wages war against Iran, which wields influence in Iraq through proxies. It comes 23 years after U...

September 30, 2026 10:44 AM

US imposes sanctions on 13 tied to Iran weapons procurement

The US government announced fresh sanctions on Tuesday against 13 individuals and entities, including some based in Russia, China, Hong Kong and Pakistan, saying they helped Iran procure weapons and components. The sanctions announced by the Treasury and State departments are part of the Trump administration's effort to isolate Iran economically and force it to negotiate an end to the war that began with a US-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, “Trea...

September 30, 2026 10:29 AM

Trump says he does not know if Iran is going to ‘give up yet’

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not know if Iran is going to "give up yet" but cast the country as doing "very poorly" in its war with the US. DETAILS AND QUOTES: "I don't know if they are going to give up yet but they'll give up," Trump told reporters. "They are doing very poorly," he added. A US blockade has cut Iran's financial lifeline - oil exports, and economic costs of the war have made life tougher for Iranians. Iran's president told the UN General Assembly last we...