U.S. President Donald Trump recently told his advisers that he did not object to Vice President JD Vance's efforts to resume direct talks with Tehran on resolving the conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Iran will not hesitate to hit U.S. military bases in European countries if planes take off from them to attack Iranian territory, said Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic, Mohsen Rezaei.
The language of ultimatums to Iran will not yield the desired result for the United States and will complicate the situation in the region, Minister-Counselor at the Iranian Embassy in Russia Afshin Parchizadeh said.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 0.2% to $91.71 a barrel, while US benchmark crude WTI gained 0.1% to $86.12 in late-morning trading, as hopes of de-escalation in the Iran war were tempered by continued attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, keeping investors on edge.
A tanker was involved in an incident in the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center said late Tuesday, citing military authorities.
U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio has warned that Iran could lose almost all its oil revenue as U.S. sanctions and efforts to block Iranian oil shipments intensify, saying the economic pressure on Tehran would become “even worse”.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. economic sanctions and naval blockade are working so well that U.S. President Donald Trump does not need to conduct major combat operations against Iran.
Russia hopes that the United States will not take further military action against Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
Saudi Arabia’s main shipping firm is sending some tankers through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the U.S. military, Bloomberg reported.
The monthly tally of laden liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers exiting the Strait of Hormuz reached its highest in October since the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted shipping this year, vessel tracking data showed.
The phased withdrawal of Turkish forces from the Bashiqa-Zelikan military camp in northern Nineveh province will begin this month, with the base expected to be fully transferred to Iraqi security forces by the end of the year, spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces Sabah al-Numan said.
The conflict with Iran is rapidly nearing an end, but the United States wants a long-term solution that takes its allies’ interests into account, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Iran does not intend to meet with the United States in Doha until Washington takes practical steps to meet its seven conditions, a senior Iranian security official said, commenting on media reports on the upcoming talks between Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei and U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Qatar.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has informed that he conveyed his concerns over the resumption of the U.S.-Iran war in his recent conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump, stressing Ankara’s continued engagement with both sides to prevent escalation in the region.
No progress has been made at the U.S.-Iran talks, and the two sides are not close to any breakthrough there, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before flying for a G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Paris.
Oil prices fell on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed the likelihood of renewed strikes on Iran, though attacks on ships near the Strait of Hormuz kept supply concerns in focus.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that a new task force is in place to disrupt land routes into Iran that the US military says are used for shipments of weapons and illicit materials.
After weeks of rumors that the U.S. and Israel were preparing new strikes on Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "highly unlikely" that he would order a new escalation as the Iranians "want to make a deal so badly."
An administrative building belonging to the Saudi national oil company, Saudi Aramco, in Riyadh has sustained minor damage in an attack, with no casualties reported, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Energy reported.
Three tankers exploded early this morning and are now engulfed in a major fire in the Strait of Hormuz along a route not authorized by Iran, the public relations department of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported.
