Chancellor Merz: I had a good phone call with @POTUS Donald Trump on his way back from China. We agree: Iran must come to the negotiating table now. It must open the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran must not be allowed to have nuclear weapons
Araghchi: The United States cannot achieve its goals through military action, and the situation would be different if diplomacy were pursued.
Iranian Foreign Minister: The United States has tested us twice and realized that there are no military solutions to the issues concerning us.
Reuters, citing security sources: A drone targeted a headquarters of the Iranian opposition north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Lavrov: To address the crisis regarding Iran, it is necessary to understand the root cause of the crisis, namely the unjustified American-Israeli aggression.
Lavrov: Western intervention, whether military or through regime change, further complicates the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.
The UAE is accelerating plans to double its crude export capacity from Fujairah, increasing it to around 3-3.5mn barrels in 24 hours. The UAE’s West-East Pipeline project is expected to become operational in 2027
China's Foreign Ministry announced regarding Iran: "Now that the dialogue has been opened, it should not be closed again, and solutions must be found through negotiations that take into account the concerns of all parties involved on issues such as Iran's nuclear program."
The FBI said on Thursday it was offering a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Monica Witt, a former US counterintelligence agent charged with espionage for Iran
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 28 km NNW of Bardsīr, Iran
British maritime authority: Ship seized near the Strait of Hormuz and taken to Iranian waters
UK Maritime Trade Operations: We received a report of an incident 38 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah
Araghchi: The Strait of Hormuz is open to all commercial vessels from our perspective, but they must cooperate with our naval forces.
Yonhap News Agency, quoting a South Korean official: We will take diplomatic action as soon as we identify who attacked the cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz.
Possibility low that actor other than Iran attacked South Korean vessel in Strait of Hormuz: senior Seoul official
1 day agoThe UAE denies that Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the war with Iran, which was stated by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office
Reuters, citing security sources: A drone strike targeted an Iranian opposition camp north of Erbil in Iraq.
The Prime Minister's Office confirms that, in the midst of Operation Roaring Lion, Benjamin Netanyahu made a secret trip to the UAE, where he met with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The covert visit reportedly led to a historic breakthrough in Israel–UAE relations
The head of Mossad visited the UAE at least twice during the Iran bombing campaign for the purpose of coordination about the war: WSJ
2 day agoQatar’s energy minister says it doesn’t have plans to export any more LNG via Hormuz beyond the two that left this last week Via Energy Intelligence
Fars News Agency, quoting a source: Tehran believes that without the implementation of its five conditions, there will be no possibility of entering into new negotiations.
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry: The Iranian ambassador was summoned and handed a protest note following the infiltration of a group from the Revolutionary Guard onto Bubiyan Island.
Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman: Any new aggression by the will be met with an immediate, decisive, and firm response.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi will travel to India to attend the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting, the Foreign Ministry says
Tehran warns of 90% uranium enrichment if attacked again by US, Israel
Pakistan refuted a @CBSNews report on the presence of Iranian aircraft at its NurKhanAirbase near Islamabad, calling it misleading and sensationalized. The foreign ministry expressed concern that such narratives could be intended to undermine efforts to resolve the US-Iran conflict
Pakistan "quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park in its country, potentially shielding them from US airstrikes" - @CBSNews
The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed new sanctions related to the Islamic Republic
US President Donald Trump says he is “very disappointed in the Kurds” as he accuses Kurdish groups of failing to provide weapons to Iranian protesters
Trump: "They were unarmed protesters. Not at all violent protesters. And they started shooting them."
