Abbas Araghchi
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Iran says 7 oil tankers are on fire or damaged in a key strait as fears grow of a return to war
Iran's government says seven oil tankers have caught fire or were been damaged in the strategic Strait of Hormuz
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Lavrov backs Iran after Trump says Russia doing 'little' for Tehran
Just hours after Trump publicly claimed Russia was doing “little” to help Iran, Moscow reaffirmed its full support for Tehran, with Foreign Minister Lavrov describing Iran's fight as a "just cause." #EuropeNews
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Saudi diplomat says Iran encourages Houthi escalation of attacks on the kingdom
Iran’s government is encouraging the recent escalation in attacks by Tehran-backed Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia, according to a top diplomat for the kingdom
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Saudis and Yemen's Houthi rebels exchange threats to escalate conflict
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition have threatened new strikes on each other, a fresh escalation in the Middle East conflict
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Saudis investigate why defense systems failed to stop deadly Riyadh airport attack
The incident has exposed vulnerabilities in Saudi Arabia's defense system and signaled a dangerous inflection point in an expanding Mideast conflict
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Saudis probe how defense systems failed to stop deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh airport
Saudi Arabia has launched an investigation into how its air defenses failed to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels
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Saudi Arabia further suspends flights after latest deadly Houthi attack on airport
Energy minister says ‘fear has no place in the Saudi lexicon’ as paramilitary group again breaches stretched defences
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Saudi Crown Prince ‘moving between guarded palaces with bunkers’ amid Houthi attacks
The 41-year-old has not been seen in public for almost a week
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Saudi war live: ‘Serious’ threat after rebel group kills 14 at airport
The Houthis claim responsibility for attacks that left more than 300 people wounded
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Iran threatens pre-emptive strikes as US questions who runs Tehran
Iran's army spokesman said Tehran's forces were prepared to strike first "should circumstances require it," while IRGC officials claimed tighter control of Hormuz, and Washington publicly pondered how much authority Pezeshkian and Araghchi actually wielded.
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Hardline Iranian MPs move to impeach foreign minister over US talks
The motion, filed by MPs aligned with the Paydari Front, accuses Araghchi of meeting US envoy Steve Witkoff at the UN General Assembly without authorisation, a claim directly opposed by Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei, who said the talks had prior approval.
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Iran insists it controls Hormuz as rial hits record low and exports dry up
Iran's military insisted it retained full control of Hormuz and the foreign minister said the strait could reopen within seven days if Tehran's conditions were met, after US Treasury Secretary Bessent said Iran had not loaded a single barrel of crude onto tankers in September.
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Iran-US war live: Tehran threatens to keep Hormuz shut until US meets conditions
Iran accused the US of ‘dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands’
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Iran-US war live: Tehran threatens to keep Hormuz shut until US meets conditions
Iran accused the US of ‘dragging out the process and dictating one-sided demands’
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Trump moves 9,000 troops to Middle East after threatening to hit Iran - latest
The US president said the war will end ‘one way or another’
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Iran-US war live: Trump says decision coming very soon on whether to ‘blow up’ Tehran
Trump says the war will end ‘one way or another’
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Iran live: Trump denies offering Tehran sanctions relief to rein in nuclear programme
Trump insists US will win its war in Iran ‘very soon’ as mediators hold fresh round of peace talks in New York
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Mediators are working to broker a US-Iran deal, but major hurdles remain
Officials tell The Associated Press that mediators are working with Iran and the United States on a deal to end fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz
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Iran says it ‘has no plans to negotiate with US’ despite Trump claims – US politics live
Trump had told Axios he expected talks to resume a day after he rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz
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Iran live: Tehran warns of ‘doomsday’ war as Trump rejects roadmap to end conflict
Donald Trump has publicly rejected the seven-day plan and reportedly told staff he expects to resume hostilities after the November midterms
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UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war
Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’
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Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz
US president is said to expect renewed strikes after the midterms
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Iran says it still awaits official US response to Hormuz proposal: Live
Donald Trump has publicly rejected the seven-day plan and reportedly told staff he expects to resume hostilities after the November midterms
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Iran says it will wait for official US response after Trump rejects Strait of Hormuz proposal
The US president earlier said that Tehran only made the proposal to open the strait within seven days because "they're losing so badly".
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Trump rejects Iranian plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Trump's response comes after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that "if the necessary conditions are met, the strait can be reopened, and normal maritime traffic can resume within seven days".
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Trump trolls Iran by renaming the Strait of Hormuz shipping route after himself
The president took to his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Saturday in the latest example of him making up his own name for locations
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Saudi Arabia says it intercepts another Houthi-launched missile, and other Mideast developments
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted another missile blamed on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
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Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz
Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms
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Iran latest: Trump ‘rejects’ seven-day plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz
US president has reportedly told staff he expects to resume hostilities after the November midterms
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Iran offers US deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven days
Asked about the Iranian offer, a US official told the BBC "constructive discussions" were taking place through mediators.
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Iran proposes phased deal to end war
Iran’s foreign minister has proposed a seven-day roadmap to Washington by which Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the US lifts its naval blockade, together with other conditions aimed at ending the war.
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Trump faces tough choices as Iran dangles deal to reopen Hormuz before US midterms
Iran’s seven-day timetable would restart nuclear talks, but will the US be willing to deliver on terms that include reining in Israel in Lebanon?
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FTSE 100 edges up as oil fall offsets bond worry
For the week, the FTSE 100 was up 0.3%.
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Polanski heckled at Jewish community hustings after saying that Zionism is a form of racism – UK politics live
The Green leader, who is Jewish, made the remarks as part of his campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection
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Miliband tells Iran minister UK will not tolerate 'hostile activity' on British soil
The foreign secretary stresses "the UK's unwavering resolve to combat threats from Iranian-linked groups in UK soil, including attacks on the British Jewish community".
