Diplomacy

10/26Saudi defence minister, Pakistan's army chief and Turkey's intelligence chief meet Pezeshkian in Tehran to defuse tensions

Tehran · 1 source

10/24US issues travel warnings for 13 Middle East countries, saying Houthi attacks could "escalate rapidly"

Middle East · 2 sources

10/24Iran's envoy in Islamabad says Tehran remains open to the June interim deal and offered to reopen the strait if the blockade ends

Islamabad · 3 sources

10/23Ministers from Europe, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt meet in Istanbul and urge diplomacy, not new attacks on Iran

Istanbul · 2 sources

10/22European Parliament calls on the EU to list the Houthis as a terrorist group, citing attacks on Gulf states

Brussels · 2 sources

10/21US and Israel have drawn up plans for a short, intensive renewed campaign against Iran after the elections, US media report

Washington · 3 sources

10/21US orders non-emergency staff and families out of Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi attacks; CBS says US forces are thinning out regional posts

Riyadh · 2 sources

10/19Lavrov holds talks in Tehran, his first visit since the war began; Araghchi says Iran sees "no military solution"

Tehran · 2 sources

10/19US Defense Secretary Hegseth meets Netanyahu at Ovda airbase in an unannounced visit amid talk of resuming strikes on Iran

Ovda Airbase · 2 sources

10/18GCC says an attack on any member affects all six and backs Saudi Arabia's right to defend itself against the Houthis

Manama · 2 sources

10/18GCC urges Russia to press Iran to stop attacks on Gulf states, saying more than 7,000 missiles and drones have been fired at them

Manama · 1 source

10/15Gulf-EU summit in Riyadh postponed because of Houthi attacks and the closure of Riyadh airport

Riyadh · 2 sources

10/13MI5 chief says Iran is moving to target "harder targets, like military sites" in Britain

London · 1 source

10/12UK prime minister says the RAF Fairford plot was "almost certainly" directed by the IRGC and sanctions two Iranians

London · 1 source

10/11Iran's foreign minister urges Saudi Arabia to seek a political solution with the Houthis in a call with Prince Faisal

Tehran · 1 source

10/09UN envoy tells the Security Council Yemen has "slid back into full-scale war"

United Nations, New York · 2 sources

10/03Two Iranian nationals charged in the UK over an alleged bomb plot against Jewish targets in Manchester

Manchester · 2 sources

10/01US orders Iran's UN delegation out of New York as indirect talks stall; Iran says it left on schedule

New York · 1 source

10/01UK prime minister says there are strong indications Iran played a part in an alleged plot at RAF Fairford; Iran denies it

RAF Fairford · 1 source

09/30Iran says it has received the US response to its seven-day proposal through Qatar

Doha · 1 source

09/29IRGC issues an open letter urging American voters to reject Trump's policies before the midterms; State Department calls it a smokescreen

Iran · 1 source

09/27UAE confirms Netanyahu met President Mohammed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi; Iran warns of dangerous consequences

Abu Dhabi · 2 sources

09/27Five arrested after a bomb scare near RAF Fairford, a UK base used by US bombers; Iran denies involvement

RAF Fairford · 2 sources

09/26Trump says he rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the strait; WSJ reports he expects to resume bombing after the midterms

Washington, D.C. · 3 sources

09/25UN Security Council condemns continued Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

New York · 1 source

09/24Eighty countries call at the UN for full restoration of navigation in the Gulf

New York · 2 sources

09/22US and Iranian envoys hold three hours of mediated talks in New York, the first since mid-June

New York · 4 sources

09/22G7 foreign ministers urge Iran to stop arming the Houthis and condemn Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia

New York · 2 sources

09/21Iranian state media say the US refused visas to members of Pezeshkian's UN delegation

New York · 1 source

09/19Iran's judiciary says a man was executed for passing information on Isfahan military sites to Mossad

Iran · 1 source

09/17China privately pressed Iran to help rein in the Houthis after a Saudi appeal, Iranian sources tell Reuters

Beijing · 1 source

09/17UN fact-finding mission finds reasonable grounds that the US strike on a Minab primary school was a war crime

Minab · 1 source

09/17Russia and China veto a US draft to extend the UN expert panel monitoring sanctions on Iran

New York · 1 source

09/16US officials met Houthi representatives at the US embassy in Muscat over the weekend, sources tell Reuters

Muscat · 1 source

09/16Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors meet at the State Department and agree to resume talks in October

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

09/14US sanctions Russia's VTB over Iran; Iran says the US blocked its nuclear chief from the IAEA conference in Vienna

Vienna · 2 sources

09/13Oman postpones the Iran-Gulf Hormuz meeting set for 14 September; Pezeshkian says Iran and the UAE agreed to turn the page

Muscat · 2 sources

09/12Bahrain says it will not join any Hormuz meeting with Iran; Pezeshkian meets the UAE crown prince at the BRICS summit in New Delhi

New Delhi · 2 sources

09/12Next round of US-mediated Israel-Lebanon talks postponed to October, a State Department official says

Washington · 1 source

09/11Iran says it will meet Gulf states and Iraq in Oman on 14 September to discuss the Strait of Hormuz

Oman · 1 source

09/10Trump declines Saudi crown prince request for US strikes on the Houthis, Axios reports; about 100 US advisers aid Saudi targeting

United States · 1 source

09/09IAEA board votes 23 to 3 to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over nuclear non-compliance; Iran calls it political

Vienna · 1 source

09/04US, Britain, France and Germany seek an IAEA board resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, diplomats say

Vienna · 1 source

09/03Israel frees five Lebanese civilian detainees via the Red Cross as Beirut helps search for remains of Lebanese Jews

Lebanon · 2 sources

09/02Pakistan says it is still working to bring the US and Iran back to talks; Qatar holds Iran responsible for attacks

Islamabad · 2 sources

09/01Peru severs diplomatic relations with Iran, citing Hormuz shipping restrictions and obstruction of IAEA inspections

Peru · 2 sources

08/31Iranian courts sentence two women to death over the January protests in Isfahan, rights groups say

Isfahan · 1 source

08/27Qatar's prime minister visits Tehran to discuss the Iran-Oman Hormuz corridor framework

Tehran · 1 source

08/25Oman and Iran agree a phased framework for a temporary joint Hormuz shipping corridor and mine clearance

Tehran · 2 sources

08/24Pakistan's army chief holds talks in Tehran on preventing escalation and reopening Hormuz

Tehran · 1 source

08/18France says it will expel two Iranian diplomats after Iran bars two French embassy staff

France · 1 source

08/17US-Iran 60-day memorandum expires without a deal; Iran says it agreed a Hormuz route map with Oman

Strait of Hormuz · 2 sources

08/16Iran executes a man convicted over the January protests, judiciary says

Iran · 1 source

08/12Britain, Italy, Switzerland and Indonesia named as possible contributors to a Hezbollah disarmament verification mechanism

Beirut · 1 source

08/07Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign a joint defence agreement in Makkah

Mecca · 2 sources

08/07Lebanon and Israel agree a shortlist of countries that could send troops to verify Hezbollah disarmament

Rome · 1 source

08/05Iran says it and Oman have agreed the coordinates of a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz

Muscat · 1 source

08/04Draft Iran-Oman arrangement on Hormuz routes said to give Iran temporary control of both shipping lanes

Muscat · 1 source

08/03Iran hangs two men convicted of passing military site coordinates to Israel

Iran · 2 sources

07/29Iraq calls the US-Saudi strikes a flagrant violation of sovereignty; prime minister cancels Riyadh visit

Baghdad · 2 sources

07/28Iran and Oman exchange proposals on managing the Strait of Hormuz; Tehran rejects an equal split of routes

Strait of Hormuz · 2 sources

07/28Trump says he is holding "very friendly negotiations" with Iran as Netanyahu visits the White House; Oman leads mediation

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

07/27UN rights chief says some Israeli violations in Lebanon may amount to war crimes

Beirut · 1 source

07/25Guterres makes the first visit to Syria by a UN chief since 2009 and says violations of its sovereignty must cease

Damascus · 1 source

07/23Iraqi prime minister visits Tehran pledging Iraq will not be used to attack Iran; Guterres urges diplomacy at the Security Council

Tehran · 1 source

07/23US House votes 214-208 to limit Trump's war powers on Iran; a Senate measure fails 47-49

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

07/21Trump meets Lebanon's President Aoun and promises help but gives no timeline for Israeli withdrawal

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

07/19Jordan summons Iran's ambassador as Qatar, the UAE and Lebanon condemn Iranian attacks on Jordan and Kuwait

Amman · 1 source

07/18Iran says it has suspended its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum after the US suspended its own

Tehran · 1 source

07/17China and Pakistan call for an immediate US-Iran ceasefire to save the interim deal

China · 2 sources

07/15Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome end with agreement on the structure of Israeli withdrawal 'pilot zones'

Rome · 2 sources

07/14Iran says the blockade has dismantled the memorandum and threatens to halt all regional energy exports

Tehran · 2 sources

07/13UK bans support for Iran's IRGC under its National Security Act

London · 2 sources

07/11Araghchi holds talks on the strait in Oman without agreement; Mojtaba Khamenei vows revenge

Muscat · 3 sources

07/10Trump notifies Congress that hostilities with Iran resumed on 7 July

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

07/10Trump says Iran asked for talks and the US agreed but the ceasefire is 'OVER'; Iran denies asking; Qatari mediators visit Tehran

Tehran · 3 sources

07/08Trump says the ceasefire with Iran is 'over' but lets negotiators keep talking

Ankara · 2 sources

07/01Indirect US-Iran technical talks held in Doha; Iran says a channel to settle disputes will be set up

Doha · 2 sources

06/30Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Doha; Qatar says they are not there to negotiate with Iran

Doha · 3 sources

06/29Strikes pause as the White House says Witkoff and Kushner will go to Doha; Iran says no meeting at any level

Doha · 3 sources

06/26Israel and Lebanon sign a US-brokered framework agreement in Washington

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

06/23US Senate adopts House-passed Iran war powers resolution in a non-binding rebuke of Trump

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

06/22Burgenstock talks end with a 60-day roadmap to a final deal, a Hormuz hotline and a Lebanon de-confliction cell

Burgenstock · 1 source

06/21US and Iranian delegations open talks at Burgenstock, Switzerland, to negotiate a final deal

Burgenstock · 1 source

06/19Israel and Hezbollah ceasefire set for 4pm after US and Qatari mediation; US-Iran talks in Switzerland called off

Lebanon · 3 sources

06/17US and Iran sign the Islamabad memorandum of understanding electronically, extending the ceasefire for 60 days

Versailles · 2 sources

06/16Trump tells Netanyahu to be more responsible in Lebanon as US-Iran memorandum awaits signing

Evian-les-Bains · 1 source

06/14US and Iran announce a deal to end the war; Pakistan says it will be signed in Switzerland on 19 June

Islamabad · 4 sources

06/12Pakistan says a final agreed text of a US-Iran deal has been reached; Iran says nothing is signed

Islamabad · 2 sources

06/11Trump threatens to take Kharg Island, then cancels planned strikes saying Iran's leadership approved deal terms

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

06/10IAEA board demands Iran give complete information on its enriched uranium and inspector access

Vienna · 1 source

06/08Iran and Israel halt their exchange of fire after about 12 hours under US pressure

Israel · 3 sources

06/07Pakistan's interior minister in Tehran with a letter for the supreme leader; Lebanon's army chief travels to Pakistan

Tehran · 3 sources

06/06US weighs using frozen Iranian assets to pay for damage to Gulf allies, a source tells Reuters

Washington, D.C. · 3 sources

06/04Hezbollah rejects the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, saying it must begin with Israeli withdrawal

Beirut · 2 sources

06/03Israel and Lebanon agree in Washington to implement a ceasefire conditional on Hezbollah halting fire

Washington, D.C. · 3 sources

06/02Fars and Tasnim say Iran's negotiators stopped communicating with mediators; Trump calls the reports false

Tehran · 2 sources

06/01Trump says Israel and Hezbollah agreed to stop attacking each other; strikes in south Lebanon continue

Lebanon · 3 sources

06/01Iranian media say Tehran has suspended message exchanges with the US over Israel's Lebanon offensive

Tehran · 2 sources

05/29Trump meets his national security team on the draft deal and asks for amendments; no decision is announced

Washington · 2 sources

05/29Israeli and Lebanese military delegations meet at the Pentagon in the US-facilitated security track

Arlington · 2 sources

05/28US officials say the US and Iran reached a preliminary deal to extend the truce 60 days, pending Trump's approval

Washington · 3 sources

05/27Iranian state TV airs an unofficial draft deal for joint Iran-Oman management of Hormuz; Trump rejects it

Tehran · 2 sources

05/27Trump says Oman will "behave" or "we will have to blow them up" when asked about joint Iran-Oman control of Hormuz

Washington · 2 sources

05/25Iran's foreign minister, parliament speaker and central bank governor travel to Doha for talks with Qatari mediators

Doha · 2 sources

05/24Bahrain jails nine people for life for "hostile and terrorist acts" in cooperation with Iran's IRGC

Manama · 1 source

05/23France drafts a UN Security Council resolution for an international mission to restore Hormuz shipping

New York · 2 sources

05/23Trump says a US-Iran memorandum of understanding is largely negotiated and will include reopening Hormuz

Washington · 2 sources

05/22EU extends its Iran sanctions framework so it can target people over the Hormuz blockade

Brussels · 1 source

05/22Pakistan's army chief Munir arrives in Tehran for a second mediation visit as a Qatari team holds talks with Iran

Tehran · 1 source

05/21Reuters: two senior Iranian sources say the Supreme Leader directed that highly enriched uranium must not leave Iran

Tehran · 1 source

05/19US Senate advances a war powers resolution on Iran by 50 to 47 in a procedural vote

Washington · 1 source

05/19IAEA chief briefs the UN Security Council on the Barakah strike and warns against attacks on nuclear plants

New York · 1 source

05/18Iran sends its reply to the latest US proposal via Pakistan, seeking frozen assets, sanctions relief and an end to the blockade

Tehran · 2 sources

05/16Pakistan's interior minister arrives in Tehran to help US-Iran talks, days after army chief Munir's visit

Tehran · 1 source

05/15Israel and Lebanon agree to extend their ceasefire by 45 days after US-mediated talks in Washington

Washington · 3 sources

05/15US charges an alleged Kataib Hezbollah leader over at least 18 attacks and plots in Europe, Canada and the US

New York · 2 sources

05/14Trump and Xi discuss Hormuz in Beijing; White House says both agreed the strait must stay open

Beijing · 2 sources

05/14US House rejects a resolution to limit Trump's Iran war powers on a 212-212 tie

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

05/14Third round of direct Israel-Lebanon talks opens at the State Department in Washington

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

05/13Senate rejects a seventh Iran war powers resolution 50-49 as three Republicans break ranks

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

05/12US-Bahrain draft UN resolution on Hormuz navigation gathers 112 co-sponsors

New York · 1 source

05/11Iran executes a 29-year-old man convicted of spying for US and Israeli intelligence

Iran · 1 source

05/11Trump says the ceasefire is on massive life support and calls Iran's reply stupid and garbage

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

05/10Iran sends its reply to the US proposal through Pakistan; Trump calls it totally unacceptable

Islamabad · 2 sources

05/06US and Iran reported close to a one-page memorandum to end the war and open 30 days of talks

Washington, D.C. · 2 sources

05/05Rubio says the US offensive operation against Iran is concluded and the US prefers a deal

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

05/05Iran hangs three men arrested in January protests as the judiciary vows no leniency for the enemy's mercenaries

Mashhad · 1 source

05/02Iran's 14-point reply to a US plan is made public; Trump says he cannot imagine it being acceptable

Islamabad · 2 sources

05/01Trump tells Congress the hostilities with Iran have terminated as the War Powers 60-day mark passes

Washington, D.C. · 1 source

04/29Trump says blockade stays until a nuclear deal; Iranian source threatens 'practical' action; Trump and Putin speak

Washington · 1 source

04/28Gulf leaders meet in Jeddah for first time since the war began; GCC rejects Hormuz closure and transit fees

Jeddah · 2 sources

04/28Guterres warns of worst supply chain disruption since COVID; Bahrain-led statement urges Hormuz reopening

Strait of Hormuz · 1 source

04/27Araghchi meets Putin in St Petersburg; Kremlin says Russia is ready to mediate

Saint Petersburg · 2 sources

04/27Iran reported to propose reopening Hormuz with nuclear talks deferred; Trump meets security team

Washington · 1 source

04/27Bahrain strips 69 people of citizenship for allegedly supporting Iranian attacks

Bahrain · 1 source

04/25Trump cancels Witkoff and Kushner trip to Pakistan, says Iran 'can call us anytime'

Washington · 2 sources

04/25Araghchi meets Oman's sultan; both coastal states agree on expert talks on safe Hormuz transit

Muscat · 2 sources

04/25Araghchi presents Iran's terms in Islamabad and leaves without meeting US officials

Islamabad · 3 sources

04/24UN rights office says Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket fire may breach humanitarian law

Lebanon · 1 source

04/23Israel-Lebanon truce extended by three weeks after White House meeting of ambassadors

Washington · 2 sources

04/22US Senate rejects a fifth war powers resolution on Iran, 46 to 51

Washington · 1 source

04/21Trump extends the US-Iran ceasefire at Pakistan's request and keeps the blockade; Vance trip put on hold

Washington · 2 sources

04/19Iran's IRNA says Tehran sees no basis for a second round of talks while the blockade lasts

Tehran · 2 sources

04/19Iran executes two men convicted of working with Israel's Mossad, judiciary outlet says

Iran · 1 source

04/17France and Britain host summit on a defensive multinational mission for Hormuz

Paris · 1 source

04/16Trump announces 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire from 21:00 GMT

Lebanon · 2 sources

04/16Pakistan army chief Munir meets Iranian leaders in Tehran to push for second round of US talks

Tehran · 2 sources

04/16US House rejects war powers resolution on Iran by one vote, 213 to 214

Washington · 1 source

04/15Mediators seek to extend the US-Iran ceasefire; Pakistan's army chief arrives in Tehran

Tehran · 2 sources

04/14Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors meet at the State Department with Rubio in the highest-level talks between the two

Washington · 2 sources

04/12US-Iran talks in Islamabad end after 21 hours without a deal

Islamabad · 2 sources

04/11Face-to-face US-Iran talks begin in Islamabad, led by Vance and Ghalibaf

Islamabad · 1 source

04/10Iran's 71-member delegation arrives in Islamabad with preconditions on Lebanon and frozen assets

Islamabad · 2 sources

04/09Netanyahu approves direct talks with Lebanon while saying strikes on Hezbollah will continue

Jerusalem · 2 sources

04/07Russia and China veto Bahraini UN Security Council draft on protecting Hormuz shipping

New York · 2 sources

04/07US and Iran agree a two-week ceasefire announced by Pakistan, hours before Trump's deadline

Islamabad · 3 sources

04/06Iran rejects US 15-point plan and sends 10 counter-demands via Pakistan as a 45-day truce plan circulates

Islamabad · 2 sources

04/03Iran rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, a source tells Fars

Iran · 2 sources

04/02About 40 countries at a UK-led meeting call for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen immediately

United Kingdom · 2 sources

03/29Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt meet in Islamabad on ending the war

Islamabad · 1 source

03/28Iran agrees to let 20 Pakistani-flagged ships through Hormuz, two a day, Pakistan's foreign minister says

Strait of Hormuz · 1 source

03/25Iran confirms receiving a US 15-point plan via Pakistan and calls it maximalist; oil falls more than 9 percent

Islamabad · 3 sources

03/24Pakistan offers to host US-Iran talks; Iran says it received US messages through friendly countries

Islamabad · 1 source

03/23Trump postpones strikes on Iran's power plants for five days, citing productive talks; Iran denies any negotiations

Washington · 2 sources

03/15Iran's foreign minister publicly rules out a ceasefire or talks with the US

Iran · 2 sources

03/11UN Security Council adopts resolution condemning Iran's attacks on Gulf states and Jordan

United Nations headquarters, New York · 4 sources

03/05US House rejects Iran war powers resolution by 219 to 212

Washington · 2 sources