September 2026

The Lebanese army said a blast near Nabatieh al-Fawqa wounded a soldier and three civilians, first blaming an Israeli strike and later a suspicious object. ^[1] US-led coalition forces completed their withdrawal from Iraq, which President Trump called a victory and Iran called a victory for its axis of resistance. ^[1] Iran said it had received the US response, delivered by Qatar, to its proposal to reopen the strait within seven days, and Trump said the time had come to decide between a deal and military action. ^[1] The EU Aviation Safety Agency renewed its advice for airlines not to operate in Iranian or Iraqi airspace or most Lebanese airspace, issued an advisory on Saudi airspace and recommended avoiding Jordanian airspace. ^[1][2][3][4]

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Iran's rial fell to a record low above 2.5 million to the dollar, and AP reported that some medicines had more than tripled in price as the US naval blockade cut off sea shipments of medicines. ^[1] UKMTO said a crude oil tanker was struck by an unknown projectile, with no damage or casualties reported. ^[1] Yemen's recognised government said 2,316 Houthi fighters were killed or wounded in three days of fighting, a figure Asharq Al-Awsat did not verify. The IRGC published an open letter urging American voters to reject Trump's policies, which the State Department called a desperate effort to lie to Americans, and the US Treasury sanctioned ten people and entities it accuses of procuring weapons components for Iran's military. ^[1][2] Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said no infrastructure would remain safe if Iran's security was not guaranteed.

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Yemen's government-aligned forces said they carried out 356 strikes on Houthi positions in 24 hours, and the Houthis said Saudi strikes on Taiz, Saada and Hajjah killed or wounded civilians; neither side's figures were independently verified. ^[1] UKMTO said a vessel was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, starting a fire that was put out, with the crew safe. ^[1] The IDF said it had completed a weeks-long operation in Mansouri, south Lebanon, destroying more than 600 Hezbollah sites, figures that are its own. ^[1] Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said Iranian forces had pushed enemy forces from the waters off southern Iran back to the Arabian Sea.

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The Houthi-run health ministry said a strike on a market in Taiz province killed seven people and injured 40, including children, figures not independently verified. ^[1] The IRGC navy said it seized a US underwater drone in the Strait of Hormuz, a claim disputed by US Central Command, which said it had positive control of all its drones. ^[1] The IDF said Hezbollah fired an explosive drone at its troops in south Lebanon without causing injuries and that it struck launch posts in response. ^[1] UK police arrested five men after a bomb scare near RAF Fairford, a base the US uses in its campaign against Iran, and Iran's embassy in London rejected any involvement. ^[1] The UAE confirmed that President Mohammed bin Zayed met Prime Minister Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi, and President Trump said he expected negotiations with Iran to restart within the week. ^[1]

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The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted two Houthi drones launched toward Riyadh, and the IDF said it struck a Hezbollah weapons store in the Sejoud area of south Lebanon. ^[1][2] President Trump said he rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the strait, and the Wall Street Journal reported he expected to resume bombing Iran after the November midterm elections. ^[1] President Pezeshkian said Qatar and Pakistan were still relaying messages but that Iran no longer had faith in Washington. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Turkey and Oman had halted Mahan Air flights and that major banks in Turkey and the UAE had stopped transactions with Iran. ^[1]

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Lebanon's health ministry put its toll since 2 March at 4,386 killed and 12,413 injured, and the US Defense Department's count of US service members killed in the CENTCOM area stood at 19. ^[1][2][3] The UN Security Council condemned continued Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, including on civilian and energy infrastructure. ^[1] Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran had offered Washington, through Qatar, a plan under which the Strait of Hormuz could reopen within seven days if its conditions were met. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the UN General Assembly that recovering territory from Israeli occupation was an existential challenge and called for no weapons outside the state.

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The IRGC said the head of its base in Saravan, Brig Gen Hossein Zarifi, was killed in clashes with gunmen, and IRNA said five gunmen were killed. ^[1] The Saudi-led coalition said it shot down six Houthi ballistic missiles fired at Taif and Yanbu, and Yemen's government said it repelled Houthi attacks on the Hejat al-Abd pass on the supply route to Aden. ^[1][2] Kpler counted 10 commodity vessels crossing the strait on 23 September, while a US official said about 60 passed, figures Reuters could not verify, so the count is disputed. ^[1] Eighty countries called at the UN for the full restoration of navigation in the Gulf, and the UAE suspended all flights by Iranian airlines, citing US sanctions. ^[1][2] The US agreed to hand its diplomatic support centre at Baghdad airport to Iraq ahead of the 30 September troop exit, and Prime Minister Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly that striking Iran's nuclear facilities was one of the easiest decisions he had made. ^[1]

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An Indian seafarer was killed when a projectile set the cargo ship Cape Dao ablaze off Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, Oman and India said; no party claimed the attack. ^[1] AP, citing 10 officials and soldiers, reported that IRGC personnel helped the Houthis seize Yemen's Red Sea coast earlier in the month. ^[1] The US Defense Department's count of wounded US service members in the CENTCOM area stood at 861. ^[1] The UAE central bank barred Iran's Bank Melli from operating in the country. ^[1] At the UN General Assembly, President Pezeshkian said Iran would not pursue nuclear weapons but would not give up civilian enrichment, and Mohsen Rezaei said Iran could paralyse airports in neighbouring countries that stopped Iranian flights.

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Separate tallies from both sides put the dead at 154 in two days of fighting in Yemen's Taiz, al-Jawf, Marib and Saada governorates. ^[1] US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks in New York through Qatari mediators, and President Trump said the session lasted three hours and went very well. ^[1] A senior Iranian official told Reuters Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington lifted its blockade, while Trump told the UN General Assembly he believed a deal would be made right after the US midterm election. Saudi Arabia restarted its East-West pipeline at a low rate, three sources told Reuters. ^[1] G7 foreign ministers urged Iran to stop arming the Houthis, and Iranian officials said Baghdad and Muscat airports would stop accepting Iranian flights as expanded US aviation sanctions took effect. ^[1][2]

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The International Organization for Migration said nearly 130,000 people had been displaced across seven Yemeni governorates by the Houthi advance. ^[1] The tanker LR Stephanie was struck by a projectile entering the Strait of Hormuz, slightly injuring two crew, and Kpler data showed only two commodity vessels crossed that day. ^[1] The IRGC said it destroyed a US MQ-1 drone over the strait, with no US confirmation, and IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said Iran would change the geography of the war if the US escalated. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the RAF would refuel Saudi aircraft for a few weeks to help counter Houthi attacks. ^[1] Iranian state media said the US refused visas to members of President Pezeshkian's UN delegation. ^[1]

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The LPG tanker Al Maryah was struck while outbound from the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported, with responsibility unconfirmed and no casualties reported. ^[1] Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran would not reopen the strait until its conditions were met, and Iran's central military command said the US was preparing to resume actions against Iran.

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Greenpeace said satellite images showed five major oil slicks in the Strait of Hormuz, one near Oman's Musandam National Park and another near Iran's Minab River Delta. ^[1] Saudi civil defence issued the first air raid alerts for Riyadh since the Yemen fighting resumed in July, and the Saudi-led coalition said a Houthi ballistic missile fired at the capital was destroyed. ^[1] The IDF said a Hezbollah roadside bomb lightly wounded two soldiers in south Lebanon and that it struck Hezbollah sites in response. ^[1] US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper said US forces had assisted more than 2,000 commercial transits through the strait, figures not independently verified. ^[1] Mohsen Rezaei said Iran had given mediators Qatar and Pakistan three conditions for talks with the US, and Iran's judiciary said a man convicted of spying for Israel had been executed. ^[2]

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Clashes between Iranian security forces and gunmen were reported in Zahedan, and an IRGC-affiliated channel said three militants were killed. ^[1] The Washington Post reported at least 22 US military deaths in the war, four more than the Pentagon's public database shows, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called a lie, so the figure is disputed. ^[1] The Houthis said Saudi aircraft carried out 26 strikes on areas they hold in the previous 24 hours. ^[1] A state-organised march in Tehran drew hundreds of thousands, AP reported, as part of a mass mobilisation campaign. ^[1]

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A UN fact-finding mission said it had reasonable grounds to believe the US strike on a Minab primary school in February, which Iranian officials say killed more than 150 people, was a war crime. ^[1] Lebanon's health ministry put its toll since 2 March at 4,386 killed and 12,407 injured, and Saudi state TV said a drone intercepted over Taif killed one person and injured two. ^[1][2][3] The IMO said it had verified 80 attacks on shipping around the Strait of Hormuz since 28 February, with at least 22 seafarers killed, and the charterer of the Hercules Star said a second crew member had been found dead. ^[1][2] The IRGC navy said it struck a Togo-flagged tanker attempting what it called an illegal passage through the strait, and UKMTO said the crew were safe. ^[1] Russia and China vetoed a US draft to extend the UN expert panel monitoring sanctions on Iran, and President Trump said he faced a big decision on whether to annihilate the Iranian government. ^[1]

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Images given to CBS News showed heavy damage at US facilities in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait from Iranian strikes, and Fox News reported that Iranian drones and a missile caused minor injuries on a US-contracted vessel near the strait. ^[1] The Saudi-led coalition said it downed a Houthi drone heading for Mecca, which the Houthis denied launching, so the incident is disputed. ^[1] The Houthis claimed attacks on a Khamis Mushait air base and Aramco sites at Yanbu and said they downed a Saudi F-15, claims not independently confirmed. ^[1] Sources told Reuters two pumping stations on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline were damaged, while US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said about 18 million barrels had left the Gulf the day before. ^[1] US officials met a Houthi delegation in Muscat, sources told Reuters, and the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors met at the State Department and agreed to resume talks in October. ^[1][2]

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UNHCR said more than 100,000 people had been displaced by fighting on Yemen's western coast, and the UN said about 340,000 people remained displaced in Lebanon. ^[1][2] Oman towed the damaged tanker El Gaia toward port with two crew still missing, as Iran and the US gave conflicting accounts of the attack. ^[1] The Houthis claimed a large attack on King Khalid Air Base, the Saudi-led coalition vowed a firm response, and two military sources said a Houthi strike killed eight government soldiers in western Yemen. ^[1] The Congressional Budget Office estimated the war had cost the US $38 billion through 1 August, rising by $3 billion a month. ^[1] Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said there would be no talks until Iran's conditions were met, and a Qatari official warned that closing Bab el-Mandeb on top of the Hormuz blockade would be catastrophic.

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WHO reported about 77,789 people displaced in Yemen since 3 September and 333,144 in Lebanon, and carried Iranian authorities' figures of 3,375 killed and 33,806 injured in the war. ^[1][2][3][4] The Saudi-led coalition said Houthi attacks on Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif injured 13 civilians. ^[1] A US drone destroyed two boats that a US official said the IRGC used in an attempt to seize a US unmanned surface vessel, while Iranian media said fishing boats were hit and fishermen were missing. ^[1] Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority listed 77 vessels as non-compliant with its passage rules and warned their insurers, as oil loadings at Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port were suspended, shipping sources told Reuters. ^[1][2] President Trump wrote that Iran wanted to make a deal and that the US was open to engaging.

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Qeshm's governor said a strike on an Iranian commercial vessel off Qeshm and Hengam islands killed one person and wounded three; no party claimed it. ^[1] Lebanon's National News Agency said Israeli jets struck near Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Tel al-Dabsha, with no immediate reports of casualties. ^[1] Houthi media reported two Saudi strikes on Saada and artillery fire on the border district of Monabbih, reports that were not independently confirmed. ^[1] Oman postponed the Iran-Gulf meeting on the Strait of Hormuz set for 14 September, and President Pezeshkian said Iran and the UAE had agreed to turn the page. ^[1]

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Yemeni government forces said they had begun shelling parts of Mokha, from which many residents had fled to Aden, and Saudi civil defence said a Houthi projectile wounded two people and damaged a mosque in Jazan. ^[1][2] The tanker El Gaia was set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz with two crew missing, Oman said; the IRGC said it hit mines, while US Central Command said an Iranian drone struck it, so the cause is disputed. ^[1] Iranian state media said three security personnel and four gunmen were killed in clashes in Saravan, Sistan-Baluchestan. ^[1] Iraq said the drones that struck Saudi Arabia came from its territory, closed three border crossings with Iran and dismissed its Maysan commander, while President Trump said Iran was probably responsible for the pipeline attack. ^[1] Bahrain said it would not join any Hormuz meeting with Iran, and a State Department official said the next round of US-mediated Israel-Lebanon talks was postponed to October. ^[1][2]

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The International Organization for Migration said at least 46,000 people had been displaced in southwestern Yemen since fighting escalated the previous week. ^[1] The Houthis took Perim island and the Hanish islands after government forces withdrew, and a government military official said they now held Yemen's entire Red Sea coast. ^[1] Iran said it would meet Gulf states and Iraq in Oman on 14 September to discuss the Strait of Hormuz. ^[1] Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao said Iran had struck Naval Support Activity Bahrain, and President Trump, marking 25 years since the 11 September attacks, tied the Iran war to that vow.

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Lebanon's health ministry put the toll since 2 March at 4,383 killed and 12,406 injured. ^[1][2] Drones from Iraq struck Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline, its main route around the closed Strait of Hormuz, and the line was shut as a precaution, the Saudi energy and foreign ministries said. ^[1] Houthi forces took the Red Sea port city of Mokha near Bab al-Mandab, three Yemeni government sources told Reuters. ^[1] The IDF said it used more than 1,100 tonnes of explosives to demolish Hezbollah tunnels beneath Ali Taher Ridge, and the US Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 4.1 tremor. ^[1] UKMTO said four unknown projectiles hit two vessels west of Khasab, setting one on fire, and Axios reported that President Trump declined a Saudi request for US strikes on the Houthis. ^[1][2]

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A strike on the tanker Hercules Star off Dubai killed one crew member and left one missing, its charterer said, as UKMTO reported several merchant ships hit by disabling fire in the northern Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. ^[1] The IAEA board voted 23 to three, with eight abstentions, to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over nuclear non-compliance, and Iran called the vote political. ^[1] The IRGC said a maritime restricted zone would run from Chabahar into the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, while US Central Command called IRGC claims of hitting two US destroyers completely false. ^[1] The Houthis reported dozens of Saudi airstrikes across Yemen, and an AFP tally put deaths in the Yemen fighting since 3 September at more than 500, mostly combatants. ^[1] Brent crude rose above $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks, AP reported, and President Trump said the war would end immediately after the 3 November midterm elections. ^[1]

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Houthi attacks on southern Saudi Arabia wounded 73 people and set energy facilities on fire, the Saudi foreign and energy ministries said, while Houthi health authorities said Saudi strikes in northern Yemen killed or wounded 14. ^[1][2] Jordan said it destroyed 18 of 20 ballistic missiles fired from Iran; CBS News reported US aircraft were damaged at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, which President Trump denied, so the damage is disputed. ^[1] US Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian tankers after the IRGC twice targeted a US warship with ballistic missiles, and the IRGC said it then attacked two US vessels and eight tankers, a claim not independently confirmed. ^[1] The Qatari LNG tanker Al Marrouna crossed the Strait of Hormuz, the first LNG carrier to pass since July, Bloomberg reported. ^[1] The US Treasury sanctioned 36 targets for supporting Iran's aviation sector, including 27 Iranian airlines, and suspended Iran licences for bunkering, emergency ship repairs and overflight payments. ^[1][2]

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Israeli strikes on Kfar Reman killed 11 people, including two children and two paramedics, Lebanon's National News Agency said. ^[1] Oman said it evacuated 16 crew from the Saudi tanker Sidr, which it said Iran had attacked. ^[1] The IDF said a Hezbollah gunman lightly wounded two Israeli soldiers near Beaufort Castle before troops killed him. ^[1] The Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of airstrikes in four Yemeni provinces and said they shot down a Saudi reconnaissance aircraft over Jawf, claims AP could not verify. ^[1] IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called the lack of contact with Iran regrettable as a draft to refer Iran to the UN Security Council circulated, and Iran's foreign ministry warned South Korea against any military deployment in the Gulf.

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Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes in the Nabatieh area killed four people and wounded 20, and Lebanese media reported three more killed; the IDF said it hit a Hezbollah command centre in the disused Ghandour Hospital, and WHO recorded an attack affecting a health facility in El Nabatiyeh. ^[1][2] President Joseph Aoun said the strikes reached state institutions and health facilities and urged the US to act. ^[1] Iran raised gasoline prices for drivers using more than 110 litres a month, with the government spokesperson citing current conditions. ^[1] Commodity traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to its lowest 10-day average since May, Reuters reported, citing Kpler data. ^[1] Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would soon announce a prohibited zone starting at the US blockade line, and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said any attack on Iran's interests would meet a faster, heavier response.

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Fighting between Yemen's government forces and the Houthis killed more than 60 people, AFP reported, including six civilians on a bus in Taiz, according to a medical source. ^[1] Iran fired ballistic missiles at two US warships; US Central Command said both evaded the attack and no personnel were harmed, while the IRGC claimed both were damaged, which is disputed. ^[1] CENTCOM said it then disabled two Iranian tankers, off Kharg Island and near Jask, and destroyed a third in the Gulf of Oman. ^[1] The IRGC navy said it targeted three tankers using what it called unauthorised routes in the Strait of Hormuz and three US vessels, with no US confirmation. ^[1] Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya command warned that strikes on US vessels would become more severe if the naval blockade continued.

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More than 340,000 people remained displaced in Lebanon, Reuters reported, and the UN said damage to schools could jeopardise the school year for at least 100,000 children. ^[1] Israeli strikes in south and east Lebanon killed at least five people, including two men on a motorcycle in Nabatieh, according to Lebanon's National News Agency and health ministry; WHO separately recorded an attack affecting health transport and health workers in Rmadiye. ^[1][2] The US, Britain, France and Germany were seeking an IAEA board resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council, diplomats told Reuters. ^[1] US diesel reached a record average of $5.85 a gallon, the AAA said, as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz stayed low. ^[1] The US Treasury sanctioned three Turkey-based Golden Global firms over Iran links. ^[1]

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Houthi forces launched a ground offensive near Mokha and Taiz toward Bab al-Mandab, and an AFP tally from several sources reached 129 dead by 4 September, including at least one civilian. ^[1] Iran's army said it struck Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base in Kuwait and Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE, and Kuwait said its air defences intercepted the missiles and drones. ^[1] The IDF said it had taken control of a Hezbollah underground facility beneath Ali Taher Ridge near Nabatieh; Hezbollah did not confirm losing the ridge. ^[1] Israel began freeing five Lebanese civilian detainees through the Red Cross after Lebanon helped search for the remains of Lebanese Jewish community figures. ^[1] Vice President JD Vance said the US would not talk to Iran until it stopped shooting at commercial shipping, and IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi said the Sirik wedding deaths would be avenged.

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Iran's health ministry said the US strikes of the past four days had killed 18 people, including one child, and injured 142, among them 44 children. ^[1][2][3][4] Lebanon's National News Agency said an Israeli drone strike in Nabatieh killed one person, after the IDF said Hezbollah launched drones at its troops on Ali Taher Ridge. ^[1] Iranian border guards seized a vessel carrying 382,000 litres of fuel in the northern Gulf and detained its 11 foreign crew, state broadcaster IRIB said. ^[1] Iran's rial fell to a record low of more than 2.2 million to the dollar, according to tracking websites cited by Reuters. ^[1] Pakistan said it was still working to bring the US and Iran back to talks, while Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the US would face a new Iranian strategy. ^[1]

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The Iranian Red Crescent said a US strike on a wedding in Sirik County, Hormozgan province, killed four people including a child and wounded more than 50; Iran called it a war crime, while US Central Command said the US military never targets civilians, so the account is disputed. ^[1] Iran's health minister said the US strikes of 1 September killed 18 people and wounded 108 across the country, a toll that mixes military and civilian dead. ^[1] According to US Central Command, its forces struck IRGC air defence, radar, maritime, mine-laying and communications sites along the Strait of Hormuz and in southern Iran. ^[1] Iran fired missiles and drones at US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, the UAE and Erbil, and Jordan said it intercepted 10 of 13 missiles; the IRGC's claim of heavy US casualties is disputed, as two US officials told Reuters initial assessments found none. ^[1] Peru cut diplomatic relations with Iran, and President Pezeshkian said Iran was ready to return to the June ceasefire if Washington abided by its terms. ^[1]

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