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

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

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09/08US Treasury suspends Iran licences for bunkering, emergency ship repairs and overflight payments

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08/11EIA raises its third-quarter Brent forecast to $85 as it assumes Hormuz disruption lasts through August

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08/07US Treasury sanctions seven entities and five people in Iran's shadow banking networks

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05/29US Treasury sanctions firms, vessels and Hong Kong entities tied to Iranian oil and petrochemical sales

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

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

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05/28US Treasury sanctions Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority and warns it will target anyone facilitating Hormuz tolls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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04/24US sanctions Chinese refiner Hengli and about 40 shadow-fleet firms and vessels over Iranian oil

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

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

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

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

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

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

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03/20US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil already loaded on tankers to ease fuel prices

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03/19US approves $16bn in arms sales to UAE and Kuwait and issues a 60-day Jones Act waiver

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03/17US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigns in protest at the war

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03/06Trump says there will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender

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

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10/16US sets 500% duty on Russian goods and 100% on top buyers of Russian oil under the Graham Act, then waives them (Executive Order 14436)

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02/06US lifts the 25% Russian-oil tariff on India from 7 February 2026 (Executive Order 14384)

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10/22US sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies, its first new Russia sanctions of 2025

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10/17Trump tells Zelensky at the White House he hopes to end the war without supplying Tomahawk missiles

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10/16After a call with Putin, Trump announces a planned summit in Budapest; it is shelved five days later

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08/18Zelensky and seven European leaders meet Trump at the White House on security guarantees

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08/06US imposes extra 25% tariff on Indian goods over purchases of Russian oil (Executive Order 14329)

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07/01United States pauses some weapons shipments to Ukraine after a Pentagon stockpile review

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07/10NATO summit declares Ukraine's membership path irreversible and sets a 40 billion euro aid baseline

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02/24US imposes 200% tariff on Russian aluminium (Proclamation 10522)

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06/27US raises duties to 35% on certain Russian goods (Proclamation 10420)

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03/08US bans imports of Russian crude oil, fuels, LNG and coal (Executive Order 14066)

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