Iran, Holding Firm to Hormuz, Pushes for Return to June MOU

The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s best leverage to get Washington to release Iran’s frozen assets, lift economic sanctions and end its naval blockade.

By Steven Erlanger

Iran Talks Offer Little Relief for Hormuz Shipping

Iran and Oman are still discussing a temporary arrangement for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but attacks on regional energy infrastructure and major disagreements over transit rules are complicating negotiations. Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Skylar Woodhouse and Bloomberg News Middle East Correspondent Abeer Abu Omar join Bloomberg This Weekend and explain to hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that even with an agreement, shipowners and traders expect it could take we...

Middle East crisis live: Hormuz will stay closed until US ‘accepts all our conditions’, say Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

IRGC says strait is ‘a theatre of war for us and not just a waterway’ Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp said they will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States meets Tehran’s conditions, including compensation for war damages. The IRGC said their strategy was to maintain the closure “until the enemy accepts all our conditions ... the strait is now actually a theatre of war for us and not just a waterway”. Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian has said he believes now is the best t...

By Hayden Vernon

Haunted by Hoover, Trump searches for an endgame in Iran

President Trump is confronting a question that has haunted presidents throughout history: how a war - that has gone on longer than predicted - can reshape a presidency.

By Franco Ordoñez

War on Iran: Phase II: Day 29

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain restricted unless the US meets a series of demands.

Trump says US is ‘low-keying it’ with Iran, stresses economic pain

US President Donald Trump signalled on Sunday he is prepared to let economic pressure mount against Iran, apparently backing away from ordering more military strikes even as Tehran issues tough demands. “We are low-keying it,” Trump said, according to the news outlet Axios, which said it spoke to him in a brief phone call. Only a week ago Trump made the latest of his series of threats to hit Iran hard, only to back off, as he presses for a deal to end the war he started along with Israel on...

By Agence France-Presse

Iran vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed until US meets demands

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets Tehran’s demands, including an end to sanctions and compensation for war damage. The blockade of the crucial energy route has rattled markets and pushed up prices, while President Donald Trump said he was taking a low-key approach to negotiations with Iran.

By FRANCE 24

No more strikes on Iran? Trump says US going 'low key', stresses economic pressure

By TOI WORLD DESK

Trump wants to end clock changes, but senate may miss Nov. 1 deadline

Trump wants to end clock changes with permanent daylight saving time, but the Senate may not act before Nov. 1, leaving the fall clock change in place.

Trump ready to end Iran war without nuclear deal on one condition: Report

"We're Low-Keying It": Trump On US-Iran Negotiations

"We are low-keying it," Trump said, according to the news outlet Axios, which said it spoke to him in a brief phone call.

Trump: US ‘only semi-negotiating’ with Iran, observing impact of economic pressure - report

"We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money," Trump told Axios.

Iran says Oman deal is in ‘final stages’ but US must act to open Hormuz

Iran said on Sunday that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages but reiterated that the strait would only reopen once the United States met other conditions. A United States official told Reuters on Friday that an agreement between Iran and Oman was close […]

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By Alexis Mikulski Ruiz

Iran nears Oman deal, sets out demands for US to reopen Hormuz

Iran said Sunday that it was closing in on a deal with Oman to establish new shipping lanes through Hormuz, but repeated that the strategic waterway would reopen only after the U.S...

Strait of Hormuz can only reopen if US withdraws all troops, Iran says - The Brussels Times

Strait of Hormuz can only reopen if US withdraws all troops, Iran says  The Brussels Times

Iran won’t reopen Hormuz until US meets all conditions — Revolutionary Guards

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards state they will not reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz until the US meets all conditions, including war compensation. Read More: https://punchng.com/iran-wont-reopen-hormuz-until-us-meets-all-conditions-revolutionary-guards/

By Punch Newspapers

A new order in West Asia  

Kayhan, in a commentary, has pointed out when the war will end. The reality is that the Islamic Republic of Iran has shown it can close the Strait of Hormuz in a way that even the world's strongest army has been unable to reopen this vital waterway to ships.

U.S. and Latvia show off HIMARS mobile rocket system / Article - Latvian Public Media

U.S. and Latvia show off HIMARS mobile rocket system / Article  Latvian Public Media