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  Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart following a meeting in Baghdad on June 28, 2026; illustrative (photo credit: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images) Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran had seen an initial reaction from US President Donald Trump to its proposal but had yet to receive a response through mediators. Iran was waiting for the mediators to convey the definitive US position and would make a decision based on it, Araghchi added. On Saturday, Trump told reporters outside the White House that he had rejected Iran's seven-day proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz.

  Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives during the 81st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN Headquarters on September 22, 2026 in New York City. (photo credit: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) Iran has offered the United States a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday Araghchi added that this deal would build on June's Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries and would be implemented only if certain conditions were met. “I think it would be much better if it is done before the midterm election , but it depends on the US administration to decide," Araghchi said, adding that Iran didn't care about the timing and was in no hurry.

  Fallen soldiers Ofek Moalem, 23, and Nadav Kali, 24, are pictured following the IDF announcement of their death in the Gaza Strip. Announcement dated September 25, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) Two IDF soldiers were killed when a drone that they were operating landed and exploded within their military outpost in the northern Gaza Strip , the military said on Friday. The  The two soldiers were operating the drone when it crashed; they went to investigate the crash site, and the drone exploded, 99th Division Chief Brig.-Gen. Elad Tzuri said. The two soldiers were operating the drone when it crashed; they went to investigate the crash site, and the drone exploded, 99th Division Chief Brig.-Gen. Elad Tzuri said. The soldiers who were reservists serving as part of the 16th Brigade, were initially evacuated to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon but were pronounced dead, 99th Division Chief Brig.-Gen. Elad Tzuri said. The two soldiers were Maj. (Res.) Nadav Kali,...

  A ground controller directs an airliner on the apron on August 29, 2015 at the international airport of the city of Najaf as Iraqis are heading to Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca. (photo credit: HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP via Getty Images) Iraq's Najaf International Airport has suspended all flights to and from Iran starting on Friday, the state news agency reported. Two sources told Reuters earlier that Iraq was discussing diverting Iranian flights from Baghdad to Najaf after ordering its civil aviation authority to suspend Iranian flights to Baghdad airport from Wednesday, following a US threat to sanction any airport that services Iranian carriers

  World leaders gather during a charter announcement for US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST) Hamas has announced that it is prepared to implement the Board of Peace's roadmap for Gaza's future on Thursday, claiming that the obstruction comes entirely from Israel. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem accused Israel of escalating aggression against Gazans, claiming that the Board of Peace and its director-general, Nickolay Mladenov, were unable to stop the government from refusing to abide by the agreement. All parties, Qassem said, must work to "facilitate the entry of the technocrats committee into the Gaza Strip so it can carry out its duties toward the people there, and to proceed with the deployment of international forces, in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and its roadmap."

  Large plume of black smoke rises from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 19, 2026. (photo credit: STRINGER/ REUTERS) Tehran will attack the airports of neighboring countries that cooperate with US sanctions against Iranian airlines, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council , said in an interview with state television on Wednesday. The threat came after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Monday that all Iranian airlines would be forced to stop operating by Wednesday, while countries allowing air services that enable the continued flights would face secondary sanctions. “If a country cooperates with or embarks on adventures with the United States, its airports will no longer be able to operate flights,” Rezaei threatened.

  President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian holds up a poster of assassinated Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei while addressing the 81st session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly at UN Headquarters on September 23, 2026 in New York City. (photo credit: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A day after Iran’s president gave a speech at the UN General Assembly in which Iran said it would not bend the knee to the US, Iran carried out a new attack on the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. Iran has targeted the region with more than 1,000 drone and missile attacks since February. It has sought to strike at Kurdish dissident groups as well as US diplomatic facilities and other sites. The goal of Iran is to deter Kurdish groups and also send a message that it can strike where it wants.