Iran condemns the US aggression against an Iranian commercial vessel and the taking of its crew and their families as hostages.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the United States has no choice but to abandon its excessive demands and fully respect Irans rights.

US President Donald Trump is leaning on false narratives and military posturing to engineeranexit from a war against Iran that he cannot win, says a former Iranian diplomat.

Iran's military has vowed totake decisive action against the "terrorist US Army,"following an American attack on an Iranian commercial vessel.

China has voiced its concern over the US attack on an Iranian vessel in the Sea of Oman, warning against any provocations.

Energy markets have seen wild swings since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February.

The US has intercepted an Iranian ship entering the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, US President Donald Trump has said.

Arrests come after United Arab Emirates bore the brunt of Iranian attacks on Gulf neighbours.

US accuses Iranian citizen of brokering arms deals, including for drones and ammunition, with Sudan Ministry of Defence.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.4 per cent from its all-time high and is on track for just its second drop in 14 days after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel.

Shamim Mafi is accused of brokering the sales of arms to Sudan's defence ministry on behalf of Iran.

The US has intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf as part of its naval blockade, Donald Trump has said.

The Iranian foreign minister says the US pursues malicious goals and lacks the necessary seriousness in dealing with Tehran.

Video from the US military show an operation by its forces to seize an Iranian-flagged ship near the Strait of Hormuz.

The senior Iranian officer, who downed an intruding American F-35 fighter jet, says the myth of warplanes designed to evade radar detection has ended.

Trump decided to not invade the Iranian Island of Kharg out of fear of heavy casualties, according to a report.

Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Monday as a U.S. seizure of an Iranian vessel deepened tensions, keeping investors on edge.

Iran says it will defend ports, ships amid tensions Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the United States against threats to Iranian ports and ships, saying such actions and what he called irrational demands show a lack of seriousness, according to Tasnim News Agency

President Donald Trump said an Iranian-flagged cargo ship had been fired upon and seized when it tried to get around the U.S

Iran accuses US of ceasefire breach, vows retaliation over ship attack Irans joint military command has accused the United States of violating a ceasefire after firing on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman

US Central Command has published a video said to show a guided-missile destroyer firing at an Iranian-flagged ship.

Tehran has not commented on the incident, which comes as the US prepares for a second round of talks.

The Iran-flagged Touska was on the U.S

US says it seized Iranian ship refusing to comply with blockade The US Central Command says American forces have seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Arabian Sea after it allegedly breached a naval blockade that Iran considers to be illegal

Lyse Doucet speaks to Ebrahim Azizi, who says Iran "will decide the right of passage" through the crucial shipping route.

Iran denies ship capture, says US operation failed Iran has rejected claims that one of its vessels was seized, with senior officials describing the reported US operation as unsuccessful. According to the semi-official Iranian media outlet Tasnim News Agency reported that Iranian forces repelled the attack

Trump says US seized ship trying to breach Iran blockade US President Donald Trump says American forces intercepted a vessel attempting to bypass the blockade on Iranian ports

Iran vows retaliation, accuses US of violating ceasefire after attack on cargo ship Touska.

Iran arrests 100 suspects, seizes spying devices and weapons Iranian police say they have detained 100 people allegedly linked to terrorist groups and seized weapons and surveillance equipment

Pakistan pledges to mediate for lasting peace in region Pakistan has reaffirmed its role as a mediator in regional tensions, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressing Islamabads commitment to diplomacy. Speaking after a call with the Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Sharif said Pakistan is ready to help facilitate efforts aimed at easing tensions and securing stability

An Iranian deputy foreign minister says Tehran will enter the next round of negotiations with the US only if a framework of understanding is agreed upon by both sides.

IRGC says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the US stops blockading Iranian ports.

Iranian officials say they have closed the strait because of the U.S.'s ongoing blockade of its ports.

The political drama culminates with the IRGC announcing that the Strait of Hormuz is once again restricted.

Tehran sees large turnout at pro-government womens rally Thousands of women and young girls attended the Sacrificed Girls rally in Tehran on Friday, according to state media reports. Iranian women rode in vehicles in Tehran as they took part in the rally to pay tribute to women killed in the US-Israelistrikes in the war on Iran

Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz with conditions and threatens closure if the US blockade of Iranian ports continues.

Iran says its enriched uranium not going to be transferred anywhere Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV on Friday that the countrys stockpile of enriched uranium would not be transferred anywhere, denying an earlier claim by US President Donald Trump that the Islamic Republic had agreed to hand it over

South Koreas Kospi opened 0.55% lower and Taiwans TAIEX declined 0.88%, while the Shanghai Stock Exchange slipped 0.10%. Conflicting messages in recent hours have weighed on sentiment, with US President Donald Trump saying the US blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place, while Iran warned it could close the Strait of Hormuz again if the blockade continues.

Trump says things going very well as Iran rejects uranium transfer US President Donald Trump said things seem to be going very well with Iran after receiving what he described as pretty good news twenty minutes ago, adding he maybe wont extend the ceasefire if no deal by Wednesday, but will keep the US blockade of Iranian ports

US military says 21 ships complied with blockade of Iranian ports The US Central Command (Centcom) said 21 ships attempting to enter or leave Iranian ports have complied with directions from US forces to turn around and return to Iran

Tehran says ship passage to require coordination, not standard fees Iran will not impose traditional fees on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. Ebrahim Rezaeisaid parliament is preparing a draft law to set fees related to securing the strait and that passage would be exclusively through coordination with Iranian authorities, the report said

Iran says it did not agree to halt uranium enrichment indefinitely A senior Iranian official said Iran did not agree to halt uranium enrichment indefinitely and will not accept being an exception to international law, CNN reported

Following 40 days of unrelenting US-Israeli aggression, mounting evidence reveals that the US Department of War is deliberately concealing catastrophic, billion-dollar military losses inflicted by highly effective Iranian retaliatory strikes, the Daily Mail reports.

Iranian creators used AI-assisted LEGO-style animations to counter US-Israeli war narratives, but YouTube banned their channel while the BBC led a smear campaign to justify censorship, proving how devastating it was for the enemy.

"In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X on Friday

Iran says its enriched uranium 'not going to be transferred' Iran's foreign ministry on Friday said the country's stockpile of enriched uranium would not be transferred "anywhere", denying an earlier claim by US President Donald Trump that the Islamic Republic had agreed to hand it over. "Iran's enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV

Shipping companies said several things had to be clarified, including the presence of mines, Iranian conditions.

Significant differences remain between Iran-US, including on nuclear issues, senior Iranian official says Significant differences betweenIranand the United States remain to reach a deal aimed at ending the war, a seniorIranian official told Reuters on Friday, adding that keeping the Strait of Hormuz open is "conditional on US adherence to the terms of ceasefire"

At least four vessels tracked from Iranian ports appear to have crossed a US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, analysis of ship-tracking data suggests.

The viral videos by Iranian creators, say analysts, are high-quality though cheap, and hit fissures in US politics

The duo had sought aslyum after their football team did not sing the national anthem during a match.

As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard.

CENTCOM says some 399 service members were wounded during the US-Israeli aggression on Iran.

Pakistani Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir met with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday morning.

Tehran 'striving' to compel US and Israel to establish permanent ceasefire in all conflict zones, Iranian speaker says.

The moves signal an end to the Trump administration's efforts to use the sanctions waivers to free up more oil supplies and lower soaring global energy prices.

Yousof Azizi, an Iranian academic and PhD candidate at Virginia Tech's School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), has reportedly been detained by ICE despite holding a valid visa.

China condemns the blockade imposed by the US President Donald Trumps administration on Iranian ports as dangerous and irresponsible.

Vance said that he feels very good about where we are and that the ceasefire is holding in comments made on Tuesday. The US and Iran met on Saturday in Pakistan for the highest-level peace talks since the US-allied Shah, intalled by a CIA-backed coup, was overthrown in the Iranian Revolution half a century ago.

Iran may opt to abide by US blockade in hopes of a deal, experts say TheUSblockade on Iran is a short-term tool that could be tested by China and ultimately backfire on the US if energy markets lose their cautious faith in the Trump administrations willingness to strike a peace deal with Iran. Cutting off Iranian oil shipments should, in theory, lead to a spike in energy prices because Iran was the last country to send oil through the Strait of Hormuz, with exports reaching as high as 1.5 million barrels per day

With the US military blockade of Iranian ports now in force, global energy markets are already reacting.

US Treasury Secretary said a "small bit of economic pain" was worth it to eliminate the threat of Iranian strikes on Western capitals.

US Centcom says no ships passed through first day of US Hormuz blockade The US Central Command claimed on Tuesday that no ships made it past the US blockade on the Strait of Hormuz during the first 24 hours of its operation. More than 10,000 US Sailors, Marines, and Airmen along with over a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft are executing the mission to blockade ships entering and departing Iranian ports, CENTCOM wrote in a post to X

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China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, says the US naval blockade undermines an "already fragile ceasefire".

Iran has strongly condemned the US imposition of a naval blockade on Iranian ports as a flagrant violation of Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Relief forglobal markets comes after Trump says Iranian officials are keen on a deal.

European stocks are expected to open higher on Tuesday amid renewed hopes that Middle East peace talks could resume, despite a U.S. blockade on Iranian ports.

Pezeshkian: Iran will negotiate only within framework of international law Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told French President Emmanuel Macron that unreasonable US demands prevented a deal in recent talks in Pakistan, according to Iranian state media