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China and the US – Iran’s key partner and its chief adversary – found firmer common ground on Tehran at the Washington summit last month, and further head-of-state diplomacy could work in Iran’s favour, according to analysts. Iran was on the agenda when the presidents of the United States and China met in Beijing in May and again in Washington in September. There was no direct reference to Tehran in Beijing’s statement after the May summit, but following the September meeting China was more...

Tehran says reopening Strait of Hormuz has been its main goal, while the US continues to focus on nuclear talks.

Iran’s foreign minister suggested in private talks that his country was willing to restore nuclear inspectors’ access to bombed facilities in exchange for sanctions relief, people familiar with the discussions said, a concession that could help break deadlocked peace talks with the US.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran expects Washington to respond to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday. In exchange for reopening the vital shipping route, Tehran is seeking guarantees including a regional ceasefire, the lifting of sanctions on its oil sector and an end to the US naval blockade.

Iran says it’s still waiting for an official response from the US on its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Pezeshkian says Tehran no longer trusts US talks, shortly before Trump rejected its Hormuz proposal.

Tehran says the plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks within a week if Washington agrees.

Asked about the Iranian offer, a US official told the BBC "constructive discussions" were taking place through mediators.

Flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have been suspended, following tighter US sanctions on Iran's aviation industry. The move effectively cuts Tehran off from Dubai, one of the region's most important commercial hubs. There are also huge backups near Iran's border with Turkey, as overland shipping routes struggle to fill the gaps. Also in this edition - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping hail strong ties between the US and China as they discuss AI, trade, and energy. 

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi joins Bloomberg's David Bura at the UNGA to discuss the nuclear situation in Iran. He says there is still a fairly important amount of nuclear material in Iran and that the IAEA can get on the ground and assess pretty fast if there is the political will for it. (Source: Bloomberg)

Iran has threatened countries enforcing US sanctions on its airlines, warning that their airports could face disruptions

Pezeshkian leaves door open for negotiations, while calling out US blockade against Iran in Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused Israel and the US of applying ‘double standards’.

Pakistani interior minister's trip to Tehran is his sixth and comes as Islamabad, Doha seek to revive diplomacy with US.

Iranian authorities on Sunday shut down the French Language Centre (CLF) in Tehran, alleging the French embassy-linked institute conducted "illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions" and "abused its status as a language training facility".

Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity in the crackdown on 2022 protests that left hundreds dead, Amnesty International said Wednesday, adding Tehran's suppression of new demonstrations this year bore the "same hallmarks" but on an even wider scale. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini. She calls for the establishment of an international criminal justice mechanism to prosecute those responsible for the crimes.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China on Wednesday, amid stalled diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East. The meeting comes during the countdown to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States for a summit next week with his US counterpart Donald Trump, when the war on Iran and disruption of energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to be high on the agenda. Fighting has also erupted...

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran does not interfere in Yemeni affairs.

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, September 14: The New York Times released an exclusive report titled “How Iran’s hard-liners prevailed and sabotaged the US peace deal”. Also: Trump says AI fears are "exaggerated", but reports show a different reality.

Iran plans to formally unveil an agreement on a temporary shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, after a flurry of diplomatic activity including a rare meeting between senior officials from Tehran and Abu Dhabi. The Islamic Republic is set to reveal to Gulf nations its agreement with Oman on a temporary new shipping lane, according to a person familiar with the matter. Negotiations on details such as the fees ships may be charged will continue between the two countries later, they...

Former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says the loss of IAEA access to Iran has created a serious monitoring gap that makes it increasingly difficult to determine the status of the country's nuclear program. Moniz also warns hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that tight global supplies of diesel and other refined fuels could face additional pressure as US refineries, already running near capacity, approach their fall maintenance season. (Source: Bloomberg)

Despite severe security risks and an ongoing war, retirees, nurses, workers, teachers and students have held sit-ins and protests across Iran since this summer, most often over economic hardship. With prices going up every few hours, salaries and pensions going unpaid for months, and unemployment increasing, our Observers say life is becoming “impossible”.