Iranian lawmaker says US will ‘inevitably’ leave region, Israel’s ‘days are numbered’

The head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, Ebrahim Azizi, said on Tuesday that the United States would inevitably leave the Middle East and that Israel’s “days were numbered”, according to Al Jazeera.

“The US will inevitably leave this region, and the Zionist regime’s (Israel) days are numbered,” Azizi stated on X.

The Iranian lawmaker further underlined that Iran and its neighbours would ultimately remain in the region after the US and Israel were gone. “Ultimately, it is we and our neighbours who remain here, face to face. That day will be a day of regret.”

Trump claims Iran war ‘one of the most important things we’ve done’

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the Iran war would be considered one of the most important things his administration had done under his presidency.

“I think in the years to come, they’ll be writing … the history of our country, and they’ll say that it was one of the most important things that we did,” Trump said. “That is, actually one of the most important things that we’ve done under my administration.”

Addressing an event in Washington, Trump reiterated that Iran would not possess a nuclear weapon and that oil prices would fall, claiming that the war with Iran would be over “very, very soon”.

“Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, and they’re failing very badly. It’ll be over with very, very soon … and oil prices are going to be tumbling down, just like they were before I had to make that little excursion to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump stated.

US issues new sanctions over Iran military procurement networks

The US Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned 10 individuals and entities in multiple jurisdictions that it said procured weapons and weapons components for Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).

“Treasury will not tolerate any support to the regime and will continue to identify, expose, and isolate Iran’s enablers,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

The department said MODAFL was responsible for weapons research, production and acquisition for Iran’s armed forces and oversees organisations developing Iran’s ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Among those designated was Seyyed Asghar Alizadeh Tabatabai, whom Treasury described as a MODAFL representative in Beijing who “coordinates the procurement of finished weapons systems and dual-use components in China on Iran’s behalf.”

‘Iranian order’ prevails in Strait of Hormuz, says Iranian army spokesperson

Iranian army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia said on Tuesday that an “Iranian order” prevailed in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA.

Akraminia said Iran’s adversaries aimed to “weaken and overthrow” the Islamic Republic, while another strategic objective was to advance plans for a “Greater Israel” in the region, IRNA stated.

IRGC warns US with use of ‘new weapons’ if attacks resume

Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesperson for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), warned on Tuesday that Iran would bring “new weapons” to the battlefield if the conflict with the US “takes on a different form”.

“The enemies certainly have other scenarios as well; we are not unaware of those scenarios and have prepared ourselves,” he said in a press conference, according to Fars news agency.

“We are incessantly designing new weapons, upgrading the existing ones, and continuing our mass production of weaponry to be able to defend ourselves. We employ technologies from around the world to manufacture arms capable of defending our country and our people,” he remarked.

The IRGC spokesperson also called US President Donald Trump a “big liar”, accusing him of concealing the truth from Americans about Iran’s nuclear programme and the effectiveness of Iran’s blockade of energy supplies from the Gulf.

Among his reasons for waging war on Iran, Trump has cited the need to ensure that it will never be able to build a nuclear weapon.

“The enemy (US) knows that Iran is not after nuclear weapons,” Mohebbi said. “Their issue with Iran is not its nuclear programme but rather its vastness, which they want to destroy.”

He also challenged US assertions that Iran had lost most of its leverage over the Strait of Hormuz, in part because the US military had been able to protect some of the tankers bringing oil out of the Gulf.

“The fact that the Americans might manage, at great expense, considerable trouble, and high risk to sneak a small vessel through the Strait of Hormuz under cover of darkness to export, say, 100 or 200 barrels of oil does not mean the Strait is open,” Mohebbi said.

According to Kpler data, September saw a recovery of oil exports via the Strait of Hormuz, which are set to hit almost 10 million barrels per day, about half the pre-war volume.

Mohebbi further said that the IRGC had prepared a detailed letter to the American people to explain Iran’s positions, according to IRNA.

Mohebbi added that the IRGC could have opted for short and immediate media content, such as social media posts, but instead chose to address the American people in a “detailed and logical manner.”

He added that the letter seeks to help Americans better understand Iran’s views and positions, adding that while Iran faces limitations in accessing media outlets inside the United States, the country has hundreds of television and radio networks.

In separate comments carried by IRNA, he said that US bases “not only fail to provide security, but are themselves a source of insecurity” in a message addressed to Iran’s neighbours.

“By pouring trillions of dollars into the region and stationing extensive military infrastructure and weaponry there, the United States claimed to be safeguarding regional security. In reality, these bases not only failed to do so, but they also turned into a source of instability,” he said.

“These bases couldn’t even defend themselves; most are damaged, unusable, and not worth rebuilding for the US.”

Vance blames Iranian leadership for failure of Islamabad MoU

US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday blamed Iranian leaders for the breakdown of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, saying they “screwed up” by deciding to target commercial ships in regional waters, Al Jazeera reported.

In an interview with journalist Vince Coglianese, Vance said, “I think the Iranians recognise that they screwed up, that they signed a deal with us, we had a ceasefire, we had energy prices that had come down and we had the possibility … that if the Iranians behaved, they would get a lot out of a better relationship with the United States”.

“There is a universe where we can strike a deal with Iran, but that requires the Iranians to behave,” he remarked.

“But what happened? They didn’t behave. They started shooting at commercial shipping,” he added.

Vance also said that evidence suggested that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was still alive, although Washington was unsure of this, according to Al Jazeera.

“We think that he’s alive. We don’t know, of course,” Vance said, adding, “I’ve never seen him. I haven’t seen him on camera recently. The best evidence we have suggests that he is alive.”

When asked who was in charge in Iran, Vance said, “It’s a very confused system”.

“I could give you an answer. It would be at best a guess because you have a number of different constituencies. You have the hardliners, you have the conservatives, you have the moderates, you have the clerics and all of these people are involved in the decision-making process,” he added.

“And then of course you have the new supreme leader, who is very detached,” added Vance. “He’s not involved day-to-day; he’s not going on American Sunday shows and talking about these negotiations.”

Qatar working to overcome obstacles between US and Iran, says foreign ministry

Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Qatar was still “working to overcome obstacles between the US and Iran,” according to Arab News.

“Qatar’s mediation efforts are ongoing, and we are currently relaying messages between the American and Iranian sides,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told a press conference in Doha.

Asked about the possibility of a large-scale US military attack on Iran, Ansari said: “We are concerned about any escalation in the region and are working to find a peaceful solution.”

The ministry’s comments come as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi departed New York on Tuesday after stating that Qatari mediators will present the US with new ideas discussed with Tehran on how to meet Iran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.

Vessel struck by ‘unknown projectile’ in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) reported earlier in the day that it had received a third-party report that a vessel was struck “by a suspected unknown projectile” in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening.

UKMTO added that the reported attack resulted in a fire, which has since been extinguished.

“Crew are safe, there has been no reported environmental impact or damage assessment,” UKMTO said.

It also advised vessels to “transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO, while authorities investigate.”

If Iran’s security not guaranteed, ‘no infrastructure in region will remain safe,’ warns Ghalibaf

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf said on Tuesday that if Iran’s “security is not guaranteed, no infrastructure will remain safe.”

In comments carried by IRNA on X, Ghalibaf also addressed the US and “all other nations” that “in a region where we cannot sell our oil, no one will sell theirs,” referring to Iran’s efforts to exercise control over the Strait of Hormuz.

According to IRNA, while addressing an open session of the Parliament on Tuesday, Ghalibaf said US leaders should understand that Iran would not be intimidated by threats.

“The leaders of the White House should know that the great and history-making nation of Iran will never retreat in the face of sabre-rattling and rhetoric or an air or trade blockade, and the response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to any threat or adventurism will be harshly regret-inducing and swift,” he said.

Ghalibaf said US attempts to impose a maritime blockade, close air corridors, and exert pressure on Iran’s trade routes would fail through economic planning and military responses similar to those employed during Iraq’s war against Iran in the 1980s.

“If the enemy’s American decision-making apparatus fails to understand this fundamental truth, it will continue to be caught in the cycle of receiving heavy slaps from the Iranian nation,” he said.

Ghalibaf also criticised “light-headed” remarks by US President Donald Trump at the United Nations General Assembly, saying such statements showed Washington has not changed its behaviour toward Iran.

United States is hiding the true casualties of wars on Iran, says Iranian commander

Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, deputy chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination, says that the United States is hiding the true casualties of wars on Iran, Press TV reported.

Kremlin says it does not want Iran to quit nuclear non-proliferation treaty

Russia does not want Iran to quit the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and counts on it remaining a party to the agreement, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to comments from Iranian officials about Tehran’s possible withdrawal from the treaty, which commits Tehran not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons.

Russia and Iran have close ties under a strategic cooperation treaty between the two countries.

Araghchi rules out compromise on Iran’s nuclear programme

Araghchi rejected claims that Tehran has compromised on its nuclear programme, saying Iran’s position on the issue remains unchanged, Iranian state media IRIB reported on Tuesday.

Separately, the IRGC said that Tehran will never seek nuclear weapons, and urged the American people to question why the force has been designated a “terrorist” organisation, according to Al Jazeera.

US aviation sanctions raise international law concerns: Iranian scholar

An Iranian academic said on Tuesday that secondary sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector may violate principles of international law and undermine nations’ obligations under international agreements, according to IRNA.

Shahram Zarneshan, an international law scholar at Allameh Tabataba’i University, said aviation ties between countries were expanding, with many governed by the 1994 Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation and related agreements.

“Under this legal framework, states enjoy specific freedoms of air navigation and can expand their aviation ties. Therefore, imposing restrictions or prohibitions on such ties may raise legal concerns if they violate states’ international obligations under relevant agreements,” he said.

Zarneshan said countries that have air transport and transit agreements with Iran may also incur international responsibility if sanctions prevented them from fulfilling their commitments.

He stressed that the implications of aviation sanctions should be assessed not only in political and economic terms, but also in light of their impact on flight safety and passengers’ rights.

The remarks come as Washington has intensified sanctions against Iran’s civil aviation sector.

On September 8, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting 36 entities and individuals linked to Iran’s aviation industry, including foreign companies and intermediaries.

Iranian diplomat rejects Canadian FM’s allegations at United Nations

Iranian representative to the United Nations General Assembly Nasser Asadi rejected allegations by Canada’s foreign minister, saying that Western countries spread disinformation to shield Israel from accountability for its crimes, as reported by IRNA.

He made the remarks on Monday in response to the Canadian foreign minister’s speech at the UNGA, in which she described Iran as the main threat to regional peace and security.

According to IRNA, Asadi said the real insult to international law was whitewashing Israel’s crimes through disinformation, diverting public attention, demonising a country and labelling it the so-called “main threat to peace and security.”

He described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s characterisation of the genocide in Gaza as the “biggest lie of the century” during his address to the UN General Assembly last week.

He said that neither Netanyahu’s remarks nor those of Canada’s foreign minister could erase documented facts, invalidate court findings and rulings, whitewash crimes witnessed by the world, or change Israel’s status as the “main threat to peace and security.”

According to IRNA, Asadi further said that no fabrication or falsehood could absolve Canada or other Western countries, particularly the United States, of their international responsibilities.

He said that these countries would be unable to escape the individual responsibility of their officials for involvement in crimes committed by Israel in West Asia.

Iran says Qatar to present US with new ideas aimed at reopening Strait of Hormuz

Qatari mediators will present the US with new ideas discussed with Tehran on how to meet Iran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Araghchi said late on Monday, adding a final response from Washington could come on Tuesday.

Speaking to Iranian reporters in New York, Araghchi said he met again with Qatari mediators and discussed possible ways to facilitate implementation of Tehran’s conditions.

“They had ideas, and we discussed how a way could be found to meet Iran’s conditions and how those conditions could be fulfilled,” he said, according to the official IRNA news agency.

The ideas will now be raised with the US side, after which Washington’s final response will be relayed to Tehran, Araghchi said.

Read: Trump says US officials ​talked with mediators, will win Iran war ‘very soon’

“I hope this will happen by tomorrow,” he added.

He said exchanges through Qatari and Pakistani mediators had remained open but had become more serious following Iran’s latest proposal.

According to IRNA, the US response would be conveyed to Tehran via Qatar.

“There are conditions, and they have been emphasised by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, and these conditions must be implemented for the Strait of Hormuz to be opened,” he said.

According to IRNA, the foreign minister said Iran’s seven-point plan has been conveyed to the United States through the Qatari mediator, adding that Tehran is waiting for an official response through the intermediaries.

“Our mission was to inform the American side of these conditions and also to inform all other countries and the international community, so that it would be clear that Iran has a plan in this regard,” Araghchi said, describing the conditions as “completely fair and logical.”

He added that if the US claims it is seeking an agreement or a peaceful solution, “we have presented this solution.”

Araghchi said Tehran had also used its meetings in New York to convey to Washington and the international community the conditions it says must be met for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen.

Later, IRNA reported that Araghchi has left New York for Tehran after concluding his diplomatic engagements and consultations.

On the last day of his presence in New York, he met with António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, and discussed the most important regional and international developments, according to IRNA.

Regional developments and issues related to the war and the current situation in the Middle East were among the focal points of this meeting.

Araghchi outlined the consequences of the US and Israeli military attacks against Iran, stressing that the United Nations and its member states should not remain indifferent to violations of the UN Charter by the United States and should condemn its unlawful interventionist actions and threats.

The Iranian foreign minister also referred to the US and Israeli attacks during the negotiations and the continuation of the aggressive actions, emphasising Iran’s determination to defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Repeating ‘baseless claims’ do not alter reality: Iranian deputy FM

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said on Tuesday that “baseless claims” over the Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb do not change the fact that they are Iranian territory.

“Emirati officials should, instead of repeating unfounded claims, adhere to the requirements of good neighbourliness and the historical and legal realities of the region.”

US, Iran separately talk with mediators in latest bid to end war

US and Iranian officials spoke separately with mediators on Monday as part ‌of a renewed effort to end seven months of war, according to officials of both countries.

Any further talks are expected to focus on an amended version of a seven-day proposal that Iran presented last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, ​an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters.

The war began in late February with US and Israeli ​attacks on Iran, killing thousands of people over seven months and shocking global markets ⁠as vital waterways for oil remained choked. The US and Iran have twice previously agreed to ceasefires in ​mediated peace talks, in April and June. Those agreements quickly unravelled.

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Araghchi, who remained in New ​York after attending the General Assembly, said Iran expected to receive the US response to its latest ceasefire proposals and its conditions for restoring passage of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA.

“If the Americans claim ​they are seeking an agreement or a peaceful solution, we have presented that solution,” Araghchi said.

US officials separately ​spoke with mediators on Monday, US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House, without giving further details.

Trump flags further talks this week

Iran’s seven-day plan envisages an end to all hostilities in Iran and Lebanon, the unfreezing of billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian assets, an end to sanctions on Iranian oil and the lifting of the US blockade on Iranian ports.

Iran would then allow the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital conduit for ​oil tankers, and the two ​sides would also resume ⁠talks on Iran’s nuclear program and Trump’s wish to seize or eliminate its highly enriched uranium.

Trump said on Saturday he had rejected Iran’s proposal, saying Iran wanted a swift ​agreement because of the crippling economic pressure it is under. However, he also told ​Axios on ⁠Sunday that he expected US negotiators to engage in further talks this week.

Also read: At UNGA, Iran’s president vows ‘no surrender to US’

Araghchi said on Sunday that mediators had not formally conveyed a US rejection, and that Iran was awaiting Washington’s definitive position before deciding its next steps.

“Our conditions are ⁠clear, and ​any move toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz is contingent on ​these conditions being met,” he said on Sunday, adding that only a negotiated solution could resolve the impasse.

US to grant sanctions waiver for flights between Iran and Iraq’s Najaf, source says

US President Donald Trump’s administration was set ​to grant a limited waiver to its Iran sanctions program on Monday to allow for flights carrying ‌Shi’ite Muslim religious pilgrims between Iran and Iraq, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The source, who is involved in the deliberations, said the US Treasury Department waiver would allow Iraqi Airways to fly back and forth between Iran and the ​Shi’ite holy city of Najaf in Iraq for one month, with a more permanent waiver potentially following.

Iraq halted ​flights to and from Iran on Friday, in line with US sanctions.

The source said the ⁠move aimed to ease pressure on the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who has sought to deepen ​ties with Washington while also balancing a strong relationship with Iraq’s influential neighbour, Iran.

Trump’s effort to impose a ​crippling economic blockade on Iran is forcing regional governments to scale back ties with Iran, creating potential backlash against those states, particularly those that balance their ties with both Washington and Tehran.

Zaidi’s office over the weekend said that Iraq was seeking an exemption ​for travel between Iran and Iraq for medical treatment, education and pilgrimage.

An Iraqi official said the Iraqi government was ​in talks with the US about the Najaf exemption and expected flights between Iran and Najaf to resume within 48 hours.

The ‌US ⁠State Department referred questions to the Treasury Department, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In recent days, countries including Turkey, the UAE and Iraq have cancelled direct flights with Iran as a result of US pressure. In response, Iranian officials have threatened to halt regional air travel if Iran’s air links continued to ​be cut.

With religious ​pilgrims travelling between Iran and ⁠Iraq each year to visit key shrine cities, Iraq is perhaps in the most sensitive position.

Najaf, a centre for religious study, draws millions of pilgrims a year to ​the shrine of Imam Ali, the first Shi’ite leader, and the world’s largest ​and oldest ⁠active Islamic cemetery.

The source said that barring flights between the two countries could cause severe backlash against Iraq’s government by uniting Shi’ites who follow Iran’s supreme leader and those who follow Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, undermining US efforts to ⁠reduce Iranian ​influence in Iraq.

Zaidi has offered safeguards for the flights, including rigorous screening and information sharing, and ensuring the flights are not used to transfer weapons, sanctioned individuals, or illicit money, the ​source said.

Trump denies offering Iran sanctions relief, release of frozen assets

President Donald Trump denied an Axios report stating that he offered Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds, according to a post he made on his Truth Social account.

“Axios just released a story that ‘Trump’ offered sanctions relief and frozen funds to Iran. This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING!,” Trump said.

“They should withdraw this fake story, IMMEDIATELY!”