Iran has called for a diplomatic solution after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected its Hormuz proposal, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was awaiting a definitive U.S. response through mediators.
U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Axios on Sunday that he expected American negotiators to hold further talks with Iran this week.
Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will visit the UAE on Monday for talks on bilateral ties and regional developments, including Gaza, Yemen and maritime security.
Fidan is expected to discuss preparations for the second Türkiye-UAE High-Level Strategic Council meeting and stress the importance of regional ownership in resolving conflicts.
He will also discuss freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb, as well as Gaza’s next phase of peace efforts and reconstruction.
Fidan last visited the UAE on 20 March.
Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry says seven people were killed and 40 others wounded in a strike on a market in Taiz, according to the Saba news agency.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Sunday it had seized a U.S. Remus 600 autonomous underwater vehicle operating in the Strait of Hormuz and which it said was conducting espionage, according to state media.
The Guards said the vehicle had been captured using intelligence and electronic warfare capabilities and was being examined by Iranian specialists to recover its data.
Iranian army spokesman Brigadier-General Mohammad Akraminia has described the U.S. position in the Middle East as ‘precarious’, warning that Washington could launch further military action.
Speaking to Iranian state media, Akraminia said Iran’s armed forces were ‘fully prepared to confront the enemy’ and argued that removing the U.S. from West Asia would improve regional security.
He also accused Washington of prioritising Israel’s security and its own interests over those of Muslim-majority countries in the region.
The comments come amid heightened tensions between Iran, the U.S. and Israel, as diplomatic efforts continue alongside threats of further military escalation.
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has condemned missile and drone attacks launched by Yemen’s Houthis towards Saudi Arabia, declaring that “any attack on Saudi Arabia is an attack on Morocco”, according to the Moroccan royal office.
The monarch sent separate messages to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, expressing Morocco’s solidarity with the kingdom.
“These despicable attacks and desperate attempts to undermine the security, stability and prosperity of the proud Saudi people do not represent only an attack on brotherly Saudi Arabia, its people, and those performing Umrah there,” King Mohammed VI said.
In the telegrams, King Mohammed VI said the security and stability of Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are closely tied to Morocco’s own security. He also stressed the importance of protecting what he described as shared strategic interests.
The remarks come amid heightened regional tensions and a series of Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, part of a wider conflict that has repeatedly drawn neighbouring Gulf states into the security fallout from Yemen.
Schools across Riyadh will move to remote learning for a week after Saudi authorities ordered them to remain closed, according to messages sent to parents and seen by AFP.
No official reason was given for the decision, which comes amid heightened regional tensions and a recent increase in attacks targeting Saudi Arabia.
The move follows the Saudi-led coalition’s announcement that it had intercepted drones and ballistic missiles launched towards the kingdom by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi fighters, on Saturday (26 September).
The UN Security Council has condemned the escalating attacks, which have reportedly injured civilians, including women and children. The strikes come as the conflict in Yemen becomes increasingly linked to wider tensions across the Middle East.
Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya said the group has offered to mediate between Yemen’s warring parties, expressing hope the proposal will be accepted.
In his first televised interview since taking the post in July, he also said Hamas had held more than four meetings with U.S. officials on Gaza and the wider Palestinian issue.
Oman has pledged to safeguard navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while urging Iran and the U.S. to resolve their disputes through a lasting political settlement.
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said the conflict had disrupted shipping, trade and energy security, and called on all parties to work with Muscat to keep the strategic waterway open in line with international law.
Iran’s IRGC Navy has warned that it would target U.S. warships, potentially as far as the Indian Ocean, if Washington launches another war against Iran.
IRGC official Ali Mohammadi challenged U.S. claims over the Strait of Hormuz, saying, “If another war breaks out, we will undoubtedly attack and hit their ships and destroyers.”
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said President Donald Trump was “right to reject” Iran’s seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He described Tehran’s offer as “half-measures” and “illusory deals”, adding that resolving the conflicts should eventually bring “plenty” of oil, gas and diesel to the market.
While addressing the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan has called for global condemnation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and commercial vessels, as tensions continue to threaten shipping through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
Iran says diplomacy is the only way to resolve its conflict with the U.S. and Israel after President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and halt fighting.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the strait would only reopen if Iran’s conditions were met.
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