While addressing the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Washington and Tehran will reach a deal after the U.S. midterm elections.
Iranian state media reported that Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz include the immediate lifting of the naval blockade, the release of frozen Iranian assets and an end to the war across all “resistance” fronts.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States and Iran had been in contact and that he expected the two countries to eventually reach a deal.
“I think that a settlement is going to be reached,” Trump told reporters after meeting British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Trump said Iran had been talking with the United States as recently as Tuesday, adding that Washington would not allow Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon.
Flights from Tehran to Baghdad and Muscat will be cancelled from midnight on Wednesday local time, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Civil Aviation Organization.
Iran is working to divert Baghdad-bound flights to Najaf airport, Tasnim added.
Other international flights, including those to Istanbul, will continue to operate according to schedule.
Addressing the UN General Assembly, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says Doha remains committed to resolving disputes through “dialogue” and “negotiations”, with the aim of reaching “just and fair solutions” grounded in international law.
He warned that “time does not resolve lingering conflicts” without a just settlement, but instead “doubles their costs”.
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the partnership with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is intended to strengthen regional solidarity and help address conflicts through regional cooperation.
He said the three countries are working with other regional actors to reduce tensions in the Gulf, warning against any expansion of hostilities into neighbouring regions.
Here are some of his main remarks:
Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he expects Washington and Tehran to reach an agreement after the U.S. midterm elections on 3 November.
Trump suggested Iran was waiting to see the outcome of the vote before deciding its next steps, and expressed confidence that a deal could follow.
“Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far better country than it was before, or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic?”, Trump told UNGA in his address.
Iran and the United States have signalled openness to reviving talks to end the conflict, with Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Donald Trump both due to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
A senior Iranian official called the UN gathering a “golden opportunity” for diplomacy, saying Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if Washington meets its demands. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is open to talks if they have a prospect of producing a positive outcome.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the need to keep the Bab el-Mandeb and Strait of Hormuz open to shipping, the Kremlin said.
The leaders also called for a swift end to fighting in Yemen and said diplomacy remained the way forward in the wider Middle East crisis.
The two key waterways are vital routes for global trade and energy supplies.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has called for the U.S. and Iran to resume talks to de-escalate the conflict, stressing the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and safe.
Speaking to Pakistan’s Mohammad Ishaq Dar in New York, Motegi also thanked Islamabad for its mediation efforts as disruptions to energy supplies and global trade continue.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after arriving in New York for the UN General Assembly.
They discussed the assembly’s agenda and efforts to promote international peace and security.
Araghchi said Tehran would use the UN gathering to present Iran’s positions and what it describes as the rights and interests of its people.
He also criticised what he called a decline in trust in the UN and urged greater respect for international law and institutions.
Belgium’s regulated diesel prices have reached record levels, with B7 diesel rising to €2.50 ($2.88) per litre.
The increase comes as disruptions around key Middle East shipping routes and attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure push Brent crude above $100 a barrel.
The UN says up to 100,000 more people could be displaced in Yemen over the next three months as fighting intensifies.
More than 130,000 people have already fled their homes this month. Over 3,000 have crossed the Red Sea to Africa.
Saudi Arabia has resumed pumping through its East-West Pipeline, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Flows are currently at a reduced level, with crude exports from Yanbu potentially restarting later today.
The pipeline was shut on 13 September after drone attacks disrupted operations and stopped crude shipments from the Red Sea port.
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence issued an all-clear on Tuesday after warning of potential danger in the southern province of Najran.
The agency did not specify the nature of the threat. The alert was issued earlier through the National Early Warning Platform.
The warning comes amid heightened tensions with Yemen’s Houthi group, which has announced a “maritime blockade” on Saudi shipping in the Red Sea and carried out missile and drone attacks on Saudi territory.
Iran has offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the U.S. takes initial steps to ease military pressure, Japan’s Kyodo News reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed Iranian official.
The proposal has reportedly been passed to Washington through mediators and includes renewed talks aimed at ending hostilities. Tehran has ruled out a meeting between President Masoud Pezeshkian and Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly this week.
The claim has not been independently verified.
European shares were subdued at open on Tuesday, as investors awaited developments on potential U.S.-Iran talks, while oil prices gained for the first time in five sessions.
Energy stocks gained 0.4 per cent, tracking a rise in oil prices as investors awaited developments on potential U.S.-Iran talks at the United Nations General Assembly this week after more supplies emerged through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend.
A potential danger has passed in Saudi Arabia's Najran region, civil defence said on Tuesday after an earlier alert was issued, amid ongoing hostilities between the kingdom and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged member states to deploy additional naval vessels to help safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
“The operation needs more naval assets and more air assets to address the increased level of threats in the region,” Kallas told reporters in New York following a meeting of EU foreign ministers held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
The meeting took place ahead of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, where conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as artificial intelligence and global security challenges, are expected to dominate discussions among world leaders this week in New York.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced that the UK will provide “defensive air-to-air refueling” support to Saudi Arabia following attacks on the country by Yemen’s Houthi group.
Burnham said the decision came after Saudi Arabia requested “military support.” He approved the request on the advice of Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband.
Government officials said the support will be “time limited” and is expected, at least initially, to continue “for weeks.”
“We condemn in the strongest terms the unacceptable continued strikes carried out by the Houthis in Yemen and against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the ministers of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States said in a statement after a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
“We call on the Houthis to immediately cease all military actions, all threats and attacks against civilian shipping, and to return to the political process in good faith.”
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