U.S. President Donald Trump says Washington is “semi-negotiating” with Iran as uncertainty surrounds efforts to ease regional tensions.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei is holding a press briefing on Monday as questions continue over the status of diplomacy with Washington and efforts to secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
The briefing comes after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington was “semi-negotiating” with Iran. Tehran has previously denied holding direct talks with the United States, saying discussions were instead taking place with Oman, which has been working with Iran on a proposed shipping route through the strategic waterway.
The U.S. reaffirmed its support for Yemen in confronting Houthi attacks, with Washington highlighting maritime security and counterterrorism among its priorities in the country.
U.S. Mission to Yemen Chargé d’Affaires Neil Hop made the remarks Sunday during his first meeting with Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad al-Alimi in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
In a statement on X, the embassy said Hop outlined U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy priorities and affirmed support for partnerships with Yemen on maritime security and counterterrorism.
It quoted Hop as also backing efforts to combat what the U.S. mission called “Iran-backed Houthi aggression” that threatens Yemen and Washington’s regional partners.
A Houthi attack on the Yemeni port city of Mocha has killed at least seven people and wounded 30 others, according to the military. Air defences also intercepted 11 Houthi drones, it said.
After months of U.S. military strikes on Iran, sanctions and a blockade, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his administration is watching economic pressure mount on Iran, according to an interview with Axios.
"We are low keying it," Trump was quoted as saying during a brief phone call. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money."
U.S. President Donald Trump says Washington is “semi-negotiating” with Iran as uncertainty surrounds efforts to ease regional tensions....
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An agreement between Iran and the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is expected "soon," a U.S. official has said. The deal would result in the resumption of commercial shipping through the sea passage and the lifting of an American naval blockade on Iranian ports.
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A deal on a new route for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is "very close," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, while warning that the reopening of the waterway depends on the U.S. meeting other conditions, including paying compensation to Iran.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is increasingly penetrating Russia's air-defence network, as both sides stepped up overnight strikes on energy, logistics and port infrastructure.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has raised the possibility of establishing a future joint defence framework involving countries in the South Caucasus, as Azerbaijan and Armenia move towards a final peace agreement.
Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful tropical cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall in eastern Zhejiang province on Sunday, bringing torrential rain and powerful winds as more than one million people were evacuated.
Taiwan's military conducted live-fire drills and simulated repelling a Chinese air landing assault on the strategically vital Penghu Islands on Monday, 10 August during annual war games.
Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Saturday after the Bald Range wildfire rapidly expanded, forcing thousands of people to evacuate from their homes.
Iran is moving to ratify a long-delayed agreement governing the Caspian Sea, as Tehran seeks closer economic cooperation with neighbouring states while facing heightened security concerns and mounting pressure on its economy.
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