President Donald Trump told Fox News he is close to deciding whether to negotiate with Tehran or resume military strikes as the Middle‑East situation grows tense.
Special envoy Tom Barrack says military action could happen within days, though US President Donald Trump claims to know nothing about any imminent attack.
Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council told Pakistan’s army chief that no enriched uranium will be exported and negotiations with the United States will not start until Tehran’s pre‑conditions are met.
The United States and Iran have signalled preliminary approval of a Qatar‑Pakistan mediated plan that would allow IAEA inspections of Iranian nuclear sites and discuss the release of about $6 billion in frozen assets.
In Doha, Qatar’s energy chief met Iran’s acting oil minister to discuss joint field management as Washington‑Tehran tensions raise concerns over future oil and gas supplies.
Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei said the United States has not met Tehran’s seven demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Tehran to pause further replies.
The former president repeated his suggestion that Iran could strike the two California cities, prompting outrage from Governor Gavin Newsom, both mayors and a bloc of 43 California Democrats, while the White House brushed the criticism aside.
The Treasury Department announced new sanctions on the Kremlin‑backed A7 payment network and placed Iran’s major automakers and railway companies on its blacklist, effective Oct. 1, 2026.
The deployment of the USS Theodore Roosevelt will bring a third American aircraft carrier to the region as Donald Trump warns of a hard response to Iran.
State-backed cyber operators are posing as medical staff to trick opponents into downloading spyware, as Iran ramps up both digital and physical offensives.
