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By Jonathan Saul and Maha El Dahan LONDON/DUBAI, N

By Jonathan Saul and Maha El Dahan
LONDON/DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran has attacked ship navigation systems on the Omani island of Didamar in the Strait of Hormuz, three sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed, showing Tehran’s ability to target infrastructure used to restore Persian Gulf oil flows.

The three sources did not provide a damage assessment and Reuters could not determine independently if any navigation systems were destroyed in the attacks that Tehran had claimed on Tuesday.

Persian Gulf exporters have been increasingly using workarounds to increase oil flows via Hormuz, such as ship-to-ship transfers (STS) off the coast of Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

The US military has been aiding commercial vessels transiting the Strait after Iranian attacks disrupted traffic since the US-Israeli war on Iran began in late February.

The attacks on Didamar island would likely have limited impact on commercial shipping in the Strait, two other shipping sources and an additional maritime security source said. One said that was because other systems were in place elsewhere.

Iranian state media said on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had carried out strikes destroying “enemy navigation systems” on Didamar island.

Reuters confirmed smoke rising from the island in video footage but it was unclear what was burning. An image from the EU’s satellite program Copernicus also showed thermal activity.

The attacks come as Persian Gulf oil exports recovered to over 80% of pre-war levels in September and October, aided by US military-assisted flows through the Strait and higher Saudi exports via the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

The US military’s Central Command and Oman’s media ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Bigger tankers, mostly very large crude carriers (VLCCs), shuttle oil from Persian Gulf ports to ship-to-ship transfer locations near Oman’s Sohar and the UAE’s Fujairah.

(Reporting by Jonathan Saul in London, Maha El Dahan in Dubai and Nerijus Adomaitis in Oslo, Writing by Enes Tunagur, Editing by Alex Lawler and Andrew Cawthorne)

DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Saudi air defenses inter

DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Saudi air defenses intercepted Houthi missiles and drones launched towards Riyadh, Mecca and other regions on Wednesday, as hostilities between the Iran-aligned group and the kingdom worsen.

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Yemeni group said it had intercepted and destroyed three cruise missiles headed to the Riyadh region, two drones aimed at Mecca and southern areas and two missiles pointed towards the west.

Mecca, home to sites sacred to Muslims worldwide, is Islam’s holiest city and the focal point of the annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, which millions of Muslims undertake each year.

Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree later denied targeting Mecca with a drone, saying the group’s operations target oil facilities and military bases.

Saree also said the Houthis had attacked a pumping station in Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu, a key Saudi oil hub that allows exports to avoid the blocked Strait of Hormuz. There was no Saudi confirmation of the Houthi statement.

Saudi civil defense issued alerts warning of potential danger in the cities of Taif, Yanbu and Khamis Mushait later on Wednesday, then announced the danger had passed, state television reported.

The militia, which controls most of the populous parts of Yemen, has intensified attacks on the Saudi capital in recent days, saying it was responding to Saudi attacks in Yemen. A Houthi attack on Sunday damaged an Aramco administrative building in Riyadh’s financial hub.

ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran‘s Preside

ANTALYA, Turkey, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran‘s President Masoud Pezeshkian told the COP31 climate conference on Wednesday his country wanted compensation for environmental damage caused by US and Israeli strikes, saying the issue related to global efforts to fight climate change.

“We expect the global community to establish a genuine and meaningful link between climate commitments in times of peace and responsibility in times of war, to document and assess the environmental damages caused by military aggressions and to develop compensation mechanisms,” he said.

His comments were part of back-to-back speeches by heads of state on the third day of the two-week conference in Turkey.

International climate agreements currently include billions of dollars in wealthy-country finance to help developing countries adapt to climate change and pay for its impacts, but there is no provision covering environmental impacts of military strikes.

The US and Israel launched a military campaign against Iran in late February. The conflict, which spread to Lebanon and the Persian Gulf, has involved repeated strikes on energy infrastructure in Iran and across the wider region, as well as strikes on shipping. Iran has repeatedly attacked oil tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz.

Those attacks have caused environmental damage, including substantial oil leaks.

The Iran war may also have led to a reduction in overall global emissions. A report from a consortium of international scientists on Tuesday said global fossil fuel emissions are on track to fall slightly this year, in part due to high prices for fuel and expanded use of renewable energy in the wake of the conflict.

(Reporting by William James and Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Aidan Lewis)

DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran will not allow even

DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran will not allow even a single particle of enriched nuclear material to leave the country and there will be consequences in the event of any new US strikes on the Islamic Republic, Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said in televised remarks.

Rezaei was speaking to Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Al Mayadeen TV after US officials downplayed the need for additional military action against Iran, with analysts noting President Donald Trump’s more conciliatory tone since the Republicans’ defeat in the November 3 midterm elections.

Rezaei has said there are currently no negotiations taking place between Tehran and Washington.

“Any new US attacks will also be met with targeting US bases far away,” he said. These would include US bases in European countries if they were used to carry out strikes on Iran, he added.

Iran‘s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources said in May.

“We need the enriched material to design ships and submarines that work on nuclear energy”, Rezaei said, adding that Tehran has informed Moscow that its enriched nuclear material will remain in the country and “we will use it ourselves”.

Russia has previously offered to remove uranium from Iran as part of a potential deal to ease US concerns but said it was for Tehran to decide whether to remove it or not.

The IAEA estimates that Iran had 440.9 kg of uranium enriched to 60% — a level far higher than needed for civilian use — when Israel and the US attacked Iranian nuclear facilities in June 2025. How much of that ⁠has survived is unclear.

Israel, the United States and other Western countries have long accused Iran of seeking nuclear weapons. Iran denies the accusation.

Washington has said nuclear issues must be part of any initial negotiations with Iran aimed at ending the war between the two countries.

Iran has sent the United States a nuclear proposal via Qatar, to be discussed only after Washington meets seven demands which Tehran has presented, a senior Iranian official told Reuters last week.

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – G7 foreign ministers “e

LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – G7 foreign ministers “expressed grave concern over Iranian involvement in violent plots” at a meeting in Paris this week, according to a joint declaration issued by the British government on Wednesday.

Ministers from the Group of Seven also recognised Britain’s attribution of Iran‘s involvement in an incident at the RAF Fairford military base on 27 September. Iran‘s ambassador to Britain has denied any involvement.

(Reporting by Sam Tobin, editing by Sam Tabahriti)

DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran‘s government has wa

DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Iran‘s government has warned of worsening internal gas shortages this winter as a result of damage to processing facilities in the war with the United States that could lead to cuts in supply.

“If the level of consumption is high it is possible that gas cuts will occur all over the country including in Tehran,” government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said in a news conference in Tehran on Tuesday.

Iran, a major oil producer, controls part of the world’s biggest natural gas field but has sometimes faced difficulty meeting domestic demand because of outdated equipment, worsened by international sanctions. It is now subject to a US blockade of its ports.

The country faced some gas shortages and power cuts even before the conflict that began with a US and Israeli air campaign on February 28, a situation which has now worsened.

Mohajerani forecast a shortfall of 430 million cubic meters in gas supply this year, compared to about 300 million cubic meters in previous years.

National Iranian Gas Company managing director Saeed Tavakoli said this month there had been damage to four processing plants during the first phase of the conflict early this year, which initially reduced capacity by 230 million cubic meters, of which around 100 million had so far been restored.

Last week the company warned that 11 of Iran‘s 31 provinces could face supply difficulties this winter, naming Mazandaran on the Caspian coast, and Golestan and North Khorasan along Iran‘s border with Turkmenistan, as most vulnerable.

Political leaders have urged Iranians to use less gas. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf on Sunday called on Iranians to cut their gas use by 10% ahead of the winter.

Iran‘s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref was cited by state news agency IRNA on Monday as saying gas prices could rise as a result of the reduced supply if consumption was excessive.

(Reporting by Elwely Elwelly and Melory GhaziWriting by Angus McDowallEditing by Peter Graff)

SOUND ON - Immigration and Customs Enforcement off

SOUND ON - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Los Angeles arrested Iranian national and social media influencer Farzad “Tony” Toutouni on Oct. 27, the agency said. Toutouni, who has previously been ordered removed from the United States, also has criminal convictions for kidnapping, robbery, and extortion. He remains in ICE custody while his removal proceedings are pending.

“Visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau was a harrowing e

“Visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau was a harrowing experience.

My wife Yasmine and I viewed the possessions left behind by the victims and visited the barracks, gas chambers, and crematoria. Every shoe and suitcase was a reminder of a human being who had a name, a family and a life.

The crimes of the Holocaust against the Jewish people are incomparable in the combination of its industrial scale of slaughter and the bureaucratic efficiency with which it was planned and organized. Auschwitz and Birkenau lay that plain.

My thoughts turned to the people of Iran, and to a regime that denies the Holocaust while attempting to erase the massacre of our compatriots from the world’s memory through internet blackouts, censorship and hidden executions.

But the Islamic Republic does not represent Iran. The heirs of Cyrus stand with the Jewish people. And while the regime seeks death and destruction, the Iranian nation is fighting for life and liberty.

We placed a wreath bearing the Lion and Sun on behalf of the Iranian people at the memorial to the victims. We will never forget and we will not allow the regime occupying Iran to turn our nation’s name and history into instruments of hatred.

A free Iran will once again stand for peace, life and human dignity.

Light will prevail over darkness.” - Reza Pahlavi

@officialrezapahlavi @pahlavicomms @yasmine.pahlavi
#neveragain #holocaust

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