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Iran’s Newly Created Strait Authority Discloses ‘Controlled Maritime Zone’ at Hormuz

May 20, 2026

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By John Davison and Emily Giles LONDON, Sept 29 (R

By John Davison and Emily Giles
LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Iran’s leaders may radiate bullishness in their war with the United States, but life is becoming ever tougher for ordinary citizens unable to afford basic necessities or rent as a US blockade cuts the state’s financial lifeline – oil exports.

From an engineer forced out of Tehran by high rent to a woman forced to stop smoking because of the price of cigarettes and carers struggling to buy medicines, all areas of daily life are affected.

“I’m forced to sell my items with a very small and negligible profit, yet I can’t close my business because then I’d be unemployed,” said Behnam Riazi, a restaurant owner interviewed on camera in Tehran.

Riazi cannot raise his prices because his customers cannot pay more – any most anyway buy only necessities now.

How far economic strains may push Iran towards diplomatic compromise is unclear, as it tightens its own stranglehold on Persian Gulf energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, driving up oil and gas prices in the US and around the world.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) –

By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Monday denied offering Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds in return for nuclear concessions from Tehran.

DETAILS:

“This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, responding to an Axios report that cited US officials as saying that he was willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release Iranian frozen funds in return for “concrete” Iranian steps regarding the nuclear program.
The Axios report did not identify the US officials.
CNN also reported, citing an unidentified US official, that Trump was willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release frozen funds as part of a final deal on the condition that Iran offered “concrete progress” on the nuclear issue.
Trump has offered shifting goals and timelines for the Iran war that began on February 28 when the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran responded with its own strikes on ⁠Israel and Gulf states that host US bases.
US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed thousands and displaced millions.
US and Iranian officials spoke separately with mediators on Monday as part of a renewed effort to end seven months of war, according to officials of both countries.
Trump has cited weakening Iran‘s nuclear ⁠capabilities as one of his war objectives.
Iran, which does not have nuclear weapons, denies seeking them. The US is nuclear-armed.
Tehran ⁠says it has the right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes as a party to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Daphne Psaledakis and Jacqueline Wong)

Sept 28 (Reuters) – Qatari mediators are likely to

Sept 28 (Reuters) – Qatari mediators are likely to hold separate talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in New York and with the US side on Monday or Tuesday, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, in a fresh push to end the war.

The talks are expected to focus on an amended version of a seven-day proposal that Iran presented last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Araqchi remains in New York after attending the General Assembly. It was not immediately clear who would represent the US side in the talks with mediators.

Iran‘s semi-official ISNA news agency later confirmed that Araqchi would meet the mediators in the US on Monday morning, New York time.

The two sides will “examine the latest proposals and views regarding the current situation”, ISNA added.

Iran‘s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told state media later on Monday that Araqchi’s stay in New York had not been extended and that the foreign minister would return to Tehran according to his original schedule.

Baghaei made no comment on the talks with mediators.

By Timour Azhari and Ahmed Rasheed Sept 28 (Reuter

By Timour Azhari and Ahmed Rasheed
Sept 28 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s administration was set to grant a limited waiver to its Iran sanctions program on Monday to allow for flights carrying Shi’ite Muslim religious pilgrims between Iran and Iraq, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The source, who is involved in the deliberations, said the US Treasury Department waiver would allow Iraqi Airways to fly back and forth between Iran and the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf in Iraq for one month, with a more permanent waiver potentially following.

Iraq halted flights to and from Iran on Friday, in line with US sanctions.

The source said the move aimed to ease pressure on the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who has sought to deepen ties with Washington while also balancing a strong relationship with Iraq’s influential neighbour, Iran.

By Bo Erickson and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, S

By Bo Erickson and Trevor Hunnicutt

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump told reporters that United States officials talked with mediators trying to end Washington’s war with Iran on Monday, adding the US will win the Iran war “very soon.”

“We’re going to win, as far as I’m concerned, it’s going to be one way or the other,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “It’s going to go pretty quickly.”

Trump also said that gas prices will come tumbling down after the US wins the war.

(Reporting by Bo Erickson and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; editing by Michelle Nichols)

Students at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehra

Students at Allameh Tabataba’i University in Tehran, Iran, gathered on campus to protest rising tuition costs, conditions in dormitories and dining facilities, and mandatory hijab rules. The demonstration went ahead despite a heavy security presence at the site.
Tensions rose when a person standing among the Basij members reportedly threatened to “put the students in sacks.” The protesters responded with a chant rejecting the offer of dialogue on those terms, telling the group they did not want “dialogue in a sack.”

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