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WatchMasoud Pezeshkian held up photos of dead schoolchildren and called out Trump by name, a day after Trump told the same hall he might 'annihilate' the Islamic Republic.
Mohsen Rezaei, a month into the job as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera the conditions are with Qatari and Pakistani mediators and Iran is waiting on Washington. The list drops Tehran's earlier demand for reparations, which one U.S. analyst read as movement, though he said Washington would still hear it as 'surrender.'
WatchThe fact-finding mission says two Feb. 28 strikes killed at least 178 civilians, most of them schoolgirls. It goes to the Human Rights Council Monday. Washington hasn't answered its June requests for a meeting.
Nobody will say where the aircraft went down or which variant they were. Central Command declined to comment.
The VL Prosperity, a 333-meter Liberian-flagged crude carrier sailing from Egypt, was boarded Aug. 21 to investigate a cyberattack reported two weeks earlier. The U.S. has not said who did it, and the Coast Guard says there was no damage, spill or danger to the crew.
The U.N. sanctions committee denied Austria's request to exempt Mohammad Eslami from the travel ban that snapped back last year. Tehran called it 'a serious breach' of its rights and summoned Austria's envoy; Russia said Vienna 'grossly violated' its duties as host.
Anthropic's September threat report says the same account designed a domestic mass-surveillance platform for Iranian state systems. The company banned it, built new detections and handed the intelligence to U.S. authorities. The report also flags five cases where working scientists used Claude in ways that could support bioweapons development.
Iran's briefing for Gulf foreign ministers on how it plans to manage Hormuz shipping was called off hours later. Oman said the delay was 'in the interests of consensus.' Trump said the war will end 'right after the midterms.'
The East-West pipeline that let the kingdom pump more than 5 million barrels a day to the Red Sea is closed after a drone attack traced to Iraqi territory, while the Houthis now hold every island in the Bab el-Mandeb and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pressing Trump to strike them.
U.S. forces fired more than 30 Patriot missiles defending Muwaffaq Salti Air Base overnight. No American deaths were reported.
WatchMohsen Rezaei said the zone will start at the line of the U.S. naval blockade and run toward the strait. Brent crude traded near $97 and the Labor Day gasoline average hit a record $4.14 a gallon.
The energy secretary told 'Face the Nation' that falling prices are 'not an unreasonable expectation.' Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had put a date on it.
WatchU.S. Central Command said the M/T Kylo went down in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, one of three tankers struck in retaliation for missiles fired at American ships. Tehran has promised a "more severe" response.
The crew was evacuated and no casualties were reported. Kharg carried 90 percent of Iranian crude exports before the war, and Trump said last week the island was being "blown to smithereens."
WatchIran fired missiles and drones at an air base in Kuwait and another in the United Arab Emirates overnight, extending its retaliation to a third Gulf state in three days. Iran's health ministry now counts 18 dead from American strikes.
WatchIranian officials say American strikes killed civilians at a wedding celebration in Sirik county and wounded dozens more. Within hours the Revolutionary Guard launched missiles and drones at U.S. positions in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and the Emirates.
WatchThe conflict passed its half-year mark on Friday with the Strait of Hormuz still contested, roughly 6,000 sailors on 400 ships still stuck in the region, and Tehran refusing to yield to what the Treasury Department is calling an economic D-Day.
WatchTehran's price for reopening the world's most important oil chokepoint was reparations and sanctions relief. Trump's counteroffer was a bill of his own, and Brent crude blew past $87.
The press corps and part of the staff flew home on a decoy Air Force One with the cabin shades ordered shut. By Monday night officials were furious the ruse had leaked.
The act lets the president impose tariffs of up to 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. The House is on recess and will not vote before September.
The strike hit a plant that processes 400,000 barrels of crude a day. A separate Houthi barrage on the Yemeni port of Mocha killed seven people.
WatchTehran's security chief laid out six conditions for reopening the world's most important oil chokepoint. Fewer than 10 ships a day are getting through a waterway that used to carry 130.
Officials say the network laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in oil revenue through shell companies in Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. "Every facilitator that keeps the regime afloat is putting a target on its own back," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
WatchA Saudi official told CNN the kingdom has tracked meetings between Iraqi militiamen, Houthi operatives and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, along with the movement of drones and missiles. The warning came a day after the Houthis hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden.
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement binds an oil power, a nuclear-armed state and NATO's second-largest military — signed as the Iran war reshapes the region.
H.R. 5334 would let the president tariff the biggest buyers of Russian oil, blacklist Moscow's shadow fleet and extend Iran sanctions. Rand Paul gets one amendment vote first.
The draft would keep 'hostile' ships out until Tehran is compensated for war damage and fine violators a fifth of their cargo. A U.S. official told NPR the strait is international water and 'no party controls the lanes.'
WatchDefense officials tell CBS News the American arsenal of ATACMS and Precision Strike Missiles is all but empty, and an independent tally says Patriot interceptors have fallen by roughly two-thirds since the fighting began.
Survivors of the Iranian strike on Port of Shuaiba say commanders ignored force-protection warnings and denied requests for medical supplies. Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants the investigation released.
One crew member is missing from the Liberian-flagged Minoan Pioneer, struck 23 miles off Oman. On the same day, an Indian-flagged ship sank in the Red Sea after an explosive-laden boat rammed it.
WatchThe president called off a massive bombing campaign on the promise that negotiations were about to begin. Tehran's foreign ministry says the only talks happening are with Oman, and American officials told CBS News no new negotiations are scheduled.
WatchThe president said Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates asked him to hold off, and that talks aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz would begin Monday. Iran's foreign ministry says no direct talks with Washington are scheduled.
The FBI, EPA and CISA warned this week that intruders seized control of internet-exposed equipment at water utilities, in some cases causing pressure loss and flooding. Federal investigators are examining whether Iran is behind it; the president blamed the state where more than 30 systems were hit.
WatchSources tell CBS News the two governments want any campaign against Iran's energy grid wrapped up before financial markets open Monday. President Trump has not given final approval.
Kuwait's Defense Ministry called the strike on a Chinese company's building 'heinous Iranian aggression.' It came after U.S. Central Command finished what it called a heavy wave of strikes on dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets.
Kirsten Gillibrand's measure to force a withdrawal of U.S. forces failed by a single vote, with three Republicans crossing over and one Democrat voting no. The Pentagon now counts 18 American service members killed and more than 600 wounded.
WatchUtilities from Plymouth to Braham were forced into manual operation this week after the controllers that run their pumps and towers were compromised. Federal agencies say similar attacks have now surfaced in at least seven states.
WatchU.S. Central Command said the overnight barrage struck Revolutionary Guard command centers, missile plants and coastal defenses in retaliation for an attempted Iranian strike on American forces in Jordan. Iran answered by threatening every country helping Washington.
WatchCENTCOM says every Iranian missile launched at 5:45 p.m. ET Tuesday was intercepted. Hours later, American and Saudi fighter jets struck weapons sites across eastern Iraq, shattering a two-day lull in a war that had appeared to be cooling.
Ukraine says it has tracked Russian orbital surveillance of four Gulf air bases in a single 24-hour window, with the imagery surfacing in Iranian hands before and after strikes on American troops.
WatchU.S. Central Command announced no new attacks after 13 consecutive nights of bombing, and an Iranian Health Ministry spokesman said the country had "a peaceful night." Trump insisted the military remains "locked and loaded."
WatchIran launched Arash suicide drones at American installations in Jordan and Bahrain hours after U.S. Central Command reported a 75-minute barrage, and President Trump threatened to hit a suspected nuclear site 'pretty soon.'
WatchU.S. Central Command said the latest barrage was meant to degrade Iran's ability to hit commercial shipping, hours before Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it struck two 'non-compliant' tankers in the waterway.
WatchPresident Trump warned of "strong" retaliation after three more U.S. service members were killed over the weekend, and the Pentagon is rushing F-16 and F-35 jets to the Middle East as fears of a prolonged war grow.
American forces hit at least six bridges in Hormozgan province, appearing to cut the Strait of Hormuz port city of Bandar Abbas off from the roads to Tehran, as Iran fired back at U.S. positions across the Gulf.
The 53-year-old Californian, barred from leaving Iran since 2024 and recovering from a heart attack, is heading home as U.S.-Iran fighting enters its sixth day.
WatchDefense Department officials privately peg the price of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran at $80 billion to $100 billion once destroyed aircraft, battered bases and spent munitions are counted — far above the roughly $30 billion the administration has cited publicly.
WatchAmerican forces launched two back-to-back waves of strikes Wednesday, including a 90-minute barrage on Greater Tunb Island, as Iran's Health Ministry said more than 260 people have been wounded and Tehran freed a detained American woman.
Brent crude climbed toward $84 a barrel and pump prices rose again as the president moved to choke off Iranian oil exports, even as cooler inflation data lifted U.S. stocks.
WatchJordan says it shot down four Iranian missiles over its airspace while U.S. Central Command hammered more than 300 targets across a week, and Trump warned that '1,000 missiles are locked and loaded.'
WatchThe Pentagon's blockade of every Iranian port and oil terminal went into force at 4 p.m. Eastern, with any non-compliant vessel now liable to interception, diversion or seizure by force.
WatchTehran said it had shut the world's most important oil chokepoint after firing on a ship, while Washington insisted the waterway remained open and hammered roughly 140 Iranian military targets.
WatchPresident Trump, at the NATO summit in Ankara, declared the month-old ceasefire 'over' as Central Command struck air defenses, radar sites and roughly 60 Revolutionary Guard boats. Iran fired projectiles toward Bahrain and Kuwait and shot down a U.S. drone.
WatchThe $400 million Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar is missing the laser jammers and countermeasures on the older presidential jets, and the Secret Service urged Trump to fly the old plane home from Turkey as the Iran conflict flared.
WatchBrent crude jumped more than 5% after Iranian forces hit a Qatari gas carrier and two other vessels in under 24 hours. Washington answered by revoking Tehran's license to sell oil.
WatchTwo nights of American airstrikes killed at least 14 people in Iran after Tehran attacked commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, collapsing a month-old truce as Khamenei was laid to rest.
Millions of mourners filled Tehran for the slain supreme leader, but the son widely seen as his heir has not appeared in public since the war that killed his father.
WatchTehran said it fired missiles and drones at American installations across the Gulf after U.S. forces bombed Iran's coast for a second straight night. President Trump, speaking from the NATO summit in Turkey, declared the ceasefire 'over.'
WatchThe president threatened to reimpose a naval blockade on Iran's ports as oil prices jumped roughly 8%, and Tehran warned it would shut the Strait of Hormuz and retaliate with twice as many targets.
Crude jumped about 8% toward $80 a barrel after the president threatened to blockade the world's most important oil chokepoint, through which roughly a fifth of global supply flows.
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