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Iran-related updates often combine military signaling, proxy networks, sanctions and nuclear diplomacy. This dossier tracks what is stated officially, what is reported by media and what remains unverified.
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Live dossierHouthis reportedly kill four in first deadly attack since start of Iran war
The attack was reportedly carried out by Iranian proxy on a small cargo ship, as tensions in region over the US-Iran conflict remain high.
Source confidence: medium
BBC World
Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say
The US president was reportedly part of a ruse where reporters were falsely told he was with them on Air Force One leaving a Nato summit in Turkey. This event card combines 4 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
BBC World, France 24 - English, Al Jazeera - All News, The Guardian - World
War on Iran: Mojtaba Khamenei is in ‘perfect health’, Iran says
President Masoud Pezeshkian says Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in ‘perfect health’.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
What’s behind Iran’s new military appointments and what do they indicate?
Observers say the nominations empower the hardline old guard, prioritise loyalty over military innovation.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Trump secretly switched planes amid reported Iran assassination threat
President Donald Trump secretly switched from Air Force One to a smaller military aircraft after last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, according to The Washington Post, in an elaborate security operation reportedly prompted by an Iranian threat against him. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
Africanews - Latest, Al Jazeera - All News
Iran vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed until US meets demands
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US meets Tehran’s demands, including an end to sanctions and compensation for war damage. The blockade of the crucial energy route has rattled markets and pushed up prices, while President Donald Trump said he was taking a low-key approach to negotiations with Iran. This event card combines 6 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
France 24 - English, SBS News - World, BBC World, Al Jazeera - All News, The Guardian - World
Qatar sees 'positive' signs in Iran-Oman talks on reopening Hormuz
Doha said Iran and Oman had reached the technical stage of negotiations and were finalising shipping route coordinates, but warned against delay as only six vessels transited Hormuz on Monday compared with 130-140 before the war. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
Euronews - News, Al Jazeera - All News
Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region suffers as US-Iran war drags on
Kurdistan Regional Government says 70 percent of its trade has been cut by the regional conflict.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Iran executes woman who claimed self-defence against sexual assault
Marzieh Nieri, 23, was executed at Qazvin Central Prison after a court rejected her account of wounding a man who had attempted to assault her, bringing the number of women executed in Iran since the start of 2026 to at least 14.
Source confidence: medium
Euronews - News
Trump signals he's changing tactics in negotiations with Iran
President Trump throws out a new negotiating point with Iran even as he says he's "low-keying" the ongoing talks. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
NPR - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Author Max Boot says Trump's approach to Iran is 'guaranteed to fail'
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with author Max Boot about President Trump's recent foreign policy setbacks. Boot writes that Trump's "zigzagging" approach to Iran is "guaranteed to fail."
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But Trump insists the pressure can lead to a breakthrough.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Iran-backed Houthis strike Red Sea port of Mocha, threatening shipping routes
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a government-held port on the country’s Red Sea coast late Sunday, escalating fears over threats to strategic shipping routes and a potential return to civil war.
Source confidence: medium
France 24 - English
Iran says ‘Muslim Nato’ pact reflects retreat from US security umbrella
Tehran has played down concerns over a new mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, while portraying the agreement as evidence of declining regional reliance on the United States.
Source confidence: medium
RFI - English
Iran changed the rules in Hormuz. The Gulf is changing the rules for Iran
Iran gained leverage in Hormuz, but its neighbours are reshaping regional security to limit what Tehran can do with it.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
'Chess player' Iran says Hormuz stays shut until US pays up
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson shot back that Iranians had "shown they are professional chess players" after Trump said he was "low-keying it" and likened talks with Tehran to a chess game.
Source confidence: medium
Euronews - News
Decades of abuse revealed at Michigan art school. And, the Iran war's impact on midterms
A new report has revealed decades of alleged abuse at an elite art school. NPR spoke with one of the victims. And, Iran is playing the long game with negotiations, which could impact midterms.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
What’s behind Trump’s shift to economic pressure on Iran? Will it work?
Months into the war, Trump is returning to squeezing Iran's economy rather than military offensive for now.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Iran's list of demands to reopen Hormuz: A capitulation document?
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damages. Is it a surrender document? We discuss this with our guest, Dr. H.A. Hellyer, Senior Fellow in Geopolitics, International Security, and Middle East Studies, RUSI. This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
France 24 - English, The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
British couple jailed in Iran end hunger strike after several months, family says
A British couple jailed in Iran over alleged spying have ended a three-month-long hunger strike against their sentence, their son has said.
Source confidence: medium
Sky News - World
Trump signals shift to economic pressure on Iran over new military strikes
US relying on sanctions and naval blockade as oil prices stabilise, easing economic strain on American consumers.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Iran war live: Tehran says ‘no military solution’ to Hormuz reopening
Trump says US will wait for economic pressure to mount on Iran, as Israel formally rejects 15-point Gaza peace plan.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
How Iran's 'Axis of Resistance' has shaped the war
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Peter Salisbury, professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, about how Iran and its allies have reshaped the war in the Middle East. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
NPR - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Saudi, Turkey, Pakistan pact comes amid US-Iran war fallout
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey signed a mutual defence pact on Friday that would treat any act of aggression on one of the three nations as an attack on all of them, the allies said in a joint statement. However, it did not specify if the agreement would bind them to any particular military action in each other's defence. Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East studies at Council on Foreign Relations, Henry Barkey, shares further insights. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
France 24 - English, Al Jazeera - All News
Tehran's seeks withdrawal of US forces from region
Iran’s national security chief has outlined a list of demands for the US to meet before Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. They include lifting the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, compensation for war damages and the release of frozen Iranian assets. Separately, Iran and Oman say they are close to reaching a deal on managing the strategic waterway. Charlotte Lam reports.
Source confidence: medium
France 24 - English
Iran-aligned Houthis claim they attacked oil refinery in Saudi Arabia
Drone strike comes after Riyadh signs defence pact and Tehran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthis have claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, two days after the kingdom signed a defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. The attack early on Sunday came after Iran said tough new demands would have to be met b...
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The Guardian - World
Iran says its close to finalising a shipping route agreement with Oman
However, its foreign minister warned a deal would not automatically result in the reopening of the crucial waterway. This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
Africanews - Latest, The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Why does Iran defeat the empires trying to conquer it?
On the second episode of Deja Vu, we look at Iran and the great powers that have tried to shape it.
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Al Jazeera - All News
‘US and Iran are talking past each other’ in indirect negotiations
‘US and Iran are talking past each other’ in indirect negotiations
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Why is Pezeshkian urging an end to Iran’s ‘no war, no peace’ status?
The Iranian president calls for an end to deadlock with the US, declaring it the right moment for a lasting agreement.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Afghanistan: Assisted Afghan returnees from Pakistan, Iran and other countries (from 02 August to 08 August 2026)
Afghanistan: Assisted Afghan returnees from Pakistan, Iran and other countries (from 02 August to 08 August 2026)
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ReliefWeb: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Iran says deal is close with Oman over Strait of Hormuz
Iran says it is close to a deal with Oman over navigation on the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest effort to end the U.S.-Iran conflict. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
NPR - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Vance says US ‘destroyed’ Iran’s nuclear programme
US Vice President JD Vance claims Washington has “destroyed” Iran’s nuclear programme and degraded its military.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
UAE says Iran targeted ADNOC tanker in Strait of Hormuz, no casualties
Gulf and Arab governments condemn Iran over missile strike on Emirati tanker.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Iran and Oman 'close to deal' on Hormuz... but not with the US
Iran said Wednesday it is in the "final stage" of drafting an agreement with Oman over the Strait of Hormuz but denied the US was involved in the negotiations. Trump had in recent days insisted a deal to reopen the critical waterway was imminent. Laurent Berstecher explains. This event card combines 5 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
France 24 - English, BBC World, Al Jazeera - All News, The Guardian - World, Euronews - News
Bluster and backdown have turned Iran war into Trump’s own Groundhog Day
The US president’s profound ignorance of his enemy has led to an impotent cycle of empty threats, analysts say Being the subject of mockery may be the most intense of all Donald Trump’s known aversions. Yet more than five months after embarking on a war of choice against Iran, the US president risks attracting ridicule as he struggles to secure a military victory – while repeatedly threatening devastating bombardment against the Tehran regime, only to back...
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The Guardian - World
From Tehran’s walls to the world: Iran’s visual propaganda as an art of war (2/2)
Tehran at War (Part 2/2). In Iran, the war with the United States is also fought through enormous, state-sponsored posters. Murals transform walls into billboards advertising the official narrative, designed to carry the government's voice far beyond its borders. FRANCE 24 examines this visual strategy, shaped during the Islamic Revolution and supercharged by artificial intelligence.
Source confidence: medium
France 24 - English
Iran’s grip on trade is a potent weapon, but it has an expiry date
Iran can exploit dependence on Hormuz today, but prolonged disruption will erode that leverage This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
Al Jazeera - All News, Euronews - News
Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war
By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically – but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could lash back Tehran has set out a protracted negotiating timetable designed to keep Donald Trump embroiled in the Iran conflict until the midterm elections, in the hope of inflicting the same ruinous blow on his presidency as Jimmy Carter suffered over the 1979-81 US embassy hostage crisis. For many inside Iran, inflicting meaningful re... This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Trump targets birthright citizenship. And, Iran aims to ban U.S. from Strait of Hormuz
President Trump says he has signed two new orders targeting birthright citizenship. And, Iran is aiming to ban U.S. ships from the Strait of Hormuz.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
‘De-escalation’: Europe hesitates as US pushes for Hormuz naval mission
The UK and France are not seeking confrontation with Iran in the US-Israeli war Europe largely rejected, say analysts.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Despite Trump's talk of a deal being close, little has changed to end the Iran war
President Trump is under pressure to find a breakthrough with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, but it's proven elusive.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Is the Iran war at risk of becoming a quagmire?
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to John Sopko, who served as Special Inspector General for Afghanistan under Obama, Trump and Biden, about the back-and-forth around bringing the Iran war to an end.
Source confidence: medium
NPR - World
Iran’s Ghalibaf accuses Trump of conducting show diplomacy ‘on loop’
US president says he is involved in talks and war will end 'pretty soon', claiming that Iran cannot 'go much longer'.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Trump vows to find ‘leakers’ after reports of depleted Iran war munitions
US President defends Pentagon chief Hegseth following report of confrontation over dwindling weapons supply.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News
Iran tightens security grip at home as war conditions with US linger
Executions, arrests and closure of public gathering spaces have raised concerns among Iranians and rights groups.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Could the Iran war derail Donald Trump’s legacy?
President Trump is looking to reframe the Iran war ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in November.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Iran and Oman agree on coordinates of route through strait of Hormuz, says Iranian foreign ministry – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. The geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the strait of Hormuz have been agreed by Iran and Oman , and a joint announcement is being finalised, provided no third parties interfere, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday. Baghaei added that any such agreement between Iran and Oman would not, by itself, guarantee security in the strategic waterway. Continue readin... This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
War on Iran: US-Iran deal edges closer
A deal between the US and Iran could be signed within 48 hours, according to US officials.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Sharp spike in executions, death sentences in Iran
The UN rights chief expressed alarm on Wednesday over the sharp increase in executions and death sentences in Iran since the US-Israeli bombing campaign began in late February, warning that capital punishment is being used to intimidate the population and suppress dissent. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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UN News - All, Al Jazeera - All News
US says Iran Hormuz deal could come 'today or tomorrow' as oil prices plunge
A senior Trump administration official on Tuesday said an agreement to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could be reached as soon as "today or tomorrow", fuelling hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough despite Iran's public denials that it is negotiating with Washington. This event card combines 3 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
France 24 - English, SBS News - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Donald Trump says oil execs have made too much money since blockade of Hormuz Strait
As a consequence of the Iran war and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices have soared. The profits of the industry's biggest companies have also skyrocketed, and US President Donald Trump believes they're making far too much money. He's calling on them to lower prices. With the midterm elections just three months away, he's potentially concerned about growing anger among Americans. Story by Charlotte Hughes and France 2. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
France 24 - English, Al Jazeera - All News
Trump hails progress but warned Iran of ‘hard hit’ if no deal reached
US President Donald Trump says progress with Iran has been made, but warned Iran of 'hard hit' if no deal reached. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
Al Jazeera - All News, The Guardian - World
Trump says Iran will be 'hit very hard' if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
BBC World, Euronews - News
Funeral for family killed in US strike on Iran’s Qeshm Island
The funeral for a couple and their toddler took place after they were killed in the US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island.
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Al Jazeera - All News
‘Maximum use’: Iran boosts military strength during ceasefire with US
IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said last month that Iran's missile production rate increased during the ceasefire.
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Al Jazeera - All News
Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz
Masoud Pezeshkian dismisses talk of internal rift as hardline Assembly of Experts call US negotiations ‘futile’ Middle East crisis live – latest updates Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, has been forced to deny claims that he has repeatedly threatened to resign as he battles hardline factions opposed to reaching a settlement with the US over the strait of Hormuz. The US and Europe hope a deal is imminent to reopen the strait and they are putting pressur...
Source confidence: medium
The Guardian - World
US and Qatar report progress on Iran ceasefire and reopening Hormuz strait
Optimism echoes Trump’s claims on Monday that deal is close as mediators say they are exchanging proposals Middle East crisis live – latest updates US and Qatari officials have said progress is being made in restoring a ceasefire in the US-Iran war and reopening the strait of Hormuz. The optimistic speculation on Tuesday brought oil prices down 2%, but the strait remained closed to shipping and a cargo vessel was reportedly struck by an unidentified projec... This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
Source confidence: strong
The Guardian - World, Al Jazeera - All News
Qatar says US-Iran mediation efforts continuing but no direct talks planned
There have been conflicting signals from the US and Iran, with Tehran denying President Trump's assertion that talks are under way. This event card combines 2 sources; each original remains available below.
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BBC World, Al Jazeera - All News
Can Pakistan keep US-Iran diplomacy alive as mistrust deepens?
New diplomatic push undertaken as repeated ceasefire failures expose limits of mediation.
Source confidence: medium
Al Jazeera - All News