<article data-history-node-id="450339" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-ready-reopen-hormuz-two-days-if-us-agrees-demands" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-ready-reopen-hormuz-two-days-if-us-agrees-demands" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran says ready to reopen Hormuz in two days if US agrees to demands</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran on Monday said it was ready to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if Washington agrees to conditions, as US President Donald Trump issued his latest war threat at a rally for midterm elections.</p> <p>A senior Iranian official said the offer to open the vital energy corridor, which follows intense efforts by mediators to stop a return to war, showed "good faith".</p> <p>Tehran has blockaded Hormuz since the war started in February, sending energy prices soaring and posing an electoral challenge for Trump. The narrow gateway to the energy-rich Gulf normally carries one-fifth of global oil consumption.</p> <p>"The possibility of implementing this plan in two days is another indication of Iran's good-faith approach," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told reporters at a briefing.</p> <p><em>Reporting by AFP</em></p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="450108" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-arab-leader-says-party-ready-back-anti-netanyahu-government-not" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-arab-leader-says-party-ready-back-anti-netanyahu-government-not" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli Arab leader says party ready to back anti-Netanyahu government but not in coalition</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The leader of key Arab-led party Joint List said on Wednesday that he was willing to cooperate with an opposition-led government to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but was not open to joining such a coalition outright.</p> <p>"We do not see the possibility of being part of an Israeli government coalition under the current political circumstances, particularly given the ongoing war in Gaza, the settlements in the West Bank" and other issues, Yousef Jabareen told AFP.</p> <p>"However, with the aim of bringing down this government, it would be possible for us to support an alternative government from outside the coalition."</p> <p>Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a coalition with Arab parties to form a government would be “a shame and a disgrace", calling it "forbidden".</p> <p>The two Arab-led parties, Joint List and Ra'am have gained a record total of 19 seats during the election, while Netanyahu's Likud party have fallen short of a parliamentary majority in the latest projections.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="449839" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/germany-france-and-uk-ready-negotiate-iran-german-foreign-minister-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/germany-france-and-uk-ready-negotiate-iran-german-foreign-minister-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Germany, France and UK ready to negotiate with Iran, German foreign minister says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Friday that <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/germany">Germany</a>, <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/france">France</a> and <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk">Britain</a> were ready to negotiate with Iran to ensure it does not acquire nuclear weapons.</p> <p>Speaking on the sidelines of an international summit in Istanbul, Wadephul also called for <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/saudi-arabia">Saudi Arabia</a> and <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/yemen">Yemen’</a>s government to be supported in defending themselves and paving the way for talks with the Houthis to resume.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="449480" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-not-seeking-nuclear-weapons-and-ready-dialogue-pezeshkian-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-not-seeking-nuclear-weapons-and-ready-dialogue-pezeshkian-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran not seeking nuclear weapons and ‘ready for dialogue’, Pezeshkian says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied Friday that Tehran sought nuclear weapons, expressed readiness for dialogue and condemned US sanctions.</p> <p>“Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons, and we consider the malicious propaganda against our country to be lies,” Pezeshkian said during talks with Georgia's prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze.</p> <p>“We have always been ready for dialogue. They think they can force us to surrender, but we will not bow to coercion,” he added, calling US sanctions against Tehran “unjustifiable and inhumane”.</p> <p>In his meeting with the Georgian premier on the sidelines of a UN biodiversity summit in Armenia’s capital Yerevan, Pezeshkian also called for closer ties with Georgia, weeks after Iranian airlines stopped flying to Georgia when Tbilisi said it would comply with US sanctions on the carriers.</p> <p>Georgia's Civil Aviation Agency said in September it would comply with the US sanctions regime, while Kobakhidze insisted Tbilisi was not imposing its own bilateral sanctions on Tehran.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during the leaders' summit at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, 16 October 2026 (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="db785d80-f2d5-4b6f-b6b8-47a5263d4b64" data-langcode="en" title="Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during the leaders' summit at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, 16 October 2026 (AFP)" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/pezeshkian-iran-yerevan-armenia-summit.jpg" width="1911" height="1075" alt="Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during the leaders' summit at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, 16 October 2026 (AFP)" title="Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during the leaders' summit at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, 16 October 2026 (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during the leaders' summit at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, 16 October 2026 (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="449432" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-forces-ready-while-us-shaky-position" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-forces-ready-while-us-shaky-position" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">IRGC says forces ready while US in ‘shaky’ position</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday its forces have established a "strong defensive front" and are prepared to confront threats across the country, including on land, at sea and in the air.</p> <p>Meanwhile, “the enemy is in a shaky position and makes new claims each time to cover up this situation,” Major-General Mostafa Izadi, deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC was quoted as saying by Iran's Fars News Agency.</p> <p>Izadi also added American forces had “fled in haste” from both Iraq and Afghanistan, referring to the withdrawal of US troops from the territories.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="449079" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/russia-confirms-its-ready-ship-diesel-us-october" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/russia-confirms-its-ready-ship-diesel-us-october" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Russia confirms it's ready to ship diesel to US from October</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday that Moscow was ready to begin additional diesel deliveries to the United States and other countries in October, with exports set to rise further in November and December as refineries return from maintenance.</p> <p>His comments followed a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, after which Trump said Putin had agreed to supply diesel to the US and global markets as fuel prices soar amid the war with Iran.</p> <p>The Kremlin said the call focused on ending the war in Ukraine and also touched on Iran.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised the move, calling Trump's decision to accept Russian fuel to ease US shortages "unworthy" and "weak".</p> <p>"It is certainly not honest, it is certainly unworthy of our partners, and it is, in my view, a weak decision," Zelensky told reporters.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="448617" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-iraq-says-security-forces-ready-us-led-coalition-mission-ends" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/watch-iraq-says-security-forces-ready-us-led-coalition-mission-ends" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Watch: Iraq says security forces ready as US-led coalition mission ends</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi said on Wednesday that his country’s forces are now in control of its security as it enters a “new phase” of sovereignty, as the US-led international coalition’s mission ends.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi said on Wednesday that his country’s forces are now in control of its security as it enters a “new phase” of sovereignty, as the US-led international coalition’s mission ends. <a href="https://t.co/Ry0An8VcnZ">pic.twitter.com/Ry0An8VcnZ</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2105469013451042826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>