Iran Crisis 2026

Iran Crisis 2026

Representatives from foreign diplomatic missions, United Nations offices and the media tour damage to sites previously targeted by US-Israeli strikes, in Tehran on 20 April. Photo: Getty Images

US-Iran peace talks in doubt as Trump signals no truce extension

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the country would not “accept negotiations under the shadow of threats.”

A resident walks while covering her nose to protect against the smell rising from a building containing homes and a restaurant hit by an Israeli strike hours before the ceasefire, amid a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Zrarieh, Lebanon, 19 April 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Iran may join peace talks after Pakistan works to end US blockade, Iran source says

A member of the Lebanese army gestures at the site of an Israeli strike on a bridge carried out before a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon went into effect, in Qasmiyeh, Southern Lebanon, 20 April 2026. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Israel entrenches hold on south Lebanon, warns residents to stay out

A view of Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska as the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released 19 April 2026. CENTCOM/Handout via REUTERS

Ceasefire at risk after US seizes Iranian ship, Iran shuns peace talks

A man looks at a residential building damaged by a strike, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran currently has no decision to send a negotiating delegation to Pakistan, Tasnim reports

A drone view shows the Malta-flagged tanker Agios Fanourios I, an oil tanker that sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, arriving in Iraq’s territorial waters off Basra, Iraq, April 17, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammed Aty

How 50 days of the Iran war led to the loss of $50 billion worth of oil

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Oil plunges, stocks jump as Iran declares Hormuz open

An emergency responder works at the site of an Israeli strike, in Al-Mazraa in Beirut, Lebanon on 8 April 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Yara Nardi

War in the Middle East: latest developments

Displaced people react as they return to their homes in a vehicle carrying belongings on its roof after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Sidon, Lebanon, 17 April, 2026. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Israel and Lebanon begin ceasefire, Trump says Iran may meet US over weekend

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (right) and Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir (left) during a high-level meeting in Tehran yesterday, April 15, 2026, as Pakistan continues diplomatic efforts to advance US–Iran talks. Photo: Collected

Hopes rise for Iran peace deal, but nuclear dispute remains unresolved

Luojiashan tanker sits anchored in Muscat, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Iran can go up to two months without oil exports before cutting output, analysts say

A Pakistani official stands during the arrival of the US Vice President JD Vance for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, 11 April, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

US, Iran may resume talks this week despite port blockade

File photo of US President Donald Trump pointing on 15 June 2025. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Trump says Iranian 'fast-attack' ships that come close to US blockade will be eliminated