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Monday, August 10, 20263 entries

  1. 2:34 PM in New York

    U.S. extends its energy-shipping waiver for 90 days

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsWashington, D.C.

    Trump extended for 90 days, from Aug. 17, the Jones Act waiver he first issued on March 17, letting foreign-flagged ships carry oil, fuels, fertilizer and related cargo between U.S. ports. Unlike earlier extensions it covers only energy and agricultural cargo, and the Pentagon will consult the Maritime Administration on which voyages qualify.

    Why it matters The White House said the waiver has increased domestic deliveries of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel; extending it signals Washington expects the Hormuz disruption to last.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News

  2. 9:06 PM in Tehran

    Khamenei names a new IRGC chief and army chief of staff and merges two top commands

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei made six senior military appointments, formally naming Ahmad Vahidi commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards and Ali Abdollahi chief of staff of the armed forces in place of Abdolrahim Mousavi. His decree also ordered the merger of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters with the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

    Why it matters Together with Mohsen Rezaei's appointment to the security council the day before, the changes put veteran IRGC commanders in Iran's top military and security posts; Khamenei has not been seen in public since succeeding his father.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2), CBS News (3)

  3. 8:11 AM in New York

    Trump answers Iran's compensation demand with a U.S. compensation demand of his own

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C.

    After Iran's security council made war compensation a condition for reopening the strait, Trump wrote that he was 'likewise demanding compensation from Iran' for people killed and wounded by its 'roadside bombs,' the 17 sailors killed on the USS Cole and protesters killed in Iran, and later added damages in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza. He said he had told his negotiators to put this 'firmly into any, and all, future negotiations.'

    Why it matters Iran rejected the demand the next day; the counter-claims pushed the two sides further from the quick Hormuz deal both had described a week earlier.

    Sources: Associated Press live report, Associated Press sanctions analysis, CBS News, CBS News (2), CNN, CBS News (3)

Sunday, August 9, 20262 entries

  1. 9:47 PM in Tehran

    Khamenei appoints ex-IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaei to lead Iran's security council

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed Mohsen Rezaei, his military adviser and a former Revolutionary Guards commander, as his representative to and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who took the post in March after Ali Larijani was killed and becomes a political adviser.

    Why it matters Analyst Vali Nasr told CNN Rezaei has far more authority with the IRGC than his predecessor and called the move a tightening of Khamenei's control ahead of any deal with the U.S.

    Sources: CNN, CBS News, CNN (2)

  2. 1:21 PM in New York

    Trump says the U.S. is 'low-keying' Iran talks and only 'semi-negotiating'

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump told Axios by phone, 'We are low-keying it. We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money,' adding that Tehran cannot pay its soldiers and that 'it's like a chess game.'

    Why it matters The comments came a day after Iran's security council set new conditions for reopening the strait, and signal Washington shifting weight from strikes to economic pressure.

    Sources: Axios, CNN, CBS News

Saturday, August 8, 20261 entry

  1. 9:25 PM in Tehran

    Iran's security council says Hormuz stays shut until the U.S. 'corrects its behavior'

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    In a statement by secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr on state TV, Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the U.S. "corrects its behavior," demanding a permanent end to the war including against Iran's allies, lifting of the naval blockade, withdrawal of U.S. forces, full war compensation, sanctions relief and release of frozen assets.

    Why it matters The list turned terms Iran had sought for a final peace deal into preconditions for merely reopening the strait.

    Sources: Fox News, The Times of Israel, Fortune

Friday, August 7, 20261 entry

  1. 7:27 PM in New York

    Treasury sanctions Iran's Shahr Bank, Dubai exchange houses and two crypto exchanges

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    OFAC designated Shahr Bank and two Dubai-based exchange houses, Titan Exchange and Alps International, which it said helped retrieve oil revenue for the National Iranian Oil Company and other exporters, in its eighth action this year against Iran's shadow banking. In a separate action it sanctioned two digital asset exchanges and the head of a network of front companies it said laundered funds for the IRGC.

    Why it matters Both actions target how Iran repatriates oil money; the State Department also offered up to $15 million for information disrupting IRGC finances.

    Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of the Treasury (2), CBS News

Thursday, August 6, 20262 entries

  1. 2:15 AM in Riyadh, Aug 7

    Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia's Najran wounds 11, the kingdom's highest toll in four years

    OfficialMilitary & securityNajran, Saudi Arabia

    The Saudi-led coalition said a Houthi attack late Thursday on the Najran border region wounded at least 11 civilians, seven of them Saudis including a woman and a four-year-old child, along with two Egyptians, a Yemeni and a Pakistani. Earlier that day Houthi missile and drone strikes killed at least 58 Yemeni government troops, according to a military source.

    Why it matters It was the highest toll inside Saudi Arabia in more than four years, as the Houthis stepped up attacks on the kingdom after declaring their embargo on Saudi shipping in July.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News

  2. 8:15 PM in Tehran

    Iranian lawmakers draft a Hormuz law barring 'hostile' ships and fining violators

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsTehran, Iran

    A bill under review by the Iranian parliament's national security commission would bar ships of the U.S., Israel and other countries Iran deems hostile from the Strait of Hormuz, ban vessels linked to countries that 'have caused damage' to Iran until compensation is paid, and fine violators up to 20 percent of their cargo's value, Fars and IRIB reported. Lawmaker Alireza Salimi said it was still under expert review.

    Why it matters The bill runs separately from the Iran-Oman talks and would write Tehran's claimed control of the strait into law; eight shipping associations had just asked the UN and IMO to oppose any tolls in Hormuz.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CNN, CNN (2)

Wednesday, August 5, 20261 entry

  1. 7:37 PM in Tehran

    Iran says it and Oman have agreed the coordinates of a new Hormuz shipping route

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said 'the geographical coordinates of the route envisaged by the two sides have been agreed upon' and a joint statement was in final drafting 'if certain third parties do not obstruct the process.' Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the corridors would partly pass through Iranian waters, run for two to four months or longer, and need a separate decision by Iran's leadership.

    Why it matters Tehran said the route alone would not reopen the strait while the U.S. naval blockade continues; sources told CBS it could let the U.S. and Iran return to talks under the June memorandum.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2), CNN

Tuesday, August 4, 20262 entries

  1. 8:49 PM in Tehran

    Iran says Oman talks are going well; Qatar says draft deal texts are circulating

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said talks with Oman on inbound and outbound shipping routes were assessed positively at technical and political levels. Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said drafts of a possible U.S.-Iran agreement were 'being circulated' but that no direct talks were scheduled, and an Iranian source told CBS the proposal has ships enter on the Iranian side and leave on the Omani side, with a service fee split between the two.

    Why it matters Qatar said any future arrangement for the strait must be agreed by all affected regional states, a warning against an Iran-Oman deal that sidelines the Gulf.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CNN, CNN (2), CBS News

  2. 8:33 AM in New York

    Bessent says a Hormuz deal could come 'today or tomorrow'; Rubio says 'not finality yet'

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC 'there is a chance we may have a deal today or tomorrow' on the strait because Iran's air force, navy and much of its missile force were 'wiped out.' Later Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. is 'involved in' the Iran-Oman talks, that 'there's been progress made in those talks, but not finality yet,' and that denuclearization is 'the ultimate deal' while the strait is 'the immediate deal.'

    Why it matters It was the first U.S. account to match Tehran's that the live channel runs through Oman, though Iran still denied any direct talks with Washington.

    Sources: CBS News, ABC News, CBS News (2), CBS News (3), CBS News (4), CNN

Monday, August 3, 20262 entries

  1. 2:24 PM in New York

    Trump calls talks Iran's 'last chance' and warns of 'decapitation'

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    In the Oval Office Trump said Gulf states had asked him to give diplomacy 'a last chance. This is a last chance,' adding, 'I want to give them every last chance before decapitation.' He said the Strait of Hormuz could open fully by Tuesday as 'phase one,' with denuclearization to follow, and that he would not let Iran charge ships for transit.

    Why it matters U.S. officials told CBS no new negotiations were actually scheduled, and Tehran said its only talks were with Oman.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CNN, CBS News, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News (2)

  2. 11:00 AM in Tehran

    Iran says it is not negotiating with the U.S., only with Oman on a Hormuz route

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told a news conference that 'we are not negotiating with the United States at this time' and that Iran's talks with Oman, under way for 7-8 days, aim at a temporary safe route through the Strait of Hormuz and had made some progress. He said a route deal with Oman would not by itself reopen the strait while U.S. attacks continue; a day earlier he said the strait 'will in no way return to the status it was before February 28th.'

    Why it matters It contradicted Trump's statement the day before that negotiations would begin on Monday afternoon; U.S. officials also told CBS no new negotiations were planned.

    Sources: The Spokesman-Review, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News, CBS News (2), Al Jazeera (3)

Saturday, August 1, 20263 entries

  1. 10:21 PM in New York

    Trump calls off a planned attack on Iran, saying the 'perimeters of a deal' are agreed

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that Iran 'and other Middle Eastern Countries' had asked him to hold off because 'the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to,' and that he would cancel the attack 'subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL' including the full reopening of Hormuz and 'an end to Iran's nuclear threat.' The next day he said negotiations would begin Monday and that Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar had asked him to call it off; Iranian state-linked media denied Tehran had asked for anything, and acting Defence Minister Majid Ebn-e-Reza said the pullback was made 'within the context of psychological operations and a war of calculations.'

    Why it matters A regional mediator said the proposal would reopen the strait and halt attacks in exchange for lifting the U.S. blockade, but Iran's foreign ministry said its Hormuz understanding with Oman did not by itself mean the strait would reopen.

    Sources: ABC News, CBS News, CNN, CNN (2), Al Jazeera, CNN (3), CBS News (2)

  2. 5:53 PM in Istanbul

    Iraq and Turkey agree one-year deal to keep crude flowing to Ceyhan, bypassing the Gulf

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsAnkara, Turkey

    Iraq and Turkey announced a one-year agreement to keep Iraqi crude flowing through the pipeline to Turkey's port of Ceyhan at 750,000 barrels a day, after their 50-year deal expired on July 27. Turkey's energy minister said the line holds 'a more strategic position than ever' for supply security.

    Why it matters The pipeline is one of the few routes that lets Iraqi oil reach markets without the Strait of Hormuz; both sides said they are working on a long-term deal.

    Source: CBS News

  3. 8:21 AM in New York

    U.S. tells Americans across the Middle East to consider leaving as new strikes are planned

    OfficialCivilian alertsWashington, D.C., United States

    U.S. embassies in Amman, Jerusalem and Baghdad, and then the State Department region-wide, told Americans to 'consider departing, or be prepared to depart should there be escalation.' U.S. officials had told CNN that strikes on Iran were planned as soon as that weekend, after Trump said at a Cabinet meeting, 'We will be hitting them very hard.'

    Why it matters Qatari and Pakistani mediators were fielding calls with Iran and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to head off the attack, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman raised concerns about it with Trump.

    Sources: CNN, CBS News, CNN (2), CNN (3), CNN (4)

Friday, July 31, 20261 entry

  1. 1:55 PM in Tehran

    IRGC says it hit two tankers; Iran's strait authority says Hormuz transit 'not possible'

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsStrait of Hormuz

    The IRGC said it 'struck and stopped' two tankers it claimed were under U.S. aerial escort and that four others turned back. Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority then said transit 'is not currently possible' because of U.S. military actions and that permits would resume only 'once stability and calm are restored'; CENTCOM replied that the strait 'remains open' and 'Iran does not control it.'

    Why it matters Security council secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr said the U.S. blockade would 'tighten the lock' on Hormuz and close other chokepoints, with American voters paying the price.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News, CNN, Al Jazeera (2), Al Jazeera (3)

Thursday, July 30, 20262 entries

  1. 3:22 PM in New York

    CENTCOM says its blockade has turned back 24 ships, disabled two and boarded two

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsGulf of Oman and Arabian Sea

    CENTCOM said it had redirected 24 commercial vessels since restarting the blockade of Iranian ports on July 14, up from 20 a day earlier, and had boarded two ships and fired on two others to disable them. Only five vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz the next day, all on Iran's approved northern route, according to marine traffic data cited by CNN.

    Why it matters Washington says the strait is open, but traffic stayed at a handful of ships a day against about 130 before the war.

    Sources: CBS News, CNN

  2. 8:13 PM in Riyadh

    14 countries back a Saudi-led 'Maritime Defense Alliance' to protect shipping

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia's defense ministry said Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti and Somalia issued a joint statement backing a multinational alliance to protect shipping routes, after a meeting attended by military chiefs and representatives of 43 countries and an EU delegation. Saudi Arabia is to found and lead the alliance and host its headquarters.

    Why it matters The UAE and Oman were not among the 14 backers; other participants said they were still completing domestic approval procedures.

    Sources: CNN, CNN (2)

Wednesday, July 29, 20262 entries

  1. 11:19 AM in New York

    U.S. sanctions IRGC-backed firms selling mandatory 'insurance' for Hormuz transits

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Treasury designated the Persian Gulf Marine Insurance Company and HormuzSafe Marine Services Authority, which it said sell IRGC-approved policies ships must buy to cross the strait, covering risks such as seizures that Iran itself creates, with payment accepted in digital assets. It also sanctioned eight companies operating shadow-fleet tankers that carried Iranian oil and petrochemicals to China and the UAE.

    Why it matters The action targets the revenue side of Iran's claim to manage the strait; OFAC said it has sanctioned more than 100 shadow-fleet vessels this year.

    Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, CNN, CBS News

  2. 6:10 PM in Tehran

    Pezeshkian urges Iranians to 'stand firm' against the enemy

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Iranians to 'fight the enemy and stand firm against them so that we do not submit to injustice and oppression,' IRNA reported, adding that Iran had shown 'a unique model of resistance.'

    Why it matters He spoke a day after CENTCOM said the IRGC fired ballistic missiles at U.S. forces and as Trump promised to hit Iran 'very hard.'

    Sources: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2)

Tuesday, July 28, 20261 entry

  1. 5:45 PM in New York

    Iran fires ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in an 'attempted surprise attack'; all intercepted

    OfficialMilitary & securityU.S. bases in the Middle East

    CENTCOM said IRGC forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran at U.S. forces in the Middle East at 5:45 p.m. ET and that all were intercepted; a U.S. official told CNN there were no more than four. Jordan said it shot down five Iranian missiles overnight.

    Why it matters It ended a four-day lull a day after Trump said Iran had asked to talk; Trump said it was now 'our turn,' while suggesting 'a different group than we're dealing with' had fired.

    Sources: CNN, CNN (2), CBS News, CNN (3), CNN (4)

Monday, July 27, 20261 entry

  1. 12:44 PM in New York

    Trump says Tehran asked for the pause; Iran says no talks exist

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsAboard Air Force One, United States

    Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that the U.S. halted strikes because Iran asked: "They asked us very nicely, 'Please stop, let's meet.'" Earlier that day Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said "We currently have no negotiations with the United States," describing talks with Oman on Hormuz traffic as Iran's only channel, while AP reported that Qatari and Pakistani mediators had made significant progress toward restarting U.S.-Iran talks.

    Why it matters Both governments are describing the same lull in incompatible terms, which makes the pause impossible to verify from either side's statements. The testable signal is not who asked whom, but whether the Omani channel produces a routing arrangement.

    Sources: CBS News, CNN, CBS News (2), CBS News (3)

Sunday, July 26, 20261 entry

  1. 1:40 PM in Tehran

    Iran halts retaliatory attacks after two nights without U.S. strikes

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iranian army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said that since the U.S. had stopped its attacks for two nights and Iran's strategy 'has essentially been retaliatory, we have also halted our retaliatory operations,' warning the conflict would widen if U.S. strikes resumed. CENTCOM said its blockade continues, having redirected 12 vessels, disabled two and boarded two, and U.S. envoy to the U.N. Mike Waltz said Trump was 'giving talks some space.'

    Why it matters The pause coincided with Omani-Iranian talks on managing Hormuz traffic; reports also linked it to strain on U.S. interceptor stocks, which Trump denied.

    Sources: Associated Press, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2), CBS News, Al Jazeera (3), Al Jazeera (4), Al Jazeera (5)

Saturday, July 25, 20261 entry

  1. 1:38 PM in Tehran

    Iran reports its first night without U.S. strikes in nearly two weeks

    OfficialMilitary & securityTehran, Iran

    Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said 'Iran had a peaceful night,' and CENTCOM did not announce a new round after 13 straight nights of strikes. Saudi Civil Defense sounded alerts in Yanbu and Jizan and later lifted them, and Bahrain issued missile alerts, with no casualties reported.

    Why it matters Two regional sources later told CBS the pause was meant to protect Omani-Iranian talks on the strait, while Trump said the U.S. remained 'locked and loaded.'

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Al Jazeera, CBS News (2)

Friday, July 24, 20264 entries

  1. 12:53 PM in New York

    Treasury sanctions 13 more parts of financier Babak Zanjani's Iran network

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    OFAC designated four individuals and nine entities in Babak Zanjani's sanctions-evasion network, including his Iran-based 'Dot One' conglomerate and companies outside Iran supporting his already-sanctioned Zedcex and Zedxion digital asset exchanges. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the regime is paying 'a steep economic price' with the rial at another record low.

    Why it matters Zanjani, once sentenced to death in Iran for embezzlement, has re-emerged as a regime-linked financier; the action targets gold, crypto and transport businesses Iran uses to move money abroad.

    Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury, CBS News

  2. 6:21 PM in Brussels

    EU sanctions five Iranian judges and a hacking-group founder over rights abuses

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBrussels, Belgium

    The Council of the EU listed five judges of Iran's revolutionary courts who it said imposed death sentences, long prison terms and flogging on dissidents and religious minorities, and Nima Salehi, founder of the 'Ashiyane' cyber group, which it said works with Iran's cyber police and the IRGC.

    Why it matters The listings fall under the EU's human-rights regime, not war-related measures; EU foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the war should not distract from repression inside Iran.

    Sources: CBS News Live Updates, Council of the European Union Press Release, CBS News

  3. 11:50 AM in New York

    Trump says he takes Xi and Putin at their word that they are not arming Iran

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsWashington, D.C., United States

    Trump wrote on Truth Social that Xi Jinping told him in Beijing in May that China would not 'under any circumstances' supply weapons to Iran and that Vladimir Putin said the same, adding, 'I take him at his word.' Later on Friday he said, 'I trust them,' though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China and Russia are 'enabling what Iran is doing' at different levels.

    Why it matters CBS has reported U.S. assessments that Russia gave Iran intelligence on U.S. positions and that China supplied satellite imagery; a day later Ukraine's president said Russia was helping Iran target U.S. bases.

    Sources: CBS News Live Updates, Truth Social post, CBS News, CBS News (2)

  4. 6:35 PM in Tehran

    Omani delegation arrives in Tehran for talks on managing Hormuz shipping traffic

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsTehran, Iran

    An Omani delegation arrived in Iran to discuss a framework 'to establish appropriate mechanisms for managing ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,' IRNA reported. Iran's foreign ministry said several rounds were held on Friday and Saturday with some progress and proposals exchanged, and two regional sources told CBS the talks were moving in a positive direction but needed more time.

    Why it matters The United States and Gulf states reject any Iran-Oman arrangement that gives Tehran control of the strait; regional sources said U.S. strikes were paused so as not to disrupt the talks.

    Sources: Al Jazeera, CBS News, Al Jazeera (2)

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