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US-Iran war

Iran says all beneficiaries of Strait of Hormuz must address environmental damage

  • On Feb 28, US and Israel launched strikes on Iran
  • Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was assassinated in strikes; Mojtaba succeeded him
  • A two-week ceasefire began on April 8 and was later extended indefinitely.
  • US, Iran reach preliminary deal to end conflict, hold talks in Switzerland
  • US launches strikes on Iran on July 8 over Hormuz attacks as Tehran retaliates, tensions escalate

Iran calls for shared responsibility over environmental harm in Gulf waters

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said every party that benefits from commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz carries both a legal and a moral obligation to remediate the environmental harm inflicted upon the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. 

 

Oil drops on lower demand forecasts despite deadlock in US-Iran talks

Oil prices fell more than $1 on Thursday as forecasters lowered global oil demand projections for 2026 because of the disruptions from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, though the supply constraints from the conflict provided a ‌floor for the market.

Brent futures dropped $1.29, or 1.5%, at $87.69 a barrel by 0100 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $1.30, or 1.6%, to $81.97. 

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Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US

Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there ‌had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a time frame to implement it.

The comments came as U.S. President Donald Trump issued yet another broadside against Iran's leaders, dealing a further blow to hopes for a resolution to the crisis, following new attacks on shipping in the region on Tuesday.

The deal agreed in June declared an "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts", but quickly unravelled, with Trump saying it was "over" on July 7 and Iran's foreign ministry declaring it "suspended" ?a week later.

The U.S. accuses Iran of failing to honor an agreement under the deal to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route. Tehran says Washington has reneged on its commitments, including lifting a blockade of Iranian ports and releasing frozen Iranian assets.

"One of the issues that is being discussed via mediators is the U.S. returning to the interim agreement and defining a time frame for implementing the commitments. There has been absolutely no ?progress on this issue," the Iranian source said. 

Strait of Hormuz more valuable than nuclear bomb, Iran lawmaker says

Alireza Salimi, a lawmaker and member of Iran’s parliament Presiding Board, said in an interview with the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) that the Strait of Hormuz was more valuable to Iran than a nuclear bomb and could be used to address sanctions and compensation claims.

“The Strait of Hormuz is a blessing that God has placed in Iran’s hands,” Salimi said, adding that US actions had “opened the way” for Iran to use the waterway.

“With the Strait of Hormuz, we can resolve the issue of sanctions and compensation and retaliate,” he added.
 

Iran demands compensation for oil spill damaging its waters

Tehran is demanding compensation for pollution in waters in the Persian Gulf and surrounding areas over recent decades, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said.

“Every party that benefits from commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz carries both a legal and a moral obligation to remediate the environmental harm inflicted upon the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman,” he said on X.
 

Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting

Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran, Reuters reported. 

The work has repeatedly brought her into conflict with the authorities, and on Iran's National Journalist Day on Saturday she learned she had been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The sentence was handed down under a law enacted after a 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025, legislation that Iranian authorities say is intended to combat espionage and cooperation with hostile states.

When Moaiery arrived at Tehran's Revolutionary Court, she was not given formal case documents, she said. Instead, a friend accompanying her copied details from a charge sheet by hand. Rights groups say such procedures reflect a lack of transparency in Iran's judicial system.

According to the handwritten notes reviewed by Reuters, the accusations against her include giving interviews to media outlets deemed hostile by the authorities and providing photographs to organisations linked to the U.S. and Israel. Reuters could ?not independently verify the contents of the charge sheet.

In a statement provided to Reuters, Moaiery said the intelligence wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps raided her home during anti-government protests in January and confiscated her phone, laptop and other electronic equipment. She said IRGC officers returned after the U.S. launched air strikes on Iran this year and again seized her belongings.

“On this occasion, they took everything, including even the cameras I had owned since childhood," she said.

"I was subjected to several interrogations, and eventually my case was referred to Branch 33 of the Security Prosecutor’s Office and subsequently to the Revolutionary Court.”

The spokesman for Iran's United Nations Mission in New York did not respond to a request for comment on her case.

Roya Boroumand, executive director of the U.S.-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran, said that withholding case documents is an effort by the Islamic Republic to “silence" defendants and showed the judiciary "blatantly" acting as a state agent.

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The handwritten document provided by Moaiery to Reuters lists accusations including “interviewing with ?networks hostile to the system” and sending photographs to entities in the United States and Israel that it describes as “hostile”.
 

Fuel price hike could disrupt calm in Iran

Ali Gholhaki, an activist close to Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, warned on Wednesday that a poorly managed increase in fuel prices could disrupt the current calm inside Iran, saying he was more concerned about domestic conditions than developments imposed from outside the country.

“My concern about the situation inside the country is greater than about events imposed from outside Iran. One of the things that could disrupt the current calm inside Iran is mismanagement in raising the prices of energy products,” he posted on X.

“Until a few days ago, the government’s plan to raise gasoline prices was different from the plan announced today, including the 87,200-toman price in Kerman. That, too, was halted, and the government, so to speak, ‘backed down.’
 

Oman oil spill spreads to coastline, threatens marine reserve - report

A vast oil spill from a grounded tanker has reached Oman’s coastline and spread across more than 2,000 square kilometers (772 square miles), threatening a marine nature reserve and wildlife including Arabian Sea humpback whales and Socotra cormorants, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The spill from the sanctioned tanker Caroline Bezengi has spread largely unchecked for weeks, with experts warning that the vessel could break apart and release much of its estimated 800,000-barrel cargo of Russian crude.