Iran Crisis 2026

Iran Crisis 2026

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

The Iranian official said mediator Pakistan was making positive efforts to end the US blockade and ensure Iran's participation.

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, 27 March, 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 image of US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

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

Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Photo: Courtesy

Ghalibaf says Trump threats have 'no effect' as IRGC warns over Strait of Hormuz