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Iran • United States • Gulf • Iraq

Trump rejects Iran's seven-day Hormuz plan as Strait sees heaviest night

Trump publicly and privately rejected Foreign Minister Araghchi's seven-day sequencing plan, told aides he expects the bombing campaign to resume after the November midterms (per WSJ, single-source), and rebranded the waterway "Trump Strait" while claiming "total control." Within hours, the Strait saw its heaviest reported night of anti-shipping activity in two months, none of it officially confirmed. Iran's response bifurcated: the SNSC disclaimed military retaliation over the Iraq aviation blockade while the armed forces vowed strikes "heavier, wider, more precise."

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Iran • United States • Gulf

Iran makes its Hormuz seven-day plan official as coercive architecture thickens

Iran moved its Hormuz offer from leak to official record: Foreign Minister Araghchi confirmed Tehran passed Washington a "concrete seven-day plan" via Qatar, with the Strait reopening by day six and comprehensive nuclear talks from day seven, saying "the choice is now with Washington." A US official told Reuters talks are "constructive" but the administration is "in no rush." A real proposal with a clock now exists, but the pressure track tightened faster than diplomacy advanced.

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Iran • United States • Gulf • Yemen • Saudi Arabia

Houthi salvos on Saudi energy sites drive Brent to $108 as US-Iran phased deal emerges

The war's centre of gravity moved from Hormuz to the Red Sea coast. Ansarallah fired three separate salvos at Saudi Arabia on 24 September, hitting Jizan in the afternoon and claiming strikes on "a sensitive target in Riyadh" and the Aramco terminal at Yanbu in the evening, pushing Brent to roughly $107-108 and prompting France to deploy troops, radar and air defence to Yanbu. Simultaneously, Reuters reported US and Iranian negotiators in New York are exploring a phased trade: Hormuz reopening against blockade easing and partial asset unfreezing.

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