Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei confirmed that the exchange of messages with the United States via Pakistan continues.
The European Union warned member countries on Wednesday that if the Iran conflict continues, energy markets will face a prolonged supply shock that would force cuts to fuel consumption, EU diplomats told Reuters.
Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran, the U.S. president told Fox Business Network in an interview that aired on Wednesday.
Iran’s top joint military command said Iranian armed forces would act to prevent the continuation of trade flows in the Red Sea if the U.S. blockade against Iranian vessels continues.
The U.S is set to send thousands of more troops into the Middle East in coming days, as the Trump administration attempts to pressure Iran into a deal, the Washington Post said on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 that allowed it to target U.S. military bases across the Middle East during the recent war, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Japan said on Wednesday it would set up a financial framework worth about $10 billion to help Asian countries secure energy resources as the Middle East conflict has intensified competition to secure oil.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations are particularly “precious” in the face of an international landscape intertwined with change and chaos.
South Korea has secured 273 million barrels of crude oil from the Middle East and Kazakhstan through the end of the year, with supplies routed outside the Strait of Hormuz, presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik said on Wednesday.
North Korea is showing a “very serious increase” in its ability to produce nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday.
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