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Middle East crisis live: US claims blockade has ‘completely halted economic trade’ into Iran, as Trump hints at return to talks in Pakistan

US military boasts blockade of the strait of Hormuz will incapacitate Iran’s economy; Trump says negotiations could return to Pakistan

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says

JD Vance has said Iran will “thrive” if it commits to not having a nuclear weapon. Speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Georgia, the US vice-president said Donald Trump “doesn’t want to make, like, a small deal. He wants to make the grand bargain.”

double quotation markWe’re going to make it economically prosperous, and we’re going to invite the Iranian people into the world economy in a way they haven’t been in my entire life.”

Global food crisis warning, accusations of Hormuz piracy as blockade begins

Mohammed, 8, cries next to the coffin of his father who was killed in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s coastal city of Sidon. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

G'day. ABC Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran here, writing to you from the Saudi capital Riyadh.

It's day 45 of the war, day six of the ceasefire (except in Lebanon), and day one of the United States's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Sitting in Riyadh, with rain, thunder and lightning outside the window, it seems the storm clouds of war across the region are getting darker once more.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran issues statement ‘from Mojtaba Khamenei’ as its attacks disrupt energy markets

Message read out by newsreader calls for national unity and says that all US bases in the region should close or face attacks

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In his first public remarks as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei apparently called for national unity and said that all US bases in the region should close or face attacks.

The strait of Hormuz will remain closed in order to pressure Iran’s enemies, Khamenei reportedly said. He was not seen in the broadcast and the statement was delivered by a newsreader.

Iran wants good relations with its neighbouring countries, Khamenei’s statement said, and asked them to close down their US bases as that is what Iran is targeting.

Oil tankers burn as Iran's new leader vows to keep Strait of Hormuz closed

Two tankers were set ablaze in Iraqi waters in what appears to be an escalation of Iranian attacks on Gulf shipping, killing at least one crew member. 

The strikes have disrupted global energy supplies, despite the largest-ever coordinated release of strategic reserves.

Iran's new supreme leader Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed as a tool of pressure. 

Two tankers have been set ablaze in Iraqi waters an apparent escalation in Iranian attacks that have cut off Middle East energy supplies, defying President Donald Trump's claim to have already won the war he launched two weeks ago.

Iran will target US bases in region unless they are closed: Khamenei

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian demands recognition of Tehran’s rights, war reparations and guarantees against future aggression.

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