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Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei endorses direct talks with US as hostilities end

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei endorsed direct negotiations with the US late Thursday in a statement read by state media. "It is obvious that the face-to-face negotiations that will be held in the future will not mean accepting the enemy's opinion," he said. It was Khamenei's first reaction to the deal recently reached between Iran and the US to end hostilities. The supreme leader has not been seen in public since he was wounded in a strike at the start of the war. Meanwhile, the US military has formally lifted the blockade of Iranian shipping, US Central Command announced in a social media post Thursday. The announcement comes just hours after Vice President JD Vance told reporters that 12.5 million barrels of oil went through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday and that the military has allowed "north of a dozen ships to go through our naval blockade." However, the post from US Central Command said that US Navy ships "will remain in the general area to make sur

Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei endorses direct talks with US as hostilities end

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei endorsed direct negotiations with the US late Thursday in a statement read by state media. "It is obvious that the face-to-face negotiations that will be held in the future will not mean accepting the enemy's opinion," he said. It was Khamenei's first reaction to the deal recently reached between Iran and the US to end hostilities. The supreme leader has not been seen in public since he was wounded in a strike at the start of the war. Meanwhile, the US military has formally lifted the blockade of Iranian shipping, US Central Command announced in a social media post Thursday. The announcement comes just hours after Vice President JD Vance told reporters that 12.5 million barrels of oil went through the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday and that the military has allowed "north of a dozen ships to go through our naval blockade." However, the post from US Central Command said that US Navy ships "will remain in the general area to make sur

US ends Hormuz blockade, downplays toll fears as negotiations restart

The interim agreement ended the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and launched a 60-day negotiation period to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear programme and regional security issues

US ends Hormuz blockade, downplays toll fears as negotiations restart

The interim agreement ended the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and launched a 60-day negotiation period to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear programme and regional security issues

Hormuz is reopening, but global shipping won't be normal for months

While oil markets have reacted positively to the Strait of Hormuz reopening, supply chain disruptions and a massive shipping backlog mean global energy markets may take months to fully recover

Hormuz is reopening, but global shipping won't be normal for months

While oil markets have reacted positively to the Strait of Hormuz reopening, supply chain disruptions and a massive shipping backlog mean global energy markets may take months to fully recover

Best of BS Opinion: G7 Summit delivers surprisingly constructive outcomes

Today's opinions examine the G7 summit, a changing US Federal Reserve, Karnataka's development priorities, India's infrastructure model and Indira Jaising's constitutional journey

Khamenei says he backed US-Iran MoU after receiving key assurances

Khamenei added that future ‌face-to-face negotiations with the United States ‌would not mean accepting "the enemy's position"

Khamenei says he backed US-Iran MoU after receiving key assurances

Khamenei added that future ‌face-to-face negotiations with the United States ‌would not mean accepting "the enemy's position"

US lifts maritime blockade on ships bound for Iranian ports: CentCom

In a post on X on Thursday, CentCom said the restrictions on shipping movements to and from Iranian ports and coastal waters had been lifted

Iranian oil may return to India as US-Iran peace boosts Chabahar project

The proposed US-Iran agreement could revive India's crude imports from Iran, improve energy security and provide renewed momentum to the strategically important Chabahar Port

Oil prices fall 2% to lowest since start of Iran war on US-Iran peace deal

Brent crude futures were down $1.64, or 2.06 per cent, at $77.91 a barrel ‌as of 0427 GMT, and US West Texas Intermediate fell $1.80, or 2.34 per cent, to $74.99 a barrel

Oil prices fall 2% to lowest since start of Iran war on US-Iran peace deal

Brent crude futures were down $1.64, or 2.06 per cent, at $77.91 a barrel ‌as of 0427 GMT, and US West Texas Intermediate fell $1.80, or 2.34 per cent, to $74.99 a barrel

A wave of oil from the Persian Gulf set to leave Asian refiners swamped

Around 31 supertankers, capable of carrying about 62 million barrels of crude, are stuck inside the Persian Gulf and set to sail out once the waterway opens up

From war to diplomacy: Versailles and the treaties that shaped history

US President Donald Trump's signing of the US-Iran deal at Versailles has renewed focus on the palace's long history as a venue where wars ended and major diplomatic decisions were made

Oil and gas ships resume Strait of Hormuz transit after US-Iran peace deal

Traffic through the Strait was light, with smaller cargo vessels passing through, hours after Trump said he had signed the deal with Iran that involved a rapid reopening of the critical waterway

Oil and gas ships resume Strait of Hormuz transit after US-Iran peace deal

Traffic through the Strait was light, with smaller cargo vessels passing through, hours after Trump said he had signed the deal with Iran that involved a rapid reopening of the critical waterway

Cong attacks Modi govt over US-Iran deal, calls 'Islamabad MoU' a setback

The Congress on Thursday came down heavily on the government after the US and Iran signed a peace deal, saying the pact being called the 'Islamabad MoU' shows the new-found regional standing and global influence of Pakistan which is a "severe setback" to both the substance and style of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign policy. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh noted that the 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the USA and Iran has now been officially released. "The fact that it is called the Islamabad MOU shows the new-found regional standing and global influence of Pakistan, a country that had once been isolated on the global stage by Dr. Manmohan Singh following the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008," Ramesh said on X. "This is a severe setback to both the substance and style of Prime Minister Modi's foreign policy. Pakistan is now even more deeply embedded in the geopolitical and security architecture of West Asia which has grave and great ...

Trump blows through long-held red lines on Iran to secure peace deal

Trump's support for deal has drawn attention as it appears to permit uranium enrichment, ballistic missiles and access to frozen funds-issues he had criticised as major flaws in past Iran agreements

Trump blows through long-held red lines on Iran to secure peace deal

Trump's support for deal has drawn attention as it appears to permit uranium enrichment, ballistic missiles and access to frozen funds-issues he had criticised as major flaws in past Iran agreements