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View of empty refrigerators at the frozen food aisle inside an Intermarche supermarket in Paris the day after a cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French supermarket chains, causing food losses and fires at several stores, France, October 13, 2026. REUTERS/Lucien Libert PARIS, November 10, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - France summoned Iran's ambassador on Tuesday over cyberattacks that disrupted refrigeration systems in hundreds of French supermarkets last mo

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Moscow, Russia, October 27, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS October 28 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – A senior Iranian official dismissed ideas presented by Qatari mediators as unacceptable, after another official briefed on the negotiations said Tehran was considering a draft agreement to end the war with the United States and Isra

US Forces Ready for Major Iran Operations Within 96 Hours of Trump Order, CNN Reports WASHINGTON, October 26 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - U.S. forces in the Middle East could launch potentially major military operations against Iran within 96 hours of receiving an order from President Donald Trump, CNN reported, citing two U.S. officials. The officials said sufficient forces were deployed in the region. Potential operations would likely extend beyond limited strikes on rada

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Tehran, Iran, October 19, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS RIYADH, October 19 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi blamed the United States for insecurity and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and called for regional disputes to be resolved through diplomacy. Speaking at a joint news conference with Russian Forei

Pezeshkian at the UN General Assembly, September 23, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Segar NEW YORK, September 23, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran did not seek a nuclear bomb but would not accept limits on its access to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. “We say it clearly, no nuclear weapons and no limitations to peaceful nuclear technology,” Pezeshkian said in remarks reported by Reuters. He said nuclear technology should not be r

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan September 1, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS DUBAI, September 1, 2026 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran will immediately take reciprocal steps if the United States resumes compliance with an interim agreement signed in June, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Iran Warns Bulgaria Against Supporting US and Israeli Military Operations RIYADH, August 24 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran warned NATO member Bulgaria against allowing its territory to support American or Israeli military operations against the Islamic Republic, saying it reserved the right to strike the source of any attack. Bulgaria’s parliamentary Defense Committee last month approved a government proposal allowing the temporary deployment of US aerial refueling tanke

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a press conference in the capital Tehran, on August 8, 2026.Iranian Presidential Office/AFP/Getty Images RIYADH, August 23 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran “cannot continue with war forever,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday while defending the memorandum reached with the United States in June. “One day, a decision must be made to save the country from the state of ‘neither war nor peace’,” Pezeshkian said during one of

Iran Seeks Qatar’s Help Over Missing Pilots; Doha Denies Holding Them RIYADH, August 22 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran has asked Qatar to help move four Iranian pilots from an unspecified location at sea to land and medical care, while Doha denies holding them. The pilots have been missing since their aircraft were downed earlier this year, according to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency. “The location for holding the Iranian pilots on the water is not suitable,” Ir

UAE Halts Trade and Financial Transactions With Iran Until Further Notice ABU DHABI, August 19 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — The United Arab Emirates has halted all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice, according to Afra Al Hameli, Director of the Strategic Communications Department at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Hameli linked the decision to regional escalations that she said were undermining regional and internat

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on November 27, 2024.Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters RIYADH, August 18 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran’s parliament speaker and lead negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will travel to Iraq on Wednesday at the head of a “high level parliamentary delegation,” Iranian state media reported. The visit follows the expiration on Monday of the framework diplomatic agreement between

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday.Reuters RIYADH, August 18 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presented four steps he said the United States must take before the Strait of Hormuz can reopen, according to Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. IRNA said the conditions were the removal of the US blockade on Iranian ports, the release of Iran’s frozen assets, the lifting of sanctions

Iran’s Chief Negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Says US, Israel Failed to Meet War Goals RIYADH, Aug 17 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the United States and Israel had “failed to achieve” the objectives they established at the beginning of their war with Iran. Ghalibaf did not identify the objectives he believed had been prevented or explain how Iran had blocked them. The Trump administration had pr

Iranian Commander Accuses Qatar of Delaying Probe Into Fate of Three Pilots RIYADH, August 16 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — An Iranian military commander accused Qatar of delaying an investigation into the fate of three pilots Tehran says have been held there for months, while Doha has denied holding them. Seyed Mohammad Bagherzadeh, who leads the Iranian armed forces’ missing persons search committee, said a team of Iranian air force experts had been waiting for months to e

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visits the Imam Ali shrine in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on August 3.Qassem Al-Kaabi/AFP/Getty Images RIYADH, August 15 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — Iran has not decided whether to resume negotiations with the United States, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said early Saturday. Araghchi said Qatar and Pakistan had exchanged messages between the two sides but stressed that those interactions did not constitute negotiations. US Pre

A catering truck is parked on the other side of Air Force One, before US President Donald Trump's departure from Ankara en route to Washington after his participation in the NATO leaders' summit, at Ankara Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8.Reuters WASHINGTON, August 12 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained aboard the larger presidential aircraft after President Donald Trump switched planes