Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed issues related to the security of the Strait of Hormuz in separate phone calls with his Saudi and Omani counterparts on Monday evening, according to a statement published on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement said he “discussed the latest bilateral and regional developments, and emphasised the need to strengthen cooperation and advance joint diplomatic efforts to establish stability in the region.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The call between Araghchi and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, came after Saudi Arabia said it shot down drones launched at the kingdom by Iran-affiliated groups in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Omani proposal to Iran on Hormuz has regional backing, source says<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oman has presented a proposal to Iran for a joint regional mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz with voluntary fees, a Gulf source told Reuters <\/em>on Tuesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Omani proposal has regional backing, the source added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the Omani proposal, Iran would not exercise sole control \u2060of the vital waterway, an unnamed Gulf source \u2060told the agency, according to Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposal is based on the Strait of Malacca, where those who use the strait voluntarily contribute to funding navigation, environmental protection, and search and rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US abruptly suspended a campaign of air strikes against Iran over the weekend, raising hopes of a diplomatic solution that would allow shipping to resume in the Strait of Hormuz, which carried one-fifth of global energy supplies before \u2060the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran says 12 bridges and two tunnels damaged in US attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran\u2019s government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani says in addition to the destruction of public infrastructure, people\u2019s private property suffered \u201cvery extensive\u201d damage in recent US attacks, according to Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFishing boats that were the only source of livelihood and employment for fishermen in the region were severely damaged, in addition to tourism businesses,\u201d she said in a televised news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mohajerani said 12 bridges and two tunnels were targeted in the latest US strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran lost 230 mcm of gas production capacity due to war, government spokesperson says<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran lost around 230 million cubic metres of its gas production capacity because of the war with the US and Israel, Iranian government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, said in a televised news conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan, UN stress need to uphold US-Iran ceasefire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jordan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met in Amman and discussed \u201cthe repercussions of the dangerous escalation the region is witnessing\u201d as well as efforts \u201cto restore calm and lasting security\u201d, according to a Jordanian statement as per Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two men on Monday \u201caffirmed the importance of committing to the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, and resuming negotiations to reach a comprehensive solution that addresses all causes of tension and ensures freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with international law\u201d, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Safadi also stressed the need to implement all items of Trump\u2019s peace plan for Gaza and lift Israeli restrictions blocking sufficient humanitarian aid into the Strip, which continues to face a humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the occupied West Bank, Safadi \u201caffirmed the necessity of concerted efforts to stop the illegitimate Israeli actions that entrench the occupation, drive further tension and violence, and undermine all chances of achieving just and comprehensive peace\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GCC, Egypt slam drone attacks on Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned Monday\u2019s drone attacks on Saudi Arabia, calling them \u201ca dangerous escalation\u201d and \u201ca direct threat to the security and stability of the region\u201d, according to Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement, GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi also reaffirmed the bloc\u2019s full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and its support for all measures the kingdom takes to protect its security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs similarly called the attacks \u201ca violation\u201d of Saudi Arabia\u2019s \u201csecurity and stability, and an escalation that could undermine security and stability in the region\u201d. It reiterated \u201cfull solidarity\u201d with Saudi Arabia and support for its response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Houthis attempting to emulate Iran’s Hormuz model in Red Sea: Yemeni official<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A senior Yemeni official said on Tuesday that Yemen is worried Houthi rebels are attempting to emulate Iran\u2019s attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz, after the group announced a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The \u201cHouthis want to copy the Iran experience in Hormuz,\u201d foreign minister designate Afrah al-Zouba told reporters during a briefing. He said that the rebels were \u201cin harmony\u201d with Iranian escalation in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saudi foreign minister speaks to Qatari, Kuwaiti and UK counterparts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has received separate phone calls from Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, according to Saudi state media, as per Al Jazeera<\/em>‘s reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDuring the two calls, the ministers discussed the latest developments in the region and ways to strengthen and support joint efforts to preserve regional security and stability,\u201d the Saudi Press Agency<\/em> (SPA<\/em>) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey also condemned and denounced attacks by Iran and its affiliated terrorist militias in Yemen and Iraq against the Kingdom and other countries in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prince Faisal also received a phone call from UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who condemned the Houthis\u2019 attacks against Saudi Arabia, the SPA <\/em>reported. In his first conversation since becoming the UK\u2019s top diplomat, Miliband also expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and affirmed the UK\u2019s commitment to advance bilateral ties, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump says US and Tehran having ‘good talks’ as drones hit Iran’s neighbours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n US President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was having “good \u200ctalks” with Iran, and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but he warned that US strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite Trump’s optimism, Tehran appeared to quickly test the pause in the US military campaign, with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq reporting drone attacks on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington abruptly suspended a two-week campaign of air strikes on Iran on Saturday in Trump’s latest strategic U-turn in the five-month-old conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “We’re having good talks,” he said. “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen, \u200band if it does, good; if it doesn’t, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n At a campaign rally in Michigan later on Monday, Trump said of Iran: “You can’t bribe \u200bthem. You’ve got to beat them, and we’ll beat the hell out of them. But we’ll see how it turns out. Right now, there are very friendly negotiations \u2060going on.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that messages were still being passed between the sides through mediators and Iran had not forsaken diplomacy, but reports that it requested negotiations were “fabricated.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read: <\/strong>Trump says there is \u2018good chance\u2019 of deal with Iran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is not in \u200bour DNA,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A senior Iranian official told Reuters <\/em>on Sunday that Iran would halt its own attacks as long as Trump’s self-imposed ceasefire continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran’s central military command later on Monday accused the US of threatening vessels and oil tankers \u200bin its territorial waters and of “attempting to implement an illegal maritime blockade”, which it said “constitutes an escalation of the conflict in the region.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saudi Arabia said it shot down drones aimed at petroleum targets, including in Riyadh. It said they had been launched from Iraq by Iran-backed armed groups, and it reserved the right to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Separately, Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen said they had targeted the East-West Pipeline carrying oil to Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea port of Yanbu in retaliation for Saudi drone incursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tehran also said \u200bit remained in control of the contested Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway for global energy supplies, which Trump has demanded vessels be able to pass through freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oil prices tumble<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oil prices continued to fall in early trading today following a pause in hostilities between the US and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brent crude futures were down $1.47, or 1.66%, at $86.89 by 03:26 GMT, marking the lowest it has been in eight days, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was trading at $81.16, down $1.45, or 1.76%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public disapproval of the war has been weighing on Trump \u200band his Republican Party ahead of November midterm elections in which they have to defend slim congressional majorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Reuters\/Ipsos<\/em> poll conducted over the weekend showed Trump’s approval rating ticking higher to 37%, up three points from last month when it tied \u200cthe lowest of \u2060his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, just one in three Americans support the Iran war, the lowest Reuters\/Ipsos<\/em> reading since the conflict’s early days, with most saying Trump has failed to explain his goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump’s decision to suspend US attacks reflected advice from his military that the bombing had reached the limits of what it could achieve, according to a US official and several US media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US official told Reuters <\/em>military commanders had advised the president they were running out of targets \u200band that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, \u200bGeneral Dan Caine, had expressed concern over the \u2060depletion of air munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump dismissed suggestions that the US faced munitions shortages, saying the military was rapidly rebuilding inventories depleted by shipments to Ukraine. He said he would like more of “the more sophisticated stuff.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran media say six ships turned back<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iranian state media outlets said that Iran had turned around six “offending ships” on Monday \u200bthat had attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump launched his renewed bombing campaign to punish Iran after Tehran fired on ships using a \u200broute promoted by the United States, \u2060which told vessels to sail close to the coast of Oman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran says ships may pass only through a Hormuz channel that runs closer to its own coast, which it controls and where it intends to impose transit fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two weeks of renewed US bombing killed scores in Iran and destroyed bridges and tunnels across the south as well as military targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Four US service members were killed in return fire against US bases in neighbouring states. Iran also struck civilian infrastructure in \u2060Gulf countries, calling \u200bit retaliation for US strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It remains unclear what leverage Washington can exert to break Iran’s grip on the strait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Washington and Tehran reached \u200ban agreement in June on a framework for talks meant to take place by the end of August to resolve major issues such as Iran’s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But they have disputed the meaning of the memorandum’s language about the strait, with Washington insisting it requires Tehran to allow free \u200btravel, while Iran says it grants it the authority to supervise transit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Putin praises Iran\u2019s \u2018mosquito fleet\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Iran\u2019s \u201cmosquito fleet\u201d in a meeting with Russian naval officers on Sunday, according to the state-run Sputnik<\/em> news agency, as per Al Jazeera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLook at what\u2019s happening in the Middle East conflict zone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIran using their mosquito fleet have been quite efficient in their warfare. It\u2019s a matter of new technologies. We have these small ships, as in, they are small in tonnage, but they are fitted with state-of-the-art weapons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Sputnik, Iran\u2019s so\u2011called mosquito fleet consists of about \u201c20 Ghadir\u2011class midget submarines and several thousand fast missile and assault boats\u201d. Light and nimble, these vessels can be hidden in tunnels carved into Iran\u2019s rocky coastline, making them difficult for the US to destroy with long\u2011range weaponry, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed issues related to the security of the Strait of Hormuz in separate phone calls with his Saudi and Omani..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34.png",700,708,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34-297x300.png",297,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34.png",700,708,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34.png",700,708,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34.png",700,708,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/34.png",700,708,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8117,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8115\/revisions\/8117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}