Iran news highlights: US military launches strikes against Iran, Tehran says ‘won’t leave attack unanswered'

Iran news highlights: US President Donald Trump blamed Iran on Tuesday for shooting down a US Army helicopter close to the Strait of Hormuz and said the United States must respond. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the military will not leave attacks or threats unanswered.

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Smoke and debris rise following an Israeli airstrike in Tyre on June 9, 2026. (AFP)

Iran news highlights: The United States military announced that it has launched strikes against Iran following the crash of a US Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement posted to social media, US Central Command said the strikes would be “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.” The strikes come after US President Donald Trump vowed to respond after he accused Iran of shooting down a US military helicopter the previous night. Iran deputy foreign minister said the US helicopter was not deliberately targeted by Tehran....Read More

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• 10 Jun 2026, 06:40:58 AM IST

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• 10 Jun 2026, 06:34:57 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: IRGC says it attacked US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain

  IRGC statement: “The war-mongering US regime, under baseless pretexts, targeted several locations in Jask, Sirik, and Qeshm in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A telecommunication mast in Sirik was damaged, and two water reservoirs were destroyed.”

  “In response to this hostile act by the enemy, naval forces of the IRGC carried out a drone attack at 02:30 a.m. targeting the Fifth Fleet of the naval forces in Bahrain. Clashes are ongoing, and the courageous armed forces of the Iranian nation are continuing to respond to enemy aggressions. In the event of continued hostility, heavier responses are on the way,” the statement added.

• 10 Jun 2026, 06:31:19 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Multiple explosions heard on Qeshm Island as blasts shake southern Iran, local media says

  Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports that explosions have been heard once again on Qeshm Island, marking the latest in a series of blasts to shake the area.

  According to the report, which was also carried by the Mehr news agency, explosions had previously been heard across other locations in southern Iran, including Bandar Abbas, Sirik, and Jask.

• 10 Jun 2026, 05:25:16 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran says armed forces 'will leave no attack or threat unanswered'

  Iran news LIVE: Responding to the US attacks, Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Iranian military will not leave attacks or threats unanswered. "Despite its defeats on the battlefield, the U.S. opted to test our determination. Our Powerful Armed Forces will leave no attack or threat unanswered. Leave our region if you want to be safe," Araghchi said in a post on X.

• 10 Jun 2026, 04:50:12 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Explosion near Iran's Jask

  Iran news LIVE: Explosion sounds were heard in the vicinity of Iran's Jask shortly after the US said it carried out an attack at Iran, Mehr News agency reported.

• 10 Jun 2026, 03:53:05 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iranian media says situation calm after US attacks

  Iran news LIVE: Iran's state media said the situation was now reported to be calm after US attacks on several cities in southern Iran.

• 10 Jun 2026, 03:45:18 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Explosions in Iran’s Hormozgan province, including Sirik, Minab

  Iran news LIVE: Iran’s Fars news agency on Wednesday said several explosions were heard in areas of Hormozgan province, including in Kouhestak, Sirik, and Minab. The report said that exact location of these explosions has not yet been determined.

• 10 Jun 2026, 03:42:00 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: US attack likely targeted Iran's drone manufacturing, says report

  Iran news LIVE: The latest US attack on Iran was a “self-defence” operations in which the American military targeted the Iranian drone manufacturing sites, Al Jazeera reported. The attack comes after it was revealed that Iran's Shahed one-way attack drone was used to down US Apache helicopter.

• 10 Jun 2026, 03:20:53 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Explosions heard in Bandar Abbas

  Iran news LIVE: Iran's Mehr news agency said explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas.

• 10 Jun 2026, 03:17:07 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: US Centcom says strikes ‘proportional response to Iranian aggression’

  U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian…

  — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 9, 2026

  Iran news LIVE: The US military announced that it has launched strikes against Iran following the crash of a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement posted to social media, US Central Command said the strikes would be “a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression.”

  “U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” the statement read.

• 10 Jun 2026, 03:12:40 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: US military launches strikes against Iran shortly after Trump's warning

  Iran news LIVE: US military on Tuesday said it's launching strikes against Iran, AP reported. The attack came hours after Trump vowed response to downing of American helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.

• 10 Jun 2026, 02:33:15 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran minister says not deliberately target US helicopter

  Iran news LIVE: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said that the US Apache helicopter that crashed over the Strait of Hormuz was not deliberately targeted by Iran. In an interview to Al Jazeera, Gharibabadi said that Iran was not behind the attack but noted that such incidents may occur “intentionally” due to the tense situation in the area.

• 10 Jun 2026, 01:51:48 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Rising fuel prices hit US farms as Iran war drags on

  Iran news LIVE: High energy costs are squeezing grain and soybean growers across the US farm belt, as the Iran war chokes fuel supplies through the Strait of Hormuz and pushes diesel prices to record highs in key agricultural states. Many farmers were already under pressure before the conflict and facing a fourth straight year of shrinking margins, battered by a resurgent drought, high input costs and fallout from Trump's trade policies. The conflict drove diesel prices in several states across the Midwest, America's primary corn and soybean-producing region, to new all-time highs in May, just as farmers ramped up plantings and other spring fieldwork. (Reuters)

• 10 Jun 2026, 12:43:59 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran FM says foreign forces face 'constant risk' of being caught in crossfire

  Iran news LIVE: Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi urged foreign forces to leave the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding areas, warning they faced a persistent risk of being caught in the crossfire if they remained. "The Strait of Hormuz is NOT international waters but shared between Iran and Oman... Foreign forces in proximity to our territory are at constant risk on account of their own human errors, plain accidents, or potentially being caught in crossfire," Araghchi said on X.

• 10 Jun 2026, 12:27:53 AM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Lebanon says 8 dead in Israeli airstrike

  Iran news LIVE: Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli airstrike on Tyre killed at least eight people on Tuesday. The Israeli military has warned the entire city to evacuate shortly after the strike. Lebanon's state-run news agency reported raids on more than a dozen other locations across the country's south, as Israel pressed on with its war against the militant group Hezbollah. (AFP)

• 9 Jun 2026, 11:20:03 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israeli army chief says ready to attack Iran again

  Iran news LIVE: The chief of Israel Army, Eyal Zamir, has said that the country is prepared to wage another “deep strike” on Iran if the order is given. Zamir said the recent attack on Iran was in “preparation for a much more significant and severe blow,” Al Jazeera cited Israeli military’s website as saying. The remark comes as US President Trump also said that the United State must respond to the downing of the Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz.

• 9 Jun 2026, 11:14:31 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran says ticket allocation for World Cup withdrawn days before tournament

  Iran news LIVE: Iran's football federation said its ticket allocation had been pulled just days before the World Cup starts, leaving supporters who had already made travel plans unable to attend their team's matches. The World Cup begins on Thursday, with Iran playing their first two Group G games in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on June 15 and Belgium on June 21, and then facing Egypt in Seattle on June 26. The Iranian federation FFIRI said it had already begun the ticket sales process for the matches but could no longer provide them to fans. (Reuters)

• 9 Jun 2026, 10:52:17 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Netanyahu gambles close Trump ties with Iran strikes

  Iran news LIVE: Israel's latest strikes on Iran have not only ignited fears of a full-fledged resurgence of war -- they run the risk of damaging the close ties between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

  Despite Trump's seeming aversion to the prospect of the war reigniting, both Israel and Iran have leaned into the volatile adversity that has long threatened the ceasefire, launching their first exchange since it began in April.

  Following Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, Iran responded with a barrage of missiles towards Israel, where some officials in turn called for a relentless response.

  "Tonight Tehran must burn!" demanded firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

  Against the backdrop of US efforts to prevent a retaliation -- and reports of Trump's increasing exasperation with Netanyahu -- the Israeli premier yet again brandished the "right to self-defence".

  "When ballistic missiles are launched at civilian population centres... it is difficult to expect a sovereign nation not to respond," Adi Bershadsky, a retired colonel and defence specialist, told AFP.

  "I believe there was also some level of understanding or coordination between the parties regarding how events would unfold," Bershadsky said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 10:25:59 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Trump says Iran shot down one of four Apache helicopters over Hormuz

  Iran news LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had been informed by the military that Iranian forces "shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters" while it was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz.
  
  " There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack. Thank you for your attention to this matter," he added in a post on Truth Social.

• 9 Jun 2026, 09:29:52 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: US crew reported rescued after helicopter goes down near Strait of Hormuz, reports NYT

  Iran news LIVE: An aviation rescue operation successfully recovered a flight crew after a US military helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by The New York Times.

  Attributing the information to two people briefed on the incident, the media outlet highlighted that the exact trigger behind the crash of the Apache attack helicopter remains unconfirmed.

  The security development comes at a highly volatile moment for regional stability, occurring just as the fragile US-Iran ceasefire has become increasingly tenuous.

  This regional volatility forms the backdrop against which US President Donald Trump has asserted that the United States will achieve "total victory" over Iran within the next fortnight. According to a CNN report, Trump expressed immense confidence that a fresh nuclear deal is well within reach.

  This optimistic projection came just as Iran and Israel stepped back from a volatile weekend escalation of retaliatory military strikes.

• 9 Jun 2026, 08:51:18 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Trump says peace talks on track after Israel-Iran clash ends

  Iran news LIVE: US President Donald Trump renewed his claims of momentum toward ending the conflict with Iran, after brokering a halt to hostilities between Israel and the Islamic Republic and easing tensions that had threatened to derail broader peace efforts.

  “We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal,” Trump told reporters in New York on Tuesday. “We could have at least an idea one or two days from now.”

  The US president spoke on Monday hours after Iran and Israel agreed to halt strikes on each other following a flare-up that saw both countries launch waves of ballistic missiles. He has repeatedly spoken of an interim agreement to end the war that began when the US and Israel started bombing Iran in February. A ceasefire has been in place for about two months, but sporadic fighting among the US, Iran and Israel has continued, underscoring the risk of a return to full-scale war in the absence of a lasting peace deal.

• 9 Jun 2026, 08:01:43 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: US Apache helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz; crew rescued, Trump says 'they are fine'

  Iran news LIVE: The crew of a US Army Apache helicopter was rescued after it crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump assuring that the pilots were “fine”.
  
  The crash was first reported by the New York Times, which said that the helicopter went down under circumstances that were “unclear”. It is still not confirmed whether the chopper was shot down by Iran, which has kept the Strait of Hormuz under a chokehold since the US and Israel started the West Asia war on February 28, or if it faced a mechanical failure.
  
  Trump, speaking to journalists at John F Kennedy International Airport in New York after watching the NBA Finals Game 3 between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night, acknowledged the crash.

  “The pilots are fine. Yeah. Nobody injured. We are going to issue a report tomorrow. But the pilots are fine,” Trump said.

  Apache helicopters have been a key asset for the American military as it enforces a blockade on Iranian crude oil shipments and tankers, seeking to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal. The helicopters have also been used by the United Arab Emirates to shoot down Iranian drones during the Iran war.

  West Asia was still reeling on Monday after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest blow yet to the straining ceasefire in the Iran war.

• 9 Jun 2026, 07:58:54 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran says ‘100 days since national jihad,’ celebrates those who ‘pulled the country from jaws of wolves’

  صد روز از جهاد ملتی که برای حفظ ایرانِ جان قیام کرد می‌گذرد.
  
  درود خدا بر شما که پشت ایران را گرم کردید، دشمن را ناامید ساختید و کشور را از دهان گرگ‌های درّنده‌ای که برای تسلیم کردن ایران اسلامی دندان تیز کرده بودند، بیرون کشیدید.
  
  پاینده ایران و زنده باد مقاومت ملت بزرگ ایران

  — محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) June 9, 2026

• 9 Jun 2026, 07:36:42 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israel kills eight in strike on Lebanon; US rescues helicopter crew from Hormuz

  Iran news LIVE: Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, in an escalation that adds strain to efforts to broker a peace deal to end the wider Middle East war.

  On Monday, Israel and Iran halted direct attacks on each other after an appeal by U.S. President Donald Trump, but Tehran warned it would resume hostilities if Israel continued to attack its ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.

  The raids were the deadliest on Tyre since fighting erupted in Lebanon in early March, when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in support of Tehran after Israel and the United States began their war against Iran.

• 9 Jun 2026, 07:14:01 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israel and Iran appear to pause strikes after trading fire for the first time since April ceasefire

  Iran news LIVE: Israel and Iran appeared to back away from further strikes Monday, hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. Both countries warned that they were ready to launch retaliatory attacks if provoked.

  The renewed hostilities raised concerns that the Middle East could plunge back into a full-scale war.

  Since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28, the war has shaken the global economy, driven up energy prices around the world and made many basics, including food, more expensive. Officials have been unable to turn the April ceasefire into a deal to permanently end the conflict.

  The new attacks prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to call for an immediate stop to fighting between Israel and Iran.

  Soon after, the Iranian military’s joint command issued a statement that said it was halting offensive strikes. The statement said further “aggression and hostile acts” by Israel and its supporters, including in southern Lebanon, would be met with “much more severe and crushing measures than before.”

• 9 Jun 2026, 07:11:56 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israeli envoy to US denies Trump-Netanyahu tensions

  Iran news LIVE: Reports of conflict and difference of opinion between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have emerged several times amid the ongoing Iran-US negotiations. Israel is a key player to these talks, having assisted the US in carrying out a surprise attack in Tehran in February that soon escalated into a war. Israel's strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon later complicated matters further.

  However, Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter pushed back on reports that Trump pressured Netanyahu into agreeing to cease firing, telling Fox News’ “Special Report” that conversations between the two leaders were cooperative and accusing journalists of playing up a misleading narrative.

  “They have a deep friendship that goes back some 40 years, and sometimes lovers have a spat, and sometimes the tension in the room and on the conversation can get a little heated,” Leiter reportedly said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 06:10:46 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Trump Says Peace Talks on Track After Israel-Iran Clashes End

  Iran news LIVE: US President Donald Trump renewed his claims of momentum toward ending the conflict with Iran, after brokering a halt to hostilities between Israel and the Islamic Republic and easing tensions that had threatened to derail broader peace efforts.

  “We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal,” Trump told reporters in New York on Tuesday. “We could have at least an idea one or two days from now.”

  The US president spoke hours after Iran and Israel agreed to halt strikes on each other following a flare-up that saw both countries launch waves of ballistic missiles. He has repeatedly spoken of an interim agreement to end the war that began when the US and Israel started bombing Iran in February. A ceasefire has been in place for about two months, but sporadic fighting among the US, Iran and Israel has continued, underscoring the risk of a return to full-scale war in the absence of a lasting peace deal. (Bloomberg)

• 9 Jun 2026, 05:57:59 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: 'Aren’t you fed up with war since 1948?’ Lebanese president’s message to Israelis

  Iran news LIVE: Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, in an interview with CNN, asked Israelis, “Aren’t you fed up with war since 1948?”

• 9 Jun 2026, 05:47:50 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israeli envoy to US denies Trump-Netanyahu tensions

  Iran news LIVE: Reports of conflict and difference of opinion between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have emerged several times amid the ongoing Iran-US negotiations. Israel is a key player to these talks, having assisted the US in carrying out a surprise attack in Tehran in February that soon escalated into a war. Israel's strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon later complicated matters further.

  However, Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter pushed back on reports that Trump pressured Netanyahu into agreeing to cease firing, telling Fox News’ “Special Report” that conversations between the two leaders were cooperative and accusing journalists of playing up a misleading narrative.

  “They have a deep friendship that goes back some 40 years, and sometimes lovers have a spat, and sometimes the tension in the room and on the conversation can get a little heated,” Leiter reportedly said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 05:19:51 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israel launches deadly strikes on Lebanon's Tyre after warning

  Iran news LIVE: Israel struck the historic port city of Tyre in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said, after an Israeli evacuation order for the entire city was issued for the first time.

  The deaths followed a single strike on the city's eastern edge, the ministry and state media said, in one of the deadliest Israeli bombing raids on Tyre since the war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah erupted on March 2.

  A video of the aftermath, in a location verified by Reuters as being in the neighbourhood of the strike, showed debris strewn across the length of a road. In a smoke-filled alleyway, a crane could be seen operating near a damaged building.

• 9 Jun 2026, 05:06:03 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: What Trump said on the ceasefire

  Iran news LIVE: The decision to halt strikes, taken by Israel and Iran, was also announced by Donald Trump in a Truth Social post on Monday. "Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way," a part of his post read.

  The US President also said that the US blockade of Strait of Hormuz continues until a "final" deal is reached, adding that developments should happen quickly.

• 9 Jun 2026, 04:43:02 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Netanyahu gambles close Trump ties with Iran strikes

  Iran news LIVE: Israel's latest strikes on Iran have not only ignited fears of a full-fledged resurgence of war -- they run the risk of damaging the close ties between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

  Despite Trump's seeming aversion to the prospect of the war reigniting, both Israel and Iran have leaned into the volatile adversity that has long threatened the ceasefire, launching their first exchange since it began in April.

  Following Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, Iran responded with a barrage of missiles towards Israel, where some officials in turn called for a relentless response.

  "Tonight Tehran must burn!" demanded firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

  Against the backdrop of US efforts to prevent a retaliation -- and reports of Trump's increasing exasperation with Netanyahu -- the Israeli premier yet again brandished the "right to self-defence".

• 9 Jun 2026, 04:25:28 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: How many times did Trump say Iran deal was near? The answer is…

  Iran news LIVE: More than two months have passed since US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran and expressed confidence that a broader agreement between the two sides was within reach.

  Including statements made before the ceasefire announcement, Trump has made at least 37 public claims—through social media posts, speeches, and media interactions—indicating that a deal was on the verge of being concluded or that Tehran was seeking to negotiate, according to a CNN report.

• 9 Jun 2026, 04:14:10 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Trump and Netanyahu ‘diverging’? Ex-Israeli diplomat gives a hint

  Iran news LIVE: Former senior Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas has said that the relationship between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is increasingly drifting apart. Speaking to CNN, Pinkas remarked that the two leaders are “diverging” and are “not even on the same book at this point.”

• 9 Jun 2026, 03:59:34 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran, Israel pledge to end attacks that threatened talks

  Iran news LIVE: Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation.

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised statement Monday that Israel would hold its fire in Iran for now but would respond should Tehran attack again. Earlier, local TV station N12 reported that strikes in south Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants, would continue at full force.

  Iran had earlier announced an end to its military operations against Israel. But its central military command warned that if Israel continued to attack, including in southern Lebanon, “much harsher and more crushing actions than before will be on the way,” the semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing a statement. (Bloomberg)

• 9 Jun 2026, 03:55:51 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Trump says peace deal with Iran in final stages

  Iran news LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said negotiations over a peace deal to end the Middle East war were in their final stages, after Iran and Israel halted attacks that threatened to reignite the months-long conflict.

  Iran fired missiles at Israel on Sunday in response to strikes against Lebanon's Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of Beirut, before Israel struck back despite Trump's efforts to dissuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from doing so.

  The Israeli leader said of Iran that the "fire on that front is contained" hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action, while both sides warned they could resume hostilities despite diplomatic efforts gathering pace.

  Iran and Israel "were going back and forth and now they both agreed through me to stop and we're in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal," the US leader told reporters on his return from an NBA Finals game.

• 9 Jun 2026, 03:27:23 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran state media says two military personnel killed in Israeli strikes on Monday

  Iran news LIVE: Iranian state television on Tuesday said at least two members of the army's air defence force were killed in Israeli strikes a day earlier in the Middle East war's latest exchange of fire, which both sides said they have halted.

  "These esteemed martyrs of the Army Air Defense Force attained martyrdom while carrying out their mission of defending the country's skies during yesterday's (Monday) aggression by the Zionist regime," state television said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 02:57:08 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Oil falls as Israel and Iran halt hostilities that risked talks

  Iran news LIVE: Oil declined after Israel and Iran agreed to end attacks against each other, while US President Donald Trump renewed his claims of momentum toward ending the conflict in the Middle East.

  Brent crude slipped below $93 a barrel after closing slightly higher on Monday, and West Texas Intermediate traded near $90. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is holding fire against Iran for now, but will respond should Tehran attack again. Iranian media conveyed similar sentiment.

  Trump told reporters in New York on Tuesday that “we’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal. We could have at least an idea one or two days from now.” In earlier comments during a virtual campaign rally, he said the US will declare “total victory” in the war over the next two weeks.

  The flare-up in hostilities put wider negotiations to end the war in the Middle East at risk, prompting President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation. A fragile ceasefire remains in place, but the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed by a double blockade maintained by Tehran and Washington, choking off supplies of crude, fuels and natural gas to global customers. (Bloomberg)

• 9 Jun 2026, 02:30:03 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Why US fired at an empty tanker in Gulf of Oman

  Iran news LIVE: On Monday, the US CENTCOM said it disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman. According to Bloomberg, ship-tracking data showed PV Marivex, the vessel that was fired upon by a US jet, trying to sail past the US’s blockade line that runs from the easternmost tip of Oman to the Iran-Pakistan border.

  “An F/A-18 Super Hornet from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) fired a precision munition into the ship's engineering and steering spaces after the crew failed to comply with directions from US forces,” the US CENTCOM post said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 02:13:20 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Emirates has no plans to cut flights ops to India

  Iran news LIVE: Emirates president Tim Clark has reportedly said that the airline had no plans to cut operations and was continuing to route large numbers of passengers through its Dubai hub to destinations including India.

• 9 Jun 2026, 02:06:53 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Emirates expects strong demand for flights via Berlin despite conflict

  Iran news LIVE: The Emirates airlines is reportedly expecting a strong demand in flights to and from Berlin in Germany, despite the ongoing Middle East conflict affecting operations because of a hike in jet fuel.

  According to Reuters, Emirates president Tim Clark has said Emirates had no plans to cut operations and was continuing to route large numbers of passengers through its Dubai hub to destinations including India and Australia, while taking precautions such as carrying extra fuel.

• 9 Jun 2026, 02:00:48 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran says US revoked World Cup ticket allocation for supporters

  Iran's football federation on Tuesday said the United States has revoked its allocation of tickets for its World Cup group games, accusing the co-host of obstructing the attendance of Iranian supporters under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row.

  The US has presented a number of bureaucratic hurdles for Iran at the global football spectacle, including refusing to issue visas for some of its support staff, as the two countries remain at war after the US and Israel attacked the country in late February.

  "With less than three days remaining until the start of the 2026 World Cup... the United States has once again acted to obstruct the presence of Iranian supporters at the stadiums hosting the national team's three group stage matches," the federation said in a statement.

  The Iranian football body said FIFA regulations dictate that it should be allocated eight percent of tickets for each match, which are given to participating federations for distribution to their supporters through official channels.

  According to the statement, Iran had already begun ticket sales for group stage matches against New Zealand, Belgium and Egypt -- all to be held in the US -- after receiving its quota, with some fans having already made necessary arrangements.

  "However, in an unexpected move, the allocation granted to the Iranian Football Federation has been withdrawn, and under the current circumstances, the federation is unable to provide even a single ticket to supporters of the national team," it said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 01:52:46 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israeli airstrike kills 8 in Lebanon's Tyre

  At least eight people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike on a popular housing area in the city of Tyre, the civil defence in southern Lebanon told Al Jazeera Arabic.

  The attack comes shortly after the Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for the city of Tyre.

• 9 Jun 2026, 01:36:19 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Cause behind US chopper crash near Strait of Hormuz unclear

  Iran news LIVE: It remains unclear what caused the US Army helicopter to crash near the Strait of Hormuz. While Donald Trump confirmed the crash and said the pilots aboard were safe, he didn't say what led to the incident. On the other hand, some Iranian publications also acknowledged it, with no details on what caused it.

• 9 Jun 2026, 01:24:05 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Trump says nothing will pass through Hormuz till deal reached

  Iran news LIVE: US President Donald Trump kept up his warning on the Strait of Hormuz blockade to continue, saying nothing would pass the waterway till a deal, which he predicted would happen soon, is finalised. He said it would be beneficial for Iran to agree to a deal if they want the Strait of Hormuz passage to resume.

  In an earlier post on Monday, Trump had said: “Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.”

• 9 Jun 2026, 01:10:27 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Iran and Israel have agreed to hit pause for a week, says Trump

  Iran news LIVE: In his latest remarks on the Middle East conflict, Donald Trump said that Iran and Israel have agreed to stop fighting for a week or so, on his request.

  “He (Netanyahu) was hit (by Iran), and he hit back. I can't blame him for that. Now they've called it quits. So they're gonna leave each other alone for another week or something... They both agreed, through me, to stop,” Trump said.

• 9 Jun 2026, 01:08:04 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Pakistan, Lebanon army chiefs meet amid fresh tensions

  Iran news LIVE: Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal and his Pakistani counterpart Asim Munir met in Pakistan amid suspense over a possible deal between Iran and the US.

  According to AFP, the two discussed "matters of mutual interest, (the) evolving regional security environment, defence cooperation and prospects for enhancing bilateral military relations".

• 9 Jun 2026, 12:50:34 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israel urges residents in Lebanon's Tyre to evacuate ahead of possible strikes

  Iran news LIVE: Israeli military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents in Lebanon's Tyre to evacuate ahead of possible strikes.

  "Urgent warning to the residents of the city of Tyre, including the Christian quarter, and the camps and surrounding neighbourhoods," read a message posted on X by the official.

• 9 Jun 2026, 12:41:35 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Brent crude slips below $93 a barrel after Iran, Israel announce truce

  Iran news LIVE: Brent crude slipped below $93 a barrel on Tuesday after Iran and Israel announced they would be halting strikes. Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate traded near $90.

• 9 Jun 2026, 12:17:37 PM IST

  Iran news LIVE: Israeli military issues evacuation order for Lebanon's Tyre

  Iran news LIVE: The Israeli military has reportedly issued an evacuation order for Lebanon's Tyre city, including its Christian quarter, ahead of possible strikes, Reuters reported.