US-Iran war coverage live: Iran cancels flights due to sanctions, Indian sailor killed in strike off Oman coast | Today’s news
US-Iran war coverage live: The US-Iran war entered its 208th day on Thursday as both sides continued to say they were ready for talks. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran was “ready for dialogue, diplomacy and negotiations” but insisted the Islamic Republic would not adopt the “language of force”. In a speech to the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump said he could “destroy” the Islamic Republic if a deal was not reached soon, which he said would end the nearly seven-month war with US Secretary of State and Rubio Iran. “it has a number of options available, including military ones”.
US sanctions hit Iranian flights
The US also said it would impose so-called secondary sanctions against any country that allows Iranian flights after Wednesday. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told state television that Iran would make neighboring countries’ airports unable to operate if it stopped Iranian flights.
The US and Iran are holding their first talks since July
Iranian and US officials held their first known indirect talks on Tuesday since a ceasefire collapsed in July, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner communicating through intermediaries.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Tehran communicated the terms during a two-hour exchange of messages with Washington through a Qatari intermediary. These included an end to war on all fronts, an end to US “acts of aggression” and the release of frozen Iranian assets.
Indian sailor killed off Oman
The Indian embassy in Oman said on Wednesday that an Indian national was killed in an attack on the merchant ship MV Cape Dao as it sailed towards India. The victim has been identified as Wiper Suraj Yadav from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh. A total of 19 people were rescued from the vessel MV Cape Dao, which was attacked on Wednesday while sailing towards India.
