Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is conditional on the United States returning to its commitments under the Islamabad MoU, Press TV reported on Sunday. According to the post on X, Araghchi, speaking to The New Arab, said, “Tomorrow’s meeting in Oman will focus on establishing a new maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz.” He further added that we will provide participating countries with details of the agreement with Oman and maps related to the new route and stressed that the agreement with Oman “does not in any way mean that the Strait of Hormuz is being reopened.” 🔴 Iranian FM Araghchi, speaking to The New Arab: 🔺 Tomorrow’s meeting in Oman will focus on establishing a new maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz. 🔺 We will provide participating countries with details of the agreement with Oman and maps related to the new route. pic.twitter.com/dDWX4S5bXj — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) September 13, 2026 “Iran’s condition for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is for the US to return to its commitments under the Islamabad MoU,” he added. Iran believes that “ensuring the security and stability of the region is solely the responsibility of regional countries”, Araghchi said. “We hope these talks will pave the way for future consultations on issues of interest to the countries of the region,” he added. No issue with Gulf countries, problem is with US bases being used for attacks: Iran's Pezeshkian Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Tehran has no issue with Gulf countries, but objected to US military bases in the region, which he said were being used to launch attacks against Iran. “We have no problem with the UAE. We have no problem with any of the countries in the region,” Pezeshkian said in an interview with India Today, PressTV reported in a post on X on Sunday. “Our problem is with the US bases in regional countries, which are being used to launch aggression against our country,” he added. 🔴 Iran's President Pezeshkian, speaking to India Today: 🔺 Iran has never started a war and has only defended itself against US and Israeli aggression. pic.twitter.com/MguaYuTLgm — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) September 13, 2026 “Iran has never started a war and has only defended itself against US and Israeli aggression, ” Pezeshkian said and further added that Iran does not seek war, but it "will not surrender in the face of sanctions, restrictions on the delivery of medicine and food, and pressure on its people.” “The only way forward is to end US aggression and unilateralism,” he said. Pezeshkian also said the US had blocked the entry of goods, medicine, and food, as well as trade, and had closed the sea route, and further added that Iran had faced the highest level of monitoring regarding its nuclear weapons programme. Arab League chief says Gulf crisis cannot be solved through military action Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy has said the conflict in the Gulf region cannot be resolved through military intervention and warned that “the crisis is poised to continue”, Al Jazeera reported. Fahmy said Arab countries needed to “establish clear foundations” for their future relations with Iran. He also said Tehran “must change its policies”, describing Iran’s approach towards some Arab states as “extremely negative”. Iranian president says US, Israeli attacks show economic resilience 'unsustainable' without security Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that US and Israeli attacks on Iran demonstrated that economic resilience cannot be sustained without security, warning that strikes on economic and energy infrastructure can have consequences beyond national borders. Addressing the 18th BRICS Plus Summit, Pezeshkian said the effects of targeting a country’s economic, energy, and development infrastructure can rapidly spill across its borders and have regional and global repercussions. He said Iranians, including women, children, and other civilians, had paid a heavy price for the attacks, while infrastructure built over decades for the country’s development had been damaged. Pezeshkian also pointed to Gaza and Lebanon, urging BRICS to play a greater role in defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity and upholding the prohibition on the use of force. On economic cooperation, the Iranian president called for expanding trade in national currencies and strengthening the New Development Bank to increase BRICS members’ resilience against political and economic pressure. He also said BRICS represents growing demand for a more balanced and inclusive global order in which no center of power has the right to “determine the fate of others.” The remarks came on the final day of the two-day 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, where leaders of the bloc and partner countries met for a session on resilience, innovation, cooperation, and sustainability. The expanded 11-member BRICS grouping includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Fire breaks out on vessel after projectile strike in Strait of Hormuz A fire broke out aboard a vessel after it was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Sunday. UKMTO said it received the initial report of the incident at 2300GMT on Saturday, without specifying the exact time the vessel was struck. The maritime authority initially said the status of the crew, the extent of damage to the vessel and any environmental impact were unknown. In an update issued on Sunday, UKMTO said a fire had broken out aboard the vessel following the reported attack. Local authorities were at the scene and assisting in evacuating crew members, it added. UKMTO advised vessels transiting the area to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity as authorities investigate the incident. Iraq to reopen Iran crossings after drone attack near shared border Iraqi authorities have announced plans to gradually reopen three border crossings with Iran, a day after shutting them following a drone attack launched from the shared border area, AFP reported. The Friday night attack targeted the East-West pipeline. Baghdad subsequently dismissed the military commander in Missan province, near the Iranian border, after authorities determined that the drones had been launched from the area. The government then closed three crossings, citing the need to reorganise operations and strengthen intelligence efforts to prevent further violations. The government’s security media cell said that “after reviewing operations at the border crossings,” the crossings would gradually reopen to passengers and trade between Sunday and Thursday. The crossings are Shalamsheh in Basra, al-Shib in Missan and al-Mandali in Diyala. Shalamsheh and al-Shib reopened to passengers on Sunday, but remained closed to trade, the government media cell said. Iran warns US warships against approaching Strait of Hormuz A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy official has warned US naval vessels against approaching the Strait of Hormuz, disputing US President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington controls the strategic waterway, Al Jazeera reported. “If the Strait of Hormuz is under American control, then go ahead — bring one of your warships within 100 kilometres,” the IRGC Navy’s deputy political commander said, according to Iran’s Fars news agency. He said US forces were aware that any vessels approaching the area would face a response from Iranian forces, adding that similar incidents had taken place in recent days. Pezeshkian says Iranians "can’t be bullied into submission" Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iranians “can’t be bullied into submission” in a post on X, as tensions with the United States continue to escalate. “If Americans are warriors, let them face our valiant military forces. Why wage war on civilian infrastructure, food supplies, and livelihoods?” he questioned. If Americans are warriors, let them face our valiant military forces. Why wage war on civilian infrastructure, food supplies, and livelihoods? If they're human, why deny people access to water, food, and medicine? Our people can't be bullied into submission. Iran won't surrender. — Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) September 12, 2026 “If they’re human, why deny people access to water, food, and medicine?” “Iran won’t surrender,” he reaffirmed in the post. One killed, three injured in "US attack" on Iranian vessel near Qeshm Island, Iran says One person was killed and three others were injured in a "US attack" on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Gulf near Qeshm Island in southern Iran on early Sunday, according to a local official. Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, citing Qeshm Governor Amir Teymouri, described the incident as an attack by the “US terrorist enemy.” Teymouri said the vessel was struck at around 5 am local time in the area of Hengam Island and the Shib Deraz coast of Qeshm Island. No further details were immediately available about the vessel or the circumstances of the attack. New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fuels fears of threats to oil supplies Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, ​adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline. The British navy-affiliated agency UKMTO said it had a report of ‌a projectile hitting a vessel as it moved through the Strait of Hormuz. The amount of damage and the status of the crew were unknown as of early Sunday, the agency said. UKMTO's report came the day after Saudi Arabia said it had temporarily closed its East-West pipeline as a precaution after a drone attack that both Baghdad and Riyadh said had originated in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias operate. Ongoing attacks in the widening Middle East war could send energy prices even higher ​after a week that saw the cost of Brent crude surge back above $100 a barrel. The 1,200-km (745-mile) East-West pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula has served as the main route out for ​global supplies of Middle East oil for the past six months while the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shut by war. It has been moving 4 ⁠to 5 million barrels per day, amounting to 4% to 5% of global supply, sparing Saudi Arabia the brunt of the disruption that has crippled other Gulf oil and gas exporters. There was no ​immediate claim of responsibility for the strikes on the pipeline. Satellite images showed black smoke rising from an area of the pipeline south of Medina. The attack resulted in some injuries and damage that was ​being assessed, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said without detailing the impact on exports. US President Donald Trump, visiting Ireland to attend a golf tournament at one of his resorts, said Iran was probably to blame. On Saturday, the Saudi Civil Defence said in a statement that a projectile fired by the Houthis had injured two people in the Jazan region and damaged several buildings, including a mosque. Saudi leader asks for military help Oil prices shot up over the past week and the retail ​price of diesel in the United States surged past a record $6 a gallon as the United States and Iran both fired on tankers and the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen advanced along the Red Sea, potentially ​extending disruptions to another major oil route. Washington now faces a dilemma over whether to help the Saudis fight the Houthis, risking further expansion of the war. Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, phoned Trump on Thursday and ‌asked for ⁠US military help fighting the Houthis, three sources told Reuters. They said the prince was told that Washington would not intervene directly for now but would help with intelligence. Trump confirmed on Saturday that he had spoken to the crown prince, and said the Houthis had also phoned his administration and asked Washington not to become directly involved in the conflict. Four Yemeni government sources told Reuters that the Houthis had seized the strategic island of Perim on Friday in the middle of the Bab el-Mandeb strait — the "Gate of Tears" at the mouth of the Red Sea. Iranian official plays down Oman meeting There have been no talks between ​the United States and Iran to end the conflict ​since a June agreement that collapsed within ⁠weeks. In a post on X on Saturday, Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee, said: "As long as the American side does not accept all of Iran's conditions, dialogue and negotiation are of no use." Iran's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that Iran would be attending a meeting with Gulf Arab ​states in Oman on Monday, at which the future of the Strait of Hormuz would be discussed. But a senior Iranian official, speaking to Reuters ​on condition of anonymity on ⁠Saturday, played down the chances of a breakthrough, saying the meeting, called at Oman's initiative, was intended to discuss issues including the strait but was not expected to yield a signed agreement. An agreement on routes through the strait between Iran and Oman will be presented at the meeting on Monday, which will also be attended by Iraq, but the strait will not reopen unless seven conditions conveyed by Iran to the US are met, ⁠a source ​told Tasnim news agency, without elaborating. Iran wants its control of the Strait of Hormuz to be recognised, allowing it to collect ​fees from ships that use it, which Washington rejects. Oman, which controls the opposite bank of the strait, says it is negotiating with the agreement of other regional states.