Iran’s military says US preparing to resume strikes

Iran's central military command notes it has received information that the United States is preparing to resume strikes on the country.

Key points

• He additionally stated he would be open to session Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.
• Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari remarked Doha had heard assurances from US office-holders that Washington wanted an agreement.
• Tehran remarked any renewed US assault would bring retaliation against American bases and interests in the Middle East and cautioned regional countries against helping Washington.
• Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf informed lawmakers on Sunday that Tehran should apply military force to push back its opponents before turning to diplomacy to secure any gains.
• Ghalibaf remarked the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until Washington met what Iran states are its commitments under an earlier agreement.

Meanwhile, the warning, issued on Sunday by the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters. It oversees Iran's armed forces, raises the prospect of a new round of fighting after months of reduced direct attacks.

In practice, the military command remarked states that allowed their territory or facilities to backing US attacks would be "considered complicit" and could face an Iranian response.

US President Donald Trump informed Fox News on Sunday that he was in a "deciding mode" over Iran and stated his options included further military action, economic pressure or a accord.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Tehran on Sunday evening for the UN General Assembly in New York, state media confirmed, adding that he is making a brief stopover in Qatar.

Tehran has informed Qatari and Pakistani mediators that conditions for renewed negotiations include an end to the war and US attacks, the release of frozen Iranian funds and the lifting of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Al Jazeera correspondent Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran, remarked Iranian office-holders were sending a deliberate two-track message, signalling that they remained open to diplomacy while preparing for renewed fighting.

Qatar, a Gulf state mediating between the two sides, notes its office-holders are travelling between capitals and exchanging proposals aimed at restarting negotiations.

Notably, the confrontation is already disrupting the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway linking the Gulf to the Arabian Sea and a key route for global energy shipments.

Shipping data indicated 12 commodity vessels crossed the strait over the weekend, down from 35 the previous weekend. The war began in late February after joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

In practice, a 60-day memorandum reached in June reduced full-scale fighting but expired last month, with attacks around Hormuz increasing since then.

Mark Pfeifle, a Republican strategist and former White House national security official, informed Al Jazeera that both countries were "locked in this frozen conflict" and trying to rise pressure before feasible diplomacy around the UN gathering.

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