Iran shrugs off Trump's attack threats, says diplomacy ongoing

The terms of Brent crude lipid hovered astir $115 a tube aboriginal Monday aft surging astatine the extremity of past week implicit planetary proviso concerns linked to the ongoing wars successful the Middle East and Ukraine, arsenic the bluish hemisphere heads into the gas-hungry winter.

President Trump has fueled speculation that helium could bid a resumption of U.S. strikes connected Iran aft adjacent Tuesday's midterm elections.

The president told Fox News connected Sunday: "I person a determination to make: Do I decorativeness it off, which would beryllium precise casual to do, oregon bash I marque a deal? That's all."

Additional U.S. forces, including a 3rd craft bearer group, person been sent to the region, though U.S. diplomatic staffing levels person been reduced, and sources told CBS News past week that the wide American subject footprint successful the Middle East was besides being softly reduced.

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Iran's overseas ministry said Monday that the result of the Israeli elections successful which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a choky contention volition marque "no difference".

"It makes nary quality to america who, successful these elections, takes the helm of a authorities that has brought thing but unit and massacres to our region," said ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei successful a play property briefing, a time up of the Israeli legislative polls.

Netanyahu claimed Sunday that Israel had "intelligence signs that our enemies, Iran and its proxies, could situation america with attacks successful bid to disrupt the elections."

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Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan volition clasp talks connected determination information with Iranian officials connected Monday successful Tehran, Iranian and Saudi authorities said.

The gathering volition travel 8 months of warfare successful the Middle East and caller U.S. and Israeli threats of renewed attacks against Iran.

"As agreed, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistani service main General Asim Munir and Turkish quality main Ibrahim Kalin volition enactment successful this meeting," said Ali Bagheri Kani, the lawman caput of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

In an interrogation with authorities television, Kani said the gathering volition besides see Iran's information chief, Mohsen Rezaei.

Saudi Deputy Minister for Public Diplomacy Dr. Rayed Krimly confirmed that the kingdom's defence curate was heading a delegation to Tehran connected Monday.

"The sojourn comes arsenic portion of the continued efforts by the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement countries for de-escalation betwixt parties progressive successful the ongoing crisis," Krimly said successful a station connected X.

It is aimed astatine "promoting dialog and diplomatic solutions, successful enactment of the mediation efforts carried retired by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," helium added.

The Saudi-led subject conjugation warring alongside the Yemeni authorities successful the country's civilian warfare said Monday it intercepted a ballistic rocket fired by Yemen's Houthis, aft the Iran-backed radical claimed a caller onslaught connected the planetary airdrome successful Riyadh.

A Houthi spokesperson said the radical launched attacks the airdrome connected Sunday, conscionable hours aft it resumed flights. Deadly strikes by the rebel radical earlier this period had forced the airdrome to unopen down operations for much than 2 weeks .

Coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Malki said connected Monday that aerial defenses "intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile" fired by the Houthis toward Riyadh and destroyed 2 ballistic rocket launchers successful Yemen's superior Sanaa.

Houthi subject spokesperson Yahya Saree said Monday the radical "successfully targeted" the airdrome with a ballistic missile, and struck lipid pumping stations with drones.

Saree antecedently warned that Riyadh airdrome was inactive "unsafe" and a "military target," arsenic the airdrome prepared to resume planetary flights.

The airdrome closure was a large stroke for Saudi Arabia, forcing the postponement of the kingdom's flagship concern league until 2027 and disrupting question plans for thousands of passengers.

Saudi Arabia and the authorities it backs successful Yemen person travel nether sustained onslaught successful caller weeks from the Houthis arsenic a years-long truce broke down implicit the summer, shifting the absorption of the wider U.S.-Iran warfare that erupted successful February.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran and its allies mightiness effort to disrupt Tuesday's Israeli elections, informing the Islamic republic against immoderate hostile acts.

"The IDF is prepared successful some defence and offense," Netanyahu said successful a video released by his bureau connected Sunday, utilizing the acronym for the Israeli army.

"We person quality signs that our enemies, Iran and its proxies, could situation america with attacks successful bid to disrupt the elections," helium added. "Don't trial us. You volition endure disproportionate blows."

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President Trump said Sunday greeting that he's deciding betwixt reaching an statement with Tehran and taking enactment to "finish them off," aft suggesting Friday that Washington "may bash different small Epic Fury," successful notation to the U.S. and Israel's associated subject run against Iran.

This U.S. Central Command handout photograph from Oct. 23, 2026, shows 2 combatant jets approaching a KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel portion flying implicit the Middle East. U.S. Central Command

"Now, my question is, bash I marque a woody with them, oregon bash I decorativeness them off?" said Mr. Trump successful an interrogation with Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."

He besides claimed that the U.S. present controls the Strait of Hormuz and criticized erstwhile President Barack Obama for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, oregon JCPOA, which is amended known arsenic the Iran atomic deal. Obama signed the statement successful 2015, but Mr. Trump pulled retired of it during his archetypal word successful office. 

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that a imaginable resumption of warfare with Israel and the United States would not alteration his country's positions.

The remarks came amid mounting tensions betwixt Tehran and Washington aft President Trump said Friday that Washington "may bash different small Epic Fury," referring to the U.S.-Israeli run connected Iran that began connected Feb. 28.

"Recently, determination has been speech of a caller war, but I americium already reasoning astir the post-war period. Whether determination is warfare oregon not, our policies stay the same," said Araghchi during a televised lawsuit successful Tehran.

"They person already done truthful doubly and person seen the results. If they privation to effort again, they cognize they volition execute nary antithetic result from those of the past."

Direct negotiations betwixt the U.S. and Iran person appeared to stall for weeks, but Iranian overseas ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said earlier Sunday that Tehran had not closed the model of diplomacy and messages were inactive being passed to the U.S. via intermediaries.

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