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                            Issued on: 25/09/2026 - 01:52Modified: 25/09/2026 - 22:46
                        
    
  
    
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                A file image of the Strait of Hormuz on September 7, 2026.        © Vahid Salemi, AP                                        

                    
    
                                    
    
                    
                                Iran on Friday offered the United States a seven-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to maritime navigation. Initial word of a possible offer to lift the naval blockade emerged from the sidelines of the UN General Assembly earlier in the day. Read our liveblog to see how the day’s events unfolded.            
                                                
                                                    
 Yesterday's key developments:  British ⁠Foreign ​Secretary ​Ed Miliband told Iran's foreign ​minister ‌Abbas ⁠Araqchi ‌in a meeting that ⁠the UK will "not ​tolerate intimidation, ‌threats or hostile activity ‌on ​UK soil" from groups linked ​to ​his country.  President Emmanuel Macron said France would send "military means" to help shield the key Saudi oil terminal of Yanbu from attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. Chinese ⁠President ​Xi Jinping ​said during a meeting with US ​President ‌Donald ⁠Trump at ‌the White House that China supports ​the US ‌and Iran returning to a ‌June deal ​that was meant to end the ​war and ​open the ​Strait of Hormuz, ​Xinhua news agency said.  (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
                                                            
        
        
            
                                    
    
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