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Witkoff says US open to Iran deal but 'not looking to settle'

Mar 8, 2026, 02:43 GMT+0

White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said there may still be room for a diplomatic deal with what remains of Iran’s government but stressed that Washington is “not looking to settle”.

He said Iranian officials took a hard line in previous talks, insisting they had an “inalienable right to enrich” uranium.

"They bragged about having, 60% enriched fuel, enough for eleven bombs. They told me and Jared [Kushner], 'We're not gonna give you diplomatically what you couldn't take militarily'," Witkoff told reporters as he stood next to President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One.

"I think they're gonna need a change of attitude... we have a lot of negotiating leverage, maybe maximum, but we're not looking to settle. They'd like to settle. We're not looking to settle."

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Precision strikes hit homes in Tehran and Qom in suspected targeted killings

Mar 8, 2026, 02:31 GMT+0

A residential building in the holy city of Qom was attacked by US-Israeli airstrikes early Sunday, deputy governor general of Qom province, home to the world's biggest Shia seminary, told state media.

Hours earlier, photos and videos circulating on social media showed a similar attack on a residential building in Shahr-e Rey, southern Tehran, in what seems to be another attempt at targeted killing.

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Israel says fuel tanks it hit were used to operate military infrastructure

Mar 8, 2026, 00:35 GMT+0

The Israeli military said on Saturday it struck several fuel storage complexes in Tehran which it said were used by Iran's military forces.

The IDF said Iran's military makes "direct and frequent use of these fuel tanks to operate military infrastructure."

Through them, it said, the Islamic Republic distributes fuel to various consumers, including military entities in Iran.

Riyadh could respond in kind to further attacks, Saudi Arabia warns Iran

Mar 7, 2026, 22:19 GMT+0
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Saudi Arabia has warned Iran that continued attacks on the kingdom and ​its energy sector could push Riyadh to respond in kind, Reuters reported on Saturday citing four sources familiar with the matter.

The message was conveyed before Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's televised speech in which he apologized to Arab neighbors for the Iranian attacks, saying he had instructed the country's armed forces to stop hitting regional countres.

However, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as well as the Iraqi Kurdistan were attacked shortly after Pezeshkian's speech.

Four corners of Tehran on fire after Israeli airstrikes on oil depots

Mar 7, 2026, 22:08 GMT+0

A video sent to Iran International shows oil depots burning in three corners of Tehran, with flames visible in the west, east and south of the capital as the person filming turns the camera.

A huge fire also erupted at Aghdasiyeh oil depot in northern Tehran, videos show.


Iran won’t leave Trump alone for killing Khamenei, Larijani says

Mar 7, 2026, 20:48 GMT+0
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Donald Trump gestures as he gets into a vehicle with the assistance of U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024.

Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told the state TV on Saturday that the Islamic Republic will not "leave Trump alone" over his killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

“Trump got a taste of what happened in Venezuela and liked it, thinking he could quickly do the same in Iran. Now he’s stuck," Larijani said.

"We will not leave him alone. He must pay the price for what he did. He killed our leader and martyred more than 1,000 of our people. This is not a simple matter.”

"We won't leave him alone until reciprocating what he did," he reiterated in a post on his X account.