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Iran warns the Gulf, a Saudi source denies a seat at the table, the UAE condemns Ben Gvir and Qatar’s prime minister calls Netanyahu a war criminal.
Araghchi says Qatar carries Iran’s new Hormuz ideas to Washington and expects a reply Tuesday. Trump calls an Axios sanctions-relief report a hoax.
Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s second US trip in days follows Houthi missiles on Riyadh, an Iranian ‘mediation’ offer and a hidden Iranian strike on US Marines. Washington will not fight before the midterms, and Riyadh is preparing for the battle anyway.
Five men in three vans got within reach of the US bomber base at RAF Fairford before a vigilant village stopped them. Washington and London now claim the credit. The plot bears an Iranian flag and a Russian method, and it shows how close the Iran war has come to British soil.
Trump rejected Tehran’s Hormuz reopening offer as “totally unacceptable.” Araghchi and Pezeshkian answered within a day, refusing to soften Iran’s terms.
Trump’s rejection of Iran’s Hormuz offer and his plan to resume strikes after the midterms set the clock for Saudi retaliation against the Houthis. Riyadh is not surrendering; it is preparing.
