• US President Donald Trump claims the war on Iran will end “very quickly”, saying Iran’s “whole country right now is wiped out”.
• US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US has sunk 59 Iranian navy vessels during the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran, speaking to the crew of the USS
• Abraham Lincoln ahead of its arrival in San Diego, California.
• Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says Oman and Iran have agreed on safe transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz and will present their proposal internationally.

IRAN-US talks

White House official says Trump will not let Iran ‘manipulate’ him

A White House official has told Al Jazeera that US President Donald Trump will not allow the Iranian government to “manipulate” him as it had previous US presidents.

The official said Trump was “comfortable letting Iran’s inevitable collapse take its course” and said Washington was in a strong position because it “controlled the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s economy was collapsing”.

The official also said the strait was open and that all naval mines had either been removed or detonated, noting that “dozens of millions of barrels of oil” are being escorted out of the Strait of Hormuz every day.

Trump seeks options to strike Iran ahead of midterms: US media

The Atlantic magazine is reporting, citing United States officials, that President Donald Trump is seeking options to strike Iran ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

The report said the White House had asked the Pentagon to develop strike options against Iranian targets that could be carried out in the coming weeks.

Administration officials told the magazine that the planning underscores how much the president wants to reduce petrol prices and demonstrate progress in the conflict before the vote.

The report added that the size and targets of the potential strikes, along with whether the administration will ultimately proceed, are still being debated.

Trump has repeatedly said that the US-Israel war on Iran would end “very soon”, either shortly before or after the midterms.

US and Iran hold indirect nuclear talks in New York: US media

The United States and Iran have discussed Tehran’s nuclear programme in New York this month as part of indirect negotiations, NBC News reports, citing a US official, a Middle East official and an Iranian official.

According to the report, the Trump administration wants any agreement with Tehran to address what it describes as outstanding critical issues, including Iran’s nuclear programme.

Washington is not interested in another interim memorandum focused only on the Strait of Hormuz before moving on to nuclear talks, the report added.

Iran has proposed a seven-day arrangement under which the US would begin lifting sanctions and unfreezing Iranian funds in exchange for reopening the strait, with nuclear discussions to be held separately at a later stage, but US President Donald Trump has rejected the proposal.

Trump says Iran deal is not his preferred outcome as special envoy negotiates

US President Donald Trump says his special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is working on a potential agreement with Iran and is “doing very well”, while indicating that a deal is not his preferred outcome.

“He’s working on the Iran deal and doing very well. I think the deal isn’t really something that I want to do, but they’re willing to offer us anything to stop,” Trump told supporters at a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas.

Trump said Iran would “never have a nuclear weapon” and praised Witkoff as “a great negotiator”.

He also said he expected the war to end soon.

“That war ends – it’s going to be very soon. It’s got to be very soon,” Trump said, describing Iran as “a failed nation” with “a little spunk left, but not much.”

Iran says its nuclear industry progressing despite ‘sanctions, threats and attacks’

Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), says that despite “sanctions, threats and attacks” against the country’s nuclear industry, the agency has made progress in health, agriculture and radiopharmaceuticals, Iran’s Nour News reports.

Referring to allegations that Iran wished to produce nuclear weapons, Eslami said: “In addition to these pressures, lies and accusations are also raised against the country, which they themselves know are not true, but despite these conditions, our colleagues have been able to carry out their mission competently and maintain the movement of the country on the frontier of knowledge.”

Iran has insisted it has no plans to create a nuclear weapon and that any uranium it has and enriches is for civilian purposes, including for generating electricity and use in medical treatments and scientific research.

Turning to some of the AEOI’s achievements, Eslami said: “We have made extensive efforts to bring the radiation into the field of agricultural and food products.

“Products and seeds that have passed through this process and have undergone plasma or radiation processing have experienced an increase in yields of at least 30 percent and in some cases up to 100 percent.”

He made the comments during the opening of Iran’s first academic centre for childhood cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Iran will respond to US on peace proposal in ‘next few days’: FM Araghchi

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the “negotiation process is ongoing, and messages are being exchanged through mediators” to end the war with the US.

“We presented our proposal, which we called the ‘seven-day plan’, and we also heard the views of the American side,” Araghchi told reporters, quoted by semi-official Tasnim news agency.

“We are currently reviewing the American perspectives, and I believe we will provide our response within the next few days.”

Trump’s no new attack on Iran comments ‘out of the blue’

President Donald Trump says the US is having “productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran”, giving them the dignity of their full name.

Certainly there’s no indication of how these talks are being carried out – whether through an intermediary, or indeed what is being discussed.

But certainly in Washington over the last several hours there has been some speculation that Trump was going to announce a military attack on Iran before the November 3 congressional midterm elections.

The speculation drove up oil prices in early trading on Thursday. Trump’s comments might be an attempt to try and bring prices back down again.

He says the US continues to put pressure on Iran – that is effectively “destroyed economically and militarily” – and that they’re still getting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump suggests in the last 24 hours that 22 million barrels of oil – which is above what they were doing before the war began – got through the strait. Quite what is happening, we’re not entirely sure.

Putin tells Iran president Russia ready to help end US-Israel war

President Vladimir ⁠Putin, ⁠in talks with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, says Russia is prepared to undertake all measures necessary to help end the war.

“You know our position. On our part, we are ready to do everything we can to help ⁠you resolve this ⁠situation,” Interfax news agency quoted Putin as telling Pezeshkian on the sidelines ⁠of a meeting in Turkmenistan.

“We know that ⁠Iran is making real efforts to end the conflict, which broke ‌out through no fault of its own, no ‌fault of ‌Iran,” said Putin.

Iran says arms output sufficient for ‘sustained and prolonged war’

Iranian Defence Ministry spokesperson Reza Talaei-Nik says the country’s weapons production capacity is sufficient to meet the needs of a “sustained and prolonged war”.

“We currently have the production capacity needed for a sustained and prolonged war within our production system,” Talaei-Nik said in an interview with state television.

He said weapons production during the war rose to 2.5 times its pre-war level, adding that the country had prepared secure alternative production sites in advance and that military production had not stopped “even for one day”.

Talaei-Nik said about 9,000 companies had voluntarily joined military production efforts during the war.

He added that Defence Ministry personnel were working alongside missile launch crews, drone units and naval and air forces to use battlefield experience to upgrade weapons and equipment based on emerging threats.

Talaei-Nik said Iran would prioritise meeting its own military needs but also planned to export surplus defence products.

“We first meet our own needs, and in the future we will increase our surplus for exports,” he said.

Nuclear issue

Iran says it won’t give up uranium enrichment or surrender stockpiles

Iran’s atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami says Tehran will not abandon its right to enrich uranium or hand over its stockpiles despite US pressure and threats.

He described enrichment as an essential part of Iran’s peaceful nuclear industry, and said that such activities comply with international safeguards under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

“Once again, the issue of uranium enrichment has been raised, and it has been said that it should be put on the agenda for negotiations. But enrichment is an inseparable part of the nuclear process,” Eslami said.

“Even the Americans have made nuclear technology a priority in their national development, national security, and national defence documents … So these claims are deception and lies.”

US arbitrary sanctionism

Under modern international law, the legality of unilateral sanctions is inherently tied to whether the state imposing them is responding to an initial illegal act. Because the attacking belligerent is the original violator of the prohibition on the use of force (Article 2(4) of the UN Charter), any "arbitrary sanctions" it levies cannot be legally justified.

Iran’s finance minister says rising prices causing ‘significant hardship’ for people

Seyed Ali Madani-Zadeh, Iran’s finance minister, has said worsening “inflation and rising prices have caused significant hardship for the people, and the decrease in purchasing power has put a lot of pressure on them”.

Iran’s inflation has hit a record high in recent weeks, in the face of decades of Western sanctions and a US naval blockade during the ongoing war.

“However, measures are being taken, and I hope they will show positive results,” he said, without divulging more details, as reported by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Tehran mayor questions effectiveness of US blockade, flaunts bus shipment

Tehran’s mayor, Alireza Zakani, has questioned the effectiveness of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, saying that “the first shipment of 26-meter [85ft] metro buses, along with charging containers and a number of 18-meter [60ft] electric buses” has entered Iran.

The mayor said that the new vehicles would “soon join Tehran’s transportation fleet”.

We believe that the US does not consider metro buses military objectives

US announces new Iran-related sanctions; 27 firms targeted

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a new round of Iran-related sanctions, adding 27 companies, six individuals, and 22 vessels to its sanctions list.

“The designations target shipping operators, maritime management companies, and trading firms across several countries including India, Turkiye, China, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the Marshall Islands,” OFAC said in a statement.

“The sanctioned vessels include crude oil, petroleum products, liquefied petroleum gas, chemical and bitumen tankers operating under various national flags.”

The Treasury said several Indian nationals and a Turkish citizen were “designated”.

The sanctions are part of “Operation Economic Outcast“, which aims to cut Tehran’s funding ‌for the war, missile construction, cyberattacks and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

“Today’s action represents the most significant blow yet to Iran’s remaining illicit maritime infrastructure by neutralizing the vast majority of the shadow fleet,” a Treasury official ⁠told reporters in a call.

“Treasury ⁠is cutting off the regime’s last major source of illicit revenue and strengthening international pressure to hold Tehran accountable.”

US using every tool to sever Iran’s economic lifelines, State Department says

The United States is “using every diplomatic and economic tool” to sever Iran’s economic lifelines, according to a statement made by Department of State spokesman Tommy Pigott.

“The Department of State is sanctioning 10 entities, six individuals, and five vessels involved in the trade of Iranian-origin petroleum or petrochemical products,” Pigott added.

The statement also said that the Department of the Treasury, led by Secretary Scott Bessent, is sanctioning 17 entities as well as Iran’s so-called shadow fleet vessels.

Expanded sanctions on Iran by the US are being levied under Operation Economic Outcast, an economic pressure campaign intended to target Iran’s financial interests globally.

US to continue exposing Iran oil sales ‘enablers’: Bessent

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said the US will continue to expose “enablers” of the Iranian government as his department continues imposing sanctions on oil sales.

In a social media statement on Thursday, Bessent said the “Treasury is starving the tyrannical regime in Tehran of the money it uses to wage war in the region, and we will continue exposing those who enable the regime’s oil sales”.

“No enabler of Iranian sanctions evasion is safe from the full force of Treasury’s authorities,” he added.

Earlier on Thursday, the US announced a raft of new sanctions on entities and individuals it said are tied to Iran’s government, part of its ongoing economic pressure campaign on the country.

Strait of Hormuz

Multiple projectiles hit tanker off Qatar’s northern coast, UKMTO says

Several casualties have been reported after a tanker sailing off the north coast of Qatar was struck by multiple projectiles, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency has announced.

The vessel was hit by several projectiles 94km (58 miles) north of Madinat ash Shamal, UKMTO said on Wednesday. The incident comes as the maritime agency reported a recent rise in attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

UKMTO did not say how many people were killed or injured in this latest attack, adding that authorities were investigating. It did not specify the origin of the ship.

Hormuz shipping hits two-month low after spike in tanker attacks

The number of vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz has plummeted to its lowest level in more than two months, according to analytics firm Kpler.

The fall follows a record number of attacks on tankers since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran in February.

Seven commodity vessels passed through the strait on Tuesday, the lowest figure since July 23, Kpler data showed.

“Crude crossing the strait fell 27 percent from a wartime high the week before, to at least 10.1 million barrels a day,” Kpler analysts Emmanuel Belostrino and Yui Torikata reported. “That is back to its September average, but 74 percent of its pre-war level.”

The number of vessels transiting the strait edged up to 10 on Wednesday, but was well short of the daily tally of more than 20 on Sunday and Monday, the data showed.

More vessels entered the strait than exited in the past two days.

Pakistan, Bahrain FMs reiterate call for freedom of navigation in Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Bahrain have discussed “the need to ensure the safety and freedom of navigation” through the straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, “given their importance to regional and global food and energy security”, according to a statement from Islamabad.

Ishaq Dar and Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani spoke at the Pakistan-Bahrain Joint Ministerial Commission in Islamabad on Thursday.

Pakistan said the men “exchanged views on the evolving situation in the Gulf and emphasized the importance of restraint, de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy”.

Dar said that Pakistan remains committed to playing a constructive role in supporting diplomatic efforts for peace and stability in the region.

Shipping lines responsible for casualties, not Iran

As shipping traffic through the besieged Strait of Hormuz fell to its lowest level since July this week, reports have emerged that sailors are being paid large bonuses for making the dangerous trip through the Gulf waterway.

Some captains are earning base salaries of as much as $100,000 – the high end of usual salaries which vary greatly between shipping companies – plus a $50,000 bonus per voyage through the strait.

Oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels at the end of last month, despite ongoing attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. But shipping data from Kpler shows that about 40 percent of those are leaving the region due to a combination of pipeline exports and small shuttle boats carrying out risky ship-to-ship transfers.

Iraq devalues currency by 15% as Hormuz crisis disrupts oil exports

Iraq has devalued its currency by 15 percent – the biggest adjustment since 2020.

The change is the Iraqi government’s response to disrupted oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz.

The country’s dependence on food imports means essential items such as rice and flour are expected to become more expensive.

US trade representative says Strait of Hormuz is ‘essentially open’

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the Strait of Hormuz is “essentially open”.

“We’re getting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz again. And we have countries coming together to go around it; to go around the Strait of Hormuz, to go around Iran,” he told CNBC in an on-air interview.

“Whatever leverage they have left will go away in due course,” Greer added.

The representative credited US President Donald Trump for “setting back” Iran’s nuclear program and described it as a “great outcome for the world”.

Greer added that US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is “ratcheting up sanctions, not just on Iran itself, but also on third countries that are aiding and abetting it”.

US military briefs ‘shipping partners’ on Strait of Hormuz

The US military’s Central Command says it has briefed ‘international shipping partners’ on the latest in the Strait of Hormuz.

CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper thanked industry representatives for their continued support and acknowledged “sacrifices made by civilian crews due to unwarranted Iranian attacks”.

USS Lincoln aircraft carrier returns home after long Iran deployment

The USS Abraham Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay after the US war on Iran during a record-long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea.

The carrier drew national attention following reports of stress among the crew and poor mental health, as well as supply shortages, including food and hygiene products, during the mission.

The Navy told lawmakers that eight sailors attempted suicide during the record-setting deployment, though experts say that number is low in a strike group of 6,000 sailors across 10 months.

The Navy initially downplayed any problems during the deployment, and President Trump commented in August that the Lincoln’s lengthy deployment was “not nearly long enough”.

Another aircraft carrier, the usually Asia-based USS George Washington, relieved the Lincoln in the Middle East in August.

‘Massive explosions’ reportedly rock southern Hormuz Strait

Several “massive explosions” have occurred in the southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media report.

Oil tankers traveling through “unauthorized” routes may have struck sea mines deployed in the area, Fars news agency quoted unnamed military sources as saying.

The reported blasts come during heightened tensions in the strait, where Iran has warned vessels against using routes not greenlit by Tehran.

US Democratic senator says he was ‘barred’ from visiting American troops in the Middle East

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy has said he was prohibited from visiting American troops in the Middle East.

The senator from Connecticut said in a social media post on Thursday that he met with American diplomats in the region, but was “barred” from visiting troops during his tour of US allies in the Middle East.

“No matter whether or not you support the war, our troops and diplomats in the region are under fire and serving so bravely. Donald Trump won’t protect them, but we should thank them,” he said.

Murphy told reporters on Tuesday during his visit to Saudi Arabia that the US Department of Defense denied him access to Al Udeid airbase in Qatar.

(delusional) US politics

Iran’s foreign minister says US toll in war ‘far higher’ than official figures

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the actual death toll among American soldiers and destruction of US military assets are “far higher” than publicly disclosed.

“In May, the Congressional Research Service admitted that Iran’s Armed Forces had taken out 42 U.S. military aircraft,” he wrote in a post on X. “Now: 81.”

“Proof? CENTCOM won’t let a sitting Senator inspect bases it claims are fine.

US trade representative says Strait of Hormuz is ‘essentially open’

United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the Strait of Hormuz is “essentially open”.

“We’re getting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz again. And we have countries coming together to go around it; to go around the Strait of Hormuz, to go around Iran,” he told CNBC in an on-air interview.

“Whatever leverage they have left will go away in due course,” Greer added.

The representative credited US President Donald Trump for “setting back” Iran’s nuclear program and described it as a “great outcome for the world”.

Greer added that US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is “ratcheting up sanctions, not just on Iran itself, but also on third countries that are aiding and abetting it”.

Trump says he won’t attack Iran before US midterm elections

US ⁠President Donald Trump says the United States ⁠is having productive discussions with Iran and will ⁠not launch another attack on the country before US midterm congressional elections in November.

“We ‌are having productive discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. He said ⁠the US blockade of ⁠Iranian ports remains in effect and oil is flowing through ⁠the Strait of Hormuz.

“We will ⁠not be ⁠attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections to be ‌held in the United States on November 3rd,” Trump ‌said.

US State Department says Iran continues to recruit and use child soldiers

The US State Department says Iran remains on Tier 3, its highest level, in its 2026 Trafficking in Persons report, finding that the government does not fully meet minimum standards for eliminating trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so.

The report says there was a government “policy or pattern” of coercively recruiting child soldiers and alleges Iranian officials continued to perpetrate or condone trafficking crimes with impunity.

It says the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has recruited and used young child soldiers and supported non-state armed groups that forcibly recruited and used children.

The State Department also says Iranian authorities detained and deported more than 850,000 Afghans in 2025 without reporting that they screened them for trafficking.

According to the report, the IRGC and its Basij paramilitary continued to force or coerce Afghans – including children, as well as some Pakistani migrants, Syrians and Iranian children – into armed groups.

It adds that an IRGC recruitment campaign announced in March 2026 set a minimum age of 12 for some roles, including security-related activities.

The report also says Iran continues to provide material support to Yemen’s Houthis, which it describes as a non-state armed group that recruits and uses child soldiers.

Oil & Oil markets

Oil prices climb past $101 a barrel

Oil prices are extending their upward climb, with Brent crude futures gaining $1.33, or 1.33 percent, to reach $101.53 a barrel as of 01:16 GMT on Thursday.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude went up $1.11, or 1.26 percent, to trade at $89.39.

The increases came amid persistent worries about supply from the key Middle East producing region, driven by an escalation in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

IRGC Navy official to Trump: ‘The oil market also understands that you are lying’

Ali Mohammadi, deputy political commander of Iran’s IRGC Navy, has rejected the US president’s claims about the movement of oil and ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

“If oil and ships are really passing through the Strait of Hormuz, why isn’t the oil market reacting accordingly? Because the market also understands that you are lying,” the Fars news agency quoted Mohammadi as saying.

He also questioned US claims that the IRGC Navy had been destroyed, asking why US forces remained “600 to 700km away” (about 370 to 435 miles) and were not approaching the strait.

Mohammadi said the IRGC Navy maintains “full oversight” of vessel movements in the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.

".. why US forces remained “600 to 700km away” (about 370 to 435 miles) and were not approaching the strait."

Trump's continuation of the war on Iran initiated by Netanyahu is highly unpopular in the United States. Gallop poll recently showed that 60% of the Americans oppose the war. An Iranian attack on any of the deployed nuclear aircraft carriers would inflame widespread protest in the US.

Another reason are the midterm election in November 2026.

Oil prices go past $102 a barrel

Oil prices have been rising on persistent worries about supply disruptions in the Middle East amid an increase in attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

Brent crude futures rose $2.28, or 2.28 percent, to $102.28 a barrel by 04:27 GMT.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.66, or 1.88 percent, to $89.94.

Prices had settled lower on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency agreed to accelerate the release of oil stocks and prioritise diesel supplies under a plan launched in March, as governments seek to tackle record fuel prices and supply disruptions caused by the war.

US congressman calls on lawmakers to end costly war on Iran

California Congressman Ro Khanna is calling on US lawmakers to vote to end the war on Iran, pointing to rising petrol and diesel prices.

Both the Senate and House of Representatives have adjourned for recess until November 9.

Khanna noted that “families are worried whether they can afford heating oil for the winter. We need to come back and do our job.”

President Trump wrote earlier that the US “will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the midterm elections” to be held in the United States on November 3 in a post on Truth Social.

Oil rises 4 percent on revived Middle East worries

Oil prices settled 4 percent higher on revived concerns about the ongoing US war on Iran in the energy-rich Middle East.

Brent crude futures closed up $4.08, or 4.1 percent, at $104.28 while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose 3.6 percent, or $3.21, to $91.49.

At one point both contracts were up more than $5 a barrel, with Brent touching ⁠its highest since September 29 on worries about potential US strikes on Iran and as Hurricane Isaias is set to make landfall on Friday.

Prices came off their highs after President Trump said Washington is having “productive discussions” with Iran, and pledged not to attack Iran until after the November 3 US midterm elections.

Threats to oil shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz have ⁠increased in October as the Iran conflict enters its eighth month. Attacks on tankers ⁠sailing through the strait last week rose to their highest level since the war began, even as Gulf producers increased exports.

“The frequency of Iranian attacks on ships is now at the highest point since the war began, and likely to intensify further,” said Saul Kavonic, MST Marquee head of energy.

Other developments

International flights resume at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport

International flights have resumed at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport following a suspension during the 40-day war, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reports.

According to IRIB, the first international flight, operated by Iraqi Airways, landed on Thursday after departing from Iraq’s Najaf airport. The service is set to go in both directions.

First foreign airline flight lands in Tehran since war began

The first commercial flight operated by a foreign airline since February 28 has landed in Tehran, state media reported, after the US granted a sanctions waiver for Iraq’s national carrier to fly to Iran.

State TV broadcast a short video of the Iraqi Airways flight landing in the capital from Iraq’s Najaf, adding that it was a round-trip service.

Last month, Iraq’s Ministry of Transport said the US had granted Iraqi Airways an exemption to fly to Iran, with an official noting that it applied to pilgrims travelling between Iran and Najaf.

UK man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford airbase plot released on bail

UK police have said that a 22-year-old British man, who was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of preparing “terrorist acts” as part of an investigation into a suspected plot last month targeting the RAF Fairford airbase, has been released on bail.

The US has flown its B-1 and B-52 bombers from Fairford to the Middle East in recent months after the incident. The UK had approved for the US to use the base for defensive strikes against Iran.

President Donald Trump said the US moved its bombers out of RAF Fairford on Sunday because of “some threats” to the base.

Seven men – all in their 20s – have so far been arrested and later bailed in connection with the incident, with no charges yet brought.

It seems that the British police still isn't able to gather conclusive evidence showing that the threat is linked to Iran.

Policeman killed in Iran’s Zahedan in attack on military vehicle

A member of the police force has been killed in an attack on a security patrol in Zahedan in the country’s southeast, Iranian media reports.

Security units are continuing search operations to arrest the perpetrators of the attack, police said.

Iranian television also reported an attack on a minibus carrying troops in the Nikshahr region, also in the southeast.

There has been no claim of responsibility. Iran accuses the United States and Israel of supporting groups in the country against the Iranian government.