Iran war: the story so far
While You Were Out has covered the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz in 10 verified stories since Monday, September 28, 2026, each checked against at least two news sources. Mohsen Rezaei, who heads Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state media the U.S. response to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is insufficient. The Pentagon raised its official count of U.S. troops who died during the war with Iran to 21, adding two noncombat deaths to its casualty database late Friday: Army National Guard Maj. Sorffly Davius, who died in Kuwait on March 6, and a Navy service member who died in September. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday, via Iranian state media, that an oil tanker exploded and caught fire after hitting a naval mine while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Iran says the U.S. reply on reopening Hormuz is 'insufficient'Mohsen Rezaei, who heads Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state media the U.S. response to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz is insufficient.
- Pentagon raises official Iran war troop death toll to 21The Pentagon raised its official count of U.S. troops who died during the war with Iran to 21, adding two noncombat deaths to its casualty database late Friday: Army National Guard Maj. Sorffly Davius, who died in Kuwait on March 6, and a Navy service member who died in September.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say a tanker hit a mine in the Strait of HormuzIran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday, via Iranian state media, that an oil tanker exploded and caught fire after hitting a naval mine while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
- Kremlin says Putin passed Iran's views on ending the war to TrumpKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that Vladimir Putin conveyed Iran's views on a possible resolution of the conflict to President Trump in their Friday phone call.
- Trump says no strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterms as oil jumpsPresident Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections and that talks with Iran are productive, while the naval blockade stays in place.
- U.S. pulls all bombers out of RAF Fairford after suspected plotThe Pentagon says all U.S. bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in England, including 12 B-1B Lancers, have gone back to their home bases in the United States.
- UK prime minister says Iran likely played a part in RAF Fairford incidentPrime Minister Andy Burnham said there are "strong indications that Iran played a part" in the incident near RAF Fairford, an English air base used by U.S. bombers, but said the ongoing investigation limits what he can disclose.
- Iran receives U.S. response to its seven-day plan through Qatari mediatorsIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi received the U.S. response to Iran's seven-day trust-building plan from Qatari mediators in Doha on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
- Iran says it expects a U.S. answer on its Hormuz planAfter indirect talks through Qatari mediators in New York on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran expects a formal U.S. response, hopefully on Tuesday, to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran's foreign minister meets mediators in New YorkIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is meeting mediators in New York to review the latest proposals, including an amended version of Iran's seven-day proposal presented at the U.N. General Assembly.
Sources
- Reuters via Times of Israel
- The National
- CBS News live updates
- Stars and Stripes
- The Spokesman-Review
- Times of Israel
- Jerusalem Post
- Malay Mail
- Middle East Eye
- Time News
- Al Jazeera
- Air & Space Forces Magazine
- TNND/ABC45
- The Irish Times
- NBC News
- CNBC
- Reuters via The Jerusalem Post
- Reuters via Business Standard
- Asharq Al-Awsat
- ANI via The Tribune