Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff says that the US is hopeful for meetings with Iran "this week". Speaking at the F11 Priority event in Miami, Witkoff says that the US are talking to Iran, and adds: "We think there will be meetings this week, we're certainly hopeful for it.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the war would be over in a matter of weeks as he left a Group of 7 meeting in France. Tehran moved to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz.

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Tehran has kept firing, prolonging the war and raising the economic cost.

Two ships turned back after being warned not to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. Iran said strikes in the country had hit a uranium processing plant and industrial sites.

The US-Israel war on Iran is close to hitting the full one month-mark as talks regarding diplomatic negotiations finally take centre stage. Here are the key developments on March

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed talks on ending the war were going well and gave Tehran more time to open the Strait of Hormuz, though there have been no signs of Iran backing down.

Trump has extended pause on US strikes targeting Iran’s energy infra, pushing the deadline to April 6. Meanwhile, the Indian government reduced a special additional excise duty on petrol and diesel in