Iran war live: US response awaited on new proposal to reopen Hormuz: Tehran

      November 1, 2026
·         Iran warns it can inflict “devastating strikes” on US warships in the Middle East and says enemy forces attempting a ground invasion will face a “killing ground”.
·         US President Donald Trump says negotiations with Iran are “going fine” but claims that he’s “not in that much of a hurry” to make a peace deal.
·         Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says talks are ongoing with Qatari mediators on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if the US cooperates.
·         Tehran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, says a letter sent by US Vice President JD Vance changed the US tone “completely” describing it as a “very positive sign”.

·         Iran continues to hold negotiations with Washington through Qatar and other mediators but remains deeply skeptical of Trump’s intentions, a security source has told Al Jazeera.
·         The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has strongly condemned an attack on the Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Al Mayeda in the Gulf, saying it was a “dangerous escalation”.
·         Hamas has condemned Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that killed five police officers in the southern area of al-Mawasi and three Palestinians, including a father and his child, in Gaza City, calling them “deliberate war crimes”.
·         Yemeni government forces say they have shot down two Houthi drones in the Sabr area of Taiz governorate.
·         Gaza hospital sources tell Al Jazeera that Israeli forces have killed nine Palestinians in the enclave since dawn.
 
·         Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has briefed President Masoud Pezeshkian and the cabinet on the latest developments in Iran’s negotiations with the US through mediators, according to the president’s Telegram post.
·         It said Araghchi presented the briefing at the cabinet’s session on Wednesday, updating ministers on “the latest developments and diplomatic processes”.
 
·         Iran continues to hold negotiations with Washington through Qatar and other mediators but remains deeply skeptical of Trump’s intentions, a security source has told Al Jazeera.
·         “Tehran continues negotiations with the American side through Qatari mediators and others, but it does not have the slightest optimism about Trump’s intentions even for a moment,” the source said.
·         Tehran had positively assessed a message received from US Vice President JD Vance and was considering its response, the source added.
·         “We think that there may be different voices in the US, but experience has shown that the US president and his circle are succumbing to the temptations of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and the warmongering extremists who support him,” the source added.
·         “For this reason we are obliged to maintain our focus on being fully prepared for a decisive and punitive defense against any aggression and crime by the United States and Israel.”
 
·         Iran’s defense doctrine is rapidly evolving, with Tehran no longer limiting its response to the geographical location of a threat, says an adviser to the supreme leader.
·         “The geography of the threat no longer determines the geography of the response,” said Mohammad Mokhber, according to Iran’s ISNA news agency.
·         “The redefinition of the scope of deterrence goes beyond the regional framework and the origin, scope and location of the threat do not create limitations for Iran’s deterrence calculations,” he added.