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Mediators from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan seek to narrow gaps as US strikes and Iranian warnings deepen tensions.

  • On Tuesday, a senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran and the United States remain far from a deal to end their war, despite ongoing efforts by Qatari mediators to narrow gaps between Tehran and Washington.
  • Following reports that the Revolutionary Guards downed a US MQ-9 drone in the Strait of Hormuz, the United States launched what it described as 'defensive' strikes on Qeshm Island overnight.
  • Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf stated on Tuesday that Iran gave a 'strong and rational response' to Washington and that 'the enemy seeks to force the Iranian nation into submission through threats and military action, but they are sorely mistaken, Iran will not submit.'
  • Regional diplomatic efforts continue as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed ongoing discussions with Saudi Arabia, following meetings last week where officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan met Iranian representatives in Tehran.
  • President Donald Trump raised doubt on Monday about whether he would follow through on threatened military strikes after Tuesday's midterm elections, suggesting he believed Tehran wanted to make a deal as soon as possible.
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Iran and the United States remain far from an agreement to end the war, he told Reuters a high-level Iranian authority on Tuesday (3), despite the intensification of diplomatic efforts to prevent the resumption of a conflict of great proportions after the American legislative elections. Read also: The United States launches new attacks on the Iranian island in the Strait of Ormuz Trump says that agreement with Iran 'may happen' Iran leaves negot…

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The United States has launched a series of attacks on Iranian targets in the Ormuz Strait area, while in Washington it continues to claim that it is approaching a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

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Iran and the United States are far from reaching an agreement to end their war, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday, despite increased diplomatic efforts to prevent a possible return to active conflict after the US midterm elections. Overnight, the US carried out "defensive" strikes on the Iranian island of Qeshm; a US official said the strikes targeted surface-to-air missiles used against US assets. Meanwhile, Iran's Revolutionary…

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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