By Yashraj Sharma, Mariem Bah and Nils Adler
- Iran’s military has warned that all US deployment centres and interests in the Middle East will be targeted if Washington “makes a mistake” against the country, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
- Earlier, Iran proposed a seven-day roadmap to end the war, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi telling reporters that Tehran is ready to begin implementing the plan as soon as the US agrees to it.
Settlers attack last remaining farmland in occupied West Bank village of Burqa
Illegal Israeli settlements and outposts are encircling Burqa, an ancient farming village near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Residents say they have lost most of their land, while settler attacks are intensifying in the remaining area.
Where does the US-Iran standoff go from here?
Possibly towards renewed hostilities.
Donald Trump has reportedly ruled out an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week, just hours after Iran put forward a new roadmap and days after the US president threatened to “annihilate” Iran from the floor of the UN General Assembly.
Both sides appear to be locked in a standoff. Iran says it will not discuss its nuclear programme until the conditions it has laid down are met. A US official told Al Jazeera that Washington is in no hurry to respond to Iran’s proposal and sees itself in a strong position regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the US officials cited in The Wall Street Journal, Trump told his aides he expects to carry out a new bombing campaign against Iran after the US midterm elections in November.
At the same time, Trump has said he believes a deal to end the conflict will come shortly after the midterms.
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Iran sees inflation decrease slightly: Central Bank governor
The governor of Iran’s Central Bank said inflation in the war-hit country has slightly decreased, the first such sign in the past 15 months.
“The point-to-point inflation rate decreased slightly in September, falling from 84.4 percent in August to 83.8 percent in September,” said Abdolnaser Hemmati, as quoted by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.
“Although the decrease is small, the fact that the trend of point-to-point inflation is decreasing is very important,” he added.
The US has launched “Operation Economic Outcast” to impose new sanctions, in addition to its naval blockade against Iranian ports. The new squeeze on Tehran’s economy has added to the misery of Iranians already battered by decades of previous sanctions.
Read more here about the highest level of inflation since World War II.
![Soaring prices are devouring Iranians' pockets, with inflation at its highest level since World War II. [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/5476aghl-1780578041-1780661329.webp?quality=80)
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