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Iran live updates: Tehran warns of 'dire consequences' of any renewed US attacks

Iranian officials urged the U.S. to agree to Tehran's peace talks demands.

Last Updated: November 9, 2026, 6:38 AM EST

Talks between the U.S. and Iran remain stalled despite the two countries signing a memorandum of understanding in June, aimed at ending the war that began with joint American-Israeli strikes on the country in February. The opening strikes killed a host of top Iranian officials and commanders, among them Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The two sides have continued to exchange strikes, though have not returned to the intense fighting seen in the early stages of the conflict. The U.S. says it is enforcing a naval blockade of the country's Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman ports, while Iran claims control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz and continues to claim attacks on shipping transiting the waterway.

Meanwhile, intensified fighting between Saudi-backed Yemeni forces and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen has seen the latter repeatedly attack Saudi military, oil infrastructure and transport facilities.

See the most recent developments below.

13 minutes ago

Nuclear weapon allegations a 'lie,' Iranian spokesperson says

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei addressed the ongoing efforts to reach a deal with the U.S. during his Monday press conference.

"We have made our position transparent. Iran's proposal, which has become known as Iran's two-day plan, is itself a demonstration of Iran's utmost goodwill. Could we have put it more reasonably than this?" he said to reporters.

"If the United States implements Iran's demands, positive developments will be witnessed across the region within two days and security in the Strait of Hormuz will be restored. Can the other side find or propose a plan more reasonable than this?" he said.

Baqaei denied continued U.S. allegations that Tehran is working toward a nuclear weapon. "Last year in June, they announced that they destroyed Iran's entire nuclear program," Baqaei said of the joint U.S.-Israeli 12-day war with Iran, which culminated with the American Midnight Hammer operation targeting Iranian nuclear facilities.

"They claim to be monitoring all of the Iranians' movements and comings and goings, and at the same time, they spend money so generously to collect information regarding Iran's nuclear program," Baqaei added. "The goal is to keep alive the lie upon which they impose a war on the world."

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

59 minutes ago

Any renewed attacks would have 'dire consequences,' Tehran says

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei warned on Monday that the U.S. should "realize the magnitude of the repercussions and dire consequences" of any renewed attacks on Iran.

Baqaei said during a press conference that Iran is still in talks with Qatar and Pakistan -- both of which have been acting as mediators -- but that it would only be party to an agreement "that fully secures the national interests" of Iran.

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

3 hours and 9 minutes ago

Araghchi says Americans are tired of 'Forever Wars,' frustrated with Israel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post to X on Monday that American voters and the Middle East have "had enough" of "Forever Wars."

Posting a clip of President Donald Trump's interview with CBS News' "60 Minutes" program that aired on Sunday, Araghchi suggested Trump "clearly recognizes that the vast majority of Americans are disgusted with Israel. Strikingly, he seems confused about why that's the case."

"Americans are evidently sick and tired of Israel bamboozling US administrations into Forever Wars. They had enough. So has our region," the foreign minister wrote.

On Sunday, Araghchi posted to X urging the U.S. to agree to Iranian demands, citing the midterm elections results as proof of American war weariness.

"American voters have made their choice. Time for the White House to make its own," he wrote. "Our 2-day proposal stands: meet the requirements, including end to war on all fronts, and you will see results."

"Or choose war, and see our alert and battle-hardened Warriors rain down hell," Araghchi added.

Nov 08, 2026, 9:30 PM EST

Trump says the US has not lost any soldiers in Iran war 'in months'

President Donald Trump spoke to reporters about the war with Iran on Sunday, asserting that the U.S. had not lost any soldiers in the war with Iran in months, as he continued to defend the war itself.

So far, the U.S. has lost 18 service members in the war while hundreds more have been wounded.

“On the Iran thing, we haven't had anybody killed in seven, six months. It's [a] different war,” Trump said.

"Again, we haven't lost anybody. No soldier has been lost. If you look at Vietnam and if you look at all these others, there were for many years with thousands, tens of thousands of people killed,” he said.

-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr

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