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US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: As tensions between the US, Israel, and Iran enter another tense phase, diplomacy and economic threats towards the Islamic Republic are simultaneously intensifying. Reacting to newly implemented US sanctions against Tehran, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the US on Friday its objectives through any kind of sanctions or operation.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: Araghchi Slams US for Imposing More Sanctions Amid Rising Tensions
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has posted a message on social media appearing to dismiss the US’s latest Iran-related sanctions.
“After 47 years of sanctions, the US went to war with Iran on behalf of Israel. The fallout has been disastrous for America, including its standing worldwide,” Araghchi wrote in a post on X.
“After failing to achieve its aims through sanctions or war, Washington’s “novel” solution is … more sanctions. Seriously?” he added.
As we reported earlier today, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation industry, including sanctions against 27 Iranian airlines.
After 47 years of sanctions, the US went to war with Iran on behalf of Israel. The fallout has been disastrous for America, including its standing worldwide.
After failing to achieve its aims through sanctions or war, Washington’s “novel” solution is…more sanctions. Seriously?
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) September 8, 2026
US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: US official says underwater military drone ‘malfunctioned’ in the Middle East
An underwater drone operated by US forces in the Middle East malfunctioned more than a day ago, a US official has confirmed to Al Jazeera.
The official said the drone was surveying regional waters in support of ongoing operations. The defective drone was an older model that neither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment, the official added.
Earlier, the IRGC Navy said it had captured an unmanned US submersible at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: Lebanese army says forces deployed in all non-occupied parts of southern Lebanon
The Lebanese army has said its units are deployed in all parts of the country’s south that are not under Israeli occupation, including in the Nabatieh region.
The army added that its forces have “intensified operations in several areas to reassure residents”.
Israel has continued to carry out attacks in parts of southern Lebanon despite a framework deal agreed by Israel and Lebanon in June. That plan includes “pilot zones” that are meant to act as test areas for the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah and for the Israelis to withdraw.
However, Israel still occupies dozens of villages in southern Lebanon and has resisted further withdrawals, according to our reporters on the ground.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: British Palestinian Committee calls UK’s sanctions on Israeli settlements ‘necessary, overdue’
The British Palestinian Committee has said the UK’s announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are a “necessary and overdue step” that bring the UK “closer” to meeting its international law obligations.
“As Israel continues to colonise Palestinian land and kill, maim, torture and imprison Palestinians across Palestine on a daily basis, the UK government must demonstrate that this announcement represents a substantive change in policy that is enforceable and robust,” the British-Palestinian group said in a statement.
The statement added that the UK should go on to impose “comprehensive sanctions on the Israeli state” as well as “further targeted sanctions on Israeli ministers and officials responsible for grave violations of international law”, while backing “the prosecution of Israeli leaders wanted in The Hague for alleged war crimes”.
“Today’s announcement, while welcome, will ultimately be judged not by its rhetoric, but by its enforcement both within and beyond this current government,” said the statement.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: UN welcomes collective move to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements
The UN human rights office has praised the plans by the 12 countries to introduce restrictions on trade in goods with illegal Israeli settlements.
“The seriousness of the situation in the West Bank calls for urgent and concrete measures,” said the spokesperson to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
Jeremy Laurence said the action would contribute towards “ending the violence and occupation of the West Bank”.
US-Israel-Iran War Latest News: Macron, Burnham, Carney say Israeli settlement expansion an ‘urgent threat’ to two-state solution
French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have issued a joint statement stressing the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The leaders called a two-state solution “critical for peace, stability and security in the Middle East” and said it was in their national interests to pursue it.
They also said Israel’s “systematic settlement expansion in the West Bank” and “the dramatic increase in settler violence” are “a direct and urgent threat to that vision for peace”.
They called their coordinated action to ban goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank “a further turning point in our approach to protecting the two-state solution”.
