Middle East crisis live: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warns it will ‘change geography of war’ if US escalates conflict

The US president said in an interview ahead of the United Nations meeting that he was considering ‘wiping Iran out’

Iran is ready to ⁠reopen ⁠the strait of ​Hormuz within seven days ⁠if the US ⁠eases military pressure and ​lifts ‌its ‌blockade on Iranian ‌ports, a senior Iranian official has told the Reuters news agency.

There is no more immediate detail on how exactly this reopening would work in practice and the US hasn’t commented on the report, which we have not been able to independently verify.

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