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IRGC will target US ships in Indian Ocean if fighting resumes, official says

PHOTO: People holding flags take part in a motorcycle rally in Tehran on Sept. 25, 2026.
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Iran war enters seventh month as fuel prices and mortgage rates soar
By David Brennan, Ivan Pereira
Last Updated: September 28, 2026, 8:09 AM

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

Those talks broke down as the U.S. and Iran continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz as the primary flashpoint. Trump then said in August that the U.S. would launch a "crushing economic operation" to force Tehran into submission.

Key Headlines

  • Tehran 'fully prepared' for war to resume, Iranian FM says
  • Trump says he expects more talks with Iran this week, but is open to new strikes
  • IRGC claims to have captured US underwater drone
  • IRGC will target US ships in Indian Ocean if fighting resumes, official says
  • Trump rejects Iran proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Here's how the news is developing.

Sep 28, 2026 8:09 AM

Tehran 'fully prepared' for war to resume, Iranian FM says

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asserted that Tehran is prepared to resume war with the U.S. and said it will stand firm "even if it comes to a doomsday war."

Asked whether diplomacy has failed, Araghchi told NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that there is always hope but repeatedly cast doubts on the Trump administration's intentions.

PHOTO: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi listens as President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 23, 2026.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi listens as President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the General Debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 23, 2026.
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"[T]here is always hope for diplomacy. But we have no reason, to be honest with you, we have no reason to come back to diplomacy and engage with this administration once again, because of their behavior in the past two years," Araghchi said.

"We stand firm in the face of any aggression against us, even if it comes to a doomsday war," he said, adding "at the same time, we are ready for diplomacy."

"Now there is a very reasonable plan on the table. If they reject it for no reason, this is their fault," Araghchi said.

"We are ready for diplomacy. We are ready for war at the same time," he added.

-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr


Sep 28, 2026 8:09 AM

Trump says he expects more talks with Iran this week, but is open to new strikes

President Donald Trump said that he expects more talks with Iran to occur this week as he continues to claim the country wants to make a deal to end the war, an agreement that has continued to elude the president.

"I expect more talks with Iran [this week]. They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make. It is what we would have maybe agreed to a year ago. They overplayed their hand," Trump told Axios in a piece published Sunday.

PHOTO: President Donald Trump waits before welcoming China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan for tea at the White House, in Washington, September 25, 2026.
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President Donald Trump waits before welcoming China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan for tea at the White House, in Washington, September 25, 2026.
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

Asked if he was considering new strikes against Iran, Trump responded: "I am always thinking about it."

The president also claimed that more than 20 million barrels of oil transited the Strait or Hormuz over the weekend, which he said was the largest since the start of the war.

"Last night, we took a record amount of oil out from the Hormuz Strait — more than we took out before the war,” Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn earlier Sunday.

-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr


Sep 27, 2026 12:58 PM

IRGC claims to have captured US underwater drone

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy on Sunday claimed to have seized a U.S. Remus 600 unmanned underwater vehicle operating in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement published by state media.

The Pentagon did not immediately comment on the IRGC's claim.

-ABC News' Guy Davies



Sep 27, 2026 7:51 AM

IRGC will target US ships in Indian Ocean if fighting resumes, official says

Ali Mohammadi, the deputy political commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, said on Saturday that Iranian forces would target American vessels in the Indian Ocean if heavy fighting with the U.S. resumes.

“If another war breaks out, we will undoubtedly attack and hit their vessels and destroyers even in the Indian Ocean,” Mohammadi said, in comments published by the semi-official Fars News Agency.

The Indian Ocean sits beyond the southern entrance to the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, which have been the focus of Iranian and U.S. maritime actions during the ongoing conflict. U.S. vessels have been operating in the Indian Ocean to enforce their blockade of Iranian ports and shipping.

-ABC News’ Somayeh Malekian


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