‘Limits of ceasefire’ tested by latest US-Iran clashes in Gulf region

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said no progress has been made in talks with the United States, though channels of communication remain open.

Araghchi also defended Tehran’s attacks on US allies in the Gulf region as “self-defence” and warned: “What sanctions and war failed to achieve won’t be won with more war.”