US President Donald Trump’s dramatic description of “very strong talks” with Iran suggested the door to diplomacy has been flung open for what he said could be “a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East”.

A media report late Tuesday revealed the details of a plan submitted by the US to Iran aimed at ending the war in the Middle East after President Donald Trump said Washington and Tehran had reached 15 “major points of agreements.”

'Friends have a special place,' Iran's embassy in Thailand says

The official says that Tehran's initial response has been delivered to Pakistan to be conveyed to Washington.

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The Iranian Navy's Qader cruise missiles targeted the USS Abraham Lincoln, the statement said

Nearly a month after the US-Israeli strikes on Iran began, many who hoped the regime would soon fall have been left disappointed. DW spoke to Iranians about how the regime's survival has dashed those early hopes.

Iran claims 1,500 civilian deaths from U.S.-Israeli strikes

Jet fuel prices have soared from $85-$90 per barrel to $150-$200 per barrel in recent days for an industry where fuel accounts for up to a quarter of operating expenses.

Talks could be held in Pakistan or Turkey

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they have launched missiles and drones at military bases hosting US forces in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain as well as targets in Israel

If talks happen, it could raise Pakistan's global ‌prominence

Pentagon set to send between ​3,000 and 4,000 soldiers

Trump expresses cautious optimism about ending nearly a month of war

Iran and Israel traded fresh strikes yesterday as the Middle East war raged on, though a diplomatic push to bring Iran and the United States  to the negotiating table appeared to be gathering pace.

Iran’s veteran supreme leader and a host of other top figures and Revolutionary Guards commanders have been killed in US-Israeli strikes but the ruling system has maintained its ability to strategise and operate in the war that began on February 28. Here is a guide to who now wields power and influence in a depleted but resilient hierarchy:

The crisis has escalated across the Middle East

Iran is at war with Israel and the United States, while Israel is also battling Tehran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.