Iran war live: Trump says ‘Iron Gate’ in effect; drone hits Iraq gas field

Donald Trump says the US economic blockade of Iran’s land supply routes is in effect, while calling renewed strikes “highly unlikely” if talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme and reopening the Strait of Hormuz make progress. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says negotiations have made no progress and Tehran is waiting to see whether Washington’s position changes after the US midterm elections. A drone strike on the Khor Mor gas facility caused a fire and left more than 70 percent of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region without power. Araghchi also warned that Iranian forces would “rain down hell” if the United States resumed attacks.