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Oil prices are falling today after rising by 4 per cent in the previous session, as Iran has stated that it remains open to diplomacy to end the conflict between the United States and Iran, although the two countries remain far apart on how to achieve this. Brent crude futures fell by 92 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to $102.16 per barrel at 04:00 GMT, whilst West Texas Intermediate futures lost 77 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to settle at $91.39.

Iran and the United States remain divided over how to end their conflict, but diplomacy must continue, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday 23 September, after the Iranian president had stated at the United Nations General Assembly that Tehran would never yield to US pressure.

The acting US Secretary of the Navy, Hung Cao, has informed Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that eight sailors assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group attempted suicide during the lengthy mission, which included military operations against Iran. Cao disclosed the figures – which include the Lincoln’s crew, sailors from its embarked air wing, personnel from the strike group and the destroyer squadron, the crews of the escort destroyers and all the ship-based air wings – in a four-page letter addressed to Gillibrand, a document obtained by The Hill. An aircraft carrier strike group is a formation typically comprising an aircraft carrier, a cruiser, destroyers or frigates, and an air wing equipped with dozens of aircraft. Occasionally, the groups may also include submarines. In the letter, dated Tuesday, Cao stated that no service personnel had taken their own lives during the strike group’s mission. The acting Secretary of the Navy said he was responding on behalf of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and that the armed forces “share your deep commitment” to safeguarding the safety, health and morale of US service personnel. “The men and women of Carrier Strike Group THREE have demonstrated exceptional resolve under challenging conditions,” Cao wrote in response to the letter sent by Gillibrand to Hegseth on 15 August. “Operational decisions to extend deployments are never taken lightly; they are dictated by constantly evolving global security contexts and the absolute necessity to protect US national security interests, as well as our personnel and allies overseas.”

“The Strait of Hormuz must be reopened. In the Gulf, dialogue must be revived and Iran must be called upon to abandon all nuclear threats and all aggressive policies towards other countries in the region,” said Antonio Tajani at the 81st UN General Assembly. “Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea must cease, just as Russia’s reckless attacks on Ukrainian wheat exports to Africa in the Black Sea must come to an end,” the Foreign Minister emphasised.