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War, latest news. Iran: US Army Secretary Driscoll resigns
Tensions between the US and Iran in the Middle East have flared up again. Last night, an oil tanker was hit by gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the US Secretary of the Army, Driscoll, has resigned following months of tension with Hegseth
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Pezeshkian: ‘If the US returns to compliance with the Memorandum, we will do the same’
Iran will respond immediately if the United States honours the commitments it made under the interim agreement signed in June. This was stated by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, as reported by the ISNA news agency.
Araghchi: ‘The US must return to its commitments and respect the Memorandum’
“The United States must return to its commitments and honour the terms of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding to bring an end to the war.” This was stated by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan. The Iranian news agency IRNA reported this. “Only then can everything get back on the right track. We will continue to firmly defend our rights.”
Driscoll and the others: Hegseth’s resignations and purges at the Pentagon
The US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll has tendered his resignation to President Donald Trump and will step down from his post at the Pentagon in the coming days. The Wall Street Journal was the first to break the news of his departure. An army official told CNN that Driscoll “spoke to the President about the current situation in the army and tendered his resignation”.
The resignation of Driscoll, known as the ‘drone guy’, comes after months of tension with Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. “Secretary Driscoll has proved extremely effective in advancing President Trump’s agenda to ‘Make America Strong Again’, providing exceptional leadership during historic military operations, restoring the focus on operational readiness and lethality, assisting in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and more’, said White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly in a statement.
Nel centro di Teheran, in Iran, alcuni veicoli passano davanti a un cartellone pubblicitario che raffigura il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump all’interno di un container per il catering, insieme a un mago e alla scritta «Nessun trucco! Se sbatti le palpebre, sei sparito» (APN)
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1 September 2026
Iran warns countries in the region: ‘Do not grant the US access to bases’
The Iranian armed forces have warned Middle Eastern countries against allowing the United States to use their territory and airspace for attacks against Iran, stating that Tehran will respond with ‘significantly greater’ force to any new aggression. The warning is contained in a statement issued by the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command and the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, broadcast by the state broadcaster Irib.
“Despite previous warnings and official statements from several countries in the region that they would never allow the US aggressor forces to use their territory and airspace, the US military continues to use them to attack our country and certain Iranian military facilities,” the statement reads.
1 September 2026
On the front line: the other Israel that is standing up to the settlers
from our correspondent Roberto Bongiorni
JORDAN VALLEY – The man who sets bones arrives on the scorching plain like a mirage. His slender silhouette seems to split in two against the ochre landscape of the Jordan Valley. Harry gets out of the car. Yousef’s eldest son already knows what to do: he opens the boot and carries an aluminium case bigger than himself towards three small trees. Under the only shade available, Harry sets up the treatment table, whilst the children watch curiously. He touches Yousef’s spine, listens to it, then helps him lie down and begins with a wooden instrument of his own making. He has been an osteopath all his life. Now he is retired. He carries on practising.
‘To defend the rights of the Palestinians, we must ensure they are able to work. Without a functioning body, they would be lost. That’s what I do. I get them back on their feet,” says Harald Finkbeiner, 68, an Israeli national. “Here in Kirbet Makhoul, as in the other villages, everyone knows me as Harry.”
1 September 2026
Oil tanker struck whilst passing through the Strait of Hormuz
Three ‘unidentified projectiles’ struck an oil tanker as it was passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said today following the latest escalation in the conflict between the United States and Iran. The incident took place 31 kilometres east of Khasab, in Oman. No casualties or environmental impact have been reported. Earlier, the Iranian news agency Tasnim had reported that ‘a Saudi oil tanker named “Cedar” was intercepted whilst passing through the southern corridor of the Strait’.
1 September 2026
Following a row with Hegseth, US Army Secretary Driscoll resigns
US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has tendered his resignation to Donald Trump following months of tension with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth. The Wall Street Journal reports this, noting that Driscoll will leave the Department of Defence in the coming days.
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