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Tehran offered to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the naval blockade and restrictions on oil exports. The US accuses Iran of shelling commercial ships.
US President Donald Trump said that the terms of the agreement with Iran, which he would not have approved a year ago, do not suit him now.
“What I wouldn’t approve of a year ago, I wouldn’t approve of today,” Trump said, answering a journalist’s question about why he rejected Iran’s proposed agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz.
Previously, Tehran offered to open the strait in seven days in exchange for lifting the naval blockade and restrictions on oil exports, but Trump rejected these conditions on September 27.

Political scientist Vadim Kozyulin said disagreements between the United States and Europe over China and Russia are weakening NATO unity. In his opinion, Washington is seeking to reorient the alliance towards confrontation with China, ignoring the priorities of its European allies.

The Kremlin denied The Atlantic's publication about an allegedly impending deal between the United States and the Russian Federation to exchange sanctions for the release of political prisoners. Dmitry Peskov said that the issue of sanctions was not discussed, and the presence of political prisoners in Russia was denied.

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Alimov said that the UN secretariat cannot participate in resolving the conflict in Ukraine until it begins to openly talk about its root causes and works on mistakes.

Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Alimov accused the UN secretariat of spreading anti-Russian narratives and slander, noting that the organization avoids substantive responses to Russia’s requests.

The “City for the Family” forum dedicated to family-oriented urbanism opened in Saransk. The head of Mordovia, Artem Zdunov, summed up the interim results of the “Family Capital of Russia” competition, in which ten cities reached the finals, including Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Saransk.

Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin announced the absolute stability of the country's financial and economic condition. The government submitted to the State Duma a draft budget for 2027–2029, the priorities of which were social obligations and national development goals.