Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade threats but Trump insists Tehran wants deal

Key points

• 10m ago 08.56 BST IRGC warns renewed war could extend beyond Middle East Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has threatened to extend a renewed war beyond the Middle East if the US resumes attacks against Tehran.
• The warning came after Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran again if it did not accept a deal to end the conflict.
• In a statement carried by the semi-official Tasnim news agency in Iran, the IRGC said: “Should aggression against Iran be repeated, the regional war that was promised will this time extend beyond the region, and our crushing blows in places you can scarcely imagine will reduce you to ashes.” Share 25m ago 08.41 BST A South Korean oil tanker is passing through the strait of Hormuz, marking the first such case involving a Korea-managed ship since the Iran war began.
• “Consultations with Iranian authorities were completed, and the vessel began sailing...