Live: Rubio visits Gulf states as Iran dismisses nuclear chief’s comments on site inspections

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

What you need to know

• The head of the UN's nuclear agency signalled on that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, but an Iranian diplomat quickly rejected this.

• The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution seeking to block US military action against Iran, in a rare rebuke of president Donald Trump.

• US President Donald Trump has declared the Strait of Hormuz naval blockade over, despite the Iranian parliamentary speaker saying 'the administration of the Strait of Hormuz would never return to the pre-war situation”, according to Al Jazeera.

• Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is in Pakistan to meet with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has continually worked as a mediator during the US-Iran war.

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