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Iran war live: Trump says land blockade in effect; drone cuts power in Iraq 

08 November 2026
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epa13302664 Iranians drive past an anti-US billboard depicting a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) placing his foot on a US unmanned underwater vehicle that Iran claims to have seized in the Strait of Hormuz, with the Persian words 'Hormuz Catch', in Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, 14 October 2026, amid the ongoing conflict between Iran and the United States. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TV. (As mandated by Iran's Directorate General for Foreign Media) --

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Drone launched at gas field in Iraqi Kurdistan causes explosion, halts production

By Kristina Harazim and Adam Hancock

Published On 9 Nov 20269 Nov 2026

  • More than 70 percent of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region is without power after a drone struck the Khor Mor gas facility, causing a fire.
  • US President Donald Trump says Washington’s latest economic blockade on Iran’s land supply routes is in effect and that renewed strikes are “highly unlikely” if there is progress in talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

 

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