Oman's Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday's planned meeting between Iran and Gulf nations on…

The diplomatic track lost momentum just as attention returned to it. Oman's Foreign Ministry confirmed that Monday's planned meeting between Iran and regional Gulf states, meant to brief countries on managing shipping through the strait, has been postponed — a setback after cautious optimism that Gulf nations might assert a collective response to a war they had no part in starting. The postponement came hours after fresh violence: Iranian state media said a commercial vessel was struck off Qeshm Island early Sunday, killing one person and injuring four, with the Qeshm governor blaming a 'terrorist enemy' and the US offering no immediate comment. Separately, India's foreign ministry said the Panamanian-flagged tanker MT El Gaia, carrying 14 Indian crew members, was attacked off Oman's coast, with 13 of the 14 rescued so far. CENTCOM said US forces have now redirected 101 commercial vessels to enforce the blockade, up from 92 a week earlier. President Pezeshkian struck a defiant tone in a US-aimed social media post: 'Our people can't be bullied into submission. Iran won't surrender,' while separately telling India Today TV that any Hormuz opening remains conditional on the US ending its blockade first. Shipping traffic through the strait remains roughly 90% below pre-conflict levels. On Ukraine, Russian combat losses reached approximately 1,506,900 as of Sep 13 (+1,520); Ukrainian drones struck the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Russia's Samara region overnight, and ISW assessed that intensified Russian attacks across several front sectors failed to produce confirmed gains.