Iran says messages are still being passed to the US amid war concerns, and other Mideast news

As concerns rise about a return to an all-out Iran war ahead of crucial elections in the United States and Israel, Iran said messages are still being passed to the U.S. and Tehran remains open to diplomacy. President Donald Trump said there would not be a strike against the Islamic Republic “today.”Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross has begun receiving lists again of Palestinian detainees from the occupied West Bank and Gaza after the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to resume sharing them.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Sunday.

Read our full coverage here.Iran says messages are still passed to the US via intermediariesIran's foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said Tehran has not closed the window of diplomacy and messages are being passed to the U.S. Negotiations over the war have appeared to stall for weeks.State media said Baghaei spoke in an interview with a German broadcaster. appears to persist in unilateral demands and that Trump and U.S.

officials repeatedly use the phrase “complete surrender," which Baghaei said no Iranian accepts.Concerns are rising among Iranians about a possible return to all-out war as Israel and the U.S. face elections in the coming days.Trump says no strike against Iran todayAsked if he planned to launch an attack on Iran, Trump initially suggested that he would be foolish to telegraph that.But Trump then added: “No. There will not be a strike today.” At the same time, the head of the U.S.

Brad Cooper, was flying over the Strait of Hormuz and asserting that over 3,000 commercial vessels have transited the waterway with U.S. military support over the last six months.Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his warning that Iran or its proxies could attack ahead of Tuesday’s close elections to disrupt the vote, citing intelligence.“The IDF is ready both to defend and to strike,” he said in a video from a visit to an anti-ballistic missile battery, adding: “You will suffer disproportionate blows far greater than you can imagine.”Red Cross receives list of Palestinians in prison in IsraelThe International Committee of the Red Cross has begun receiving lists again of Palestinian detainees from the West Bank and Gaza, a spokesperson confirmed.The Israeli Supreme Court earlier this yea…