Coverage is skeptical of Moscow's intent, casting the renewed strikes as undercutting the US-brokered push.

CNN reported Trump's new Ukraine push already being undermined, with Russia resuming strikes as US envoys pressed a trilateral and a Russian drone incursion into Moldova disrupting Zelensky's travel, exposing how far apart the sides remain.

Coverage frames a scramble to keep some crude moving as Hormuz throughput collapses.

Gulf News reported Iraq in talks with Iran to move some oil through Hormuz after Iraqi output fell to about a quarter of normal, underscoring how the corridor diplomacy is now about salvaging flows amid the US-Iran sea war.

The Council splits along P5 lines over whether reimposed Iran sanctions are valid.

PBS NewsHour and the UN's own meetings coverage reported the Council adopting its agenda 11-2 over a procedural fight and rejecting the Russia-China resolution to delay sanctions, exposing deep divisions over the snapback mechanism.

Western coverage stresses the legal and diplomatic stakes ahead of the UN General Assembly.

Middle East Monitor reported the permanent five members clashing over the snapback, with the E3 and US pressing sanctions while Russia and China argued the mechanism had lapsed.

Iranian and Russia-aligned framing calls the snapback illegal and a Western defeat.

Iran's semi-official Tabnak cast renewed Western resolutions as a sign the 'snapback illusion' had failed, echoing Moscow and Beijing's position that the sanctions have no legal basis.

Treasury targets proxy-financing facilitators across four countries amid the tanker war and the Saudi pipeline attack.

The Times of Israel's Sept 11 coverage reported the US imposing sanctions on facilitation networks in Iraq, the UAE, Lebanon and Turkey backing Kataib Hezbollah and other Iran-aligned groups, framing the measures as pressure on Tehran's regional financing amid the escalation.

Washington casts the sanctions as disrupting the money and materiel that let Iran's proxies attack shipping and US partners.

US officials framed the designations as part of the 'maximum pressure' campaign, arguing that cutting off cross-border facilitators degrades Kataib Hezbollah and other groups' ability to strike Gulf energy infrastructure and US-linked targets.

A first GCC-Iran top-diplomat meeting since the war, aimed at de-risking Hormuz shipping.

Middle East Eye and The Business Standard reported Iran's announcement that Gulf foreign ministers and an Iraqi envoy would meet in Oman on Monday to discuss safe Hormuz routes, presenting it as the most significant diplomatic contact of the tanker-war phase.

Tehran casts the Oman track as proof its terms — not Western pressure — are shaping any Hormuz reopening.

Iranian officials framed the Muscat meeting as an extension of the Iran-Oman navigation framework, reiterating that safe passage depends on coordination with Iran and that Washington's naval blockade remains the obstacle to a full reopening.

Iran uses a major multilateral stage to project defiance and non-Western alignment amid the war.

CNBC and Business Standard reported Pezeshkian's remarks that Iran would not surrender to US-Israeli pressure and Modi's call for dialogue, framing the New Delhi summit as Tehran's most visible diplomacy since the latest US strikes.

Global-South coverage frames BRICS as offering Iran diplomatic cover and financial workarounds to sanctions.

Indian agency ANI described the Modi-Pezeshkian meeting as 'strong' and reported FM Araghchi's account of cooperation and work on Iran's New Development Bank membership.

Tehran presents the summit as proof of its resilience and access to sanctions workarounds.

Iranian officials, as relayed by regional wires, touted progress toward joining the BRICS New Development Bank and dismissed as 'propaganda' speculation about the succession, with Pezeshkian insisting Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and working.