The United States announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting Iran's shadow fleet of vessels on Thursday amid a stalemate in the war.

The U.S. military has drafted options for three days of strikes, but in recent months the president has repeatedly vetoed plans to restart the war.

Operatives in Iran used OpenAI models and fake personas to help plant news articles critical of the US war against Iran in multiple US media outlets, OpenAI said on Thursday.

The U.S. president and his national security team have discussed possibly resuming large-scale U.S. military operations in the coming weeks, NBC News reported.

Iran has reached a preliminary understanding to allocate land at Chabahar to Taliban-run Afghanistan to build infrastructure for moving its goods to the sea, an Iranian lawmaker said.

The price of oil jumped sharply Thursday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether to resume large-scale U.S. military operations against Iran in the coming weeks. Brent crude oil rose more than 5% to more than $105 per barrel in early trading,

President Donald Trump said the Iranian regime has "got little spunk left, but not much" as the U.S. continues to target Tehran both militarily and economically during Operation Epic Fury. Trump added that oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz are increasing.

Crude prices rose sharply as Tehran targeted shipping traffic and Yemeni militants rained missiles on Riyadh.