Tensions in the Middle East continue amid the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran.

Armenian News-NEWS.am presents below a brief overview of the main developments that took place in the Middle East on Wednesday night

US Senate Republicans again blocked Democrats' attempt to stop the war with Iran.

The US imposed new sanctions against more than two dozen individuals, companies, and ships linked to Iran.

Mohsen Rezaei, a military advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader and former overall Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the country, said the Americans were incapable of waging a long-term war and accused the US of violating the ceasefire by deploying troops to the region.

A drone strike was carried out against anti-Iranian forces in Iraq.

Another 94 Russian citizens left Iran via Armenia as part of the final phase of the evacuation of employees of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.