8月24日，伊朗外交部舉行新聞發佈會，會上，有媒體提問，“不久前有消息稱，英國駐德黑蘭大使館已停止活動，英國大使和工作人員也已離開德黑蘭。我想了解一下，目前使館的情況如何？是否仍然處於關閉狀態？”伊朗外交部發言人迴應稱，“兩週前，他們都已經返回了。看起來，他們當時只是去休假了。”

Shell is marketing underperforming US chemical assets, including the large Monaca, Pennsylvania complex, and has drawn interest from ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell, Apollo and Kuwait Petroleum’s chemicals unit, the FT reports. The Monaca plant, commissioned in 2022, was built with about $14bn of capital; the assets could fetch up to $8bn — substantially below Shell’s investment. The facilities produce feedstocks and intermediates for plastics, detergents and pharmaceuticals.

Moody's upgraded Pakistan's credit rating to B3 from Caa1.