Thursday, September 3, 2026

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Vance: I’m skeptical that the U.S. played a role in the attack on a wedding in Sirik 🔸 The U.S. vice president says an investigation into the “alleged attack on a wedding ceremony” in southern Iran is ongoing. 🔸 J. D. Vance, answering reporters’ questions at the White House on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar, said in response to a question on the matter: “We don’t have enough information yet, but the U.S. military, unlike the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, never targets civilians. But ‘mistakes’ can sometimes happen.” 🔸 Donald Trump’s vice president went on to say: “The important point is that even when mistakes happen, the U.S. armed forces, again unlike the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, learn from them so they aren’t repeated.” 🔸 Vance ultimately stressed that the investigation is ongoing and the facts are not yet fully established, and said he was personally “skeptical” that the U.S. had played a role in the incident. 🔸 According to Iranian officials, four people, including a child, were killed and dozens wounded during a U.S. attack on the evening of 10 Shahrivar on a wedding ceremony in Kuhestak, Sirik, near the Strait of Hormuz. 🔸 The U.S. Department of Defense has also said it is investigating the 9 Esfand 1404 attack on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, but more than six months after the incident, and despite pressure from Congress, it has yet to release the findings. 🔸 Islamic Republic officials say that more than 100 students, teachers, and students’ family members were killed in the attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School. @VahidHeadline I’ll post a subtitled video later, including other possible remarks. 📡 @VahidOnline

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📝 What do we know about the attack on a wedding in Sirik? 🔹 During U.S. airstrikes on Sirik County on the night of 10 Shahrivar 1405, an explosion destroyed a house in Bandar Kuhestak where a wedding was taking place. According to published reports, five people—including a four-year-old child—have died so far, and 65 were injured. 🔹 Images from the scene, the sound of several explosions in security-camera footage, a CENTCOM statement, and the agency spokesperson’s failure to deny the attack all strengthen the case that the United States carried out the attacks that night. 🔹 Meanwhile, claims circulated on social media that the house explosion was the result of an “unsuccessful IRGC missile launch.” But so far, no official report or credible evidence has confirmed this claim. 🔹 Some accounts have posted old or unrelated videos as evidence for the claim. The only similar report of an unsuccessful IRGC launch that same night concerned Khomeyn in Markazi Province, and had no connection to Sirik in southern Iran. 🔹 Despite evidence that the United States attacked Sirik, it is still unclear exactly what projectile struck the house where the wedding was being held. 🔹 However, drone sounds can be heard in the security-camera footage, and the bride’s father also mentions hearing drones in a video interview. This evidence strengthens the possibility that missiles and drones were used together in the operation. 🔹 Pieces of an SLAM-ER cruise missile have been found in the area, but the damage to the house does not appear consistent with the full detonation of this missile’s 360-kilogram warhead. 🔹 The house may have been hit with smaller munitions—for example, a Lucas drone with a warhead weighing about 18 kilograms—while the SLAM-ER fragments may have come from a separate strike in the same area, on a communications tower about 130 meters away. 👈 Read more at Factnameh 🌐 @Factnameh

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Trump post, machine translation: To those traitorous scum who refuse to report accurately on our military operations in Iran: We have practically unlimited quantities of medium- to high-quality munitions—far more than we could use in this war or any other war, which is very unlikely to happen! In addition, we are producing munitions at an unprecedented rate. We are stockpiling and preparing for every possible situation that may arise. We are keeping these munitions for ourselves, the United States of America, instead of selling them to others—but sales to our allies will resume soon, too. Also, please let everyone know that the Biden administration gave Ukraine, completely free of charge, far more munitions than we have used in Iran. Hundreds of billions of dollars were given to Ukraine and NATO at no cost—money Europe was willing to pay, if only they had been asked. But we will demand that money, albeit with a little delay! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President Donald J. Trump truthsocial.com 📡 @VahidOnline

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Mohammad-Reza Aref, First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, warned on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar, that “dark months” lie ahead for the U.S. economy and urged Americans to stock up on fuel and gasoline. He stressed that, in response to “America’s new crimes,” Iran has shifted its defense doctrine toward “asymmetric” and “multi-layered” tactics. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image on Truth Social comparing the total volume of oil and liquefied gas that passed through the Strait of Hormuz before the war with the current volume, writing: “Hormuz oil volume is back!” In the image, Trump put the total volume of oil and liquefied gas passing through the strait before the war at around 20 million barrels a day, and said the current volume was 18 million barrels. However, the global tanker-tracking system reported that the average volume of oil and liquefied gas passing through the strait last month was 7.54 million barrels a day. According to the system’s data, the highest daily volume was 10 million barrels. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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dadban4: “Amirali Ghanbarzadeh, a player on the under-13 team at Pas Basketball Academy, was killed on 19 Dey 1404 in Garmdarreh, Alborz Province. His mother wrote this in a post accompanying the video: ‘My dear Amirali, Barana misses you so much. Your place is so empty for Mom. Those who brought suffering into our lives will take their joy to the grave. We mothers will neither forgive nor forget.’ During the protests, Amirali was moving ahead of the others with his arms outstretched to protect them. He was struck by three live bullets in the head and died.” abelbalb 📡 @VahidOnline

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Tasnim News Agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that three pilots in the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran were killed in Tuesday night’s U.S. attack on Iran. The agency published the pilots’ names and photos, saying that two were Navy pilots and one was an Air Force pilot, but did not say where or how they were killed. However, the three names it released were among the seven people reported killed on Wednesday, 11 Shahrivar, in U.S. attacks on the cities of Ahvaz and Aghajari. According to Iranian officials, during Tuesday evening’s U.S. attacks, targets included areas such as Jiroft Airport in southern Kerman Province; Asaluyeh; Kermanshah; areas in Khuzestan Province; the cities of Chabahar and Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan Province; and Sirik, Lavan, Qeshm, and Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province. The Health Ministry spokesperson said Thursday morning that “18 people had been killed and 142 injured” in the recent U.S. attacks. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, said at a Rosh Hashanah ceremony with Defense Ministry staff on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar, that an attack by the Islamic Republic on Israel would free the country from all constraints, and that Israel would target energy infrastructure as well. “We will target all national infrastructure, military and civilian, including energy infrastructure, and return Iran to the depths of the Stone Age and darkness,” Israel’s defense minister said. Katz also added that economic pressure and fears of an uprising and the government’s collapse could drive the Islamic Republic to desperate measures. “The ayatollahs’ government in Iran knows full well why it has not attacked Israel after we dealt it two heavy blows, destroyed its nuclear program, killed Khamenei, and severely damaged its strategic capabilities,” he said. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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On Thursday, 12 Shahrivar, just days after registration opened for its special sales plan, automaker Saipa issued an official revised notice sharply raising the approved prices of four vehicles, citing “higher costs for certificates covering the scrapping of old vehicles and other statutory registration fees.” According to the newly published price list, the consumer prices of the Quick S and the dual-fuel Sahand S2 have each risen by 33 million tomans, reaching 1 billion, 32 million and 510 thousand tomans and 1 billion, 123 million and 688 thousand tomans, respectively. Among the locally assembled and imported vehicles, the price of the Citroën C3-XR V1 has risen by 115 million and 500 thousand tomans to 3 billion, 389 million and 322 thousand tomans. The Changan CS55 Plus has jumped by 198 million tomans to 5 billion, 819 million and 12 thousand tomans. This comes after applicants submitted their requests in recent days based on the original prices. The vehicles, which have delivery windows of 90 to 120 days, will now be delivered at the revised prices. On Wednesday, 11 Shahrivar, the open market also saw a fresh wave of price hikes, with several other domestically produced vehicles jumping in price. The automatic TARA, for example, hit a record after rising by around 100 million tomans to about 3 billion and 75 million tomans. According to Fararu, on the same day the automatic Dena Plus rose by 25 million tomans to 3 billion and 190 million tomans, while the automatic Peugeot 207 Panorama reached 2 billion and 980 million tomans. Models including the automatic Shahin Plus and the dual-fuel Soren Plus also traded at 3 billion and 30 million tomans and 2 billion and 410 million tomans, respectively. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Hossein Shariatmadari, managing editor of the Kayhan newspaper, wrote in an op-ed on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar that the Army and the IRGC should use the “leverage” of international fiber-optic cables running through the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz to “confront the United States and its allies.” The Kayhan managing editor wrote: “Deep beneath the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz lies one of the major international fiber-optic routes. Most internet communications, international calls, banking transactions, cloud services (iCloud), and even AI and data-center communications pass through these cables.” Hossein Shariatmadari, Khamenei’s representative at Kayhan, stressed: “This is a message to the country’s officials, and especially to the Army and the IRGC: Take a good look! The global internet cables beneath the waters of the Strait of Hormuz and the ever-Persian Gulf are waving at us and asking in a thousand different ways: Why have you forgotten our role in this war?” @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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As the exchange rate in Iran continues to rise, the British pound crossed 300,000 tomans on the open market for the first time on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar, reaching 300,280 tomans by the time this report was prepared. Meanwhile, the US dollar traded for more than 222,000 tomans on the open market, and the euro topped 258,000 tomans. The price of an Emami gold coin also surpassed 235 million tomans, while a half-coin reached 120 million tomans. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of 12 years, six months and one day in prison, confiscation of all assets, and a two-year ban on operating cafés for Sadegh Saedi-Nia, the owner of the Saedi-Nia café chain. Mizan News Agency, the judiciary’s media outlet, announced on Thursday, 12 Shahrivar 1405, that the sentence was issued because Saedi-Nia supported the Dey 1404 protests and closed the businesses operated under the brand. According to the judiciary, Sadegh Saedi-Nia was sentenced to 12 years, six months and one day in prison and the confiscation of all his movable and immovable assets in favor of the state on charges of “media and propaganda activity against the country’s security in favor of hostile groups.” The court also sentenced him to a two-year ban on working in the café business after he completes his prison term. The judiciary cited publishing protest-related content on Instagram, supporting calls to protest, closing the group’s cafés and shops, and encouraging employees to take part in the protests as examples of the charges against him. According to the indictment, Sadegh Saedi-Nia stood trial on three charges: “propaganda or media activity against the country’s security,” “operational action on behalf of groups opposed to the Islamic Republic,” and “propaganda activity against the system.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Image received: Alert in Kuwait Machine translation: ⚠️ ALERT: Imminent danger, security threat. Everyone is urged to remain in safe locations and, for public safety, stay away from windows and open, exposed areas. Civil Defense – Ministry of Interior 📡 @VahidOnline

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Axios: Witkoff met with powerful Emirati official amid escalating pressure on Iran Machine translation: White House envoy Steve Witkoff met last weekend with the United Arab Emirates’ national security adviser to discuss next steps on Iran, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. Why it matters: The talks—which the White House did not announce and which have not been reported until now—took place as the Trump administration tries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz while putting Iran under severe economic pressure. Witkoff met Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan (TBZ) on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. ▪️ The UAE has been a key partner in the U.S.-led operation to reopen the strait and guide oil tankers through it. The country is also vital to the success of the U.S. campaign to apply economic pressure on Iran. ▪️ Tahnoon bin Zayed is one of the UAE’s most powerful figures: He is the brother of UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed, the country’s national security adviser and the deputy ruler of Abu Dhabi. He also oversees the UAE’s extensive investment and technology interests. ▪️ Witkoff and Tahnoon bin Zayed exchanged views on next steps in the Iran crisis and discussed other issues, according to the sources. ▪️ The White House did not respond to a request for comment. The backstory: The meeting came days after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced “Operation Economic Outcast,” a commitment to impose sweeping sanctions on countries and entities that do business with the Islamic Republic. ▪️ Bessent spoke with Tahnoon bin Zayed before announcing the plan, according to a source familiar with the call. ▪️ On the same day Witkoff met with Tahnoon, the U.S. Treasury Department moved to cut the UAE branches of Banque Misr off from the U.S. financial system over the bank’s dealings with Iran. The proposed action would block the bank’s dollar transactions. ▪️ The Central Bank of the UAE said it would conduct an “urgent review” of transactions between the Egyptian bank’s branches and Iran. A closer look: Days before the Trump administration announced its sanctions, the UAE decided to halt all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran. ▪️ The decision was a significant move, given that the UAE—and Dubai in particular—has been one of Iran’s main trade and re-export hubs. Trade between the two countries reached $28 billion in 2024. ▪️ Emirati officials told the Trump administration that any economic pressure campaign against Iran would need to include all key countries that do business with the Islamic Republic to be effective, another source familiar with the matter said. Behind the scenes: The Trump administration’s impending secondary sanctions on Iran were one factor in the UAE’s decision, but not the main reason, according to two sources familiar with the matter. ▪️ On August 11, an Iranian delegation traveled to Abu Dhabi for low-profile diplomatic talks with Emirati officials, the sources said. ▪️ During the talks, the Iranians said they wanted to ease tensions and improve relations, after Iran had fired thousands of missiles and drones at the UAE during the war, the sources said. ▪️ The Iranians even asked the UAE for help supplying food and medicine, and urged Emirati officials not to cooperate with U.S. sanctions—a request that was immediately rejected, the sources said. ▪️ But in the days that followed, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stepped up attacks on tankers belonging to the UAE’s national oil company as they tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. ▪️ Emirati officials were furious and decided to suspend all trade ties with Iran, the sources said. What to watch: U.S. officials said Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed all U.S. embassies around the world earlier this week to deliver a formal diplomatic message about “Operation Economic Outcast” to the highest levels of their host governments. ▪️ U.S. embassies were told to urge countries to “immediately and systematically” cut off all trade with Iran and identify its illicit commercial activities. ▪️ U.S. officials said the diplomatic message emphasized that countries, companies and individuals continuing to do business with Iran would risk sanctions and losing access to the dollar system. ▪️ One official said a special message was sent to U.S. diplomatic missions in Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Hong Kong, Doha, London, Berlin and several Central Asian capitals. They were instructed to ask their host governments to shut down all branches of Bank Melli Iran and Bank Saderat Iran that are linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. What’s next: A U.S. official said the Trump administration is forming an interagency task force to coordinate and oversee the implementation of its economic pressure campaign against Iran. Axios 📡 @VahidOnline

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During last night’s U.S. attacks on the village of Kouhestak in Sirik, at least two homes were also targeted, in addition to a telecommunications tower. Kouhestak was struck five times last night; it appears that four missiles hit the same location. According to security camera footage, the first three missiles hit the house where a wedding was being held. The fourth missile appears to have hit a Hamrah-e Aval telecommunications tower, and the fifth struck the wedding venue again. The tower was about 112 meters from the house where the wedding was being held, and several nearby homes were also damaged. @VahidHeadline According to the Mehr News Agency, the home where the wedding was held was 136 meters from the telecommunications tower targeted by U.S. missiles. Islamic Republic rescue officials and Iranian state media said the attack killed 4 people and injured 68 others. The youngest victim was four-year-old Amirali Karimi. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline