Saturday, September 5, 2026

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According to Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC Navy said in a statement on Saturday that it had targeted three tankers “that were passing through unauthorized routes in the Strait of Hormuz,” as well as three other American vessels in other areas. The statement also referred to three Iranian tankers being targeted by US forces this morning, saying the attacks caused damage. @ VahidHeadline Ali Mohammadi, the IRGC Navy’s deputy for political affairs, told Fars News Agency on Saturday: “In the 10 days leading up to the eighth of Shahrivar, the IRGC Navy punished and penalized between two and five offending vessels every night. Since then, whenever it has decided to, it has also acted against offending ships.” He said: “The US attacks have not caused the slightest disruption to the IRGC Navy’s surveillance or its ability to impose its will in this region.” @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The head of the Kurdistan Province Emergency Medical Services Center announced that at least 11 people were killed and five others injured after a fuel tanker caught fire on the Sanandaj–Hamedan road. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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UKMTO: The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has received reports about several commercial vessels in the northern Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Reports indicate that the vessels were targeted with gunfire intended to disable them as part of ongoing military activities in the region. UK_MTO 📡 @VahidOnline

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❇️ Mother of Two Protest Victims Arrested in Lahijan 🔹 Nezhat Mirrazi, known as “Mama Nezhat,” the mother of Ali and Emad Shoush, two people killed during Iran’s nationwide protests, was arrested in Lahijan on Friday, ۱۳ Shahrivar, and transferred to an undisclosed location. 🔹 Security forces arrested Nezhat Mirrazi. No information has been released about which agency made the arrest, where she is being held, or any possible charges against her. 🔹 The arrest of this justice-seeking mother came one day after she posted a video marking what would have been the birthday of one of her two slain children, Emad Shoush. It took place amid mounting security pressure in Gilan Province and after intelligence and law-enforcement forces prevented a birthday ceremony for Hooman Sabbagh at his gravesite in Lahijan. 🔹 Nezhat Mirrazi has lost two of her children during two separate waves of Iran’s nationwide protests. Ali Shoush, a poet, theater actor, and musician from Lahijan, was killed during the nationwide “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in ۱۴۰۱. Hengaw says he was killed by government forces during protests in Isfahan. 🔹 Ali’s brother, Emad Shoush, was also an active member of the families seeking justice. Reports say he had previously been arrested during the ۱۴۰۱ protests. 🔹 Emad Shoush was killed on ۱۸ Dey ۱۴۰۴ during protests in Lahijan, after being shot directly by government forces and struck by four bullets. 🔹 Last week, Jafar Panahi also visited the mother of this family. @MahmoudianMehdi

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CENTCOM account post: “After Iran targeted two U.S. Navy warships, CENTCOM destroyed three IRGC oil tankers.” Machine translation: Tampa, Florida — On September 5, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces targeted three Iranian crude oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy warships patrolling regional waters. A U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded several unprovoked Iranian attacks. No U.S. personnel were injured. Following Iran’s failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC’s crude oil tankers, M/T Downy near the coast of Khark Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask. U.S. forces also completely destroyed the empty tanker M/T Kylo (also known as “Noxen”) in the Gulf of Oman. After its crew was ordered to abandon ship, the vessel was hit at several critical points to render it unusable. These three Iranian tankers are part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that finances the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran has no means of defending them. CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper said: “Let the IRGC’s message be clear: if you fire on two of our ships, we will impose an even greater economic cost on you—we will destroy three of your ships. We will not hesitate to defend U.S. forces and, if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and vulnerable oil fleet.” 📡 @VahidOnline

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The U.S. dollar surged again in Iran’s open market on Saturday, 14 Shahrivar, reaching 228,000 tomans, while the euro climbed above 263,000 tomans. Websites displaying unofficial exchange rates in Iran also put the British pound at 307,000 tomans and the UAE dirham at more than 62,000 tomans. The renewed increase came just one day after Abdolnaser Hemmati, governor of the Central Bank of Iran, denied a serious shortage of foreign currency for imports and attributed the sharp fall in the value of Iran’s national currency to increased “precautionary and speculative demand, and capital flight.” The dollar crossed the 200,000-toman mark at the beginning of Shahrivar and has risen steadily over the past two weeks. This comes despite Hemmati’s statement last week that Iran had “enough” foreign currency and that the central bank was ready to inject up to $2 billion into the market if needed. His remarks have not stopped the exchange rate from continuing to rise. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The U.S. State Department announced on Friday, 13 Shahrivar, that it had approved the sale of $5 billion worth of bombs, guidance kits, and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia. The department said the sale would strengthen Saudi Arabia’s air defenses against current and future regional threats and improve the compatibility of its equipment with the systems used by U.S. forces and Washington’s other partners in the Persian Gulf. Since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, Saudi Arabia has repeatedly been targeted by missile and drone attacks from Iranian forces and the Tehran-backed Houthis in Yemen. The U.S. State Department has notified Congress of the deal. The sale still requires approval by U.S. lawmakers to be finalized. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Iranian media have reported hearing several explosions near Kharg Island, the country’s most important oil export terminal, and said a small Iranian oil tanker was hit. Tasnim News Agency reported that the tanker was “targeted” on the morning of Saturday, 14 Shahrivar, six nautical miles from Kharg Island, in the anchorage area. Tasnim says it was targeted “with four projectiles fired by U.S. forces.” According to local sources, there were no casualties, and the crew are evacuating the tanker. Asr Iran also reported that four projectiles hit the vessel. Earlier, Fars News Agency said explosions had been heard in the Persian Gulf area, but no smoke was seen and the source of the sounds was unknown. Nour News also cited local sources in reporting an “U.S. missile attack on an Iranian oil tanker,” but described the report as unconfirmed. The Student News Network (SNN) also published a video it says shows the tanker that was hit. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Artin Khajavi-Nia, a 16-year-old computer science student, was killed by live ammunition on the evening of 18 Dey 1404 during protests outside the governor’s office in Qods City, Ghaleh Hassan Khan. Artin’s mother has posted a video of her collecting her child’s shoes—shoes from different stages of his life, now left behind as keepsakes. The mother of the teenager who was killed wrote: “I’m retracing your first steps and your last, my heroic son. Now, all that remains of watching you grow, moment by moment, are memories that pass before my eyes every second.” “From that beautiful baby in yellow clothes in my arms to the tall man I had to look up to see, you will always be the keepsake of my becoming a mother.” She called her son “my eternal hero” and wrote: “May your memory live on every moment and everywhere, and may your path shine bright.” @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline