Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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IRGC warning to tanker crews in Kuwait and Bahrain: Abandon your vessels The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that it would target oil tankers stationed in the anchorages and docks of Bahrain and Kuwait. The statement, carried by media outlets in the Islamic Republic, said the United States had attacked “several Iranian oil tankers.” @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Fox News: US military targets Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and Jask Fox News reported late Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, citing senior US officials, that the US military had struck targets near Kharg Island and Jask, including Iranian oil tankers. The network quoted the officials as saying the attacks were part of a broader US effort to increase economic pressure on Iran. The senior officials added that the strategy included sinking and disabling tankers carrying Iranian crude oil. @VahidOnLive Tasnim News Agency, a media outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that a small Iranian oil tanker was targeted by a US military missile strike 4 miles from Kharg Island. Tasnim wrote that the tanker was struck by a US projectile in the island’s anchorage area. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Ali Abdollahi, commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, announced on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, that the U.S. military had ordered three Iranian oil tankers to evacuate and threatened to target them. Abdollahi warned that any attack on Iranian oil tankers would be met with a response from the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and that U.S. bases and interests in the region would be targeted. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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“Explosion heard near the coast of Jask.” Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: At around 21:45 tonight, an explosion was heard in Jask County. Local sources say the sound came from the sea, near the Sang-e Siah area, and that the explosion occurred in two stages, a short time apart. 📡 @VahidOnline

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A U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, that a U.S. military unmanned underwater vehicle in the Middle East had suffered a technical malfunction while monitoring regional waters in support of the war against Iran. The remark came hours after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had “hunted down” and “captured” a U.S. underwater vehicle in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the malfunctioning vehicle was an “older model” and did not carry any classified sonar or radar equipment. The official added that it had malfunctioned more than a day earlier, but did not comment on its fate or whether Iranian forces had taken control of it. A statement by the IRGC Navy claimed that “one of the U.S. military’s most advanced intelligent unmanned submarines” had been trapped early Tuesday morning. Earlier reports had said the U.S. military was clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz using equipment such as unmanned underwater vehicles. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Yemen’s government forces announced on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, that they had captured a senior Houthi commander during a clash in Taiz province. Military sources identified the Houthi commander as Abu Ali al-Ajini, head of Ansar Allah’s Intelligence and Reconnaissance Organization, who was captured in a fierce clash in Taiz, in southwestern Yemen. The prominent Houthi figure, who despite his military rank is not part of the Houthi leadership, was arrested along with nine others. Heavy fighting in Taiz has been underway since last Thursday and has caused many casualties. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, referring to the Houthis’ role as a proxy of the Islamic Republic, said he believed that “Iran’s hand is hidden behind many of the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.” Emphasizing his country’s defense ties with Saudi Arabia, the U.S. secretary of state said Washington is closely monitoring developments in Yemen. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar 1405, that it had added 36 companies and individuals linked to Iran’s aviation sector to its sanctions list as part of “Operation Economic Exclusion.” The action targets 27 airlines operating in Iran, as well as a number of intermediary companies, sales agents, and cargo service providers in third countries. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, that it had seized an unmanned submarine belonging to the US military in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC described the seizure as “taking it as a prize” and said it would release images of the submarine within hours. The smart submarine is about 580 centimeters long and weighs nearly three tons. It can continue operating for up to 10 days without returning to its control center. @ VahidOOnLine The Public Relations Office of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army announced on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, that an MQ-1 drone had been spotted in the skies over Bandar Abbas and shot down by the Army’s air defense system. The US military uses this attack drone. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Abdolraouf Eshaghi, commander of the Parud Basij Resistance District in Rask County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, was killed on Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, in an attack by unidentified assailants. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Erfan Mirzaei, a 21-year-old rapper and one of those arrested during the protests of Dey 1404, has died in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison. Two different accounts of his death have been published: IranWire reported that he was executed, while The Independent Persian reported that he died as a result of torture. According to IranWire, Mirzaei was arrested after being identified in connection with the protests and sentenced to death on the charge of “moharebeh” (enmity against God). The outlet says his sentence was carried out on Sunday, 15 Shahrivar, without prior notice to his family, and that efforts by those close to him to prevent the execution were unsuccessful. IranWire also reported, citing its sources, that Mirzaei’s family had previously been threatened to keep them from publicizing his case and death sentence. According to these sources, numerous injuries and bruises were also seen on his body and face after his death, and his body was buried under security restrictions in the village of Ghorghan, Fereydan. The Independent Persian, by contrast, has offered a different account of Mirzaei’s death, citing people close to him. It reported that the young man died as a result of torture and severe beatings while in detention. His family said they saw fractures in his hands, legs, and pelvis when his body was handed over, which they believe were caused by mistreatment in prison. According to this report, Mirzaei was arrested in late Farvardin 1405 at a checkpoint in Shahin Shahr. After searching his mobile phone and finding videos related to his participation in the protests, officers transferred him to Dastgerd Prison. Those close to him say he was subjected to pressure and torture during his months in detention to extract a forced confession. Dadban stresses that the stark difference between the two accounts of the cause of Erfan Mirzaei’s death makes an independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into his death in custody all the more urgent. Article 38 of the Constitution prohibits torture to obtain confessions or information and deems confessions obtained under duress invalid. Moreover, every suspicious death in prison—especially one accompanied by allegations of torture and visible injuries—requires an effective investigation and accountability from those responsible. dadban4 Two sources told Iran International that he died because of severe torture in Isfahan’s Dastgerd Prison. Information received indicates that his body bore numerous signs of torture when he was buried, and that his hands, face, and pelvis were severely swollen. According to information received, security agents, fearing a public gathering, did not allow Erfan Mirzaei to be buried in Isfahan. His body was buried on Monday, 16 Shahrivar, in the village of Ghorghan in Fereydan County. The exact time of Erfan Mirzaei’s arrest is unknown, but sources say he was arrested in connection with the Dey protests. According to this information, after his arrest, officers found a video on Mirzaei’s mobile phone showing clashes between protesters and government forces, and used it as evidence against him in the case. iranintl.com 📡 @VahidOnline

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According to the Associated Press, Saudi officials said a wave of attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis on Saudi Arabia in the early hours of Tuesday injured 73 people. Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, said the Houthis had targeted “civilian and economic facilities” in the Saudi cities of Abha, Jazan, Najran and Khamis Mushait. He said the Saudi-led coalition would take “all necessary operational measures, with the utmost resolve, to deter the Houthi terrorist militias.” The American news agency reported that the attacks came as fighting between the Houthis and forces of Yemen’s Saudi-backed government had escalated over the past few weeks—clashes that have ended a four-year ceasefire in Yemen’s civil war. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump’s post, machine translation: When we win the war with Iran, oil prices will plunge—just like everything else that’s falling (but more!). Gas will be $3 a gallon, but eventually it’ll drop below $2 a gallon. All of this will happen quickly, and Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. MAGA! President DJT realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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Majid Ibn al-Reza, acting defense minister, has claimed that the country’s military forces are capable of targeting U.S. warships. Yesterday, Mohsen Rezaei also said: “For the first time, we tested an anti-destroyer missile over a U.S. warship. This particular missile created hell for the Americans, and they fled.” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) implicitly referred to an attack on two of its warships in a post published on X yesterday. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline