Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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The President of the United States said on Wednesday, 18 Shahrivar, that in his view the war with Iran would end “immediately” after the U.S. midterm elections. Donald Trump told reporters before heading to Dallas to attend the Republican Party summit: “I think the war will be over immediately after the election, because they (Iran) can’t hold out any longer.” Trump added about Iran’s situation: “They’re desperate and trying to influence the election.” Asked about the parties’ widespread attacks around the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said: “The attacks were carried out by us. We hit nine of their oil tankers. More attacks are planned.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel says the government cannot, for now, “take on the hijab front as it should, due to the conditions of war.” The member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and the Expediency Discernment Council went on to say that the country’s current situation regarding hijab is “much harder than in the year 60, when we had just started out.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Reuters reported on Wednesday, 18 Shahrivar, citing diplomatic sources, that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors had referred Iran’s case to the United Nations Security Council for violating its nuclear nonproliferation commitments, for the first time in 20 years. The new resolution follows the Board’s previous resolution on 12 June last year, which listed instances of Iran’s “non-compliance” with its commitments. It was adopted just one day before Israel—and subsequently the United States—began airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Under the relevant rules and legal requirements, formally reporting these violations to the UN Security Council required the 35-member Board to adopt a second resolution, which has now been passed. The move could pave the way for the return of international sanctions and increased diplomatic pressure on Tehran. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Received photo with the caption: “An American vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, near Salama Island, Khasab, Oman, Wednesday, 18 Shahrivar.” Vahid 📡 @VahidOnline

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, appearing at the summit of Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh) and referring to control over areas along the Syrian and Lebanese borders, said the main objective of the country’s ongoing military campaigns in the region was to defeat and overthrow the Iranian regime. In a video message, Netanyahu referred to the presence of Israeli military forces in border areas of Syria and Lebanon and said: “We will not allow any terrorist group to establish itself along our borders. This is one of our great achievements, but the main task still lies ahead.” Expressing confidence that this goal would be achieved, the Israeli prime minister added: “Our main task is to defeat and completely weaken the Iranian regime. We are very close to this goal, and we know that this entire axis will eventually fall—and we will make it happen.” @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The IRGC spokesperson called on the United States to end the war and threats, Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, the blockade of Yemen to be lifted, $24 billion in Iran’s frozen assets to be released, and interference in the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and missile programs to stop—all to end the current situation and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday, 18 Shahrivar, IRGC spokesperson Hossein Mohebi said that if the United States wanted the current situation to end, it had to “completely stop the war” and refrain from making further threats. In another part of his remarks, Mohebi warned that if the attacks continued, the IRGC’s response would be broader, saying: “If the enemy hits two or three of our targets, we’ll respond forcefully against 20 targets.” He also said the current war had, for the first time, directly inflicted “strategic damage” on the United States. His remarks came as the ongoing naval blockade of Iran has halted oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, while the Trump administration’s intensified sanctions have fueled unprecedented inflation in Iran and pushed the dollar’s price to 233,000 tomans. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Foreign currency prices in Iran’s open market hit a new record on Wednesday, 18 Shahrivar 1405, with the U.S. dollar rising above 232,000 tomans. Some currency-rate websites reported the dollar trading as high as 235,500 tomans by midday Wednesday. At the same time, the euro topped 271,000 tomans and the British pound exceeded 315,000 tomans. The increases continue as the rial has lost more than 15% of its value against the dollar over the past two weeks. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The price of Brent crude oil reached $100 a barrel for the first time since 2 Mordad, returning to triple digits. Oil and currency prices have risen as fighting continues in the Persian Gulf and the region. On the evening of Tuesday, 17 Shahrivar, the United States announced that it had destroyed five oil tankers linked to the IRGC, following unsuccessful missile attacks by the Islamic Republic on two U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported Wednesday afternoon, 18 Shahrivar, that an incident involving a tanker had occurred 24 miles from Port Rashid in the United Arab Emirates. According to the report, “The captain of a tanker reported seeing a vessel listing while at anchor, possibly indicating water ingress after it was struck by an unidentified projectile.” @VahidOOnLine The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said a tanker had been struck by an unidentified projectile 28 nautical miles southeast of Al-Faw Port in Iraq. According to the report, the tanker’s captain reported that the projectile had hit the vessel. The tanker’s crew are safe, and no environmental impact from the attack has been reported so far. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Machine translation: 🚫 Claim: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces have claimed they targeted two U.S. Navy destroyers operating in the Middle East. This claim is completely false. ✅ Fact: No U.S. Navy warships have been targeted; all attempted IRGC attacks have failed. Meanwhile, U.S. forces have managed to destroy 10 Iranian oil tankers in just the past week. These vessels were part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC, and Iran is unable to defend them. CENTCOM 📡 @VahidOnline

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“Mamosta Mohammad Nezhati,” a Sunni cleric and prayer leader in the Chianeh area of Piranshahr County, was killed in an armed attack. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps identified him as a cleric who worked with the Basij and blamed what it called “Kurdish separatist groups” and “Zionist-American” forces for Nezhati’s killing. According to the statement, Nezhati had a history of “long-standing cooperation” with the “Basij of Professors, Seminary Students, and Clerics.” The IRGC also described his activities as supporting the Islamic Republic and what it called “Sunni-Shia unity.” @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The tears of Yasna (Forough) Eskandari’s mother as she mourns her daughter, Yasna Eskandari, a lawyer and painter. On the evening of 18 Dey 1404, she was shot by Islamic Republic forces in the Aryashahr district of Tehran and died. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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IRGC: We targeted two vessels and eight oil tankers After issuing several statements over the past few hours about missile attacks on U.S. positions in Jordan and Bahrain, the IRGC claimed in its latest statement that, in response to the U.S. attack on five Iranian oil tankers, the IRGC Navy attacked “two American vessels and eight oil tankers,” inflicting “heavy damage” on them. The statement, published early Wednesday, 18 Shahrivar, also claimed that “10 ships in violation” had been attacked. According to the IRGC Navy, they had intended to pass through the “forbidden and unsafe area of the Strait of Hormuz.” These reports have not yet been independently verified. However, in a statement issued around midnight Tuesday, CENTCOM said that the targeting of five Iranian oil tankers was in response to an attack on its warships, adding that the warships were undamaged and continuing their missions. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) wrote in a video post: The oil tanker Riesco sank in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday after being destroyed by CENTCOM forces in response to the IRGC’s attempted attacks on a U.S. Navy warship. M/T Riesco sinks in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 8, after being destroyed by CENTCOM forces in response to attempted IRGC attacks on a U.S. Navy warship. CENTCOM 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: At 4:19 a.m. in Bandar Kangan, there was an explosion just now. The doors and windows shook violently. Hello, an explosion was heard near Bandar Deyr. A loud explosion in Bandar Deyr at 4:20 a.m. 📡 @VahidOnline

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In a statement addressed to the “Iranian Islamic people who have risen,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it had attacked Jordan’s Al-Azraq air base under the code name “Haider Karrar.” The statement said the attack targeted the area where fighter jets are stationed. Earlier, Sky News reported that missiles had been intercepted in Jordanian airspace. Syrian state television also reported that Syria’s air defenses had intercepted some missiles fired from Iran over the Jordanian border city of Irbid. Some Iranian media outlets, including Hamshahri, have also said the IRGC attacked Jordan with “cluster missiles.” @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Reporter, machine translation: Mr. Secretary, much of the American public’s attention is focused on the latest developments in Iran. Can you talk about the U.S. attacks on Iranian oil tankers and explain how this back-and-forth has unfolded over the past 24 hours? Marco Rubio: Yes, the back-and-forth is very clear: Iran continues to try to target U.S. Navy ships, and every time they do—or try to—they’ll lose an oil tanker. I think you’ll see that happen again today. 📡 @VahidOnline

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CENTCOM: “The U.S. destroyed five IRGC tankers after Iran targeted another American warship.” “U.S. Destroys 5 IRGC Tankers After Iran Targets Another American Warship” Machine translation: Tampa, Florida — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers on 8 September, following two separate attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles over the past two days. The U.S. warship successfully evaded the Iranian attacks and continued patrolling the region’s waters. No U.S. personnel were injured. In response to Iran’s latest failed attacks, CENTCOM destroyed the IRGC crude oil tankers M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1, and M/T Riesco in the Gulf of Oman, as well as the tanker M/T Derya near Khark Island. Before striking and disabling the vessels, U.S. forces instructed their crews to abandon ship. Iran uses these tankers as part of a clandestine, multibillion-dollar network that finances the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran has no means to defend these vessels. On 5 September, CENTCOM forces also destroyed three Iranian crude oil tankers after the IRGC attempted to attack a U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer. All of the IRGC’s attempts to attack U.S. Navy warships have failed. CENTCOM 📡 @VahidOnline

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According to dozens of messages received from Isfahan, Yazd, Khorramabad, Khomeyn, and other cities, several missiles have been launched. 📡 @VahidOnline

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Following reports of a U.S. military attack on targets in Jask and around Kharg Island, Iranian state media confirmed that another oil tanker was also hit near Jask, and its crew are being evacuated to coastal areas in a lifeboat. Earlier, Iranian state media had said an oil tanker was hit near Kharg. Israeli and U.S. media, citing American officials, had reported that several Iranian oil tankers were among the other targets struck by U.S. forces. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline