Saturday, September 12, 2026

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The U.S. president, during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin in Dublin, emphasized imposing firm control and an “incredible naval blockade” on the Strait of Hormuz, saying these measures had prevented a sharp spike in global oil prices. Donald Trump also said CENTCOM forces stop and seize an average of 25 vessels and boats a day—operations he said are mostly carried out under cover of darkness during night patrols. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, announced today that over the past 60 days, since Iran’s “Steel Wall blockade” resumed, it has diverted 100 commercial ships. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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A bus carrying workers from the Sarcheshmeh Copper Complex overturned on the morning of Saturday, 21 Shahrivar, leaving one person dead and 38 injured. Seyed Mohsen Mor thezavi, head of Rafsanjan’s Emergency Medical Center, confirmed the report and said the 38 injured had been taken to hospital for treatment. According to him, initial investigations indicate that a van entering the bus’s path caused it to swerve and then overturn. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Iraqi security sources told Agence France-Presse that the country’s security forces had discovered drone launch sites in the remote al-Tayyib area of Maysan province in southern Iraq, near the border with Iran. Meanwhile, Reuters, citing two Iraqi military sources, reported that the border area had been closed after the launch sites were discovered. The sites were found after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline—an attack that Riyadh and Baghdad said had been carried out from Iraqi territory. On Saturday, Baghdad had also closed the Shalamcheh and Chazabeh border crossings. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Saturday, 21 Shahrivar, that information from Tehran shows the U.S. missile strike on Lamerd was also launched from the territory of one of the countries along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. Speaking to Iranian state media, Esmail Baghaei said this shows that the United States has used the territory and national sovereignty of other countries to attack Iran, “in violation of all the rules and principles of international law.” He stressed that Iranians would pursue the matter. Baghaei also said that some neighboring countries, contrary to the “principle of good neighborliness,” had allowed their territory to be used to attack Iran and “commit war crimes against the people.” On 9 Esfand 1404, a sports hall in Lamerd, Fars Province, was struck by two missiles, killing at least 21 people, including four children, and injuring 100. The attack came shortly after an airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Mehr News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Development Organization, reported, citing an informed source, that the final understanding between the Islamic Republic and Oman on new shipping routes does not mean the Strait of Hormuz is reopening. The strait’s reopening depends on the United States meeting Tehran’s seven conditions. The source said that after technical and diplomatic talks, Tehran and Muscat reached a final agreement in early Shahrivar on the details of new routes for entering and leaving the Persian Gulf. The understanding is expected to be announced soon, with the foreign ministers of regional countries in attendance. According to the report, the understanding is only between the Islamic Republic and Oman. Other countries, including Iraq and the Persian Gulf’s coastal states, will attend the meeting to learn about the routes and traffic arrangements. Mehr wrote that the route into the Persian Gulf, as well as part of the route out, will lie within Iranian territorial waters, and traffic along these routes will follow arrangements set by the Islamic Republic. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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U.S. President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic was likely responsible for the airstrike on Saudi Arabia that led to the shutdown of the East-West pipeline. On Saturday in Dublin, responding to reporters’ questions about Iran’s responsibility, he said: “I think they’re responsible; it was probably them.” Trump added that he had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and called him a “good friend.” The U.S. president also said that the Houthis, who are aligned with the Islamic Republic, had contacted his administration and said they did not want the United States to become directly involved in the conflict. “They very much prefer that we stay out of it, and they’re letting more ships through. There’s only one country they’re unhappy with, and we’ll take care of it,” he said. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Videos posted on social media show crowding at the Bazargan border crossing exit. Some reports cite “capacity limits on the Turkish side” as the reason for disruptions to traffic through the border crossing. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The deputy governor of Khuzestan announced that the Chazabeh border crossing, like Shalamcheh, was closed from early this morning until further notice, following an announcement by Iraqi officials. According to Valiollah Hayati, no goods or passengers are crossing at either border. Earlier, Reuters, citing two security sources, reported that Iraq had ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran as a precaution after the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia. The Chazabeh crossing is in Iraq’s Maysan province. Early Saturday, the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office dismissed the commander of its operations after an investigation confirmed that the latest drone attacks on Saudi Arabia had been launched from Iraqi territory. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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The clashes between the Islamic Republic’s military and security forces and armed individuals in the “Bakhshan” area of Saravan have continued for more than seven hours. “Shivar News” reported that government forces were attacked from two directions, part of the encirclement was breached, and a number of armed individuals left the area of the clashes. The fighting began around 4 a.m. on Saturday, ۲۱ Shahrivar ۱۴۰۵, after a residential home was surrounded. The Balochistan Human Rights Documents Network had earlier reported a large-scale deployment of military and security forces and the use of light and heavy weapons in the area. According to information published by Shivar News, after the clashes began, military and security forces surrounded the area where the armed individuals were present and blocked roads leading to the site. However, later, people outside the encirclement attacked government forces from two directions. @VahidHeadline The Quds Base of the IRGC Ground Forces announced that three IRGC members had been killed in clashes with armed individuals in Saravan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The base’s statement identified the three as “anonymous defenders of the Imam of the Age.” The Quds Base also said that, by Saturday before noon, four unidentified armed individuals had been killed in the clashes. The statement provided no further details about the armed individuals’ identities, their affiliated group or organization, the precise location of the clashes, or how they began. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi, a 33-year-old blogger from Bandar Abbas who has been detained since 9 Farvardin, has been sentenced to death. According to the information available, Branch Three of the Bandar Abbas Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Khajeh-Hosseini, sentenced Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi to death on charges including “insulting the Supreme Leader,” “media and propaganda activities against national security,” “intelligence and security activities in favor of hostile governments,” and “taking photographs and sending images to Persian-language media outlets outside the country.” The court also sentenced her to two to five years in prison, barred her from some government services, and ordered the confiscation of her assets. The death sentence was communicated to Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi’s lawyer on 1 Shahrivar. According to information received, she spent 20 days in solitary confinement during her detention and was subjected to intense pressure during interrogation. Her family had no information about where she was being held or how she was doing during this time. Judge Khajeh-Hosseini, who issued the sentence, had previously been recognized as an exemplary judge by judicial authorities in 1402 for, among other things, issuing the highest number of verdicts and demonstrating diligence in his work. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said in a statement on Friday, 20 Shahrivar, that the East–West oil pipeline, which runs through the Riyadh and Medina regions, came under several attacks on Thursday morning. The statement said that oil pumping through the pipeline was suspended as a precaution following the attacks. The incident also injured several people, who received the necessary medical treatment and care. @VahidOOnLine Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the country’s East–West oil pipeline was attacked by drones launched from Iraq. The ministry added that, at the request of Iraq’s prime minister, it had decided not to retaliate at this stage. @VahidOOnLine Reuters reported that Baghdad had ordered the closure of the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran. Two Iraqi security sources told the news agency that Iraq had closed the crossing as a precaution following a drone attack launched from Iraqi territory on Saudi Arabia’s East–West oil pipeline. Shalamcheh is one of the main land routes between Iran and Iraq. Reports say the drone launched at Saudi Arabia came from Iraq’s Maysan province. The province is in southeastern Iraq and borders Iran; its administrative center is the city of Amarah. @VahidHeadline Reuters wrote that, according to the two sources, a large-scale operation is underway to track down and pursue those responsible for the attack on Saudi Arabia. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline