Monday, September 14, 2026

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Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social that rising prices across the United States were caused by Joe Biden’s policies and his administration. He wrote that even oil prices were higher under Biden than they are now, and that his administration had also prevented the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Noting that prices for other goods were falling sharply, Trump added that oil prices would “fall like a rock” as soon as the military conflict with Iran ended—a moment he said was not far off. During Biden’s presidency, following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war and crises in energy markets, oil prices reached their highest level in the spring of 2022, with Brent crude rising to about $127 a barrel. @VahidOOnLine The U.S. president called on countries around the world, in a post on Truth Social, to reimburse the United States after the conflict ends for the costs of protecting ships and helping oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Noting that oil was flowing through the waterway, Trump stressed that countries that had done nothing to help the United States should cover the losses and costs of these efforts, since Washington was carrying out the mission more for their benefit than its own. Earlier, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that the average number of oil shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz with support from the U.S. Navy was increasing. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump post, machine translation: “Defeated Iran wants to reach a deal very quickly and urgently. I will decide whether the United States of America enters into negotiations or not—a possibility we are open to. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump” Trump wrote: “Bankrupting Iran wants to reach a deal quickly and urgently. I will determine whether the United States of America gets involved in this matter or not—something we are open to.” Oil prices edged down after the post was published. The U.S. president’s latest remarks come as Iran has said it has no plans to negotiate with the United States and has announced several conditions for a deal with Washington. Meanwhile, as part of the U.S. economic pressure campaign against Iran, known as “Operation Economic Outcast,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged all whistleblowers to provide his department with any information they have about “Iran’s terrorism facilitators.” In a post on X addressed to people around the world who have information about Iran’s economic lifelines, he wrote: “This is your chance. If you have actionable information for the Treasury Department, you may be eligible for a reward, regardless of where you live or who signs your paycheck. If you see something, say something.” He also reiterated that the U.S. Treasury Department had launched Operation Economic Outcast “to cut off all the regime’s financial lifelines and those of its supporters.” @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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In Rasht, pro-government supporters attacked the Saharkhizan soup shop at night. In a video posted by the shop, a sign on the wall read, “Soup is free for people wearing hijab,” and as the camera panned, several veiled men could be seen standing in line. This became the pretext for raiding and vandalizing the shop. The incident happened on Sunday, 22 Shahrivar 405. The prosecutor immediately charged the shop, its manager was arrested, and the restaurant was sealed. But apparently this response wasn’t enough for the plainclothes forces: last night, they stormed the restaurant and trashed it. via pkhwshhal, yaghma_fashkham 📡 @VahidOnline

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🛑 Muhammad Parsa Golchin, a University of Tehran student and gold medalist in the Olympiad, charged with “armed rebellion”! According to reports received by Tehran-Daneshjoo, #MuhammadParsa_Golchin, a 1403-entry undergraduate literature student at the University of Tehran and gold medalist in the Literature Olympiad, has been charged with “membership in a rebel group.” He has also been charged with “conspiracy and collusion against internal security” and “propaganda activities against national security.” He has been summoned to Branch 268 of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office in Mashhad to defend himself against these charges. On Saturday, 22 Farvardin 1405, Muhammad Parsa Golchin was arrested alongside a group of 18 students during a friendly outing by armed officers, in a violent manner. The cases of the other detainees are also ongoing, and they are awaiting rulings and summonses. If further information becomes available, Tehran-Daneshjoo will publish updates on the cases of the other students in due course. #Repression #Arrest #ImprisonedStudent University of Tehran-Daneshjoo Instagram 🆔 @Daneshjo_UT

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The Instagram page of the “Dastpokht Bibi” restaurant in Tehran was blocked by court order on charges of “publishing criminal content” after it posted a story with the words “Nothing beats Bibi’s cutlets,” accompanied by Moein’s song “Bibi Gol.” Earlier, in 1401, chef Navab Ebrahimi was arrested after posting a cutlet recipe on his Instagram account on the anniversary of Qasem Soleimani’s killing. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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“Yahya Saree,” the military spokesman for the Islamic Republic-backed Houthis, announced a large-scale operation involving dozens of drones and ballistic missiles against military targets in Saudi Arabia’s Khamis Mushait region. Saree said King Khalid Air Base in the region had been targeted, and that fighter jet hangars, radars, runways and ammunition depots were among the Houthis’ targets. The Houthi military spokesman said the operation was in response to Saudi airstrikes on Yemen. @ VahidHeadline Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met today, Monday 23 Shahrivar 1405, in Jeddah with Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), and discussed recent regional developments. Reuters, citing Saudi state media, reported that the meeting took place amid escalating clashes between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic-backed Houthis in Yemen. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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China’s Foreign Ministry today, Monday, 23 Shahrivar 1405, denied reports that Chinese entities had helped the Islamic Republic target a U.S. military base in Jordan. Reuters, citing China’s Foreign Ministry, reported that Beijing “firmly opposes these baseless accusations.” The response came after The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed U.S. officials, reported that the Islamic Republic had received satellite images of the base from entities in China before its 17 Shahrivar missile attack on the Muwaffaq Salti base in Jordan. Three U.S. service members were killed in the Islamic Republic’s missile attack on the U.S. military base. According to The Wall Street Journal, U.S. officials did not identify the Chinese entities said to have provided the Islamic Republic with satellite images of the base. Nor did they accuse the Chinese government of directly participating in or being involved in the action. U.S. President Donald Trump also responded on Sunday, 22 Shahrivar 1405, to reports that the Islamic Republic had obtained satellite images of a U.S. military base in Jordan through Chinese entities. Trump dismissed as “unimportant” the report that the Islamic Republic had obtained the images before an attack that killed three U.S. service members. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said Monday that Austria’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran had been summoned after it was announced that a visa had not been issued to Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, to attend the International Atomic Energy Agency’s General Conference in Vienna. Baghaei said: “We know this decision was made under pressure from the United States, but that does not lessen Austria’s responsibility.” @VahidOOnLine Earlier: According to an informed official who spoke to the Associated Press, Mohammad Eslami, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, will likely not attend the annual meeting of member states of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog in Vienna for the first time in several years, because he is barred from international travel. The official said Austria had asked the UN sanctions committee to grant Eslami an exemption from the travel ban, but the request was denied. The official, who was not authorized to comment on this sensitive matter, spoke on condition of anonymity. As host to the United Nations in Vienna, Austria can request travel-ban exemptions for sanctioned officials so they can attend international UN meetings. According to the American news agency, Eslami’s absence from the IAEA conference is another sign of the rapid deterioration in relations between Iran and Western countries. Since Israel and the United States attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities during the 12-day war, the Islamic Republic has not allowed IAEA inspectors access to the facilities damaged in those attacks. This is despite Tehran being legally obligated to cooperate with the agency under its commitments to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The IAEA has also been unable to verify the status of Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to levels close to those needed to build a nuclear weapon. The UN sanctions that have been reinstated include a travel ban, an arms embargo, restrictions on the development of ballistic missiles, asset freezes, and a ban on producing technologies related to the nuclear program. Despite the official’s comments about the possibility that Eslami would not attend the conference, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported Saturday that Eslami had left Tehran for Vienna to attend the IAEA conference and meet with representatives of various countries. Senior officials from IAEA member states are scheduled to gather at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna from Monday through Friday. They will decide on and approve the agency’s budget, and discuss other policy issues, including nuclear safeguards in the Middle East. @VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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As the fourth anniversary of the state killing of Mahsa Zhina Amini approaches, reports from Isfahan, Rasht, Fuman, Mashhad, and Nishapur describe mounting pressure to impose compulsory hijab and the return of morality police vans, hijab enforcers, and plainclothes forces to the streets. A resident said a morality police van had been stationed at Ali Khani Square in Isfahan. Officers were arresting and taking away women without compulsory hijab “without any prior warning.” Another resident described Isfahan as “heavily securitized” and said morality police were stationed in areas including Jolfa, Mardavij, Chaharbagh, and Naqsh-e Jahan Square, confronting women without shawls or headscarves. Someone else wrote: “In Isfahan, it’s no longer morality police vans—it’s buses. They round up girls on buses and take them away. …” In Mashhad, too, armed forces entered Mellat Park on the evening of 22 Shahrivar and warned women about hijab. Several residents reported from Rasht that coercive enforcement of compulsory hijab has intensified in the city. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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1- Video of the rescue of an American pilot in Iran 2- One of the seven hears the whistle of a missile coming toward them. He tries to alert the others, but doesn’t know which way to run. In the end, an explosion swallows all seven. A_z_im CBS spoke five months later with one of the two U.S. Army officers whose aircraft was shot down near Isfahan in mid-Farvardin. The officer, identified as Bravo, described the moment a shoulder-fired missile hit their F-15 fighter jet as being like a freight train crashing into it. He said he and the pilot, identified in this report as “Alpha,” tried to save the aircraft, but soon realized it could not be saved and they had to eject. After ejecting, Alpha and Bravo landed on the ground in rugged desert terrain in Iran, about eight kilometers apart, each alone. Alpha landed safely, but Bravo was lucky to survive. “My parachute had been damaged in the initial attack,” Bravo said. “I looked up for a moment and saw there was no parachute. It was the scariest thing I’d ever seen in my life. I paused right there and prayed: ‘Lord, let Your will be done. But if I’m going to survive this, I need help.’” Asked, “How fast do you think you were going when you hit the ground?” he said: “Based on what I described and the injuries I had, experts believe I hit the ground at a speed of between 113 and 161 kilometers per hour.” He added: “It was a modern-day miracle. I believe this is a testament to God’s grace in my life, which got me through that moment. Although I was injured, I didn’t suffer the catastrophic injuries that could have taken away my ability to survive.” The crash fractured Bravo’s back. He also broke his hand and shoulder, sprained his ankle, and was left bloody from cuts and scrapes on his head and face. “I was injured, but we’re all trained to adapt to and overcome the circumstances we face,” Bravo said. Despite his injuries, he moved as quickly as he could away from where he had landed. Bravo told CBS that the safest place he could go was the high ground. So, despite his broken bones, he decided to climb the mountain and make his way to a ridgeline at an elevation of about 2,100 meters. @ VahidOOnLine What I see the Persian-language media and users failing to pay attention to is that this interview doesn’t say the American officer climbed a 7,000-foot mountain with broken arms and legs; it says he made it to an elevation of 7,000 feet. There’s a big difference between the two. Keep in mind that Isfahan itself is between 1,600 and 2,000 meters above sea level. That means he may have needed to climb only 100 meters to reach an elevation of 7,000 feet. Ardeshir 📡 @VahidOnline