Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic, wrote on X: “The U.S. response to Iran’s rights and demands was not convincing. They must address all seven of Iran’s conditions fully and explicitly, and act on them. Only then will the Strait of Hormuz be reopened.” In recent days, Qatari mediators have traveled to Tehran twice and presented a new peace proposal. On Tuesday, Masoud Pezeshkian also stressed at a meeting with provincial governors and mayors of major cities that a return to war would benefit neither side. Nevertheless, it appears that Tehran has not agreed to the proposal. @VahidOOnLine 📷 “A banner mounted on the wall of the German Embassy in Tehran” 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump: Last night, we struck an air-defense system that had taken two months to build. Machine translation: Reporter: What happens after Election Day? After today, what’s the next phase? Trump: Well, we’ll see. Look, I’m not looking to, you know, kill a lot of people, but if we have to, we’ll do it. But I don’t want to do that. All the planes have been reduced to little pieces, very tiny pieces, scattered across the runways at airports in Iran. They don’t have any planes anymore. They don’t have any air defenses. We destroyed some of them last night. It was just a small strike. It wasn’t a war. They built an air-defense facility. It took about two months to build. We were monitoring its construction. As soon as it was finished, we hit it hard last night. No, it wasn’t a big war. It wasn’t a big war. And, you know, when you talk about war, this really isn’t a war. We still... we still... I mean, we hit them very hard at the beginning, but that was it. They’re very tough. I understand why the Middle East was afraid of them. They’re very tough, but we’ve taken out their leadership. ... Iran had a nuclear weapon. They had everything ready. They were going to get it within two weeks. They had the nuclear deal with Barack Hussein Obama. That deal was a pathway to a nuclear weapon. ... But this really isn’t a war. We haven’t fired at anything. You know, war is like Russia and Ukraine. That’s a war. War is like World War II, where you keep fighting and fighting and have no chance to stop the fighting. We have them exactly where we want them. We can finish them off, or we can go easy on them and let thousands of people live. 📡 @VahidOnline

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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it had received a report from the Indian government of an attack on an Indian sailing vessel (dhow). The incident occurred on ۱۱ Aban ۱۴۰۵ (۲ November 2026) at 11:05 UTC, as the vessel was leaving the Strait of Hormuz. According to the report, the Omani Navy rescued the vessel’s crew, but the ship’s condition remains unknown. UKMTO has advised other vessels to exercise extreme caution when transiting the area, report any suspicious activity, and await the findings of the relevant authorities’ investigation. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The newspaper Hamshahri, affiliated with Tehran Municipality, featured an illustration of U.S. military bases in European countries on the front page of its Tuesday, 12 Aban 1405, issue, describing them as potential targets for Islamic Republic missiles if a new war breaks out. The newspaper, which is close to the conservative camp, wrote in a report referencing a strategy of confrontation “without geographical limits” that the chances of the war spreading beyond the Middle East have increased, and that U.S. air and naval bases and support centers in Europe could be included on Iran’s list of potential targets. @ VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, warned Iran’s neighbors on Tuesday, 12 Aban: “Countries in the region should know that just as the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready for battle with its finger on the trigger, it has given the American side a forceful and rational response. The ball is now in America’s court to prevent war.” Ghalibaf, who is still considered the Iranian government’s “chief negotiator” in talks with the United States, claimed in remarks before the agenda at an open session of parliament: “At the same time, we are at the highest level of defensive readiness on the ground and militarily. If Washington makes another strategic mistake, it should know that this time it will face a new battlefield and will be even more desperate than it is today to find a way out.” The remarks come as indirect talks between Tehran and Washington continue, and after CENTCOM bombed areas on Qeshm Island late Monday night, in the early hours of Tuesday. @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Majed al-Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday, 12 Aban, referring to proposals put forward by mediators, including Doha, that his government hoped the Islamic Republic and the United States would reach an interim agreement. This comes as a senior Iranian official told Reuters hours earlier that Iran and the United States were still “a long way” from reaching an agreement to end the war. As the two countries held indirect talks, the United States carried out strikes on Qeshm Island, near the Strait of Hormuz, on Monday night. U.S. officials later described them as “defensive.” Over the past week, Qatar has stepped up its efforts to mediate between Tehran and Washington, and has not halted them even when it came under attack by the IRGC. “At present, both sides are committed to continuing the negotiating process, and we [Qatar] are facilitating the exchange of proposals between them,” Majed al-Ansari said. @ VahidHeadline Reuters reported on Tuesday, 12 Aban, citing “a senior Iranian official,” that “despite stepped-up diplomatic efforts to prevent a possible return to active hostilities after the U.S. midterm elections, Iran and the United States remain a long way from an agreement to end the war.” According to Reuters, the unnamed “senior official,” speaking after Qatari representatives traveled to Tehran on Monday night, and amid a clash between CENTCOM and the Islamic Republic’s armed forces in the Strait of Hormuz and the bombing of Qeshm, said: “The mediators are working hard to bridge the gaps between Tehran and Washington.” The same source warned that “if the United States wants the Strait of Hormuz reopened, Tehran’s conditions must be met.” He added that nuclear negotiations could begin only afterward, and that Tehran would not accept Washington’s “excessive demands.” @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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The Islamic Republic’s Judiciary has announced the execution of 19-year-old “Amirhossein Maleki” and 18-year-old “Amirhossein Ebrahimi,” two people arrested during the nationwide protests in Esfand 1404 in Isfahan. With the execution of the two young men early Tuesday, 12 Aban 1405, the number of people executed in the case known as the “Isfahan’s Ali Khani Square” case has risen to nine. Mizan News Agency, affiliated with the Judiciary, said the two young men had been sentenced to death on charges of “waging war against God” and “corruption on earth,” and that their sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court after appeals. @VahidHeadline 📡 @VahidOnline

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U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, 12 Aban, that Iran is not in a good position to negotiate, but that the chances of reaching an agreement between Tehran and Washington are high. Referring to Iran’s economic situation, Trump said: “Their economy is collapsing because of us. Their inflation is 301 percent. They have no money and aren’t paying the salaries of their soldiers and police forces.” Referring to previous U.S. attacks on Iran, he added: “We dealt them a major blow and hit their targets very hard. These attacks destroyed their navy, and 159 ships were destroyed.” Elsewhere in the interview, referring to his decision to launch military operations against Iran about seven months ago, he said that despite the operation, U.S. stock market indicators and the value of Americans’ retirement accounts are now higher than they were before the conflict began. In closing, the U.S. president referred to the killing of a number of Americans by Qasem Soleimani and stressed: “We cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, and we will not allow it.” @ VahidOOnLine 📡 @VahidOnline

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Axios reporter, machine translation: An American official said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired a missile from Qeshm Island toward a US aircraft in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night. A US fighter jet then destroyed a surface-to-air missile launcher in self-defense. BarakRavid Fox News: US officials confirmed Monday that the United States had targeted Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. An American official said the attack was carried out in response to Iran firing at a US aircraft on Monday evening. The official confirmed the attack was in response to Iran’s initial fire and was intended to be “defensive”; it did not mean the resumption of US military strikes against Iran or the start of an escalation. foxnews 📡 @VahidOnline

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☄️ The United States confirmed reports of an attack on Qeshm Island The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, 11 Aban, citing U.S. officials, that the United States had targeted Qeshm Island. The operation is part of a series of limited, unannounced strikes Washington has carried out against Iran in recent weeks. According to U.S. officials, the aim of the strikes is to prevent the Islamic Republic from taking action against commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. One official said the United States is deliberately keeping the operation unannounced to avoid signaling that Washington intends to restart a wider war. Qeshm has a large underground missile complex and a naval base, and U.S. officials have previously discussed the possibility of seizing the island. The newspaper reported that Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Central Command, went to the White House last week to brief officials on the conflict with Iran. The U.S. military has also prepared for potentially broader strikes by sending additional missile defense systems and ammunition to the region. Washington had also warned Gulf countries to be ready for a short, intense operation after the U.S. midterm elections. Despite these developments, U.S. President Donald Trump played down the likelihood of a return to a wider war on Monday, saying: “We had a war with Iran, and we won. I don’t even know if you can call it a war, because we haven’t had any fighting or war for months.” He has also spoken of the possibility of reaching a diplomatic agreement with the Islamic Republic. @VahidOnLive 📡 @VahidOnline

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Trump’s post, machine translation: Oil prices are plunging at a dizzying speed, down nearly $10 per barrel—a record—because people feel there won’t be a war with Iran. Iran wants to reach a deal as soon as possible. It could happen! President Donald J. Trump realDonaldTrump 📡 @VahidOnline

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Messages received: Qeshm—six loud explosions, lots of blasts. Six explosions in a row in Qeshm at 12:14. Five in Qeshm; lots of explosions. Qeshm, 12:15—several explosions were heard across the city. They were very close. The number of explosions was terrifying. Just now in Qeshm—I don’t know where they hit. Five or six. The city itself… I’m shaking so badly. Hello, they’ve hit Qeshm just now. Four or five missiles. The sound just now was so loud and awful. Hello, dear Vahid. Just now, four missiles hit Qeshm’s air defenses. Qeshm—the sound was terrifying, the windows shook. Just now in Qeshm, they hit five times. It was the air defense; we’re close to it. We felt the shockwave. Hello. Early Tuesday morning, 12 Aban, at 12:13, there were several explosions in Qeshm. Hello, Mr. Vahid. At 12:15, they hit Qeshm hard three times; the house shook. It was really awful. They hit Qeshm twice in a row, three or four times each, one after another. It was intense and terrifying—five or six loud blasts. 📡 @VahidOnline