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Iran Judiciary issues indictments against 159 US, Israeli officials for assassination of Leader, commanders

Red Crescent relief workers search among the debris of homes destroyed in US-Israeli strikes in Kermanshah, west Iran, on April 1, 2026. (Photo by Tasnim)
Press TV – September 19, 2026

Iran’s Judiciary has issued indictments against 159 senior US and Israeli political and military officials over the assassination of the martyred Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and military commanders, Judiciary spokesman Ali Kazemi says.

Kazemi said on Saturday that 92 of the accused are US nationals and 67 are Israeli, adding that the indictments had been issued and the cases referred to court.

He said a separate civil case, filed collectively by people in Tehran and concerning material, moral and punitive damages, is being heard after the jurisdiction of Iran’s courts to consider the lawsuit was established. A hearing date will be set soon, he added.

Regarding the cases involving martyred commanders, Kazemi said cases have been opened and investigated concerning 19 commanders. Indictments were ultimately issued against 97 US and Israeli officials, including 74 Americans and 23 Israelis.

The Judiciary spokesman said around 400 cases have been filed with Iranian courts as part of domestic and international legal proceedings, adding that one case involved more than 350,000 plaintiffs.

He said the purpose of the measures was to document claims and evidence, conduct judicial proceedings and issue well-founded rulings, allowing the pursuit of legal claims inside Iran and, if necessary, internationally.

On February 28, the US and Israel launched the second round of aggression against Iran, assassinating Ayatollah Khamenei and several high-ranking commanders and officials. The war, which lasted for 40 days, was met with Iran’s decisive military response.

Iran has vowed to legally pursue those behind the assassinations at domestic and international levels.

Earlier this month, Minister of Justice Amin Hossein Rahimi said the crimes committed during the US-Israeli war on Iran are being documented for lawsuits and judicial and legal follow-up at international forums.

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Turkiye revokes Iranian bank license under US sanctions campaign

The Cradle | September 19, 2026

The Turkish Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) revoked Iran’s Bank Mellat license, citing vague financial risks amid Washington’s economic sanctions campaign on Tehran, Turkiye’s Official Gazette reported on 18 September.

The regulator invoked Article 71(b) of Turkiye’s banking law, which allows a license to be revoked if a bank is deemed a threat to depositors or to the stability of the financial system, thereby ending the lender’s 44-year presence in the country.

The notice made no reference to US sanctions or to any operational failings at the bank’s Istanbul branch.

However, Bank Mellat, whose largest shareholder is the Iranian government, is under US, EU, and UK sanctions, according to the open-source sanctions-tracking database OpenSanctions.

Earlier this week, Ankara declared that Iran’s Mahan Air would be grounded starting 21 September, following Washington’s sanctions on three Turkish companies for providing services to the airline.

The US Treasury said Turkiye and Oman agreed to halt the flights following talks on complying with its sanctions.

“The risk now extends to every Turkish entity providing services to Mahan Air, from airport operations and ground handling to ticketing and banking,” one official warned.

The airline, which ran at least three daily flights between Istanbul and Tehran, is also suspending services to Oman and Georgia.

The revocation follows a string of punitive measures under Washington’s “Economic Outcast” operation, an economic strangulation campaign launched after the US failed to achieve its military objectives against Iran.

On 4 September, the US Treasury sanctioned Golden Global Bank, a small Turkish investment bank, along with two of its Istanbul-based units, accusing them of channeling tens of millions of dollars for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force.

Days earlier, the Treasury cut the UAE branches of Egypt’s Banque Misr off from dollar access over their dealings with Iran, the Financial Times reported on 28 August.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to roll out new secondary sanctions every week, with banks first in line.

“This is going to be financial violence if we have to,” he told AP.

Bessent has also repeatedly pressed Washington’s allies to intensify their own sanctions on Tehran, warning G20 finance chiefs they would face secondary sanctions of their own if they failed to cut ties.

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Araghchi: Military intervention cannot create security; coercion cannot bring peace

Press TV – September 19, 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says military intervention cannot create security and coercion cannot bring peace, calling for a fundamental shift from militarism and intervention toward sustainable development, respect for national sovereignty, and lasting peace.

Addressing the “Calling for a Global U-Turn: Recentering Development, Reclaiming Humanity, Restoring Justice in a Crazi(er) World” conference at the 2026 Global Town Hall hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia on Saturday, Araghchi said decades of foreign intervention, military pressure, and endless wars in West Asia have demonstrated that military intervention does not create security and coercion does not lead to peace.

The tragedy of Gaza and the ongoing crimes committed by the Israeli regime are among the clearest and most horrific manifestations of this failed pattern, Araghchi said.

He warned that a dangerous pattern has emerged in which military force is no longer being used as a last resort, but as a permanent mechanism for reshaping the political and security landscape of the region.

Under such circumstances, aggression becomes normalized, escalation becomes institutionalized, and destruction turns from a consequence of war into a tool for advancing political objectives, he said.

Araghchi described the US and Israeli military action against Iran as part of this broader pattern, calling it illegal, unjust, and aggressive and pointing out that it occurred without prior provocation.

He also referred to targeted assassination campaigns against Iranian officials, threats against political figures, violations of national sovereignty, and impunity for acts of aggression, saying the failure of the international community to respond effectively to such actions would gradually erode the boundaries established by international law.

Referring to the killing of 168 students in an attack on a school in Minab, southern Iran, Araghchi said the victims should not be reduced to numbers in war statistics.

Behind each of these lost lives, there was a family, a future and a life, he said, asking, “When do we say enough is enough?”

Araghchi said international law could not be upheld if it were ignored whenever the interests of major powers demanded it, adding that human rights could not be called universal if they were treated as an inherent right for some nations and a conditional privilege for others.

He stressed that the answer was not abandoning multilateralism, but establishing real, effective and fair multilateralism.

The foreign minister called for a shift from militarism to sustainable development, interventionism to respect for national sovereignty, collective punishment to protection of civilians, selective accountability to universal justice, and endless wars to lasting peace.

He also stressed that lasting security in West Asia could not be dictated from outside the region.

Regional security must belong to the region itself, Araghchi said, arguing that regional countries should be able to discuss security, stability, development, and their shared future and find solutions without foreign intervention.

He said Iran believed sustainable security could be achieved through dialogue, confidence-building, cooperation, and mutual respect among regional countries rather than through the military presence of foreign powers and the imposition of their will.

Araghchi concluded that the international community faced a historic choice between continuing militarism, intervention, and endless conflict and changing course toward development, human dignity, justice, and respect for international law.

The time for this is not tomorrow or some indefinite future; the time is now, he said.

September 19, 2026 Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Militarism, Progressive Hypocrite, Wars for Israel | , , , , , | Comments Off on Araghchi: Military intervention cannot create security; coercion cannot bring peace

Iran’s Plan to Shut Down AI in the Persian Gulf

GCC internet will go dark if Trump renews hostilities

By Kurt Nimmo | Another Day in the Empire | September 18, 2026

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait—are heavily invested in AI as part of a strategy to diversify away from petroleum. National AI strategies across GCC countries emphasize investment in research and development, encourage public-private partnerships, and create regulatory frameworks that support innovation. The GCC AI market size increased from USD $6.22 billion in 2025 to USD $7.60 billion in 2026. It is projected to reach USD $23.03 billion by 2034.

In April, Iran’s Tasnim news agency mentioned the submarine cables, landing stations, and data hubs in the Gulf as strategic pressure points in the conflict initiated by the United States and Israel. According to the market research company IMARC Group, subsea internet data cables in the Gulf sit at the intersection of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and damage to these networks risks connectivity losses in one of the world’s most important internet traffic zones.

The economic importance of these cable systems extends far outside internet browsing or streaming services, notes Techstory, “because financial markets, payment systems and cloud computing firms depend on uninterrupted connections between continents every second of the day. Data centers in the Gulf and Asia also depend on those same cables to connect cloud systems serving businesses around the world.” Analysts estimate that networks linked to the GCC support roughly $10 trillion worth of financial transactions daily.

Iran claims the cables are within its territorial waters and fall under its jurisdiction. Tasnim and Fars suggest Iran may charge tech companies to use the internet cables, while Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a Brigadier General and the spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said that “companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon” will be required to “comply with Iranian law” and pay licensing fees for cable passage, with repair and maintenance rights given exclusively to Iranian firms.

The Islamic Republic cited the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which includes provisions governing submarine cables. Article 79 of UNCLOS says coastal states have the right to establish conditions for cables or pipelines entering their territory or territorial sea.

On September 2, Iran’s Kayhan newspaper urged Iran’s IGRC to disrupt or sever international fiber-optic cables to pressure the United States and its allies. “Is it not our indisputable right, in order to bring these sources of evil to their knees and cut off their lifeline, to prevent internet cables from passing through the depths of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz?” asked Kayhan editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari. “This necessary measure could be carried out by seriously disrupting the cables’ operation or even cutting them.”

Iran has the ability to take out key cable networks, including the Fibre in Gulf submarine cable system, which connects Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. The Falcon Network connects Bahrain, Egypt, India, Iraq, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Yemen, while the the Gulf Bridge International links Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and has onward connectivity to India, and Europe.

The Islamic Republic may decide to retaliate for the imposition of crippling sanctions which have negatively affected its economy, causing an increase in inflation and unemployment. Iran’s minimum wage stands at approximately 104 million rials, equivalent to roughly $110 US monthly. Essential commodity prices have risen sharply, with the International Monetary Fund documenting an annual inflation rate of 42.4%, according to October 2025 figures. Most estimates suggest sanctions have cost Iran approximately $60 billion each year by limiting investments in the energy sector. The sanctions have also significantly reduced Iran’s petroleum exports.

In 2023, the Iranian navy unveiled the domestically developed and manufactured Chamrosh-4 VTOL, a remotely operated drone designed for detecting, locating, and destroying both anchored and sleeping naval mines. Furthermore, Iran operates an undersea fleet of roughly 4 to 6 diesel-electric attack submarines well-suited to operate in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz. In short, Iran has the ability to sabotage subsea internet data cables.

On September 17, President Trump, frustrated by the current stalemate in his war, said he faces a major decision over whether to escalate military action against Iran. “I have a big decision to make,” Trump said. “Do I want to go in and eliminate them or not? That’s a big decision. Anything can happen with me.”

Iran has given the United States an ultimatum for a period of three to four weeks, during which the United States must satisfy all Iranian demands. Failure to comply will result in severe escalation within the Strait of Hormuz and the execution of Iran’s planned preemptive military action targeting United States-backed Gulf infrastructure as well as American and Israeli assets, according to a senior Iranian official based in Tehran with direct knowledge of the situation.

The demands include $300 billion in reconstruction funds, a full release of Iran’s frozen assets of up to $120 billion, lifting of the US naval blockade, an end to war on all fronts (including Gaza and Lebanon), lifting of all sanctions on Iranian oil and gas, and acceptance of Iran’s permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz, including up to 7% transit fees.

President Trump is unlikely to accept these conditions, and as previously mentioned, may intensify military operations before the midterm elections. Should Trump choose to escalate, Iran has indicated it will heighten the intensity of its assaults against remaining American military and commercial infrastructure throughout the GCC region and West Asia.

On September 15, Amazon Web Services disclosed that Iranian drone strikes caused substantial damage to the corporation’s data facilities located in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The preceding week, officials from the UAE declared that they were modifying their AI data center initiatives in response to the strikes, thereby underscoring a critical weakness that Iran continues to leverage with considerable facility.

September 18, 2026 Posted by | Economics, Wars for Israel | , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Iran’s Plan to Shut Down AI in the Persian Gulf

Damascus rejects Saudi request for Syrian fighters to counter Yemen: Report

The Cradle | September 18, 2026

Syria has rejected a formal Saudi request to organize and deploy Syrian fighters to Yemen, according to Syrian sources speaking with Turkiye Today.

Riyadh reportedly spent months seeking military personnel to meet its needs in Yemen, but Damascus declined the request, citing a focus on reorganizing its own military.

“This issue has been exhausted and is over. The Saudi request was made several months ago. Syria politely turned it down, saying it was focused on its own military organization process and did not intend to enter a conflict as a third party,” one of the sources said.

Saudi Arabia is engaged in a war against the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF), which have made advances in recent weeks, liberating territory along the western coast previously held by Saudi-backed mercenaries.

Yemeni Armed Forces have also maintained a blockade on Saudi vessels seeking to transit the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, helping to limit Saudi crude exports already restricted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

In recent days, Syria has experienced internal unrest due to protests against the government’s decision on Sunday to significantly increase gasoline and diesel prices.

The sources said Syria was not preventing individuals from traveling abroad to participate in the fighting in Yemen independently, but Damascus would not assume responsibility for such involvement.

Turkish sources also denied claims that Ankara had organized or transported Syrian fighters to Yemen, saying reports of Syrians traveling as part of teams operating alongside Turkish personnel were “completely untrue.”

“We have no involvement in this matter. Syria and Saudi Arabia are sovereign countries,” the Turkish sources said.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly continuing to seek military personnel and instructors from several countries, with Pakistan among those where recruitment efforts have gained traction.

Sources said any Turkish or Pakistani involvement under the Mecca Pact would focus on “defensive” missions and the protection of strategic infrastructure rather than ground operations against Yemen.

In August, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan announced the formation of the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.

In an apparent bid to rally support from its new allies, Saudi Arabia made unsubstantiated claims on Tuesday that Yemeni forces attempted to attack the Saudi city of Mecca, home to Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba.

Colonel Turki Al-Malki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led mercenary forces in Yemen, alleged that the YAF launched a drone toward Mecca on Tuesday evening and that the Saudi air defenses shot it down before it entered the city’s restricted airspace.

However, Yemen denied the Saudi claim, saying Riyadh was spreading “false accusations.”

“There is no threat from Yemen to the holy sites. Our operations target its oil facilities and military bases, and are far from the holy sites,” said YAF spokesperson, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, via Telegram.

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South Korea says will not send troops to join terrorist US war on Iran

Press TV – September 18, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae​ Myung has declared that his country will not deploy troops or military assets to join the US-led military adventurism against Iran, defying calls from Washington to support the illegal war.

“There won’t be deployment that would involve or enter war. I can tell you that very clearly,” Lee said during a news conference on Friday. “We won’t deploy military assets in any form to that end.”

He also emphasized that Seoul has maintained the principle of not becoming directly involved in combat and will continue to do so.

However, he added, South Korea is considering expanding the operational scope of its naval presence off the coast of Somalia for anti-piracy operations.

US President Donald Trump has openly lashed out at South Korea over its refusal to participate in the war against Iran and scaled back major joint military drills by the two countries’ armies this summer.

Reports said earlier this month that South Korea is flirting with the idea of deploying military assets to the Strait of Hormuz, which has remained under Iran’s control since the early days of the criminal US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei had warned that any military presence by other parties in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz will constitute direct support for the aggressor, bearing serious consequences.

“No sovereign and responsible country will submit to US pressure and blackmail to collude in committing acts of aggression and heinous crimes against the great Iranian nation,” he said on September 7.

Iran restricted transit through the Strait of Hormuz in response to the terrorist US-Israeli aggression that began on February 28.

On June 17, Tehran and Washington signed the Pakistan-brokered Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), whose Article 5 places responsibility for reopening and managing the Strait squarely in Iran’s hands.

However, Washington attempted to undermine Iran’s sovereignty over the vital global energy chokepoint, resumed its airstrikes on Iran, and imposed a naval blockade in violation of the war-ending deal.

The unlawful US measures prompted Iran to re-impose restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz.

September 18, 2026 Posted by | Illegal Occupation, Militarism, Wars for Israel | , , | Comments Off on South Korea says will not send troops to join terrorist US war on Iran

Macgregor: We Haven’t Seen the Worst of the Iran War Yet

Daniel Davis / Deep Dive – September 16, 2026

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Fuel Crisis Deepens: Pakistan Warns Tanker Attack in Red Sea Would Be an ‘Act of War’

Sputnik – 17.09.2026

The Saudi East-West oil pipeline, a critical bypass route for the kingdom’s oil exports around instability in the Strait of Hormuz, was closed last week after Houthi attacks and may remain shut for up to six weeks.

Pakistan has warned that any attack on an empty oil tanker under the Pakistani flag anchored in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia will be regarded as an “act of war,” as Islamabad weighs its options amid rapidly shrinking diesel reserves.

The Saudi East-West oil pipeline, a critical bypass route for the kingdom’s oil exports around instability in the Strait of Hormuz, was closed last week after Houthi attacks and may remain shut for up to six weeks.

Speaking on a private news channel, Oil Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik stated that if crude oil supplies are cut, Pakistan will face an imminent diesel fuel shortage, since the country has reserves for only the current and upcoming month.

“This kind of statement should be understood in the context of Pakistan’s national security, sovereignty context, and also an increasingly serious energy security situation,” Syed Ali Ehsan, chief development officer at the Policy Research Institute of Market Economy, Economic Policy Analyst, told Sputnik.

According to Ehsan, the immediate issue is not simply that a tanker is stranded there, but that Pakistan has established a broader principle — that its civilian shipping should remain outside the regional conflict. Moreover, Pakistani flag vessels are critical to maintaining the country’s energy lifeline, and allowing one to be deliberately attacked, without consequence, could weaken the protection afforded to subsequent shipments.

However, declaring a red line does not mean that Pakistan must enter a wider regional war if an incident occurs.

As for the response Pakistan can give, the country has a substantial range of responses available to it, according to the expert. Pakistan can increase naval escorts or maritime surveillance and defend its vessels against incoming attacks, and in the event of a deliberate attack, retain the option of a limited and proportionate response, Ehsan believes.

In this photo released by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the United Kingdom’s carrier strike group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth (R 08), and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces led by

At the same time, diplomatic channels with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and other regional actors can communicate clearly that Pakistan seeks to protect its commercial shipping, rather than become a party to the wider conflict, he emphasized.

As for solving the problem of Pakistan’s oil reserves being exhausted, the country needs to diversify both the source and the form of its petroleum imports.

“In the immediate term Saudi crude rerouted from Oman could provide an important alternative to disrupted routes, and Pakistan can simultaneously procure crude oil from alternative suppliers in Africa, such as Angola and Libya, or from Central Asia, for example, Malaysia,” Ehsan says.

Larger tankers can serve as temporary floating storage, effectively creating an emergency petroleum reserve offshore, the expert believes.

“I think the immediate policy objective is twofold: number one is to protect Pakistan shipping without being drawn unnecessarily into the regional conflict, and number two is to use the available window to rapidly diversify supply routes, the suppliers, and petroleum inventories,” Ehsan added.

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Houthis Keep Advancing as the Red Sea Crisis Deepens

Daniel Davis / Deep Dive – September 16, 2026

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Iran spent $1 million to wipe out $30 billion in data center plans, and take down Amazon in the ME

Inside China Business | September 16, 2026

“Compute Diplomacy” was a US strategy to dislodge Chinese companies in the Middle East, and compel cooperation with Silicon Valley AI developers. Bahrain and the UAE hosted large Amazon Web Services data centers, and planned a $30 billion, 5-GW Stargate project. But Iran targeted AWS facilities in the earliest days of the war, knocking them offline for months. Cloud Services is Amazon’s primary profit driver, and is a “dual-use” company that serves a wide range of military and commercial clients. The Stargate project in the UAE is now under review, as the managers wrestle with how to protect the facilities from attack by drones and missiles. China’s “Token Outbound” economy is ramping up, and is ironically in the best position of all to benefit from Iran’s attacks on data centers in the Gulf. Closing scene, Zhejiang, near Wenzhou

Resources and links:

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UAE and US Presidents attend the unveiling of Phase 1 of new 5GW AI campus in Abu Dhabi https://ae.usembassy.gov/uae-and-us-p…

National Security Strategy of the United States of America https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content…

Reuters Exclusive: Amazon says AWS’ Bahrain region ‘disrupted’ following drone activity https://insidetelecom.com/reuters-exc…

Amazon’s Business Has Never Looked Stronger. The Cash Flow Tells a Different Story. https://genuineimpact.substack.com/p/…

Amazon cloud unit flags issues at Bahrain, UAE data centers amid Iran strikes https://tribune.com.pk/story/2595367/…

Amazon Data Centers Hit in Iran Strikes, Satellite Images Show https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl…

Iran Appears to Be Blasting Amazon Data Centers Off the Map https://futurism.com/science-energy/i…

Why Gulf data centers became deliberate targets in Iran War https://responsiblestatecraft.org/sau…

UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks, sources say https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-…

UAE revises 5 GW AI project following Iranian strikes https://beninwebtv.com/en/uae-revises…

Is the UAE’s AI Hub Becoming a Target? Semalt’s take: Resilience over scale https://blocs.xtec.cat/pfabreg3/tacre…

China’s “eyes” and Iran’s “fist”: Iran dumped GPS, switched to Beidou, and won the war    • China’s “eyes” and Iran’s “fist”:  Iran du…  

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Tokens are China’s next goldmine https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/20…

September 16, 2026 Posted by | Economics, Video, Wars for Israel | , , , | Comments Off on Iran spent $1 million to wipe out $30 billion in data center plans, and take down Amazon in the ME

Prolonging US-Iran Conflict Not Meeting Interests of Int’l Community – China’s Wang Yi

Sputnik – 16.09.2026

BEIJING – The continuation of the conflict between the United States and Iran does not meet the interests of the two countries or the international community, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Wang Yi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

“The continued prolongation of hostilities between the United States and Iran does not meet the common interests of either the parties to the conflict or the international community,” the Chinese minister was quoted as saying by CCTV.

He also noted that China has been consistent in its policy towards Iran, advocating for justice in the UN Security Council, opposing the use of force and defending the norms of international relations.

On February 28, the United States and Israel launched strikes against targets in Iran, prompting Iranian retaliatory strikes. In mid-June, Iran and the US signed a memorandum on the cessation of hostilities, but hostilities resumed shortly afterward.

The conflict remains unresolved, with hostilities resuming sporadically. Washington, however, has opted to increase economic pressure on the Islamic Republic in an effort to end the conflict by imposing additional financial hardships on Iran.

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Iran & Its Allies Are Threatening Every Route for Saudi Oil

Daniel Davis / Deep Dive – September 15, 2026

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