Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot has taken a cautious position on the proposal to invite Prince Reza Pahlavi to the country's Chamber of Representatives.
The death toll from the missile attack by the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, on the al-Alam camp in Shabwa, Yemen, has risen to 73; all the victims were aged 18 to 20.
Iran Human Rights warned that more than 200 prisoners at Ghezel Hesar prison in Karaj have been transferred to other prisons so that their death sentences can be carried out.
The US says the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is not paying its forces; the Islamic Republic denies economic collapse, but Pezeshkian admitted fundamental problems caused by the blockade.
Goods trade at the Taftan and Gabd-Rimdan border crossings between Iran and Pakistan has stopped, leaving trucks and cargo on both sides of the border in limbo.
Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday, 20 October; the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry spokesman said a resumption of the war cannot be ruled out.
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed the deployment of Typhoon jets to defend Saudi skies against attacks by the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic.
At least 58 workers died in workplace accidents in Iran between 23 September and 17 October 2026; falls from height and mine collapses top the causes.
On Tuesday 20 October, Qatar's foreign ministry urged the Islamic Republic to stop its "irresponsible" attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and warned about the threat to internet cables.
The secret meeting between Pete Hegseth and Benjamin Netanyahu at Ovda air base was attended by UAE officials and dealt with options for confronting the Islamic Republic.
Iran Air's chief executive said 30 to 40 of Iran's operational aircraft were destroyed in the war and another 70 to 80 were targeted, a figure far higher than earlier official statistics.
The first court session of Navid Zarrebin Irani, a photographer and Baha'i citizen of Mashhad, was held at Branch 1 of the Mashhad Revolutionary Court after more than 9 months in detention.
The jury of the Tehran press court found Gholamhossein Karbaschi, managing director of the Hammihan newspaper, guilty over three pieces on the crackdown on the January uprising and did not consider him deserving of a reduced sentence.
Taraneh and Romina Rahimi, two imprisoned sisters from Isfahan sentenced to death and prison over the Dey uprising, have made the three-finalist shortlist for the 2026 Sakharov Prize.
DIAR analysis: Lavrov's trip to Tehran recalls the old pattern of relations with Russia: conditional support for allies, and abandoning them when Moscow's interests demand it.
Brent crude stayed near $110 on Tuesday, 20 October; Islamic Republic officials have said attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz are meant to hurt Trump before the election.
Donald Trump said at a rally in Wichita, Kansas, that the Islamic Republic has killed at least 75,000 protesters in the past eight months, and that people under machine-gun fire cannot come out into the streets.
Tether's CEO claimed that blocking wallets has cut the volume of stablecoin transactions linked to the Islamic Republic by 94 percent, a response to a report by the US Senate.
At a campaign rally in Kansas, Donald Trump said NATO allies said "no" to America's request for help in the war with the Islamic Republic, and that this will not be forgotten.
Citizens of Bandar Abbas reported two waves of powerful explosions at around 4:10 am on Tuesday, 20 October; the Islamic Republic has so far given no explanation.
