Pakistani officials have confirmed that trade has stopped at the Taftan and Gabd–Rimdan crossings with Iran, citing security; more than 2,000 containers are stuck at the border.
On Sunday, 18 October, the Islamic Republic's parliament gave a vote of confidence with 237 votes in favour to Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi, a sanctioned missile industry executive, as defence minister.
Majed al-Ansari, spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Ministry, called the Islamic Republic's attack on the Gulf states a political decision taken at the highest level of the government and born of desperation.
Branch 1 of the Izeh Revolutionary Court sentenced 19 residents of Bahmai to two years in prison each for attending the memorial ceremony of Hossein Pooshe, one of the fallen of the January uprising.
On Sunday, 18 October, the Islamic Republic's parliament reviews the qualifications of Mehrdad Akhlaghi, the nominee for defence minister and a sanctioned missile programme executive, to succeed Aziz Nasirzadeh.
Under a deal with Saudi Arabia, the UAE resumes payments to anti-Houthi forces in southern Yemen while Riyadh provides air cover; a step against the advance of the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington agrees with Britain's assessment that the Islamic Republic was involved in the plot to attack Fairford air base.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations said a tugboat northeast of Khor Fakkan, UAE, was hit by two unidentified projectiles on Sunday, 18 October; one person was injured.
Benjamin Netanyahu said the Islamic Republic is building intercontinental ballistic missiles to reach American soil and wants to fit them with a nuclear warhead.
In the early hours of Sunday, 18 October, the Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles from the Houthis, allies of the Islamic Republic, and a drone heading for Riyadh.
On Saturday, 17 October, the IRGC claimed a second supertanker in a single day had hit a mine and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz; the ships have not been named and no independent source has confirmed it.
Israel's defence minister Yisrael Katz said the job with the Islamic Republic is not finished and Israel is ready to resume attacks with full force, this time targeting energy facilities.
US Vice President JD Vance said Washington wants a long-term, verifiable commitment from the Islamic Republic not to rebuild its nuclear programme.
A CENTCOM spokesman said 97% of ships passed safely through the Strait of Hormuz; since 14 July, in enforcing the naval blockade, the US has rerouted 138 vessels.
Compatriots inside Iran have asked Iranians abroad to be their voice in Frankfurt on 7 November, when the Freedom Prize is awarded to Prince Reza Pahlavi.
Saeed Ghasseminejad, director of the Iran Prosperity Project, announced in a message that cooperation with Iranian experts is being expanded to plan for the transition period and the rebuilding of Iran.
On Saturday, 17 October, Tehran's governor announced a drop of 7,000 pupils in the city's schools and named economic pressure on families among the causes.
Milad Darvishi, 31, father of a four-year-old girl, was executed in Arak prison on Wednesday, 14 October, on drug-related charges; the authorities did not announce the execution.
On Saturday, 17 October, the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry called the halt in border exchanges with Pakistan "temporary"; exporters report banking problems caused by sanctions.
Two IRGC drones targeted the Komala group's base in Balisan, in Erbil province of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, on the evening of Saturday, 17 October; the attack caused no casualties.
