Barack Obama said in Ohio on Saturday, 24 October, that Donald Trump's war with the Islamic Republic was unnecessary and that Tehran now effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan reopened the Gabd-Rimdan border crossing with Iran on Saturday, 24 October, after a week-long suspension of trade; the Taftan crossing remains in limbo.
Two officials of the Islamic Republic, including an IRGC member, said Tehran's target list will expand to US diplomats and staff; the US has prepared a new strike option.
An IRGC-affiliated news agency called the offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the blockade a "lie"; the Islamic Republic's ambassador in Islamabad had publicly confirmed it.
Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot rejected a call to recognise Prince Reza Pahlavi, saying the decision on Iran's leadership rests only with the Iranian people.
Prince Reza Pahlavi's media office released a video of the birthday celebration of Akbar Hamzeh-Hosseini, an athlete shot dead in Fardis during the Dey uprising.
Prince Reza Pahlavi's media office on Friday 23 October released a video of Javidan Guard members writing slogans and messages in Iran's streets with the slogan "Long live the Shah".
DIAR analysis: reports of Iraqi militias taking part in crushing the Dey uprising show the Islamic Republic's proxy network is used against Iranians as much as in the region.
David Barnea, former head of Mossad, says some of the people the Islamic Republic executed on charges of spying for Mossad had no connection to the agency.
After voting early in Florida, Donald Trump said he will either have to finish off the Islamic Republic or Tehran will make a deal; a strike is on the table from Sunday.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, parliament speaker and head of the Islamic Republic's negotiating team, will not attend the BRICS speakers' meeting in New Delhi due to "certain unforeseen circumstances".
Reza Amiri Moghadam, the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Pakistan, said Tehran has signalled via Islamabad it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifts its naval blockade.
Iraqi officials suspect Israel hit two depots of Chinese shoulder-fired air defence systems that the Islamic Republic had recently handed to Iraqi militias.
Islamic Republic media reported a meeting between Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei and Mojtaba Khamenei, but again no photo, video or audio of the Islamic Republic's leader was released.
With the Taftan and Rimdan crossings still closed, Pakistan said it abides by all sanctions; Iraq and Turkey have also restricted the flow of goods across Iran's land borders.
US officials say Donald Trump is leaning toward resuming military operations against the Islamic Republic; strikes on nuclear sites and seizing islands are among the options.
The uncle of Ilya Benrashid, the protester from Shahin Shahr sentenced to death, says IRGC Intelligence built the case after he was released on bail and that he was denied the right to choose his own lawyer.
After the US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic, the US government asked SpaceX to activate Starlink in Iran so that protesters would have access to the internet.
In a message to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, which is awarding the 2026 Freedom Prize, activists inside Iran said Prince Reza Pahlavi is the voice of the people of Iran.
China's representative at the UN General Assembly, citing the expiry of Resolution 2231, called for an end to the review of the Islamic Republic's nuclear file at the Security Council and the IAEA.
