Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji, at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Iraq, called on the Islamic Republic to stop sending weapons and money to Hezbollah and interfering in Lebanon's affairs.
Mehrdad Akhlaghi, a sanctioned missile executive, threatened US forces after parliament's vote of confidence in the defence ministry; Mohsen Rezaei also spoke of a "more devastating" response.
Abbas Araghchi, the Islamic Republic's foreign minister, said in Baghdad on Sunday that reopening the Strait of Hormuz in six days depends on the United States accepting Tehran's conditions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Islamic Republic will soon have to choose between giving up its nuclear program at the negotiating table or facing US military action.
European officials say the Islamic Republic has used small submarines to deliver weapons to the Houthis in Yemen after its usual sea routes were disrupted.
Prince Reza Pahlavi will speak on the Middle East to officers and generals at Belgium's Royal Military Academy on Friday, 6 November, at the invitation of Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken.
Satellite images from 7 October show the tunnel entrances of Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz are still blocked with earth; centrifuges are said to have been moved to the site.
On Saturday, 17 October, after its claim that a supertanker hit a mine, the IRGC Navy declared the Strait of Hormuz "closed"; CENTCOM says the strait remains open.
