At a campaign rally in Ohio, Donald Trump said the US may have gone too far in targeting the Islamic Republic's leaders, because it no longer knows who it is dealing with.
Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri, head of the National Center for Cyberspace, said on Tuesday 13 October that systems to detect and cut off Starlink are ready and were used in the December–January uprising.
In non-public messages, some Islamic Republic officials have said that if the United States resumes attacks, Tehran may send forces into neighbouring countries and target Saudi oil facilities.
In a letter to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, 1,700 Iranian doctors and specialists backed awarding the 2026 Freedom Prize to the people of Iran and its receipt by Prince Reza Pahlavi.
UKMTO warnings show that twelve commercial ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf between 5 and 11 October; ship traffic has fallen to about one-fifth.
On the eve of 14 October, the birthday of Empress Farah Pahlavi, 27 political prisoners inside Iran and the Organization of Iranian Women sent her greetings in separate messages and spoke of a free Iran.
The video of Prince Reza Pahlavi's speech at the Cyrus the Great 2 conference in Toronto has been released; he spoke of a phase of active defections within the Islamic Republic's structure and of opposition networks inside Iran.
Prince Reza Pahlavi called the Houthi attack on Riyadh's King Khalid Airport fresh proof that the Islamic Republic never seeks peace, and offered his condolences to the people of Saudi Arabia.
On Monday, 12 October, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted targeting a third supertanker in two days in the Strait of Hormuz and called ships with their navigation systems switched off "hostile".
In a joint statement, the United States and 28 other countries endorsed Britain's assessment that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps directed the plot against RAF Fairford, and condemned the Islamic Republic's actions beyond its borders.
Islamic Republic officials have said the internet may be cut again and schools closed if the war resumes; a deputy communications minister even spoke of power cuts.
Marco Rubio's reference to Xerxes' campaign against Athens gave Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf a chance to defend ancient Iran, a heritage Ali Khamenei had earlier belittled.
Hossein Shariatmadari, managing director of Kayhan, on Monday 12 October called attacks on fibre-optic cables in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz a right of the Islamic Republic and defended Mohsen Rezaei's threat.
Tehran's Enghelab Club and the national sports complex were closed under the pretext of "enforcing Sharia norms" and compulsory hijab; Enghelab Club announced it is open again from Monday 12 October.
Abbas Araghchi, the Islamic Republic's foreign minister, spoke by phone with Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday 11 October after the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and offered to mediate.
Reports say the IRGC tested more than 30 ballistic missiles in Iran's skies; Mohsen Rezaei threatened the region's data and artificial intelligence centres.
The tanker Petro Dolphin was hit by a drone attack on Sunday, 11 October, at the anchorage of Oman's Sohar port; two of its 11 Indian crew members are missing.
Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Islamic Republic's Supreme National Security Council, called Washington's response to Tehran's seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz "insufficient".
UKMTO said a tanker leaving the Strait of Hormuz was hit by an unidentified projectile on Sunday, 11 October; the hull was damaged and the crew are safe.
UKMTO said an outbound tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was hit by an unknown projectile and caught fire; the IRGC had earlier claimed that a supertanker struck a mine.
