Hossein Shariatmadari questioned in Kayhan the role of parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf in negotiations with the US, a new sign of the rift inside the Islamic Republic.
The Islamic Republic has announced the allocation of more than 110 hectares of land in the port of Chabahar to Afghanistan, a decision that has raised questions about its economic, legal and security dimensions.
The Panama-flagged tanker On Peace was hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz off Oman on Tuesday, 6 October; 12 of its 19 crew were injured and India condemned the attack.
On Tuesday, 6 October, CENTCOM called false the Islamic Republic's state media claim that a US Navy MH-60R helicopter had crashed in the Red Sea.
On 6 October, UK counter-terrorism police arrested a 22-year-old man in London in the case of RAF Fairford, the air base that US bombers have left.
Reza Talaei-Nik, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's defence ministry, claimed on 6 October that arms production capacity is 2.5 times pre-war levels and warned the US and Israel against a new attack.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in Islamabad on Tuesday, 6 October, urged the US and the Islamic Republic to end the war, return to diplomacy and restore freedom of navigation.
A British prosecutor told a London court that three Iranian men spied on Iran International journalists for the Islamic Republic's intelligence service so that they could be attacked.
An Islamic Republic diplomat at the UN General Assembly's Third Committee warned Bahrain that Tehran will respond if its territory or airspace is used again to attack Iran.
According to Iran International, Germany's domestic intelligence agency says the Islamic Republic is covertly buying CNC machines, carbon fibre and explosion-proof motors in Germany to rebuild its missile capability.
The judiciary spokesman announced on 6 October that Mohammad-Bagher Kharrazi, a hardline cleric who had called for replacing the Islamic Republic, was released on bail after a month in detention.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on 5 October that in 12 weeks of the naval blockade of Iran it had destroyed 13 commercial vessels and forced 130 ships to change course.
At a rally in Nebraska, Donald Trump said the war with the Islamic Republic will end soon and even called an attack on Los Angeles and San Diego a small price, remarks that drew a sharp response from Democrats.
Ali Fadavi, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said his wife founded the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, which was struck on the first day of the war.
Donald Trump said on Monday, 5 October, that he personally holds the Islamic Republic responsible for the attack on the flydubai flight, while JD Vance and Israeli officials say there is no conclusive evidence.
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Islamic Republic’s president, said on Monday, 5 October, in a meeting with Armenia’s foreign minister that negotiating with the US is meaningless and that Washington’s aim is to topple the regime.
After the execution of two Dey uprising protesters in Isfahan, the office of Prince Reza Pahlavi said these state killings will not go unanswered and that all those responsible, from those who ordered them to the judges and executioners, will be tried in fair courts. In response, Mizan news agency called his account a "lie".
On Monday, 5 October 2026, Masoud Pezeshkian put forward Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi to parliament as defence minister. Akhlaghi, a former head of the Defence Ministry's Aerospace Industries Organisation, is on US, EU and UN sanctions lists for his role in the ballistic missile programme.
Ali Abdollahi, chief of staff of the Islamic Republic's armed forces, warned on Monday, 5 October, that the fire of any new war against Iran would engulf everyone; meanwhile the newspaper Israel Hayom reported that the Israeli military is preparing for an operation against the Islamic Republic independent of the United States.
Gunmen attacked a police patrol on the Bampur–Iranshahr road in Sistan and Baluchestan on Monday morning, 5 October; two officers were killed and one person was wounded. A group called the "Popular Fighters Front" has claimed responsibility for the attack.
