🇮🇷❌️🇮🇶 Headquarters of MI6/Mossad-backed Kurdish opposition militants in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah governorates in northern Iraq, have again been targeted.

Some other channels are reporting missiles strikes but our money is on the newer versions of Haddid-110 one way attack jet drones.

@SimurghRes

https://t.me/SimurghRes/10421

🇮🇷❌️🇮🇶 Iranian drones have hit their targets.

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Video: https://t.me/SimurghRes/10422

🇮🇷❌️🇮🇶 Flights suspended at Erbil Airport while inbound flights have been redirected to Kirkuk, due to Iranian strikes.

Some other channels are reporting Iranian ballistic missile strikes originating from Tabriz, but our Iranian sources haven't confirmed any launches from the city.

What we can report with a fair degree of certainty are launches of jet attack drones from the vicinity of Kermanshah in Iran.

@SimurghRes

https://t.me/SimurghRes/10424

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 Ballistic missile impacts were reported in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan

Shahed-136 drones also targeted Koya.

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Video: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37117

😌🇱🇧 一 Statement issued by the Public Relations Department of the IRGC:

Two years have passed since that bloody day and that heinous terrorist crime; the day the criminal hand of the satanic Zionist entity kidnapped the "Master of the Resistance"—the standard-bearer of freedom, Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah—from the Islamic Resistance Front, specifically from the heroic Lebanese Hezbollah. However, contrary to the enemy's malicious intentions and expectations, the light of his pure blood has never been extinguished. Rather, it has become a flowing spring of strength and vitality within the body of the Resistance, making him immortal.

@SimurghRes

https://t.me/SimurghRes/10414

Top cleric calls upon all Iraqis to break ‘unjust, inhumane’ US aerial blockade on Iran

The head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, has appealed to all Iraqis to assume their religious responsibilities toward breaking the US aerial blockade on Iran, characterizing any sort of involvement in the siege as “religiously forbidden.”

@PressTV

https://t.me/presstv/208532

—❗️🇮🇷/🇯🇴/🇺🇸 NEW: Explosions are being reported by locals in Irbid, northwestern Jordan

The cause is currently unclear; it could be interceptor activity, Iranian ballistic missiles incoming, or sonic booms from U.S. / Israeli fighter jets.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37119

It seems a single large explosion was heard, the cause is still unknown.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37120

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Eight U.S. Marines were injured in a recent Iranian cruise missile attack against a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz – NBC

According to three U.S. officials, the marines were operating aboard a ‘U.S.-contracted’ vessel, rather than an actual American warship.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37121

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘There is a very reasonable offer on the table. If they reject it for no reason, that’s their own fault.

And although we heard from President Trump that he’s rejecting the deal, we are still waiting for an official response through the mediators.’

@Middle_East_Spectator

Video: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37110

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘We don’t care about the U.S. midterm elections, we don’t care about anything except our national interests.

We are ready to negotiate—as much as we are ready to face any aggression.

We stand firm in the face of any aggression against us, even if it comes to a doomsday war.’

@Middle_East_Spectator

Video: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37111

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘If I’m being very honest, there is no reason for us to engage in diplomacy with the United States at all.

In 2025, they offered us negotiations [on the nuclear program] and we accepted. Then, in the middle of negotiations, we were attacked.

About 8 months later, in February 2026, they offered negotiations a second time, and we once again accepted. As negotiations were ongoing, they attacked us again.

Then, after the war, we engaged in even more diplomacy. We signed an MoU, and they violated it within days. So, there is no real reason for us to go back to diplomacy.

But we are trying diplomacy one last time, because we don’t want to miss any chance for achieving peace.’

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37112

Personally, I find these statements from Araghchi much better then Pezeshkian’s dring his interviews.

🇮🇷🇱🇧| Martyr Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah’s son, during an interview on the occasion of the 2nd martyrdom anniversary of his father, was asked:

• Interviewer: In your view, didn’t Iran betray Hezbollah and Sayyed Hassan?

• Seyyed’s son responded in the best possible way. He said:

“You’re telling me Iran betrayed us? The country that is being attacked because it has been the supporter and helper of these oppressed people, from Palestine to Lebanon, Yemen, and all the free people of the world?

You tell me, “I wish Iran had struck, escaped, and set Israel on fire.” And I tell you: I wish they had completely destroyed them.

But reality is one thing, the battlefield is another, and politics is something else entirely. Politics has its own calculations, while my wishes are something different.”

@FotrosResistancee

Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23990

🇮🇶🇮🇷| One of the Iraqi tribal sheikhs in Basra says he gives the Iraqi government a 48 hours ultimatum to reverse its decision to halt flights to/from Iran.

“If the government does not reverse its decision, we will enter Basra airport and prevent all flights.”

@FotrosResistancee

Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23988

Saudi Arabia commits massacre with attack on market in Yemen’s Taiz

Saudi bombardment of shops at the Taiz Central Market have killed at least seven while wounding dozens more

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68531

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran has targeted 7 ships last night, and 12 other ships the night before, according to Fars News.

This comes amid Trump boldly claims he controls the Strait of Hormoz. However reality tells a different story.

Note: Footage is not from today.

@FotrosResistancee

Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23987

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s IRGC Navy says it has seized a 2nd US large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in the Strait of Hormoz.

The sea drone, a Remus 600 AUV, was captured during its spy mission. Iran disabled it with electronic warfare (EW) and intelligence operations.

@FotrosResistancee

Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23986

⭕️ The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that 2 Palestinians were killed and 11 wounded over the past 24 hours. Since the 11 October 2025 ceasefire, 1,417 Palestinians have been killed, 4,964 wounded, and 834 bodies have been recovered across the Gaza Strip.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68524

Two years since the assassination of late Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah:

On this day in 2024, Israel, backed by the US, used over 80 tons of explosives to assassinate the secretary-general of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, wiping out an entire block in Beirut's southern suburb. But decades of resistance cannot be erased.

A legacy across Lebanon & the region:

• Spearheaded the strategic resistance that ended the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon in May 2000 and established a decisive era of regional deterrence.

• Dedicated decades to the liberation of Palestine through direct military, logistical, political, and strategic coordination, insisting that ending the aggression on Gaza was the central moral imperative for the entire Axis of Resistance.

• Stood as the loudest voice on the world stage to publicly denounce the Saudi-led bombardment and blockade, providing powerful support to the Yemeni people.

• Directly supported regional countries against foreign-backed destabilization, securing crucial supply lines and working towards the sovereignty of the region.

• Built an interconnected front proving that regional security depends on self-reliance, unity, and resisting foreign hegemony.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68533

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: In accordance with the U.S. Treasury Department’s ‘Economic Outcast’, Google imposes sanctions against Iran, making it impossible for Iranians to create new Gmail accounts

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37103

NOTE: Would Scott Bessent kindly like to explain how not making a Gmail account will prevent the IRGC from producing ballistic missiles?

These ‘sanctions’ are clearly just aimed at making ordinary Iranians’ lives as miserable as possible.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37104

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 BREAKING: In the past few hours, the IRGC Navy has begun substantially escalating its targeting of violating vessels in the Strait of Hormuz

Anti-ship cruise missiles and drones were launched at various vessels. Simultaneously, fast-attack boats of the IRGC Navy are engaging hostile tankers with guided rockets, Dushka machine guns, and small arms.

According to reliable reports, at least 3 vessels have been struck so far, and a fourth one has decided to turn around. Some reports even mention that up to 6 vessels were struck (unconfirmed).

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37091

More than 10+ anti-ship cruise missiles have been launched so far tonight.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37092

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: At least some of the missiles fired tonight into the Strait of Hormuz carried naval mines

Iran is once again laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, this time apparently in the illegal Omani route.

It is unclear how many of such mines were launched by Iran, and if their deployment was successful.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37093

🇮🇷| Ships in the Strait of Hormoz are emailing Iran and apologising for transiting through the unauthorised routes and blame the Charterer for forcing them to take the route.

The email has some white “redacted” parts containing names etc.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23984

Iraq oil exports recover amid sales of discounted oil to Israel-linked firm

Vitol, a major supplier of oil to Israel, purchased 25 million barrels of Iraqi crude in September at discounts possibly as large as 20 percent

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68537

❗️Israeli occupation forces impose weeklong lockdown on occupied West Bank

Israel has imposed a weeklong comprehensive closure across the occupied West Bank, shutting crossings into the territory until 3 October, according to WAFA.

Israeli officials said the measure coincides with the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, while the restrictions include tighter military measures at checkpoints and barriers, further limiting Palestinians' movement and access to holy sites.

According to WAFA, Israeli occupation forces have already tightened restrictions around Ramallah and Al-Bireh, closed multiple roads and entrances, and intensified military checkpoints in several towns, including Turmus Ayya, Aboud, Nabi Saleh, Atara, Taybeh, Yabroud, Ein Sinya, and Jaba', where vehicles are being searched and Palestinians' IDs checked.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68526

Israeli strikes pound south Lebanon after Hezbollah drone targets occupation forces

The escalation coincides with the two-year anniversary of Israel’s assassination of late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68527

Israeli finance minister calls for genocidal war on West Bank, annexation of south Lebanon

Ahead of October's Knesset elections, Bezalel Smotrich called on Israel to do in the occupied Palestinian West Bank what it 'did in Gaza'

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68535

—❗️🇺🇸/🇬🇧/🇮🇷 BREAKING: British police have declared a ‘major incident’ at RAF Fairford, the most important U.S. Air Force base in the United Kingdom

Bomb disposal units have been deployed throughout the base and in the nearby town of Whelford. Five unidentified men have been arrested under the UK’s Explosives Act.

The base is home to American strategic bombers, including the B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress, and has served as a key hub for long-range bombing missions against Iran in recent months.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Images: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37100?single

—❗️🇬🇧/🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Three vans in the town of Whelford, next to RAF Fairford, were found to have barrels full of improvised explosives

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37101

— 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 NEW: When a local civilian attempted to report three suspicious vans to RAF Fairford airbase police, ‘they didn’t answer the phone’

So the case was referred to the normal police instead.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Image: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37106

— 🇬🇧/🇺🇸 NEW: Aerial footage shows the proximity of the three explosive vans to the RAF Fairford airbase housing U.S. strategic bombers

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Image: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37107

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🇮🇶🦵🇺🇸 The US military withdrawal from Iraq is continuing through the border with Jordan.

@SimurghRes

Videos: https://t.me/SimurghRes/10206?single

BREAKING: France's fuel shortage is surging, with 16% of the country's stations now out of petrol or diesel, one in six, up from 11% on Saturday, and 18% in Île-de-France around Paris, per government figures published this morning.

Pays de la Loire is at 20%, Grand Est at 19%, and Centre-Val de Loire and Normandie at 18%, with every region except Corsica above 13%. The official count only registers a station as short if it has no petrol at all or no diesel at all, so the real shortage is much larger.

French diesel now averages €2.42 a litre, about $10.52 a gallon, a new all-time high. Petrol is also above its previous peaks.

Europe’s worst-ever energy crisis is getting worse.

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2102043224047038510

So the US escalation against the Houthis as well as against Iran didn't materialize over night by the looks of it. I'd say this is good news despite everything, if we currently are at a point where intervention is too costly that will hopefully continue until and and after midterms.

Do you guys think the US november election will have much of an impact? I personally think the theories of "Trump is showing restraint because of midterms, after those he will escalate again" seems counter to how he would operate.

🇺🇸🇦🇺🇨🇳🇭🇰⚡️ — BREAKING: China is in possession of sensitive F-35 stealth fighter components after a UPS shipment from Australia to the U.S. was unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong, according to Bloomberg.

The shipment contained a cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door from an Australian F-35, which were being sent to the U.S. in late May for inspection and possible repair or disposal.

The Pentagon says it is working to recover the components.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37012

NATO Secretary: 5,000 NATO aircraft supported the operation "Epic Fury" against Iran.

**And still failed??? So Iran has in fact single handedly won a world war.

@SimurghRes

Video: https://t.me/SimurghRes/10306

Got a chuckle out of me.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸— The Pentagon quietly added 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines to the Iran war casualty count.

**The only way USN sailors could have been injured is if the unconfirmed local fishermen eyewitness reports of a successful Iranian ASM strike on a US destroyer are correct.

@SimurghRes

https://t.me/SimurghRes/10346

— 🇮🇷/🇺🇳/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, has arrived in New York for the UNGA

@Middle_East_Spectator

Video: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/36958

🇮🇷🇺🇸| Former IRGC Chief, General Safavi:

“We have 10 million trained Basij forces who can protect every region in Iran during a ground attack.”

@FotrosResistancee

Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23911

🇮🇷🇺🇸🇦🇪🇶🇦| General Safavi:

“The US will eventually leave the region. We will remain, and so will the Arab countries.

Our goal is to permanently remove the threat to the Iranian people and to ensure lasting security for the region without the presence of the US. We have no intention of expanding our territory or overthrowing governments in Arab countries.

We can even provide their security.”

@FotrosResistancee

Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23912

🇮🇷🇨🇳🇷🇺| General Safavi:

“Russia & China, alongside their political support, are also helping Iran in other areas, albeit to a limited extent.”

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23913

❗️Araghchi urges Europe to abandon its destructive approach towards Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on European governments to abandon their "destructive and irresponsible" approach towards Iran and regional developments during a meeting with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

According to a statement from Araghchi's office, the two ministers discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments.

Araghchi attributed insecurity in the region and the Strait of Hormuz to "military aggression" by the US and Israel, with the support and complicity of some European governments, which he said had inflicted significant damage on Iran, the region and the world.

Araghchi said lasting regional security depends on ending the Israeli occupation and realizing the Palestinian people's legitimate rights, particularly their right to self-determination.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia/68436

🇮🇷❌️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇮🇶 Iranian Armed Forces have reportedly again pummelled the CIA/MI6/Mossad-backed terrorist elements who conduct attacks against Iran from the lawless regions of Iraq.

Numerous casualties have been reported following the strikes on the positions of anti-Iranian separatist groups in Erbil, Iraq.

@SimurghRes

https://t.me/SimurghRes/10274

🇮🇷❌️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇮🇶 Another Shahed-136 UAV strike just hit in Soran, Erbil Governorate, Iraq's lawless Kurdistan region.

Baghdad has next to no control over the region, allowing dozens of Western & Zionist-backed terrorist outfits to operate against Iran from Iraqi soil.

@SimurghRes

https://t.me/SimurghRes/10275

—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Ansarallah have captured Jabal Rasin (Rasin Mountain), a strategic position just 15km west of Al-Turbah, a major town on the Taizz–Aden road

If Ansarallah forces push through to Al-Turbah, the last remaining road into Taizz will be cut off & the city will be officially encircled.

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/36939