Marco Rubio:

We are not closing CNN. There aren’t a bunch of police officers or soldiers kicking down the doors of MSNBC and arresting people.

They’re just not allowed to work from the White House.

IRGC spokesman to the Qatari Al-Arab channel:

"We do not act randomly, and the claim that we act without instructions from above is not true. We predicted that an American attack from the base in Jordan was inevitable, so we attacked it. We do not aspire to war with the Gulf countries, and we call for unity and cooperation in the region."

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to NBC, said Washington is open to an Iran meeting at the UN. Trump, in his words, is open to meeting with anybody. On a sit down between Trump and the Iranian president, Rubio said he does not believe anything is scheduled.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

The central issue here is Iran is run by lunatic clerics that have a very radical view of their religion and an apocalyptic view of their religion.

These people can never have nuclear weapons.

Marco Rubio on the oil markets:

"Houthis attacked a Saudi pipeline, and the Saudis had to shut down that pipeline. There's still oil in the system, but the markets are reacting to the expectation that there will not be as much Saudi oil in the future."

Marco Rubio:

"Over the last few months, on a number of occasions, American-linked ships have been targeted, probably not deliberately, but targeted nonetheless by Ukraine.

We can't have that happen. That needs to be addressed."

Marco Rubio on Iran:

"The Biden administration desperately wanted a deal with Iran, and they spent four years capitulating, trying to get a deal on Iran, and they couldn't get one."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on NATO allies who blocked U.S. use of their overseas military bases during the Iran conflict:

"If that's going to be denied to us, then we've lost the biggest reason for us to be in NATO."

Marco Rubio on Greenland:

"Multiple American presidents understood the geographic importance of Greenland. Trump is the first president that actually has done something about it."

Al-Wazi'iyah in Taiz Governorate, Yemen. Footage shows Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) airstrikes on the area.

A Pezeshkian Trump meeting is off the table and no formal agreement exists. Still, the Iranian delegation now in New York for the UN General Assembly has been cleared with full authority to revive diplomacy with Washington, a senior Iranian official confirmed to Reuters.

Axios Report: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asked the United States for protection during the UN General Assembly. After assessing the threats against him, the State Department agreed to assign him Diplomatic Security Service agents.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a meeting with Italy's Foreign Minister.

No meeting has been put on the schedule. Still, Trump has floated the idea with his advisers of meeting Iranian officials who will be in New York for the UN General Assembly, conditioning it on whether "the conditions are right."

A U.S. official, to CNN.

Near the front line in Donetsk, dozens of Ukrainian FPV drones sit staged and ready for use. The footage comes from a Russian drone operator filming overhead.

With U.S. sanctions on Iran tightening, Iraq's Foreign Ministry has instructed the Transportation Ministry to end all assistance provided to Iranian aircraft at Iraqi airports.

An Iraqi official disclosed the directive to Al Jazeera.

12 x U.S. F-16Cs from Oklahoma’s 138th Fighter Wing departed Germany for the Middle East today.

Via @DefenceGeek

UN Secretary-General Guterres:

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, five major Western oil companies have pocketed nearly half a trillion dollars in profits.

Compare that with just $34 billion in international public adaptation finance for developing countries in the latest year reported.

Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon:

"I would advise Mayor Mamdani to focus on the problems of the city of New York and stop promoting anti-Semitism, stop supporting Hamas, and stop engaging with the Iranian regime."

UN Secretary-General Guterres:

"Violence, displacement and settlement expansion by Israel in the occupied 'West Bank' are bulldozing the path to peace and raising the spectre of ethnic cleansing."

Trump to CNN at the UNGA:

I’m surprised CNN is here covering me. You shouldn’t be here.

You said you weren’t going to cover me. You shouldn’t be covering me.