Bab al-Mandab battle: Trump watches on

Saudi Arabia has asked Trump to intervene as Yemeni forces advance on Bab al-Mandab, but Washington is staying out. With ammunition stocks depleted and the Iran front prioritized, opening a new front is too costly. Analysts say Trump is also punishing Riyadh for refusing to join the Iran war—and letting oil prices rise to pressure the world.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530063/Bal-al-Mandab-battle-Trump-watches-on

Newly discovered 'Sasanian' rock engravings depict mountain goat, horses in southern Iran

Needle-engraved rock art dating to the Sasanian period (224–651 CE) has been found on the Marvdasht Plain in southern Iran. The 5x4 cm image of a seated mountain goat was made using a scratching technique. Researchers say the goat symbolized "Farr-e Izadi" (divine glory), while horses represented royal legitimacy, military power, and ritual.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530050/Newly-discovered-Sasanian-rock-engravings-depict-mountain-goat

Tehran, Tashkent discuss ways to expand tourism ties

Iran and Uzbekistan have outlined 10 areas for tourism cooperation, including direct private-sector links, easing visas, and establishing direct flights. Iran's tourism minister invited Uzbek officials to visit and proposed a joint technical committee for restoring historic buildings and reviving Silk Road identity. Uzbekistan hosted 11 million tourists last year, including 23,000 Iranians.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530053/Tehran-Tashkent-discuss-ways-to-expand-tourism-ties

Pakistan: Mecca Pact won't affect relations with Iran

🔹Pakistan Army spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the "Mecca Pact" with Saudi Arabia and Turkey is purely defensive and is not expected to affect relations with Iran.

🔹He described it as a "joint defense shield" aimed at peace, stability, and regional security—not aggression.

🔹He added the pact won't complicate Pakistan's ties with Iran or affect its strategic relations with China, and confirmed operational details would not be made public.

War on Iran the greatest error in US history

A US commentator argues the war on Iran may be the greatest strategic mistake in American history—and that its failure could hasten the end of the US "empire." He laments campus apathy compared to the 1970s, describes Washington as a kakistocracy captured by Zionist lobbies, and doubts Democrats offer real change. He sees slow-growing public awareness as the only hope.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530061/War-on-Iran-the-greatest-error-in-U-S-history

Foreign Ministers Abbas Araghchi and Wang Yi met in Beijing on Wednesday for official talks

Gen. Heidari: Iran's Armed Forces are the ones directing the battlefield

🔹Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari, Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, stated: "If the defender can prevent the aggressor from reaching its predetermined goals at the time and place it chose, the defender is victorious."

🔹"By this scientific definition, Iran's Armed Forces are today the victors of the battlefield," he concluded.

China FM: We support Iran-Gulf states dialogue, urge efforts to reopen Hormuz

🔹Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, meeting with Iran's FM Abbas Araghchi in Beijing, called on all parties to take effective measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

🔹"We support dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty and security between Iran and Persian Gulf countries," Wang Yi said.

🔹He also expressed hope that regional tensions would not further expand toward Yemen and the Red Sea.

Yemen: We targeted Aramco and Khamis Mushait base

🔹Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for Yemen's Armed Forces, announced that Yemeni forces targeted Aramco facilities in Yanbu with dozens of missiles and drones, and Khamis Mushait Air Base with a ballistic missile.

IRGC spox: Hollywood-style narratives cannot change battlefield realities

🔹IRGC Spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi dismissed US media accounts of a pilot rescue in Iran as "Hollywood-style narratives," saying America repeatedly resorts to cinematic stories to compensate for its defeats.

🔹"Since the war began, the US president has repeatedly won in his imagination and on social media," Mohebbi said, adding that Americans piece together footage from unrelated incidents to fabricate such scenes.

🔹He noted that alongside the rescue account, images showed pieces of a targeted F-15 being collected in a wheelbarrow.

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Ali Al-Taher: Why Netanyahu needed a closure

Israel's weeks-long focus on Ali al-Taher Hill served as a distraction from its devastation of Mansoury and other southern Lebanese towns, analysts say. Netanyahu declared "operational control" on September 3, then blasted the hill on September 10—a manufactured victory to boost his election standing against Gadi Eisenkot, and to justify pulling back to a 3 km occupied zone.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530060/Ali-Al-Taher-why-Netanyahu-needed-a-closure

SNSC chief: People's 200-night epic will endure in history

🔹SNSC Secretary Major General Mohsen Rezaei, marking the 200th consecutive day of public demonstrations, said these nights were "a historic opportunity to heal wounds from two centuries of Iran's memory."

🔹"A nation that once witnessed occupation showed this time it will not allow that history to repeat," he said.

🔹Rezaei stressed Iran's greatest security asset is a people who, in moments of danger, think of nothing but the homeland.

🔹"On this 200th day, we bow in respect before the Iranian nation," he concluded.

Iranian journalists discuss ties between cinema, city in Tehran gathering

Marking Iran's Cinema Day, journalists gathered at Tehran's City Journalists' House to explore the relationship between film, the city, and society. They shared experiences covering cinema, discussed urban management's role in supporting film production, and highlighted journalists' role as intermediaries between filmmakers, authorities, and the public.

https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/530036/Iranian-journalists-discuss-ties-between-cinema-city-in-Tehran

Yemen downs advanced Saudi Wing Loong II drone over Marib

🔹Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that air defenses destroyed a Saudi reconnaissance and armed drone over Marib province.

🔹The unmanned aircraft, identified as Wing Loong II, was conducting hostile operations when it was targeted by Yemeni air defenses.