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Day 191 of the WarSunday, September 6, 2026

Day 191 — The Kylo Sinks as Rezaei Threatens a Hormuz 'No-Go Zone' and Trump Answers: 'Bye Bye Kharg'

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A 'No-Go Zone' and 'Bye Bye Kharg' — Tehran and Trump Trade Threats

  • Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said Iran will declare a 'no-go zone' outside Hormuz and blacklist ships entering it, vowing to 'grab them by the collar'; Tehran has not yet decided to sink escorted tankers due to pollution risk, he added.source
  • Minutes after Rezaei's remarks, Trump posted a two-word reply — 'Bye bye Kharg' — aimed at Iran's main oil export hub, and later repeated the threat while claiming Iran's oil exports have dropped to zero, per LiveIranNews and Iran International.source
  • Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf declared the era of 'proportional responses' over, promising a 'faster, heavier and more painful' reply to any aggression, and warned against statements that weaken 'internal cohesion,' per RadioFarda.source
  • Parliament's national security commission approved Article 9 of a Hormuz 'strategic action plan' banning passage of vessels or cargo linked to countries, people or institutions that sanction Iran or take 'hostile action' against it, Iran International reports.source

Pricier Fuel, Harsh Sentences — and Gunfire Near Zahedan

  • Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani announced the third-tier gasoline price will rise to 10,000 tomans per liter from dawn on 17 Shahrivar (September 8), while the subsidized quotas stay unchanged, Iran International reports.source
  • LiveIranNews reports 12 Sabzevar residents detained during the Lion and Sun uprising were jointly sentenced to a total of 18 years of suspended prison and 1.8 billion tomans in fines, upheld on appeal; among them is 17-year-old Nazanin-Zahra Mousavi.source
  • IranWire reports sisters Fery and Roya Samani of Mahabad were formally charged with 'propaganda against the regime' over alleged membership in a Telegram group, a claim by IRGC intelligence for which no evidence has been presented.source
  • Unidentified gunmen killed Abolfazl A'udi and Keyvan Ramrudi, members of the 'Shahid Mirhosseini Operational Headquarters,' in the Korin area of Zahedan county; the Halvash site identifies them as IRGC security personnel, Iran International reports.source

The Kylo Goes Down — and a Phantom Hit on a U.S. Drone Boat

Gulf & Naval
  • CENTCOM says the tanker M/T Kylo sank in the Gulf of Oman and 'joined Iran's navy at the bottom of the sea,' crediting the precision of American service members, per Open Source Intel.source
  • The IRGC Navy claimed it targeted a remotely operated U.S. vessel trying to enter the 'protected area' of Hormuz; CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins told the Associated Press the claim is 'completely false,' Iran International reports.source
  • As an F-35A patrols regional waters, CENTCOM says U.S. forces enforcing the blockade have now redirected 92 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two as of September 6.source
  • A maritime information center reports that no tanker crossed Hormuz without U.S. assistance from September 3 to 5, against 59 U.S.-assisted passages; it rates the threat 'severe,' citing IRGC drone flights and radio calls steering ships to the Iranian-controlled northern route.source

Who Is Winning Hormuz? — Oil Flows, Secret Minesweepers and a 'Deadly Stalemate'

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  • The New York Times, citing TankerTrackers, says 6.7 million barrels a day crossed Hormuz in the week to Thursday — nearly 60% below pre-war levels — and counts at least 23 ships struck in Iranian attacks, Iran International reports.source
  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN the U.S. Navy is 'winning this fight,' putting Hormuz flows above 9 million barrels a day and, with bypass pipelines, at two-thirds or more of pre-conflict levels, per Iran International.source
  • The Financial Times reveals a secret four-month U.S. Navy mine-clearing operation in Hormuz, run mostly at night with small diver teams, unmanned vessels and advanced sonar; analyst Farzin Nadimi says traffic data suggests it has succeeded, per LiveIranNews and Iran International.source
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News perhaps only about 30 million barrels of Iranian crude remain that China has not yet bought, and that the blockade plus sanctions will 'economically strangle' the regime, Iran International reports.source

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