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Day 193 of the WarTuesday, September 8, 2026

Day 193 — CENTCOM Destroys Five More Iranian Tankers as the IRGC Orders Crews Off Ships in Kuwait and Bahrain

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Riot Police at the Pumps as the Mahsa Anniversary Nears

  • As the third-tier gasoline price hit 10,000 tomans per liter, Iran International viewers reported long queues and a heavy presence of special units, police and Basij around fuel stations in Tehran, Karaj, Shiraz, Mashhad, Birjand and Khomein; one citizen on video called the government liars.source
  • A citizen's video shows posters commemorating Mahsa Amini put up in the streets and around the cemetery in Saqqez, inviting people to join the 'White Balloons' campaign: 'Her blood was not shed in vain... Woman, Life, Freedom,' per Iran International.source
  • Reza Pahlavi urged Iranian psychologists and therapists to offer immediate, confidential support to families of those killed, as Masih Alinejad warned that two grieving relatives of January uprising victims died by suicide within a single week.source
  • State media say Abdolraouf Eshaghi, an IRGC member commanding a Basij district in Parud, Rask county, was shot dead by 'unknown individuals'; no group has claimed this or the earlier Korin attack near Zahedan, per RadioFarda.source

A Lost Drone Sub — the IRGC Parades an Anduril Dive-LD

US / Coalition
  • The IRGC Navy announced it had taken control of 'one of the most advanced U.S. military smart unmanned submarines' at the entrance to Hormuz early on Tuesday, per Open Source Intel and Iran International.source
  • State broadcaster IRIB aired video of the craft, identifying it as an Anduril-built Dive-LD unmanned underwater vehicle, Iran International reports.source
  • A U.S. official told Reuters the vehicle was an older model that suffered a technical malfunction more than a day earlier while surveying regional waters, and carried no classified sonar or radar equipment, per RadioFarda.source

Five More Tankers — CENTCOM Answers Two Missile Attacks on a U.S. Warship

Gulf & Naval
  • CENTCOM says its forces destroyed five Iranian crude carriers after the IRGC targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice in two days; the warship evaded both attacks and kept patrolling, and no American personnel were harmed.source
  • The Kaviz, Charminar, Horizon 1 and Riesco were hit in the Gulf of Oman and the Derya near Kharg Island, after their crews were ordered to abandon ship; CENTCOM says all were part of a multibillion-dollar network funding the IRGC and its proxies, per Iran International.source
  • Before the announcement, Tasnim said a small Iranian tanker was struck four miles from Kharg and its crew was abandoning ship, Fars reported a two-stage blast off Jask, and a U.S. official told Fox the aim was to sink or fully disable the tankers, per RadioFarda.source
  • Sentinel-2 imagery from the same day shows 26 Iranian tankers gathered near Kharg Island, with at least a dozen more outside the frame, Open Source Intel reports.source

Abandon Ship — the IRGC Threatens Tankers in Kuwaiti and Bahraini Ports

Gulf & Naval
  • In an 'urgent warning,' the IRGC Navy told all tanker crews at the docks and anchorages of Kuwait and Bahrain — which host U.S. forces — to leave their vessels immediately because they will be targeted, Iran International reports.source
  • Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters commander Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi warned that any aggression against Iranian oil tankers will make U.S. bases in the region targets of Iran's armed forces, per Shin.source
  • Iran's deputy IRGC commander claimed full control of the Strait of Hormuz with fighters deployed across the southern Gulf islands, while Pezeshkian vowed resistance 'until the aggressors are brought to complete regret,' per Open Source Intel and Iran International.source

A Prisoner Freed, Another Still Held — and Seoul Sends a Team

  • Answering RadioFarda, the State Department welcomed the release from Evin of an Iranian-American Jewish man held since visiting family, urged Tehran to lift his travel ban, and demanded the immediate release of former Radio Farda journalist Reza Valizadeh.source
  • Reuters reports South Korea's defense ministry sent a team to the UAE to assess security in Hormuz, though no decision on deploying forces has been made; the move follows Trump's decision to scale back joint drills, partly over Seoul's reluctance to help, per Iran International.source

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