Day 195 of the WarThursday, September 10, 2026
Day 195 — An A-10 Reported Lost in Jordan, Iran Builds Missiles Underground Again, and IRGC-Guided Houthis Take Mocha
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Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, JordanStrait of HormuzYemen and Southern Lebanon
Missiles From the Tunnels, a Nuclear Rebuke — and 'a Little Movement' at Kolang Gaz La
- The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. and regional officials, reports Iran has resumed assembling liquid-fuel ballistic missiles in underground facilities using stockpiled parts, though in smaller numbers than before the war, per Iran International.source
- After the IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution against Iran by 23 votes to three with eight abstentions, MP Alireza Abbasi said a review of Iran's NPT membership will be put on the agenda and threatened 'reciprocal sanctions' in Hormuz, Iran International reports.source
- At a Republican rally in Dallas, Trump said the U.S. 'might have to target' Kolang Gaz La 'because someone said there's been a little movement at that site,' and again floated renaming Hormuz the 'Trump Strait,' per Iran International.source
- Trump also released a video pairing U.S. military assets with Iranian street footage, telling Iranians 'the hour of your freedom is at hand' and urging them to take over their government once operations end, Open Source Intel reports.source
A Photojournalist Taken From His Home, Soldiers in the Classrooms
- Security forces went to the home of award-winning photojournalist Majid Saeedi and arrested him, his brother Mehdi said; there is no information on the reason or where he is held, and Saeedi had already been detained during the 12-day war, per RadioFarda and Iran International.source
- Ali Shirazi of Iran International's editorial board says the IRGC and Basij moved forces and equipment into schools during the war to avoid U.S. and Israeli strikes, using students as 'human shields,' and remain stationed in some educational spaces.source
- Masih Alinejad shares a birthday audio message from Hossein Shanbehzadeh, the 'Prisoner of the Dot,' jailed for posting a single dot under a Khamenei tweet, who used it to speak for forgotten financial prisoners.source
Aftermath in Jordan — an A-10 Reported Lost and Aircraft Shelters Hit
US / Coalition- Babak Taghvaee says U.S. military officials confirmed at least one A-10C was destroyed and several F-15Es damaged in the IRGC strike on Muwaffaq Salti, after aircraft were not evacuated despite warnings and the Patriot battery ran out of interceptors.source
- New Sentinel-2 imagery shows at least four clear impact points on the base, with a taxiway and three aircraft shelters appearing to have taken direct hits, Open Source Intel reports.source
- With several of the IRGC missiles aimed at Jordan intercepted over Israeli airspace, the Israeli military stayed on heightened alert, and Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz warned they will not allow Iran to rebuild its missile and nuclear capabilities, per Iran International.source
Fewer Than Ten Ships — and a Saildrone in the IRGC's Sights
Gulf & Naval- Reuters, citing Kpler data, says fewer than 10 commercial ships crossed Hormuz on Wednesday and only six on Tuesday, against a 10-day average of about 14 and some 130–140 a day before the war, Iran International reports.source
- The IRGC Navy claims it hit a U.S.-operated Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel, identified by state media by hull number 5838, at the entrance to the strait; U.S. officials had not commented, per Open Source Intel.source
- Citing The Telegraph, the New York Post reports Iran used missiles with electro-optical guidance for the first time in its attacks on U.S. warships near Hormuz; state media named the 'Qassem Basir' ballistic missile, while CENTCOM says no warship was hit, per Iran International.source
Proxy Fronts — IRGC-Guided Houthis Take Mocha as Israel Blows Up Ali al-Taher
Global- Reuters, citing Yemeni, Iranian and regional sources, says the Houthis' Red Sea advance and capture of Mocha came under direct IRGC guidance, and that Tehran urged them to step up attacks on Saudi Arabia; Iran denies it, per Iran International.source
- Israel blew up Hezbollah's two-kilometer tunnel network under the Ali al-Taher ridge, 15 km north of the border, using 1,100 tons of explosives, after a siege in which more than 100 Hezbollah fighters and IRGC advisers were trapped, per Visegrád 24.source
- The U.S. Treasury sanctioned 14 individuals and five entities under Operation Economic Outcast, targeting Kata'ib Hizballah, Lebanese Hezbollah and IRGC-QF procurement networks, and OFAC began denying most pending Iran-specific license applications, per Open Source Intel.source
- Singapore's Internal Security Department says an Iran-backed Iraqi militia commander, Muhammad Baqir Saad Dawood al-Saadi, accused of plotting attacks on Jewish targets in Europe, Canada and the U.S., applied three times for a Singapore visa but never traveled, per RadioFarda.source