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Day 196 of the WarFriday, September 11, 2026

Day 196 — Houthi Missiles Hit Saudi Cities and Brent Reaches $108 as Trump Denies Jordan Damage and Pezeshkian Goes to BRICS

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Death Row Without Appeal — Arghavan Fallahi and Ali Zarei

  • Masih Alinejad reports that 24-year-old Arghavan Fallahi, on death row in Evin after a political prosecution, had her request to reopen her case rejected — meaning she can now be executed at any moment.source
  • Political prisoner Ali Zarei, whose eye was injured by pellets in the 2022 protests and was arrested after returning to Iran, said by phone from Ghezel Hesar that his death sentence for 'corruption on earth' has been upheld, insisting he committed no violence, per RadioFarda.source
  • Saeed Bagheri, a Gonabadi dervish imprisoned in Evin since spring 1404 who suffered from multiple illnesses, died of a heart attack after being sent on furlough, IranWire reports, citing the Kalameh website.source
  • Images and information received by Iran International show dozens of University of Birjand students who led the first Dey protests in South Khorasan have been summoned, targeted and expelled; the protests there began on 12 Dey and spread to at least six counties.source

'Nothing Happened' — Trump Denies Jordan Damage and Regrets Nothing

  • Trump told NewsNation 'No. There was no damage. Nothing happened' when asked about U.S. aircraft hit in Iran's strike on Jordan — shortly after Fox News, citing a senior U.S. official, and CBS had reported several American military aircraft damaged, per RadioFarda.source
  • Asked by Fox News whether he regrets the war given the midterms, Trump said he doesn't believe in the word 'regret' — 'If it happens again, I will act exactly as I did' — and said Iran 'is retreating on all fronts,' per RadioFarda and Iran International.source
  • Trump also said the U.S. took 22 vessels out of Hormuz overnight — 'We control the strait. They don't control anything' — and claimed Iran faces 300% inflation and cannot pay its army and police, per LiveIranNews.source

Bab al-Mandab Burns — Houthi Missiles on Saudi Cities, Saudi Jets Over Mokha

Gulf & Naval
  • The Houthis hit Khamis Mushait, Abha and Jazan with drones and ballistic missiles, calling it a response to 54 Saudi airstrikes on Yemen in 12 hours, as Riyadh tries to rally other countries against them, WarMonitor reports.source
  • The Royal Saudi Air Force reportedly struck Mokha International Airport in southern Yemen, next to the port recently seized by the Houthis, Open Source Intel reports.source
  • An Israeli official told Channel 12 that if the Iran-backed Houthis control Bab al-Mandab, it 'could become even more dire' than Hormuz: at its narrowest point they could hit ships with anti-tank missiles, seeing them 'with the naked eye,' per Iran International.source
  • Brent crude rose to $108 a barrel, its highest since May, after jumping more than 6% the day before; CNN ties the spike to stepped-up U.S.-Iran strikes and the Houthis' capture of Mocha, per Visegrád 24.source

Iran's Oil Stranded — Loadings Down 74% and Slicks Off the Coast

Gulf & Naval
  • Bloomberg reports Iran's crude and condensate loadings fell about 74% in August to 247,000 barrels a day — under 15% of pre-war volume — with no supertankers seen loading at Kharg for two weeks and stocks near 67 million barrels at Kharg, Goreh and Asaluyeh, per Iran International.source
  • AFP says Copernicus satellite images show brown streaks about 20 km off Iran's coast east of Hormuz, originating where the sunk tankers Riesco and Kylo last transmitted; experts call it strong evidence of possible pollution, though imagery alone cannot confirm hydrocarbons, per Iran International.source

Pezeshkian at BRICS — U.S. Pressure Has Reached a 'Difficult and Dangerous' Stage

Global
  • Pezeshkian joined Putin, Ramaphosa and host Narendra Modi in New Delhi ahead of the BRICS summit, saying U.S. pressure on Iran has entered a 'very difficult and more dangerous' stage and calling for 'operational cooperation' among members, per RadioFarda.source
  • India's foreign ministry says Modi raised with Pezeshkian the need to protect freedom of navigation and trade and ensure seafarers' safety, while analysts call the Iran war a test of BRICS cohesion given that Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are all members, per RadioFarda and Iran International.source
  • FM Abbas Araghchi held separate calls with South Korea's foreign minister, at Iran's request, on Hormuz, and with Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir on the war, a possible return to talks and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, per RadioFarda.source
  • Meeting university presidents, Pezeshkian said: 'I am not in favor of continuing the war, but we must increase the country's resilience,' so that Iran is not forced to negotiate with the enemy on worse terms, Iran International reports.source

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