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Day 197 of the WarSaturday, September 12, 2026

Day 197 — Saudi Pipeline Shut After Drone Strikes, CENTCOM Counts 100 Ships Redirected, Bahrain Boycotts Oman's Hormuz Talks

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Inside Iran — A Blogger Sentenced to Death, a 13-Year-Old Taken by IRGC Intelligence

  • Soda Ebrahimi Shamsabadi, a 33-year-old blogger from Bandar Abbas held since March 29, has been sentenced to death by the city's Revolutionary Court on charges including 'insulting the Leader' and sending photos to Persian-language media abroad, Iran International reports.source
  • The Karun Human Rights Organization says Ali Chaldavi, a 13-year-old Arab sixth-grader, was arrested by IRGC intelligence in Abudeh village near Ahvaz along with his father and at least 10 other Sunni Arab citizens; his whereabouts remain unknown, per Iran International.source
  • Mehdi Roozbehani, a 47-year-old battery maker seized at home in mid-March, is still held without trial in Isfahan's Dastgerd prison on charges including 'rejoicing at the Leader's martyrdom' and joining protests; his lawyer quit under security threats, Iran International reports.source
  • Reza Pahlavi's office warned that Alireza Sepahi, a protester from the Dey-month (winter) uprising, has been moved to solitary confinement, saying the regime may carry out his death sentence once public attention fades, LiveIranNews reports.source

Saravan — A Three-Hour Firefight Around the IRGC Headquarters

Iran
  • The Baloch rights site Halvash reports a fierce clash in Saravan's Bakhshan area from about 4 a.m. Saturday, lasting over three hours, with at least 14 explosions and gunfire heard near the IRGC headquarters, intelligence office and prison, per RadioFarda.source
  • Halvash also says a residential house was hit with more than 20 RPG rounds and several grenades, a detail it could not verify; the identity of the armed men and the civilian toll remain unclear, RadioFarda notes.source
  • The IRGC Ground Force's Quds Headquarters said three members of the 'Anonymous Guards of Imam Zaman' and four unidentified armed men were killed in the Saravan confrontation, Iran International reports.source

Hormuz — Saudi Arabia's Bypass Pipeline Knocked Out as the Blockade Reaches 100 Ships

Gulf & Naval
  • Saudi Arabia announced it has been forced to shut down its critical East-West oil pipeline after damage from drone strikes — the route that had let the kingdom avoid the Strait of Hormuz, WarMonitor reports.source
  • Asked whether the Islamic Republic was behind the pipeline attack, Trump said: 'I think yes. It was probably their doing,' adding that U.S. forces destroy an average of about 25 boats a day, per Iran International.source
  • CENTCOM says its forces have redirected 100 commercial vessels in the 60 days since the U.S. resumed its 'steel wall' blockade against Iran, and that zero ships have passed through without U.S. forces allowing it.source
  • Babak Taghvaee reports Washington has decided not to give full military protection — naval escorts and continuous air cover — to tankers crossing Hormuz without payment, after the protection window was cut to two daily time slots in early September.source

Oman's Hormuz Meeting Falters Before It Starts — Bahrain Stays Away, Tehran Wants Tolls

Gulf & Naval
  • Bahrain's Foreign Ministry said it will skip Monday's Salalah meeting on Hormuz — and any gathering attended by Tehran — until diplomatic ties are restored, insisting any deal follow the 1982 UN Law of the Sea with no fees or permits, per Iran International.source
  • A senior Islamic Republic official told Reuters the meeting, arranged at Oman's request, is not expected to produce a deal to reopen Hormuz, adding that Tehran seeks an agreement letting it collect tolls from passing ships, LiveIranNews reports.source
  • Mehr, an agency tied to the Islamic Propaganda Organization, cited a source saying Tehran and Muscat finalized new Gulf entry and exit routes in early September, but that reopening Hormuz still hinges on the U.S. meeting seven Iranian conditions, per Iran International.source
  • In New Delhi for the BRICS summit, Pezeshkian told India Today that Hormuz will reopen only if the U.S. halts its siege and attacks, and claimed Mojtaba Khamenei is alive and that America cannot find him, per Iran International.source

Intelligence — Chinese Imagery Before the Jordan Strike, IRGC Personnel in Yemen

  • Citing U.S. officials, the Wall Street Journal reports Iran obtained high-resolution satellite images from Chinese entities before its July 26 missile strike on Jordan's Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base, which killed three U.S. soldiers; Beijing denies it, per Iran International.source
  • An American source told CNN that hundreds of IRGC members are estimated to be inside Yemen, helping the Houthis block the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, LiveIranNews reports.source
  • Israel's Channel 13 says the IDF is preparing for possible ballistic missile and drone launches from Yemen as fighting escalates around Bab al-Mandab, with Houthi attacks on shipping a main concern, per Iran International.source

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