Day 226 of the WarSunday, October 11, 2026
Day 226 — IRGC Says Another Supertanker Hit a Mine; Tehran Declares a 'State of War' in Hormuz; Houthi Strike on Riyadh Airport Kills 12
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Tehran Says It Is 'in a State of War' and No Ship May Cross Hormuz Without Its Coordination; Rezaei Says Iran Strikes 'Five or Six' Vessels Every Night
Iran- Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in Hormozgan that ships crossing Hormuz without Iran's coordination will face punitive action — 'We are in a state of war, not peace' — and that an entry-exit route map agreed with Oman will be registered with the IMO, per Iran International.source
- Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei told Press TV the U.S. uses five or six small boats to move oil onto bigger tankers in Hormuz and 'we also target five or six of these vessels every night'; Iran International cited Lloyd's List data suggesting no crude was loaded in Iran in September.source
- Mohammad Reza Naqdi, adviser to the IRGC commander-in-chief, said in Birjand that any missile or air attack would meet a 'heavier, jaw-breaking' response and that if attacks resume, all the enemy's strategic assets and AI infrastructure in the region will be destroyed, per Iran International.source
- MP Mohammad Seraj said '90 percent' of Iranians want revenge for the leader's blood and called a seven-day plan to reopen Hormuz 'Araghchi's personal opinion'; parliament security committee spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said reopening is 'impossible' until Iran's terms are met, per Iran International.source
Isfahan's Judiciary Chief Says Protester Executions Will Continue as a Lawyer Says No Murder Charge Was Ever Brought; Detainee Reported Dead After Torture in Mashhad
Iran- Isfahan judiciary chief Asadollah Jafari, whose province has executed seven January protesters, told a pro-government rally it was among the first to enforce their sentences 'and this process continues,' adding that assets of over 112 people, including 'celebrities,' were seized, per Iran International.source
- Shahrzad Shahbazi, lawyer for executed protester Alireza Sepahi, said none of the 12 defendants in Isfahan's 'Alikhani Square' case was ever charged with murder, rebutting a state-media interview claiming they killed and burned officers; five have been executed and seven face execution, per RadioFarda.source
- Masih Alinejad said that in a final call from Isfahan's Dastgerd Prison hours before his execution, Alireza Raisi told his weeping father, 'What can I do, Baba. They want to take my whole life from me'; she said he endured 18 days of torture, including electric shocks, and a trial lasting minutes.source
- Citing local sources, LiveIranNews said Farid Makari, about 37, from Zahedshahr in Fasa, died after detention in Mashhad and severe torture by IRGC Intelligence agents, leaving broken bones and marks of hundreds of blows; his family was pressured to call it an 'accident.' He was buried on October 5.source
Bessent Says Iran Is 'on the Verge of Collapse' and Trump Expects No New Fighting Before the Midterms; Signs a U.S. Carrier Group Is Heading Back
US / Coalition- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News a few more months of blockade and economic pressure could force Iran to back down, calling the regime 'on the verge of collapse' and struggling to pay its military, and said Trump expects no new clash at least until after the midterms, per Iran International.source
- 'I don't know how this story will end... The Berlin Wall collapsed overnight,' Bessent said, adding that the people may rise up, IRGC forces may turn on each other, or Tehran may finally sign — and stick to — a deal abandoning its nuclear program, LiveIranNews reported.source
- LiveIranNews reported fresh signs that the USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group may return to CENTCOM's area: the destroyer USS Mason, in Singapore a few days ago, is again heading for the Strait of Malacca after a Phuket stop with the carrier and the destroyer Delbert D. Black.source
IRGC Says Another Supertanker Hit a Mine and Warns Ships That Go Dark; U.S. Jet Disables a Blockade Runner in the Gulf of Oman
Gulf & Naval- The IRGC Navy said a 'rogue' crude supertanker with its navigation systems off hit a mine on Sunday afternoon in the southern Strait of Hormuz, setting its engine room ablaze — the third since Saturday, it claimed — and warned ships going dark will be deemed hostile, per Open Source Intel.source
- Early on Sunday, UKMTO said it had received a report that a tanker leaving the Strait of Hormuz was hit on its port side by an unknown projectile, sparking a fire on board; the crew was safe, but the extent of damage and environmental impact were unclear, per Iran International.source
- LiveIranNews said the supertanker the IRGC claimed hit a mine on Saturday was carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi crude, and later relayed UKMTO alert 164: a tanker leaving Hormuz was struck on its port side by an unknown projectile at 15:30 Iran time on Sunday, with all crew safe and no pollution.source
- CENTCOM said a U.S. jet disabled the Panama-flagged cargo ship Ocean Molica in the Gulf of Oman on Oct. 10 with a precision strike on its stern after it left an Iranian port and ignored warnings; since July 14, four ships were disabled, 135 turned back and 10 IRGC-linked tankers destroyed.source
Houthi Missile Strike on Riyadh Airport Kills 12 and Wounds 309; Terminal Hit Again as von der Leyen Holds Iran Responsible
Gulf & Naval- Saudi Arabia said 12 people were killed and 309 wounded in Saturday's Houthi missile strike on Riyadh airport — four Saudis, two Bangladeshis and one each from the U.S., Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Sudan and Palestine — per Visegrad24.source
- Open Source Intel said the missile hit the domestic terminal complex of King Khalid International Airport, forcing a mass evacuation; on Sunday another projectile struck Terminal 4 and started a fire, and the coalition intercepted a ballistic missile over Al-Kharj near Prince Sultan Air Base.source
- The Houthis claimed four missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia in 24 hours — on the Riyadh and Dammam airports and two eastern Aramco sites — and warned airlines off Saudi airports, per Open Source Intel; LiveIranNews reported Saudi jets bombing Houthi positions in Sanaa.source
- The strike by the Iran-backed Houthis drew condemnation from the UN, the EU and the Arab League, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen holding Iran directly responsible, while Trump said he would decide quickly on possible U.S. participation in the fighting, per RadioFarda.source