🟡 | Regional developments | September 30 – October 1, 2026, +ve developments:

🇮🇷 Iran • 🇷🇺 Russia

• Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, said flights between Iran and Russia are operating regularly according to schedule. He stated that flights are currently operating between Tehran and Moscow, Tehran and St. Petersburg, and other cities, adding that there has been no reduction in the number of flights and that Iran hopes the number will increase. He also said Russian officials have repeatedly stated that they do not accept america’s unilateral and illegal sanctions against Iran.

🇮🇷 Iran • 🇵🇰 Pakistan

• Iran-Pakistan flights continue despite pressure from america, with eight flights currently operating between the two countries each week.

🇾🇪 Yemen

• The Yemeni Armed Forces made significant field advances in battles with Saudi-backed forces in Lahij Governorate in southern Yemen.

• Yemeni air defenses were activated in Saada Governorate to counter enemy aircraft, and an enemy drone was reportedly shot down.

🇮🇷 Iran

• The spokesperson for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that American ships had moved at least 500 kilometers away from the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. He said the current American threats were an attempt to present a clear defeat as a victory.

• Drones were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, and an explosion was heard.

• Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, advisor to the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said around 5,000 American troops are currently aboard aircraft carriers, with two carriers in the Indian Ocean. He said American frigates and small boats had been unable to dock at the Fifth Fleet’s pier and claimed that all their ships were retreating.

• Iranian authorities executed Ali Hemmati and Majid Nik-Andish in Mashhad. Iranian judicial authorities said the two had been involved in the January 2026 demonstrations in the Tabarsi area of Mashhad and that their executions followed confirmation of their sentences by the Supreme Court and completion of the legal process.

• During clashes between security forces and armed groups in Iranshahr, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iranian sources said police surrounded a group of armed smugglers. The sounds of gunfire heard in the city were attributed to the security operation.

• Iranian sources later reported that Morteza Sotoudeh, the leader of a mafia network involved in smuggling and other criminal activities, killed himself after being surrounded during the operation. The network was accused of involvement in the smuggling of fuel, drugs, weapons, ammunition, people, and prohibited goods, as well as extortion, armed robbery, impersonation, identity fraud, murder, and theft.

🇮🇶 Iraq

• The Islamic Resistance in Iraq stated that negotiations had been underway for more than 40 days through a committee formed by the Coordination Framework in coordination with the Iraqi government to discuss organizing the weapons of the resistance in exchange for achieving Iraq’s full sovereignty through the withdrawal of American and NATO forces and all forms of foreign military presence from Iraq by land, air, and sea. The statement said the resistance retains the right to respond directly to any American or israeli violation of Iraq’s sovereignty and that its weapons would remain in the hands of its fighters.

🇸🇾 Syria • 🇱🇧 Lebanon

• Hezbollah’s media relations office categorically denied any connection to the alleged cell that the Syrian Interior Ministry said it had arrested in the Yarmouk Basin area of Daraa. Hezbollah stated that it has no presence in Syrian territory and no involvement in security or military activity there. It called on Syrian authorities to examine the allegations and their background, saying that attempts to link Hezbollah to the alleged cell could increase tensions between Lebanon and Syria.

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