🌆 COMBATE Evening Roundup | October 02, 2026

• Trump floats Iran "annihilation," warns bombing may resume in November — In a Time interview he said attacks could resume after the US midterms and claimed "by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world." He dismissed munitions-shortage reports as disinformation, blaming Biden-era arms transfers to Kiev.

• Pezeshkian: Iran open to dialogue with US — Tehran awaits Washington's reply to its offer to reopen Hormuz within seven days if the port blockade is lifted. Bloomberg reported Araghchi floated restoring IAEA access for sanctions relief; an informed Iranian source denied it.

• IRGC missiles strike tankers in Hormuz — The navy hit "non-compliant" vessels, leaving a 2.5-million-barrel supertanker burning off Oman as Brent rose $4 to $102. A third US carrier group and some 2,000 Marines are heading toward Iran.

• US blacklists Iran's autos, rail and steel — Treasury added 28 firms and two individuals, including Iran Khodro, SAIPA and the railways, expanding "Operation Economic Outcast" as oil revenue shrinks under blockade.

• Ansar Allah captures Taiz in Yemen — Yemeni forces took the Jabal Habashi heights and declared Saudi-aligned units surrounded, urging surrender. Riyadh said it downed missiles and drones over Khamis Mushait and Jazan; Quds Force chief Qaani urged Riyadh to end a war he said cost $10 billion.

• Flydubai suspect named as Omani; Israel to fly out 10,000 — Israel's UAE envoy gave the nationality as Trump said an Iran link looks likely "based on what I'm hearing." Five Israeli security bodies reportedly hold no intel tying Iran to the hijack; Saudi's initial probe confirmed the cockpit assault.

• New Fairford arrest; Iran summons UK envoy — British police held a 27-year-old dual UK-Iranian national over the base plot; Tehran protested the "baseless" accusations.

• Putin at Valdai: Russia didn't start the war — He cited 1,301 km² taken in September and 98% nuclear modernization, called the Larijani assassination "a disastrous mistake," and said Moscow's offer to host Iran's enriched uranium still stands.

• Kiev's South Bridge hit for first time — Russian drones struck the span linking the capital's halves; Ukraine confirmed a MiG-29 loss and the first combat use of its FP-7 ballistic missile.

• Brazil braces for Sunday's vote — The Supreme Court rejected Flávio Bolsonaro's bid to recuse Justice Dino and he skipped the Globo debate, while Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers asked the top court to annul his conviction.

• Egypt aid waived as Horn tensions spike — Washington dropped rights conditions on $320 million for Cairo, citing its "helpful role" since the Iran war; Egypt and Ethiopia expelled diplomats as the AU warned over Ethiopia-Eritrea-Egypt tensions.

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