Deadline Clock is ticking: 4 days remain Pepe Escobar says Iran's Supreme National Security Council decided on Aug. 16 that if the U.S. naval blockade wasn't lifted within 45 days, Iran "would reserve the right to strike U.S. forces." Day 45 is Wednesday, Sept. 30. "The window closes next Wednesday."

—🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump has rejected Iran’s demands and expects to resume bombing Iran after the midterm elections – WSJ

The Pentagon quietly added 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines to the Iran war casualty count.

🇸🇦☢️ US intel warns Saudi Arabia could pursue nuclear weapons option Classified documents reviewed by Congress include a US intelligence assessment that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing a nuclear weapons program, US officials told The Washington Post. The warning has intensified scrutiny of President Trump’s deal to support Saudi Arabia’s civilian nuclear program, which could open the door to domestic uranium enrichment. Critics say the agreement could allow Riyadh to reach enrichment levels that create a potential pathway toward weapons development and trigger a regional arms race. The administration argues the deal strengthens nonproliferation safeguards and keeps Saudi nuclear cooperation aligned with US interests.

🇺🇸🇨🇳Trump-Xi summit wraps up in Washington Chinese President Xi Jinping just left Washington after a three-day meeting with his American counterpart. Despite the visual grandeur of the state visit, Trump has not secured major deals on US interests — instead providing China with increased security and stability. 🔴 Trade truce extended until January 10, preventing an immediate return to much higher tariffs 🔴 The summit produced no major breakthrough on tariffs, rare earths, technology restrictions, or other core economic disputes, leaving several US demands unresolved 🔴 Taiwan remains unresolved, as Xi pressed Trump to oppose Taiwanese independence and urged greater US “prudence” on the Taiwan issue 🔴 The leaders discussed artificial intelligence, but there was no clear substantive agreement on AI rules or technology restrictions. Xi emphasized keeping AI under human control, while Trump signaled a preference for leaving current arrangements largely unchanged.

🇺🇦 A German reporter asked Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko why his own children aren’t fighting in Ukraine. Klitschko responded: “My children have never lived in Ukraine. They were born in America and studied in Europe or America.” When the reporter pressed him further, saying he was avoiding the question, Klitschko insisted he had already answered regarding his own children. As ordinary Ukrainian families continue to send their sons to the front, children of the elites avoid service.

- U.S. Army Reserve is weighing whether it can supply Southern Command with a military police brigade, surgical teams and a theater-wide logistics command within 120 days, in planning U.S. officials say is aimed at Cuba.

This is how you make someone complient, obsessed with money, broken morals, and eventually a zombie that can take risks. First comes the drugs, then the money and then the methodiology of continuing addictions.

Sony Thang- The trillion-dollar question. The United States has spent, by conservative estimates, eight trillion dollars on post-9/11 wars. Eight trillion dollars. For eight trillion dollars you could wipe out every medical debt in America, thirty times over. You could eliminate student debt more than four times over. You could end homelessness in America many times over, which is actually a solved problem economically, requiring only the political will the bombs apparently deserve more than the people. The money exists. The money has always existed. It went to Raytheon and Boeing and Lockheed Martin and the contractors and the bases and the bombs. The choice was not between helping Americans and helping the world. The choice was between helping people and funding the machine. The machine won. Every time. And then the machine called itself leadership.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Assistant to the Iranian Supreme Leader and Member of the Expediency Council, Mohammad Mokhber: Alignment with the United States in implementing hostile policies will remain in the memory of the Iranian people, although our strategy in this regard is clear: Either flying in the region is permitted for everyone, or for no one. If Iran is unable to operate flights and receive airport services, no country in the region will have this possibility either.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — Efforts to restart U.S.-Iran peace talks are facing opposition from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are urging Washington to maintain sanctions and its naval blockade rather than offer Tehran concessions, according to WSJ. Qatar and Oman are pushing for renewed negotiations, potentially as early as next week, including a proposed seven-day pause in fighting and a phased reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia, however, wants Iran to face further economic pressure following attacks on Gulf shipping and the increasing Houthi (Ansarallah) operations threatening its Red Sea oil exports. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told U.S. officials to maintain the blockade until Iran agrees to a new deal. Meanwhile, Iranian diplomats have presented proposals to end the war, but mediators say the IRGC has taken a harder position, rejecting new negotiating formulas and signaling its readiness for a prolonged conflict.

🤔Blacklist? Israeli UN delegate caught marking down who walked out during Netanyahu’s speech A candid camera captured the delegate walking up and down the aisle observing row upon row of empty seats after the representatives of close to 80 countries either walked out of or completely boycotted the Israeli prime minister’s September 24 speech. It’s not clear what the delegate was doing (checking who left, checking who stayed, making clear to remaining delegates that Israel was watching, etc.).

‘In the end, we all die anyway’ — Trump stuns Carlson with absolute nihilism Tucker Carlson told NPR that days before the Iran war began, he personally warned President Donald Trump in the Oval Office that Israel was pushing the US toward conflict for its own regional goals. According to Carlson, Trump agreed with his assessment — then gave a response that stunned him: 💬 “Yes, you're right, but in the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter.” Carlson said he asked: “but what about our kids and our grandkids and like our country?” 💬 “Ahhhhhh,” Trump responded, according to Carlson.

🇸🇦❌🇾🇪 — Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan, has urged Saudi troops to be prepared to sacrifice their lives fighting the Houthis (Ansarallah), calling for the restoration of the Saudi-backed Yemeni PLC government’s authority across the entire country. Addressing soldiers stationed along the kingdom’s borders, the Grand Mufti urged them to “remain constantly prepared to perform your duty” and obey their commanders. He described defending Saudi territory as one of the greatest religious duties, adding that lives could be sacrificed in its defense, and prayed for the “complete defeat of the Houthi group and those who assist and support them.”

🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇺🇳 Israel’s Ambassador to the UN approached a member of the Iranian delegation, offering him a Starlink device and praying for ‘regime change’ in Iran The Iranian diplomat ignored the Israeli and did not acknowledge his existence.

Heres something that I guaranteed missed most peoples radar, some months ago Iran allowed one photo of one particularly new missle to leak, its called the Khebyr and it should worry the west greatly.

— 🇮🇱/🇺🇳 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech at the UN General Assembly Almost every single delegation walks out, many of them heckling and booing Netanyahu, while only a few remain.

In Venezuela massive protests have begun as Delcy Rodriguez was wiping her mouth sucking off Donald Trump figuratively of course with her speech thanking Trump at the UNGA.

Americans.

🇮🇷🇹🇯🇹🇲| Iran’s National Civil Aviation Organization spokesman: Due to Turkmenistan not issuing permits for Iranian airlines to fly through its airspace, the Tehran-Dushanbe flight was unable to land at its destination and was forced to return to Imam Khomeini (IKA) Airport in Tehran.