— 🇮🇷/🇴🇲 NEW: Iran has struck a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz

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— 🇸🇾 NEW: An explosion took place at an arms warehouse in Deir Ezzor, Syria

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There are some within our sphere that may share images of women in Iran without Hijab to garner the sympathy of the West and show them that Iran is not ‘oppressive’.

Yes, Iran is not oppressive. However, oppression does not depend on whether the government implements the obligatory Hijab or not. It depends on whether the government abides by the will of the people, strives to increase their livelihoods, and to combat corruption. Hijab is simply a piece of fabric, and wearing it is a religious obligation and a national law.

By stating that Iran is not oppressive because women run around freely without Hijab, you are implying that it would be an injustice or an oppression if the Hijab was enforced. Which, most likely, will happen at some point in the future, and would be the correct step, as it is in accordance with national law and the religious beliefs of the vast majority of Iranians.

The matter has come ‘too far’ in Iran, and how women are displayed on the streets is currently not appropriate. However, the government has made the conscious decision not to intervene at this point in time, due to the sensitive political situation and the need to maintain national unity and social cohesion. The correct move.

The point I am trying to make is that Iranians don’t need the approval of the West. Whether Hijab is implemented or not, the Iranian people choose their own laws, their own way of life, and their own values. As Muslims, we may be tempted to show our non-Muslim friends that ‘Iran isn’t very strict’ when it comes to the Hijab, which is true — but this is not something we should be proud of, or something that we should be aiming for in the long term.

—❗️🇺🇸 NEW: President Trump announces that reporters from CNN, MSNOW and Politico are now banned from the White House

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇮🇷/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi Arabia seeks Iranian mediation to solve its conflict with the Houthis

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Alerts were activated in Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jeddah, Taif, Yanbu, and Al-Ulaa, Saudi Arabia

The all clear has now been given.

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi Arabia asks Ansarallah to stop carrying out ballistic missile attacks against its territory

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇩🇰/🇬🇱 BREAKING: President Trump announces the United States has reached a deal with Denmark to have exclusive control over Greenland’s security

The U.S. will immediately begin deploying a ‘large military presence’ in appropriate areas of Greenland.

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇩🇰/🇬🇱 NEW: The U.S. will now have permanent access, basing and overflight rights in Greenland, and the ability to establish additional military installations as needed, according to a senior U.S. official who outlined the deal exclusively to Fox News

The deal bars China, Russia and other non-NATO countries from establishing military bases or maintaining troops.

It also restricts adversaries from investing in sensitive sectors that could pose a threat to U.S. national security.

Only the United States and its allies will be allowed to make investments in sectors such as telecommunications infrastructure, undersea cables, ports and critical minerals.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Most U.S. military bases in the Middle East have been ‘irreparably damaged’ by Iranian strikes and would take ‘decades’ to rebuild – ABC News

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— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: While Ansarallah strikes against Saudi Arabia are increasing, Saudi airstrikes in Yemen are decreasing substantially each day

September 13: 58 raids
September 14: 54 raids
September 15: 52 raids
September 16: 40 raids
September 17: 37 raids
September 18: 26 raids

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Alerts and explosions in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 WATCH: Yemeni ballistic missiles above Riyadh

Likely targeting Prince Sultan Air Base, which also hosts U.S. troops.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 WATCH: A Saudi citizen records explosions heard in Riyadh, saying ‘wow’

Likely the sound of interceptions.

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In my opinion, the target of the Ansarallah ballistic missile attack on Riyadh was likely King Salman Airbase, just south of Riyadh.

If the target was Prince Sultan Airbase, there likely wouldn't have been any early warning alerts for Riyadh, as it is located 80 km from the city. Early warning alerts typically weren't triggered for Riyadh when Prince Sultan Airbase was attacked by Iran earlier this year.

— 🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Yemen, latest updated map of the Taizz front:

Ansarallah continue to advance, slowly but surely, along all axes. They have broken through PLC defenses at Jabal Habashi west of Taizz city, and they have held onto Jabal Jirdad to the south, a very important strategic position to cut off the last remaining road into Taizz.

In Bab Al-Mandab direction, Ansarallah (the Houthis) have consolidated their control over the coast, including Dhubab and Murad, and are now pushing eastwards into Lahj Governorate after capturing Jabal Kahboob mountain range.

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— 🇧🇾/🇮🇷 President of Belarus, Aleksadr Lukashenko:

‘Let’s talk about Iran. Why did the U.S. fight with the heirs of Persia? They have never knelt before anyone. Don’t they know this history in America?

They do know. They talk about how back in the 1970s, Iran seized and destroyed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. But that’s not the reason [for their animosity], they want Iran’s wealth.’

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