The Iranian president was the first leader of a country at war with the United States to set foot on American soil to address the United Nations General Assembly. His speech focused on Iran as a ‘victim of terrorism’ and on the ‘double standards’ applied to international law.

Iran has figured out how to strike its enemies through proxy states: smaller cells of fighters that are more easily controlled by Tehran

Iran has resumed its attacks, and in Jordan, sixty Patriot interceptors were deployed in a single night. Ukraine is requesting three hundred; the more that are used up in the Middle East, the fewer will reach Kyiv. Calculations

The Central Command has announced that it has attacked five Iranian vessels carrying crude oil in response to an attempted Iranian attack on a Navy vessel. “When they try to strike US military vessels, they will be struck in turn,” said Secretary of State Marco Rubio

The senator and former Minister for Education explains to Il Foglio why Noi Moderati will be staging a sit-in outside the embassy in Tehran. “We talk about Hormuz but no longer about the civilian population; the West must stand by them.” The event takes place today in Rome

A letter signed by Butler, Davis and other intellectuals condemns the repression in Tehran. But for some on the global left, showing solidarity with the dissidents means siding with the empire. And some of the signatories are backtracking