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CONFLICTSep 17UN mission notes possible US war crimes in Iran strikesA United Nations fact-finding mission said it found "reasonable grounds" to believe that the United States committed war crimes in two airstrikes in Iran.DW News [en]
MILITARYSep 17Iran recently downed at least 2 American drones, officials sayU.S. officials tell CBS News that Iran downed at least two American drones in recent days. CBS News' James Laporta reports.CBS News
CONFLICTSep 17A UN mission believes the US committed war crimes in IranUN investigators claim that the US may have committed war crimes in Iran, where the population suffers human rights violations. The Human Rights Council is urged to act to stop the war and judge the crimes, while the US rejects the report and accuses it of bias.Clarín
CONFLICTSep 17U.N. panel says "reasonable grounds" to believe U.S. committed war crimes with two strikes in IranCBS News
MILITARYSep 17Pentagon No. 3 frustrates senators in closed-door briefing on Iran war, Trump defense strategyDemocratic and Republican lawmakers alike emerged Thursday from a closed-door briefing frustrated by what they said was a lack of clear answers from Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby on the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy and the ongoing Iran war.  The briefing with the Senate Armed Services Committee started off rocky, with Colby immediately opening…The Hill
POLITICSSep 17Senate Democrats, minus Fetterman, urge Hegseth to provide receipt for Iran war costsAll of the Democrats in the Senate — excluding Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman — signed an open letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, pressing him to give Congress a cost breakdown of the war in Iran. The letter, although largely symbolic, reflects the frustration of many Democrats in Congress over what they perceive as a…The Hill
POLITICSSep 17Russia and China veto U.S. proposal for U.N. experts to keep monitoring sanctions on IranRussia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution Thursday that would have authorized U.N. experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran last year over its…Japan Today
POLITICSSep 17US will allow ‘core’ Iranian delegation join United Nations summit in New YorkThe Trump administration will allow a “core delegation” of Iranian leadership to attend the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly next week in New York City, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday, even as the U.S. and Iran remain at war and negotiations have stalled. The State Department is granting visas for the…The Hill
POLITICSSep 17US approves visas for top Iranian leaders to attend UN General AssemblyIran's delegation to UNGA will be smaller this year, with travel restrictions and limits on luxury goods purchases.Al Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 17Iran downed at least 2 unmanned American aircraft in recent days, U.S. officials sayCBS News
POLITICSSep 17Russia, China veto UN mandate to monitor Iran sanctionsAl Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 17Trump says he is weighing whether to ‘annihilate’ IranThe Independent World
CONFLICTSep 17Attack on Iranian school presumably US war crime, says UNNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 17US to allow Iran delegation to attend UN meetings in New York as war passes half-year markThe BBC understands Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are among the delegates allowed to enter the US.BBC World
CONFLICTSep 17By Nearly Every Metric, the U.S. Is Losing the Iran War“It’s irrefutable that the U.S. failed in its main strategic goals,” one expert said.Foreign Policy
POLITICSSep 17US allows Iranian delegation to attend UN assembly despite ongoing warA State Department spokesman said Thursday that the delegation will be smaller than last year and will face travel restrictions and prohibitions on purchases of luxury goods. A source familiar with the matter confirmed that the approval will include Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.Le Monde [en]
POLITICSSep 17US grants visas to Iran for UN General AssemblyA Persian delegation will attend the UN General Assembly in New York, despite restrictions and war tensions in the Middle East. The Palestinian leader, without a visa for the event, will have to participate virtually, as part of a US exclusion policy.Clarín
POLITICSSep 17US approves visas for Iranian leaders to attend UN meeting despite war stalemateThe decision on the Iranian visas was announced a day after the State Department denied visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his delegationThe Independent World
POLITICSSep 17US grants Iran delegation visas to attend UN assemblyThe United States is allowing an Iranian delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, a State Department spokesman said Thursday, despite a war that has entered its seventh month. The post US grants Iran delegation visas to attend UN assembly appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
BUSINESSSep 17Billions Go Missing From Iran's Secret Oil Cash NetworkRFE/RL
CONFLICTSep 17U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report SaysNYT World
CONFLICTSep 17Trump declines to back Saudi Arabia as US officials reportedly meet Iran-backed Houthis in OmanFrance 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 17Major Iranian Airline Suspends Several Flights Abroad, Adding to IsolationMahan Air, a major airline, said it would stop flying to Turkey and Oman just over a week after new restrictions were announced, adding to U.S. pressure on the economy.NYT World
CONFLICTSep 17Fresh activity emerges at Iran’s deeply buried nuclear site as Trump warns Iran not to ‘get cute’Fox News World