Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and senior military commanders on Thursday endorsed President Masoud Pezeshkian’s address to the United Nations General Assembly, warning that Tehran would continue retaliating against threats to its territory.

Clashes continued in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province in the early hours of Thursday, with heavy gunfire reported in the Jihadabad area as military drones flew over the city and surrounding areas, according to Baloch rights group Haalvsh.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz said Wednesday that Washington will ensure attacks from Iran cease and that all parties are properly defended, adding that the US will continue working with Erbil and Baghdad toward that goal.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed their mutual commitment to pull back Turkish troops from a base in northeast Mosul established in 2015, a joint statement shared by Zaidi’s office said Wednesday, citing the fulfillment of “security measures” that include ending the presence of proscribed "foreign armed elements” in Shingal (Sinjar).

The United States will support efforts by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to bring all arms under state control, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday, as the September 30 deadline to hand over weapons approaches, less than a week away.

Islamabad is continuing its role in mediating between the US, Iran, and regional countries to prevent renewed hostilities, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed to Rudaw on Wednesday, as Washington and Tehran take cautious steps toward rapprochement.

Tehran will not allow countries to profit off the Strait of Hormuz as long as the waterway remains the source of its instability, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated Wednesday, expressing readiness to resume stalled negotiations with the US without “the language of force.”

Iraq’s Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court sentenced two lawmakers to seven years in prison each, the Federal Commission of Integrity (FCoI) announced on Wednesday, for what it described as “illicit enrichment,” amid an ongoing anti-corruption crackdown.

Iranian hardliners criticized Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi over contacts with US officials in New York, questioning whether he had authorization to engage Washington, prompting a senior security official to publicly clarify that the foreign minister had been authorized to convey Tehran’s terms.

The Syrian government has agreed with Kurdish leaders in the country to provide education in Kurdish in northeastern Syria (Rojava), said the Syrian Interim President on Wednesday, calling the recognition of cultural and linguistic rights a government’s “duty and a legitimate right” for Kurds.