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Houthi Official Mohammed Al Bukhaiti Threatens Swift, Painful Response If U.S. Joins Saudi Strikes
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Mohammed Al Bukhaiti threatened a swift, painful U.S. response if Washington joins Saudi strikes. Threat arises as U.S. consideration of joining the Saudi-led strikes is discussed.
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Houthis Threaten U.S. Response
A Houthi political bureau member, Mohammed Al Bukhaiti, threatened the United States with a "swift and painful response" if it joined Saudi Arabia in striking the Iran-backed group. President Trump said he was considering joining the Saudi-led offensive after an attack at the Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia on Saturday killed 13 people, and the CBS News update said at least 20 people, including a U.S. national, have been killed in a week of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia's main airport.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghei said Iran reached an understanding with Oman to establish a temporary safe and secure route between the two countries. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty called for an immediate halt to Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, and he said there was "no justification for these attacks and they cannot be accepted."
Trump Signals War End
U.S. President Donald Trump said the war with Iran will end soon and that it would have been better to stop at the first or second level of escalation.
Trump also asserted that American forces destroyed Iran’s naval fleet, saying 159 Iranian ships "now lie at the bottom of the sea," and he said Iran no longer has a naval fleet, an air force, or anti-aircraft defenses.
Trump renewed his stance against Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon, asserting that Tehran was two weeks away from possessing a nuclear weapon before the United States destroyed its capabilities in this domain.
The Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said Iran has "faced extensive pressures and attacks" and that the government was directing scarce foreign currency resources toward importing essential goods while suspending lower-priority activities.
Energy, Negotiations, and Costs
The CNN update said the war upends the global energy order, with Iran moving to choke off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and pushing the price of a barrel above $100. The CNN report said the International Energy Agency forecast global oil demand would rise by about 930,000 barrels per day in 2026, but by September the agency predicted a decline of about 2.5 million barrels per day due to the impasse in negotiations between the US and Iran.
The CNN report said Carbon Brief analysis indicates global emissions from fossil fuels are set to fall by about 0.5% in 2026, which would be the first such decline since 2020. The Democracy Now! update said the Pentagon quietly increased the number of American military deaths in the war against Iran, with the DoD’s Casualty Analysis System recording 21 U.S. military deaths and 865 wounded.