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The Iranian Army has demanded that Qatar assume greater responsibility in determining the fate of three missing Iranian aviators whose bomber was shot down over the Persian Gulf after successfully striking the US Al Udeid Air Base.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has warned of reciprocal consequences for the countries seeking to disrupt Iran's oil sales and undermine its security.

A senior Iranian military commander says enemies do not disclose their casualties, stressing that the enemies have failed to achieve their objectives in all imposed wars.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran's position on nuclear issues and reopening the Strait of Hormuz has not changed or been compromised, stressing that Iran has conveyed its seven-point proposal to the US and is awaiting an official response from Washington, expected to be delivered through intermediaries on Tuesday.

Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani warned on September 29 that damage to energy infrastructure during the war could cause gas supply problems in the country's northern provinces this winter.

Tether, the company behind USDT, the world's largest dollar-backed stablecoin, said on September 28 that it had supported the freezing of nearly $550 million in cryptocurrency linked to Iran this year, including assets associated with the Central Bank of Iran and other Iranian sanctions networks.

Dozens of university students staged a rare protest in Iran, where the authorities have waged an intensifying campaign against dissent amid the war with the United States.

-Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has awarded the latest in a series of contracts supporting Domestic Shield, a Department of War effort to improve counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) protection for risk-prioritized DoW facilities and assets within the United States.

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth encouraging a review of military supply chains, which provide troops with the weapons, food, medical supplies, and other resources needed to defend our country. This follows recent reports that F-35 components shipped from Australia to the United States were diverted to Hong Kong and are in the Chinese government's possession.

The US Navy says four personnel were injured in an unexplained "mishap" aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off Virginia, while separate official data point to as many as 38 casualties across West Asia in September amid Iran's determined retaliation against American regional interference.

Air Education and Training Command achieved a modernization milestone Sept. 16 as instructor pilots from the 99th Flying Training Squadron and civilian simulator instructors from the 12th Training Squadron executed AETC's inaugural live-virtual-constructive capability flight between the T-7A Red Hawk and the T-7A Ground-Based Training System.

Ships, aircraft, and a submarine from the United States and the United Kingdom concluded Exercise Atlantic Thunder 2026, a multi-domain sinking exercise (SINKEX) led by U.S. 6th Fleet, in the North Atlantic, Sept. 25, 2026.

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NATO Allied Air Command (AIRCOM) has completed the second two-week long Joint Force Air Component Applied Targeting Course (JATC) in 2026. The course focuses on NATO targeting processes in crisis and conflict and is designed to strengthen the skills required to provide targeting support within a Joint Force Air Component (JFAC).

On Tuesday (29 September 2026), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte met with Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius of Lithuania at NATO Headquarters. The Secretary General welcomed the Prime Minister on his first visit in that role and said they had discussed how to keep NATO strong and Lithuania safe. "NATO defends every inch of Allied territory, against any threat, from any direction," Mr. Rutte said. He highlighted how Italian jets deployed by NATO from Šiauliai airbase downed a drone that violated Lithuania's airspace on 15 September: "This is collective defence in action."

NATO is stepping up its work with Allies, industry and the research community to ensure that the Alliance is "quantum-ready".

On 24 September, the Saeima approved the participation of the National Armed Forces in international operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Latvia's involvement is part of international efforts to restore freedom of navigation and ensure the safe movement of commercial vessels along one of the world's most important maritime trade routes.

On Tuesday morning, September 29, the Ministry of National Defence was informed about the discovery of debris of an object, possibly a drone, that had fallen on arable land in Insula Mare a Brăilei, near the locality of Gropeni, Brăila County.

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