Day: October 18, 2026

🇸🇦🇾🇪 The Saudi-led coalition has released footage it says shows Royal Saudi Air Force strikes destroying two Houthi ballistic missile launchers in Saada, northern Yemen. The operation was announced overnight on October 16–17, as Saudi forces face continued Houthi missile and drone attacks.
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini descending the stairs of a chartered Air France Boeing 747 upon his arrival at Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on February 1, 1979, marking his return from exile to lead the Islamic Revolution…

In February 1979, Iran changed forever when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from more than 14 years in exile and became the face of a revolution against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Khomeini had been forced out of Iran in the 1960s, spending time in Turkey, Iraq, and eventually France. From abroad, his speeches and messages were copied onto cassette tapes, smuggled into Iran, and passed from hand to hand. By late 1978, strikes and mass demonstrations had brought the country to a standstill, including Iran’s oil industry, which collapsed from nearly 6 million barrels a day to a tiny fraction of its usual output.

Just days after Khomeini returned, the Shah’s government fell apart. The Shah had already fled the country, the military declared neutrality, and Iran soon voted to abolish the monarchy. In April 1979, the country became the Islamic Republic of Iran, with religious authority built directly into the state through the doctrine of velayat-e faqih, or guardianship of the jurist.

While Khomeini was in France, foreign reporters had unusually open access to him. That openness disappeared after the revolution, making those final months abroad one of the last truly free media windows around Iran for decades.

Crowds greeting him in Tehran were estimated at 3 to 5 million people.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says lifting sanctions on Israeli settlers does not mean President Donald Trump supports violence in the West Bank, citing concerns during the olive harvest season.
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It appears the US has moved its naval assets out of the Gulf of Oman after they were involved in the naval blockade of Iran.

US naval vessels have been spotted off the coast of Pakistan, around 400 km from Iran.

There could be 2 reasons for the move:

• US may be preparing for a new war and moving its ships farther away from Iran’s missile range.

• Iran has carried out large-scale missile tests in recent days. The US may be concerned that Iran has also tested anti-ship ballistic missiles, which could pose a serious threat to US warships in the event of another war.

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