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The Rest of the World Report | October 19, 2026 — Evening Edition
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IRAN’S NINE-COUNTRY WARNING
Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, says Iran will hit “the bases of nine countries” if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or petrochemical facilities again.
Iran’s chief of staff warned separately that the next miscalculation against Iran will bring more severe responses than before.
The Revolutionary Guards said another oil tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine. That is the Guards’ account.
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