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Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on September 22, 2026.
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MILITARY
US F-16 fighter jet crashes at air base in Germany
The jet crashed at Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany on Tuesday, with the pilot ejecting safely, US military authorities said.
DEFENSE
Iran warns US against new attack, says Washington will gain ‘nothing but failure’
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran is fully ready to counter any plot by the United States to attack Mount Kolang.
SAUDI ARABIA
'Shameful': UK to provide refueling support for Saudi warplanes amid war on Yemen
Saudi Arabia asked Britain to carry out military strikes against Yemeni forces after Washington rejected Riyadh’s appeals for direct US action.
POLITICS
‘Iron shield’: Knowledge, morality will ‘cut off’ hands of aggressors, Leader tells students
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has urged students to pursue knowledge, skills and ethics, describing education as a defense tool against the US-Israeli aggression.
POLITICS
‘National dignity is our red line’: Iranian advisor warns enemies
Iran’s national security and dignity are “red lines” that will be safeguarded with overwhelming military and economic force against any future hostile adventurism, says a senior advisor to the Leader.
POLITICS
Republican support for Trump’s war on Iran erodes amid deepening party divisions: Poll
Support for President Donald Trump’s handling of the war against Iran has fallen sharply among Republicans, a new CNN poll shows.
POLITICS
‘New tactics’ will crush any future aggression, Iran’s Army warns
Iran’s Armed Forces are fully prepared to deploy “new equipment and military tactics” to decisively expel hostile forces from West Asia if they dare to repeat their aggression, says a military official.
DEFENSE
Israel, US repeat Saddam’s miscalculation about Iran: Expediency Council chief
Iran’s Expediency Council chairman says Israel and the US have repeated Saddam Hussein’s failed miscalculation by underestimating Iran’s resistance.
10 MINUTES
Ayatollah Khamenei and eight years of imposed war
When Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, Seyyed Ali Khamenei went to the front lines.
POLITICS
Trump can’t impose his power on Iran; we can withstand any war: Parliament speaker
Iran’s parliament speaker asserts that Trump cannot impose his power on Iran, pledging that the country would stand firm in the face of whatever instance of warfare.
LEBANON
Israeli attacks escalate in Lebanon as US-brokered deal yields only concessions: Press TV reporter
A Press TV correspondent says Israeli forces continued their relentless attacks on south Lebanon on Monday, with explosions and rising smoke reported from the Hojer Valley area.
TURKEY
Eleven injured as gunman opens fire near high school in western Turkey
At least eleven people, including students, have been injured after a gunman opened fire near a high school in Turkey’s western province of Manisa.
POLITICS
China condemns US extortion of Iranian airlines, rejects Washington’s ‘illegal’ sanctions threats
China has fiercely rejected Washington’s threats of secondary sanctions as "illegal" coercion that lacks any basis in international law.
INTERVIEWS
Strikes hit areas in south Lebanon where Israeli regime claims to control
The Israeli military continues to carry out strikes on towns and villages across southern Lebanon.
SAUDI ARABIA
Sirens, explosions sound in Saudi Arabia’s Najran along border with Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense has stated that air raid sirens sounded in the Najran region near the border with Yemen, as multiple explosions were also heard.
DEFENSE
Shahed-238: Iran’s jet-powered drone redefines low-cost threat, challenges modern air defenses
Iran’s Shahed-238, a jet-powered evolution of the Shahed-136, trades range for speed, compressing air-defense reaction times and complicating layered interception through faster, specialized variants designed for VOLATILE environments in complex saturation attacks.
CULTURE
Discover Iran: Tabriz’s Armenian heritage of churches, commerce and art woven into social fabric
Tabriz’s Armenian Christian heritage extends beyond commerce, encompassing churches, schools, neighborhoods and theatre, revealing centuries of cultural exchange and Armenian participation in the city’s urban life.
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