Overnight fallout from the drone strike that shut Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline dominated coverage, with Riyadh saying the attack came from Iraqi soil. Baghdad ordered an inquiry, dismissed a commander, and closed the Shalamcheh and later Chazabeh crossings with Iran, suspending flights.
By midday Washington entered the story, with Trump saying Iran was likely responsible, that Tehran desperately sought a deal, and that the war would end soon after the US midterms. Reports of drone launchers found near the Iran-Iraq border led Iraq to accept an Iranian request for a joint investigation.
Parallel coverage followed Pezeshkian at the BRICS summit in Delhi, meeting the Abu Dhabi crown prince and rejecting US hegemony, while state outlets insisted an Iran-Oman understanding did not mean reopening Hormuz as CENTCOM put diverted ships at 100.