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  BREAKING: War in Iran Day 198 — 1930s Radio Broadcast | September 13, 2026

  Sep 13, 202612 min

  September 13, 2026. Day 198. Last night nobody had said where the drones that closed Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline came from. Today Baghdad said it: they were launched from Maysan province, on the Iranian border. Iraq has fired the provincial operations commander and the police chief, closed three crossings into Iran — and approved a joint investigation with Iran. Riyadh says it will not retaliate. And the Houthis have taken Mayun island, which sits in the Bab al-Mandeb itself. Tonight's report: • Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi confirms the drones that struck the Saudi pipeline were launched from Maysan province, and dismisses the operations commander and police chief• Baghdad closes three border crossings with Iran while simultaneously approving an Iranian request for a joint investigation into the launch platforms• An umbrella group of Iran-aligned Iraqi militias denies involvement. Nobody has claimed the attack• Asked whether Iran was behind it, Trump says "Well, I think they are" — offered as a belief, not a finding. No U.S. agency has published an attribution• The distinction that matters: Iraq has confirmed where the drones took off from, not who put them there• Saudi Arabia says it will not retaliate, to give Baghdad "an opportunity to take the necessary measures" — a state whose main export artery was cut Thursday declining to strike back on Saturday, in public• Kuwait, the UAE, Oman and Egypt all condemn the attack• The IEA reports Saudi oil exports through the Red Sea port at the pipeline's end have more than doubled since the war began• The Houthis take Mayun island (Perim), which sits in the Bab al-Mandeb rather than near it. Displaced families arrive in Aden from Mokha and al-Khokha• Holding an island is not closing a strait, and the Houthis say it remains open — but straits close by insurance premium, not by decision• Explosions reported on Qeshm Island; Pezeshkian accuses the U.S. of war crimes; Iranian media report a ship attacked in Hormuz — all Iranian accounts, none independently confirmed• Two tables: GCC states are to meet a senior Iranian official Monday, no Gulf state yet confirming — and Lebanon and Israel will hold direct talks next month• BRICS closes its 18th summit with a declaration condemning "any instance of unilateral war" without naming a country, signed by both Iran and the UAE Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy Wilson makes chicken pot pie from Sunday's bird, and the rule will start an argument: do not put a bottom crust in it. About $7 for four. This is a news presentation — not opinion or editorial. Where accounts conflict, both are given. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. No affiliation with any actual news organization. SOURCES: AP via US News — Iraq confirms the attacks originated in Maysan, IEA export figure, Mayun island — https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-12/iraq-confirms-attacks-on-saudi-pipeline-originated-from-iraqi-territory-and-other-mideast-newsAl Jazeera — three crossings closed, joint investigation approved — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/12/iraq-probes-drone-strikes-on-saudi-arabia-shuts-three-crossings-to-iranAP via CBC — Saudi refusal to retaliate, militia denial, Arab condemnations — https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iraq-saudi-pipeline-9.7341679Iraqi News — police chief dismissed, security directors transferred — https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraq-pm-dismisses-maysan-police-chief-saudi-pipeline-drone-attack-2026/Jerusalem Post — Qeshm Island explosions, Pezeshkian war crimes accusation — https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-09-12/live-updates-908405ABC News — Trump call with MBS, Iranian ship attacked, Monday GCC meeting — https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116 Full source list is in the Substack edition.

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  BREAKING: War in Iran Day 197 — 1930s Radio Broadcast | September 12, 2026

  Sep 12, 202613 min

  September 12, 2026. Day 197. Saudi Arabia has shut the East-West pipeline after multiple attacks Thursday — the line whose entire purpose is to move crude across the kingdom so it need not pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It has been the world's principal workaround for six months. There is no second pipe. Meanwhile Houthi forces took the whole of Yemen's Red Sea coast, and the Saudi Crown Prince phoned the President twice asking for American strikes. Tonight's report: • Saudi Arabia shuts the East-West (Petroline) pipeline as a precaution after multiple attacks Thursday, with injuries reported; a Planet Labs satellite image shows an installation burning southeast of Medina along the route• Riyadh has not said who attacked it and no party has claimed responsibility — we are not supplying an attribution the Saudi government has declined to make• The pipeline runs from the eastern oil fields to Yanbu on the Red Sea, and has been the principal means of mitigating Hormuz's closure since February• Houthi forces take the port of Mocha and the whole Yemeni Red Sea coastline, roughly 47 miles north of Bab al-Mandeb — though the Houthis say the strait remains open, and analysts note closing it would invite a far heavier response• Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman phoned Trump twice Thursday seeking direct U.S. military intervention against the Houthis and was refused; Washington is offering intelligence and targeting assistance instead• Officials add two complications: MBS did not call the request "absolutely critical," and Riyadh has signaled willingness to act alone• Iran says a regional meeting with Gulf states will be held Monday on the Oman safe-route talks — which would be the first GCC-Iran foreign-minister meeting since February. No Gulf state has confirmed• Hegseth says the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and "we will finish the fight"• At the Pentagon 9/11 ceremony, Trump turns to the Iran war, saluting those ensuring "the world's number one sponsor of terror" never has a nuclear weapon• The IRGC says it struck an unmanned Saildrone-type vessel at the strait's entrance; UKMTO reports four projectiles hitting two ships west of Khasab, one afire — four unattributed attacks in four days• Reuters independently confirms the A-10 that lost a wing and eight lightly damaged F-15s in Jordan, which the President denied Thursday• At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, members agree a declaration condemning "any instance of unilateral war" without naming a country — with Iran and the UAE both signing Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy Wilson makes bread pudding, and explains why stale bread is the required ingredient rather than the excuse. About $3, and the thirty-minute soak is not a suggestion. This is a news presentation — not opinion or editorial. Where accounts conflict, both are given. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. No affiliation with any actual news organization. SOURCES: ABC News — pipeline shutdown, MBS calls, Gulf meeting, Hegseth, Pentagon ceremony — https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116GlobalSecurity — Houthi capture of Mocha and the coastline, Saildrone claim, UKMTO report, Reuters on aircraft damage — https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-war-oprep.htmTimes of Israel — BRICS declaration, Pezeshkian remarks — https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-12-2026/CBS News — oil, gasoline and diesel levels — https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-price-strikes/ Full source list is in the Substack edition.

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  BREAKING: War in Iran Day 196 — 1930s Radio Broadcast | September 11, 2026

  Sep 11, 202613 min

  September 11, 2026. Day 196, and the twenty-fifth anniversary. Thursday morning the President said no American aircraft had been damaged by Iranian fire in Jordan — "None whatsoever. No damage. No nothing." Thursday evening two sources told ABC News that an A-10 lost a wing at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base and about eight F-15s took light damage. Thursday night he said there is "not even a chance" this war lasts the rest of his term. Tonight's report: The sequence in order: Trump denies any aircraft damage Thursday morning; ABC reports Thursday evening that an A-10 was hit and lost a wing and roughly eight F-15s took light damage at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. No American was reported hurt Trump: "no there's not even a chance" the war runs to the end of his term — an estimate that began at four to six weeks, then "immediately after the election," then "maybe sooner," then "could end before the election" He says fuel will fall to "less than $2 a barrel, $2 a gallon," correcting himself mid-sentence. Gasoline stands near $4.15 The Wall Street Journal reports, and a U.S. official confirms, that Iran has resumed limited ballistic missile production underground using pre-war components — at a significantly slower rate, with no certainty it can continue once the shelf is empty Trump says "movement" detected at Pickaxe Mountain and threatens new strikes — the fifth such threat — the same day CSIS satellite analysis finds more road activity there than at any point in its history No IAEA inspectors have been in Iran since February 28, and the Agency cannot account for more than 200 kg of 60% enriched uranium Trump claims nine Iranian ships taken out; independent counts find ten hulls since September 1; CENTCOM has published no cumulative figure at all Five days on, Tehran's announced exclusion zone and its Oman safe route still have no published terms Yemen: Saudi airstrikes intensify. Lebanon: a drone kills a motorcyclist at Zebdine, and a tunnel demolition registers as an earth tremor A correction on Missouri: after we reported the older map would govern November, Kavanaugh denied the state's appeal and a federal judge revived the GOP map hours later. The secretary of state faces a contempt motion Also tonight: twenty-five years since September 11, and the FDNY's own accounting of what came after. Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy Wilson makes Welsh rarebit, and explains the small scandal in its name. The rule is absolute: the pan comes off the heat before one crumb of cheese goes in. About $4, fifteen minutes. This is a news presentation — not opinion or editorial. Where accounts conflict, both are given. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. No affiliation with any actual news organization. SOURCES: ABC News — Trump remarks, aircraft damage sources, missile production, casualty database — https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116 GlobalSecurity — Pickaxe threats, CSIS analysis, tanker count, Lebanon strikes — https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iran-war-oprep.htm CBS News — IAEA referral, exclusion zone, Oman route, oil prices — https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-price-strikes/ Al Jazeera / Reuters / AP — Kavanaugh denies the Missouri emergency application — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/9/us-supreme-court-rejects-missouri-bid-to-reactivate-gop-backed-voting-map ABC News — Judge Clark's temporary restraining order — https://abcnews.com/Politics/kavanaugh-denies-missouri-republicans-appeal-preserve-gop-friendly/story?id=136287286 Democracy Docket — the 14-day TRO and Eighth Circuit appeal — https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-revives-missouri-gop-gerrymander-right-after-supreme-court-rejects-states-emergency-bid/ Full source list is in the Substack edition.

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  BREAKING: War in Iran Day 195 — 1930s Radio Broadcast | September 10, 2026

  Sep 10, 202613 min

  September 10, 2026. Day 195. The President told reporters Wednesday that the war will end "immediately after the election" because Iran "can't hold out any longer" — the plainest statement of timing he has given. The IAEA Board has reported Iran to the UN Security Council, the first such referral in twenty years. And two merchant ships were struck in Gulf waters this morning by what maritime authorities can only call unknown projectiles. Tonight's report: • Trump: "I think the war is going to end immediately after the election," and gas prices will fall after the midterms — a prediction that lines up with last week's Reuters reporting that aides urged no escalation before November 3• The arithmetic beside it: the election is 54 days off, and in the five days just past U.S. forces destroyed or disabled eight Iranian tankers while the Pentagon added 53 names to its wounded list• The IAEA Board refers Iran to the Security Council over undeclared-site uranium traces; the resolution was brought by the U.S., Britain, France and Germany• Iran's deputy foreign minister calls the resolution a construction of "fabrications," arguing the same powers bombed safeguarded facilities, disrupted verification, then used that disruption as the pretext• The Agency still cannot verify the location of well over 200 kg of 60% enriched uranium, and says attacks on safeguarded facilities "should never take place"• UKMTO reports a tanker struck by an "unknown projectile" southeast of Al-Faw, Iraq, and a second vessel listing off Port Rashid in the UAE — neither attack attributed by anyone• Iran's foreign ministry calls the U.S. tanker strikes "an outright threat to regional and international peace and security" and calls its own strikes on Jordan and U.S. vessels defensive• The running figures: eight Iranian tankers in five days, 94 vessels redirected since mid-July, at least 511 Iranian missiles and drones since July 8, 820 American wounded and 18 killed• Tehran's exclusion zone and its Oman safe route, both announced Monday, still have no published terms four days on• Lebanon: 12 killed in Israeli strikes, 11 at Kfar Rumman. Yemen: Houthi and Saudi exchanges, the heaviest since their truce four years ago• After Canada's 50% retaliatory tariffs took effect Tuesday, the administration moves Wednesday to bar many Canadian goods outright — a tariff is a price, a prohibition is a wall• Reuters reports Iran has used an oil-for-credits barter arrangement with China to buy billions in goods, including military gear, citing anonymous Iranian sources Also tonight: tomorrow marks twenty-five years since September 11. Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy Wilson makes corned beef hash, and the rule is simply this: do not stir it. Press it flat and leave it alone eight minutes, which is the hardest eight minutes in cooking. About $6 for four. This is a news presentation — not opinion or editorial. Where accounts conflict, both are given. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. No affiliation with any actual news organization. SOURCES: ABC News — Trump on the election timeline, IAEA referral, UKMTO reports, Iranian foreign ministry statement — https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116ABC News — administration moves to bar Canadian goods — https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-ratchets-trade-war-moves-ban-canadian-goods/story?id=136289929AP via Yahoo News — Canadian tariffs, Carney, Collins, export figures — https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/canadas-retaliatory-tariffs-set-hit-172040351.htmlReuters via Times of Israel — Iran-China oil-for-credits barter — https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026CBS News — Grossi remarks, exclusion zone, Oman route, Lebanon, Yemen, oil prices — https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-price-strikes/ Full source list is in the Substack edition.

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  BREAKING: War in Iran Day 194 — 1930s Radio Broadcast | September 9, 2026

  Sep 9, 202613 min

  September 9, 2026. Day 194. American forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday — four in the Gulf of Oman, one near Kharg Island — after Iranian missiles were fired at a U.S. warship for a second straight day. That makes eight Iranian vessels in four days. The Pentagon's casualty database was revised the same afternoon to 820 American wounded, up 53 since Friday. Tonight's report: • CENTCOM destroys five IRGC oil tankers, one identified as the M/T Riesco; crews were directed to abandon ship first, and the targeted U.S. warship evaded with no American harmed• Iranian state media reported the Kharg strike about three hours before Washington confirmed it — the pattern every time this week• The Pentagon casualty ledger jumps to 820 wounded and 18 killed: 758 on Aug. 28, 767 on Sept. 4, then 53 more in four days• The IRGC says it fired on U.S.-related targets in Jordan including a hangar at the Azraq base; a U.S. official calls the attack "ineffective"• The IRGC warns oil tankers in Kuwaiti and Bahraini waters to evacuate — the first such warning aimed at third countries' waters• Iran claims it seized an American underwater drone; Washington has not confirmed it and there is no independent account• Tanker for tanker: three Iranian vessels Saturday, five Tuesday, crews warned off each time, no reported deaths on either side• JINSA counts at least 511 Iranian missiles and drones since July 8 — only seven of them between Saturday and Tuesday• Two announcements from Monday still unspecified: Iran's promised "exclusion zone," and the Iran-Oman safe route that was to be registered with the IMO "within days"• The barrel dispute widens: an official assessment puts Hormuz flow at "a little over nine million barrels a day," against the Energy Secretary's claim of 17 million in a single day• Yemen: Houthis hit Saudi oil facilities and Saudi Arabia strikes back — the worst exchanges since their truce four years ago. Qatar warns of an "industrial catastrophe"• Canada's retaliatory tariffs take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, up to 50% on hundreds of U.S. goods; Carney says they "are necessary," Sen. Susan Collins warns of harm to border-state businesses• Markets: Brent $97 Tuesday afternoon after a $96.78–99.46 day range, WTI above $92, gasoline $4.15, diesel still at a record $5.85 Followed by "From the Homefront" — Dorothy Wilson makes stuffed cabbage, the dish that became American by arithmetic: half a pound of meat won't feed four, but half a pound with rice and a head of cabbage feeds six. Boil the head whole and peel the leaves as they loosen. About $7 for a dozen rolls. This is a news presentation — not opinion or editorial. Where accounts conflict, both are given. The "Winrad Broadcasting Service" is fictional. All voices are AI-generated. No affiliation with any actual news organization. SOURCES: ABC News — CENTCOM tanker strikes, casualty database, IRGC claims — https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116CNN — Saturday's three tankers — https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/middleeast/iran-us-tanker-kharg-intlJINSA Iran War Update — munitions tally, Brent day range, barrel-flow assessment — https://jinsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Iran-War-Update-9.8.26.pdfCBS News — Brent, exclusion zone, Iran-Oman talks, Yemen — https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-price-strikes/Al Jazeera — Qatar warning — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/9/8/iran-war-live-qatar-warns-of-industrial-catastrophe-if-crisis-continuesAP via Yahoo News — Canadian tariffs, Carney remarks, export figures — https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/canadas-retaliatory-tariffs-set-hit-172040351.html Full source list is in the Substack edition.

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