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3 places · 1 event not on the map
31 August 2026
6 events recorded (2 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
31 August 2026 in brief
Saudi shipping company Bahri said two Filipino seafarers were killed when its tanker Sidr was struck in the Strait of Hormuz while leaving the Gulf, and Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia blamed Iran. [1] Rights groups Hengaw, HRANA and Dadban said courts in Isfahan had sentenced two women to death over the January protests. [1] Iran's army said it attacked locations at the UAE's Al Minhad air base with drones in retaliation for the Larak Island strike, a claim the UAE disputed, saying only that its air force responded to a drone approaching from Iran. [1] The IRGC said a supertanker hit two naval mines while crossing the strait without permission, which US Central Command called false, and Iranian media said a Saudi oil tanker was stopped in the strait's southern corridor, which Saudi Arabia had not confirmed. [1][2] Trump said the US would hit Iran hard in response to the missile attack on US forces in Jordan, while Pezeshkian told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Tehran remained open to a negotiated settlement with the US.
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President Trump told Fox News the US is going to hit Iran hard and there will be a response to the missile attack on US forces in Jordan, adding that almost all the missiles were intercepted.
Government of the United States
31 Aug · to a mixed audience
Reported by Times of Israel
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Base · the UAE
A fixed site in this day's records.
Wikidata Q1934988
Market
€2039.15
EU average diesel pump price, per 1,000 litres
+28% on the average of the 30 days before the war (€1587.95).
31 Aug · European Commission
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Said: 2 statements, not counted as events
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Government of Iran: Meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, President Pezeshkian said continued war is in no one's interest and that Tehran remains open to a negotiated settlement with the US, according to Tasnim.
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Government of the United States: President Trump told Fox News the US is going to hit Iran hard and there will be a response to the missile attack on US forces in Jordan, adding that almost all the missiles were intercepted.