IRNA quoted a source denying reports of Iran–US talks in New York. The Iranian delegation is in New York for the UN General Assembly; the source said Iran conveyed its positions to the US via Qatari mediation last Tuesday and is awaiting a US response, and that there are no plans for a new round of talks in New York. The foreign minister will return home on Tuesday after completing the scheduled program.

Today (Sept. 28, 2026) the Sichuan Culture and Tourism Development Conference and the 12th China (Sichuan) International Tourism Investment Conference opened in Chengdu. Organizers unveiled a '1+8+N' program — one main session, eight themed events and multiple consumer activities — timed to the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays. Chengdu will stage over 200 cultural and tourism events, publish 50 flagship activities across music/performance, museum exhibitions, cultural-tourism consumption, local folk customs and fashion/lifestyle, and promote 10 themed scenes and 13 curated routes. The city will issue cultural and tourism consumer vouchers worth tens of millions of yuan covering hotels, packaged tours and live entertainment.

Saudi Arabian television cited Fars news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), saying local sources reported a naval cruise missile was fired at a vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz along an "unauthorized route".