The Iranian Students News Agency reports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' deputy political director said recent developments show Iran and the Resistance Front have become a decisive force in the region, and that a Persian Gulf anchored by regional states' capabilities is becoming the starting point of a new regional — and potentially global — order.

President Trump told reporters on Wednesday he could have done "very bad things" to Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama but chose restraint out of respect for the office. When asked what grounds Democrats might use to impeach him if they win control of both chambers in November, he said he did not know and shifted to say he had had chances to act against political opponents. He declined to specify what actions he meant and suggested he still had the ability to take such steps.

Guyana's average oil production in August was 832,000 barrels per day.