Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Iranian and Syrian military installations after militants placed improvised explosive devices near the Israeli border, an IDF statement said Wednesday. 
PARIS—Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up the first leg of a seven-country tour in Paris on Monday by amplifying the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to push back against Iran, a centerpiece of what are likely to be the administration’s final months. 
Twitter slapped a warning label on a tweet from former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley arguing that “election fraud does happen,” but the social media platform has looked the other way at tweets from Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei denying the Holocaust.
Iran will reduce the access international nuclear inspectors have to its sites following a new watchdog report indicating Tehran is stockpiling more than 12 times the amount of enriched uranium allowed under the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Tehran has arrested—and potentially plans to execute—Iranian Paralympian Reza Tabrizi for his criticism of the country's Islamist regime, the Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. 
German foreign minister Heiko Maas said NATO and defense spending will "no longer be as much in the spotlight" during a Joe Biden administration, Politico reported Monday. Israel's minister for settlement affairs warned of war between Israel and Iran if a potential Biden administration returned to the Iran deal.
The next American administration will “surrender to the Iranian nation,” according Hassan Rouhani, the Islamic Republic’s president. 
Russian and Iranian officials, along with Chinese media, continue to mock the uncertainty of the American presidential election. 
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tuesday that the Biden ticket is his country's "more promising" option in the 2020 presidential election. 