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Iran weighs tactical shift in Persian Gulf strikes while intensifying attacks on Israel, by Jeremy Scahill | Dropsite News  Iran is considering reducing its strikes in most Arab nations that house U.S. military bases while expanding attacks against Israel, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site. READ MORE . . .

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NEWER  Oil prices rise and markets dip as Iran digs in with new leader, by Jon Gambrell, Jamey Keaten and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — Oil prices surged and stock markets slid today after hard-line Ayatollah was chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader. His appointment, and new strikes on regional oil infrastructure, signaled that Iran was digging in 10 days into the war launched by the United States and Israel. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. 

Where things stand after another weekend of war, by Cara Anna | AP  Iran has named a son of its late supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, as his successor — whom U.S. President Donald Trump had already disdained as “unacceptable.” The Islamic Republic’s war strategy now has a new commander, and The powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has pledged allegiance to the new commander of the Islamic Republic. Oil prices shot above $100 a barrel. Both sides in the war . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel needs weeks to destroy Iran’s military: defense official. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Steve Inskeep | NPR  A senior Israeli defense official says Israel needs three more weeks to accomplish its goal of decimating Iran’s military forces. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for all eight Iran war-related reports on today’s “Morning Edition” program.

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FROM MARCH 8  Gen. David Petraeus on Iran’s high-risk strategy, Russian support and U.S. military options. From Fox News. Ret. Gen. David Petraeus discusses Iran’s defense strategy, alleged Russian military cooperation and the U.S. response to escalating tensions on Sunday. Click HERE for video.

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FROM MARCH 8  U.S. orders embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia due to Iran war. From Middle East Eye. The United States said late Sunday that it was ordering embassy staff to leave Saudi Arabia as Iran strikes the kingdom in retaliation for an attack by Washington and Israel. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  U.S. service member dies from injuries sustained in Iran’s attack on Saudi Arabia. From Middle East Monitor.  A U.S. service member has succumbed to injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1, bringing the death toll of US service members to seven, U.S. Central Command announced Sunday, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  Iran names Majtaba Khamenie to succeed his father as supreme leader, by Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, Kareem Chehayeb and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday, as the war that began a little over a week ago with his father’s killing took a dramatic turn. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from NPR.

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FROM MARCH 8  Israel hits critical infrastructure in Iran war. Reported by Daniel Estrin and Adrian Ma | NPR  Israel hits oil facilities in Tehran overnight, triggering huge explosions, as Iran targets infrastructure in Bahrain and Kuwait and the Middle East conflict enters day nine. Click HERE soon to listen and, later, read, and HERE for all three of NPR’s “All Things Considered” program on March 8.

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FROM MARCH 8  U.S., Israel planning seizure of Iran’s Kharg oil terminal, threatening to ‘bring down’ world economies: report. From the Cradle. White House officials have discussed seizing Kharg Island, a strategic terminal responsible for roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil exports, as well as sending US special forces to seize Iran’s enriched uranium, Axios reported on Sunday. READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s descent Into madness: MJ Rosenberg on Gideon Levy’s warning. From ScheerPost. In his latest Substack column, longtime analyst and former Hill staffer MJ Rosenberg turns his attention to a chilling new reality inside Israel — one captured with brutal clarity by Gideon Levy in Haaretz. Rosenberg argues that the crisis now gripping Israel is not simply a matter of extremist leadership but of a society that has embraced war, vengeance, and ultranationalism as a collective identity. READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s goal in Iran is not just regime change, but complete collapse, by Kate McMahon | Mondoweiss  For Israel, a failed Iranian state fractured by civil war is preferable to any other outcome. They don’t want to just change the regime in Iran, they want to collapse the state itself. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  The war on Iran — and Washington’s missing exit strategy, by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies | ScheerPost  The U.S. and Israel are gambling that they can destroy enough of Iran’s missiles before they themselves run out of air defense interceptors needed to stop them. Recent experience suggests this gamble is likely to fail. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  U.S. makes India perform in a circus tent, by M. K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  Exceptionally rude statements and remarks poured out of Trump administration officials demanding that India should fall in line with the American diktat to terminate its oil imports from Russia. The alibi was that India’s oil trade generated additional income for Russia, which helped finance the Kremlin’s ongoing war in Ukraine. READ MORE . . .

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A link to an interview from the Chris Hedges Report (and later as it appears below via Consortium News); others are accessible by clicking on their names as highlighted. (Scroll down for MEDIA 3-8-26. Scroll up for today’s IRAN so far.) — MCM

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FROM MARCH 4  The media’s capitulation to power (w/ Ahmed Eldin). Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report, former foreign correspondent, and Ahmed Eldin, Palestinian journalist and media critic, discuss “the propagandistic purpose that corporate media serves in the age of the American-Israeli project of genocidal colonialism,” including “the role of Western media in shaping public understanding of the war in Gaza.” Click HERE for video and transcript of interview.

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Links to TEN-plus reports, analyses, interviews and commentary: from Agence France-Presse, Middle East Monitor, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Anadolu Ajansi, Consortium News, Middle East Eye, and Unapologetic; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-7-26 and MEDIA.) — MCM

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* Frequent war updates and photos from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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Iran’s top diplomat says Iran, not Trump, will elect new leader. From AFP. “We allow nobody to interfere in our domestic affairs,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC’s “Meet the Press” today. “This is up to the Iranian people to elect their new leader.” READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AFP report in French, and HERE for headlines of others.

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Iran to intensify attacks against Israel, U.S. as of tonight, military official says. From Middle East Monitor. Beginning tonight, Iran’s military will double its use of strategic missiles carrying heavy warheads and intensify drone attacks against Israel and the United States, an Iranian military official said today, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Bahrain says Iran hit desalinization plant, stoking fears of attacks on civilian sites, by Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz and Kareem Chehayeb | AP  DUBAI — Bahrain accused Iran of striking a desalination plant on Sunday, raising fears that civilian infrastructure may become fair game in the war, as Iran’s president vowed to expand the country’s attacks on American targets across the region in the face of intense U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Israel hits Iran’s oil depots as clerics say consensus reached on Ayatollah successor. From NPR. Israel targeted Iran’s oil facilities for the first time early today; videos showed huge flames lighting up the sky. Tehran responded by hitting a desalination plant in Bahrain. Iranian state media reported officials were close to announcing a successor for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in Israeli strikes at the start of the war. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 7  The impact of Iran’s attacks on the UAE. Reported by Aya Batrawy | NPR  The UAE, billed as a global luxury destination, has received the bulk of Iran’s attacks in the region so far. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM MARCH 7  How the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran is realigning the politics of the Middle East. Reported by Michael Levitt, Adrian Ma and Daniel Ofman | NPR  Ma speaks with author and journalist Kim Ghattas about the impacts the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran will have on the broader region. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Australia considering military aid to Middle East but will not deploy troops. From Anadolu. ISTANBUL — Australia said today it is considering offering military aid to Middle Eastern countries hit by Iran’s counter strikes but will not deploy troops to contribute to a war effort, according to media reports. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same Anadolu report in French, and HERE for others.

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FROM MARCH 7  Watch: The World This Week w/ Ray McGovern. Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, and CN columnist Patrick Lawrence speak with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, about “a week that changed the world, perhaps forever” and what may be in store. The discussion first aired Friday evening on CN Live! Click HERE for video.

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FROM MARCH 6  Iran is gearing up for a long war of attrition against Israel and the U.S., by Marco Carnelos | Middle East Eye  In essence, Iran is aiming to inflict “death by 1,000 cuts.” There no more red lines containing Tehran’s response after the assassination of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. As has been observed in other similar situations, the West might . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 3  Israel dragged Trump into a war with Iran he cannot win. Now what? From Unapologetic. Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at King’s College London, discusses Iran’s response to the U.S.-Israel war against it and the potential ramifications for the security of Gulf states. Click HERE for video.

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A link to commentary: from MintPress News; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name as highlighted. (Scroll down for MEDIA 2-25-26. Scroll up for IRAN.) — MCM

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FROM MARCH 6  Corporate media go all out to support the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran, by Alan Macleod | MintPress News  Corporate media of all stripes have rushed to support the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, throwing objectivity and accuracy by the wayside in order to manufacture consent for regime change. READ MORE . . .

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For now, links to NINE-plus reports, analyses, interviews and discussions (dozens): from the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, Consortium News, Anadolu Ajansi, National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, and Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-6-26.) — MCM

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* Frequent war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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FROM MARCH 7  Watch: The World This Week w/ Ray McGovern. Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, and CN columnist Patrick Lawrence speak with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, about “a week that changed the world, perhaps forever” and what may be in store. The discussion first aired Friday evening on CN Live! Click HERE for video.

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Iran says oil facility in Tehran is hit in latest airstrikes, by Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy  | AP  DUBAI — The Iran war exploded further late today as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the week-old conflict. Associated Press video showed the horizon glowing against the night sky. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Trump says he’ll hit Iran harder as Iranian president apologizes to neighbors. Edited by Sara Aboubakr, Hrvoje Hranjski, Donna Edwards, Verda Subzwari and Elizabeth Both | AP  U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard!,” while noting an apology by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier in the day to neighboring nations over Tehran’s attacks. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.

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Day 8 updates: Attack on Iran, by Joe Lauria | Consortium News  11:15 am EST:  The Washington Post has reported on a classified document that says a large-scale U.S. war against Iran would be “unlikely” to topple the government. READ MORE . . .

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U.S. approves $151.8M weapons sales to Israel, waiving congressional review, by Rabia Iclal Turan | Anadolu Ajansi  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration approved a possible $151.8 million weapons sale to Israel on Friday, invoking “emergency” authority to waive the congressional review requirements as Washington and Israel continue to attack Iran. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same Anadolu report in French, and HERE for others.

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FROM MARCH 6  In one week, war has swept across the Middle East. Reported by Juana Summers, Michele Keleme,n,  Alejandra Marquez Janse, Elena Burnett, Tara Neill and Barrie Hardymon  | NPR  Nearly a week into a new and widening war in the Middle East, some of the U.S.’s closest allies in the region and beyond are trying to contain it. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for all five of NPR’s Iran war reports on “All Things Considered” for March 6.

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For now, links to FIFTEEN-plus reports, commentaries, analyses and interviews (more than 19): from the Associated Press, the Cradle, National Public Radio, Antiwar.com, MintPress News, and ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-5-26 and today’s, CUBA, VENEZUELA and LEBANON so far.) — MCM

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* Frequent war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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Intense Israeli strikes target Iran and Lebanon as U.S. warns bombardment to ‘surge dramatically,’ by Jon Gambrell, Russ Bynum and Sally Abou Aljoud | AP  DUBAI — Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early today as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships. READ MORE . . .

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Qatar energy chief says war disruptions will soon trigger ‘global economic collapse.’ From the Cradle. Qatar Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi says the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the logistical disruptions on Gulf energy exports will have devastating consequences for the global economy, according to an interview published by the Financial Times today. READ MORE . . .

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Trump calls on Iran to surrender and rules out taks as Israel bombs Lebanon, by Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Sam Metz and Sally Abou Aljoud | AP  DUBAI — U.S. President Donald Trump today appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.” Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war. The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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Trump to meet defence contractors to speed up weapons deliveries. From Middle East Eye. The White House said representatives from six companies were to attend attend the meeting today: Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX Corporation, Boeing, Honeywell, and L3Harris Technologies. READ MORE . . .

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U.S warplanes ‘likely responsible’ for Minab school massacre in Iran, internal probe shows. From the Cradle. U.S. investigators probing the deadly attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in the Iranian city of Minab believe a U.S. military strike is the most likely cause of the bombing that killed over 180 people, of whom at least 165 were children, according to U.S. officials who spoke to Reuters. READ MORE . . .

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Trump’s Iran endgame unclear as he weighs quick exit against losing leverage. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR  President Trump hasn’t spelled out how he wants the Iran war to end. But ending the military campaign too early could mean losing leverage over what comes next. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE for all five NPR reports from today’s “Morning Edition.”

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FROM MARCH 5  U.S.-Israeli war kills over 1,200 Iranians, destroys thousands of civilian buildings. From the Cradle. At least 1,230 Iranians have been killed since the joint US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic started six days ago, according to figures released by officials on 5 March, with thousands of civilian buildings targeted and confirmed strikes on more than a dozen medical facilities. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 5  Trump says he wants to be involved in picking Iran’s next leader as war ripples across the region, by Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Elena Becatoros and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. Iran kept up retaliatory attacks on Israel, American bases and countries around the region. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for report from Antiwar.com.

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FROM MARCH 5  What it feels like to be in the middle of Iran’s widening war. Reported by Mary Louise Kelly, Tom Bowman and Aya Batrawy | NPR  Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Bowman and international correspondent Batrawy about the war in the Middle East for the national security podcast Sources & Methods. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM MARCH 5  U.S. radars destroyed: Iran writes handbook for modern war with empire. Mnar Adley of MintPress News speaks with Sharmine Narwani, political analyst and editor of the Cradle, “to break through the ‘fog of war’ and expose the reality of this military confrontation waged by the Epstein class.” Click HERE for video and more of intro.

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FROM MARCH 4  Kucinich: Iran could be the graveyard of U.S. power. Robert Scheer of ScheerPost talks with former Cleveland mayor and former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. From intro: “one of the most urgent and unflinching conversations in Scheer Intelligence history.” Click HERE for audio and text of extensive print summary.

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FROM MARCH 4  Khamenie assassination, Strait of Hormuz closure & betrayal of Arab nations. Mnar Adley of MintPress News talks again with Seyeed Seyed Mohammad Marandi, professor of English literature and orientalism, speaking from the University of Tehran. Click HERE for video and an intro.   

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FROM MARCH 4  How European countries aid U.S. and Israel in the war on Iran, by Alan Macleod | MintPress News  European nations provide economic and diplomatic support and supply military assistance, actively participating in the U.S.-Israeli campaign to overthrow Iran’s government. READ MORE . . .

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First, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for CUBA 3-5-26 and today’s IRAN and LEBANON so far.) — MCM

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* Frequent Iran war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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FROM MARCH 5  Crews in Cuba rush to repair a damaged power plant to ease a blackout, by  Milexy Durán | AP  HAVANA  — Swaths of Cuba remained without power today nearly a day after a huge blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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First, a link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for VENEZUELA 3-4-26, and up or down for today’s CUBA, IRAN and LEBANON so far.) — MCM

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* Frequent Iran war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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As the U.S. and Venezuela mend relations, Trump touts it as a model for regime change. Reported by Eyder Peralta, and Steve Inskeep | NPR  Washington and Caracas moved to restore diplomatic ties, as President Trump comments on Venezuela’s post-Maduro transition as a model something similar in Iran. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. 

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For now, links to reports from the Associated Press and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for LEBANON 3-5-26. Scroll up for today’s IRAN, CUBA and VENEZUELA so far.  Since Feb. 27 I’ve temporarily suspended entries for subjects other than the Iran war except for VENEZUELA, CUBA and LEBANON.) — MCM

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* Frequent Iran war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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Trump calls on Iran to surrender and rules out taks as Israel bombs Lebanon, by Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Sam Metz and Sally Abou Aljoud | AP  DUBAI — Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war. The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since a 2024 ceasefire ended the last war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah, who fired rockets at Israel in the opening days of the war now underway. More than 95,000 people have fled Beirut’s suburbs and southern Lebanon after sweeping Israeli evacuation warnings. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for a report from Middle East Eye.

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Links to at least FIFTEEN reports, analyses and commentaries (more like 25): from Consortium News, the Associated Press, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-4-26 and LEBANON and CUBA.  Since Feb. 27 I’ve temporarily suspended entries for subjects other than the Iran war except for VENEZUELA and, today, CUBA and LEBANON.) — MCM

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* Frequent war updates from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor are HERE, HERE and HERE. AP reports in Spanish are HERE. *

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FROM MARCH 4  Watch: CN Live! — ‘Mideast on Fire.’ Joe Lauria and Elizabeth Vos of Consortium News talk and jounalist and geopolitical analyst Patrick Henningsen consider an array domestic and foreign components of the war. The conversation was live-streamed by CN on Wednesday evening a week or so after Henningsen returned from six days in Iran. Click HERE for video and comments.

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Trump’s unjust & unconstitutional war, by Andrew P. Napolitano | Judging Freedom / Consortium News  No rational observer looking at 2,000-pound bombs being dropped on military targets and thousands of missiles being fired indiscriminately at both civilians and military personnel in Iran can conclude that these events constitute anything but a war. That recognition triggers a series of analyses — moral, constitutional and legal. READ MORE . . .

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Iran is pummeled by airstrikes as it launches a new wave of attacks against Israel and U.S. bases, by Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Elena Becatoros and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — Iran today launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region, while warning the U.S. would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship. Tehran’s expanding retaliatory strikes came even as Israel and the U.S. hammered Iran for a sixth day. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Plenty of photos from AP are HERE.

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Australia deploys military to Middle East as Canada does not rule out joining conflict. From Middle East Monitor. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said today he could not rule out his country taking part militarily in the ongoing Middle East conflict. Speaking alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra, he said: “One can never categorically rule out participation.” READ MORE . . .

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BULLETIN  Iran’s military says didn’t launch drones toward Azerbaijan. From Middle East Eye. Iran’s armed forces have rejected claims that they launched drones towards Azerbaijan after two unmanned aircraft reportedly crashed near the airport in Nakhchivan. READ MORE . . .

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U.S-Israeli strikes continue across Iran; Iranian drones hit Azerbaijan. From NPR.  The war with Iran continued to widen today as Azerbaijan, a key U.S. ally, said drones launched from Iran hit an airport in its Nakhchivan region, while U.S. and Israeli forces struck more targets inside Iran. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said it demanded an explanation. Click HERE to read.

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U.S.-Israel strikes continue as Iran war enters sixth day. Reported by Ruth Sherlock and Michel Martin | NPR  Middle East war enters 6th day with Israel and the U.S. continuing to hit Iran as the conflict continues to spread across the region. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for all nine NPR reports, so far, on today’s  “Morning Edition” program.

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Iran launches new attacks and calls for ‘Trump’s blood’ while Israel attacks Iranian infrastructure, by Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Elena Becatoros and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — Iran launched a new wave of attacks today at Israel, American bases and countries around the region, threatening that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and calling for “Trump’s blood,” while Israel said it hit multiple targets in Iran. Israel announced . . .  READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM MARCH 4  Iranian civilians are now fleeing the relentless bombing for neighboring Turkey. Reported by Ruth Sherlock | NPR  As the U.S. military broadens its strikes in Iran, traumatized Iranians are reaching the border with Turkey. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for links to all five NPR Iran war reports on “All Things Considered” for March 4.

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NATO intercepts alleged Iranian missile over Syria–Turkiye border. From the Cradle. NATO missile defenses intercepted a ballistic missile allegedly fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace, the Turkish Defense Ministry revealed on Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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The war on Iran has ignited rare civil unrest in Bahrain, by Rayhan Uddin | Middle East Eye  Hours after the U.S. and Israeli assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran was confirmed, protests spread across the Gulf island nation of Bahrain, a close western ally. READ MORE . . .

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White House denies reports Trump approved arming Kurdish groups against Iran. From Middle East Monitor. A White House spokesperson has described as “completely false” reports that U.S. President Donald Trump approved a plan to arm Kurdish groups in the region with the aim of triggering an uprising inside Iran. READ MORE . . .

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Iranian warship hit by U.S. torpedo did not carry ammunition, say Indian sources, by Peter McNamara | Middle East Eye  An Iranian warship destroyed in a U.S. torpedo strike on Wednesday was “defenceless” and participating in an international naval exercise as a guest of the Indian navy, according to reports. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 4  U.S. kills dozens of Iranian sailors returning from India in ‘first torpedo strike since WW2.’ From the Cradle. A U.S. military submarine attacked an Iranian naval vessel in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, killing at least 80 as the ship was returning from a maritime exercise in India. U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine commented. READ MORE . . .

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A deal was on the table. They bombed it. by Zarqa Parvez | Middle East Monitor   On Feb. 27, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi gave a remarkable interview on CBS News’ Face the Nation, describing what diplomats had achieved after three rounds of indirect talks in Geneva as a historic breakthrough: Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling and zero accumulation of enriched nuclear material, with full verification. READ MORE . . .

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