America and Israel Strikes Iran : Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Dead

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Israel targets top Iranian official Ali Larijani in overnight airstrike​

Israel targeted top Iranian official Ali Larijani in an airstrike in Iran overnight, according to Israeli officials.

It is unclear if Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, was killed or injured in the strike, the officials say.

Larijani was the right-hand man of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei until the latter’s killing at the start of the war, and was seen as a leading figure in the regime since Khamenei’s death.

 
They are taking out the ideological hardliners so that the self-interested leaders are the ones left to negotiate with. Mossad probably knows where each of the top officials belong.
 

Trump is losing control in the Gulf. A terrifying scenario could now play out​

The US President's call for warships in the Strait of Hormuz risks dragging the world into further crisis


However, experts have warned that deploying warships to the narrow strait risks “miscalculation at sea” with attacks on ships potentially pulling more actors into the US-Israel conflict against Iran, sparking a dangerous escalation in the war, which has already drawn in more than a dozen countries in the region.


“The main risk is miscalculation at sea; mines, drones, or missile strikes against shipping or escort vessels,” said Dr HA Hellyer, geopolitics scholar at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (Rusi) and the Center for American Progress.

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Trump is losing control in the Gulf. A terrifying scenario could now play out

The US President's call for warships in the Strait of Hormuz risks dragging the world into further crisis
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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump​

Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and lives

After years of arrests, disappearances and mass killings of protesters, the hatred in Iran from some quarters for the hardline, oppressive governing regime had boiled into such a desperate rage that many believed Donald Trump’s promise that the US would “come to their rescue”.

Now, after a fortnight of war, with US and Israeli airstrikes killing hundreds as they hit residential blocks, shops, fuel depots and even a school, the mood is changing.


“They are also lying! Like the regime has been lying to us,” said Amir*, a student at the University of Tehran. “You are all worse than each other.”

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‘You are all worse than each other’: anti-regime Iranians turn on Trump

Mood among some in Iran shifts from hope of being rescued to dismay at destruction of infrastructure, culture and lives
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Trump says he’ll have the ‘honor of taking Cuba’ and can do ‘anything I want with it’​

Donald Trump ranted to reporters that he had the right to do “anything” he wanted with Cuba, claiming that the island nation is a failed state and promising that the country was next on his list of adversaries to confront after Iran.

His comments came as senior figures in his administration have repeatedly stressed that the war with Iran will end in the coming days, while refusing to outline the president’s specific goals and skirting around the issue of using America’s military as the world’s police force.
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Trump says he’ll have the ‘honor of taking Cuba’ and can do ‘anything I want with it’

Trump, in second rambling address to reporters of the day, issues wild threats to Cuba amid historic blackout
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Trump’s counterterrorism chief, whose own wife was killed by ISIS, quits over Iran War saying Tehran posed ‘no imminent threat’​

Ex-Green Beret is first Trump administration official to quit over Iran war​

Andrew Feinberg in Washington, D.C.Tuesday 17 March 2026 14:21 GMT


Joe Kent has quit his post as head of the National Counterterrorism Center

Joe Kent has quit his post as head of the National Counterterrorism Center (Office of the Director of National Intelligence )
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Joe Kent, the former U.S. Army special forces soldier and CIA operator turned National Counterterrorism Center director, has resigned from his post over President Donald Trump’s decision to take the U.S. to war with Iran.

Kent announced the move in a post on X, writing he could not “in good
 

UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach | US-Israel war on Iran​


Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, attended the final talks between the US and Iran and judged that the offer made by Tehran on its nuclear programme was significant enough to prevent a rush to war, the Guardian can reveal.

Powell thought progress had been made in Geneva in late February and that the deal proposed by Iran was “surprising”, according to sources.

Two days after the talks ended, and after a date had been agreed for a further round of technical talks in Vienna, the US and Israel launched the attack on Iran.

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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach

Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
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‘Never heard him so angry’: Trump is furious that global allies aren’t pitching in in Iran​

Their assistance, the president said on Tuesday, is no longer needed.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday fumed at longtime American allies he says aren’t doing enough to help the U.S. and Israel in their war against Iran, now arguing that their assistance was never needed after spending days publicly requesting their help.

“Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer ‘need,’ or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID!” he wrote on Truth Social. “Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”

 
The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon. I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need. Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military — Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again! Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer “need,” or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Ray Dalio warns a "final battle" for the Strait of Hormuz is coming​


Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio published a dire warning Monday: The conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran will be a decisive confrontation over the Strait of Hormuz, and the outcome will determine far more than the price of oil. It will determine whether the American-led global order survives.

“It all comes down to who controls the Strait of Hormuz,” Dalio wrote in a lengthy post on X. If Iran retains the ability to control or even negotiate over who passes through the strait—through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply flows daily—Dalio argues the U.S. will be seen as having lost the war, regardless of how the conflict is resolved.

Dalio compared a potential U.S. failure at Hormuz to Britain’s humiliation during the 1956 Suez Crisis, a moment widely regarded by historians as the end of the British Empire’s global imperialism. He pointed to a pattern he says has repeated across 500 years of history: a rising power challenges the dominant empire over a critical trade route while the world watches, and money and alliances shift fast toward whoever wins.

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Ray Dalio warns a 'final battle' for the Strait of Hormuz is coming | Fortune

Dalio says that if the President Trump can’t get control over the strait, he risks permanently damaging U.S. credibility on the world stage.
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201 Ukrainians now in Middle East helping counter Iranian drone attacks, Zelensky says​


Ukraine has deployed 201 specialists experienced in countering Iranian-made Shahed-type attack drones to the Middle East and Gulf region, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on March 17.

The deployment comes as Iran retaliates against attacks by United States and Israel, launching drones and missiles against U.S. bases, diplomatic facilities, and civilian targets across the region.

Kyiv has developed extensive expertise in countering Iranian-made Shahed-type attack drones since Russia began using them widely in attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure in 2022.

"Right now, there are 201 Ukrainians in the Middle East and Gulf region, and another 34 are ready to deploy," Zelensky said during an address to the British parliament. "These are military experts, experts who know how to help, how to defend against such drones."

According to the president, Ukrainian teams have already arrived in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, while additional personnel are en route to Kuwait.

 

Drone attack targets US embassy in Baghdad, explosion heard​

March 18 (Reuters) - A drone attack targeted the U.S. embassy in Baghdad ‌and an explosion was heard in the area, security sources said early on Wednesday, a day after a series of ⁠strikes.

Security sources had said on Tuesday that rocket and drone attacks had targeted the embassy, triggering sirens with an explosion heard near the diplomatic compound.

At least three explosive drones also targeted ‌a ⁠U.S. diplomatic facility near Baghdad International Airport, activating C-RAM air defence systems, the sources said on Tuesday.

Tehran-backed ⁠militias have been attacking U.S. interests in Iraq in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli war on ⁠Iran that began on February 28.
There were no immediate ⁠reports of casualties or damage.
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Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sail for repairs in Crete​


A fire onboard the USS Gerald R Ford, injuring sailors and destroying 100 beds, is the latest mishap to plague the world’s largest aircraft carrier on a marathon deployment some argue has sapped crew morale.

At sea for almost nine months, and currently stationed in the Red Sea to support the war on Iran, the carrier will reportedly set sail for Crete for repairs.

The length of the deployment has raised questions about morale of the sailors on board and the readiness of the warship.

Officials, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity, did not say how long the $13bn vessel was expected to remain in Crete.

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Fire damage, clogged toilets, and sinking morale: USS Gerald R Ford to set sail for repairs in Crete

Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro
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