Al Mayadeen | March 7, 2026
The United Kingdom is reportedly preparing one of its naval assets for possible deployment to West Asia as Western military pressure on Iran continues to grow following the US-Israeli assault on the country.
According to media reports, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is being placed on higher readiness, with its preparation time reduced so that it can be deployed more quickly if ordered by the British government. Crew members have reportedly been warned that the vessel could be sent to the region amid the escalating confrontation triggered by the US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
According to reports, the move does not mean the carrier will necessarily be dispatched immediately. However, raising its readiness would allow the government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deploy the warship rapidly should the aggression against Iran escalate further. … continue
Press TV – March 7, 2026
At least 195 students and teachers have been killed in US-Israeli terrorist strikes across Iran, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Education.
Hossein Sadeghi, head of the Information and Public Relations Center of the Ministry of Education, said on Saturday that the victims lost their lives “in utmost innocence” during “blind and terrorist attacks” in different regions of the country.
Sadeghi told IRNA news agency that 68 schools and educational facilities suffered severe damage as a result of the attacks. … Full article
‘US, not Iran, began attacking civilian infrastructure’
Al Mayadeen | March 7, 2026
Iran’s foreign minister has accused the United States of striking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island, warning that the attack has disrupted water supplies to dozens of villages.
In a post on social media, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the incident, describing it as a serious violation and warning of potential consequences.
“The US committed a blatant and desperate crime by attacking a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island,” Araghchi wrote. “Water supply in 30 villages has been impacted.” … continue
American bases in the Middle East are constantly facing various kinds of attacks and do not protect the countries on whose territory they are located that effectively, Turkish political scientist Umur Tugay Yucel tells Sputnik.
“For a long time, the Gulf countries had unwavering trust in the American security umbrella, but during the 12-day war, we all saw how untrustworthy it turned out to be,” Umur Tugay Yucel said.
He says that the ongoing conflict shows that the Western security framework in the Gulf region fails to address contemporary defense needs; a concern now spreading to US allies in Asia as reports emerge of THAAD and Patriot systems being withdrawn from South Korea — a move that could soon affect Japan and other partners.
“It is obvious that American bases bring more harm than good to the civilian population and infrastructure of the countries where they are located. They pose a serious threat to populated areas. When a base is struck, not only military installations are damaged, but also roads, railways, and vital transport channels in the vicinity. Moreover, there is an inevitable increase in civilian casualties,” the expert emphasizes.
Press TV – March 7, 2026
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy’s drone squadron has launched a large‑scale strike on the strategic US air base Al Dhafra in the UAE, hitting key facilities used by American forces in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz region.
The IRGC public relations office announced that early Saturday the drone unit carried out a coordinated assault that successfully struck the Al Dhafra air base, one of the region’s biggest heli‑ports and a command hub for the United States’ terrorist operations.
The targets hit included the American air‑warfare center, satellite communication facilities, early‑warning radars, and fire‑control radars.
The statement emphasized that the operation demonstrated the IRGC’s capability to neutralize critical enemy assets in the Persian Gulf area. … Full article
Sputnik – 07.03.2026
Prior to the arrival of the United States, the Persian Gulf was essentially the domain of the British Empire which ended up handing over its holdings to the US to ensure that the latter would be at the forefront of any major war in the region, Middle East affairs expert Mais Kurbanov tells Sputnik.
Currently, the US controls a network of military installations that don’t just serve as military garrisons – these are all elements of a system of control of the Gulf ‘gas station,” Kurbanov remarks.
This defensive network was never meant to protect the Arab states of the Gulf – it’s real purpose was to protect Israel.
“This entire shield was created to keep Israel safe and to intercept missiles. They were more or less able to intercept them during the previous conflicts, before Iran started targeting their radars. And now they got nothing to intercept because Iran destroys the early warning system itself,” notes Kurbanov.
The US is unwilling and unable to defend the Gulf states – it only cares about its own interests. And all of the Gulf states besides Iran are now vulnerable because they don’t have any air defense systems, he adds. The US focuses on protecting only its own assets in the region.
“The US has embarrassed itself in front of the entire world. Everybody now knows that the Americans are no protectors,” says Kurbanov. “They used to mock Russia when Ukraine scored some hits, acting as if they are invincible. Now Iran keeps pummeling them, and US ships have to flee two thousand kilometers into the ocean to escape Iranian missiles.” … continue
Press TV – March 7, 2026
The US confirmed that Iran has destroyed a key $300 million radar system used by US THAAD missile defense systems at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.
Satellite photos show that an RTX Corp. AN/TPY-2 radar and support equipment was destroyed in the opening days of the war, CNN reported earlier, citing commercial satellite imagery.
The destruction of the equipment was later confirmed by a US official.
The destruction of the radar is considered a huge blow to air and missile defense coverage in the region, the report says.
The loss of the radar will require missile interception duties to fall onto Patriot systems, for which PAC-3 missiles are already in short supply, prompting concerns about stockpiles of advanced interceptors running low, experts warn.
The US has eight THAAD systems globally, including in South Korea and Guam.
The batteries cost about $1 billion each, with the radar comprising about $300 million of that, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“These are scarce strategic resources and its loss is a huge blow,” said Tom Karako, a missile defense expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. … Full article
The Cradle | March 7, 2026
The Iranian armed forces warned that US and Israeli military installations across the region remain legitimate targets, as officials seek to ease tensions with neighboring countries.
“Should the previous hostile actions continue, all military bases and interests of criminal America and the fake Zionist regime on land, at sea, and in the air across the region will be considered primary targets and will come under the powerful and crushing strikes of the mighty armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Saturday.
The warning came alongside a declaration by Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters that Iranian forces “respect the national interests and sovereignty of neighboring countries” and “have not carried out any act of aggression against them.”
Nevertheless, military officials emphasized that installations used by the US or Israel to launch attacks against Iran remain fair game. Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolfaghari said that at least 21 US personnel have been killed and many more injured in attacks on the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet infrastructure, while additional casualties occurred during strikes on Al-Dhafra Air Base.
He also said Iranian forces targeted a US-owned oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf.
Earlier in the day, President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that Iran’s interim leadership council had ordered the armed forces to cease striking neighboring countries unless attacks originate from their territory. … continue
During many years of contacts with Iran, the IAEA has never found grounds to refuse negotiations on Iranian nuclear program, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
“Throughout all these years, there has not been a single instance where the IAEA stated that there is a reason to confirm a claim or accusation against Iran,” Zakharova noted.
While the issue was “handled politically” and there were public and behind-the-scenes intrigues, not a single report, speech or fact-based document from the agency contained any accusations against Iran, she added.
The IAEA never stated Iran had a nuclear bomb, only noting the fact of uranium enrichment, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on March 5. The Iranians started boosting the enrichment process only after the US withdrew from the agreements on Iran’s nuclear program, he added.
By Raphael Machado | Strategic Culture Foundation | March 7, 2026
The Epstein Coalition (USA and Israel) began a war against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28th. The starting shot was the murder of 171 girls in an elementary school (perhaps as a sacrifice to Baal, the Epsteinians’ favorite deity?), followed by the martyrdom of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his own residence.
It was the beginning of an “operation” that the USA expected to see finished in a few hours, then in 3 days. Well, the operation has now exceeded 6 days, and all analysts indicate that the war will last at least a few weeks, with significant losses on both sides. … continue
Press TV – March 7, 2026
An Indian journalist who was trapped in the occupied territories from February 28 to March 6 has revealed severe Israeli censorship amid the regime’s war of aggression against Iran.
Braj Mohan Singh of India’s Sandha News said he witnessed people dying in 100‑foot‑deep bunkers while Israeli officials withheld details.
Missiles “don’t differentiate between Indian or Israeli,” he said.
He contrasted press freedom in India with the restrictions in Israel, noting journalists cannot film bodies, visit hospitals, or receive accurate casualty numbers. Local accounts often reveal far higher losses than official reports, he added.
“When an incident takes place, we are not given the details of the location. The next day, when we visit the site, we are told, ‘There was only one casualty,’ but a local told us, ‘There were four houses, and everyone died,” which shows there was a major incident,’” he added.
Despite Israel’s touted advanced warning systems, Singh reported missiles arriving without sirens or prior alerts, highlighting technology failures and the unpredictability of drone and missile attacks. … Full article
teleSUR | March 7, 2026
Israelis who oppose the war with Iran face threats and stigmatization, according to testimonies collected by a Spanish news agency. However, they represent a small minority, as 93% of Jewish Israelis support the offensive, a new poll by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) shows. … continue
Sputnik – 07.03.2026
Hungary will keep the money confiscated from Ukrainians until its ownership is cleared up, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday.
“We will decide the fate of this confiscated money when we find out what it is… [Until then, it will] lie quietly here,” Orban said at a campaign event in Debrecen. … Full article
Sputnik – 06.03.2026
Hungary demands explanations from Ukraine in connection with currency transportation while conducting its own investigation, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Hungary’s national tax and customs office said it had detained seven Ukrainian citizens on suspicion of money laundering, including a former general of the Ukrainian special services responsible for transporting $40 million, 35 million euros and nine kilograms of gold from Austria to Ukraine.
“We demand an explanation of why Ukrainians have been transporting such a large amount of cash through Hungary in recent months. What are they using this money for, whose money is it?.. We demand immediate answers and explanations from the Ukrainian side on these serious issues,” Szijjarto said, as quoted by the MTI news agency.
Since January 2026 a total of $900 million, 420 million euros and 146 kilograms of gold has been transported through Hungary to Ukraine, Szijjarto added.
“These cash transfers are accompanied by people with clear ties to the Ukrainian special services,” Szijjarto said.
The Epstein Files Database | March 5, 2026
On January 30, 2026, the US Department of Justice released a massive tranche of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among thousands of documents, several files shed light on the ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
On January 3, 2010, Yehor Skalyha, at the time the owner of the Ukraine-based casting agency Centrocast, wrote an email to Epstein describing a 13-year-old girl with an acting background.
Epstein replies, asking the girl’s location. To which Skalyha replies that the girl is in Mariupol, Ukraine, and that she has a Schengen visa and is free to travel any day.
Two weeks later, Sofia Zhilenkova, a 13-year-old Ukrainian girl, went missing in Mariupol. The Ostrov.org article describes her exactly as the person Skalyha told Epstein about: 173 cm tall, medium build, waist-length light brown hair, and brown eyes. She was never found. … Full article
Remix News | March 6, 2026
On the morning of Feb. 28, 2026, a 28-year-old Colombian migrant brutally assaulted Ania, a 49-year-old Polish woman on her way to work in Kutno. The assault came after Ania ignored the Colombian man’s verbal abuse. He beat the woman so badly that she had to be taken to the hospital.
Despite initially fleeing the scene of his crime, police were able to use surveillance footage to arrest the man on March 2, writes wPolityce, based on a report from wPolsce24 TV by Stanisław Pyrzanowski.
The Colombian man, charged with, among other things, bodily harm and endangering the life of 49-year-old Ania, had just returned from the front line in Ukraine. […]
“This case has so many different threads, demonstrating the level of aggression we may soon encounter regularly when Ukrainian soldiers return from the trenches,” Pyrzanowski said during his report. – Full article
RT | March 6, 2026
Two civilians have been killed and at least 21 others injured in separate Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia’s Kherson Region and in Sevastopol in Crimea, according to local officials.
Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said two were killed and 12 wounded when drones dropped explosives on civilians gathered outside a grocery store in the town of Aleshki just before it opened. He said several of them had repeatedly dropped munitions on the crowd.
Saldo said Kiev had launched a large-scale attack on the region the previous evening. Pavel Filipchuk, head of the Kakhovka municipal district in Kherson Region, later said his car had encountered a drone strike but that he was not injured.
Another UAV raid targeted Sevastopol overnight, according to the city’s governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev. He said air raid sirens sounded twice as Russian air-defense systems intercepted three targets above the city. The official said at least nine people sought medical assistance after the incident, including three children. Six of the injured were hospitalized with shrapnel and laceration wounds.
Razvozhayev said debris from intercepted drones had damaged infrastructure and residential buildings, including a five-story apartment building that was heavily hit. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – March 6, 2026
GAZA – A Palestinian man was martyred on Friday in an Israeli drone strike in eastern Gaza City, as Israeli occupation forces continued what Palestinian sources describe as incessant violations of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said the victim was targeted by an Israeli drone on Salah al-Din Street in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – March 6, 2026
BEIRUT – The number of displaced people in Lebanon has risen to nearly half a million, most of them residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs and areas in southern Lebanon, amid an intensifying wave of Israeli airstrikes that has expanded across the region. […]
Two days ago, the Israeli military warned all residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately and move north of the Litani River as attacks on Lebanon escalated beginning Monday, coinciding with Israel’s ongoing war alongside the United States against Iran that began Saturday.
On Thursday, the Israeli army also issued an urgent evacuation warning to residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, directing civilians toward eastern and northern parts of Lebanon. … Full article
By Sarmad Ishfaq | MEMO | March 6, 2026
What do the US Congress, Nicolás Maduro, the riots in Iran, Jeffrey Epstein, and the destruction of Syria have in common? Zionism and Israel have been at the forefront of genocide, foreign interference, honey traps, false flags, and other repugnant schemes since before 1948 – albeit obfuscated for decades by the mainstream media. However, the latest genocide in Gaza has lifted the veil from Israeli heinous crimes and transgressions. This article highlights some of the most significant Zionist operations in the world apart from the Gaza genocide. … continue
By Max Blumenthal | The Grayzone | March 6, 2026
The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path.
“I got him before he got me,” an ebullient President Donald Trump remarked to a reporter when asked about his motives for authorizing the killing of Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026.
With his off-the-cuff remark, Trump revealed that anxiety about his own assassination at the hands of Iranian agents influenced his decision to initiate a US-Israeli regime change war that has already resulted in American casualties, the bombings of schools and hospitals inside Iran, devastating Iranian retaliatory strikes on US military bases and embassies, and a spiraling global economic crisis.
Trump’s generalized fears of assassination were well-founded. … continue
Indonesia has announced the suspension of all discussions on the proposed Board of Peace, an initiative launched by US President Donald Trump, as military tensions rise in the Middle East.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said the decision to suspend participation was taken because of the latest military escalation in the region, which has directly affected the foreign policy priorities of countries involved in the initiative.
He explained that international attention has now shifted to the consequences of the conflict with Iran. He added that Indonesia would hold intensive consultations with its partners in the Gulf region, as they are directly affected by the ongoing attacks and rising tensions.
Indonesia’s participation in the council has faced strong criticism from domestic political and religious groups. They argue that joining an initiative led by the Trump administration could undermine Jakarta’s long-standing position in support of the Palestinian cause.
In the same context, the Indonesian Ulema Council called for an immediate withdrawal from the initiative, saying it lacks effectiveness while the military offensive continues.
Sputnik – 06.03.2026
Almost all the Gulf states, including the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, that host American military bases or troops, have been targeted by Iran in the latest military confrontation between the Islamic Republic and the US and Israel.
The current war between arch-foes Iran and Israel and its all-weather friend, the US, has laid bare the hollow security assurances that the Gulf nations have been assured of for decades, retired Colonel Rajeev Agarwal, a West Asia expert and a Senior Research Consultant at the New Delhi-based think tank, the Chintan Research Foundation, told Sputnik.
“It was under this illusion that a large number of Gulf countries had agreed to not only buy very expensive American weapon platforms but also host American military bases in the region,” he said. … continue
Sputnik | March 6, 2026
Iran has effectively “broken the myth” of Israeli military supremacy, Asif Durrani, a former Pakistani ambassador to Iran and the UAE, told in an interview with Sputnik.
Despite decades of investment by the United States and Israel in advanced military technology, Iran successfully penetrated the much-vaunted Iron Dome defense system and struck Israeli installations, Durrani noted.
Durrani also condemned the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing it as a highly dangerous escalation. He stressed that such a direct attack on the leader of a sovereign state sets a perilous precedent, one that has not been seen in previous global conflicts. … continue
By Ahmed Adel | March 6, 2026
Although the US-Israeli attack on Iran has worsened the crisis in the Middle East, some European countries approved of the operation, such as the United Kingdom, which provided military bases to the Americans, and Germany, which rhetorically supported the offensive through its Chancellor, Friedrich Merz. However, Europe is not cooperating as actively as it was before.
Recent historical experiences, such as the wars in Iraq (2003-2011), Afghanistan (2001-2021), and the military intervention in Libya (2011), have created deep divisions among European countries regarding military actions outside their continent. Moreover, the European Union already dedicates substantial resources to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. In this context, the economic and military crisis among EU members makes them hesitant to engage in another large-scale armed conflict.
The timing is not very favorable for the Europeans. They are facing an economic crisis mainly caused by energy prices. The EU is attempting to wean off Russian energy without harming itself, but the strategy ultimately failed, and now that there is war in the Middle East, energy prices have spiked even more. … continue
Sputnik – 06.03.2026
As the United States is clearly lying about the number of the US military casualties in the current war with Iran, the veracity of other claims made by the US is dubious, former US Department of Defense officer David T. Pyne tells Sputnik.
Properly assessing Iran’s losses is also difficult due to the fact that it is unclear whether US claims of destroyed Iranian missile launchers take into account the decoys and dummy targets, he points out.
“I believe that US estimates of the total number of Iranian ballistic missiles are likely much lower than is actually the case as I believe Iran may have tens of thousands of missiles in its stockpile,” Pyne adds.
Finally, even though the US and Israel did manage to take out a number of Iranian mobile missile launchers, Iran’s military has become adept at keeping its remaining launchers out of harm’s way. … continue
Press TV – March 6, 2026
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has launched the 22nd wave of Operation True Promise 4 with a barrage of Khorramshahr 4, Khaibar and Fattah missiles targeting the “heart of the occupied territories,” with a senior official revealing that Iran has so far used mostly decade-old missiles and is preparing new advanced weapons for a prolonged war. […]
“Given our forecasts for a prolonged war, until now the missiles used in this round of attacks are mainly related to the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, and Iran has not used its new generation of missiles except in rare cases,” the official said.
“It is expected that in the coming days, a new style of attacks will be on the agenda, utilizing advanced and less-used long-range missiles,” the official added. … Full article
The Cradle | March 6, 2026
Iranian forces have destroyed a number of US THAAD and early-warning radars in Jordan and the Gulf, aimed at detecting ballistic missiles, according to new satellite imagery as well as a statement from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The IRGC said the THAAD radars in the UAE and Jordan, as well as the early warning FPS-132 over-the-horizon radar (Desert Eye) deployed in Qatar, were destroyed by Tehran’s missiles and drones.
This has been confirmed by a CNN investigation citing new satellite imagery.
The investigation reveals that the US radar system supporting a THAAD missile defense battery at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, more than 500 miles (around 805 kilometers) from Iran, was decimated by the Islamic Republic.
It was destroyed in the first few days of the US-Israeli war on Iran, right after Tehran began its retaliatory operations against Israel and Washington’s assets in the region. […]
N.R. Jenzen-Jones, a munitions specialist and director of the research company Armament Research Services (ARES), told CNN that “the radar cannot be easily repaired,” calling it a “significant loss.”
Satellite images also showed damage to a US-made early-warning radar system at Umm Dahal in Qatar.
“Due to operations security, we are not going to comment on the status of specific capabilities in the region,” said a Pentagon spokesperson in a statement to CNN.
The US spent more than $10 billion on air defense systems in the first 48 hours of the war. Each THAAD interceptor costs $12,700,000.
The AN/TPY-2 transportable radar for THAAD systems costs approximately half a billion US dollars.
At Muwaffaq Salti Base in Jordan, “All appeared to be destroyed or seriously damaged,” CNN said. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | March 6, 2026
The drone strikes that knocked Amazon Web Services facilities offline in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain this week were not random acts of escalation. They were, according to analysts and industry insiders, a calculated strike on infrastructure that the United States has quietly woven into its military architecture across West Asia.
Amazon and Google hold a $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli government to provide cloud computing and artificial intelligence services to entities, including the Israeli occupation forces.
That contract, largely absent from Western coverage of the strikes, may explain why AWS facilities, and not the dozens of data centers operated by local Gulf companies on behalf of US tech giants, were the ones that were hit.
“It would be easier to target AWS,” Ed Galvin, founder of data center research firm DC Byte, told Bloomberg, noting that other US tech services are typically housed within locally operated facilities, making them harder to identify and strike.
Of approximately 230 data centers built or under development across Gulf Arab states, only a handful are wholly owned and operated by a US company, according to DC Byte. All three struck this week belong to Amazon. … continue
Press TV – March 6, 2026
Iran says its retaliatory campaign will intensify in the coming days, with military officials vowing expanded strikes while air defenses continue to intercept Israeli and US aircraft and drones across the country.
Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Israel has attempted to hide its military resources among civilian areas but Iranian forces are continuing to locate and strike them.
“The cowardly military forces and facilities of the Zionist regime have hidden in civilian and public layers,” Zolfaghari said on Thursday night. “But the detection and striking of the aggressors will continue, and in the coming days the trend of attacks will become more intense and widespread.”
He added that Iranian air defenses on Thursday intercepted and destroyed advanced enemy aircraft over several regions of the country.
“Early this morning, our forces tracked and destroyed one F-15E fighter jet and a total of four advanced reconnaissance-combat drones — Hermes 900 and MQ-9 — in the skies over the western, southwestern and southern regions of our country,” he said.
According to Zolfaghari, the latest interceptions bring the total number of enemy drones shot down by Iranian armed forces to more than 75 since the US-Israeli aggression began last Saturday. … Full article
By Jasim Al-Azzawi | MEMO | March 5, 2026
General Dan Cain, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered a private warning to President Trump with the bluntness that democracies depend upon and empires routinely ignore: “We don’t have enough ammunition to win this war. It would not be pretty.” This was not timidity. This was the solitary act of institutional honesty still flickering inside the corridors of American military power.
Trump’s response was the response of a carnival barker, not a commander-in-chief. On Truth Social — that funhouse mirror of American political life — he swatted away the warning with a salesman’s swagger: “Oh no, no, no. If we do it, it will be easily won.” A sober assessment became a sales pitch. A caution became a lie.
But the greater lie came next. When Cain’s warning leaked, Trump did not merely dismiss it. He inverted it. He told the American public, with the breezy confidence of a man who has never been held accountable for anything, that the general had said the opposite — that the United States had plenty of missiles, plenty of munitions, plenty of everything. “That’s not what he said at all,” Trump declared. He put triumphalist words in the mouth of a man who had spoken warnings.
And General Cain said nothing.
That silence is not a footnote in this story. It is the story. By staying quiet, Cain allowed the American public to absorb a fabrication as truth. He did not say: “No, Mr. President, that is not what I said.” He did not invoke the oath he swore, or the soldiers who would pay with their lives for the gap between political rhetoric and logistical reality. He chose the safety of silence over the danger of truth. In doing so, he did not merely fail himself. He failed the republic.
This is the rot at the core of American militarism. … continue
Etienne de la Boetie2 | March 5, 2026
After Brian McGinnis, a US Marine Veteran, stood up in an Armed Services Subcommittee hearing to announce that “No One Wants to Fight for Israel,” US Senator Tim Sheehy, a former Special Operations “Order Follower” turned “Beltway Bandit” who has received over $640,000 from AIPAC, tried to silence the Marine and broke his arm trying to eject him from the hearing. Sheehy has, BTW, been accused of lying about being wounded in Afghanistan when he was actually wounded by a negligent, accidental firearm discharge in Glacier National Park in 2015. … continue
José Niño Unfiltered | March 5, 2026
Long before Donald Trump descended the golden escalator, long before he learned to tell campaign crowds what they wanted to hear about ending endless wars and bringing the troops home, he told the world exactly what he intended to do about Iran. He wrote it down. He published it. And almost nobody bothered to read it.
In his 2011 book Time to Get Tough, Trump laid out his position on Iran’s nuclear program with the subtlety of a sledgehammer. “America’s primary goal with Iran must be to destroy its nuclear ambitions,” Trump wrote. “Let me put them as plainly as I know how. Iran’s nuclear program must be stopped by any and all means necessary. Period. We cannot allow this radical regime to acquire a nuclear weapon that they will either use or hand off to terrorists.”
By any and all means necessary. Those six words should have settled every subsequent debate about Trump’s foreign policy instincts toward Iran. They were not the words of a non-interventionist. They were not the words of a man who believed in restraint, in diplomacy, or in the sovereign right of nations to manage their own affairs without American interference. They were the words of a man who had already decided, more than a decade before he ordered B-2 bombers over Fordow, that Iran’s nuclear program would be destroyed on his watch. Everything that followed was execution. … continue
Al Mayadeen | March 6, 2026
US-Israeli forces struck a suburb of Shiraz in southern Iran on Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 30 others in an attack that hit a children’s amusement park and an ambulance building in Zibashahr, a suburb of the administrative center of Fars province, Fars News Agency reported.
Two paramedics from Shiraz Emergency Services were among those killed, Iranian state television reported.
The strikes on Shiraz came as US-Israeli warplanes carried out dawn airstrikes on Tehran, with Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reporting a noticeable intensification of raids on the eastern parts of the capital. Iran’s air defenses intercepted a US-Israeli attack targeting Jomhouri Square in central Tehran.
1,332 civilian martyrs
The civilian death toll from the ongoing aggression has reached 1,332, including women and children, according to figures cited by Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, in a letter addressed to the UN on Friday. Iravani stressed the toll is expected to rise, and reaffirmed that “Iran will continue to exercise its legitimate right to self-defense until this aggression ceases.” … Full article
Press TV – March 6, 2026
Hezbollah on Friday morning issued an evacuation warning to illegal residents of settlements built on Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories near the Lebanon border,
The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has issued a warning to illegal residents of settlements built on Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories near the Lebanon border, calling for the immediate evacuation of all areas within 5 kilometers of the frontier.
In a statement released through its media channels and disseminated in Hebrew on Friday morning, Hezbollah said, “Warning to the residents of the northern settlements: You are required to evacuate all settlements located within 5 km of the border line.”
“The aggression of your army against Lebanese sovereignty and civilians, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the campaign of displacement it is carrying out will not go unanswered. Head south,” it added.
The message comes as Israeli aggression against southern Lebanon has intensified dramatically in recent days.
The death toll from recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon has risen to 123, following a new wave of attacks targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The ministry detailed that “the toll from the Israeli aggression on Monday has increased to 123 martyrs and 683 wounded.”
MEMO | March 5, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday that 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.”
Carney, who previously described US-Israeli strikes on Iran as “inconsistent with international law,” added: “We will stand by our allies.” … Full article
MEMO | March 5, 2026
A ban on the phrases “From the river to the sea” and “Globalize the intifada” by the Australian northeastern state of Queensland has triggered backlash for stifling free speech, Anadolu Agency reports.
The phrases were banned under legislation that was passed Thursday in the state parliament.
Using the expressions — spoken or written, including chants or placards at protests — could carry penalties of up to two years in prison.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli of the conservative Liberal National Party (LNP) said the legislation forms part of the “strongest antisemitism laws in the country.” But many Palestinians, Muslims and pro-Palestinian activists say the slogans are calls for Palestinian freedom and equal rights in the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
The phrases have been widely used globally during protests against Israel’s genocidal war in the Gaza. Strip. … Full article
The Cradle | March 5, 2026
Israel’s global propaganda machine is facing increasing legal pressure after influencers, consultants, and media companies filed lawsuits worth millions of shekels against the government, accusing it of failing to pay for work done in support of its international messaging campaign during Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the Calcalist reported on 5 March.
According to Calcalist, many of the individuals involved say they were urgently recruited at the height of the war to promote Israeli narratives abroad, only to later discover that the government had not secured proper payment arrangements. … continue
Palestinian Information Center – March 5, 2026
WEST BANK – A Palestinian man was wounded Thursday after Israeli forces opened fire at the Shufa military checkpoint near the city of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank.
In a brief statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medical teams in Tulkarem received the injured man from Israeli forces at the checkpoint.
The organization reported that the man was shot with live ammunition in both legs and was transported to a hospital in Tulkarem to receive medical treatment. … Full article
MEMO | March 5, 2026
Illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents and shepherds Thursday in the Hebron governorate in the southern West Bank, beating them and wounding three children, a local activist said.
Osama Muhawera told the official news agency Wafa that the assault occurred while residents and shepherds were in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron.
Three children aged between 11 and 13 were injured in the attack and were taken to a hospital for medical treatment, Muhawera said.
The Israeli army later raided the area and detained two brothers, Wafa said.
According to Palestinian figures, illegal Israeli settlers carried out 511 attacks in the West Bank in February, ranging from physical assaults, uprooting trees, burning fields, and seizing property to demolishing homes and agricultural structures. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | March 5, 2026
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, Hezbollah, launched two rocket barrages against Israeli positions on Thursday, March 5, continuing a wave of retaliatory operations that began on Monday in response to the criminal Israeli aggression targeting dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, including Beirut’s southern suburb.
The operations included rocket barrages, guided missile strikes, and drone attacks against Israeli bases, military industries, and advancing forces along the Lebanese–Palestinian border.
Among the targets struck by the Resistance was the Rafael military industries complex south of the occupied city of Akka, one of “Israel’s” key defense production facilities. Hezbollah also reported repeated strikes on Israeli troop and vehicle concentrations attempting to establish a new military position in the southern Lebanese town of Markaba, as well as attacks on several frontline Israeli military sites in the Galilee and along the northern occupied territories. […]
Thursday’s operations follow an intense wave of Resistance strikes on Wednesday targeting key Israeli military sites deep inside occupied Palestine. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | March 5, 2026
Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of airstrikes across Lebanon on Thursday, killing more than 10 people since dawn in strikes that spanned the country’s south, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut’s southern suburb.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that an entire family of four was martyred after an Israeli airstrike directly targeted their home in the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiya at dawn.
In the nearby town of Jmayjmeh, a separate Israeli strike killed two people and wounded six others, according to preliminary reports.
The mukhtar (local administrative official) of the town of Kfour and his wife were also killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted them at dawn.
Israeli warplanes additionally raided the towns of Toul, Jibshit, Majdal Selm, Kfar Reman, Odaisseh, Deir Seryan, Tallousa, Zebqin-Yater, and Toulin across southern Lebanon.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent also reported a series of Israeli air raids in al-Zahrani and phosphorus artillery shells fired at Yohmor al-Shaqif.
Bekaa, Beirut targeted
In central Bekaa, the Israeli occupation carried out a drone strike on a vehicle along the Zahle-al-Karak Highway, killing two people.
Beirut’s southern suburb was also struck again on Thursday morning, extending a campaign of overnight raids that had already targeted the area late Wednesday.
Ongoing aggression
Wednesday overnight, Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburb, striking buildings across Ghobeiry, Haret Hreik, Hadath, Laylaki, Hayy Madi, and other neighborhoods.
Three people were martyred and six others wounded in two consecutive Israeli strikes along the Airport Road in Beirut, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.
In Tripoli, an Israeli strike on a residential apartment in the Beddawi refugee camp killed two people and wounded a woman, the Ministry of Public Health confirmed. … Full article
By David Miller | Press TV | March 5, 2026
While the likes of Trump, Netanyahu, and Rubio peddle inconsistent justifications for the illegal and unprovoked aggression on Iran, CIA intelligence shreds claims of imminent threats, revealing how the Zionist entity dictates US foreign policy.
US President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of contradictory explanations for the joint US-Zionist assault on the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched on 28 February 2026. … continue
Press TV – March 5, 2026
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned US President Donald Trump that his Plan B of interference in the Islamic Republic’s internal matters will fail like his Plan A of military aggression.
In a post on X on Thursday, Araghchi said Plan A of “a clean, rapid military victory failed,” and Plan B will be an even “bigger failure.”
“The truth: Chance for a unique deal burned after the ‘America Last’ cabal obscured the ‘significant progress’ we made in negotiations,” he wrote.
“‘Israel First’ always means ‘America Last’.”
His remarks came after the US president said he must be personally involved in the process of selecting a new leader in Iran, as he did in Venezuela. … Full article
RT | March 5, 2026
Both Iraq and Cuba have been plunged into nationwide blackouts, with the Middle Eastern country’s grid collapsing after a sudden drop in gas supplies to a major power plant in Basra, while the Caribbean island’s outage is being blamed on chronic fuel shortages worsened by the US blockade on Venezuelan oil.
The day before the Iraqi blackout, an Electricity Ministry spokesperson was quoted as saying that “incomplete supplies” of gas from neighboring Iran were already affecting power plant operations. Iran has been facing a massive US-Israeli air campaign since Saturday.
A separate power facility also experienced a shutdown in central Salah al-Din province, with local police explicitly denying reports that the station was targeted by an attack, according to the state-run INA news agency.
Iraq relies on Iranian gas for 30-40% of its power generation. The dependence is a direct consequence of decades of foreign intervention in the country. Before the 1991 Gulf War, the grid, though strained by sanctions, largely met demand. The war destroyed 75% of its generating capacity, and the 2003 US-led invasion caused a catastrophic collapse to less than 10% of prior output.
Blackouts also hit Cuba on Wednesday, with a widespread power outage plunging approximately two-thirds of the island into darkness, including the capital Havana. … continue
Press TV – March 5, 2026
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has successfully targeted the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier using advanced domestically-produced drones, forcing the strike group into a rapid retreat near Iranian territorial waters.
A spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters confirmed the operation on Wednesday, stating that the carrier was intercepted approximately 340 kilometers from Iran’s maritime borders in the Sea of Oman.
The vessel had moved into the area, part of the US military buildup against Iran, with the intent to monitor and control the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing war.
Following the impact, the USS Abraham Lincoln and its accompanying destroyers were observed fleeing the engagement zone at high speed.
“The carrier group has since retreated more than 1,000 kilometers away from the region,” the spokesperson noted, emphasizing that the US military presence failed to achieve its objective of intimidation. … Full article
Sputnik – 05.03.2026
The intensity of Iranian missile attacks against the US and Israeli assets in the Middle East does not seem to abate, despite the United States’ claims to the contrary, Konstantin Sivkov, a member of the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, tells Sputnik.
Despite losing a number of its missile launchers, as is expected during war, Iran has been successfully destroying US radar systems, satellite communication stations and data processing facilities in the region.
“Iran is striking at the target designation system – the brains, the decision making system, the early warning system,” Sivkov remarks.
Iranian missile launchers, he explains, are either deployed under extensive air defense protection or hidden in underground shelters, which they leave briefly to unleash their deadly payload upon the enemy.
The US military thus has a very brief window to track down and attack these launchers while they are in the open.
The active use of decoys by Iran also makes destroying these missile launchers problematic for the US. … continue
Press TV – March 5, 2026
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced early Wednesday that its aerospace force targeted the critical Israeli military infrastructure with heavy Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missiles in the 19th wave of True Promise 4 Operation.
In a statement, the IRGC said the super-heavy missiles, each fitted with a one-ton class warhead, were launched in the pre-dawn hours.
The targets of the strike were central Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion Airport and Squadron 27 of the Israeli Air Force at the airport, according to the statement.
It said the strategic salvo was preceded by attack drones and that the strike package penetrated “seven layers” of regional and domestic air defenses to reach its objectives. … continue
Press TV – March 5, 2026
Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) says at least 105 civilian structures and buildings have come under attack, and some have been badly damaged during the ongoing US-Israeli aggression against the country.
In a statement on Thursday, the society said that the criminal regimes of the US and Israel have carried out a total of 1,333 strikes on Iran since the onset of the joint offensive on February 28, affecting 174 towns and cities across the country.
At least 636 locations have been bombed by the United States and Israel.
The statement added that the targeted residential areas are situated in the cities of Maragheh, Urmia, Lamerd, Isfahan, Hamedan, Kordestan and Kermanshah, besides some districts in the capital Tehran like Narmak, Shahid Keshvardoust, Qaem residential neighborhoods.
The IRCS further noted that seven of its bases were also hit by US-Israel strikes, and three of its ambulances were rendered out of service.
Furthermore, at least 15 medical facilities, including the Blood Transfusion Center and the Gandhi Hospital in Tehran, the Taleqani Hospital in Urmia and the Minab Clinic in the southern Hormozgan Province, sustained damage in the onslaught. … Full article
Press TV – March 5, 2026
Iran’s sports minister has strongly condemned an American-Israeli aggression against facilities inside Tehran’s 12,000-seat Azadi Sports Complex, calling the attack a violation of international law and a war crime.
Speaking in a live video call with the IRIB’s News Network, Sports and Youth Minister Ahmad Donyamali said several sports venues had been targeted in Thursday’s attack.
He said such strikes violate international rules protecting sports facilities during wartime.
“Unfortunately, today several of our stadiums were targeted,” Donyamali said. “According to the Olympic Charter and global rules, attacking sports venues is a war crime.”
According to Iranian officials, a 12,000-seat indoor volleyball arena inside the Azadi complex was destroyed in the strike.
The attack also leveled dormitories and a newly built building belonging to Iran’s Cycling Federation, while blast waves shattered windows in nearby facilities, including the complex’s swimming pool.
Donyamali said the stadiums were empty when they were struck but added that civilians in surrounding areas were injured by the blasts.
“Although the stadiums were empty, people in the surrounding areas were wounded and harmed as a result of the military attack,” he said. … Full article
By Drago Bosnic | March 5, 2026
As the unprovoked US aggression on Iran isn’t going as planned (mildly speaking), the mainstream propaganda machine desperately keeps trying to cope with the incompetence of the American military, particularly the failures of the USAF, which is often presented as “invincible”. This is especially true when it comes to the humiliating loss of three F-15E multirole strike fighters. The mainstream propaganda machine first reported that they “crashed due to a malfunction“, then that it was a “Patriot” SAM (surface-to-air missile) system and now it’s supposedly a Kuwaiti F/A-18 fighter jet. The only excuse that hasn’t been used yet is a bird strike (although such propaganda is not unheard of).
Namely, the Wall Street Journal claims that “a catastrophic ‘friendly fire’ incident” involving the Kuwaiti jet fighter resulted in “an accidental shootdown” of three American F-15s. To quote “anonymous US officials and those familiar with initial reports”, a Kuwaiti F/A-18 pilot launched three missiles at the American aircraft, resulting in the loss of all three jets. The incident was supposedly triggered by “an environment of extreme tension” and “a breakdown in battlefield identification”. The report says that shortly before the shootdown, an Iranian drone successfully penetrated Kuwaiti air defenses and struck “a tactical operations center at a commercial port, killing six US troops”. … continue
What happens when billions of dollars of Western radars are shattered and decimated? Once fire direction can’t translate & collate Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) inputs to operable cueing and precise targeting for munitions, efficacy of fires falls off a cliff. You can have mountains of missiles and munitions but the tyranny of angles and location in a dynamic conflict demand precision targeting.
These billion+ dollar radar architectures are complex with long lead times to completion. The cost means the templating geographic coverage does not have very much redundancy.
These are connected to data processing facilities and SATCOM/communications infrastructure in a complex choreography that demands high levels of tightly synchronized coordination. That radar is the reception locus for cueing from a number of sources (including the radar coverage itself) and contributes to airspace deconfliction by naming the priority of threats after determining through Positive Identification (PID) and Combat Identification (CID). The vast inputs are binned into threats, friendly, neutral and unidentified objects and prioritized by apparent threat level prioritized to proximity.
I’m boring you with that to emphasize how important these technological marvels are in peer conflict in the missile age.
Gallium is crucial to build radars. Guess what? China controls 98% of gallium production.
The Iranians are making claims to radar destruction.
Apparently destroyed by Shahed drones.
The Cradle | March 4, 2026
Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US assets in the Persian Gulf have caused at least $2 billion in losses for Washington since the start of the war against the Islamic Republic, Anadolu Agency reported on 4 March.
Almost fifty percent of the losses result from Iran’s destruction of a US AN/FPS-132 early warning radar system at Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which is worth $1.1 billion.
The Islamic Republic also took responsibility for shooting down three F-15E Strike Eagles over Kuwait on Sunday, an incident US Central Command (CENTCOM) claims was caused by “friendly fire” from Kuwaiti forces. The estimated cost to replace the jets is $282 million. … continue
Press TV – March 5, 2026
An American F-15E Strike Eagle multi-role attack fighter jet has been successfully targeted and downed by the Iranian air defense systems.
In a statement on Thursday, the public relations wing of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed that the high-end fighter jet had been downed,
The statement added that the IRGC’s modern aerospace defense systems targeted the fighter jet on Wednesday morning on the outskirts of the country’s southwestern borders.
Some sections of Israeli media had earlier reported on the downing of an advanced American fighter jet over the Iranian skies.
The fate of the pilot is not known yet.
It comes amid the continued American-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has claimed over 1,000 lives, mostly civilians, so far.
Iranian retaliatory operations, under the banner True Promise 4, have targeted Israeli military and intelligence deep inside the occupied territories as well as American occupation military bases scattered across the West Asia region.
The US government remains tight-lipped about the real death toll of its soldiers in the Iranian strikes, even though Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, on Wednesday said over 500 American soldiers have been killed in the first few days of the imposed war. … Full article
By Ekaterina Blinova – Sputnik – 05.03.2026
American officials claim Iran’s arsenal is dwindling and launchers are running low — but there’s no objective proof, veteran Russian military observer Yury Lyamin, senior researcher at the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, tells Sputnik.
“Such statements should be treated with great skepticism and seen as standard military propaganda,” Yury Lyamin says. “I believe Iran’s total number of launchers is generally underestimated.”
Yes, the number of missile launches has dropped – but why? … continue
The Cradle | March 5, 2026
In an interview broadcast on Asharq News on 3 March, Adhwan al-Ahmari, the editor-in-chief of Independent Arabia and the president of the Saudi Journalists Association, said that “not all attacks” targeting Persian Gulf nations come from Iran, and stressed fears that the US–Israeli alliance wants to “trap” Gulf nations into joining the war.
“Some believe this war is an American-Israeli trap to implicate the Gulf countries and draw them into a confrontation with Iran,” Ahmari said. “This hypothesis, I think, increases every day.”
“What if the US announces after a week, 10 days, or two weeks that it has achieved all its goals in this war and that the war is over and then leaves the Gulf states in an open confrontation?” he asked. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | March 5, 2026
Iran’s armed forces denied on Thursday that they launched drones toward Azerbaijan after Baku accused Tehran of carrying out UAV attacks in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
The statement was issued by the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and carried by the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. … continue
Press TV – March 5, 2026
Iran’s Armed Forces say they did not fire any missiles into Turkey, stressing Tehran’s respect for the neighboring country’s territorial integrity.
“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran dismiss firing any missile into Turkey,” the Chief Staff of the Armed Forces said in a statement on Thursday.
It added that the Iranian Armed Forces respect the sovereignty of the neighboring and friendly country of Turkey.
The statement came after Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense claimed that NATO air defense systems had destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Iran and heading into Turkish airspace.
The ministry announced on Wednesday that the missile was shot down after passing over Syria and Iraq. The target of the missile has not been determined. … continue
By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | March 5, 2026
The recent escalation in the Middle East has brought back to the center of strategic debate a recurring concept in Western military doctrine: the so-called “decapitation strike.” The idea is simple in appearance and politically seductive – eliminate the leadership of an adversary state in order to trigger institutional collapse, military disorganization, and ultimately regime change. However, historical reality shows that such an approach is far from the magic solution its proponents often imagine.
The bombings carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran, culminating in the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, were clearly conceived under this logic. The expectation seemed to be that by removing the main political and religious authority of the Islamic Republic, the system would either collapse outright or face sufficient internal unrest to enable a forced transition. At the same time, it was assumed that Iran’s response would remain limited, as in previous confrontations.
That calculation proved mistaken. Instead of disintegration, there was internal consolidation. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets across the country, even under bombardment, to support the Islamic Republic and chant “death to America.” Moreover, there was no strategic paralysis among Iranian decision-makers, who promptly responded by striking targets throughout the Middle East.
This gap between expectation and reality stems from a structural characteristic of contemporary Western military thinking. … continue
RT | March 5, 2026
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has issued an apparent military threat to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over his blocking of EU aid for Kiev.
Orban last month vetoed Brussels’ planned €90 billion ($106 billion) emergency loan for Kiev in response to Ukraine preventing Russian oil supplies to Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline.
Speaking at a press conference in Kiev on Thursday, Zelensky stated: “We hope that one person in the EU will not block the €90 billion… Otherwise, we will give the address of this person to our armed forces, to our guys, so that they call him and communicate with him in their own language.” … continue
By Sophie Duroy and Luca Trenta – Verfassungsblog – March 2, 2026
On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel assassinated the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The joint operation marked the first time either state has directly killed a sitting head of state. As with the US’s January 2026 operation against Nicolás Maduro, what stands out is not only the gravity of the act but the manner in which it was justified. Public statements emphasised Khamenei’s record and the sophistication of US-Israeli intelligence cooperation, but they did not articulate a credible legal basis for the strike.
Khamenei’s assassination represents a new stage in the erosion of the international norm against assassination. This norm has long been understood as part of a broader framework protecting sovereignty and prohibiting the use of force outside armed conflict. Under international law, the killing of a state official outside an armed conflict will almost invariably violate the prohibition on the use of force, state sovereignty, and/or international human rights law. In an influential piece written two decades ago, Ward Thomas observed that “the directly targeted killing of foreign adversaries, once rejected as beyond the pale, has become a prominent issue in debates over U.S. security policy”. For Thomas, the shortsighted policies driving the US’s so-called “global war on terror” were undermining the norm and risked spilling over to justify the killing of state officials. Yet, in 2005, he wrote with some relief that “the word ‘assassination’ itself still carries a considerable stigma”. In the wake of Khamenei’s assassination, this statement no longer seems to hold true.
Since the early 2000s, the gradual normalisation of state-sponsored assassination has lessened the stigma attached to the practice to the point that assassinating a sitting head of state without any legal justification has now become a reality. While the international norm against assassination may not yet be fully dead, its recent trajectory offers little hope for its restoration. … continue
RT | March 5, 2026
The strike on an Iranian school that killed at least 160 pre-teen students and teachers on the first day of the US-Israeli regime-change operation resembles satanic rituals allegedly enabled by pedophile American financier Jeffrey Epstein, an Iranian diplomat has claimed.
The attack in Minab, for which US and Israeli forces have not yet acknowledged responsibility, occurred last Saturday as the Pentagon and IDF struck targets across Iran in an attempt to decapitate and paralyze its government.
Alireza Sanei, Iranian ambassador to Belarus, alleged on Wednesday that Epstein was part of a mystical cult and that the same forces targeted the Minab school in “some ritual of child sacrifice” meant to bring success to the US-Israeli military operation. […]
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova similarly described the Minab incident as a “sacrifice to the forces of evil” in a message condemning the EU’s framing of the Iran war as giving “new hope” for Iranians to determine their future. The attitude is “satanism in full display,” Zakharova said. … Full article
By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net | March 3, 2026
Three hundred and seventy-one security and privacy academics from 29 countries signed an open letter this week calling on governments to halt age verification rollouts until the privacy and security implications are properly understood.
The letter arrives as lawmakers across the world race to ban children from social media, pushing platforms to implement age checks before anyone has settled on what those checks should actually look like.
The signatories are unambiguous. Deploying large-scale identity verification systems without a clear grasp of what they do to user security, autonomy, and freedom is, in their words, “dangerous and socially unacceptable.” … continue
Press TV – March 4, 2026
A senior Iraqi resistance leader, in a message addressed to the American people, has urged them to “reclaim” their country and “prevent the bloodshed” of their children.
Abu Alaa Al-Walae, Secretary-General of the Sayyed Al-Shuhada Brigades in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, released the message on Wednesday amid the Israeli-American war against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He said US President Donald Trump has seized the democracy of Americans, stressing that the only real threat is Trump “turning into a puppet” to fulfill Israeli regime premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s “desires under the slogan Israel First.”
“Trump and Netanyahu have seized your democracy, taken your taxes, and sent your sons into hell after convincing you that an imminent threat was looming over you,” he wrote.
“You should take action as soon as possible to reclaim your country and prevent the bloodshed of your sons. Trump and his administration are lying to you.”
Referring to the unprovoked Israeli-American aggression against Iran and genocide in Gaza, Al-Walae said what is happening right now in the West Asia region “is a tragic waste of your human and financial resources.” … Full article
IMEMC | March 4, 2026
Israeli forces and illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers carried out a coordinated wave of attacks across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, shooting two Palestinians, abducting several others, and invading multiple villages, Bedouin communities, and agricultural areas from Hebron in the southern West Bank to Jericho in the eastern West Bank, Tubas in the northeastern West Bank, and Salfit in the central West Bank.
Residents and local officials described the escalation as part of a sustained campaign to pressure Palestinian communities off their land and expand colonial control.
Armed colonizers attacked Palestinian homes in the Hamroush area of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron, firing live rounds at residents and their houses and injuring two Palestinians.
Israeli forces then invaded the area to protect the colonizers, broke into several homes, and abducted a resident identified as Nabil Al‑Tarwa, while assaulting unarmed civilians who attempted to repel the attack.
Witnesses said colonizers tried to reach several homes to set them on fire and inflict further damage on property. … Full article
IMEMC | March 5, 2026
Israeli forces shot and injured five Palestinian young men, including one critically, on Wednesday night, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Media sources reported that five wounded citizens, one of whom was critically injured, arrived at the Al-Razi Hospital emergency room in Jenin city.
The critically injured young man was shot in the back with live ammunition and the bullet exited through his chest; his identity was not known at the time of this report.
Occupation forces stormed the Cinema Roundabout at the city center while it was crowded with local citizens, and proceeded to open fire, resulting in the five injuries. … Full article
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- UK teacher ‘targeted and intimidated’ over pro-Palestine campaign
- Francesca Albanese’s family sues Washington over ‘unconstitutional’ sanctions
- New poll showing more Americans are sympathetic with Palestinians than Israelis will panic the Zionist lobby
- More than 50% of aid movements to Gaza impeded, denied by Israel: UN
- Seven martyred in new Israeli massacres, violations across Gaza
- Israel launches waves of strikes on eastern Lebanon; 1 killed, 19 injured
- Lebanon: Between sovereignty and the mirage of normalization
- Trump advisors want Israel to ‘attack Iran first,’ let US troops get hit to muster public support for war: Report
- The Trump Administration Is Apparently Trying To Goad Iran Into Attacking Americans To Justify War
- US will suffer ‘massive losses’ in case of new regional war: Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah
- US intelligence debunks Trump’s claim of Iran working on ICBMs: Report
- Tehran urges Washington to drop ‘excessive demands’ as USS Ford approaches Israel
- US warns Syria against using Chinese tech citing ‘national security’
- The military is babying F-35s to hide their true cost to taxpayers
- Ukraine Given $43Bln in Proceeds From Russian Assets Frozen by G7 Since 2024 – Estimates
- Germany’s AfD hails ‘major victory’ against Berlin’s domestic spy agency
- Ukrainian military analyst praises use of drones against ‘Russian-Hungarian-Slovak friendship’
- Von der Leyen warns Hungary: We have ways of making you talk
- EU manipulating polls in bid to oust Orban – German opposition leader
- Ukrainian Forces Used Mental Hospital as Headquarters in Gulyaipole – Refugee
- CHD Calls for Federal Criminal Investigation of OSHA Over COVID Vaccine Injury Reporting
- Enough Climate Action — Shut The Money Spigot
- Davos forum CEO quits over Epstein links
- The US’ self-directed ‘China nuclear threat’ will only be a waste of effort: Global Times editorial
- Female Iranian academic sentenced to 4 years in prison in France over protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza
- US university cancels Palestine conference citing sanctions concerns
- Israel transfers withheld Palestinian Authority funds to Israeli families in compensation cases
- Israeli Colonizers Seriously Injure A Palestinian In Hebron
- Several Citizens Injured by Israeli Naval Gunfire off Gaza Coast
- Major Humanitarian Flotilla to Sail to Gaza On April 12
- Netanyahu hails ‘iron alliance’ with India as Modi pledges support for Israel
- Iraqi Resistance warns of action if US forces remain
- US Navy withdraws all vessels from Bahrain base amid rising tensions with Iran
- Senate Majority Leader: Any War with Iran Should Result in Regime Change
- China, Russia slam US threat, force against Iran ahead of talks
- US fears Iran war will ‘deplete’ air defenses stretched thin by Ukraine, Israel: Report
- Top AIs deploy nukes in 95% of war game simulations – study
- Could Hungary’s fight over oil change course of Ukraine War?
- North Korea Open to Rapprochement If US Respects Its Nuclear Status – Kim Jong-un
- Havana identifies ‘terrorist infiltrators’ from US
- Statins, Cholesterol, and The Real Cause of Heart Disease
- The Founder Who Turned Against Root Canals
- Colorado bill creates new adult vaccine liability shield and authorizes pharmacists to independently prescribe vaccines
- Term ‘forced mobilization’ is ‘enemy language’ – Ukrainian officials
- An open war on Palestinian media, Israel tops the list of journalists’ killers in 2025
- Israel displaces last two families from Al Khalayel valley, Al Mughayyir
- Israeli Opposition Leader Endorses Greater Israel
- Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill Four Civilians
- Islamic Jihad: Trump’s peace board is a “theatrical stunt detached from reality”
- Hundreds protest US carrier arrival in Crete ahead of West Asia deployment
- The Head Of A CIA Cutout Admits To Meddling In Iran To Fuel Unrest
- Trump’s military buildup against Iran on Netanyahu’s behalf is a gambit doomed to fail
- Big League War
- Iran warns Trump against decisions based on false information
- Pentagon sets deadline for Anthropic to lift AI restrictions on autonomous weapons, mass domestic surveillance
- Hungary to deploy troops against potential ‘Ukrainian attacks’
- Zelensky sells false illusion of building powerful air force capable of overcoming Russia
- Seven dead in Ukrainian drone raid on Russian fertilizer plant
- What’s Really in the Bag: The Pet Food Industry’s Dirty Secret
- Minnesota Bill Expands Bird Flu Programs, Pays Farmers to Comply With Bird Flu ‘Prevention Measures’
- Project Artichoke: 70 Years Ago, CIA Discussed Hiding Mind-Control Drugs in Vaccines
- The NY Times on the “MAGA” Split Over Israel & USS Liberty
- Two Palestinians Killed in Gaza as Conditions Continue to Worsen
- Board of Peace readies Gaza ‘stablecoin’ to expand US-Israeli control of besieged enclave: Report
- Israeli Occupation Forces Target Lebanese Army with Gunfire, Drone Threats in Southern Marjayoun
- Iran seizes Starlink devices from European diplomat at Tehran airport: Report
- Canada to send $1.5 billion in military aid to Kiev
- EU’s Kallas returns to idea of stealing Russian assets
- Zelensky Refused to Discuss Druzhba Pipeline Issue – Fico
- Epstein-linked former Norwegian PM hospitalized after suicide attempt – media
- Ukraine corruption on par with rest of Europe – Zelenksy
- Drug traffickers trained in Ukraine attack state forces in Mexico
- The tragic reality of Brazilian mercenaries in the Ukrainian conflict
- New US strike kills 3 on alleged drug vessel in Caribbean
- Israel designates five Palestinian media outlets as ‘terrorist organizations’
- Israel, not America, first: Carlson’s Huckabee interview lays bare US foreign policy priorities
- Mosque entrance set on fire, racist graffiti sprayed in West Bank village
- Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
- Settlers served lavish lunch in Israeli prison holding fasting Palestinians
- One killed, eight injured amid deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
- Israeli troops executed Palestinian aid workers at ‘point blank range’: Report
- ‘Israel’ steps up ground incursions, raids across southern Syria
- Why Israel Is Escalating Its War Crimes Against Lebanon
- Iran war What if today’s Iran is resigned to a long, hellish war with the US?
- Iran in the face of the armed diplomacy of imperialism
- The US build-up around Iran constitutes strategic war option, not ‘deterrence’
- Only 20 percent of US adults support Trump’s war on Iran: Poll
- Iran to US: Sanctions and war failed; try diplomacy and respect
- China supplies Iran with radar, surveillance tech to track US stealth aircraft: Report
- Rival Demonstrations in Caracas
- Putin vows to bolster Russia’s nuclear triad
- Zelensky rejects territorial concessions to Russia
- Hungary Blocks 20th Package of Anti-Russia Sanctions, $106B Loan to Ukraine – Szijjarto
- German leader of EU’s largest faction sounds the alarm of possibility of right-wing forces coming to power in France, Poland
- NATO Must Return to 1997 Borders for Peace in Ukraine – Finnish Politician
- Astroturf Alert: $2 Billion in Foreign Cash Behind America’s “Grassroots” Climate Movement?
- Israeli FOIA Data Reveals Massive Heart Injury Spike in Children Immediately After mRNA Shot Rollout
- What is Zionism? And what is anti-Zionism?
- Over 1,000 UK councilors pledge support for Palestine ahead of May local elections
- Zionist Forces Kill Palestinian Teen in Nablus Amid West Bank Arrest Campaign
- Palestinian woman killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza
- Hezbollah has ‘no choice’ but to defend itself after deadly Israeli strikes: Official
- Iran’s layered arsenal primed to deter – and decimate – US warships in Persian Gulf
- Hungary’s Blocking of EU Loan to Ukraine May Jeopardize IMF Funding – Reports
- West, Global Corporations Now Control Nearly All Ukrainian Assets – Ex-Prime Minister
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