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Wednesday, March 25, 20262 entries

  1. 4:09 PM in Tehran

    Israel says it hit naval cruise missile plants in Tehran and Iran's submarine works

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran and Isfahan, Iran

    The Israeli military said its strikes in recent days caused extensive damage to key naval cruise missile production sites in central Tehran. It also said it hit the Underwater Research Center in Isfahan, which it called Iran's only facility making submarines and support systems for the navy.

    Why it matters The campaign was shifting from launchers to the factories that rebuild Iran's anti-ship arsenal, the weapons behind its hold on the Strait of Hormuz.

    Sources: CBS News, CBS News (2)

  2. 11:39 AM in Baghdad

    Airstrike on Iraqi military clinic in Anbar kills seven troops

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundHabbaniyah, Anbar, Iraq

    Iraq's Defense Ministry said an airstrike followed by aircraft cannon fire hit the Habbaniyah military clinic in Anbar province, killing seven service members and wounding 13; it did not name the attacker. An Iraqi police source told Al Jazeera the strike targeted positions of the Popular Mobilization Forces, and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ordered the U.S. charge d'affaires summoned and a complaint filed with the UN Security Council.

    Why it matters The strike came a day after a deadlier attack on the same base that the PMF blamed on the U.S., and Baghdad's decision to grant the PMF a right to respond makes Iraq a growing second front between U.S. forces and Iran-aligned groups.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, CBS News

Tuesday, March 24, 20266 entries

  1. 11:31 PM in Tehran

    Iran says a projectile hit the Bushehr nuclear plant grounds again, with no damage

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundBushehr, Iran

    Iran told the IAEA that another projectile hit the premises of the Russian-built Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday, with no damage to the plant or injuries to staff; Iran's atomic agency blamed Israel and the United States, and IAEA chief Rafael Grossi repeated his call for maximum restraint.

    Why it matters It was the second reported hit on the grounds of Iran's only commercial nuclear plant in about a week, days after Trump threatened to strike Iran's biggest power plant first.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News (AP)

  2. 6:33 PM in Karachi

    Pakistan offers to host U.S.-Iran talks, and Trump reposts the offer

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundIslamabad, Pakistan

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan "stands ready and honoured" to host "meaningful and conclusive talks" to end the war, subject to U.S. and Iranian agreement; Trump reshared the post on Truth Social without comment.

    Why it matters Pakistan, which keeps working ties with both governments, positioned itself as the venue for the indirect channel both sides had begun to acknowledge.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News

  3. 2:26 PM in Tehran

    Iran names ex-Guard general Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as its top security official

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iranian state TV said Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, a former Revolutionary Guard brigadier general who had been secretary of the Expediency Council, was appointed secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Ali Larijani, who was killed in an Israeli strike the previous week.

    Why it matters The council shapes Iran's security decisions, and the appointment came as Trump claimed to be negotiating with an unnamed senior Iranian leader.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News (AP)

  4. 12:55 PM in Beirut

    Lebanon orders Iran's ambassador to leave, declaring him persona non grata

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    Lebanon's Foreign Ministry declared Tehran's ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave by Sunday, while allowing a charge d'affaires to keep running the embassy; the government accuses the Revolutionary Guard of operating in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah. Hezbollah called the move a "national and strategic sin" and demanded it be reversed immediately.

    Why it matters The expulsion capped the decline in Lebanon's relations with Iran since the 2024 war and opened a public rift between the government and Hezbollah in the middle of the fighting.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News, CBS News (AFP)

  5. 12:27 PM in Jerusalem

    Katz says Israel will hold a security zone up to the Litani and raze border villages

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundIsrael

    Defense Minister Israel Katz said the military will control a security zone in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, that residents who fled north of the river will not return until northern Israel is secure, and that Israel will apply "the Rafah and Beit Hanoun models" by destroying houses in border villages.

    Why it matters The policy points to a lasting Israeli hold on territory south of the Litani, a day after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the river must be Israel's "new border."

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News (AP), Associated Press (2)

  6. 1:23 PM in Baghdad

    Iranian ballistic missiles kill six Peshmerga at a base in Iraq's Kurdistan region

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundSoran, Erbil province, Iraq

    The Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga ministry said six Iranian ballistic missiles fired in two strikes hit the Area Command One headquarters in Soran, Erbil province, before dawn, killing six soldiers and wounding 30. Regional President Nechirvan Barzani called it "direct hostile aggression" against Iraq's sovereignty.

    Why it matters It was the first recent attack Kurdish authorities blamed directly on Tehran, pulling Iraq's autonomous region further into the war.

    Sources: Associated Press, The New Arab

Monday, March 23, 20263 entries

  1. 2:43 PM in Beirut

    UN peacekeepers say a projectile hit their Naqoura headquarters in south Lebanon

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundNaqoura, Lebanon

    UNIFIL said a projectile hit a building inside its headquarters in Naqoura just before noon and that it believed it was fired by a non-state actor, after Hezbollah claimed attacks on Israeli forces in the town; it said fighting over the previous 48 hours had forced peacekeepers into shelters.

    Why it matters Peacekeepers also reported ground combat around Khiam, Mays al-Jabal and other border villages, showing Israel's renewed incursion reaching the U.N. force's main base.

    Sources: Associated Press, Asharq Al-Awsat (AFP)

  2. 3:33 PM in Tehran

    Iran denies holding any talks with the U.S. after Trump's announcement

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundTehran, Iran

    The Fars and Tasnim news agencies, close to the Revolutionary Guard, said no direct or indirect negotiations had taken place and portrayed Trump as backing down; the Foreign Ministry called his remarks an effort to lower energy prices and buy time, and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf wrote that "No negotiations have been held with the US."

    Why it matters Tasnim acknowledged that mediators had been passing messages to Tehran, leaving room for an indirect channel while Iran publicly rejected Trump's account.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News, Associated Press (3)

  3. 7:13 AM in New York

    Trump postpones strikes on Iran's power plants for five days, citing 'productive' talks

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundFlorida, United States

    Hours before his 48-hour deadline, Trump said on Truth Social that "very good and productive conversations" with Iran would continue through the week and that he had told the Pentagon to postpone strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days. He later said envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been talking with a "respected" Iranian leader he did not name, and that any deal would see the U.S. take Iran's enriched uranium.

    Why it matters The pause followed Iranian threats to mine the Persian Gulf and hit regional power and water plants, and it moved markets before Tehran had acknowledged any talks.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News, Associated Press (3)

Sunday, March 22, 20262 entries

  1. 7:59 PM in Tehran

    Iran's military command says Hormuz will be 'completely closed' if power plants are hit

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya military command said that if U.S. threats against Iran's power plants were carried out, the Strait of Hormuz would be completely closed until the plants were rebuilt, and that Israel's power and energy infrastructure and power plants in countries hosting U.S. bases would be struck. Iran's Foreign Ministry separately said safe passage remained possible for vessels not linked to the U.S., Israel or other "participants in the aggression."

    Why it matters Tehran was formalizing a two-tier strait, open to neutral shipping on its terms but closed to its enemies, while threatening a total shutdown if its grid was hit.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

  2. 4:28 PM in Istanbul

    Turkey's foreign minister meets Iranian, U.S. and European officials on ending the war

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundTurkey

    Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met the foreign ministers of Iran and Egypt, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and unspecified U.S. officials to discuss steps to end the war, then spoke with Qatar's prime minister, the Saudi foreign minister and Pakistani officials, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said.

    Why it matters Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan became the channels for the U.S.-Iran messages that surfaced a day later, when Trump postponed his power-plant ultimatum.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News (AP)

Saturday, March 21, 20267 entries

  1. 5:12 AM in Tehran, Mar 22

    Iran threatens U.S.-linked energy, IT and desalination sites if its power plants are hit

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's military said in a statement carried by Fars that if Iran's fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, all energy, information technology and desalination infrastructure belonging to the United States and Israel in the region will be targeted.

    Why it matters Naming desalination plants put the region's drinking-water supply on the list of retaliation targets if Trump carried out his power-plant ultimatum.

    Sources: CBS News (AFP), Associated Press

  2. 7:54 PM in New York

    Trump gives Iran 48 hours to reopen Hormuz or see its power plants 'obliterated'

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundFlorida, United States

    In a Truth Social post Saturday night, Trump said that if Iran did not "FULLY OPEN, WITHOUT THREAT" the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the United States would "hit and obliterate" its power plants, "STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!"

    Why it matters Iran's largest power plant is the Bushehr nuclear plant, so the ultimatum put civilian and nuclear-adjacent infrastructure on the target list with a Monday deadline.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News

  4. 11:26 PM in Riyadh

    Saudi Arabia expels Iran's military attache and four other embassy staff

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundRiyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry declared the Iranian embassy's military attache, his assistant and three other staff members persona non grata and gave them 24 hours to leave, saying Iran's escalation would affect current and future relations.

    Why it matters Riyadh followed Qatar, which expelled Iran's military and security attaches on March 18, in cutting back Tehran's diplomatic presence as Iranian drones kept targeting its oil-rich Eastern Province.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  5. 12:45 PM UTC

    Twenty-two countries demand Iran stop attacking ships and end the Hormuz closure

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundStrait of Hormuz

    Leaders of 22 countries, including the UAE, Bahrain, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Canada, South Korea and Australia, condemned Iran's attacks on unarmed commercial vessels and the "de facto closure" of the strait, called on Iran to stop laying mines and comply with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2817, and urged a moratorium on attacks on civilian energy infrastructure.

    Why it matters Gulf states signing alongside European and Asian powers widened the front against the closure, and Yemen's Houthis warned Arab countries joining efforts to reopen the strait that they would "be the first to lose."

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

  6. 5:06 PM in Chagos

    Britain condemns Iran's failed missile attack on the U.S.-U.K. base at Diego Garcia

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDiego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory

    Britain's Defense Ministry condemned Iran's "reckless attacks" after Iran fired missiles on Friday at the joint base, roughly 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometers) from Iran. The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials, reported that two intermediate-range ballistic missiles were fired and that the attempt failed.

    Why it matters The range far exceeded the 2,000-kilometer limit Iran had claimed for its missiles, and Israel's military chief said it put Berlin, Paris and Rome within reach.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News, Associated Press (3), CBS News (2)

  7. 1:43 PM in Tehran

    Iran says an airstrike hit the Natanz enrichment site; Israel denies carrying it out

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundNatanz, Iran

    Iran's Mizan news agency said an airstrike hit the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility with no radiation leakage, and the IAEA said Iran reported no increase in off-site radiation. Israel's military said it was not responsible, and the Pentagon declined to comment.

    Why it matters Tehran cited the Natanz strike hours later when it fired missiles at Dimona, home to Israel's main nuclear research center.

    Sources: CBS News (AP), Associated Press, Associated Press (2)

Friday, March 20, 20266 entries

  1. 6:39 PM in New York

    U.S. Treasury temporarily lifts sanctions on Iranian oil already at sea

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWashington, United States

    OFAC's General License U authorizes the sale, delivery and offloading, including imports into the United States, of Iranian crude and petroleum products loaded on vessels by 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 20, through 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 19, 2026. The administration presented it as a way to curb soaring oil prices.

    Why it matters It is a temporary break with Trump's "maximum pressure" oil sanctions that adds supply to a squeezed market but lets Iranian cargoes already afloat find buyers during the war.

    Sources: U.S. Treasury OFAC, General License U, Associated Press, CBS News

  2. 5:26 PM in New York

    Trump says U.S. is considering 'winding down' the war as more forces deploy

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWashington, United States

    In a Truth Social post Friday evening, Trump said the U.S. was "very close" to its objectives, listing keeping Iran from nuclear capability, degrading its missiles and launchers and eliminating its navy and air force, as it considers "winding down" operations. The post came as more troops and warships headed to the region and the Pentagon sought $200 billion more.

    Why it matters The mixed signals left unclear whether Washington would police the Strait of Hormuz itself or leave reopening it to others.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News

  3. 6:24 PM in London

    UK confirms U.S. strikes from British bases can target sites attacking Hormuz shipping

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundLondon, United Kingdom

    Downing Street said ministers confirmed that U.S. use of British bases for the collective self-defense of the region includes operations to degrade missile sites and capabilities being used to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, while repeating that Britain would not be drawn into the wider war.

    Why it matters Hours after Trump called NATO allies cowards, London expanded what U.S. forces can hit from British bases without Britain joining the offensive itself.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News

  4. 2:00 PM in New York

    CENTCOM says 232 U.S. troops wounded in the war so far, with 13 killed

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundTampa, Florida, United States

    Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said 232 service members had been injured in the Middle East, 30 more than Monday's tally, with 207 back on duty and 10 seriously wounded; 13 U.S. service members have been killed since the war began.

    Why it matters The count kept rising as the Pentagon sent more Marines and warships toward the theater, increasing the exposure of U.S. forces to Iranian missile and drone fire.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News

  5. 6:31 PM in Baghdad

    NATO pulls its advisory mission out of Iraq after Iranian attacks

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundBaghdad, Iraq

    NATO's top commander, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, confirmed the last personnel of NATO Mission Iraq left on Friday and that the non-combat mission, launched in 2018 and based mostly around Baghdad, will be run from Naples, Italy. The move followed Iranian attacks on British, French and Italian troops at bases in northern Iraq.

    Why it matters The exit of several hundred alliance advisers shows allies judged Iraq too exposed to Iranian fire to keep training its security ministries on the ground.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), CBS News (AP)

  6. 10:02 AM in New York

    Trump calls NATO allies 'cowards' for not helping reopen the Strait of Hormuz

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWashington, United States

    In a Truth Social post, Trump called NATO "A PAPER TIGER" without the United States and its members "COWARDS" for not sending forces to reopen the strait, declaring the war "Militarily WON" and the closure "the single reason for the high oil prices."

    Why it matters The attack came a day after six allies offered only a general readiness to help secure the strait, underscoring that Washington had no coalition ready to force it open.

    Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera

Thursday, March 19, 20264 entries

  1. 12:37 AM in Qatar, Mar 20

    Qatar says Iranian strikes cut 17% of its LNG export capacity for up to five years

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundRas Laffan, Qatar

    Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi said the missile strikes on Ras Laffan reduced Qatar's LNG export capacity by about 17% and would cost about $20 billion a year in lost revenue, with repairs to the two damaged LNG units taking three to five years. He said buyers in China, South Korea, Italy and Belgium would be affected.

    Why it matters This turned the Ras Laffan attack from a war-time outage into a multi-year loss of global LNG supply that Europe and Asia must now replace.

    Sources: CBS News, Associated Press

  2. 8:54 PM in Jerusalem

    Netanyahu says Israel acted alone on South Pars and will hold off at Trump's request

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundJerusalem, Israel

    At his first in-person news conference of the war, Netanyahu said Israel alone struck the Asaluyeh gas complex and was holding off further attacks on the South Pars field because Trump asked it to. He also claimed Iran could no longer enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles.

    Why it matters The pause took the South Pars-Ras Laffan tit-for-tat off the table for now, but exposed a public gap between Washington and Israel on striking Iran's energy economy.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), The Times of Israel, CBS News

  3. 4:29 PM in Beirut

    Lebanon's death toll from the Israel-Hezbollah war passes 1,000

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundBeirut, Lebanon

    Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli attacks since fighting erupted on March 2 had killed 1,001 people, including 118 children, 79 women and 40 health workers, and wounded 2,584, up from 968 dead a day earlier.

    Why it matters The toll passed 1,000 in under three weeks as Israel widened its offensive, and AP reported the next day that evacuation orders had displaced more than 1 million people in Lebanon.

    Sources: LBCI (AFP), Associated Press

  4. 8:32 AM in New York

    Hegseth promises largest U.S. strike package yet as Pentagon seeks $200 billion more

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundThe Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday's strikes would be the largest package of the war, with more than 7,000 targets hit so far, and said all 11 of Iran's small submarines were gone; Gen. Dan Caine said U.S. jets were striking deeper into Iran and had hit more than 90 targets on Kharg Island. A senior administration official told AP the Pentagon had asked the White House for $200 billion in additional war funding.

    Why it matters The request dwarfs earlier war costs and needs Congress, turning the war's duration into a budget fight on Capitol Hill.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News, Associated Press (2), Associated Press (3)

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