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Sunday, March 29, 20261 entry

  1. 1:05 PM in Tehran

    Iran's parliament speaker warns U.S. troops would be 'set on fire' in a ground invasion

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iranian forces were waiting for U.S. troops to arrive on the ground 'to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever', and dismissed the U.S. 15-point plan as Washington's 'wishes'. His warning followed a Washington Post report that the Pentagon was preparing options for weeks of limited ground operations, including possible raids on Kharg Island.

    Why it matters Trump said a day later that Washington was negotiating with Ghalibaf himself, so the speaker's public rejection of the plan marks the gap between what Tehran says in public and what the U.S. says is happening in private.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Associated Press (2)

Saturday, March 28, 20263 entries

  1. 12:20 AM in Karachi, Mar 29

    Iran agrees to let 20 more Pakistani-flagged ships through Hormuz

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundIslamabad, Pakistan

    Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Iran had agreed to let 20 additional Pakistani-flagged vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz at a rate of two a day, calling it a constructive gesture. He addressed his post to Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, envoy Steve Witkoff and Iran's Abbas Araghchi.

    Why it matters Selective passage for friendly flags rewards Pakistan's mediation, but also shows Tehran deciding who uses the strait while overall traffic remains down about 90%.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera

  2. 8:02 PM in Baghdad

    Drone attack damages home of Iraqi Kurdistan president Nechirvan Barzani

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundDuhok, Iraq

    A drone attack damaged the empty residence of Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Duhok, a regional official told AP; no one claimed it. Iraq's prime minister condemned it as heinous and ordered an investigation, and the U.S. State Department blamed 'Iran's terrorist militia proxies in Iraq'.

    Why it matters An attack on the region's head of government widens the militias' targets from U.S. sites to Iraqi Kurdish leaders, as Kurdish officials warned that armed groups outside state control pose a growing threat.

    Sources: Associated Press, CBS News (AP)

  3. 3:16 PM UTC

    First Marine expeditionary unit arrives in the Middle East aboard USS Tripoli

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundU.S. Central Command area, Middle East

    U.S. Central Command said the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, about 3,500 sailors and Marines with transport and strike fighter aircraft, had arrived in the region. The USS Boxer and another expeditionary unit were also ordered to the Middle East, and The Washington Post reported the Pentagon was preparing options for weeks of limited ground operations in Iran.

    Why it matters Amphibious forces give Trump a ground option, such as raids on Kharg Island or the Hormuz coast, which Iran's leaders warned they were waiting to meet.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2)

Friday, March 27, 20264 entries

  1. 8:46 PM in Tehran

    Revolutionary Guard tells workers at U.S.- and Israel-linked firms in the region to leave

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundTehran, Iran

    Iran's Revolutionary Guard said employees of regional industrial companies with U.S. shareholders or ties to Israel should leave their workplaces immediately, citing retaliatory operations. Aerospace Force commander Majid Moosavi said that after the strikes on Iranian infrastructure 'the equation will no longer be an eye for an eye'.

    Why it matters The warning pointed Iran's retaliation at Gulf industry rather than only military bases, and the Guard claimed attacks on aluminium plants in the UAE and Bahrain the next day.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera (2)

  2. 5:06 PM in Paris

    G7 foreign ministers call for an end to attacks on civilians and free Hormuz navigation

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundNear Paris, France

    Meeting outside Paris, G7 foreign ministers adopted a declaration calling for an immediate halt to attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure and for permanently restoring free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Iran's planned Hormuz tolls illegal and unacceptable and told allies they must be ready to act.

    Why it matters Rubio told allies the U.S. was ready to be part of a plan to confront Iran's Hormuz tolls but did not have to lead it, signaling a shift of the burden onto countries that rely on the strait.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera

  3. 12:07 PM in Tehran

    UN migration agency says 82,000 civilian buildings damaged across Iran

    OfficialCivilian alertsBackgroundIran

    The International Organization for Migration said attacks on Iran had damaged 82,000 civilian buildings, including hospitals and residential units, and the homes of 180,000 people across 20 of the country's 32 provinces.

    Why it matters It is one of the few UN agency tallies of civilian damage inside Iran, where most casualty and damage figures come from the Iranian government.

    Source: Associated Press

  4. 9:43 AM in Kuwait

    Iranian drones and cruise missiles damage two Kuwaiti ports

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundShuwaikh Port, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Kuwait said Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City sustained material damage in an attack on Friday morning, and that Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, under construction as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, was hit by drones and cruise missiles. No injuries were reported.

    Why it matters The strike on a Chinese-backed project was one of the first on Chinese-linked infrastructure in the Gulf during the war, even as China kept buying Iranian crude.

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

Thursday, March 26, 20265 entries

  1. 4:11 PM in New York

    Trump pauses threatened strikes on Iran's power plants until April 6

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundWashington

    Trump posted that, at the Iranian government's request, he was pausing the 'period of Energy Plant destruction' by 10 days to 8 p.m. Eastern on Monday, April 6, saying talks were going very well. It was his second postponement since threatening Iran's power grid over the Strait of Hormuz.

    Why it matters The new deadline set the next decision point for strikes on Iran's grid, which Iran has said it would answer by hitting Gulf energy and water plants.

    Sources: Truth Social (Donald J. Trump), Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera

  2. 5:57 PM in Beirut

    Israel sends a third division into southern Lebanon to widen its buffer zone

    OfficialMilitary & securityBackgroundSouthern Lebanon

    The Israeli military said Division 162 would join two divisions already operating in southern Lebanon with the aim of expanding a buffer zone, a day after Netanyahu said Israel would enlarge the area it controls. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told the UN chief the push threatened Lebanon's sovereignty and said Beirut would complain to the Security Council.

    Why it matters A third division signals a deeper and longer ground presence in the south, which Lebanon's prime minister called a threat to the country's sovereignty.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Al Jazeera

  3. 5:57 PM in Jerusalem

    Hezbollah fire kills a man in Nahariya in northern Israel

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundNahariya, Israel

    Magen David Adom said a man in his 30s was killed by shrapnel in Nahariya after a barrage from Lebanon, and a man in his 50s was hurt, in moderate-to-serious condition. Lebanon's Health Ministry put the toll from Israeli strikes since March 2 at 1,116 killed and 3,229 wounded.

    Why it matters Casualties on both sides of the border were rising the same day Israel announced it was widening its ground push into Lebanon.

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

  4. 11:13 AM in New York

    Witkoff confirms U.S. sent Iran a 15-point plan through Pakistan

    OfficialDiplomacy & politicsBackgroundWhite House, Washington

    Special envoy Steve Witkoff told a Cabinet meeting that the U.S. had presented Iran a 15-point 'action list' through Pakistan and saw strong signs Tehran could be persuaded it had no other option, the first official confirmation of the plan. Trump said Iran was 'begging' for a deal, while Tasnim said Tehran had sent its formal response on Wednesday night with its own conditions.

    Why it matters Washington and Tehran were now trading written positions through Pakistan while publicly disputing that talks exist, which made Islamabad the channel to watch.

    Sources: Associated Press, Associated Press (2), Truth Social (Donald J. Trump), Al Jazeera

  5. 11:05 AM in Dubai

    Debris from intercepted Iranian missile kills two in Abu Dhabi

    OfficialBackgroundBackgroundAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Abu Dhabi authorities said two people were killed and three wounded when shrapnel from a ballistic missile interception fell on a main road. In Iran, IRNA reported that two teenage brothers were killed Wednesday evening in a strike on a residential area in Shiraz county.

    Why it matters Civilian deaths from interception debris show that even successful air defense leaves Gulf cities exposed while Iran keeps firing at states hosting U.S. forces.

    Sources: Associated Press, Al Jazeera

Wednesday, March 25, 20263 entries

  1. 1:46 PM in Paris

    France says Gulf war damage has taken 11 million barrels a day off the oil market

    OfficialShipping, energy & marketsBackgroundParis, France

    French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said 30% to 40% of Gulf refining capacity had been damaged or destroyed, leaving the oil market short about 11 million barrels a day. He said 17% of Qatar's gas production capacity had been destroyed and would take about three years to restore.

    Why it matters The estimate means the supply loss would outlast any reopening of Hormuz, because damaged refineries and gas trains take months to years to repair.

    Source: Associated Press

  2. 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)

  3. 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, 20263 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

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