Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcat

New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footage, released by Mehr News and geolocated by Bellingcat, also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school […]

Trump stands by claim that Iran could have struck girls’ school

The president also threatened attacks on Iran’s ability to produce energy.

Exclusive: Iran is ready for a long war with the US and only economic pain will end it, senior official tells CNN

A top Iranian official has warned that the government is prepared for a long war with the US and signaled that it is willing to continue attacking Gulf countries in an effort to persuade them to convince President Donald Trump to step back from the conflict.

Israeli officials are growing concerned

A bombing campaign nearing its military goals in Iran leaves the hardest questions unanswered.

US official: ‘Not true’ Navy successfully escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz

Energy Secretary Chris Wright claimed in a now-deleted social media post that the Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.

US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now

The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since ​the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Day 12 of Middle East conflict - ships hit by attacks in Strait of Hormuz

The head of Iraq’s ports company said that 38 crew members of two foreign oil tankers were rescued after an Iranian attack set them ablaze in Iraq’s territorial waters in the Gulf. Also, three vessels were hit by projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UK’s maritime agency. Follow for live news updates.

A Mysterious Signal Transfixes Radio Sleuths -- And Intelligence Experts

The mysterious Persian-language transmission began about 12 hours after the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran. It was jammed five days later. Is it a coded message for US agents in Iran? Iranian sleeper cells? Israeli operatives? That’s what experts are trying to decipher.

Trump administration underestimated Iran war’s impact on Strait of Hormuz

The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Trump wants other countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That might not be so easy.

U.S. allies and rivals responded cautiously after President Donald Trump said they should police the Strait of Hormuz, as Iranian threats to strike shipping on the vital trade route continue to cause chaos in global markets.“Many countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships” to secure the shipping route, he posted Saturday on Truth Social, listing China, France, Japan, South Korea, the U.K. and “others” among the nations he hoped would provide support.“The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well.

Israel-Hezbollah fighting drives over 1 million Lebanese from their homes

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he demanded several countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as Iranian strikes continued on Gulf countries.

Fire on the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald R. Ford Raged for Hours, Sailors Say

The Ford is now entering its 10th month of deployment after arriving in the Middle East from the Caribbean.

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

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

Israel urges Iranians to revolt but privately assesses they’ll be ‘slaughtered’

Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Post.

Inside the White House plan to sell the Iran war online

The administration is bucking decades of decorum by depicting the Iran war as a violent video game.

Little joy to be found among Iranian Americans over the war and Iran’s future: ‘I have righteous anger’

Iranians in the diaspora are divided as Friday rang in Persian new year and the war on their homeland reached three-week mark

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Analysis of Patriot Incident in Bahrain

Trump’s Armageddon-Taco shuffle

One minute he threatens death and destruction, the next he says the US and Iran are engaged in negotiations

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US President Donald Trump said that Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are leading negotiations with Iran, expressing optimism that a deal is in sight. Follow for the latest live news updates.

Iran suspects Trump's peace talk push is another trick

"Trump has a hand open for a deal and the other is a fist waiting to punch you in the f***ing face."

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Senior aides describe a widening internal divide over a conflict the president has grown bored with — and a communications strategy some call embarrassing.

Images Purportedly Show E-3 Sentry Totally Destroyed From Iranian Strike

A loss of an E-3 would be a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and would point to other capability and defensive gaps.

Photos show heavily damaged US radar jet at Saudi base

US Central Command has not yet publicly commented on the incident.

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Cheap but dangerous: how Russia's plywood Molniya drone has become a big problem for Ukraine's defence forces

The Molniya (Lightning) is a simple, low-cost attack drone capable of operating dozens of kilometres deep into enemy territory. Russian Molniya drones are gradually pushing back what was until recently considered a relatively safe distance from the front lines.

How Iran is making a mint from Donald Trump’s war

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The Pentagon used missiles untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck civilian sites near a military compound on Feb. 28, according to visual evidence examined by The Times and weapons experts.

U.S. Troops Could Soon Be on the Ground in Iran

The military is waiting for the president’s go-ahead for high-risk ground operations in Iran.

Macron says 'unrealistic' to open Hormuz Strait by force, urges Trump to 'be serious'

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump challenged allies to work towards reopening it. In unusually strong criticism, Macron accused Trump of constantly contradicting himself on the Iran war and of undermining faith in the NATO military alliance.

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