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I’ve noticed that the Qatar government funded media Al Jazeera might use “Iran war” as a brief description, but it mostly clarifies that it’s the “US-Israeli war on Iran.”
US-Israeli war on Iran widens with first attack from Yemen
Trump has said he is “very disappointed” with NATO’s response to the war on Iran.
Araghchi has discussed the regional implications and “consequences” of the US-Israel war on Iran with his Armenian counterpart
Ukrainian casualties at Dubai? Tehran Times reports the IRGC destroyed a depot of anti-drone systems in Dubai where 21 Ukrainians were present.
IRGC Aerospace destroyed a depot of anti-drone systems related to Ukraine, which was present in Dubai to assist US army and where 21 Ukrainians were also present. Fate of Ukrainian forces present at mentioned location, who are probably killed, is unknown.
https://xcancel.com/TehranTimes79/status/2037845396412625356#m
Fire-damaged aircraft carrier USS Ford has moved even further away from Iran, leaving Crete and heading to Split (Croatia) in the Adriatic Sea for an extended stay.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, is reportedly heading toward Split after leaving a naval base in Greece earlier than scheduled.
Greek media report that the carrier departed Souda Bay on Crete “urgently,” cutting short planned maintenance.
Officials are said to have opted for relocation to Split to ensure a calmer environment and more favourable conditions for ongoing technical work.
Iranian media posts some warnings –
It looks like the resupply for the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln may be handled out of Diego Garcia now, instead of Duqm, Salalah, or Djibouti. “If true, that is a massively extended logistics chain for the Lincoln CSG”
A Lewis & Clark-class dry cargo ship (T-AKE) is now in the atoll. With no recent resupply vessels spotted at Duqm, Salalah, or Djibouti, DG may be taking over that role. If true, that is a massively extended logistics chain for the Lincoln CSG
A big military vehicle cargo ship (roll-on, roll-off), which “can lift an entire US Army Task Force (58 tanks, 900+ vehicles)”, has departed Diego Garcia. “Where is she headed?”
SF DIEGO GARCIA 🧐
Mar 26 imagery reveals significant shifts in the operational footprint at DG.➡️Heavy Lift: After sitting at anchor inside the lagoon since Oct ’25, USNS Pililaau (T-AKR 304) is now just outside the atoll (likely ready to depart). FWIW, A single Bob Hope-class can lift an entire US Army Task Force (58 tanks, 900+ vehicles). Where is she headed?
➡️Replenishing the Replenishers: A Lewis & Clark-class dry cargo ship (T-AKE) is now in the atoll. With no recent resupply vessels spotted at Duqm, Salalah, or Djibouti, DG may be taking over that role. If true, that is a massively extended logistics chain for the Lincoln CSG
➡️VLS Reload: The DDG remains pierside. Notably, there is visible activity focused over the bow—perhaps a forward VLS reload.
➡️South apron remains busy with heavy transport and aerial refueling assets (likely)Special issue of the Tehran Times –
Pigs will fly before a Trump deal happens.
Why Iran is so skeptical of Washington’s negotiation intentions – and what evidence and experience show.
From Iranian media (translated from Persian) –
“Araghchi: US troops hiding in hotels in Persian Gulf countries”
According to the Tasnim News Agency, Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi announced: Since the beginning of the war, the US military has left their military bases in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and turned to hotels and office buildings to hide. They use citizens of these countries as human shields.
From Iranian media –
Over A Million Iranian Combatants Organized for Ground Battle with US
An informed military source told Tasnim on Thursday that with the growing speculation about the possibility of a “historical folly” by the US in launching a ground invasion on the southern front of Iran, a wave of enthusiasm has emerged among Iranian ground fighters to create a “historical hell” for the Americans on Iranian soil.
The source noted that in addition to organizing more than one million fighters for ground combat, in recent days there has been a massive influx of requests from Iranian youth directed towards the centers of Basij, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and the Army to also participate in this battle.
“The US wants to open the Strait of Hormuz with suicide and self-destructive tactics; that’s fine. We are ready for both their suicide strategy to be executed and for the Strait to remain closed,” the military source added.
Evidently the NY police aren’t there for the general public’s protection.
The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing
The NYPD is not constitutionally required to help a person being attacked by an angry mob, lawyers for the city argued in a recent court filing.
The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who she said attacked her in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2025.
In her lawsuit, Luci said she was surrounded, kicked and threatened by the large group of people, most of whom were wearing traditional Orthodox Jewish garb, after they mistook her for a pro-Palestinian protester in front of a historic synagogue. Her lawsuit claims the NYPD officers who responded to the scene emboldened the mob by doing nothing to quell the situation, in part because they also believed Luci was expressing pro-Palestinian views.
Attorneys for the city wrote last week that they will ask a judge to dismiss the lawsuit for a number of legal reasons. Among their arguments is one that the NYPD has no constitutional requirement to protect someone from being attacked. It’s an argument that may surprise most people.
The USS Tripoli and USS New Orleans, said to be carrying thousands of US Marines towards Iran, has been spotted today at Diego Garcia.
https://xcancel.com/MT_Anderson/status/2036483449754882403#m
Today the Iranian military claims to have “successfully penetrated the layered air defense of the Zionist regime, targeting the supposedly secure positions of Israel’s intelligence agencies…”
The IRGC said in a statement that the 79th wave of retaliatory strikes during the Operation True Promise 4 was carried out successfully on Tuesday, March 24.
The IRGC stated that powerful missiles including Khaybar-shekan (Khaybar-buster), Emad, and Sejjil, as well as destructive drones of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force, successfully penetrated the layered air defense of the Zionist regime, targeting the supposedly secure positions of Israel’s intelligence agencies in northern and central Tel Aviv, the commercial and support centers of the Israeli army in Ramat Gan and Negev, as well as the main logistics and southern military management center of the Israeli regime in Be’er Sheva.
<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/C-17_carrying_passengers_out_of_Afghanistan.jpg/960px-C-17_carrying_passengers_out_of_Afghanistan.jpg" alt="A C-17 evacuating 823 passengers out of Kabul on 15 August 2021″ />
Wikipedia says the US had 222 C-17s in service. Recent flight logs indicate at least 46 C-17 flights from the US to the Middle East since March 12. Mostly to Israel and Jordan.
I wonder if evacuations are being planned.
MT Anderson retweeted TheIntelFrog
@TheIntelFrog 5h
A significant movement is underway from US Army, Navy and Air Force bases in CONUS to the Middle East comprised of at least 35 C-17 flights since March 12th, with 11 more flights on the way.Origins:
12-Hunter Army Air Field/Fort Stewart, GA
8-Unknown
7-JB Lewis-McChord, WA
6-Pope Army Air Field/Fort Bragg, NC
4-Campbell Army Airfield/Fort Campbell, KY
4-Gray Army Airfield/JB Lewis-McChord, WA
4-Naval Air Station Oceana, VA
1-MacDill AFB, FL
1-JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJDestinations:
17-Ovda Air Base, Israel
13-King Faisal Air Base, Jordan
4-King Hussein Int’l Airport, JordanIranian news source talks about a new phase in Iran’s military strategy.
The initial phase was the targeting of radar and defense systems. Now they are “reducing the replacement power and rebuilding of lost equipment” and focusing on the logistics and support centers, “to disrupt the cycle of repair and reconstruction of Israel’s military power.”
(Translated from Persian)
I want to point out two major attacks. First, the attack was carried out last morning by the army using the Arash 2 drones. In the operation, several bases inside Israel were targeted, the most important of which was a base east of Ben-Gurion Airport, a base attached to the airport and belonging to the Israeli aviation industry. The complex is actually a parent company with several subsidiaries and factories that have been hit several times in recent days.
The targeted is the headquarters and central factory of Israel’s aviation industry, a complex that produces a wide range of weapons. Despite the name “air industry”, the complex is not limited to air equipment and is even active in the ground. Among its subsidiaries is working on a new generation of Israeli tanks, known as the Karmel, which is set to replace the Merkawa tanks. Therefore, the importance of this center should not be considered merely as an aviation industry; it can also be considered one of the main pillars of the production of Israeli defense and military equipment.
Another important product of this collection is the radars of the “Arrow” system, or “green paj”. The targeting of the center will directly affect the production and reconstruction of damaged defense radars, while also reducing the production capacity of offensive weapons.
The second attack took place in the 75th wave, during which several bases were targeted in the center of the occupied territories. The most important of them was the Dori base, or Tel Heshmer, a base that is located near a city of the same name. After a large training complex in the south, the base is Israel’s largest military base and is located in more than 10 different military ranks.
The damage to the attack is mainly related to the military’s logistics area: the logistics command, the maintenance center, the ground force technology command, as well as the Israeli army’s fuel distribution center, which manages the fuel of the forces, are all at the base.
If we look at these two attacks together in the framework of waves 74 and 75, we will see that a phase change occurred in the pattern of attacks. It seems that the initial stage, the targeting of radar and defense systems, has largely been overcome and we are now entering a new phase: reducing the replacement power and rebuilding of lost equipment.
Where is this power focused? In logistics and support centers. For this reason, at this stage of the war, the focus of the attacks is clearly on these centers to disrupt the cycle of repair and reconstruction of Israel’s military power.
https://tasnimnews.ir/fa/news/1405/01/03/3547706/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%BA%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA
Tasnim News Agency (translated from Persian)Reuters – London Jewish community ambulances set ablaze in antisemitic attack, PM says
From Craig Murray today –
They are doing everything they can to fool you:
Front page lies scream “Iranian missiles can hit London.”
A false flag attack on Jewish ambulances by mystery men all dressed in black
An Iranian arrested for openly asking if he can enter Faslane nuclear baseGet the pattern?
It is interesting that the torched ambulances were in the process of being replaced and no longer needed.
That means they will get all the insurance money now as well plus the outpouring of sympathy.
Wonder who would come up with such a scheme?
(retweeted from UnityNewsNet)A new “Islamic” organisation attacking Jewish targets – which comes into existence exactly as the war with Iran starts.
It may have al-Jolani style stooges, but I know a Mossad false flag when I see one.
This group has conveniently admitted the London ambulance attacks.
Posted one hour ago by the Tehran Times –
Spokesperson of the Central Headquarters of Hazrat Khatam al-Anbiya:
— The terrorist president of US, continuing his aggressive behavior and global destabilization, has threatened that if Iran does not open the Strait of Hormuz, he will target Iran’s power plants.
— We have repeatedly said that the Strait of Hormuz is only closed to the enemy and harmful traffic; it has not been completely closed yet and is under our intelligent control, and harmless passage under specific conditions ensures our security and interests.
— However, if the US threats regarding Iran’s power plants are implemented, the following punitive actions will be taken immediately:
1. The Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed and will not be reopened until the destroyed power plants are rebuilt.
2. All power plants, energy infrastructure, and information and communication technology (ICT) of the Zionist regime will be extensively targeted.
3. All similar companies in the region with American shareholders will be completely destroyed.
4. Power plants of regional countries hosting US bases will be legitimate targets
— Everything is ready for the great jihad aimed at the complete destruction of all US economic interests in the West Asia region
Iran’s Six Conditions to Agree to Stop the War with the United States and the Zionist Regime
(translated from Persian)
Regarding Iran’s six conditions, he said Iran has set 6 basic conditions for stopping the war within the new strategic legal framework;
Iran’s demands are first to ensure that the war is not repeated.
Second, the closure of U.S. military bases in the region.
The official added that the third demand is to repel aggression and pay compensation to Iran,
and the fourth demand is to end the war on all regional fronts.
He emphasized that Iran’s fifth demand is to impose a new legal regime on the Strait of Hormuz;
Iran’s sixth demand is to prosecute and extradite anti-Iranian media agents
It seems odd that in Iranian media (Tasnim, Tehran Times) I couldn’t find any mention of last night’s missiles at Diego Garcia.
But the mainstream media now has widespread coverage of the story about how “Europe is within Iran’s range.”
DW.com
Launch toward Diego Garcia shows Europe within Iran’s rangeThe Times of Israel
IDF chief: Campaign at ‘halfway’ stage; Iran’s missile fire at Diego Garcia shows ‘Berlin, Paris, Rome all within range‘The tactics and techniques needed for the USS Defiant and its future sister ships have not been developed.
Looks like a boondoggle vanity project “solution” in search of a problem.
Here it is, the planned “Trump-Class” Battleship. It’s projected to cost more than the largest aircraft carriers.
USS Defiant: $20 Billion Trump-Class Battleship Costs More Than a Nuclear Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
The “Golden Fleet” initiative has introduced the Trump-class battleship, a 40,000-ton “missile barge” equipped with hypersonics and railguns. At $20 billion per vessel, the USS Defiant represents a massive investment in centralized naval power designed to outmatch peer adversaries through sheer mass and lethal “Golden Fleet” innovation.
The idea that the Trump-class battleships would be “missile, bomb and drone magnets” is a real concern. They would not be able to patrol close to shore unthreatened. The Navy requires a distributed deployment approach that integrates weapon systems able to work with submarines and the other ships in the fleet.
The Pentagon is calling for 20 to 25 Trump-class battleships without mentioning cost and feasibility.
The tactics and techniques needed for the USS Defiant and its future sister ships have not been developed.
What if Trump’s apparently chaotic thought processes and intuitive decision making are all a blind, a charade? What if we are really witnessing, in the Middle East and more widely, a carefully constructed plan with very definite objectives?
What kicked off my thinking was the revelation by Lockheed Martin that they had been instructed by Trump, months in advance of the attack on Iran, to massively increase production of interceptor missiles, with a short term goal of quadrupling capacity of THAAD… the urgency of this activity – almost entirely focused on interceptor missiles – that started in 2025 is in hindsight a clear indication that early war with Iran was expected. It is plain evidence of premeditation.
The second thing that triggered my thought that this is all carefully planned, is the nature of the breakdown of the nuclear deal talks. It appears there was a broad consensus that Iran offered concessions which made a deal very practical, in particular giving up its stocks of enriched uranium into trust (a proposal Iran had historically rejected when Putin offered to hold the material). Both the hosts, Oman and the British thought a deal was there.
The failure of the talks is being spun as due to the incompetence and lack of technical knowledge of Witkoff and Kushner. But I just don’t buy this. The sending of unqualified negotiators was part of a ploy to use the negotiations as cover for an attack – the second time in a year that the United States had pulled the same trick.
Now factor in another apparently random act by Trump – the astonishing kidnapping of President Maduro of Venezuela on 3 January, a month before the attack on Iran.
Trump’s naval blockade of Venezuela’s oil has secured a US monopoly of its sale and distribution. As with Iraq, only US-approved contractors can buy the oil and payments are made to a Trump-controlled account in Qatar, from which revenue is given to the Venezuelan government entirely at Trump’s discretion.
This audacious imperialist grab of the world’s largest oil reserve further insulated the USA against the effects of the forthcoming closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Again, the narrative is being spun that Trump did not foresee the closure of the Strait by Iran. That is plainly a nonsense – every commentary on a potential Iran war for half a century has focused on the Strait of Hormuz.
He cares about what is good for Donald J. Trump and his immediate circle. Here is the Chevron share price over the last month:
And here is Lockheed Martin. Note that the start of the 40% leap in share price coincides with those instructions last year on massively ramping up interceptor production.Not to mention, of course, that the really big fortunes will have been made in oil and derivative commodity futures by those who knew this war was coming (acting through proxies).
The $200 billion Trump is requesting from Congress to continue the war is going to make an awful lot of well-connected people even richer.
The colonial settler state of Israel is central to the projection of imperialist power in the Middle East. Its expansion is an essential part of the plan.
Destruction of Iran on the scale envisaged will take years of hard pounding. Again, it is planned – you don’t ask Congress for an instalment of $200 billion for a war you plan to wrap up in a month.
Again, Trump’s taunts about having already won, objectives being achieved and about possibly finishing soon, are all just smoke and mirrors. The scale and horror of what is planned for Iran has to be obfuscated to limit a public revulsion that would be echoed in parts of the state apparatus…https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/03/seeing-trump-clearly/
(translated from Persian)
A military source told Tasnim that if the United States acts on its threats to military aggression on Kharg Island, it would certainly face a response that is unprecedented compared to the surprises of the last 21 days.
He added that insecurity in other straits, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea, is one of the options that is ahead of the resistance front and the situation will be much more complicated for the Americans than today.
Tasnim News Agency quoting a military source: Insecurity in Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea are among the options if Kharg is targeted.
US lifted Iranian oil embargo to get more oil to other markets, but Iranian Oil Ministry’s response is that Iran currently has no oil being shipped and currently no surplus to sell to other markets. Bessent’s comments were said to only have a psychological effect on the markets.
(translated from Persian)Iran’s Oil Ministry’s response to the United States: Basically, we don’t have oil left on the water
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besent has said the U.S. has been forced to lift an Iranian oil embargo for a certain period of time, and that Iran can freely sell oil on the sea.
Samaran Ghodousi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Oil, wrote: “Currently, Iran basically does not have crude oil on water and surplus to supply in other international markets. The U.S. Treasury Secretary’s comment is purely aimed at giving hope to buyers and controlling the market psychologicallyAfter the fire –
U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Might Be Out of Action for 14 Months
The U.S. Navy faces a potential “aircraft carrier crunch” as its most advanced warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), sits at Souda Bay undergoing damage assessment. The transition from active combat in the Red Sea to a shipyard in Crete marks a critical pause in Operation Epic Fury, highlighting the physical and industrial limits of 21st-century naval power.
Tehran Times
@TehranTimes79
4h
#BREAKING
The CIA has informed its regional stations that the issue of overthrowing Iran has been ruled out and should be removed from their agenda.This confirmed the Tehran Times information published 3 days ago.
USNI Fleet Tracker listed the US ships in the Persian Gulf. Now there are no ships listed. Two of the last remaining ships, “with the Navy’s first operational mine countermeasure mission,” were spotted at Singapore, 6,400 km from the Strait of Hormuz.
Feb. 23, 2026
In the Persian Gulf
Littoral Combat Ships USS Canberra (LCS-30), USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) are based in Bahrain with the Navy’s first operational mine countermeasure mission packages in U.S. 5th Fleet.
There are two guided-missile destroyers and a Littoral Combat Ship in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz.
USS Mitscher (DDG-57), homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.
USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112), homeported at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
USS Canberra (LCS-30), homeported in Bahrain.March 2, 2026
In the Persian Gulf
Littoral Combat Ships USS Canberra (LCS-30), USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) are based in Bahrain with the Navy’s first operational mine countermeasure mission packages in U.S. 5th Fleet.March 16, 2026
No US ships listed for the Persian Gulf.https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker
But spotted today –
Mar 20 imagery has the USS Tulsa (LCS-16) & USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) safely tied up in Sembawang, Singapore
From Craig Murray today –
Elbit’s Israeli weapons factory in the Czech Republic set ablaze by Earthquake Faction.
Earthquake Faction is not a proscribed organisation so I unequivocally support this.
I support all direct action against Israeli weapons supply chains, unless by a proscribed organisation in which case it is very naughty and not at all legal to support.Posted by Elon Musk today –
The US Navy had another fire on one of their ships this past August near Okinawa.
The USS New Orleans, which is one of the two ships currently bringing a couple thousand Marines towards Iran, had a fire on multiple decks which took the Japanese Coast Guard at least 12 hours to fight, and injured two (or “several”) sailors.
“Another defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details about the ship, said the fire appeared to be contained to the middle decks near the ship’s bow,” Military Times had also reported on Tuesday, which is in line with the Navy’s latest statement. “The official added that multiple decks had been affected, without specifying how many decks were burned.”
The fire first broke out at about 4:00 PM local time on Aug. 20 and was extinguished at approximately 4:00 AM local time on Aug. 21, according to the Navy. The Japan Coast Guard separately told multiple news outlets that firefighting activities continued until 9:00 AM local time.
I didn’t find any updates on what caused the fire.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation
https://www.twz.com/sea/new-details-on-status-of-uss-new-orleans-status-after-fire
Thousands of US Marines are on their way (still) towards Iran.
Spotted today near Malaysia, the USS Tripoli and USS New Orleans –
https://xcancel.com/MT_AndersonUSS Tripoli, an Amphibious Assault Ship, 844 feet long (around 260 feet shorter than the carrier USS Ford).
USS New Orleans, an Amphibious Transport Dock, 684 feet
From Craig Murray less than an hour ago –
The US/Israeli attack on Iran’s gas production facility is deeply irresponsible and practically forces Iran to respond in kind.
Some coverage from Iran in the past two hours –
Spokesperson for the Central Headquarters of Khatam al-Anbiya: The criminal enemy attacked part of Iran’s fuel and energy infrastructure in the south of the country.
The IRGC Navy Commander announced that Iran’s target list has been updated, issuing a stark warning to stay away from any oil infrastructure associated with the US.
61st wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 in the face of the aggression. The hostile objects, it added, were targeted using multi-warhead Khorramshahr-4 and Qadr missiles as well as Emad and Kheibar Shekan
I looked up those missile types and they all have liquid fuel (except the Qadr/Ghadr “is believed to have a liquid-fuel first stage and a solid-fuel second stage”.)
China Has Spent 30 Years Building One Weapon — a System Designed to Kill U.S. Aircraft Carriers
Harrison Kass, national security attorney and former U.S. Air Force pilot selectee, traces China’s anti-carrier warfare doctrine from the 1995-1996 Taiwan Crisis to today’s DF-21D and DF-26 anti-ship ballistic missiles. Kass explains how Beijing built a complete reconnaissance-to-strike kill chain — spanning surveillance satellites, over-the-horizon radar, and data fusion networks — specifically designed to keep U.S. carrier strike groups out of the First Island Chain.
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