JUST IN: Iran indicated it had chosen Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as his successor reut.rs/4cB2AIQ
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JUST IN: Iran indicated it had chosen Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as his successor reut.rs/4cB2AIQ
🇺🇲🇮🇷 #BREAKING :
According to the Washington Post, the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division has been ordered to prepare for an incursion into Iran.
Israel has announced it targeted commanders of the IRGC Quds force in a precision strike on the Ramada Hotel in downtown Beirut.
Local media reporting at least four dead in the attack.
The Social Security building in Kuwait City is on fire after being struck by an Iranian drone or falling debris.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. officials state that the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has left the Eastern Mediterranean and is heading through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea, from where it will continue operations against Iran.
The Washington Post Breaking News Post Exclusive 27 minutes ago Justice Department targets Cuban officials, aims for indictments The effort to bring charges against Cuban officials coincides with President Donald Trump saying that his administration is eyeing Cuba as the next country whose government might be overthrown, following the capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro in early January and the killing of Iran's supreme leader on Saturday.
A regime that values domestic and international violence above the rule of law is unsustainable.
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❗️Zelenskyy: We received a request from the U.S. for specific support in protection against "shaheds" in the Middle East region. I gave instructions to provide the necessary means and ensure the presence of Ukrainian specialists who can guarantee the required security.
So looks like Kurd offensive may not be happening right now:
There are conflicting reports regarding what is currently happening in NW Iran near the border with Iraq. It is unclear whether a ground offensive by the Iranian-Kurdish militias has already begun or may be launched in the coming hours.
🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸—Trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the U.S. have been indefinitely postponed due to the escalation of the war in the Middle East. The date and location of the next meeting have not yet been determined.
🇮🇷Launches carried out by Iran during the first days of the war:
Ballistic missiles:
🔴 Day 1 — 350
🔴 Day 2 — 175
🔴 Day 3 — 120
🔴 Day 4 — 50
🔴 Day 5 — 40
🔹️ Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones):
🟢 Day 1 — 294
🟢 Day 2 — 541
🟢 Day 3 — 200
🟢 Day 4 — 85
🟢 Day 5 — 45
Important not to make too much of an op-ed, but reporting elsewhere about Israel pushing for the involvement of the Kurds and the CIA working with the Kurds to prepare them to join in the fighting does signal that fragmentation of Iran (and possibly other states) is a possible goal of the operation.
During a closed-door briefing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Pete Hegseth and CJCS Gen. Caine acknowledged that Iran’s Shahed-style attack drones represent a major challenge, posing a bigger problem than anticipated, adding that air defenses will not be able to intercept them all.-CNN
⚡️Iraq has been hit by a total blackout. There is no electricity across the entire country - according to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity.
Thomas Keith @iwasnevrhere_ The Pentagon has burned through so many missiles in the Iran exchange that Trump is dragging Lockheed and Raytheon CEOs into the White House like a failing factory boss demanding overtime. The military admits the Iran strike consumed more long-range munitions than 4 years of Ukraine. Trump is posting fantasies about "unlimited supply" while Raytheon can barely promise to "eventually" reach 1,000 Tomahawks a year and the Pentagon only budgeted 57 for 2026. The industrial base is so hollowed out they're threatening contractors with punishment if they don't ramp up, even though the system physically can't produce at wartime tempo. America just showed the world that one regional confrontation with Iran drained decades of planning assumptions.
shot & chaser because lmfao
The Pentagon is rapidly burning through its stocks of precision weapons at a rate that puts the U.S. military potentially “days away” from having to prioritize which targets to intercept, according to three people familiar with the matter.-WSJ
* MAERSK: WE ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING CARGO BOOKINGS ACCEPTANCE IN AND OUT OF UAE, OMAN, IRAQ, KUWAIT, QATAR, BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
@reuters.com
Final picture of ship sinking
⚡️The IDF says it has redeployed the 146th Reserve Division to the western portion of the Lebanon border.
so Iran has apparently knocked out and destroyed / disabled to some extent two U.S. THAAD batteries
This is a massive deal. Aside from the expense, this is not a weapon system we just have a ton of lying around. You don't replace these easily.
defencesecurityasia.com/en/irgc-dest...
What you're looking at is not a sunrise — it's the Russian LNG tanker ARCTIC METAGAZ (IMO 9243148) struck by a massive explosion in the Mediterranean this morning. Photographed by crew aboard a merchant vessel, via Vanguard Tech.
🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸 IRGC Navy: ‘More than 10 oil tankers were hit in the Strait of Hormuz. Currently, the Strait of Hormuz area is under the full control of the Navy of the Islamic Republic.’
Trump and Netanyahu have been funnelling weapons to Kurdish volunteers in Western Iran for months. They’re expected to begin an armed uprising in days, ITV reports.
The United States is seeking an armed uprising inside Iran, with a ground operation expected within days.
www.itv.com/news/2026-03...
Iran's Assembly of Experts elected Ali Khamenei's son Mojtaba as the next leader under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards, informed sources told Iran International.
iranintl.com/en/202603030390
Sec. of State Marco Rubio says “in the next few hours and days” there will be an increase in the scope and intensity of attacks on Iran “from what are frankly the two most powerful air forces in the world.”-PBS
Rubio made the mistake of telling the truth yesterday. Now he too appears to be trying to backtrack, lmao.
Dubai police are threatening jail time for "any content that contradicts official announcements."
Macron: “Faced with this unstable situation and the uncertainties of the coming days, I have ordered the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, its air assets, and its frigate escort to set sail for the Mediterranean.”
