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TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Swedish counterpart held a telephone conversation with Maria Malmer Stenergard late on Wednesday to discuss bilateral ties, and issues of mutual interest.

Iran war: What is happening on day 20 of US-Israel attacks?  Al Jazeera

Iran-Israel war: possible war crimes amid fighting in Lebanon  Sky News

DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) - Iran seeks compensation from the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of enabling U.S. attacks against Iranian territory, Iran's U.N. Ambassador told the UN Secretary General in a letter according to a Nournews report published on Thursday. In the letter, Amir Saeid Iravani said the UAE’s decision to allow its territory to be used for the strikes constituted "an internationally wrongful act that entailed state responsibility."

Missile fire kills three Palestinians in occupied West Bank Three Palestinians, including a teenager, were killed and 13 others injured on Wednesday night when missile fragments struck a hair salon near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Wafa news agency reported that medical teams recovered the bodies of the three victims and responded to 13 injured women, two of whom are in critical condition. The injured were taken to Dura Governmental Hospital and other medical facilities in Hebron. Local and medical sources identified the dead as Mais Ghazi Masalmeh, 17, Sahira Rizq Masalmeh, 50, and Amal Sobhi Abdel Karim Matawa’ Masalmeh, 36. A medic told AFP that the projectile was fired from Iran. Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank do not have access to fortified shelters, which are common in Israel. Media reports say that Palestinians and foreign workers have been repeatedly denied entry to Israeli bomb shelters in the past.

Iran-US war live: Trump threatens to blow up key Iranian gas field after Qatar attack  The Independent

US-Israel War on Iran, Day 20: Israelis Attack World’s Largest Gasfield  EA WorldView

Iran war may linger into May due to Israeli strike, analysts warn  Axios

Heavy social media use has contributed to 'worrying decline' in wellbeing in Western countries, report says.

European markets set to slump at the open as Iran war intensifies  CNBC

Iran war fallout lands hardest on Europe's most gas‑dependent nations  Reuters

U.S. Marines Consider Seizing Strategic Islands Near Strait of Hormuz  조선일보

Saudi Red Sea port Yanbu targeted in aerial attack, minimal impact, source says Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu, currently the only export outlet for its crude, was targeted in an aerial attack on Thursday, an industry source said, adding there was minimal impact. It was not immediately clear what specifically was targeted in Yanbu.

The U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz into the crosshairs of yet another geopolitical conflict

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face I realise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise Donald Trump’s attack on Iran? The intense western interest in the Middle East and west and central Asia, sustained for more than a century, and the endless attempts by foreign governments to shape and control these regions, are not random political tics. They are somewhat connected to certain fuel sources situated beneath the ground. Trump’s war aims are typically incoherent: apparently incomprehensible even to himself. But Iran would not be treated as an “enemy of the west” were it not for what happened in 1953, when Winston Churchill’s government persuaded the CIA to launch a coup against the popular democratic government of Mohammad Mossadegh. The UK did so because Mossadegh sought to nationalise the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company: to stop a foreign power from stealing the nation’s wealth. The US, with UK support, tried twice to overthrow him, and succeeded on the second attempt, with the help of some opportunistic ayatollahs. It reinstated the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In 1954, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company became British Petroleum, later BP. George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Chip buyers in Europe are paying more and tapping backup stores as Iran war hits air freight  CNBC

How the Iran war has left Europe facing yet another energy crisis  BBC

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – Iranian foreign minister says European countries should put pressure on US and Israel to stop their war of aggression against Iran if they are concerned about peace and security in West Asia.