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Iran's wartime leadership transition has elevated IRGC-backed Mojtaba Khamenei to the pinnacle of power, raising urgent questions about the organization's internal dynamics and how the Islamic Republic's strategic posture may evolve.

Trump’s Shifting Timeline for How Long the Iran War Will Last  The New York Times

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq trim gains, oil falls as Wall Street weighs Iran war signals  Yahoo Finance

Tehran has enough material to make at least 10 nuclear warheads but extracting it would be very risky, say experts The Trump administration is reportedly considering the deployment of special forces into Iran to secure its stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU), which experts say could be used to make at least 10 nuclear warheads. Preventing Iran from acquiring a bomb is one of Trump’s stated war aims, and the 440kg HEU stockpile represents the greatest nuclear threat as it could be turned into weapons-grade uranium relatively easily. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has told Congress that “people are going to have to go and get it”. Continue reading...

Pentagon says 140 troops wounded in Operation Epic Fury  Politico

Aluminum, Helium and Sulfur: The Iran War Is Affecting More Than Oil  The New York Times

The new figure is the first insight into the broader toll of injuries that have been sustained by U.S. troops

White House Says About 150 U.S. Troops Have Been Injured In Iran War  Forbes

Ukrainian and Russian officials have claimed battlefield successes in the more than four-year war.

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded so far in the war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The figure has not been previously reported and is far higher than the Pentagon's publicly disclosed figure of 8 seriously wounded U.S. forces. The Pentagon did not immediately comment. (Reporting by Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Editing by Franklin Paul)

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed General Joshua Rudd on Tuesday to lead the National Security Agency and the nation's Cyber Command, filling a position that had been vacant since President Donald Trump abruptly fired his predecessor in a national security purge. The Senate voted 71-29 to confirm Rudd, making him a four-star general. Trump nominated Rudd, then a lieutenant general and No. 2 at the military's Indo-Pacific Command, for the so-called dual-hat position in December.

British Airways will also pause repatriation flights from Muscat, Oman due to ‘reduced demand’

Israel has released video it says shows the moment a missile fired by Hezbollah struck a satellite and radar station.

Trump Hears the Markets’ Fears About Iran War  Bloomberg

A UK warship Tuesday left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to "bolster British defences in the region" amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Royal Navy said. The HMS Dragon's departure from its base in Portsmouth follows criticism from opposition politicians and the Cypriot government for a perceived slow reaction to a drone attack on Britain's Akrotiri base in southern Cyprus on March 1. An Iranian-made drone hit the runway of the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Akrotiri.

Dow rallies 400 points, continuing comeback from Iran war lows, as oil prices retreat: Live updates  CNBC

Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday, 10 March, will bring the most intense day of strikes against Iran so far, after Donald Trump vowed to end the conflict soon.

Victims of the Philippines’ drug war finally see a path to justice in The Hague.

Hegseth follows Trump’s suggestion war will soon be over by saying US will not stop until Iran ‘decisively defeated’ Tehran residents say the Iranian capital has endured what they described as its worst night of aerial bombardment, as the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, followed Donald Trump’s suggestion on Monday the war could soon be over with a warning of more strikes to come. “We are under heavy bombardment and I can hear back-to-back explosions. The place they hit has caught fire. It’s not clear where it exploded, but the buildings are shaking,” Niloufar, who lives in east Tehran said early on Tuesday, speaking under a pseudonym for security reasons. “They are destroying Iran,” they added, saying there were low-flying jets above. Continue reading...

Qatar warns the world Iran war could yield 'catastrophic results'  Euronews.com