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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.

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

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...

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.

Joe Kent's resignation over Iran war reignites antisemitism fears and debate over Israeli influence  AP News

Analysts Warn Israel's Leader-Targeting Strategy In Iran May Backfire  NDTV

Blocking Fertilisers: The Hormuz Strait and Agricultural Shock  Counterpunch

US president claims Israel will not attack South Pars again – but threatens to destroy ‘extremely important and valuable’ site if Iran continues to attack gas facilities in Qatar Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump threatened to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gasfield after Israeli strikes on the Iranian site prompted Tehran to step up attacks on energy facilities across the Middle East. Israel’s decision to target the South Pars gasfield on Wednesday marked a major escalation of the war, heightening fears of significant disruption to international energy supplies. Continue reading...

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Why soaring Israeli morale over the war on Iran exposes deeper delusion Antony Loewenstein on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 09:42 As the weapons industry celebrates and polls show renewed public optimism, Israel's aggression across the region reveals an addiction to violence that no military victory can cure An Israeli self-propelled howitzer fires towards southern Lebanon from a position in upper Galilee, northern Israel, on 15 March 2026 (Odd Andersen/AFP) Off Who's excited about the US and Israeli war on Iran? As the Middle East is on fire, from Tehran to Manama, the Israeli weapons industry is licking its lips at the prospect of future sales to the Gulf states, many of which have recently taken direct hits from Iranian missiles and drones. The Israeli defence sector has seen the vulnerabilities of Gulf nations and wants to rush in to exploit them. "We have to honestly admit that, from the narrow Israeli perspective, the situation is not bad for us right now," a former senior defence official told the Israeli business outlet Calcalist. The paper said that this man will travel to the Gulf after the war is over to sell new defence systems, missile defence shields and other weapons to war-weary Gulf governments. Israeli air defence systems have been deployed by Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan in this war. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Nowhere in these stories is it acknowledged, or even discussed, that nations like the UAE have made themselves almost completely dependent on Washington and Tel Aviv - and the last weeks have revealed the folly of this decision. "It's going to be a bonanza for all intents and purposes," another Israeli defence official said. There's been almost unanimous backing for Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. Dissent is rare This optimism is warranted. Israel is now the seventh-biggest arms exporter on the planet. According to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Israel accounts for 4.4 percent of the global weapons trade. The Jewish state has pushed past Britain in the top 10 rankings. It is just one reason why the vast majority of Israelis support the war against Iran, believing the Israeli government's rhetoric that the dissolution or suffocation of the mullahs in Tehran will improve the strategic situation for Israel in the Middle East. Thus far, there is no indication that will happen - and unsurprisingly, most Palestinians in Israel do not feel protected from incoming Iranian attacks due to the lack of shelters for them. It is, after all, a democracy for Jews alone. The morale of Israelis has soared since the war began, according to a recent poll. Around 37 percent of Israelis expressed optimism about their country's future before the war, but today that figure is about 50 percent. The pro-war Jerusalem Post framed this shift: "Despite the war, many Israelis have displayed a renewed sense of optimism, showing resilience in the face of adversity." It is a comfortable illusion but completely removed from reality. Addicted to war Israelis are addicted to war, sold on the lie that just one more conflict will bring them security. Every war since 1948, when Jewish forces ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages and towns during the creation of Israel, has led to a delusion of victory. Israel's propaganda machine endangers every Jew on the planet - including me Read More » It is a belief that Jews are the chosen people and that nobody in the world has the right, especially after the Holocaust, to question or challenge Israeli actions. This has only been possible because virtually the entire western media and political establishment indulged it. "No war in Israel's history, except for the first, brought it a long-term achievement," the Israeli journalist Gideon Levy wrote in Haaretz. "None. Zero. Most were wars of choice, and the choice to embark on them was always the worst." Witness Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming that the war on Iran is turning Israel into a "global superpower". Obedience to the Israeli military is baked into the Israeli mainstream media. Few, if any, questions are asked about the morality, legality or strategic necessity of launching endless wars against an ever-growing number of nations in the Middle East. Today, the "enemy" is Hezbollah, Tehran and the Houthis. Over the next decade, if those forces are defeated, other entities will emerge - because that is the inevitable result of Israel raining death across the region. I often hear western media commentators talk about the vibrancy of debate in the Israeli media and on the street. It is a dangerous lie, in the past and certainly today. There has been almost unanimous backing for Israel's genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. Dissent is rare. Backing the Israeli army is the state religion. Endorsing Jewish supremacy is the law of the land. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The allure of the diaspora I am currently investigating the origins of Zionism in the 19th century and how it addressed the presence of a large Arab majority population in Palestine. A handful of voices expressed concern about the likelihood of conflict with non-Jews. But the overriding sentiment was that life for Jews in the European diaspora was intolerable, antisemitism was undeniably rampant across the continent, and Jewish self-determination was the only solution. Follow Middle East Eye's live coverage of Israel's genocide in Gaza Over 120 years after these debates took place, the allure of the diaspora versus a Jewish state is roaring back into view. The reason is obvious, as Israel's position in the Middle East can only be assured by brutal and relentless violence against a never-ending number of foes. Just one more war. Just one more "victory". Just one more targeted assassination. Despite it all, legitimacy is solely missing. Israel and Zionism can never be content with anything other than full capitulation of its rivals, requiring massive military budgets and the genocidal rhetoric to match Knowing that Israel and the ideology behind it - Zionism - can never be content with anything other than the capitulation of its rivals requires massive military budgets and the genocidal rhetoric to match. Retired Israeli general Uzi Dayan, speaking on Israel's Channel 14, recently outlined what he sees as Israel's next steps in Lebanon: "We need to act fast and with full force - occupy the territory, expel everyone there, destroy everything there, and turn it into a death zone, meaning no one moves around there." It is the same kind of language that could have been used during its invasion of Lebanon in 1982 or against Hezbollah in 2024. New year, same violence, illusory results. This is the Israeli conundrum, and it will never be resolved while the Jewish state is wholly backed by western and Arab powers. The threat of Greater Israel is real and growing. The greatest threat to peace in the Middle East today is the state of Israel. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye. War on Iran Opinion Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:29 Update Date Override 0

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said that attacks on Iranian energy infrastructures amounts to suicide for enemies of the country.

Israeli attacks kill 45 people in Lebanon in two days Israeli attacks killed 45 people across Lebanon over the past two days, according to Lebanon’s public health ministry. The ministry said in a statement that eleven people were killed and 45 were wounded, including 14 children, only in Beirut. Firefighters are seen at the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut's Bashoura neighbourhood on 18 March 2026. (AFP)

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – President Pezeshkian has said that enemy’s attack on Iran’s energy infrastructures could have the dire consequences beyond the control.

US spy agencies says Chinese leadership still prefers to pursue unification with Taiwan 'without use of force'.

Those executed were allegedly involved in the killing of two law enforcement personnel.