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Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff has been spurned by leaders in Tehran who are standing firm on needing guarantees of no more future attacks Iran has spurned two messages from Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, seeking a ceasefire as its leaders sense it is not losing the war and the US president is at the minimum feeling the political pressure. The foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has further said a unilateral declaration from Trump that the US had won the war would not bring an end to the conflict. The implication is that even if the US announced a willingness to end its attacks, Iran might be willing to continue the conflict in some form, or keep its chokehold on shipping seeking to navigate the strait of Hormuz. Continue reading...

President Donald Trump announced he was sending US forces into war with Iran on February 28, kicking off a multidimensional regional conflict -- and a series of contradictory declarations on the American mission's scope and timeline. He has argued "Operation Epic Fury" aims to eliminate Iran's military installations, or push regime change, or that he was acting to mitigate the country's nuclear threat -- despite boasting that US forces had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program with a punishing air raid last year.

With daily attacks shaking the city, schools shuttered for days and many shops closed, Tehran residents are trying to adapt to wartime conditions under an Israeli-US assault seeking to determine the future of the Islamic republic. Normal routine has been absent for some time in the teeming mega-city of millions of people, ever since the January protests against the clerical leadership. But now Tehran and other Iranian cities have been plunged into a conflict of an intensity unseen in the country since the 1980s war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

When the top US general spoke Tuesday of his "respect" for Iranian fighters, the remark underscored a striking divide between the restrained language of the military brass and the swaggering rhetoric used by President Donald Trump and his administration. From Trump joking that it was "more fun" to sink Iranian warships than capture them, to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasting that US forces were "punching them while they're down," critics say the administration's messaging -- reveling in the destructive power of the US military -- has been jarring.

Gas prices have spiked significantly since the U.S. and Israel began airstrikes on Iran 10 days ago

Steve Rosenberg: Russia seeks diplomatic and economic gains from Iran war  BBC

German Chancellor said there appears to be “clearly no joint plan” to bring the US-Israeli war on Iran to an end.

Here are some news stories you might not have seen amid the United States-Israel war on Iran.

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140 U.S. service members injured in Iran war  Axios

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Iran War Is Wrecking Chances for Asian Rate Cuts  Bloomberg.com

France Bolsters Efforts to Repatriate Citizens Stranded by Iran War  The New York Times

Andreas Krieg says the US is lacking a clear narrative for what victory in the war with Iran looks like.

Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security chief, said the Islamic Republic did not fear Trump’s ‘empty threats’

Iran begins mining Strait of Hormuz as Washington's tanker escort claim collapses  Türkiye Today

War expands to central Beirut as Israeli strike kills Iranians in luxury hotel  BBC

Majorities of Americans don’t support the war but now fear an attack on U.S. soil, a recent poll finds

Democrats demand investigation of claims US-Israeli war on Iran is biblical prophecy MEE staff on Tue, 03/10/2026 - 16:39 Commanders told troops Trump was 'anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran' US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the US-Israeli war on Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on 2 March 2026 (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Off Nearly 30 Democrats in Congress are demanding an internal investigation into hundreds of complaints by US troops that the US-Israeli war on Iran has been framed to them as a biblical prophecy to hasten the return of Jesus Christ.  Their letter to the Department of War's inspector general was obtained by the news site Military.com on Friday, and is signed by several progressives, including Michigan Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and Washington state Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also signed the letter. Commanders had invoked "religious prophecy and apocalyptic theology to justify the United States’ military actions in Iran", it said.  “If accurate, these outrageous statements - justifying a war based on interpretations of biblical prophecies, and informing troops that they are risking their lives to advance a specific religious vision - raises not only glaring Constitutional concerns, but potential violations of Department of Defense regulations regarding religious neutrality and breaches of professional obligations and standards expected of military leadership,” the lawmakers wrote, referring to the Department of War by its previous name.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); They further asked if such statements are "part of a broader political climate in which Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and senior civilian officials have publicly framed Middle East policy in explicitly religious terms".  US troops were told Iran war 'anointed by Jesus' to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says Read More » Hegseth himself famously wears a tattoo of a crusader's cross on his chest, as well as the word "kafir" in Arabic on his arm - a term used in Islam to refer to unbelievers in the oneness of God. His donning of Christian nationalist symbols was a source of controversy well before his Senate hearing last year to confirm him to the top civilian role at the Pentagon. This was among other scandals involving sexual assault, alcoholism, and racism.  Vice President JD Vance had to step in and become the tie-breaking vote in the Senate, making it 51-50 in Hegseth's favour.  Last week, Hegseth told the CBS News programme "60 Minutes" that he thinks soldiers should pray before battle. "They need a connection with their almighty God," he said. "We're fighting religious fanatics who seek a nuclear capability in order for some religious Armageddon; but from my perspective, obviously I'm a man of faith who encourages our troops to lean into their faith, rely on God." Risks The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), an organisation dedicated to ensuring that all members of the US military are guaranteed religious freedom, told Middle East Eye last week that it had received more than 200 complaints from personnel serving in the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and space force.  Michael L Weinstein, founder of MRFF and a veteran of the US Air Force and Reagan White House, told MEE that his organisation was continuing to be inundated with complaints from serving US military personnel who had been told that they should be excited to be part of the war on Iran, as it would bring about "Armageddon" and the return of Jesus Christ.  “This is not just one rogue commander,” Weinstein said, pointing to the growing influence of Christian nationalists and fundamentalists in the US military. "Public statements by administration officials and allies invoking biblical claims about Israel and the region - along with rhetoric suggesting a prophetic or religious dimension to geopolitical conflicts - risks emboldening similar messaging within military ranks," Democrats wrote in their letter, likely in reference to widely-panned comments made by US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee last month, saying Israel has the right to take "all" of the Middle East.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Those enlisted in the US military swear an oath to the Constitution, which separates the church and state, and not to any religious authority or to the president.  Democrats are now demanding to know where such communications originated within the chain of command; whether they constitute violations of religious neutrality; what the scope and geographic distribution of complaints received within the Pentagon are; whether soldiers had fears of retaliation within their units; and if training in the military always adheres to the rule of religious neutrality.  War on Iran News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0