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Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up It is not often that Keir Starmer’s allies believe he has Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch on the run – but on Iran, they think he is on the right side of history and public opinion. “It could be the making of him,” said Emily Thornberry, the Labour chair of the foreign affairs committee, who was first out of the blocks to say she thought Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran were illegal. “You’ve not had a British prime minister say no to an American president since Vietnam. This is a big deal.” Continue reading...

Starmer’s Hopes to Revive UK Economy Fade as Iran War Drags On  Bloomberg.com

Iran war: What is happening on day 15 of US-Israel attacks?  Al Jazeera

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The IRGC Aerospace Force commander has said that Iran fired 30 one- and two-ton ballistic missiles towards the occupied lands and territories on the eve of Night of Ghadr (Destiny), total of which were hit their targets.

Kharg island holds 94 per cent of Iran’s oil exports and could choke off the country’s economy for years

March 14 (Reuters) - Kharg Island, where U.S. forces on Friday destroyed military targets, is the hub for 90% of Iran's oil exports and has long been seen as a key vulnerability that would provoke a severe response by Tehran if attacked. President Donald Trump said on social media that the U.S. "totally obliterated every MILITARY target" on Kharg and threatened that oil infrastructure could be targeted if Iran continues to interfere with shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran threatened Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" as the two-week-old Middle East war spilled over into a global oil price crisis. Iranian armed forces issued the warning after US President Donald Trump said he may decide to "wipe out" Iran's largest oil export hub on its Kharg Island. Waves of drone, missile and aerial bombing have displaced millions in the region and reportedly killed more than 1,200 people in Iran since the United States and Israel opened hostilities on February 28.

The Israel-U.S. War of Opportunity Against Iran Sets a Destructive Precedent  Haaretz

Kharg Island is the linchpin of Tehran’s oil industry

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the United States and Zionist regime are seeking to disintegrate major Islamic countries.

Iran war risks global food shock as fertiliser supplies cut  Financial Times

Iran’s is trying to create wedges between Gulf states and the US, but Trump is very comfortable on the ‘escalatory ladder’ In its current phase, the Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of military escalation, each of which threatens to become a trap. On one side, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have failed thus far in their ill-defined and shifting strategic aims. Despite killing Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and other key leaders in the opening salvo of the campaign, the clerical regime remains and Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium is unsecured. Airstrikes are intensifying and hitting a greater number of targets. Continue reading...

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The Public Relations Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the beginning of the 48th wave of the Operation “True Promise-4” in wee hours of Saturday.

More than 2,000 Marines leave Japan for Middle East as Iran war intensifies  South China Morning Post

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the beginning of the 46th Operation “True Promise-4”.

Yemen’s government rejects new shipping surcharges, as fears grow of humanitarian crisis.

Why Kharg Island, Iran's "Crown Jewel", Is Key In Middle East War  NDTV

Report: US Air Force planes damaged in Saudi Arabia Five US Air Force refuelling aircraft were damaged in recent days while on the ground at an airbase in Saudi Arabia, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US officials. The report said the planes were damaged in an Iranian attack, though it did not specify when the incident occurred. US Central Command declined to comment on the report.

Trump also threatens to hit island’s oil infrastructure if Tehran does not allow passage for ships via Strait of Hormuz How have you been affected by the latest Middle East events? Here is the Guardian’s latest report on the crisis across the Middle East A missile has struck a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials told Associated Press. Continue reading...

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