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US-Israel War on Iran and Rise of African Pragmatism  orfonline.org

Russia's Rosatom says it will stay in Iran despite war Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom will stay in Iran despite the conflict in the Middle East and is committed to its agreement to build two more units at the Bushehr nuclear plant, its head Alexei Likhachev said on Thursday. Rosatom, which built the first 1‑gigawatt unit of Iran’s sole nuclear power plant at Bushehr, evacuated some of its staff and suspended construction work on the new units after the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on 28 February. Around 450 Rosatom employees remain at the site, Likhachev said, after 150 returned to Russia via Armenia this week. "The construction of the second and third units remains among the corporation’s priorities. It is definitely not the time to leave. What is happening in the Middle East is only part of a global mosaic," Rosatom quoted Likhachev as saying. In this handout picture released by Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom on September 24, 2025, Alexei Likhachev, General Director of Rosatom, meets with the head of the Iranian Atomic agency Mohammad Eslami in Moscow. (AFP)

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Russia to Slash Spending Even as Iran War Boosts Oil Prices  Bloomberg.com

Iran war could spark the next global food crisis  DW.com

Missile alert alarms sound in Jerusalem as the Israeli military says it launches another round of 'wide-scale' strikes.

Iran War Causes Biggest-Ever Oil Market Disruption, IEA Says  Yahoo Finance

Iraqi prime minister condemns attacks on Popular Mobilisation Forces Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has today condemned attacks on the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a government umbrella organisation that oversees various paramilitary groups, including those close to Iran.  The PMF has fired at US bases in Iraq during the Iran war and come under attack, with one fighter killed in the most recent attack in Kirkuk in northern Iraq. Sudani is keen to maintain balanced ties between Tehran and Washington.

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – The Islamic Resistance group have launched dozens of drone attacks on the US bases in Iraq.

How the Iran war may affect your money and bills  BBC

How the Iran war could hit gas prices, airfare and everyday costs  The Washington Post

The Iran war threatens to undermine Trump’s favorite bragging point  CNN

"Not The Time To Leave": Russia's Rosatom Says Will Stay In Iran Despite War  NDTV

Military says it thwarted most of terror group's fire, but should have told civilians in advance -- especially after indications of planned attack leaked online The post IDF admits error in not notifying public ahead of major Hezbollah barrage appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Why high oil prices may outlast Trump’s Iran war  E&E News by POLITICO

If regime holds, control of enriched uranium may be ultimate measure of US-Israeli success, insiders say Middle East crisis – live updates Israel did not have a realistic plan for regime change when it attacked Iran, multiple Israeli security sources have said, with expectations that airstrikes could drive a popular uprising driven by “wishful thinking” rather than hard intelligence. Iran has now survived nearly two weeks of bombing raids and the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Trump is publicly contemplating ending an increasingly costly war. Continue reading...

Experts warn parents, educators to get ahead on Iran war conversations  The Hill

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Iran’s heavy strikes on the radar systems of the Israeli regime have caused disruptions in detecting the timing of missile launches from Iran.

Iran war paralyzes oil trade, U.S. military plane crashes in Iraq  CBS News

Iran will 'abandon all restraint' if US, Israel attack Gulf islands Iran's powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Thursday that Tehran will "abandon all restraint" if the United States and Israel attack any of its islands in the Gulf.  "Any aggression against soil of Iranian islands will shatter all restraint. We will abandon all restraint and make the Persian Gulf run with the blood of invaders," said Ghalibaf in a post on X.  It was not immediately clear which islands he was referring to, but a recent Axios report cited US officials as saying that capturing Kharg was on the table as the war in the Middle East spirals. Homeland or Death! March 12, 2026