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Iran US Military Deaths Casualty Return  The Lufkin Daily News

Asia markets rebound, oil dives as Trump says Iran war could end soon  Reuters

US president highlighted what he described as the successes of Operation Epic Fury against Iran in his latest speech.

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Blasts rock Tehran as Iran fires heavier missiles Explosions were heard across Tehran on Tuesday as Israel continued strikes on Iranian targets, with blasts shaking buildings and disrupting power in parts of the capital and nearby cities. Residents reported repeated explosions throughout the day, while authorities have not provided details on the targets or damage. Iran said it had responded with a new wave of missile attacks under what it calls Operation True Promise 4. Officials said heavier missiles were used in the latest barrage, adding that future launches would involve warheads weighing at least 1,000 kilograms.

Trump’s Gaza plan stalled as US-Israel war on Iran diverts focus  middle-east-online.com

IRGC says Iran, not US, will decide war’s end Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday said Tehran, not Washington, will determine when the war ends, rejecting comments by US  President Donald Trump about the conflict’s timeline. IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini described Trump’s statements as “lies” and accused him of trying to claim false military achievements. Speaking to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Naeini said Iran’s missile capabilities remain intact and that attacks are continuing with larger numbers of projectiles. “We know that your ammunition is about to run out and that you are looking for an honourable way out of the war. Why don’t you tell the truth to the American people? Trump doesn’t want Americans to know that all US military infrastructure in the Persian Gulf region has been destroyed,” he said.

Dollar rally stalls on hopes of an easing in Iran war, but wariness reigns  Reuters

Israel warns Beirut residents to flee before planned strikes on financial network Israel’s military warned residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate ahead of planned strikes on buildings linked to the Al-Qard al-Hasan financial association. The Israeli army said the institution is involved in financing Hezbollah’s activities. “I again call on the residents of the southern suburbs to evacuate their homes, according to the evacuation routes we have published,” Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has criticized the United States and South Korea for proceeding with their annual joint military exercises at a perilous moment for global security and warned that any challenge to the North’s safety would bring “terrible consequences.”

Iran US Military Deaths Casualty Return  GazetteXtra

Turkey: US orders nonessential staff to leave Adana consulate The US State Department has ordered non-essential staff and their families to leave its consulate in Adana in southern Turkey, according to a report by The Washington Post. Officials said the departure is a precautionary measure as tensions continue to escalate across the region. The US has also issued warnings to its citizens to remain vigilant amid rising security concerns linked to the widening conflict in the Middle East.

'He could be manipulating the markets': Former Trump adviser on the president saying Iran war could be over soon  CNN

Iran Choosing Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader Signals Defiance Amid War  The New York Times

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - Six Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday said they are embarking on an intensified campaign for public hearings on the Iran war, with top Trump administration officials testifying under oath and to take steps to interrupt regular Senate business if Republicans resist. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey told reporters that the senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees have made the requests to Republican chairmen James Risch and Roger Wicker, respectively.

Trump is also pushing for the Save America Act to includes provisions to limit transgender youth’s access to care and banning trans women athletes in womens sports – key US politics stories from Monday 9 March at a glance Donald Trump renewed his push on Monday for the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting access, after threatening on Sunday not to sign any bills until Congress approves the legislation. “All voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote,” Trump said during remarks on Monday at a Republican event in Miami. “No mail-in ballots, except for illness, disability, military or travel.” Continue reading...

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‘No middle ground’: Israelis back Iran war, despite taking mounting hits  Al Jazeera

President says US has taken ‘a little excursion … to get rid of some evil’ and warns Iran will be hit ‘so hard’ if it cuts supply As oil prices surged amid the widening war with Iran, Donald Trump said on Monday that the conflict could be over “very soon” while threatening even more aggressive action if Tehran moved to cut off global energy supplies. During back-to-back appearances in Florida, Trump said the US had taken a “little excursion” to the Middle East “to get rid of some evil” but suggested the war, now in its second week, was ahead of schedule and near completion. Continue reading...

Trump claims Iran or ‘somebody else’ could have carried out deadly school strike  The Guardian