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India hails talks with Iran to open Strait of Hormuz  Financial Times

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Iranians are finding tech-savvy ways to get through the regime's restrictions on phone and internet connections.

The War in Iran: Operational Progress, but Challenges Remain  Institute for the Study of War

Sen. Booker demands ‘accountability’ for the war in Iran | CNN Politics  CNN

Oil prices surge as Iran conflict escalates amid Strait of Hormuz blockades  Fox News

‘I did it for the people,’ says Farbod Mehr, of song drawing lyrics from the work of revolutionary 20th-century poet Aref Qazvini A stirring song – sung, apparently, by a young woman, with lyrics expressing the hope that sacrifice will lead to a better future – has become a soundtrack for Iranians in the first part of 2026, as the country experienced the brutal crackdown on anti-regime protests and then the US-Israeli air assault, now in its third week. However, the singer, called Nava, is a product of artificial intelligence, created by a London-based artist of Iranian origin, Farbod Mehr. Continue reading...

FRANKFURT, March 15 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Sunday that he was sceptical about a potential widening of the European Union's Aspides naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz. Wadephul said that the mission to help commercial shipments pass through the Red Sea was "not effective". "And that is why I am very sceptical that extending Aspides to the Strait of Hormuz would provide greater security," he said in an interview on Germany's ARD broadcaster. (Reporting by Tom Sims and Klaus Lauer; Editing by Alexander Smith)

Netanyahu posts video after rumours of his death Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appeared in a video dismissing online rumours about his death that circulated in Iranian media. The clip, posted on his Telegram account, shows Netanyahu drinking coffee at a cafe on the outskirts of Jerusalem while speaking with an aide about the claims. Responding with a pun in Hebrew slang, Netanyahu said: “I'm crazy about coffee. You know what? I’m crazy about my people.” Reuters reported it verified the location using imagery of the cafe and confirmed the timing through photos and videos shared from the venue on Sunday.

IDF Denies Interceptor Shortage Against Iran Missiles: 'Prepared for Long War'  Haaretz

Iran and US-Israeli war enters third week as leaders on both sides signal push to continue conflict

The Iran war may be about to escalate  The Economist

Iran-Israel conflict intensifies as missile attacks spread across region  Dailynewsegypt

So I've been following the Iran-Israel situation pretty closely since February and like most people I assumed Iron Dome's struggles were about being overwhelmed — too many incoming threats, not enough interceptors, the classic saturation problem. That's what I thought until I started actually digging into what happened on March 13th. The part that stopped me cold wasn't the casualty number. It wasn't even the hypersonic speed. It was one specific detail about the deployment altitude that nobody in mainstream coverage seems to be talking about. Eight kilometers. That's where the Fatah-3 released its cluster payload. And when I looked at why that altitude specifically — not higher, not lower, exactly that window — the answer genuinely unsettled me in a way I wasn't expecting. It's not a coincidence. It's not an engineering constraint. That altitude was chosen for a very specific reason that has nothing to do with physics and everything to do with someone having very detailed knowledge of how Israel's three defensive tiers actually operate in practice. I don't want to just dump the whole thing here because honestly the full picture requires walking through the engagement sequence step by step to understand why this is different from every previous Iron Dome failure story. The physics of it, the timeline, what the fire control computers were actually seeing in those 12 seconds — it changes how you understand what "defense failure" actually means here. I put everything I found into a proper breakdown on YouTube if anyone wants the full picture. Not trying to plug anything, just — this one genuinely deserves more than a Reddit comment. What I'll say here is this: the people arguing Israel just needs to upgrade Iron Dome or build faster interceptors are solving the wrong problem entirely. And I think once you understand why, it reframes everything about where this conflict goes next. Has anyone else been following the technical side of this closely? Curious whether the 8km detail registered for anyone else or if I'm reading too much into it. submitted by /u/Think_Anything_6116 to r/MiddleEastNews [link] [comments]

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🚨🇮🇷 Since Feb. 28, 10 countries have reported casualties Iran: 1,348 dead. Lebanon: 845. Israel 15. The United States 13. Iraq. Kuwait. UAE. This became a regional conflict about two weeks ago. Nobody's updated the vocabulary yet. Anadolu Agency  x.com

Right-wing media personality has criticized president’s war with Iran as ‘absolutely disgusting and evil’

Video Strategic value of Strait of Hormuz, Kharg Island to US  abcnews.com