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US defense secretary says Iran's missile production 'defeated,' defense companies will be destroyed; 1 killed in Tehran blast as several top Iranian leaders attend Quds Day rally The post Hegseth says Mojtaba Khamenei ‘wounded, likely disfigured,’ questions if he’s governing appeared first on The Times of Israel.

China Chokehold: Long-term goal of the U.S. war on Iran  People's World

The Strait of Hormuz: A Timeline of Tensions  History.com

Israeli public overwhelmingly supports war with Iran, rallying behind Netanyahu despite political divisions.

The Iran war is roiling more than oil  E&E News by POLITICO

Citigroup sticks by three missile and defense companies as Iran war rages  CNBC

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What Might the Iran War Mean for the Stock Market?  The Motley Fool

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says move 'does not help peace' as Europe reels from soaring energy prices linked to Iran war.

The Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Limits, and What Comes Next | Michael Rubin on Washington Watch  Middle East Forum

California hit by much higher oil prices as Iran war stresses refiners  Reuters

Having abandoned Ukraine, the US has sought Kyiv's support in defence from Iranian drones.

Why the next escalation in the Iran conflict could be between the US and Turkey  The Conversation

Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as oil prices rise  The Hill

Analysis: The U.S. is running out of ways to get oil prices down. It is up to the military.  CNBC

Iran's latest internet blackout has lasted more than 14 days, connectivity monitor Netblocks said Friday. The nature of the limits on internet activity shows "this is a government-imposed measure" and not the result of damage from US and Israeli airstrikes, Netblocks research chief Isik Mater told AFP. "It is a deliberate shutdown imposed by the authorities to suppress the flow of information and prevent further dissent," said Raha Bahreini, Iran researcher at Amnesty International. Here are some of the ways information is still flowing in and out of Iran.

The US-Israeli air strikes that on February 28 killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei not only resulted in the death of Iran's longstanding supreme leader but also several key family members. His son Mojtaba, one of Khamenei's six children, was a week later named the new supreme leader. Other key family members were however killed, even though there has been uncertainty about the fate of some.

IRGC launches attacks on Israel in cooperation with Hezbollah Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that the Iranian military launched missiles and drones at Israel in coordination with Hezbollah, Al Jazeera is reporting.  “The operation…targeted American-Zionist enemy objectives using a large number of precision-guided, solid-fuel ‘Kheibar Shekan’ missiles,” the IRGC said in a statement. The operation was part of its annual al-Quds Day, which is intended to show support for the Palestinian cause, the statement added.

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Opinion: From San Diego, Iran war looks like military success, political uncertainty  Times of San Diego