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Despite war, al-Quds Day marches in Tehran saw thousands protest, voicing anger against Israel and the US.

An air attack hit in Tehran as Iran’s chief justice gave lives interview at an al-Quds rally

Six Airmen Dead in KC-135 Crash, First Air Force Fatalities in Iran War  Air & Space Forces Magazine

Iran let Turkish-owned ship cross Hormuz strait, Turkish minister says  The Times of Israel

US claims Strait of Hormuz will not close, Iran’s new supreme leader ‘wounded’  South China Morning Post

Putin may be helping Iran, says Trump Donald Trump has told Fox News Radio that he believes the Russian president may be helping Iran. In an interview with The Brian Kilmeade Show Trump "I think he might be helping him (Iran) a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?"  The US president's claims come the day after UK defence secretary John Healey claimed Putin’s “hidden hand” was behind Iran’s military tactics. Lt Gen Nick Perry, the UK chief of joint operations, told Healey that Russia had handed tactical advice to Iran to be used in the conflict while visiting the UK’s military command centre in Northwood. Both countries use of Shahed drones of which Iran has already fired more than 2,000 since 28 February.

Iran War: Latest News, Live Coverage and Video  NBC News

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Experts say Trump's decision to sue over his leaked tax returns risks putting him in charge of arranging his own payout.

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Hormuz has become Iran’s ultimate lever against US. Will Trump ‘blink first’?  South China Morning Post

Herzog says country's dignity 'not for sale' and indicates Netanyahu should have pushed back forcefully after Trump called Israeli president 'weak and pathetic' The post After Trump insults, Herzog decries PM’s non-response to ‘attack’ on Israeli sovereignty appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Trump says he thinks Putin is helping Iran  CNBC

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed his gratitude to the people’s turnout to the Quds Day rallies as sending a unifying message to the aggressors.

Strait of Hormuz ‘tactically complex environment’ — top US general  The Times of Israel

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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - All six crew members aboard a U.S. military refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq are confirmed to have been killed, the U.S. military said on Friday. A U.S. military refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, in an incident the military said involved another aircraft but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. The deaths add to the seven U.S. service members who have already been killed as part of U.S. operations against Iran which began on February 28.

By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, March 13 (Reuters) - Israel has rebuffed a historic offer of direct talks from Lebanon, deeming it too little too late from a government that shares its goal of disarming Hezbollah but cannot act against the heavily armed Lebanese group without risking a civil war. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun expressed the state's willingness to begin direct negotiations with Israel this week, seeking to secure an end to the conflict that erupted on March 2 when Hezbollah entered the regional war in support of its patron Iran.

Sea mines threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz  Foundation for Defense of Democracies