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Gabbard under spotlight facing questions on Iran  The Hill

Prediction Markets Get Tangled In the Iran War  Bloomberg.com

By John Irish PARIS, March 18 (Reuters) - It is unreasonable to expect the Lebanese government to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah while the country is being bombed by Israel, France's special envoy for Lebanon said on Wednesday. Jean-Yves Le Drian said only negotiations would resolve the crisis, in which Lebanese authorities say over 900 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since Hezbollah entered the regional war in support of Tehran.

The Latest: Israel says military killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib  Newsday

The Iranian women's national football squad arrived in eastern Turkey and headed to the Iran border on their way home Wednesday, among them several players who withdrew an asylum bid in Australia. The players, who landed in Istanbul on Tuesday evening on a flight from Oman, flew to the eastern city of Igdir, arriving just after midday, an AFP correspondent said. Wearing Iranian national team tracksuits, they could be seen leaving the airport before heading to the Gurbulak-Bazargan crossing, which lies about 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the southeast, he said

Why Iran Won’t Surrender  The Atlantic

Plastics, aluminum, and microchips: What the closure of the Strait of Hormuz costs the world economy beyond oil and gas  EL PAÍS English

TEHRAN, Mar. 18 (MNA) – Funeral processions for Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, Commander of Basij Major General Gholam Reza Soleimani, and dozens of Navy servicemen was held in Tehran on Wednesday.

Live Updates: Iran launches deadly missile attacks on Israel, Gulf states as war spirals with no end in sight  CBS News

Nearly 90 ships pass through Strait of Hormuz with Iran's permission  AzerNews

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Though most in the Arab community have little affinity for the Islamic Republic, few support the military campaign, seeing Tehran as less of a danger than the war's potential cost The post Arab Israelis share Jews’ distrust of Iran, but not their appetite for war appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israeli air strike kills journalist in Beirut An Israeli air strike in central Beirut has killed Mohammad Shari, the political programmes director at Al-Manar television channel. Al-Manar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, confirmed his death and said he was targeted in a strike on the Zuqaq al-Blat area of the Lebanese capital on Wednesday morning. The attack hit Al-Balat alley in the neighbourhood, according to the broadcaster.

Iran war: Israel says Iranian intelligence minister killed  DW.com

Live updates: Iran’s intel minister killed in overnight strike, Israel says  NewsNation

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Perceptions And Concerns About Trump’s War Against Iran  Navigator Research

MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday condemned what it called "the murder" of Iran's leaders in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, a day after Iran's semi-official Fars news agency confirmed that Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in Tehran.

By Emilie Madi, Claudia Greco and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT, March 18 (Reuters) - Near the tent she now calls home, Salam Issa Rida dropped pieces of marinated chicken into a pan sizzling atop a camping stove. Her family had been craving chicken to break their daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan. So she had risked her life to get it. Earlier that day, the Lebanese mother of six had snuck back to her home in Beirut's southern suburbs, declared a no-go zone by Israel's military and bombed heavily by its warplanes.