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Mar 20, 2026
Joe Kent:
Trump Is
LYING To You
US strategy in Iran: Fareed’s
‘imperial trap’;
Bolton on Trump
Joe Kent Reveals
All in First Interview
Since Resigning as Trump’s
Counterterrorism
Director
Mar 19, 2026 - Iran intensified its attacks on oil and natural gas facilities around the Gulf on Thursday, raising the stakes in a war that is sending shock waves through the global economy. The strikes, in retaliation for an Israeli attack on a key Iranian gas field, sent fuel prices soaring and risked drawing Iran’s Arab neighbors directly into the conflict.
Tehran’s targeting of energy production further stressed global supplies already under pressure because of Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil is transported.

Q&A:
Trump vs NATO,
Christiane in exile &
where is the new Ayatollah?
Christiane Amanpour Presents
Mar 18, 2026 - Iran launched new missile attacks on Israel targeting Tel Aviv overnight, after Iran confirmed the deaths of Ali Larijani, who had emerged as a key wartime figure following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Gholamrez Soleimani, the head of Iran's Basij paramilitary force. Their deaths were confirmed by Iranian authorities on Tuesday.
Iran's foreign minister. Abbas Araghchi. told Al Jazeera Tuesday the killings would not destabilize Iran's leadership, saying that Iran has "a strong political structure with established political, economic and social institutions."

John Mearsheimer: Trump's War Is STRATEGIC DISASTER W/ No End In Sight
Mar 17, 2026 - Israel believes that it has killed one of Iran’s most senior leaders, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes on Tuesday, according to the Israeli defense minister. The Israeli military said separately on Tuesday that it had killed Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Basij, the powerful Iranian plainclothes militia, dealing another blow to Iran’s top leadership.
Four Israeli military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, also said that they believed Mr. Larijani was dead. Iranian authorities and state media did not comment on the Israeli claims.

Professor Jiang’s
Warning Comes True
The “Big Event” Begins
as Qatar & Tel Aviv
Are Hit
Mar 16, 2026 - The war in the Middle East is entering its third week. Strikes exchanged by the United States; Israel; and Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, have already killed more than 2,000 people, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, according to officials in those countries, and displaced millions more.
We asked readers of The Morning what they wanted to know about the war and our coverage of it. Reporters and editors have already answered some questions, and we have added more to the list. See the complete collection below, and keep the questions coming. We edited some questions and answers for length and clarity.

I visited MODERN Tehran.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE
this was IRAN! 🇮🇷
Mar 15, 2026 - Tehran on Sunday vowed to kill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the U.S.-Israel war on Iran continued to threaten oil supplies in the Gulf.
“IRGC vows to pursue and kill ‘child-killer’ Netanyahu if he is still alive,” Iran’s IRNA news agency said in a post on X, referring to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel in return targeted key members of Iran’s leadership over the weekend.
The Israel Defense Forces said they had “eliminated” two senior Iranian intelligence officials of the “Khatam al-Anbiya” Emergency Command.







