NOTE: Nobody reads this blog. But . . .
For now, links to ELEVEN-plus reports, commentaries, analyses and interviews (two dozen or so): from the Associated Press, Agence France-Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Consortium News, and TomDispatch via CN; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-16-26.) — MCM
* Among the news organizations with frequent war updates, photos and occasionally maps are Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor: HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE. AP and El País reports in Spanish are HERE and HERE. *
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NEWER Top U.S. counterterrorism official Joe Kent resigns over Iraq war. From AP. The director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, has announced his resignation, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war in Iran. Click HERE to read, and HERE and HERE for links to who knows how many Iran war-related reports from AP.
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U.S. does ‘not need’ allies’s help on Iran, Trump says. From AFP. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, whose call for assistance from allies to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic has largely been rebuffed, said today that U.S. forces “no longer need” military help in the Iran war. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for a version of same AFP report in French, and HERE for others.
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Israel rejects de-escalation offers; Israel says it has killed Iranian security chief, by Parisa Hafezi, Jana Choukeir and Maayan Lubell | Reuters Israel claimed today to have killed Iran’s security chief, while a senior Iranian official said the new supreme leader had rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by intermediaries, demanding Israel and the U.S. first be “brought to their knees.” READ MORE . . .
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Israel says it killed 2 top Iranian officials in wartime blow to country’s leadership, by Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Mike Corder and Samy Magdy | AP DUBAI — Israel said Tuesday it killed two senior Iranian security officials in overnight strikes in a major blow to the country’s leadership. Iran, which did not immediately confirm either death, fired new salvos of missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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How NATO countries are reacting to Trump’s request for help with the Strait of Hormuz. A Martínez of NPR asks Ian Lesser of the German Marshall Fund of the United States how NATO regards President Trump’s request for help to secure the Strait of Hormuz. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for links to all eight Iran war-related reports on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
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FROM MARCH 16 Israeli military says missiles from Iran heading towards Israel. From AFP. Israel’s military said on Tuesday that missiles launched from Iran were heading towards its territory, calling on people in affected areas to head to shelters. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AFP brief report in French, and HERE for headlines of others.
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FROM MARCH 16 EU rejects Trump’s request to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. Reported by Teri Schultz and Ailsa Chang | NPR The European Union has rejected President Trump’s request to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, saying the war is “not theirs.” Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for all three Iran war-related reports on NPR’s “All Things Considered” program.
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FROM MARCH 16 Iran, at UN, insists will not submit to ‘lawless aggression.’ From AFP. Iran vowed at the United Nations on Monday that it would not submit to “lawless aggression,” and said its citizens were in “grave danger” from U.S. and Israeli strikes. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 16 Trump upset as U.S. partners reject call for Hormuz warship escorts. From Reuters. Several U.S. allies rebuffed Donald Trump’s call on Monday to send warships to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, drawing criticism from the U.S. President, who accused Western partners of ingratitude after decades of support. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 15 Watch: ‘The view from Tehran.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks again, somehow, with Sayed Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran on Sunday on the war as he is experiencing it in Iran’s capital city — or elsewhere. Click HERE for Lauria’s print introduction and their talk.
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FROM MARCH 15 Imperial decline in the Strait of Hormuz, by Alfred McCoy | TomDispatch / Consortium News In the first chapter of his 1874 novel The Gilded Age, Mark Twain offered a telling observation about the connection between past and present. READ MORE . . .
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TO BE CONTINUED