For today, links to a report from Reuters, a conversation from ScheerPost, and commentary from Indian Punchline (and, within it, videos of two related Tucker Carlson interviews); other published material is accessible by clicking on their names below. (SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA, MEDIA and UKRAINE entries for this date and a HEINBERG entry are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.  IRAN 3-21-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Iran will deliver ‘strong blow’ against U.S. if it attacks, Khamenei says, From Reuters. DUBAI — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today the U.S. would receive a strong blow if it acts on President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb unless Tehran reaches a new nuclear deal with Washington. On Sunday Trump reiterated . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 25  No Nukes in Iran! Robert Scheer of ScheerPost talks with Ray McGovern, a retired CIA analyst, about Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s claim that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon. Click HERE for video.

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FROM MARCH 26  Talk of U.S.-Iran war is all a load of baloney, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline There are no takers among the regional states for a military conflagration in the Gulf region. The old U.S.-led anti-Iran front has unravelled . . . Click HERE to read, and to watch and listen to interviews.

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