For now, links to EIGHTEEN-plus reports, analyses, commentaries, interviews, and summaries (26 or so): from Reuters, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, National Public Radio, Consortium News, Middle East Monitor, and thefactsaboutiran.com; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-3-26.) — MCM
* Among the news organizations with frequent war updates, photos and occasionally maps are Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, and Middle East Monitor: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. AP and El País reports in Spanish are HERE and HERE. *
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Iran announces new air defence used to down U.S. fighter jet. From Middle East Eye. Iran has unveiled a new air defence system which it said was used in the downing of a U.S. fighter jet on Friday. A spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command said Tehran would achieve full control over its airspace. READ MORE . . .
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Iran forces 1,500 U.S sailors out of key Bahrain base with sustained missile, drone strikes: NPR. From the Cradle. One thousand five hundred sailors were evacuated back to the U.S. from their naval base in Bahrain after it was attacked by Iranian missiles and drones early in the war, National Public Radio reported today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for that NPR report.
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ADVISORY Watch: The World This Week — w/ Scott Ritter, at 8 p.m.: ‘Back to the Stone Age.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks with author Scott Ritter, former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and former UN Special Commission weapons inspector, about “Donald Trump’s escalating Stone Age War, Emmanuel Macron telling Trump to shut up, and F15 Down” — and other Iran war-related topics. Click HERE at or shortly after 8 p.m. EDT to livestream talk, or for subsequent video.
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How does Trump intend to bring the war with Iran to an end? Reported by Greg Myre and Scott Simon
FROM APRIL 3 Two U.S. aircraft shot down as war in Iran escalates. At least 1 crew member is missing, by Sam Mednick,Konstantin Toropin and Seung Min Kim | AP WASHINGTON — Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing — the first time U.S. aircraft have been downed in the conflict. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Reuters.
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FROM APRIL 3 Iran says it rejects Trump offer of 48-hour ceasefire: report. From Middle East Eye. Iran said it has rejected the U.S. proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire between both sides, the Fars News Agency said on Friday, citing an unnamed official source. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 3 Triple veto blocks Arab push to reopen Strait of Hormuz by force. From Middle East Monitor. Russia, China and France have blocked a broad Arab initiative aimed at securing international backing for military action against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the New York Times reported. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 3 Top EU energy official warns of ‘long-term’ crisis amid Hormuz disruption: report. From the Cradle. EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said the bloc is assessing fuel rationing and the release of additional oil from strategic reserves as it prepares for a “long-lasting” energy shock caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the resulting shipping disruptions across West Asia, he told the Financial Times on Friday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 3 Israel hit by missile attacks from 3 fronts, heavy damage in Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv. From Middle East Monitor. Sirens sounded on Thursday evening in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and surrounding areas, as well as the Dead Sea region, after three waves of missile launches from Iran and Yemen within less than two hours. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 3 Iran’s unseen commandos, by Peiman Salehi | The Cradle For years, when Iran’s military capabilities surface in international media, the conversation collapses into a single name: the Quds Force. But the Islamic Republic’s system was never built around a single elite formation. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 2 Watch: CN Live! ‘Escalating madness.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News and author Scott Horton of the Scott Horton Show consider in some detail a host of political, military, historical, and other aspects of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which, among other things, did not start on Feb. 28 of this year. Click HERE for their conversation, a print intro by Lauria, and two comments.
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The Facts About Iran. A course from the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom. From the intro: “For years, and especially now, the U.S. government, the Israeli government and their media sock puppets have saturated the landscape with endless lies meant to demonize Iran and justify aggressive war against them.” Click HERE for more information.
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FROM APRIL 3 These are Iran’s key islands in the Gulf, by Rayhan Uddin | Middle East Eye While most of its roughly 400 islands are small and uninhabited, several of them are large and strategically important. READ MORE . . .
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TO BE CONTINUED