News and Analysis 3/6/26

Consequences of the war:

• Iran Retaliates After Israel Strikes Beirut and Tehran as War Enters Day 7 (NPR)
• Five Ways the Iran War Could Affect You – in Charts (BBC)
• Threats Against Americans, Especially Jews, Skyrocketing Since Beginning Iran War, Nonprofit Says (abc 7 Chicago)
• Iran War Could Save Vladimir Putin’s Failing Ukraine Invasion (Atlantic Council)
• Iran-backed Militias Intensify Attacks Against US, Israel and Allies (The Guardian)
• Sissi Says Egypt in ‘State of Near-emergency’ as Iran War Threatens Economy (Times of Israel)
• Maersk, a Bellwether for Global Trade, Suspends Two Key Shipping Services Due to Iran War (CNBC)
• Why Washington’s Kurdish Gambit Could Backfire in Iran (War on the Rocks)
• Iran’s Regime Maintains Its Grip, Despite Devastating Losses (Washington Post)
• America Won’t Save Iran (NY Times)
• Pentagon Prepares for Possibility that Iran War Will Last Through September (Antiwar.com)
• Here’s How Much the War with Iran Is Expected to Cost Every Day (CNN)
• Exclusive: Trump Demands Immediate Pardon for Netanyahu to Focus on Iran (Axios)

Civilian casualties are the inevitable consequence of striking civilian targets:

• Two Schools in Iran Damaged in U.S.-Israeli Bombing (NY Times)
• US Investigators Suspect US Military Forces of Bombing Iran Girls’ School (News 24)
• Iran Calls Torpedoing of Ship by U.S. an ‘Atrocity’ (NY Times)
• Israel, US Intensify Iran Strikes, Targeting Homes, Hospitals, Stadium (Aljazeera)

“Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are rising, with the two countries exchanging air strikes over the past weekend”:

• While the Iran Conflict Continues, the Afghanistan-Pakistan Crisis Is Only Getting Worse (Atlantic Council)

Iran belatedly realizes it cannot trust Donald Trump:

• As U.S.-Israeli Strikes Intensify, Iran Says It’s No Longer Looking to Negotiate (PBS)

Trump “dismissed concerns about the Iran war, told POLITICO the United States would help choose Iran’s next leader, predicted the downfall of the Cuban regime and attacked … Zelenskyy and … Anthropic” …

• Trump Says He’ll Help Pick Iran’s Leader, Predicts Regime Change in Cuba (Politico)

… prompting Iranian “security concerns”:

• Iran Delays Naming New Supreme Leader Amid Israeli Threat and Trump Insistence on Influence (Time)

Israeli war crimes continue:

• Israel Cancels Friday Prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque amid Iran Conflict (Aljazeera)

Iran insists that it does not target its neighbors, only the U.S. targets, bases and installations located on their soil:

• Iran’s Foreign Minister Denies Seeking War with Its Neighbors (NBC News)
• Iran Denies Its Drones Hit Airport in Azerbaijan’s Exclave as War Widens (Aljazeera)

During the preceding “ceasefire, Hezbollah had carried out one attack, while Israel had sent thousands of drones over the border and launched near-daily strikes that killed more than three hundred and fifty Lebanese, including children”:

• The Iran War Spreads to Lebanon (New Yorker)

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