News and Analysis 3/18/26

Central Israel, Tel Aviv, an Iranian nuclear power plant, and a US embassy in Baghdad are among the latest targets of the war:

“Local television stations posted footage on X showing security forces using flashlights as they carried out casualties while firefighters struggled to extinguish flames among the ruins of a building”:

“Larijani had a reputation for acting as a bridge between hard-line figures in the armed forces and more moderate political factions” …

… and for “his huge personal influence not just in Iran but with foreign states including China and Russia”:

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

“[T]he split in the MAGAverse over the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran was a slow simmer on the Right. On Tuesday, it hit full boil and moved to the main stage”:

“Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson … compared the conflict with Iran with the U.S. involvement with the war between Russia and Ukraine”:

“Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre” …

… but “while Trump would view regime change as a bonus, he intends to end the war when his core military objectives — decimating Iran’s missile program, nuclear program, navy and proxy funding — are met”:

“Negotiators had reached agreement on key issues despite Trump team’s idiosyncratic approach. Two days later, war began”:

“[W]hen Trump has explicitly stated that he cannot ensure the security of the Iranian national team, we will certainly not travel to America” — Iranian football chief Mehdi Taj:


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