Israel dice que mató a Alí Larijani, jefe de seguridad de Irán
Aunque era un político conservador, a Alí Larijani, jefe de seguridad iraní, se le conocía por ser relativamente pragmático dentro de un sistema cada vez más dominado por la línea dura.
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At least 912 people killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon
At least 912 people killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon At least 912 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2 March, the country's Ministry of Public Health is reporting. It added that another 2,221 have been wounded since Israel renewed its assault.
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The UN investigates strike on Iranian girls' school
The UN investigates strike on Iranian girls' school Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 13:39 Initial investigations by US and independent groups point to US responsibility Coffins on the day of the funeral of victims of a reported strike on a school in Minab, Iran, 3 March 2026 (Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/WANA/Reuters) Off A UN fact-finding group has begun investigating an air strike that hit Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in the southern city of Minab on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The attack, which killed at least 175 people, most of them children, is also being probed by US military investigators, with preliminary findings saying the US military was responsible for the attack, Reuters reported. The New York Times reported that officers at US Central Command had created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, citing people briefed on the investigation.
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The US-Israeli war on Iran is founded on two huge miscalculations
The US-Israeli war on Iran is founded on two huge miscalculations Submitted by Meron Rapoport on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 14:23 If Trump and Netanyahu fail, it will be because they believed the Islamic Republic could be easily toppled and Hezbollah was a spent force Police stand guard on a street, with a large billboard featuring Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the background, in Tehran, 12 March 2026 (Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani) Off More than two weeks since Israel and the US attacked Iran , inflicting "death and destruction from the sky all day long" as US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said , it seems that at the foundation of the decision to go to war were two major miscalculations. One is almost entirely an American miscalculation regarding the possibility of toppling the Iranian ruling establishment, and the other is an Israeli misreading of Hezbollah and its potential response. "If we had not acted immediately, within a few months Iran’s industries of death would have become immune to any strike," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday in his first televised speech since the war began.
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Elbit Systems reports surge in demand amid US-Israeli attacks on Iran
Elbit Systems reports surge in demand amid US-Israeli attacks on Iran Israel's largest weapons company is reporting a surge in demand amid US-Israeli attacks on Iran, following record revenues as a result of its 2 year genocide in Gaza. Elbit chief executive Bezhalel Machlis said on Tuesday that Israel's "success" Iran is generating "a lot of interest and a lot of traction". Machlis told Reuters that "there is a lot of interest in many countries who are suffering from the same enemy," citing Abraham Accords countries, but without specifying which.
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Top UK official judged Iran 'posed no nuclear threat' just before war began
Top UK official judged Iran 'posed no nuclear threat' just before war began Submitted by Imran Mulla on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 14:14 Starmer's national security adviser attended US-Iran talks days before US and Israel attacked Tehran Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media on the situation in the Middle East, at Downing Street in central London on 16 March (AFP) Off Britain believed Iran did not pose a nuclear threat and saw no evidence of an imminent Iranian attack on Europe when the US -Israeli attack on Iran began, it has emerged. Jonathan Powell, the prime minister's national security adviser, attended the final talks between the US and Iran, which ended two days before the attack started, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. Powell reportedly judged that Tehran's offer on its nuclear programme was "surprising" and that progress had been made.
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Why Won’t Europe Help Trump in Iran? Let’s Count the Reasons.
President Trump says his NATO allies are disloyal for not helping the United States to clear an oil blockade. But they have a long list of incentives to refuse.
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What is the Basij?
The large, plainclothes militia group is deeply embedded in Iranian society and has been used to crush dissent, often with brutal tactics.
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Death of influential Ali Larijani may be bigger loss to Iran than Khamenei
He had IRGC’s trust while having his differences with hardliners and had huge sway with likes of China and Russia Middle East crisis – live updates If confirmed, Israel’s assassination of Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s supreme national security council and one of the linchpins of Iranian politics, would be a devastating body blow to the country and probably a bigger reverse than the loss of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the outset of the war. In any attempt to decapitate the Iranian leadership, Larijani would always be the prime target, largely because of his ability to straddle so many levels of Iranian politics and his huge personal influence not just in Iran but with foreign states including China and Russia. Continue reading...
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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘He uses his bones to feel things instead of his brain’
Late-night hosts discussed the Oscars, Pete Hegseth targeting ‘unpatriotic’ media and the war in Iran Late-night hosts on Monday discussed the Academy Awards, Maga’s incoherent statements on the Iran war and raised an eyebrow to Donald Trump ’s claims of support from an anonymous former president. Continue reading...
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Iran lobbying to move World Cup matches in LA, Seattle to Mexico
(Photo credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-Imagn Images) Iran wants FIFA to move its World Cup matches this summer from the United States to Mexico. That's according to the X account of Iran's embassy in Mexico, which posted a statement late Monday night attributed to Medhi Taj, president of the Iranian Football Federation. The statement was a reaction to President Donald Trump saying the U.
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Macron rules out French participation in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait
Macron rules out French participation in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the country's participation in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, adding that France was carrying on with work to prepare a coalition that could provide freedom of navigation once hostilities ended. "We are not party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the current context," Macron said at the start of a cabinet meeting to discuss the conflicts in the Middle East.
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CartoonsForKids, CashForIran, WeaponsForHouthis: A Web WovenInMoscow
Early in 2022, a cartoon series called Bunny Brothers aired on a state-run Russian TV channel whose programming is geared toward young children. The Moscow studio behind the series was Safir Animation, whose general producer, director, and sole owner is Arash Doroudi, a 57-year-old Iranian national who is fluent in Russian.
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With the US-Israeli invasion, Iran re-enters history: Opinion
With the US-Israeli invasion, Iran re-enters history: Opinion I anians have a very long historical memory. The way they talk about the Alexander invasion of Persia in 344 BC, it is as if it happened last week on Tuesday. The subsequent Arab and Mongol conquests of the seventh and 13th centuries happened just a few days ago.
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Israeli air strike kills two Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon
Israeli air strike kills two Lebanese soldiers in southern Lebanon Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, the country's military is reporting. In a post on X, the Lebanese army reported that the soldiers were targeted when they were travelling on motorcycles between Zebdin and Nabatieh.
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34 Tehran Squares Sealed as Funerals Coincide With Protest Calls
As Chaharshanbe Suri approaches and Prince Reza Pahlavi calls on the “Imperial Guard” (Garde Javidan) to step into the streets, Iranian ...
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IRAN-SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL-SECRETARY-KILLING
(260317) -- BEIJING, March 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Feb. 10, 2026 shows Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, receiving an interview with Oman TV in Muscat, Oman.
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ISRAEL-NETANYAHU-SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIALS-ELIMINATION
(260317) -- JERUSALEM, March 17, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo released by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office on March 17, 2026 shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) speaking on the phone. The Israeli Prime Minister's Office released a photo showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking on the phone, allegedly "ordering the elimination of senior Iranian regime officials.
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One killed, nine wounded in Israeli attack on Beirut's airport road
One killed, nine wounded in Israeli attack on Beirut's airport road At least one person has been killed, and nine others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's airport road, the Lebanese Health Ministry's emergency operations centre is reporting.
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With the US-Israeli invasion, Iran re-enters history
With the US-Israeli invasion, Iran re-enters history Submitted by Hamid Dabashi on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 05:48 For Iranians, the current assault is part of a much longer history in which repeated invasions have tested the country's civilisation but never succeeded in breaking it An Iranian flag flutters as a digger arrives to remove debris from buildings destroyed in US-Israeli military strikes on the capital Tehran, on 15 March 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP) On Iranians have a very long historical memory. The way they talk about the Alexander invasion of Persia in 344 BC, it is as if it happened last week on Tuesday. The subsequent Arab and Mongol conquests of the seventh and 13th centuries happened just a few days ago.
