A US senator has accused those close to Donald Trump of “profiting off war and death” in the wake of suspiciously timed bets predicting a US strikes on Iran.
Chris Murphy, a US senator for Connecticut, said he would launch a crackdown on so-called prediction markets after analysts raised concerns about bets on Polymarket.
Bubblemaps, a cryptocurrency analytics company, identified what it said were “six suspected insiders [who] made $1.2m (£892k) betting on a US strike on Iran”.
At long last, the F-35 has scored its first true air-to-air kill in the aircraft’s history during Operation Epic Fury. A squadron of F-35s reportedly took down multiple MiG-29s soon after the strikes against Iran took place, marking a pivotal moment for the new family of jets.
As I write this late Saturday morning, news is still coming in about the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The targets reportedly included senior regime figures and missile infrastructure. Iran has responded. World leaders are trading statements. The situation feels fluid and dangerous.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has reacted in a way that is far different than how former prime minister Justin Trudeau likely would have responded. Carney reaffirmed that Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon, reiterated Canada’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself, and backed U.S. action aimed at preventing further regional destabilization. At the same time, he urged protection for civilians and emphasized the need for stability.
I think annexation of the willing is looking better and better. I don’t want to share air with Mullah Regime supporters.
Why the strike on Iran was legal, overdue, and a strategic earthquake.
As I write this on Saturday night, there is still a lot going on, and as such I’ll throw myself on the mercy of our readers for whatever has gone out of date between its writing and your reading.
It’s a very fluid situation.
But in what looks like a very, very successful joint operation between the Israeli Defense Forces and the U.S. Navy and Air Force, a significant decapitation strike has greatly degraded the Iranian regime — including harvesting some 40 top leaders of the Iranian regime, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whose death has sparked worldwide celebrations from Iranians and Iranian expatriates.
Pakistanis in Karachi reportedly decided it would be a great idea to attack the US Consulate there due to US/Israeli strikes on Iran.
Naturally this was the moment the Marine Security Guard (MSG) detachment had been waiting their entire lives for and they reacted accordingly.… pic.twitter.com/xBEQtUroQk
— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) March 1, 2026
Ding dong, the Ayatollah is dead and the whole world should be celebrating.
While the Iranians were denying the death of Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei throughout Saturday, the evidence points to his much-welcome demise.
Anti-communist, pro-Trump Cuban demonstrators chant “Khamenei is a terrorist” at protesters opposing American and Israeli military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Both rallies happened to coincide outside the US Consulate, creating a tense, unexpected standoff.
— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) March 1, 2026
How fitting that the US and Israel finally retaliated against 47 years of aggression by the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran during the week of the Biblical Purim Festival.
Then, roughly 2,300 years ago, Haman, viceroy to Persia’s King Ahasuerus, threw a lot (“pur”, plural “purim”) to determine the date by which he would kill all the Jews in the empire. This plan’s successor sits (or sat) in Tehran’s Palestine Square: a “doomsday clock” counting down the minutes until Israel is supposed no longer to exist: 2040, to be exact.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday morning that Operation Epic Fury has already eliminated at least 48 senior Iranian officials, including the former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Speaking with Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, President Trump said that the United States has a specific list of priority targets remaining after dozens were taken off the board during the opening salvo of the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation on Saturday.
At least three ships have been attacked near the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran continues to launch strikes across the Middle East in response to an ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel.
Two vessels have been struck, and an “unknown projectile” was reported to have “exploded in very close proximity” to a third, the UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said.
Iran has warned ships not to pass through the strait, which carries about 20% of the world’s oil and gas.
🚨 IRAN IS SHOOTING IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Israel. Bahrain. UAE. Cyprus….
And now… themselves.YES, Iran just attacked a tanker from its own sanctioned “shadow fleet” in the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel caught fire and began sinking.
20 crew evacuated. 4 injured.
This chaos… pic.twitter.com/QG4ibb7nXV
— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) March 1, 2026
Where was Britain? As missiles killed the Ayatollah in Tehran, his office in London remained open. His ambassador has not been expelled. His Revolutionary Guards have not been banned in this country, even as they are under attack in their own.
Iran, together with its allies in Beijing and Moscow, is the clearest global evil since the Nazi regime. Its tentacles stretch into Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq, and into the campuses, mosques and protest movements of Britain. Yet our response has been more Neville Chamberlain than Winston Churchill.
Pro-Iran rally in London yesterday:
“It is right to rebel — US, UK, go to hell!” pic.twitter.com/DdlJOWkLZX
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) June 14, 2025
PM Carney rules out Canada’s military participation in Middle East conflict
MUMBAI, India – Prime Minister Mark Carney said while he has had discussions with U.S. President Donald Trump about the possibility of strikes in Iran over “recent weeks,” he does not expect Canada to take a military role in any continued escalation, after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, Saturday.
That’s probably a good thing given Canada’s contribution would likely begin and end with our elite “Silly March Brigade”
No, this isn’t a rerun of Monty Python’s ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’….this is the Canadian military marching pic.twitter.com/x5g87CyV73
— RT (@RT_com) November 14, 2024
The UK has a huge 5th column of dangerous Muslims as do France & Germany so it’s understandable that the Brits would seek appeasement. The US has its share but allows for an armed citizenry and that makes all the difference.
Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the C.I.A. zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader.
The C.I.A. had been tracking Ayatollah Khamenei for months, gaining more confidence about his locations and his patterns, according to people familiar with the operation. Then the agency learned that a meeting of top Iranian officials would take place on Saturday morning at a leadership compound in the heart of Tehran. Most critically, the C.I.A. learned that the supreme leader would be at the site.
Our Liberal-Left can crazy with the best any nation has to offer.
Protester holding a Palestinian flag at the “Hands Off Iran” emergency rally shouts, “Long live Khamenei!”
A counterprotester retorts, “He’s dead, you idiot, he’s dead!”
📸 Feb 28, 2026#Toronto #ProtestMania
Help fund independent coverage of Canada’s protest circuit and… pic.twitter.com/SB4bnoUzmK
— Caryma Sa’d – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) March 1, 2026
Two of these 11 men were my uncles, my mom’s brothers.
They were executed by firing squad for opposing the new Islamic Republic regime.
Their trial was only 30 minutes long. They were convicted of being “counterrevolutionary” and executed in Sanandaj.
The photo took captured… https://t.co/UelLi0qrNO pic.twitter.com/3bSJYQ4n7K
— John Shahidi (@john) February 28, 2026
BBC Live Feed – US and Israel launch attack on Iran, as Trump says ‘major combat operations’ under way
Telegraph Live Feed – Trump: ‘Massive and ongoing’ combat operation in Iran
Al Jazeera Live Feed – US, Israel attack Iran live: Trump announces ‘major combat operations’
Not long ago, Donald Trump had little patience with the idea of full-scale wars with Iran.
The 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June last year, he said, could have “gone on for years and destroyed the entire Middle East”, had Mr Trump himself not bluntly told Benjamin Netanyahu it had to stop.
Eight months later, Mr Trump has ordered a full-scale bombing campaign aimed at nothing less than the overthrow of the Islamic Republic of Iran itself. This time, he and Netanyahu seem to be working hand-in-hand on the same project.
'The Iranian people in Iran are so happy… nobody likes the war but the Islamic Republic have been killing people for 47 years.'
GB News' Will Godley meets an anti-Iranian regime protester in London as they rally against the Islamic Republic. pic.twitter.com/o8Dlwtf825
— GB News (@GBNEWS) February 28, 2026
So let me get this straight, the United States and Israel bombed Iran today and the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are all mad at Iran because Iran fired missiles at them in retaliation.
Iran fired at them because the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jordan host American military installations. Also, Israel’s Iron Dome protects the Holy Lands so well that Iran refused to waste ammunition.
The shift in allegiance surprises only people who paid no attention to President Trump’s diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, which enabled today’s attack.
The decision by the United States and Israel to plunge into a new war with Iran creates a highly dangerous moment with unpredictable consequences. Israel used the word “pre-emptive” to justify its attack.
The evidence is that this is not a response to an imminent threat, which the word pre-emption implies. Instead, it is a war of choice.
Israel and the United States have calculated that the Islamic regime in Iran is vulnerable; dealing with a severe economic crisis, the fallout from the brutal crackdown on protesters at the start of the year and with defences still badly damaged by last summer’s war. Their conclusion seems to have been that this was an opportunity that should not be squandered.
As the President stated, our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.
The President ordered bold action. CENTCOM forces are delivering an overwhelming and unrelenting blow. pic.twitter.com/B0k5gV4YnU
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) February 28, 2026
Am I hallucinating? Meanwhile, Justin Trudeau & his pro-Iranian-regime brother are crying in their artisanal beers. @fancypants_s https://t.co/KGiExE2ZIQ
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) February 28, 2026
In Iran, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have opted to play regime change roulette.
They are wagering with the lives of civilians in Iran, Israel, and the Gulf countries. They risk embroiling American and Israeli forces into yet another forever war, a military operation with no clear objectives and no way to truly win. And they do so with no clear plan, purpose, or objective.
This bet may yet pay off. These strikes could paralyze the Iranian state enough that the people may seize power from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Trump has called them to do.
The Star’s kind of crowd …
💥 Deputy leader of @TheGreenParty Mothin Ali is at the really extreme pro-Islamic Republic of Iran protest in London RIGHT NOW. What is he doing there? This is shocking even for him.
🎥 @uprising_1 pic.twitter.com/b7q7iXfnPW
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) February 28, 2026
