“US Israel Iran War”

Israel says it has killed a linchpin of Iranian politics, the national security chief, Ali Larijani, in overnight strikes, a claim that if confirmed would make him the most senior Iranian figure to die in the war since the supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed on its first day.

Iran has yet to comment on either claim. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would remove a pivotal figure at the heart of the regime’s political and security establishment at a moment of acute crisis and represent devastating blow.

Or he could have emigrated to Canada which is the more likely possibility.

This monster may have been Offed too.

h/t patthedog

Iran’s new supreme leader survived the Israeli strike that killed his father because he stepped outside the compound for a walk in the garden minutes before the blast, according to a new report.

Leaked audio from a meeting about the Feb. 28 strike on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound revealed that his son, the new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, was with his father in Tehran when he stepped out “to do something,” The Telegraph reported.

JUST IN – Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei survived strikes that killed his father, because he had gone outside "to do something" moments before missiles struck his residence, newly disclosed audio reveals — Telegraph pic.twitter.com/KK2xElphuc

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 16, 2026

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| Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei go hiking — trip ends badly… pic.twitter.com/TGO5VoCc7y

— Iran Spectator (@IranSpec) March 11, 2026

President Trump defended the Iranian people for not yet rising up against their government as Operation Epic Fury enters its third week.

While another mass protest could help ensure the current regime is ultimately prevented from retaining power, Trump acknowledged the brutal reality facing ordinary Iranians. The regime has openly threatened to shoot and kill anyone who attempts to rise up, a threat made all the more credible after security forces slaughtered more than 30,000 protesters earlier this year.

The United States is allowing Iranian oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday.

“The Iranian ships have been getting out already, and we’ve let that happen to supply the rest of the world,” Bessent told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in a “Squawk Box” interview in Paris. The Treasury secretary is in France for trade talks with China.

h/t Mauser

Hundreds of American soldiers have been captured across the Gulf. US military bases throughout the region lie in ruins. Benjamin Netanyahu is dead or gravely wounded.

Washington officials are begging for a ceasefire while the US loses control of a war that will not end until Iran says so.

Relentless Iranian missile strikes are smashing Israel while enemies plead for mercy, and the US strike groups are rendered non-functional and forced to retreat after being hit with missiles.

Donald Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on European allies to help protect the strait of Hormuz, warning that Nato faces a “very bad” future if its members fail to come to Washington’s aid.

The de facto closure of the vital waterway by Tehran in retaliation for airstrikes by the US and Israel has proved catastrophic for global energy and trade flows, causing the largest oil supply disruption in history and soaring global oil prices.

The US president’s call for allies to enter the war by sending ships to the strait to protect commercial shipping vessels and unblock global oil supplies has met a muted response. Australia, France, Japan and the UK are among the countries to have said they have no plans to send ships.

Iranian combat power declines, as U.S. dominance builds over vast swaths of Iran. pic.twitter.com/LrYe5PVMj1

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 15, 2026

The sense of entitlement to US cash is eye watering: ‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money

The US is offering ordinary Iranians a $10 million reward to help them track down the regime’s hardline leaders.

The US State Department issued a Most Wanted poster, featuring the new Supreme Leader and his top henchmen, urging Iranians to make contact via encrypted social media channels.

As well as the reward – equivalent to £7.5 million – there will be an opportunity for informers to relocate to the US, says the notice, which was posted on the department’s website and across social media.

President Donald Trump revealed that he may launch more strikes on Kharg Island, Iran‘s oil lifeline that he just bombed on Friday night.

The U.S. military targeted Iran’s military in the strike on Kharg, hitting 90 different targets including naval mine storage facilities and missile storage bunkers, according to U.S. Central Command. Trump said the strikes “totally obliterated” Iran’s military on the island, calling the operation “one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East.”

Iranian combat power declines, as U.S. dominance builds over vast swaths of Iran. pic.twitter.com/LrYe5PVMj1

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 15, 2026