"In The Name Of God": Khamenei's Aide's Letter To "Muslims Of The World"

03/16/26 10:26 PM

Ali Larijani, the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, has written a letter to "Muslims of the world" in what was seen as part rebuke, part theological indictment, and part strategic appeal.

"Iran To Take The War As Far As Necessary": Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi

03/16/26 6:41 PM

Iran said it was ready to take the Middle East war "as far as necessary" as it launched strikes across the region Monday, while Trump urged nations to escort tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, warns refusal could hurt NATO's future.

"Military Dictatorship, Clerical Facade": Fareed Zakaria On Iranian Politics

03/16/26 8:44 PM

The United States military intervention in Iran, now in its third week, stands in contrast to the recent operation in Venezuela, according to journalist and geopolitical expert Fareed Zakaria.

"Very Difficult To Open Strait Of Hormuz Without Iran's Acceptance": Fareed Zakaria To NDTV

03/16/26 8:52 PM

Iran War Latest News, Middle East Live, Fareed Zakaria Exclusive: "Very Difficult To Open Strait Of Hormuz Without Iran's Acceptance": Fareed Zakaria To NDTV

'All eyes are on body language': Awkward meeting expected to reveal Trump and Vance rift

03/16/26 4:26 PM

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will appear in public on Monday, which is expected to expose the reported split between the two men and how they view the war in Iran. Trump and Vance have not been seen together much since the United States began its joint military operation with Israel in the war with Iran, according to The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack. The last appearance the two apparently made was with the entire Trump administration Cabinet on March 7 at Dover Air Force Base, during the dignified transfer of six slain U.S. Army service members who were killed in Kuwait. "All eyes are on the body language between Trump and his vice president this afternoon as they appear in public together for the first time since the war with Iran began more than two weeks ago," The Swamp reported. "It’s the worst-kept secret in Washington that Vice President J.D. Vance isn't the biggest fan of the war, but this should offer a glimpse into how Trump really feels about it," according to The Swamp. "Vance has been tiptoeing around the subject of the war, but it’s going to be tricky to pull off to the president’s face."Last week, Vance dodged a direct question about how he viewed the military action in the Middle East. Vance was taking questions from reporters following his speech in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where he campaigned for GOP candidates in a district Republicans were hoping to flip. Associated Press reporter Bill Barrow asked the vice president what advice he gave the president regarding military strikes and the economic fallout, including surging gas prices."Did you express any concerns like those you've expressed in the past on the possibility of those extended wars?" Barrow asked.Vance refused to directly say whether he supports the joint U.S.-Israeli war in Iran."We're in the Situation Room, where you can't even take your iPod in there, or your AirPods, I guess what they're called, you can't take your iPhone in there, you can't take anything in there — because it is the most classified space anywhere in the world," Vance said."And I sit there with Pete Hegseth, and Gen. Caine, and Marco Rubio, and the entire White House team, and the president and I, and the entire senior team are talking about the options and about what we need to do and how we must best protect the American people," Vance added. "I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not going to show up here in front of God and everybody else and tell you exactly what I said in that classified room partially because I don't wanna go to prison and partially because I think it's important for the President of the United States to talk to his advisors without those advisors running their mouth to the American media."

'Convert or die': Nigerian Christians face Islamist ultimatums

03/16/26 3:27 PM

Armed militants attacking Christian communities in Nigeria are increasingly issuing a stark ultimatum to villagers: Convert to Islam and pay a religious tax known as jizya or face execution, according to eyewitness accounts collected by The Washington Times and international religious-freedom monitors.

'Going to slap us in the pocketbook': Trump alarms supply chain analyst with latest move

03/15/26 7:52 PM

President Donald Trump's latest move in the war in Iran alarmed a supply chain analyst on Sunday. Over the weekend, Trump called on other countries to help the U.S. clear the Strait of Hormuz, which the Iranian regime has fortified in response to the coordinated bombing campaign conducted by the U.S. and Israel that began in late February. About 20% of global liquefied natural gas and oil trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has said U.S. and Israeli ships can no longer transit the waterway. That call for reinforcements came as U.S. forces struck Kharg Island, a main oil export hub for the Iranian regime. Iranian forces have also attacked multiple ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports. CNBC Supply Chain Analyst Lori Ann LaRocco warned in an interview on Sunday that the Trump administration's inability to make the Strait of Hormuz safe for international trade could have long-lasting implications. "A lot of people that I've talked to, a lot of tanker owners, they're very afraid of being a target," LaRocco told MS NOW's Alex Witt on Sunday. "We've already seen a tanker on fire. This is not a very easy remedy."LaRocco mentioned that prices for goods ranging from fertilizer to semiconductors have skyrocketed due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. "There's so much that we're not even thinking about that's going to slap us in the pocketbook, not only now, but in the months to come," LaRocco said.

'Lindsey Graham is going down': Charlie Kirk Show declares war on 'Lady Graham'

03/16/26 6:51 PM

Charlie Kirk Show hosts Blake Neff and Andrew Kolvet pressed for the defeat of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), an ally of President Donald Trump, by hosting his two opponents, Paul Davis and Mark Lynch."I have been very loud about my criticisms of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the neocon warmonger from South Carolina, who has just seemed to stay in office for a very long time," Kolvet said on Monday's broadcast. "Charlie Kirk — Charlie always called him Lady Graham, as he called it... I'm pretty sure that's what a lot of people call him."The host pointed to a 2023 quote from Kirk: "The base is done with neocons who want to spend our money to bomb faraway lands.""Feels very relevant to our current moment," Kolvet told Davis. "And I'm saying, as long as it's not Lindsey Graham, I'm excited. That's how I feel right now.""Well, as of today, Lindsey Graham's going down," Davis replied. "He's way below 50%. In South Carolina, we have a runoff state. So top two people going to runoff two weeks later.""I'm a guy who's been MAGA from the jump," he continued. "I helped President Trump as a volunteer get elected. I served in his first term. I was what they call one of his killers."For his part, Lynch criticized Graham for pledging to send South Carolinians to fight in the Middle East."Well, the people in South Carolina have said, 57% of them back when we polled in May, that they will not vote for Lindsey Graham again," Lynch explained. "They love Trump. They know Trump endorsed Lindsey, but that endorsement won't save him this time.""You're not taking our children over there for your bloodlust financial gain," he added. "And we say no to that in South Carolina, and enough's enough. We've had enough in Lindsey.""I think that's the bloodlust really resonates," Kolvet remarked. "It resonates with me. It resonates, I'm sure, with Blake. And of course, it resonated with Charlie."

'Open split' in White House as insiders spill exasperation with Trump

03/16/26 12:13 PM

There is growing frustration within Donald Trump’s White House over the way the war in Iran is going, and insiders are going behind the president’s back to call reporters and complain about him.Reporting on MS NOW’s "Morning Joe," journalist Katty Kay reported that European leaders have been telling the president he missed the perfect opportunity to declare victory in Iran and dial back the attacks.“I was told by a senior European intelligence official this weekend that the best time for Donald Trump to have tried to call victory and end early was actually last Monday or Tuesday, and that now it's getting harder for him to do that,” she told the panel. “And you're seeing these splits begin to appear in the White House quite openly in public,” she elaborated. “I mean, David Sachs, the White House advisor, was on the ‘All-In’ podcast over the weekend, saying it out loud that there are two factions.”“Now there is a faction that is pushing the president to escalate, and there is a faction that is pushing the president to de-escalate. The tech bros and the vice president seem to be in the latter camp,” she continued. “But the idea that there are two camps in the White House and that one of those camps is now openly talking about this in public and openly reaching out to journalists to say, we are trying to get the president to find an off ramp, but there are people who are pushing the president to escalate much further, significantly further.” - YouTube youtu.be

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03/17/23 5:02 PM

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