Iran retaliates with strikes as United States-Israel conflict escalates
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View on mapIran targets US public opinion with online information war
The Iranian regime has been running an online influence campaign using AI-generated photographs, videos and memes to sow confusion about the war in the Middle East. Experts say the main goal is to ramp up anti-war sentiment in the US and pressure President Trump to end the conflict
France 24 WorldMarch 25, 2026 at 06:08 PM UTC‘We want peace’: Iranians try to maintain semblance of normal life as conflict drags on
Explosions lit up Tehran skyline as Israel launched new airstrikes but by morning joggers were in the park Middle East crisis – live updates The days after Nowruz, the Persian New Year, are usually a bustling time in Tehran, with spring arriving, trees blossoming, businesses reopening after the holidays, and people returning to work and school. This year, however, Iranians are trying to maintain a semblance of ordinary life against the constant backdrop of explosions, airstrikes – and a conflict many fear may drag on for weeks or months. Continue reading...
The Guardian WorldMarch 25, 2026 at 04:51 PM UTCUS goals shift: 'At the beginning of the Iran war, the US and Israel were on the same page'
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr H. A. Hellyer, Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) for Defence and International Security Studies in London. He examines the evolving dynamics between Washington and Tel Aviv in the context of the war on Iran, alongside Israel’s expanding military posture in Lebanon. The central observation is that while initial strategic alignment existed, divergence has emerged, not necessarily in ultimate objectives, but in coherence, messaging, and political intent.
France 24 WorldMarch 25, 2026 at 03:23 PM UTCMissiles overhead, silence below: Israel’s home front holds firm
Censorship and unity in the face of the Iranian threat combine to stifle dissent as Israel's war with Iran drags on.
Al JazeeraMarch 25, 2026 at 02:41 PM UTCIs Iran’s negotiating position stronger than when US-Israeli war started?
Tehran believes so, and will seek to extract concessions that the US and Gulf nations can't agree to, analysts caution.
Al JazeeraMarch 25, 2026 at 08:38 AM UTCCowardly bully: On Donald Trump and the Iran war
Trump should end the war and ask Israel to leave Iran alone
The Hindu InternationalMarch 24, 2026 at 07:48 PM UTCIran war shows norms of international conflicts have been upended
US threats against energy infrastructure, and Iran's retaliation on its Gulf neighbours, signal a clear change.
BBC WorldMarch 24, 2026 at 03:55 PM UTC'We do not have a single war on Iran: We have an Israeli war and an American war'
Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin. Mr. Lucas warns there has been no breakthrough whatsoever in diplomacy: An improvised and reactive process shaped by market pressures, geopolitical signalling, and misread assumptions about regime fragility is disguised as decisive action. The expectation that escalation will produce capitulation misunderstands both the resilience of the Iranian political system and the divergence of US and Israeli objectives.
France 24 WorldMarch 24, 2026 at 03:30 PM UTCIsrael and US interests diverge on possible negociation for end of war
While U.S. President Donald Trump projects optimism that an end to the war with Iran can be negociated soon, Israel seems determined to keep up the fight. The possibility of the US ending or even withdrawing from the conflict poses a significant risk to Israel's own goals.
France 24 WorldMarch 24, 2026 at 03:29 PM UTCThe war on Iran: a series of miscalculations
Still not four full weeks into the war, and already Donald Trump’s “short-term excursion”—decapitate the Iranian regime with a surprise attack and impose harsh terms on the defeated survivors—has morphed
GDELTMarch 24, 2026 at 06:01 AM UTC