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\u201c\u201cGet used to the new order in the region,” IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said in a post on X on Monday. He said that attacks by Iran-aligned groups had undermined what he described as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s plans to expand a regional security belt, warning that a new regional order was emerging. “Netanyahu dreamed of expanding a security belt in the region, but the smart and courageous fire of our brothers in Hezbollah in the north and Ansar Allah in the south exposed the regime\u2019s false assurances,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe dream of the martyred commanders of the resistance has been realized: the war room of the axis of resistance is one.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cWorld must get used to new Mideast order, IRGC-QF chief says,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-30-26.\u00a0 The U.S. and Israel have been hunting for Qaani.<\/p>\n

\u201cRubio says ‘people of Iran are incredible’ but leadership is the problem,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 3-30-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States distinguishes between the Iranian people and their leadership, and expressed hope for change, while warning Washington was prepared if that does not happen.\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 Rubio said the US was engaged in indirect contacts with Iranian figures through intermediaries and was testing whether they could deliver change.\u00a0 \u2026\u00a0 Rubio said Iran would not be allowed to control the Strait of Hormuz, calling such a move unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notice the end of the article.\u00a0 Spain apparently has a pay-off, or has not forsworn it.\u00a0 And this payment of free passage would really be surprising for Spain to accept because it sits at the Gibraltar Strait and remembers the demands of the Barbary Pirates.\u00a0 Here is the end of the article\u2014\u201c \u2026 the Iranian embassy in Spain said Tehran would be receptive to requests from Madrid concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz because Spain was “committed to international law”.\u00a0 See \u201cSpain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 3-30-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurkey says NATO defences down missile from Iran,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, 3-30-26.\u00a0\u00a0“There was no immediate comment from Tehran which has denied specifically targeting its neighbour Turkey \u2060during the conflict and has said it was not involved in the previous three missile launches, which were all downed by NATO defences.\u201d\u00a0 Do we believe the reports from Turkey and NATO or from Iran?\u00a0 Remember, there are radars, visuals, and debris.\u00a0 Because of such, Reuters should follow up and report which side is accurate.\u00a0 (the NYT certainly has done the same with the school in southern Iran hit by most likely a new type of U.S. missile).<\/p>\n

\u201cHow Russia and China are winning the war in Iran,\u201d<\/a> Peterson Institute for International Economics, 3-30-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow the US could try to seize Iran’s Kharg Island,\u201d<\/a> BBC, 3-30-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe Helped Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb,\u201d<\/a> New Yorker, 3-30-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA former C.I.A. officer says that he recruited scientists as part of the United States\u2019 effort to disrupt Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s Iran war is at a fateful fork in the road,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 3-30-26.\u00a0\u00a0There is something that CNN and I agree with, in the middle of this article\u2014the statement \u201cthe revolutionary regime that has haunted both countries for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is so rare in international diplomacy.\u00a0 But it\u2019s Iran, and the Regime is desperate to hold onto Lebanon and Hezbollah, its crown jewel of terror proxies.\u00a0 \u201cIran refuses to recall ambassador from Lebanon after expulsion order,\u201d<\/a> i24NEWS, 3-30-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cLebanese authorities declared the envoy persona non grata and ordered him to leave. Lebanon\u2019s Foreign Ministry had ordered the expulsion of Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani last week, giving him until March 29, 2026, to leave the country after formally revoking its acceptance of his appointment.\u00a0 [Sheibani is most likely a member of the Quds Force].\u00a0 The deadline passed without the ambassador\u2019s departure, prompting criticism from Israeli officials, including Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar, who accused Lebanon of failing to enforce its decision and described the situation as evidence of Iranian influence in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran War Live Updates: Trump Says Iran to Allow More Oil Ships Through Strait of Hormuz,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 3-30-26.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s military industry in Tehran hit in fresh wave of strikes,\u201d<\/a> i24, 3-30-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u201cGet used to the new order in the region,” IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said in a post on X on Monday. He said that attacks by Iran-aligned groups had undermined what he described as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s plans to expand a regional security belt, warning that a new regional order was … <\/p>\n

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