Sunday, March 1, 2026

BREAKING NEWS: IRAN WAR DAY TWO*US MILITARY DEAD*ASSASSINATIONS SHAKE UP IRAN'S LEADERSHIP*SHIPPING ATTACKED IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AREA*DEADLY ATTACKS ON IRAN, ISRAEL, UAE*PUTIN CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF KHAMENEI*

 


(POSTING AS ABLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH LATEST NEWS APPEARING AT THE TOP OF THIS POST)


                                               LINKS:


             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY                IRAN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                                   BBC NEWS BLOG


RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                                  OSINTdefender "X"


                             TIMES OF ISRAEL BLOG



(INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM LINKED SOURCES IS POSTED WHEN ABLE)


                          (COMMENT AND ANALYSIS IN THIS POST)




The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon saying 'we will undertake our duty to confront the aggression'.


The Pro-Iranian group reduced in its ability to wage war by Israel including the mass pager assassinations of its top leaders.




US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGING THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO 'TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY'.


HE VOWS TO AVENGE THE DEATHS OF US SOLDIERS IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.




British Prime Minister Keir Starmer opening up the use of British bases for what he called 'defensive strikes' against Iran.


Starmer claiming lessons were learned from British participation in the Iraq War of 2003.


France is taking a similar position.  


Both counties parroted the positions of Israel and the United States regarding Iran's nuclear program being a threat prior to the war while depicting themselves as more 'neutral' parties.




NEW EXPLOSIONS IN TEL AVIV THIS EVENING DURING AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.




Iraqi security forces on the attack against Pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces in western Iraq.  That according to the Iraqi government




THIS EVENING IN ISRAEL AIR RAID SIRENS IN THE SOUTH POSSIBLE THEY ARE WARNING OF AN ATTACK FROM THE SOUTH NAMELY THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN.




Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told ABC News in the US that Iran's military capabilities remain intact in spite of the massive attacks.




Iran claims destruction of the US THAAD missile system operated by the United Arab Emirates for defense of its territory.




THOSE AMERICANS THREE MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY KILLED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK WERE IN KUWAIT WE ARE TOLD.   


KUWAIT ONE OF THE COUNTRIES COMING UNDER IRANIAN MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK IN THE WAR.


THE ATTACKS LINKED TO THE PRESENCE OF US MILITARY FACILITIES IN THOSE COUNTRIES.



Other news unfolding this weekend tensions with Russia ratcheted up with the seizure of an oil tanker related to Russia by Belgium also the deadly attack in Austin, Texas early this morning suspected as terrorism...News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 3-1-2026




FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON THE PHONE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.




A British Typhoon warplane pre-positioned to Qatar before the war began shooting down an Iranian drone approaching Qatar.





THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'CHARLES DE GAULLE' RELOCATING TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN FROM ITS PRESENT BALTIC SEA STATION.


THE CARRIER WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN NATO MANEUVERS AIMED AT  RUSSIA.  THIS ACCORDING TO BFM-TV IN FRANCE.





IN IRAN 20 REPORTED KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A GYM IN THE CITY OF LAMARD.





THE CITY OF SHARJAH IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CAME UNDER ATTACK BY IRAN.




A HOSPITAL IN TEHRAN SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIT IN AN ATTACK



The death toll in that earlier Iranian rocket attack on Beit Shemesh, Israel is now nine with more than 40 wounded.   


A bomb shelter smashed and a synagogue destroyed in the attack.



Israel announcing the call up of nearly 100,000 reservists whose use would likely be in ground warfare.

Where Israel Intends To Launch A Ground War Is Not Clear Gaza a distinct possibility perhaps Lebanon depending on the situation but there may be other options not clear at this time.




IRAN SAYS IT ATTACKED THREE BRITISH AND AMERICAN TANKERS IN NEARBY WATERS.



20 killed and more than 100 injured in anti-US protests in Pakistan.



Iran's government radio and television building attacked in Tehran.




THE US AND ISRAEL ARE NOW SAID TO HAVE ACHIEVED 'AIR SUPERIORITY' IN IRAN WITH GREAT FREEDOM TO CARRY OUT BOMBING ATTACKS THROUGHOUT IRAN.



More explosions tonight in Tehran as the US-Israeli bombing attacks on Iran's capital city continue.



Pro-Iranian forces attacking the US military facility at the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq.  Drones used in the attack.



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT NINE IRANIAN SHIPS HAVE BEEN SUNK.


TRUMP ALSO SAYS THAT IRAN'S NEW LEADERSHIP WANTS TO TALK WITH HIM.


                                                                    (COMMENT)

MR. TRUMP SPEAKING WORDS THAT HELP MARKETS REDUCE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WAR.



The US military claiming the sinking of an Iranian warship in a southern Iranian port.




US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS THREE DEATHS IN THE US MILITARY.  FIVE WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.


 THE CASUALTIES LIKELY FROM IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS.




"We will continue the path of the leader. Our armed forces are crushing the bases of the enemy."


That's part of the video message today from Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian...OSINTdefender "X (Video Embed)





IRAN SAYS IT FIRED FOUR MISSILES AT THE US AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'ABRAHAM LINCOLN' BELIEVED TO BE IN THE GULF OF OMAN.





A French naval facility in the United Arab Emirates has been attacked.




THE PORT OF DUQUM IN OMAN ATTACKED BY IRAN.




THERE ARE ATTACKS REPORTED ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"



"a cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law"

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADMIR PUTIN WITH THAT STATEMENT IN A CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO IRAN'S PRESDIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.


PUTIN COMMENTING ON THE ISRAELI ASSASSINATION OF SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI.


PUTIN NOTING KHAMENEI HELPED TO MAINTAIN FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND RUSSIA.


IRAN AND RUSSIA ARE IN A 'STRATERGIC PARTNERSHIP'. 



Three killed and 58 wounded in the United Arab Emirates since the Iranian missile attacks began.



Eight killed in central Israel in an Iranian missile attack on Beit Shemesh.


Missile defenses did not stop the attack the Israeli military says it is conducting an investigation.




THERE HAVE BEEN DEADLY CLASHES OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN AS PROTESTERS APPROACHED IT AND FOUGHT WITH POLICE



IN KARACHI PAKISTAN PROTESTERS VANDALIZING THE PROPERTY OF THE US CONSULATE.



TWO PEOPLE WOUNDED BY DRONE WRECKAGE IN DUBAI



 IRANIANS MOURNING THE DEATH OF SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI A CROWD OF MOURNERS SEEN IN CENTRAL TEHRAN.



Pro-Iranian Rioters seeking to approach the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq being forced back by Iraqi security forces.



NEW EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN TEHRAN AT MID-MORNING LOCAL TIME.



Iran's Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani saying Israel seeks to split Iran into pieces to weaken Iran as a nation.


He described US President Donald Trump as 'the perfect symbol of plunder'.


Larijani also saying:



"America and the Zionist regime burned the hearts of the Iranian nation, and we will burn their hearts too"



THE IRANIAN ATTACKS CONTINUED AT MID-MORNING ON QATAR AND DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES



THE ELECTION OF A NEW SUPREME LEADER IN IRAN IS SAID TO BE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS.



Iranian attacks on Iraq this morning directed as US bases and facilities in the country.


An explosion and fire seen at the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embed)




THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF IN ISRAEL THIS MORNING IN TEL AVIV SEVERAL ALERTS IN JUST ONE HOUR


In the wake of yesterday's assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei three men now carrying out his responsibilities.


They are President Masoud Pezeshkian, the leader of Iran's judiciary and a clerical member of the Guardian Council.



148 deaths in the attack on a girl's elementary school in southern Iran



MANAMA THE CAPITAL OF BAHRAIN ATTACKED THIS MORNING BY IRAN ITS THE SITE OF THE US NAVY'S FIFTH FLEET HEADQUARTERS



MORE MISSILE ATTACKS FROM IRAN ON BOTH DOHA THE CAPITAL OF QATAR AND DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS MORNING



This morning confirmation of more assassinations of Iranian leadership in the Israeli attacks.


Commander In Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammed Pakpour and Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani Secretary of Iran's Defense Council killed.





NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/1/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*DEADLY SHOOTING ATTACK IN TEXAS SUSPECTED TERRORISM*RUSSIAN 'SHADOW FLEET' TANKER SEIZED BY BELGIUM*DAY TWO IRAN WAR*KIM'S DAUGHTER PARTICIPATES IN NEW NORTH KOREAN RIFLE TEST*I

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING IN THE 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME WINDOW)



                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



The early morning shooting attack in Austin, Texas that killed three and wounded 14 a suspected act of terrorism.

The suspect a naturalized US citizen.  He wore a sweatshirt with the words "Property of Allah" on it and underneath said to have had a t-shirt with the Iranian flag on it...Fox News USA




Afghan forces conducting an operation in Pakistan killing ten ISIS members.


ISIS has been conducting terrorist attacks in Afghanistan since US and allied forces were expelled from the country by the Taliban.


In recent days Pakistan carried out a series of attacks on Afghanistan linked to Pakistani Taliban attacks...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




BELGIUM'S MILITARY SEIZING AN OIL TANKER LINKED TO RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET' OFF ITS COAST.

FRANCE SAID TO HAVE ASSISTED WITH THE SEIZURE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Iran War Is Covered In This Special Post...Breaking News: Iran War Day Two





IN BANGLADESH THE SUDDEN FIRING OF THE CENTRAL BANK CHIEF.


BANGLADESH BANK GOVERNOR AHSAN H. MANSUR ABRUPTLY LOSING HIS JOB TO BUSINESSMAN MD MOSTAQUR RAHMAN.


MR. RAHMAN LINKED TO THE NEW BANGLADESH NATIONAL PARTY GOVERNMENT...TELEGRAPH INDIA







VIDEO OF NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN AND DAUGHTER JU AE INSPECTING AND TEST FIRING NEW SNIPER RIFLES



Video from North Korea showing the unveiling of a new sniper rifle with ruler Kim Jong-Un and his daughter Ju Ae prominent in the event.


Both of them are seen test firing the rifle.



Ju Ae's presence at the event reinforcing intelligence estimations that she is the designated successor to Kim.


Just days ago Ju Ae prominent at a major military parade in North Korea's capital Pyongyang...



          Yonhap News Agency South Korea




ANGER IN A POOR BOLIVIAN CITY AS AUTHORITIES TORCHED CASH FOLLOWING A DEADLY PLANE CRASH.


22 KILLED WHEN THE PLANE CARRYING MONEY TO A REMOTE PART OF BOLIVIA WENT DOWN IN THE CITY OF EL ALTO.


THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOUGHT WITH AUTHORITIES AS THEY SOUGHT TO SNATCH UP MONEY FOLLOWING THE CRASH.


49 ARRESTED ACCUSED OF VANDALISM...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE



Amidst the war in Israel the identity of a celebrity accused of raping a 15-year-old minor released.


Military reporter Yoav Zeitoun, a prominent Israeli personality, revealed as the suspect.


He is accused of committing the rape last Tuesday after meeting the minor through the app Grindr.


In court Zeitoun has disputed the account of the relationship between him and the minor given by police...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)