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▸19:30 CET G7 Finance Ministers decide NOT to release strategic petroleum reserves immediately — option left open. Brent falls from peak of $119 to ~$95-100. ( / )
▸19:40 CET Turkey summons Iranian ambassador. Erdoğan warns Tehran: "It continues extremely wrong and provocative steps despite our sincere warnings." Second Iranian missile shot down by NATO in Turkish airspace — debris fell in empty field near Gaziantep. ( )
▸19:50 CET UK MoD confirms: RAF jets intercepted drones heading toward Jordan and Bahrain. UK now begins defensive flights in support of the UAE as well. Additional Wildcat helicopters deployed to Cyprus. ( )

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 20:30 CET

9 sources | Day 10 — evening

19:37 CET

2026-03-09

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▸15:00 CET Putin → Mojtaba Khamenei: direct message pledging "unwavering support" to Tehran and solidarity with Iran under armed aggression. First Russia→new Supreme Leader communication. ( )
▸~14:00 CET China MFA: Mojtaba's appointment is an "internal decision based on the constitution" — Beijing will actively oppose any attack on the new leader. ( )
▸~19:00 CET Trump on NBC: "I think they made a big mistake. I don't know if it's going to last. I think they made a mistake." ( )

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 19:02 CET

Day 10 | 6 sources | Afternoon

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Day 10 · Afternoon · 3 sources

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8 sources | Day 10 — afternoon

📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 14:32 CET Monday, March 9th

Day 10 of Operation Epic Fury | 50+ sources | ~3,000 Iranian missiles and drones → Gulf states in Week 1

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5 sources | Day 10 — Early Afternoon

📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 2:30 PM CET

5 sources | Day 10 — late morning

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 12:32 CET

Day 10 | 3 sources

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 12:00 CET

2 sources | Day 10 — late morning

12:06 CET

2026-03-09

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▸G7/IEA call: 13:30 UTC — coordinated release of strategic oil reserves. Brent partially retreating ($108 from $119) but Goldman Sachs maintains $150/barrel estimate by end of March without Hormuz reopening
▸"Never-before-used" missiles: Gen. Naini (IRGC) announced — qualitative escalation not yet materiali

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 11:32 CET

3 sources | Day 10 — European morning

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 11:02 CET

Day 10 — Morning | 8 sources | Monday, March 9, 2026

11:07 CET

2026-03-09

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▸~09:55 CET AFP/Il Post — New explosions reported in Tehran in the early hours this morning; AFP collects testimonies from multiple points across the city. Target not yet confirmed.
▸~09:00 CET IDF — IDF confirmed a new wave of strikes in central Iran and against Hezbollah in Beirut at the start of Day 10.
▸~21:35 UTC Mar 8 Al Jazeera Death Tracker — 8th US soldier killed in Iran operations — confirmed total: 1,255 dead in Iran, 13 in Israel, 8 US soldiers, 14 in Gulf states.

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📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 09:32 CET | Day 10, Monday morning

4 main sources | Week 2 — ~3,000 Iranian missiles/drones in week 1

📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 10:32 CET | Day 10, Monday morning

Week 2 — Mojtaba Khamenei commands, diplomatic window closed

09:32 CET

2026-03-09

▸"The old world order will not return. Europe cannot be a guardian of a world that is gone."
▸"There should be no tears shed for the Iranian regime — it has inflicted death and repression on its own people."
▸"We are witnessing a regional conflict with unintended consequences that are already real today — on energy, finance, trade, transport, displacement of people."

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 09:02 CET

5 sources | Day 10 — Monday, March 9, morning

📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 08:30 CET

6 sources | Day 10 — early morning

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 08:00 CET

08:07 CET

2026-03-09

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 07:32 CET

10 active sources | Day 10 — dawn

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — Day 10 | 08:02 CET

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Day 10 — early morning

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3 sources | Day 10 — early morning hours

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3 active sources | Day 10 — overnight/early morning

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 03:30 CET

03:34 CET

2026-03-09

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▸03:19 CET BBC — Brent crude at $114.74/barrel, Nymex $114.78 — +24-26% from Asian Monday opening. First drop above $110 since conflict began. link
▸03:18 CET Guardian — ASX Australia -4%, ~$130bn AUD wiped out. Nikkei -7%, Hang Seng -3%, KOSPI -8% (second circuit breaker in 4 days). link
▸02:19 UTC NYT — Democrats are using oil above $100/barrel as a political weapon against Trump in midterm elections. Trump dismisses: "Small price to pay for global safety." link

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📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 03:00 CET

2 sources | Day 10 — early morning

📰 IRAN-USA-ISRAEL CRISIS BRIEFING — 02:32 CET

Day 10 | Opening | 5 sources | Guardian · Al Jazeera · Gulf News · PressTV · Asharq

📰 IRAN–US–ISRAEL CRISIS BRIEFING — 02:02 CET

2 sources | Day 10 — night

📰 IRAN-US-ISRAEL CRISIS BRIEFING — 01:30 CET

4 sources | Day 10 — opening

📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 01:02 CET

3 sources | Night Day 9 → 10 — Opening of second week

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14 sources | Day 10 — late night | Midnight Batch

00:35 CET

2026-03-09

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📰 IRAN-USA-ISRAEL CRISIS BRIEFING — 00:02 CET

11 sources | Day 10 — midnight | Cycle 22:32-23:02 UTC

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4 sources | Day 9 — late evening

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 23:05 CET

Reuters · AP · CNN · NYT · Guardian | Day 9 — night

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 10:32 PM CET

3 sources | Day 9 — evening

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 22:00 CET

6 active sources | Day 9 — night, end of first week

📰 IRAN-USA-ISRAEL CRISIS BRIEFING — 21:32 CET

5 sources | Day 9 — late evening

21:36 CET

2026-03-08

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▸Kuwait: Iranian drones strike fuel tanks at Kuwait International Airport. Significant detail: energy infrastructure at the airport is the target, not only residential areas as before. link(

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📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 21:02 CET

3 sources | Day 9 — evening

📰 IRAN CRISIS BRIEFING — 20:30 CET

4 sources | Day 9 — Sunday evening, March 8

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 20:01 CET

8 sources | Day 9 — evening

20:05 CET

2026-03-08

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▸Rejects any ceasefire: "This doesn't work like this… There needs to be a permanent end to the war."
▸Demands Trump apologize to the Iranian people for "killings and destruction"
▸On Russian intelligence: "They are helping us in many different directions. I don't have any detailed information" — first semi-official admission of Russian support

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 19:31 CET

5 sources | Day 9 — evening

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 18:31 CET

5 active sources | Day 9 — late afternoon

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS BRIEFING — 18:03 CET

4 sources | Day 9, afternoon

18:05 CET

2026-03-08

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▸~11:36 UTC Guardian/AoE — Assembly of Experts formally announces selection of new Supreme Leader, but does not reveal the name. AoE member: "The Great Satan mentioned his name" (Mojtaba implicit)
▸~16:00 UTC NYT live — FM Araghchi: "It is unclear who will become the next supreme leader" — despite AoE announcement the same day
▸AoE (member Heidari Alekasir) — "The decision is made. The Great Satan did us a service by naming unacceptable candidates" → Mojtaba implicit

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