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▸✈️🔥 Kuwait MISTAKENLY shoots down 3 US F-16 fighters — friendly fire: Kuwaiti air defenses downed three US jets. "Fog of war" in the Gulf causes first major allied-on-allied incident.
▸🇺🇸 US: "Iran's resistance is crumbling" — official US statement per Guardian live.
▸⛽ Oil tankers and refineries under attack — AP: war extends to oil infrastructure. Tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz, refineries in Gulf.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 12:01 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3 — midday

12:02 CET

2026-03-02

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▸✈️💥 BREAKING: US warplanes crash in Kuwait — Asharq Al-Awsat reports crash of American military aircraft on Kuwaiti territory. If confirmed, first major US forces incident in the conflict (causes unknown — enemy fire or malfunction?).
▸🇺🇸 Democrats thrown into disarray over Iran offensive — Guardian: the war divides the Democratic Party between critics and those unable to take a position.
▸🇮🇳 Kashmir: Indian police clash with pro-Khamenei protesters — violent protests in Indian-administered Kashmir. India now directly involved in tensions.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 11:31 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3

11:33 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🚨 IRAN TOLL UPDATED: over 550 dead — Iranian Red Crescent updates death count to 550+. Nearly tripled from 201 reported yesterday. Includes 175 from Minab school.
▸🖥️ Amazon Web Services disrupted after "objects" strike UAE data centre — AWS cloud services down. Potentially global impact on businesses using regional AWS infrastructure. War hits global digital infrastructure.
▸🌍 NYT: "America's Allies Watch Fitfully From Sidelines" — Western partners paralyzed, unable to influence or stop the operation.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 11:01 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3 — midday

11:02 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🏛️ UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran damaged in strikes — world heritage site hit. First protected cultural property destruction in the conflict.
▸📈 Minab school toll updated: at least 175 dead — NYT updates from 153 to 175 victims in strike on girls' school in southern Iran.
▸🇮🇱 IDF: "War will last however long it will last" — open-ended statement. No prospect of rapid cessation.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 10:31 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3

10:33 CET

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▸🇸🇦⛽ Saudi Arabia: 2 drones intercepted over Ras Tanura refinery — Riyadh confirms foiled attack on world's second-largest refinery. Al Jazeera still reports fire at Aramco facility from missile debris.
▸🎯 IDF: senior Hezbollah militant struck in Beirut — targeted operation in heart of Lebanese capital. Adds to Katz's declaration that Nasrallah is "target for elimination."
▸🇺🇸 SCMP: US officials sceptical of Iran regime change — internal administration scepticism about feasibility despite Trump's public rhetoric.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 10:01 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3 — European morning

10:02 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🎯 Israeli Defense Minister Katz: Hezbollah chief Nasrallah now "target for elimination" — Israel explicitly declares intention to assassinate Hezbollah's leader. Dramatic escalation on the Lebanese front.
▸🇨🇳 SCMP: Iran attack a "wake-up call" for China — Beijing rethinking electronic warfare and intelligence after seeing US-Israel capabilities in action. Taiwan implications.
▸🇮🇳 India's Middle East neutrality put to the test — New Delhi under pressure between ties with Iran, Israel, and the US.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 09:31 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3

09:32 CET

2026-03-02

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▸⛽🔥 BREAKING: Drone hits Aramco oil refinery in Saudi Arabia — Iranian attack on Saudi oil infrastructure. Major escalation: Iran directly struck the kingdom's primary economic asset. Potentially devastating consequences for oil prices.
▸🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: "We backed talks with Iran, not military action" — Riyadh officially distances itself from US-Israel strikes. Strong statement marking a break from the Western narrative.
▸🇰🇼 Kuwait: "several casualties" from Iranian strikes — first official Kuwaiti toll.

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Flash — 09:01 CET, March 2, 2026

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▸🇱🇧 Lebanon: at least 31 killed, 149 wounded in Israeli strikes — official count from Lebanese Health Ministry. First significant casualty toll from northern front.
▸🇰🇼 Smoke near US Embassy in Kuwait City — Iranian strike hits area near the American diplomatic compound.
▸🇵🇰 Pakistan: at least 25 dead in pro-Iran weekend protests — updated toll.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 08:31 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3 — morning

08:33 CET

2026-03-02

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▸💥 Blasts shake Qatar, UAE, Kuwait: Iranian retaliatory strikes continue — Al Jazeera confirms new detonations in Gulf capitals. Iran maintains retaliation despite losses sustained.
▸🇮🇱 Israeli Army Chief: Lebanon fighting could take "many days" — signals prolonged engagement on the northern front. IDF does not foresee rapid cessation.
▸🇮🇷 Larijani also denies Tehran pushed to resume US talks — Al Jazeera: Iran never proposed returning to the table.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 07:44 CET, March 2, 2026

18+ sources consulted | Day 3 summary

07:46 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🇺🇸 Trump: "Strikes also eliminated succession candidates" — told Jonathan Karl (ABC): "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates. It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of." If confirmed, total decapitation of Iranian leadership.
▸💥 Explosions in Gulf cities and Jerusalem — conflict continues to widen overnight Monday.
▸🇮🇷 Larijani (SNSC): "We will NOT negotiate with the US" — direct denial of Trump's dialogue narrative.

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FLASH — 07:31 CET, March 2, 2026

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▸Asia faces oil shock as Strait of Hormuz choked — SCMP: Asian countries facing direct energy crisis. Strait blockade cuts supplies to world's largest importers.
▸Ship insurers cancel war risk cover — insurance companies withdraw coverage for vessels in the Gulf area. Cascading impact on global trade and shipping costs.
▸Platts suspends fuel assessments — the energy pricing reference agency unable to produce reliable assessments for the region. Signal of severe market dysfunction.

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Update — 07:01 CET, March 2, 2026 (Day 3)

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2026-03-02

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▸New explosions in Gulf cities and Jerusalem — conflict widens on Monday morning.
▸Turkey closes border crossings with Iran — Trade Minister confirms suspension of day-trip crossings. First sign of Iran's land isolation.
▸Al Jazeera: Khamenei's killing leaves Iran's "axis" in disarray — Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, Iraqi militias without central coordination.

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FLASH — 07:31 CET, 2 March 2026

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▸Asia: oil shock, Strait of Hormuz paralysed.
▸Marine insurers cancel war risk cover in the Gulf.
▸Platts suspends regional fuel assessments.

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FLASH — 06:31 CET, March 2, 2026

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▸Larijani (Iran SNSC): "We will NOT negotiate with the US" — direct denial of Trump's claims that Iran wants to talk. Interim council holds hard line.
▸Cyprus: non-essential personnel evacuated from RAF Akrotiri — first evacuation of a NATO-area base since conflict began.
▸Thousands flee Beirut and southern Lebanon — day 3, mass exodus as IDF continues strikes on Hezbollah.

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Markets & Updates — 06:01 CET, March 2, 2026

06:01 CET

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▸Asian markets sharply lower at open — S&P 500/Dow/Nasdaq futures down. EM currencies and stocks slump. Gold ~$5,343/oz (+1.8%). Oil surging. |
▸Cyprus: RAF Akrotiri — "limited damage" from drone. No casualties. Base remains operational.
▸Trump links Iran operation to 2020 election loss.

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FLASH — 06:31 CET, 2 March 2026

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▸Larijani (Iran SNSC): "We will not negotiate with the USA" — direct rebuttal to Trump.
▸RAF Akrotiri: non-essential personnel evacuated after drone.
▸Thousands fleeing Beirut and south Lebanon, day 3.

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FLASH — 05:31 CET, March 2, 2026

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▸AP EXCLUSIVE: US intelligence did NOT suggest preemptive Iranian strike — Trump officials admitted in private congressional briefings that intel did not indicate Iran was preparing an attack. Undermines official justification.
▸Trump vows to avenge US military deaths — increasingly bellicose tone.
▸North Korea sees "nuclear vindication" — SCMP analysis: US strikes confirm only nuclear deterrence protects from regime change.

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Middle East Crisis Update — 05:01 CET, March 2, 2026

18 sources consulted | Overnight developments March 1-2

05:01 CET

2026-03-02

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FLASH — 05:31 CET, 2 March 2026

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▸AP EXCLUSIVE: US intelligence did NOT indicate preventive Iranian attack — admitted in private Congressional briefings.
▸Trump vows revenge for killed US military.
▸North Korea sees "nuclear vindication" in US strikes.

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 04:01 CET (2 Mar)

Lebanese front expanding

04:02 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🇮🇱 IDF: strikes on "senior Hezbollah terrorists" in Beirut — smoke from southern suburbs
▸🇮🇱 IDF striking Hezbollah "across Lebanon" — large-scale operation
▸🇱🇧 Hezbollah: overnight rocket and drone barrage on Israeli military site south of Haifa

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 05:01 CET

18 sources consulted | Night 1–2 March developments

📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 03:31 CET (2 Mar)

⚠️ BREAKING — THIRD FRONT CONFIRMED

03:32 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🇱🇧 Hezbollah claims responsibility for missiles and drones launched from Lebanon toward Israel — retaliation for Khamenei's killing
▸🇮🇱 IDF strikes Hezbollah in Beirut — conflict officially spreads to Lebanon

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 02:31 CET (2 Mar)

Night report

02:36 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🚢 CENTCOM: Iranian Jamaran-class corvette struck at port on Gulf of Oman — sinking. Operation "Epic Fury"
▸🇺🇸 Trump: more US casualties "likely"
▸🇮🇷 IRGC claims 560 US casualties (Pentagon confirms 3 KIA + 5 WIA) — war of numbers

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 01:31 CET (2 Mar)

Night report — breaking

01:32 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🇱🇧 BREAKING: Projectiles launched from Lebanon toward Israel in early hours of March 2 — sirens across Haifa and Upper Galilee. IDF intercepted one rocket, others hit open areas
▸🇮🇷 Al Jazeera confirms multiple senior security officials killed alongside Khamenei

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 01:01 CET (2 Mar)

Night report — new developments only

01:01 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🏛️ IAEA calls extraordinary meeting on Iran — nuclear question returns to center stage

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 00:31 CET (2 Mar)

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Night report

00:32 CET

2026-03-02

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▸📈 Oil surges 13% in early Asian trading. Analysts warn of possible $100/barrel spike (+37% from Friday's close)
▸🌊 Strait of Hormuz: key question is whether war leads to prolonged traffic disruption — world's most critical oil chokepoint
▸📉 Guardian: global markets could tumble Monday, motorists to pay more at the pump

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 00:01 CET (2 Mar)

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Night report

00:02 CET

2026-03-02

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▸🇮🇷 Explosions reported near Tehran's iconic landmarks: Azadi Stadium, Azadi Square, Milad Tower — symbolic heart of the capital under attack
▸🏥 Iranian Red Crescent: explosions near Tehran hospitals and Peace Building (Red Crescent HQ)
▸🏫 Bombed school identified as Minab school — death toll confirmed at 148

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 23:31 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Last 30 minutes developments

23:32 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇬🇧 UK TURNING POINT: PM Starmer authorizes US to use British military bases for strikes against Iran — to "destroy Iranian missiles at source, in storage depots and launchers"
▸🇺🇸 Trump: "The attack will continue until ALL our objectives are achieved"
▸🇬🇧 Starmer: Iran struck military base in Bahrain, narrowly missing British personnel

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 23:01 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Last 30 minutes developments

23:02 CET

2026-03-01

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▸💀 First US casualties: 3 American troops killed, 5 seriously wounded — Pentagon confirms
▸🇮🇱 At least 9 killed in Iranian missile attack on small Israeli city near Jerusalem
▸🇦🇺 115,000 Australians still in Middle East — government warns of "serious" travel disruptions

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 22:31 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last half hour

22:32 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇺🇸 IRGC (Pasdaran) headquarters destroyed — military command decapitated
▸🇮🇱 IDF: new wave of strikes on ballistic missile sites and air defences
▸🇮🇷 Larijani announces temporary leadership. Gen. Pakpour's death confirmed (new IRGC chief)

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 22:01 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last half hour

22:02 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇺🇸 Trump: "4-week process — it's a big country, it will take 4 weeks or less"
▸🇺🇸 Trump on CNBC: operations "ahead of schedule"
▸🏛️ US Congress: War Powers Resolution vote this week to halt operations

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 21:31 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last half hour

21:32 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🏫 Strike on girls' primary school in southern Iran: 148–165 dead, 95 wounded (Iranian state media)
▸🇨🇳 China condemns attacks as "unacceptable", calls for immediate ceasefire
▸🇮🇱 Guardian: Israel embraces militarism — few critics of Netanyahu's war

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 21:01 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last half hour

21:01 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇮🇷 AP: new Iranian leaders "open to talks with US" — de-escalation signal
▸🇺🇸 Trump threatens: "If Iran strikes again, we will respond WITH A FORCE NEVER SEEN BEFORE"
▸💀 22 dead in pro-Iran protests in Pakistan and Iraq — fire at US consulate in Lahore

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 20:01 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last half hour

20:02 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🏥 Iranian media report strike on a hospital in Tehran — if confirmed, first direct attack on healthcare facilities in the capital
▸🇮🇱 Defence Minister Katz: Khamenei killed "with the first blow". "The axis of evil has suffered a critical blow"
▸🇺🇸 Trump says he has "agreed to talk" with Tehran — first sign of diplomatic opening

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 19:31 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last half hour

19:32 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇺🇸 Trump: "operation proceeding rapidly". Declares 9 Iranian navy ships "destroyed and sunk"
▸🇮🇷 Iranian state TV hit by strike — powerful explosions in Tehran Sunday evening. TV not put off air but confirmed it was targeted
▸🌍 Guardian editorial: "Trump's campaign in Iran is an illegal war that risks spinning out of control"

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 19:01 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last hour

19:02 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇺🇸 Trump on Fox News: "48 Iranian leaders killed" in US-Israel strikes. Not independently verified
▸🇦🇪 UAE: 346 missiles and drones intercepted over Emirati territory. Video shows Iranian drone hitting UAE naval base
▸🇬🇧 Iranian diaspora celebrate in London and Manchester: "You were not free"

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 18:16 CET

18 sources consulted (14 RSS + 4 web search) | Developments in the last 2 hours

17:16 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇦🇪 Iranian drones hit Al Salam naval base in Abu Dhabi, which also hosts French forces. Fire in two containers, no casualties. UAE condemns as "flagrant act of aggression"
▸🇮🇷 IRGC reveals full list of targets hit in "Truthful Promise 4": Al Udeid (Qatar), Al Dhafra (UAE), US Fifth Fleet (Bahrain), Ali Al Salem (Kuwait), Muwaffaq Salti (Jordan) + multiple sites in Israel
▸🇮🇱 Trump declares: "I will speak with Iranian leaders". IDF publishes new footage of strikes on "Iranian regime terrorist HQ" in Tehran

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 18:36 CET

17 sources consulted (14 RSS + 3 web search) | Developments in the last 2 hours

16:36 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🔥 Violent protests erupt in Iran: demonstrators set buildings on fire in Tehran (Gholhak and Sa'adat Abad districts), including mosques. Armed clashes in Kermanshah province — at least 10 IRGC members killed by demonstrators
▸⚔️ Israel launches new wave of strikes against Iranian targets in central Tehran (1 March). IDF claims to have destroyed half of Iran's missile stockpiles
▸🇷🇺 Putin sends official condolences to Iranian president over Khamenei's "cynical assassination". But Politico notes: "Putin's friendship has limits — as Iran has just discovered". Russia-Iran treaty does NOT provide for mutual military assistance

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📰 MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE — 18:04 CET

14 RSS sources + 3 web search | Developments in the last few hours

16:04 CET

2026-03-01

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▸🇮🇷 IRNA officially confirms the death of Admiral Shamkhani and Gen. Pakpour, previously announced only by Israeli sources
▸⚔️ IRGC launches 6th wave of retaliation — "Truthful Promise 4": 27 US military installations in the Middle East hit with missiles and drones. Tel Nof airbase, Israeli military HQ and defence industry complex in Tel Aviv also hit
▸🇨🇳 Chinese citizens wounded in the attacks. Wang Yi: attacks "unacceptable". Xinhua describes the operation as "brazen aggression against a sovereign nation" and "power politics and hegemony"

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