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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Strait of Hormuz - Safe Passage Guarantee Threatened

Last Update: 1st April

Overnight, it became clear that Iran's guarantee given to certain countries for a free passage through the Strait of Hormuz cannot be assured any longer. Two Chinese oil tankers had to stop and return after Iran issued a warning. At the moment it is not quite clear, if there is further escalation, possibly involving ships from enemy countries trying to pass as well.



Information saying that Saudi-Arabia's pipeline is now running at
7 million barrel per day has been confirmed by different sources.



US paratroopers deployed by USS Tripoli, a light aircraft carrier, are probably intended to invade three tiny Iranian islands near the Strait of Hormuz to get the sea passage under US control. The oil installations of Khargh Island in the Persian Gulf are a rather unlikely target as US losses would be significant there.


US losses confirmed

for US aerial refuelling planes,
an AWACS early warning plane
at Prince Sultan base in Saudi
Arabia, and damage inflicted on
aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford
that made it necessary to take
the warship out for repair near
Crete. US president Trump has
recently acknowledged the fact.



War on Iran Separates Spain & USA


In March 2026, Spain froze its
diplomatic relations with Israel
by withdrawing its ambassador.

The 'Voice of Rabbis'
is a US based Jewish
site opposing Zionism.
Latest on March 31:
Spain closed its airspace
to US warplanes involved
in attacks on Iran. Two
jointly operated bases are
not available any longer
for US military use.
"Es evidente la capacidad del
Estado de Israel para limitar
la acción de los Gobiernos de
todo el mundo en la condena de
sus tropelías contra el pueblo
palestino."


"It is evident that the State of
Israel has the capacity to limit
the actions of governments
around the world in condemn-
ing its atrocities against the
Palestinian people."
Hace poco conocíamos que el New York Times, un periódico de referencia en medio mundo, había decidido retirar sus tiras satíricas internacionales tras las presiones del lobby sionista, por haber publicado una caricatura de Ben-jamin Netanyahu con Donald Trump. Estrechando los marcos de la libertad de expresión, el NY Times claudica lamentablemente ante el Estado de Israel, y nos sitúa descarnadamente ante los límites de un periodismo cada vez más sometido a los verdaderos poderes fácticos. We recently learned that the New York Times, a leading newspaper worldwide, had decided to withdraw its international satirical comic strips after pressure from the Zionist lobby, for publishing a cartoon of Benjamin Netanyahu with Donald Trump. By narrowing the boundaries of freedom of expression, the NYT has sadly capitulated to the State of Israel, starkly revealing the limits of a journalism increasingly subservient to the true powers that be.

[APDHA Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucía
APDHA Association for Human Rights of Andalusia 2019
El Largo Brazo del Sionismo - The Long Arm of Zionism]



The video is about Zionism opposing Judaism. While Judaism is another kind of monotheism like Christianism or Islam, Zionism is a political ideology that has resulted in national supremacy and even genocide after the foundation of Israel in 1949. However, there is a group of Jews, Rabbis and normal Israeli citizens, that are aware of the contradictions between religion and ideology. As a result, some orthodox Jews declined the foundation of the Jewish state in Palestine from the very beginning. In our days, one of their prominent figures is Rabbi Weiss who recently stressed that Jews always felt safe under Muslimic rule in Arab countries, even in Iran where their minority status has always been granted.

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Trump Ignoring Reality - Nothing New !


Update added below on March 27

The American Weekend Report on Friday 27




A Disastrous American Week






Trump's Dreams Blowing Up - Only Hours Later


Maybe Trump's henchmen didn't speak with "the right people"
but rather with some dubious politicians looking for personal
promotion like ex-Shah Reza Pahlevi's son and his camarilla.

As to some "very big present" Trump is boasting to have received on
the subject, it has become clear that this is a six trillion emergency
offer from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, helping Trump to solve
the problem he created himself. In the meantime, US paratroopers
reportedly prepare for a landing on Iran's oil terminal island of Kharg,
which Iran already fortified while continueing its preparations to mine
the Strait of Hormuz.




War on Iran - US Military Status 23-03-2026


Furthermore: Critical voices, regarding the US-Israeli War on Iran, could be heard
at the G7 summit in Rambouillet, France, and which ended on Friday, March 27.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Is Netanyahu Already Dead ?

Netanyahu's Political Obituary added on March 17

At a time when incidents in the Middle East come thick and fast, the announcement of Netanyahu's death on social media seems to match with US activism based on growing awareness of a missing strategy towards Iran and which is generating some kind of political helplessness.

However, I cannot believe that things are such simple. There are Iranian propaganda news emphasizing the extermination of Israeli government members in a missile strike, and there are reports from the pro-Jewish side hinting at Netanyahu's fragile health.

While Netanyahu's death in a missile attack can be most probably excluded, his fatal health situation, due to prostate cancer, seems to be more realistic. As prostate cancer is an unsual aggressive type of carcinogenic disease in elderly men, it cannot be excluded that he might die from it. The facial expression of a man in very bad health and a certain clumsiness in his way of speaking and moving have been described by an Israeli Jew, a member of his opposition in parliament, and who watched him at a recent public appearance.






A Political Obituary


" Benjamin Netanyahu was always on the lookout for circumstances that might persuade the judges in his criminal trial to postpone the proceedings. February was an especially fruitful month in that sense. During week one, the prime minister was off on a hastily planned visit to Washington, D.C.; in week three, after the death of the mother of the chief judge in the tribunal hearing his case, court was canceled so that he could mourn her properly; and most of last week’s sessions were postponed because of the visit to Israel of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following which Netanyahu pleaded his unavailability due to unspecified security consultations.

Today, we can assume that the premier was tied up in the final preparations for the joint American-Israeli attack on Iran, whose first bombs were dropped on Saturday morning Tehran time. Once the war began, and Israel was on a war footing, all nonessential public gatherings were prohibited, so Netanyahu has gained at least one more week of being spared the mandatory three sessions at which he is expected to appear in court to testify. When the proceedings actually resume will depend on how long the war goes on, a question to which only Donald Trump has the answer, and that varies from minute to minute. "


Quoted from David B. Green's article "Whatever it takes",
published in The American Prospect on March 4, 2026.
Please refrain from expressions of condolescence; don't send flowers !

Monday, March 09, 2026

Iran - Greetings from a New Leader

Update added on March 14
For further news on Iran, you might like to refer to
another account of mine on Twitter: News & Trends




Donald Trump confused everybody with mixed messages and goals
concerning Iran. While US citizens are facing rising prices, he claims
that war will "soon be over" and "we already won, but not enough"

On the battlefield, Iran has increased its attacks on Israeli targets and military enemy installations in the Middle East. Here is a summary from Hindustan Times of what happened until March 12:


Iran launched the 41st wave of strikes under Operation True Promise 4, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeting sites in Tel Aviv, southern Israel and U.S. military positions across the Middle East. Iranian statements say the barrage included Khorramshahr missiles, Qadr missiles and hypersonic Fattah missiles along with kamikaze drones aimed at bases such as Palmachim Airbase and Ovda Airbase. The escalation comes as Iranian media report that Deputy Intelligence Minister Akbar Ghaffari was killed in recent Israeli-U.S. strikes. Tehran says the latest wave commemorates “Ramadan war martyrs” as tensions between Iran, Israel and the United States continue to escalate.


A heated discussion on Al-Arabiya, regarding Iran's possible
inclination to reject any ceasefire whatsoever. [March 13]


Found on the Internet ...





Thursday, March 05, 2026

USA 2026 - Trump on a Global War Path

Latest Update added on March 8

Widening of Military Conflict Abroad
While Curbing Civil Society at Home






Trump's shifting Iran goals highlight war's weak legal basis


From targeting Iran's nuclear program to hinting at regime change, Donald Trump keeps moving the goal posts for the US military campaign against Iran. The conflict lacks a clear legal basis under international law, experts say.

The United Nations Charter prohibits threats or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state, except in two cases:

First, the UN can authorize collective security measures to protect people. This occurred after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. The UN Security Council passed a resolution giving member states legal authority to use force to help Kuwait.

Second is self defence, which George W. Bush invoked after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 to justify the invasion of Afghanistan to "dismantle terrorist networks."

But do these exceptions apply to the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran? And if not, could US President Donald Trump's choosing to go to war without a clear legal basis mark a turning point for the international order?

[Deutsche Welle DW, German international broadcaster on March 7]



Donald Trump admits Operation Epic Fury not going to plan as Iran hits US consulate in Dubai [7NEWS Australia on March 4]

This happens while US ally Israel has started invading Lebanon to fight Iran's ally Hezbollah.

Iran claims its Revolutionary Guard struck a U.S. Navy destroyer refuelling from an American tanker about 650 km off Iran’s coast in the Indian Ocean, using Ghadr-380 ballistic missiles and Talaiyeh cruise missiles. The IRGC alleged the strike triggered a massive blaze on the decks of both ships, darkening the sky above the ocean.

The reported attack comes amid escalating tensions after a U.S. submarine torpedoed and sank Iran’s frigate IRIS Dena near Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors. The frigate was described as "Sri Lanka's guest", taking part in a multi-national maritime exercise.

Tehran has vowed revenge and warned it will control the Strait of Hormuz in wartime, threatening ships linked to the United States, Israel, and their allies.
[Hindustan Times on March 6]

وكالة تسنيم الايرانية عن الحرس الثوري: استهداف حاملة الطائرات الأمريكية أبراهام لينكولن ب4 صواريخ باليستين [الجزيرة نت]
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سنتكوم تنفي رواية الغرق [SKY عربية]


Iran's [news] agency Tasnim [declares] that Revolutionary Guard [IRGC] attacked US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln using four ballistic missiles.
[Al-Jazeera, Qatar, on March 6]

CENTCOM denies "drowning narrative" [SKY News arabic]
Russia's intelligence info helping Iran to lock on US military targets [联合早报, Singapore, on March 7]



Trump planning to enforce oil shipping while cutting off China [CNBC on March 5]

Comment from independent Chinese news network: Impact of US strategy on Chinese policies.


And the US at Home ...



[CNN comment on Trump policies to curb US civil society, March 5]


Trump says he won’t sign any bills into law until SAVE America Act passes


President Trump on Sunday [March 8] threatened to not sign any bills into law until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is approved by the Senate, doubling down on his push to change voting requirements ahead of the midterm elections.

“I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION – GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY – ILLNESS, DISABILITY…,” the president wrote in his Sunday morning Truth Social post.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment on whether the president will sign a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security amid the partial government shutdown.

[The Hill, Washington based political journal on March 8]

Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Iran Hitting US Radar Facilities



Live: Iranian drone hitting US radar in Bahrain.
Witness was waiting for impact of Shahid drone.


X-post from the Sultanate of Oman on probable drone attack
of the most powerful US radar facility in the Middle East, the
price of which being allegedly more than a billion US Dollars.


Further News on March 3:

Explosions were reported in Riyadh’s diplomatic quarter after drones targeted the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital. According to reports, four drones were intercepted while two struck the embassy compound, triggering a fire and emergency response.

Saudi authorities have not yet confirmed casualties, but the incident has heightened fears of further escalation in the region. The attack comes amid growing tensions across the Middle East, raising concerns over diplomatic security and regional stability.

[Source: Indian online media]


Filming damage from Iranian missile attacks
on Tel Aviv is prohibited in Israel [الامم]