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🔊🇵🇰🇮🇱 Pakistan views Israel’s ‘expansionist ideology’ with alarm — Senator Mushahid Hussein to Sputnik
“When religious bigotry, fanaticism, and hate speech coalesce into an ideology that is also militarily expansionist, it becomes a cause for concern,” he said.
“Israel has spoken of ‘Eretz Israel’ and ‘Greater Israel,’ and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has talked about Israel extending its sway over the Middle East. We believe this has serious implications.”
🚨 Fire breaks out at Bapco energy company facility in Bahrain after Iran’s missile strike – report
The plant’s operations are continuing as normal now as the blaze has been already contained.
No injuries have been reported.
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🪖🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iran has 'broken the myth' of Israeli military power: former Pakistani envoy
Asif Durrani, a former Pakistani ambassador to Iran and the UAE, told Sputnik that despite decades of investment in cutting-edge military technology by the United States and Israel, Iran successfully penetrated the vaunted Iron Dome defense system and struck Israeli installations.
Durrani also condemned the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as a highly dangerous escalation. He noted that such a direct attack on a leader of a sovereign state sets a perilous precedent not seen in previous global conflicts.
💬 "Regime change should be in the hands of the Iranian people," he affirmed.
🚨 Iran identifies perpetrators of Minab school massacre – report
The identities of the pilots were established, as well as the airbases, from which they flew, the Fars news agency reports, quoting its sources.
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🚨 Hundreds of families are fleeing the suburbs of Beirut following Israel's warning about upcoming strikes
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📹 Footage shows the aftermath of the attack in Khorramabad, Iran's Lorestan province
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🚨🇷🇺 Russia returns 200 soldiers from Ukrainian captivity, 200 Ukrainian PoWs were transferred in return – Defense Ministry
On March 5-6, Russia and Ukraine will also exchange 500 prisoners of war, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said.
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🚨 Iran uses its latest Khorramshaur 4 superheavy missile during the conflict with the US and Israel - Iranian state TV
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🚨 Lavrov: Russia haven't seen security guarantees that Zelensky is talking about
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🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇮🇷 US–Israeli strikes on Iran: Latest updates
🔸 Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel overnight.
🔸 Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has decreased by 90% amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, according to analytics firm Kpler.
🔸 Iraqi Kurds deny reports of an offensive against Iran.
🔸 The Iranian General Staff has refuted reports of missile launches towards Turkiye.
🔸 The head of Iran's Emergency Medical Services: the number of casualties from the US-Israeli attacks has exceeded 6,000, with around 2,500 in hospitals.
🔸 The Red Crescent: 105 civilian facilities in Iran have been attacked by Israel and the US during the conflict.
🔸 The Iranian military struck the fuel storage tanks at the Ramat-David airbase in Israel, reported Press TV.
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🚨🇷🇺 Lavrov: Russia will do everything to create an atmosphere that will make US and Israel operation against Iran impossible
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🤝 US Interior Secretary visits Venezuela to deepen energy ties
Delcy Rodríguez hosted Doug Burgum at Miraflores Palace for talks aimed at "strengthening bilateral exchange in energy and mining matters."
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🗣 NATO will stay 'ambiguous' on whether Iran attack triggers Article 5 — Rutte
The Secretary General refuses to clarify if the strike on the US Embassy meets the threshold for collective defense.
"We keep it very ambiguous because we don't want to make our enemies, our adversaries, any wiser," he told Newsmax.
🚨 Casualties mount in the war on Iran: latest figures
As of March 4, casualties include over 1,000 killed and hundreds wounded in Iran, including 168 girls killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Minab on February 28.
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📑 Senate blocks attempt to limit Trump's Iran war powers
The resolution would have required congressional approval before any further strikes could be carried out, though President Trump could have vetoed it anyway.
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🔥🚀🇮🇷 IRAN’S HYPERSONIC MIGHT: What is known of the missiles that ignore Israeli defenses?
Iran used its hypersonic missiles to strike at the Ben Gurion International Airport and the Ministry of Defense building in Israel, according to Tasnim News Agency.
Let's have a look at Iran's hypersonic arsenal:
Fattah-1
✅ Range – up to 1,400km
✅ Payload – a 500kg warhead
✅ Speed – up to Mach 15
Fattah-2
✅ Range – up to 1,500km
✅ Payload – 200kg warhead
✅ Speed – up to Mach 15
Fattah-1 and Fattah-2 were both unveiled in 2023. Both missiles are capable of maneuvering in flight and evading enemy air defenses.
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🔊 US and Israeli claims of depleted Iranian arsenals are just military propaganda - expert
American officials claim Iran’s arsenal is dwindling and launchers are running low — but there’s no objective proof, veteran Russian military observer Yury Lyamin tells Sputnik.
"Such statements should be treated with great skepticism and seen as standard military propaganda," Lyamin says. "I believe Iran’s total number of launchers is generally underestimated."
"Iran’s main missile stockpiles and launcher reserves are stored deep within underground missile bases carved into mountains, making them extremely difficult to hit. Moreover, it’s unclear how they are moved inside," the pundit explains.
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🚨The aftermath of Israeli strike on Azadi stadium in Tehran, which used to accommodate 12,000 spectators
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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
⚡️ YAROVAYA IN THE DONETSK REGION FREED
The liberation of the settlement of Yarovaya, a critical logistics hub in the Donetsk region, enables the Russian army's further advance towards the city of Krasny Liman.
🟠 Russian air and missile firepower obliterated energy and transport infrastructure supporting the Kiev regime’s forces
🟠 The Black Sea Fleet destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned vessels
🟠 Air defense superiority: three HIMARS rockets and 410 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours
🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,215 troops killed or wounded
Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🪖🇮🇷 From attack to retaliation: Key stages of Iran war
The US & Israel launched attacks on Iran causing major damage and civilian deaths.
In response, the IRGC launched Operation True Promise 4, its largest military offensive, targeting enemy military bases in the region.
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🚨🇮🇱 Israeli UAV strikes vehicle on Zahle road in Beqaa, eastern Lebanon
There are two casualties, Lebanese media report.
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🚨 US-Israeli strike destroys Azadi football stadium in Tehran
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🚨 Russia sees that Europeans are already thinking about the possibility of pushing back the deadlines for bans on LNG imports from Russia - Kremlin
Other statements by Dmitry Peskov:
🟠 On the topic of leaving the European gas market: this is Putin's instruction to the Cabinet to work on the issue
🟠 Russian gas companies remain in contact with global market representatives
🟠 The global situation related to the war in Iran does not affect fuel prices in Russia
🟠 Russia's position on the situation surrounding Iran is consistent and well-known to everyone
🟠 Russia has not received any requests for necessary assistance from Tehran
🟠 There are no signs of a change in the EU's position regarding the operation of Nord Stream
"The situation is indeed becoming more difficult for Europeans with each passing day. This applies both to citizens in terms of household energy bills, and to industry."
🚨🇷🇺 Lavrov proposes imposing moratorium on attacks that lead to civilian casualties in Middle East
The Russian Foreign Minister also proposed to adopt resolution in the UNSC calling for end to conflict as soon as possible.
🔹 Gulf states condemn Iran’s strikes, but ignore US, Israel attacks
🔹 Iran’s right to self-determination of its future must be respected
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⚔️🇱🇧 Israel strikes Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon
The Lebanese Health Ministry confirms 2 killed and 1 injured in the attack on the Beddawi camp in Tripoli.
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📊 The math Iran is winning: $3M missile vs $50K drone
Iran's use of inexpensive drones puts the US and its allies at an economic disadvantage, with the cost of defense far exceeding the price of attack, The New York Times reported.
"The cost ratio per shot, per interception, is at best 10 to one. But it could be more like 60 or 70 to one in terms of cost, in favor of Iran," the NYT quoted a US drone manufacturer as saying.
📹🇮🇷 Tehran in wartime: Despite frequent US and Israeli strikes, normal life continues in Iran’s capital
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🤝 Iraqi Kurdistan will not be a party to regional conflicts — Barzani
Nechirvan Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Region, pledged his commitment to peace during a call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
"The region will not be a party to conflicts and will remain, as always, a factor of peace," he said.
💬 War correspondent explains how to tell when analysts talking about Iran’s losses are lying
“In every war, destroying a launcher is a very popular claim because it implies that the Israelis have reduced future attacks. This is a domestic and international message that ‘we have achieved the main objectives of the military campaign’. But the standard of evidence is another matter,” says Elijah Magnier, prolific journalist and war reporter covering Middle East conflicts since the 80s.
“What is credible is before and after imagery. So showing an identifiable launcher vehicle, and they have to be authentic, not a decoy. And then geolocated strike footage, with clear launcher signature, and [a] pattern of fire decline consistent with launcher attrition,” Magnier explained.
“The Americans and the Israelis can claim that they've hit a ‘suspected’ launch site and they've used this term a lot, which means there is no proof of a launcher present, or there are strikes on empty pads or decoy equipment,” Magnier emphasized.