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Iran and the US have been at war for decades – and there’s no end in sight

It may seem that the US and the Middle East are currently embarking on yet another forever war. But the truth is that this is just the latest instalment of an undeclared military conflict between the two nations that has been ongoing since the 1980s.

The Conversation

Starmer says UK will not join ‘regime change from the skies’ on Iran

PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says Britain has learned lessons from Iraq on need for ‘thought-through plan’

The Guardian - UK

Iran's World Cup place in U.S. put in doubt by Middle East conflict. FIFA has Iraq next in line

Iran’s place at the men’s soccer World Cup in three months’ time has been put in doubt amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by tournament co-host the United States

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Western coverage of Iran is like a masterclass in saying everything except who did it

A day after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed killed in joint US-Israel strikes, Iran hit back hard. American jets crashed in Kuwait. Saudi Aramco's oil facilities were struck. Missiles and drones swept across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Iraq, and Israel.

Newslaundry

'Not about democracy building': What are America's objectives in Iran? US general expects 'more losses'

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth stated that military operations against Iran are not a nation-building effort like the Iraq War, emphasizing a focus on destroying Iran's missile threat and nuclear advancement. More US casualties are anticipated as the campaign is described as a "clear, devastating, decisive mission" not aimed at…

The Times of India

Hegseth addresses strikes in Iran and says this conflict is 'not endless'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is speaking to widening concerns the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq

The Independent UK

Tulsi Gabbard slammed Trump’s ‘costly, terrible’ Iran actions in resurfaced 2020 video

“Speeding towards an all-out war with Iran would make the wars that we’ve seen in Iraq and Afghanistan look like a picnic,” the future Director of National Intelligence warned at the time.

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UK says it is not at war after Iranian drone strikes RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus

Akrotiri is the UK's main air base for operations in the Middle East and in recent years has been used for missions against the so-called IS group in Syria and Iraq and to strike Houthi targets in Yemen.

Euronews

Britain says it's not at war after a drone strikes its Akrotiri base in Cyprus

Britain says it is not at war, despite an Iranian-made drone strike on a U.K. base in Cyprus and a decision to let the U.S. use British bases during its conflict with Iran

The Independent UK

Starmer says UK ‘not joining strikes’ on Iran but will continue defensive action – as it happened

The prime minister is explaining his decision to allow the US to use British bases for military attacks after initially refusing

The Guardian - UK

Iran says US-Israeli attacks have killed 555 people so far in Iran

The Iranian Red Crescent Society says that the U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign targeting Iran has killed at least 555 people so far in the Islamic Republic

The Independent UK

‘Simply not true’ UK is being dragged into Iraq-style conflict, says foreign secretary

Yvette Cooper says plans under consideration to evacuate about 300,000 Britons from Middle East amid Iran war

The Guardian - UK

At least 22 people dead after pro-Iran protests in Pakistan and Iraq

US government buildings in Karachi and Baghdad targeted by crowds after killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The Guardian - UK

This Week in History: Ceasefires, cyberterror and crisis in Crimea

Explore how major events between 2 and 8 March were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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Evening Standard

British troops shoot down Iranian drone as missiles land yards from UK forces

Hundreds of British service personnel faced near misses in Bahrain and Iraq as Tehran unleashed 25 waves of strikes across the Middle East

Evening Standard

UK travellers face chaos as Middle East airspace shuts after US-Israel strikes on Iran

Explosions were reported across the Middle East before Iran and Iraq moved to shut their skies

The Guardian - US

Trump promised no wars. Now he’s a Bush-style regime change president

The America First president who built his political brand on opposing foreign military adventures has unleashed a war of choice aimed at regime change

The Times of India

Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait: Gulf countries targeted by Iran after US-Israel strikes

Iran launched retaliatory attacks on US assets across the Gulf, targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, following a joint US-Israel strike. The Revolutionary Guard threatened further "intense offensive operations" against Israel and US bases. The UAE reported one fatality and injuries, while Bahrain and Kuwait intercepted missiles, with Kuwait…

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The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of thousands of travellers stranded or diverted by airspace closures in Middle East

UK plans evacuation of more than 76,000 Brits as key transit hubs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha close

International Business Times UK

Trump's Iran Strikes Branded a Distraction From Epstein Files and Court Ruling

Explore the implications of the US military strikes in Iran, drawing comparisons to the 2003 Iraq invasion and the potential geopolitical fallout.

Reason

My Colleague Niall Ferguson on Iran

From his Free Press article; Ferguson is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a former Harvard history professor, and… The post My Colleague Niall Ferguson on Iran appeared first on Reason.com.

Axios

How Trump's Iran gamble is different than past regime overthrows

The Iraq War and the Venezuela raid loom large over Trump's Iran gamble.

The Independent UK

Trump’s tweets saying Obama will start war with Iran to distract from domestic failures come back to haunt him

Several members of Trump’s cabinet have previously spoken out against foreign interventions

The Guardian - US

Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history

The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another attempt at Middle Eastern regime change

The Conversation

Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are

After U.S. and Israeli missiles struck Iran’s nuclear sites in June 2025, Tehran responded with a limited attack on the American airbase in Qatar. Five years before that, a U.S. drone strike against Qasem Soleimani, head of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, was followed by an attack…

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