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Trump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal
BySidney Blumenthal March 14, 2026

He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, VietnamDonald Trump is lost in his fog of war. He compounds confusion with improvised fabrications as his naive expectation…

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I had a ringside seat for the Iranian revolution. Foreign meddling didn’t work then either | Paul Taylor
ByPaul Taylor March 14, 2026

Even as the first western journalist to interview Ayatollah Khomeini, I had no inkling of what was to come. Perhaps we should have learned from historyWatching Iran in flames, I can’t help wondering whether history is coming a grotesque full circle 47 …

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The escalation trap: how the Iran war could become more costly and complex
ByPeter Beaumont March 14, 2026

Iran’s is trying to create wedges between Gulf states and the US, but Trump is very comfortable on the ‘escalatory ladder’In its current phase, the Israeli-US war against Iran and its proxies has become a proving ground for two competing concepts of mi…

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Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz
ByGuardian staff and agencies March 14, 2026March 14, 2026

US president calls on China, France, Japan and the UK to send vessels after US strikes Kharg Island oil facilitiesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran threatened on Saturday to further escalate the war raging in the Middle East by targeting any facili…

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The Guardian view on the Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime | Editorial
ByEditorial March 13, 2026

Double standards in Europe and elsewhere are laid bare by the muted response to US and Israeli aggression and the killing of civiliansWhen Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international condemnation from Europe and elsewh…

Read More The Guardian view on the Iran war and international law: it’s worse than a mistake; it’s a crime | Editorial
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Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland
ByJonathan Freedland March 13, 2026

Two weeks in, it’s increasingly clear that the US-led war has taken every problem it aimed to solve – and made it worseIt’s not easy, but let’s try to look at this war in the best, most charitable light. Let’s try to see the US-Israel conflict with Ira…

Read More Even taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster | Jonathan Freedland
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Trump is the weakest he’s ever been. That makes him so dangerous on Iran | Moira Donegan
ByMoira Donegan March 13, 2026

Why would Trump launch a foreign war when he is so domestically weak? Precisely because he is weakIn the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, members of the George W Bush administration presented the case for war exhaustively, repeatedly, and in publi…

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All six crew members confirmed dead after US military plane crash in Iraq
ByJason Burke in Jerusalem March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Number of American troops to be killed in Iran war after incident in western desert now stands at 13Middle East live blog – latest updatesUS politics – live updatesAll six crew members onboard a US military aircraft that crashed in western Iraq were ki…

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Iran vows to fight on in first message issued in name of Mojtaba Khamenei
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor March 12, 2026

Tehran will keep strait of Hormuz closed and continue attacks on US assets, speech read out on state TV says Middle East crisis – live updatesIran issued its first message in the name of its new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday, saying it …

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Fears about nuclear war are reaching a fever pitch. Another grim sign of the times | Judith Levine
ByJudith Levine March 12, 2026

News stories are weighing nuclear risk as experts muse on the possibility of global warfareIntimations of world war three – the big one, nuclear Armageddon – didn’t arise yesterday. But they got more urgent when Donald Trump was elected the second time…

Read More Fears about nuclear war are reaching a fever pitch. Another grim sign of the times | Judith Levine