And oh, it's Friday, markets are closing, time to escalate

Iran says will ‘exact heavy price’ for Israel attack on key sites

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will “exact heavy price” for an Israeli attack on several important infrastructure sites in the country.

“Israel has hit 2 of Iran’s largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure,” said Araghchi in a post on social media. The targeted sites include the Khondab Heavy Water Facility, Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant, and major steel plants in Khuzestan and Mobarakeh.

“Israel claims it acted in coordination with the U.S. Attack contradicts POTUS extended deadline for diplomacy. Iran will exact HEAVY price for Israeli crimes.”

The IAEA has been informed by Iran that the Shahid Rezayee Nejad Yellow Cake Production Facility in Yazd province (also known as Ardakan) was attacked today. No increase in off-site radiation levels reported. The IAEA is looking into the report. IAEA Director General… pic.twitter.com/R9lQHtFZBe

— IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ (@iaeaorg) March 27, 2026

Images from Iran appear to show US-origin landmines, CNN analysis shows

Images published by Iranian state media Thursday appear to show US-origin anti-tank landmines scattered across a residential area near Shiraz in southern Iran, according to a CNN analysis and two munitions experts who reviewed the images.

The images are consistent with publicly available imagery of American BLU-91/B anti-tank land mines, part of the Gator Scatterable Mine System. The United States is the only party in the ongoing war that is known to possess the Gator system. If confirmed, the mines would mark the first known use by US forces in more than two decades, with the last reported deployment dating back to the first Persian Gulf war in 1991.

Iranian state media reported the munitions were dropped over the southern outskirts of Shiraz, in the village of Kafari, and said several civilians were killed. It has not been possible to independently verify those claims, but CNN geolocated a video showing some of the mines to the same village. Kafari is located around two miles from the Shiraz South Missile Base, one of Iran’s “missile cities.”

The mines are typically distributed by air-delivered cluster munitions, according to N.R. Jenzen-Jones, a munitions expert and the director of Armament Research Services, a technical intelligence consultancy group.

Dropping land mines from the air on civilians.

US Troops Are REFUSING to Fight in Iran War

As the Trump administration moves thousands of U.S. service members to the Middle East amid the disastrous US-Israeli war on Iran, remarkable dissent is brewing inside the U.S. military.

Mike Prysner of the Center on Conscience and War joins Prem to discuss the opposition inside the military – as some troops currently on their way to the Middle East seek to refuse fighting. According to Prysner, command is telling soldiers to prepare for the worst. “They’re saying a ground war is inevitable, like this is happening, you better get ready.”

The media is either loudly banging the war drums, or completely disregarding historic public and military dissent. We at Zeteo are reporting on the war like it is. Please subscribe to support us in our mission to build a media fit for the moment: https://zeteo.com/subscribe

Fear of Iranian retaliation forces Trump to withdraw; IDF on verge of collapse

US President Donald Trump has been forced to extend his deadline on Iran for the second time. This is largely due to Iran's warning of retaliate against any strikes on its energy infrastructure by the US military. Elsewhere, the IDF chief has publicly admitted that his force was about to 'collapse in on itself' due to manpower shortage. Rifat Jawaid says that Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu made a serious miscalculation on Iran.

The Houthis are involved as well now and I guess that means Saudi Arabia will also start to fight anytime soon because fighting the Houthis is just one more reason for Saudi Arabia to also get involved. Fantastic job Israel and USA! Just so close to world peace!

Ohh and Islamic Resistance in Iraq started to shoot on bases in Jordan.

But at least Trump still knows how to joke about everything and called it the straight of Trump. HA HA HA so funny!

Israel's army calling people of seven villages to immediately leave and settle somewhere else. I guess the flattening of whole villages will begin soon. Well, or they will just throw the next forbidden white phosphorus on it because nobody will do anything.

Chris Hedges couldn't be more right.

'Iran and Gaza Are ONLY THE BEGINNING' (Chris Hedges at Princeton)

"I am 80 this year grew up Lawrence LI NY, all Jewish suburb NYC, we the rare Catholic family in the whole town. Never had non Jewish friends til High School. I'm a baby boomer steeped in WWII Nazi histories..... this masterpiece lecture from the soul of a human being sums our moment in time with the imperative we all need to get up, get out, and confront the growing fascisms of our time no matter what our age, what are town, what our job, or who we sleep with. Bravo Chris for the call to the present!"

Houthis open new front in support of Iran; Trump’s viral comments on Saudi King

Yemen's Ansar Allah fighters, also known as the Houthis, today formally joined the ongoing conflict in support of Iran as they targeted Israeli cities. Meanwhile, Iran claimed to target US soldiers hiding in UAE hotels. Elsewhere, Donald Trump's questionable comments about the Saudi monarch has triggered massive backlash on social media. Rifat Jawaid explains what the Houthis' involvement in the ongoing conflict means for the US military campaign against Iran.

Trump's Brutal Mockery of Mohammed bin Salman Goes Viral as Iran Strike Wounds 12 US Troops in Saudi

US President Donald Trump sparked controversy after mocking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a speech, using a censored remark that quickly went viral. The comments come as tensions rise amid the ongoing Iran conflict, with reports of strikes on US-linked bases and growing pressure on Washington to escalate its response. Saudi Arabia is reportedly urging stronger US action, even as questions emerge over cracks in long-standing alliances. The episode highlights shifting dynamics in US-Saudi relations during a critical moment in Middle East geopolitics.

WHO says 9 more paramedics just killed in Lebanon in 5 attacks on health care. Seems to be daily business now. 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-says-attacks-southern-lebanon-kill-nine-paramedics-2026-03-28/

Every other country would get sanctioned until they financially collapse for all the stuff Israel does.  

Next escalation, Iran now says American universities are targets after Israel/US bombed theirs.

Houthis announce 3-phase strikes in Iran’s support; Trump, Netanyahu face revolt

In a significant escalation in the Middle East conflict involving Iran, Yemen’s Ansarallah fighters also known as the Houthis have launched a second wave of strikes on Israeli cities in support of the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have faced huge protests at home for their military adventurism against Iran. Elsewhere, the IRGC has now vowed to launch retaliatory strikes on American universities in the Gulf region. Rifat Jawaid analyses the impact of the sudden expansion of the conflict.

Double fears over Red Sea, Hormuz

Worry continues to grow after Yemen’s Houthi rebels escalated their involvement in the conflict, with two missile fired toward Israel. The developments raise fresh fears that the group could again threaten Red Sea shipping routes, a vital global trade corridor, further increasing tensions across an already volatile regional conflict.

I don't trust figures that have spent their life fighting "antisemitism" and are now being elevated on big platforms with a narrow focus like fighting against the "right-wing Israeli government". It smells like damage containment to protect the larger power structure of media, university, Aipac, Epstein, etc. He falsely claims that Israel is admired by the far right, but of course the far right were the only broad opposition to Jewish power and Hedges called them antisemitic for it. Now with the Gaza destruction and Iran war they have to adjust their tune and start to sound like those far righter that they oppose. Bernie, Noam Chomsky, Jon Steward, Mamdani, Mehdi Hasan etc. are in that same business of redirecting the narrative to a more manageable fight against the "western right wingers". 

Btw where are the dedicated anti-war protest? 

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/03/no-kings-protest-refusal-to-address-iran-war-raises-questions-over-lack-of-u-s-antiwar-movement/

No word against Iran war or Israel at the "No Kings" protests:

https://www.nokings.org/about-nk

The No Kings protests are pro-Democrat controlled opposition, redirecting anger over the Iran war into vague political attacks against "right wing" Trump/ICE while intentionally ignoring wars for Israel. Democrats did the same thing in 2003 turning legitimate anti-war sentiment into anti-Bush to hide Israels role in the conflicts. Obama continued and expanded these wars and there were no protests. 

No kings is organized by Greenberg and Levin, so that's why there is no mention of anything negative about Israel. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indivisible_movement

Yeah the democrats are just as much compromised / infatuated by Israel as the Republicans. Biden was the same. 

The whole red vs blue thing came with the 2000 elections. In retrospect it very much feels like a divide and conquer strategy by the ruling elite. Doesn't matter if you vote red or blue, it's the same people pulling the strings behind the curtain. Making sure a 3rd party isn't even considered while keeping people blaming everything on the 'other' side.

Chis Hedges and Bernie Sanders were always against Israel's actions, but yeah Bernie never really condemned Israel and now there is this sudden emphasis on right-wing government. Neither still dare say anything about the support from the evangelical Christian base in the US. 30 to 70 million Christians in the US support Israel for biblical reasons, politically and monetary. 

Two years of the Gaza genocide occurred under Biden with democrat approval, Biden didn't reverse Trump's Abraham accords sidelining the Palestinians, didn't reverse moving the US embassy to Jerusalem nor Trump illegally 'giving' the Golan Heights to Israel in 2019. Harris was no better, continuing Biden's stance on Gaza and the Westbank with unconditional support for Israel. Hence why Trump could get back into power by using that anti Biden/Harris movement for the Gaza genocide and falsely promising to put an end to it. Instead he formalized the genocide and ethnic cleansing under the name of 'peace'...

And ofcourse these figures (Chris, Bernie etc) latch on to their biggest support base, the angry left, by joining the blame game onto the right. Left-right it's all meaningless when both sides have exactly the same (non) actions when it comes to Israel's impunity, as well as immigration. Trump made it more visible with ICE yet Biden ramped up putting children in detention camps and deporting them without fair representation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/11/us-migrant-children-opaque-network-facilities