Despite ALL the bombing reported by Israel and the US?
Israel took hits today that got thru their vaunted missile defence system….
Some of it’s military ARE getting chewed on….
Iran is NOT out of this a month in…
(Ukraine vs Russia has been what?...FOUR YEARS).
It’s hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seem to occupying the power vacuum in the country like Hamas has in Gaza….
Nor does it seem they are inclined to ‘Give Up’ like Donald Trump would like them to do in reaction to his threat’s….
In fact, some in Iran believe THEY ARE Winning against Trump and Israel….
Iranian missiles evaded Israel’s formidable air defenses and struck two small cities in the south of the country, shattering buildings, seriously injuring at least a dozen people and demonstrating that Tehran can still inflict damage even after three weeks of devastating airstrikes from the United States and Israel.
“This is a very difficult evening,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a social media post.
As the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran entered its fourth week, Tehran showed no sign it intended to back down, even as President Trump posted a social media message on Friday suggesting he might be looking to exit the conflict.
The following day, Mr. Trump issued two bellicose messages on social media. In the first, he said the United States had already met its goals in the war and that he had refused peace overtures from Tehran. Then he threatened that U.S. forces would “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the country did not open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.
Iran tried to send two missiles on Friday to hit a joint U.S.-British military base on Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean more than 2,500 miles from Tehran, Britain’s defense ministry said. One missile failed mid-flight, and the other was shot down by an American warship, a U.S. official said. Still, the audacious attempt at a long-range strike raised questions about the how far Iran’s missiles could reach.
One of the Israeli cities hit on Saturday was Dimona, eight miles from Israel’s main nuclear research center, which is believed by researchers to be connected to the country’s nuclear weapons program. The explosives hit a residential area, seriously injuring a boy and inflicting moderate injuries on a woman, the Israeli authorities said on Saturday. There were no reports of damage to the nuclear facility, according to the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, which urged “maximum military restraint.”
The Israeli military said it had tried to intercept the missiles before it struck Dimona and had opened an investigation into what went wrong.
The Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s security forces, reported that the missile had been fired in retaliation for airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facility in Natanz earlier on Saturday and on the Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday.
Later in the night, even more damage was done in Arad, about 25 miles northeast of Dimona, where a ballistic missile hit a residential area and left at least 10 people seriously injured. Rescue workers were searching for casualties at a building wrecked by the strike.
Here’s what else to follow today:
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U.S. strikes: Adm. Brad Cooper of Central Command, which oversees the U.S. military’s Middle East operations, said that the United States had bombed an underground facility on Iran’s coastline used to store anti-ship cruise missiles, mobile missile launchers and other equipment used to attack shipping. The United States had attacked more than 8,000 targets so far in the war and had badly degraded Tehran’s fighting power, Admiral Cooper said. The damaged targets included 130 vessels.
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Diplomats expelled: Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry announced on Saturday that it was expelling several Iranian diplomats from the embassy in Riyadh. It said that “in light of Iran’s continuing flagrant attacks against Saudi Arabia, the kingdom has informed the military attaché, his deputy and three other members of Iran’s embassy in Riyadh that they are considered persona non grata and should depart the kingdom within 24 hours.”
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Failed attack: The British ministry said that Iran fired two missiles on Friday at the base, Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands, which is far from where Tehran had been attacking Israel and Persian Gulf countries with drones and missiles in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. One missile failed mid-flight, and the other was shot down by an American warship, said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
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Lebanon: Israeli forces bombarded the southern suburbs of Beirut, the capital, before dawn on Saturday, part of a wide-scale campaign against the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
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Death tolls: Iran’s U.N. ambassador has said that at least 1,348 civilians had been killed since the start of the war. On Friday, a Washington-based human rights group, the Human Rights Activists News Agency, reported that at least 1,398 civilians had been killed. The number of Lebanese killed rose to more than 1,000, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Thursday. At least 14 people have been killed in Iranian attacks on Israel, officials have said. The American death toll stood at 13 service members.
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The Israeli military says its forces have launched a wave of strikes on Tehran early on Sunday.
A brief statement said Israeli forces were “currently conducting strikes on Iranian terror regime targets in the heart of Tehran”.
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Israeli Air Force investigating failure to intercept missile
The Israeli Air Force has opened an investigation into its failure to intercept a ballistic missile that struck the southern city of Arad shortly before.
The missile is believed to have carried a conventional warhead containing hundreds of kilograms of explosives. It left dozens injured and caused widespread damage across the area.
Israel’s Home Front Command has also launched a parallel inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the impact.
Both the Air Force and Home Front Command are examining an earlier strike in the nearby city of Dimona, where dozens more people were reported injured.
Among the injured, seven are said to be in serious condition and 15 in moderate condition, while 42 others sustained minor injuries. Emergency teams are continuing to search the scene for additional casualties.
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US Weapon usage burn rate IS eating up munitions and MONEY…..
Iran’s retaliatory barrage has also forced the U.S. and its allies to draw down expensive stockpiles of interceptors. The tactic highlights the brutal economics of the current war: missiles that cost millions of dollars each are shooting down drones that cost tens of thousands of dollars. In other words, it’s like the U.S. is using a Formula 1 racer to fight off a used car.
U.S.-style warfare doesn’t come cheap. The first six days of the Iran conflict have cost the U.S. more than $11 billion, though a switch to less expensive bombs has since slowed the daily bill.
Pentagon leaders insist the U.S. has enough munitions, though the exact size of the inventory is classified. Still, the heavy usage has raised concerns about the remaining supply, especially as allies consider what’s needed in the event of war with Russia or China.
But lawmakers got sticker shock on reports the Defense Department was seeking an additional $200 billion for the Iran war. Part of the Pentagon’s calculus, however, was to address the shortage of precision munitions and spur the defense industry to quickly restock supplies, sources told the Washington Post.
President Donald Trump summoned top contractors to the White House earlier this month to push them along. But ramping up to high levels of output could take years….
ISW...Iran Update Special Report, March 21, 2026…
- Iran launched two ballistic missiles targeting the US-UK base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean on March 21, marking the furthest ever attempted Iranian missile strike. The attack demonstrated that Iranian missiles can reach beyond the 2,000-kilometer limit that the regime has long claimed to have self-imposed. One missile failed inflight, and the United States intercepted the other.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has reportedly expanded its influence over regime decision-making amid a growing power vacuum caused by leadership losses and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s apparent inability to exercise full authority. Some of the officials who have likely expanded their influence are among the most aggressive and repressive elements within the IRGC.
- The United States Treasury Department issued a short-term waiver on March 20, permitting the sale of Iranian oil already in transit. The waiver does not allow for new purchases of oil.
- The combined force continued to degrade Iran’s missile production capabilities. The IDF struck at least five missile production sites in Tehran.
Bloomberg: “Those privately pressing Trump to strike Iran included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and some conservative commentators, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The News Corp. founder communicated with Trump several times as he urged the president to take on Tehran.”
“Meanwhile, some of Trump’s closest advisers were more muted about the prospect of an armed conflict, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.”
“Few, if any, told him directly it was an ill-conceived idea.”
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Wall Street Journal: “Three weeks into the war, the Iranian regime is signaling that it believes it is winning and has the power to impose a settlement on Washington that entrenches Tehran’s dominance of Middle East energy resources for decades to come.”
“This attitude may prove to be a dangerous misreading of President Trump’s determination, or of Israel’s capacity to inflict strategic blows on the Islamic Republic’s surviving leadership and military capabilities.”
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