IRAN WAR WATCH

On March 11th, twelve days after the first American missiles hit Iran, Trump was asked in the Oval Office to explain why he had launched the largest US military operation since Iraq. He responded: "The situation was very quickly approaching the point of no return... based on what Steve and Jared and Pete and others were telling me, Marco is so involved, I thought they were going to attack us." He was referring to Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Senate Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Mark Warner had already rebutted the…

Abolfazl Dahanavi started volunteering with the Iranian Red Crescent when he was 16 years old. On April 4th, 2026, at age 20, he was killed by a US-Israeli airstrike in Mobarakeh County, Isfahan Province, while delivering humanitarian supplies to displaced families. He was the fourth Red Crescent volunteer killed in five weeks of war. Dr. Somayeh…

On April 3rd, 2026, an F-15E Strike Eagle from the 494th Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, call sign Dude 44, was shot down over Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in southwest Iran by a shoulder-fired missile, less than 24 hours after CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper had told reporters that Iranian air defenses "had largely been…