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Evening Edition | Day 7 of the US-Israel War on Iran | Friday, March 6, 2026
What the international press is covering that American audiences may not be seeing.
THE NUMBERS (as of Midnight Paris time — situation remains fluid)
Israeli strikes to date: 2,500+ strikes, 6,500+ weapons deployed (IDF) Iran missile/drone attacks since Day 1: 500+ ballistic missiles, 2,000+ drones (CENTCOM) Iran attack rate decline: Down 90% (missiles) and 83% (drones) from Day 1 peak (US claim — see context below) Oil prices: $91/barrel — highest since October 2023. Up 31% (US) / 24% (Brent) this week. Dow Jones: Dropped 900 points today after Trump’s “unconditional surrender” post. War cost to the US: $891 million/day (CSIS)
WHAT THE WORLD IS SAYING
1. BOMBSHELL: Russia Is Feeding Iran the Location of US Warships and Aircraft 📍 Source: Washington Post (US), CNN (US), multiple US officials on background — corroborated across outlets
This broke this afternoon and is the biggest strategic development of Day 7. According to reporting by the Washington Post, confirmed independently by CNN and sourced to three US officials familiar with the intelligence, Russia has been providing Iran with targeting information — including the precise locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East — since the war began last Saturday.
The intelligence is primarily satellite imagery from Russia’s military constellation, which is vastly more capable than Iran’s own space program. Iran operates only a few military-grade satellites; Russia’s overhead reconnaissance capability is described by analysts as “exquisite.” One US official told the Washington Post the Russian effort appears to be “pretty comprehensive.” A second source told CNN it is “fairly extensive and systematic.”
The timing matters: US and Israeli strikes have significantly degraded Iran’s own ability to independently locate American forces, which may be why Russian targeting support has become increasingly important to Tehran’s missile and drone campaign.
Critically, CNN also reports that US intelligence now suggests China may be preparing to offer Iran financial assistance, spare parts, and missile components — though Beijing has not acted yet. China relies heavily on Iranian oil and has reportedly been pressuring Tehran to allow safe passage for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
What American readers need to know: Defense Secretary Hegseth told reporters earlier this week that Russia and China are “not really a factor” in the war with Iran. Today’s reporting directly contradicts that. The White House did not deny the Russia story — spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said it “clearly isn’t making a difference” because the US is “completely decimating” Iran. That non-denial is itself significant. Russia and Iran signed a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2025, and Iran has been supplying Russia with Shahed drones for use in Ukraine for years — so the intelligence sharing fits a documented pattern of military cooperation. The Russian Embassy in Washington did not respond to requests for comment.
2. Trump Says “Unconditional Surrender” — Markets Drop 900 Points 📍 Source: CNBC, Al Jazeera, NPR, Axios
President Trump posted on Truth Social this morning that there will be “no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 900 points — nearly 2% — almost immediately after the post. Oil futures rose further. Trump elaborated that after a surrender and “the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s),” the US would “work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.” He later told Axios this could mean Iran continuing until “they can’t fight any longer because they don’t have anyone or anything to fight with.”
Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi responded on X: the US plan for a “clean rapid military victory failed,” adding: “Your Plan B will be even bigger failure.”
What American readers need to know: The “unconditional surrender” framing is being read very differently by international audiences than by domestic US ones. For European, Gulf, and Asian observers, it signals that this war has no defined off-ramp short of regime collapse — a goal that the US has not formally declared but is increasingly implying. Trump also told Axios he wants to be personally involved in choosing Iran’s next leader, comparing it to the US role in removing Venezuelan President Maduro in January. International legal experts are noting that selecting another country’s head of state is not a recognized right under international law. The market reaction suggests that financial markets, at minimum, are pricing in a longer war than official statements have indicated.
3. Lebanon Is Collapsing — And the International Community Is Saying So 📍 Source: AP, Al Jazeera, France 24, UN Human Rights Office (Geneva), Lebanon Health Ministry
Israel launched its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the 2024 ceasefire, targeting the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut — Hezbollah’s urban stronghold, and also home to hundreds of thousands of civilians. More than 95,000 people have fled Beirut’s suburbs and southern Lebanon following sweeping Israeli evacuation orders. Roads out of Dahiyeh were gridlocked with families fleeing in cars and on foot. Two hospitals evacuated patients and staff. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports 217 killed and 798 wounded since the war began Monday — numbers that have nearly doubled in 24 hours.
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, whose government is not Hezbollah’s, warned publicly that “a humanitarian disaster is looming.” The UN Human Rights Office demanded swift investigations into Israeli strikes in Lebanon, with spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani stating that evacuation orders affecting hundreds of thousands of people “risk amounting to prohibited forced displacement” under international law. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an immediate ceasefire.
What American readers need to know: Lebanon’s civilian government — which has been trying to distance itself from Hezbollah — is now caught between two wars it did not start. Lebanon’s army has pulled back from some border positions as Israeli ground operations expand into the south. The UN Human Rights Office’s language about “prohibited forced displacement” is not rhetorical: it is a specific legal term under the Geneva Conventions. Whether any accountability mechanism follows is another matter, but the legal framework is being formally established in international statements. This is not receiving significant coverage in US outlets.
4. UN Peacekeepers Shot — Ghana Files Formal UN Complaint 📍 Source: CNN, France 24, Ghana Armed Forces official statement
Three UN peacekeepers with UNIFIL (the UN Interim Force in Lebanon) were injured when their base in Al Qawzah, southwestern Lebanon, came under fire Friday evening. Separately, two Ghanaian soldiers serving with UNIFIL were critically injured in two missile strikes within ten minutes on their headquarters in southern Lebanon. Their officers’ mess was completely destroyed by fire. A third Ghanaian soldier was left traumatized. Ghana’s military issued an official statement and filed a formal complaint with UN headquarters in New York.
Neither Ghana’s military nor UNIFIL named who was responsible, attributing the attack to the “fallout of current ongoing IDF and Hezbollah exchanges.” UNIFIL stated: “Any attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers constitutes a grave violation of international humanitarian law and of Security Council Resolution 1701 and may amount to a war crime.”
What American readers need to know: UNIFIL has operated in southern Lebanon for more than 45 years and includes personnel from over 50 countries. During Israel’s 2024 Lebanon campaign, Israeli forces also struck UNIFIL positions — an episode that drew sharp international condemnation. The involvement of Ghanaian troops — an African Union member state with no stake in this conflict — widens the circle of nations directly affected. This story is receiving significant coverage in West African and European press. It has not prominently featured in US coverage.
5. The War Spreads to Iraq — Hotels Warned, Airport Hit 📍 Source: France 24, AFP, US Embassy Baghdad
The conflict continued to widen into Iraq on Friday. Several airports in Iraq were struck, including the Baghdad airport complex, which hosts both a US military base and a US diplomatic facility. An explosion was later heard in Erbil, with smoke seen rising from a hotel — consistent with a US Embassy Baghdad warning issued earlier Friday that Iranian-backed fighters may be targeting hotels in Iraqi Kurdistan frequented by foreigners. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Takht-Ravanchi issued an explicit warning to European nations on France 24, stating in English that any European country joining the US-Israeli operation “will be a legitimate target for Iranian retaliation.”
What American readers need to know: Iraq has officially opposed the war and called for dialogue. But its territory is being used by both sides — Iranian-backed militias firing from Iraqi soil and US forces operating from Iraqi bases. The Iraqi government is caught in an impossible position: it cannot expel US forces without triggering one crisis, and cannot stop Iranian proxies without triggering another. The threat to target European countries is significant because several NATO members — including Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK — are now sending or have sent warships and aircraft to the region.
6. The F-15 Shootdown Question — What We Actually Know 📍 Source: The War Zone, Euronews/NewsGuard, CENTCOM, OSINTdefender (X), Turkish media
Many of you have been asking about the March 5 reports of a US F-15E being shot down over Iran. Here is the clearest picture available.
A credible open-source intelligence account, OSINTdefender — which has over two million followers and a track record of accurate reporting — posted that a US F-15E crashed during a strike mission over southwestern Iran early Wednesday, with both crew ejecting safely and being recovered by a joint US-Israeli combat search and rescue operation that entered Iran roughly an hour after the crash. OSINTdefender said it had spoken with “several direct sources.” CENTCOM called the claim “baseless and not true.” OSINTdefender then deleted — but did not retract — its posts, stating it “maintains confidence in its sources.”
A video Iran was simultaneously circulating as proof of an F-15 shootdown was identified by the Israeli Air Force as footage of an Israeli F-35 shooting down an Iranian Yak-130 trainer over Tehran — Iran was effectively celebrating the destruction of its own aircraft.
What American readers need to know: This is a genuinely unresolved information gap. OSINTdefender is not Iranian state media — it is a Western open-source account that pulled its report under apparent pressure without saying its sources were wrong. CENTCOM has a documented pattern in this conflict of flatly denying things that later proved true or partially true. We are not reporting the March 5 incident as confirmed. We are reporting that a credible source raised it, CENTCOM denied it, the source deleted but did not retract, and no independent physical evidence has emerged to resolve the question either way. Iranian state media has 18 confirmed false claims documented by NewsGuard in the first week of this war — that disinformation is real. But that pattern does not automatically make every CENTCOM denial accurate.
7. Ben Gurion Airport — Targeted, Not Confirmed Hit 📍 Source: Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Al Arabiya, IDF statements
Iran’s IRGC announced it fired Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missiles — one-ton warheads — at Ben Gurion Airport and what it described as the Israeli Air Force’s 27th Squadron base located there. The Times of Israel’s headline on this story specifically noted Iran claimed to target a “nonexistent airbase at the airport” — the 27th Squadron is not based at Ben Gurion, suggesting Iran’s targeting intelligence on this specific claim was faulty.
The IDF stated that all ballistic missiles launched overnight were intercepted by air defenses. The airport was operationally disrupted — an El Al repatriation flight was one minute from touchdown when sirens forced it to abort and climb back out, and a second flight from Geneva turned around before landing. Passengers were evacuated from an aircraft on the tarmac during one warning. But no independent reporting confirms structural damage to airport facilities.
What American readers need to know: “Targeted” and “hit” are not the same thing, and the distinction is being blurred in some reporting. Iran targeted Ben Gurion — that is real, and represents a declared intent to strike a major international civilian aviation hub. But the IDF’s interception claim is consistent with available evidence, Iran’s stated target (the 27th Squadron) doesn’t exist there, and no damage photos or reports have emerged. Ben Gurion has been partially resuming repatriation operations with 3,500 Israelis returned home Thursday alone — which would be difficult to sustain if the airport had taken significant physical damage.
8. Germany’s Merz Shifts — From “Same Page” to “Endless War” Warning 📍 Source: Bloomberg, Reuters, France 24 (AFP), Irish Times, Foreign Policy
This story has moved remarkably fast and deserves close attention from American readers trying to understand Europe’s actual position.
March 1 — Merz breaks from European consensus: In his first statement after the war began, Merz declined to condemn the US-Israeli strikes as a violation of international law — a break from France, the EU mainstream, and Germany’s own postwar diplomatic tradition. He said international law “brings relatively little” in the context of Iran, and that “now is not the time to lecture our partners and allies.” German domestic press was split: the pro-government Bild praised him; the left-wing Tageszeitung accused him of backing a “Schrödinger international law” — applicable to some, not others.
March 3 — White House visit: Merz became the first foreign leader to meet Trump after the war began. In the Oval Office, he told reporters Germany and the US were “on the same page in terms of getting this terrible regime in Tehran away.” Trump praised Merz, thanked Germany for allowing US forces access to its bases, and publicly threatened to cut off trade with Spain for refusing to do the same. Merz left without, according to the American-German Institute’s president, getting any clear answers from Trump about the US vision for Iran’s future.
March 6 — The shift: Speaking to German industrial lobby groups in Munich today, Merz issued a notably different message. He warned the US and Israel against waging an “endless war” against Iran that could lead to the country’s disintegration, a new migration crisis in Europe, and lasting economic damage. “We do not want to experience a Syrian scenario here,” he said. He called for Iran’s territorial integrity to be preserved, warned that “the Iranian state must remain functional,” and said Germany was working with partners to find an approach to end the fighting.
What American readers need to know: In four days, Merz went from “we share your goals” in the Oval Office to publicly warning against the war’s trajectory in front of Germany’s industrial establishment. The “Syrian scenario” reference is significant — it is shorthand in European policy circles for state collapse, mass refugee flows, and a decade of destabilization with no resolution. Germany absorbed over a million Syrian refugees in 2015-16; the political consequences reshaped German politics for a decade. Merz is signaling that European support for this war has real limits, and that those limits are economic and demographic, not just moral. The Irish Times described his earlier stance as abandoning “Germany’s moral certainties” — today’s speech suggests those certainties may be reasserting themselves under pressure from reality.
7. Ben Gurion Airport — Targeted, Not Confirmed Hit 📍 Source: Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Al Arabiya, IDF statements
Iran’s IRGC announced it fired Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missiles — one-ton warheads — at Ben Gurion Airport and what it described as the Israeli Air Force’s 27th Squadron base located there. The Times of Israel’s headline on this story specifically noted Iran claimed to target a “nonexistent airbase at the airport” — the 27th Squadron is not based at Ben Gurion, suggesting Iran’s targeting intelligence on this specific claim was faulty.
The IDF stated that all ballistic missiles launched overnight were intercepted by air defenses. The airport was operationally disrupted — an El Al repatriation flight was one minute from touchdown when sirens forced it to abort and climb back out, and a second flight from Geneva turned around before landing. Passengers were evacuated from an aircraft on the tarmac during one warning. But no independent reporting confirms structural damage to airport facilities.
What American readers need to know: “Targeted” and “hit” are not the same thing, and the distinction is being blurred in some reporting. Iran targeted Ben Gurion — that is real, and it represents an escalation in terms of declared intent against a major international civilian aviation hub. But the IDF’s interception claim is consistent with available evidence, Iran’s stated target (the 27th Squadron) doesn’t exist there, and no damage photos or reports have emerged from the airport itself. Ben Gurion has partially resumed repatriation operations, with 3,500 Israelis returned home Thursday alone — which would be difficult to explain if the airport had sustained significant physical damage.
9. “It Has Never Worked” — Air Power Expert Pushes Back on Regime Change Theory 📍 Source: CBS News, Professor Robert Pape, University of Chicago
Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago who has spent three decades studying the effectiveness of air power, offered a stark assessment to CBS News on Friday. Pape, who is not an anti-war activist but one of the leading academic experts on strategic bombing, stated: “For over a century, states have been trying to topple regimes with air power alone and — I’m choosing my words carefully — it has never worked.” He warned the situation is “heading toward the predictable result of growing risk, growing escalation.”
What American readers need to know: The official US-Israeli framing of this operation assumes that sustained bombing will either destroy Iran’s military capacity, trigger a popular uprising, or produce a negotiated regime change. Pape’s research — which includes analysis of bombing campaigns from World War II through Iraq — consistently finds that bombing increases a population’s sense of threat and tends to consolidate support around existing governments rather than fracture it. The Friday prayers rally in Tehran, where thousands gathered to denounce the US-Israeli campaign, is at least anecdotally consistent with this historical pattern.
VIEW FROM THE REGION
Gulf states are absorbing Iranian drone and missile strikes daily while hosting the US military that is conducting the war. Iran fired seven attack drones at residential neighborhoods in Bahrain on Friday; the British Ambassador announced Royal Air Force jets will fly over Bahrain in a defensive posture. Saudi Arabia intercepted three ballistic missiles and three drones. The UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait all remain under active threat. The Strait of Hormuz closure is not primarily hitting the US — it is hitting the economies of every Gulf state, plus China, Japan, South Korea, and India, all of whom rely on Persian Gulf oil exports.
Europe is being pulled further in. Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands are sending warships. British helicopters with counter-drone equipment arrived in Cyprus Friday. But Italy’s defense minister has called the war a violation of international law, Spain’s PM called it an “extraordinary mistake,” and Iran has now explicitly threatened any European country providing logistical support. NATO has not invoked Article 5 or Article 4. That tension — military participation without political endorsement — is the defining European story of the week.
WHAT’S NOT LEADING IN US COVERAGE TONIGHT
Russia feeding Iran satellite targeting intelligence on US warships
Lebanon’s civilian government warning of humanitarian disaster
UN Human Rights Office’s “prohibited forced displacement” language
UNIFIL peacekeepers critically wounded — Ghana filing UN complaint
Iraq hotel warning and Baghdad airport strike
Iran’s explicit threat to target European nations
Robert Pape’s academic assessment that bombing campaigns have never achieved regime change
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ROTWR SOURCE CHEATSHEET
Evening Edition | Day 7 | Friday, March 6, 2026
STORY 1 — Russia Feeding Iran Intelligence on US Forces
Washington Post (original break): https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/06/russia-iran-intelligence-us-targets/
CNN (independent confirmation, satellite imagery detail, China angle): https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/politics/russia-aiding-iran-targeting
Moscow Times (clean summary): https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/03/06/russia-giving-iran-intel-to-target-us-military-forces-washington-post-a92142
Ukrainska Pravda (corroboration): https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/6/8024203/
Israel Hayom (Dara Massicot/Carnegie quote on Iranian radar accuracy): https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/03/06/russia-aiding-iran-with-intelligence-on-us-military-assets/
STORY 2 — Trump “Unconditional Surrender” / Dow Drops 900 Points
CNBC (Dow drop, Truth Social post text): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/trump-iran-oil-surrender.html
Al Jazeera (Araghchi “Plan B” response): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/6/no-deal-with-iran-except-unconditional-surrender-trump-says
Axios (Trump walk-back — “when they can’t fight any longer”): https://www.ms.now/liveblog/iran-war-trump-israel
NPR (full context, immunity offer, Venezuela comparison): https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-5738448/iran-us-israel-war
France 24 (European reaction framing): https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260306-trump-says-only-iran-s-unconditional-surrender-can-end-war
STORY 3 — Lebanon Humanitarian Crisis
AP/Military.com (95,000 displaced, two hospitals evacuated): https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/06/trump-rules-out-talks-absent-irans-unconditional-surrender-israel-strikes-lebanon.html
CBS News (UN Human Rights Office “prohibited forced displacement” language, Shamdasani quotes): https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-regime-targets/
NPR (Lebanon PM “humanitarian disaster” warning, Health Ministry 217 killed): https://www.npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-5738448/iran-us-israel-war
France 24 (UN High Commissioner Volker Türk ceasefire call): https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260306-trump-says-only-iran-s-unconditional-surrender-can-end-war
STORY 4 — UNIFIL Peacekeepers Shot / Ghana Files UN Complaint
CNN live (UNIFIL statement, “may amount to a war crime”): https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-06-26
France 24 (Ghana formal complaint to UN HQ): https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260306-trump-says-only-iran-s-unconditional-surrender-can-end-war
STORY 5 — War Spreads to Iraq / Iran Threatens Europe
France 24 (Baghdad airport hit, Erbil hotel explosion, AFP): https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260306-trump-says-only-iran-s-unconditional-surrender-can-end-war
CNN live (Iran Deputy FM Takht-Ravanchi France 24 interview — Europe “legitimate targets”): https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-06-26
France 24 (full Takht-Ravanchi interview context): https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260306-trump-says-only-iran-s-unconditional-surrender-can-end-war
STORY 6 — F-15 (March 5 Disputed Incident)
The War Zone (most complete sourcing — OSINTdefender deletion, CENTCOM denial): https://www.twz.com/news-features/u-s-denies-f-15e-strike-eagle-went-down-in-iran
Euronews/NewsGuard (Iranian disinformation campaign — 18 false claims, Yak-130 video misidentification): https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/03/06/irans-state-media-ramps-up-disinformation-campaign-as-the-us-iran-conflict-wages
The Week India (CENTCOM denial + open source summary): https://www.theweek.in/news/middle-east/2026/03/05/fact-check-was-a-us-f-15e-jet-shot-down-over-iran-centcom-responds.html
Türkiye Today (original unconfirmed reports with full CSAR detail): https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/unconfirmed-reports-claim-us-f-15e-jet-crashed-during-iran-strike-mission-3215638
STORY 7 — Ben Gurion Airport
Times of Israel (IDF interception claim + “nonexistent airbase” detail): https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-claims-it-launched-missiles-with-1-ton-warheads-at-ben-gurion-airport-and-nonexistent-airbase-at-airport/
Jerusalem Post (El Al aborted landing, operational disruption): https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-888906
Times of Israel (3,500 repatriation passengers, airport partial reopening): https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-first-day-of-repatriation-flights-3500-israelis-fly-home-amid-iran-missile-alerts/
Al Arabiya (IRGC Khorramshahr-4 claim): https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/03/05/irgc-says-targeted-israel-s-ben-gurion-airport-with-missiles
STORY 8 — Germany/Merz Shift
Bloomberg (March 6 “endless war” / “Syrian scenario” speech in Munich): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/merz-warns-of-economic-damage-due-to-endless-war-against-iran
Reuters/WHBL (full Munich speech — territorial integrity, Iranian state must remain functional): https://whbl.com/2026/03/06/germanys-merz-calls-for-irans-territorial-integrity-to-be-preserved/
Irish Times (March 3 — “abandons Germany’s moral certainties,” “Schrödinger international law” domestic reaction): https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/03/03/merz-abandons-germanys-moral-certainties-as-he-aligns-with-trump-on-iran/
Al Jazeera (March 3 Oval Office — “same page” quote, Spain contrast): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/3/trump-says-iran-navy-air-force-destroyed-germany-helping-out
Foreign Policy (March 6 analysis — “In Wake of Iran War, Germany’s Friedrich Merz Gets Real”): https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/06/iran-war-trump-germany-europe-friedrich-merz-israel/
American-German Institute (Rathke quote — Merz left without answers on US vision): https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-03-03/trump-hosts-germanys-merz-against-backdrop-of-iran-strikes-tariff-threats
STORY 9 — Robert Pape / Air Power Expert
CBS News (Pape quote, “never worked,” “growing risk”): https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/us-iran-war-israel-strikes-regime-targets/
NUMBERS BLOCK SOURCES
Al Jazeera death tracker (Iran 1,332+, Lebanon 217/798, Gulf states): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/1/us-israel-attacks-on-iran-death-toll-and-injuries-live-tracker
UNICEF (181 children killed in Iran): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/6/tehran-hit-by-heavy-bombing-on-day-seven-of-us-israel-war-on-iran
CSIS ($891M/day war cost): https://israel-alma.org/daily-report-the-second-iran-war-march-6-2026-1600/
CNBC (Dow -900, oil $91): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/06/trump-iran-oil-surrender.html
CNN ($91/barrel, Maersk suspension, storage risk): https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/us-israel-iran-war-what-we-know-intl-hnk
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