#️⃣ 🇺🇸 The U.S. Army has quietly raised the maximum enlistment age from 34 to 42, effective March 20, 2026.

The change applies to both first-time applicants and those with prior military service.

Also buried in the same update: the Army is eliminating the waiver requirement for a single marijuana conviction or drug paraphernalia conviction.

🌫 🇮🇷🇰🇼 Iranian drone strikes Kuwait's international airport fuel tank.

💬 🇮🇷 A representative of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, in an address to the Arab and Islamic world, said:

“It is time to create a security system without the participation of the United States and Israel.”

In his address, he emphasized that U.S. and Israeli aggression against Iran reflects a new phase and that Iran stands on the front line of defending the Islamic nation. He called for not relying on external powers and for a return to the teachings of the Qur’an, stressing that countries in the region do not need to seek help from distant powers to ensure their security, but should instead establish a system of collective security.

He also stated that Iran is ready to create a security system and a military alliance with regional states without the participation of the United States and Israel.

#️⃣ 🇨🇦🇮🇱 Canada strongly condemns Israel's plans to occupy land in southern Lebanon.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran tells the United States it does not want to resume talks with Witkoff and Kushner, prefers negotiating with Vice President JD Vance instead, CNN reports.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's list of demands for ceasefire with the United States:

• Compensation for wartime losses

• Formal control of the Strait of Hormuz

• No ballistic missile program limitations

• Guarantees against future military action

💬 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Ebrahim Zolfaqari, Central Khatam al-Anbia Headquarters, today's message to Washington:

"Don't call your defeat a deal."

"Nothing will return to the way it was before — until the thought of taking action against the Iranian people is completely cleansed from your filthy minds."

On energy: you will not see the previous price of oil again.

On negotiations: your internal conflicts have reached the stage of negotiating with yourselves.

"Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you. Not now. Not ever."

💬 🇰🇼 “DO NOT PANIC. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR HOMES. SEAL ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS.”

KUWAITI AUTHORITIES HAVE ISSUED OFFICIAL WARNINGS THROUGH THE MEDIA ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR OR RADIOACTIVE LEAK IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

🥺 🇮🇳 A serious oil crisis is unfolding in India due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Indian police have been deployed at gas stations in the state of Gujarat amid panic over a potential fuel shortage, as Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz disrupts the route through which more than 40% of India’s oil imports arrive.

#️⃣ 🇦🇺 Waste collection may be suspended in Australia due to the fuel crisis.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Three U.S. military ships carrying approximately 4,500 personnel are approaching from the Middle East.

U.S. forces could quickly take control of Socotra Island, but throughout their presence there they would face the risk of missile and drone attacks, — The Washington Post.

🌫 🇮🇱🇮🇷 A large industrial warehouse in Beersheba is completely burning inside Israel as a result of Iranian shelling.

💩 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The United States and Israel bombed a fish market in Iran.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei:

We have a very catastrophic experience, I should say, with the United States diplomacy.

We were attacked two times within a span of nine months when we were in the middle of a negotiating process to resolve the nuclear issue.

This was a betrayal of diplomacy. It is a very famous phrase in Iran right now because it happened not once, but twice. So no one can trust the United States diplomacy.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei:

I understand that the world economy is impacted by what is going on in our region, but this is not our fault.

You are concerned about the price of oil, the price of groceries, but we are concerned about the life of our citizens.

💬 🇺🇸 Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

The regime in Iran will be there until it’s not.

No one knows. It could go tomorrow. It could go in five years.

💬 🇺🇸 Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

In so many problems we deal with — but maybe more than any other problem, the Middle East — all sides are both entirely right and entirely wrong at the same time.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 The U.S. military operation against Iran continues despite emerging opportunities for diplomatic contacts between the parties, said White House Press Secretary Leavitt.

🥺 🇺🇸 In the United States, everyone is stocking up on gasoline.

💬 🇮🇷 An Iranian commentator on IRIB, Iranian state TV:

If the U.S. makes a mistake, Iran’s security forces are capable of and prepared to seize the coasts of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

💬 🇪🇸🇮🇷 Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran:

What is all this destruction achieving? What has been the outcome of this first month of war?