🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️- Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking oligarchs to donate to Russia's budget in order to stabilize the country's finances, according to the Financial Times.

Putin's request comes as Russia faces growing strains on its economy as Putin pushes forward with his invasion of Ukraine.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian state media has released the last CCTV image of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei before he was killed in US/Israeli strikes on March 1st.

🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian hardliners are ramping up calls for a nuclear bomb.

With the Revolutionary Guards now dominant following the killing of veteran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war on February 28, hardline views on Iran’s nuclear policy are increasingly ascendant, Iranian sources told Reuters.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian missile launches to central Israel.

🇮🇷🇹🇭⚡️- Thai-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree that was struck by an Iranian projectile in the Strait of Hormuz has run aground off Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to Tasnim News.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Visual confirmation of an Iranian cluster missile over Tel Aviv.

🇮🇷🇸🇾⚡- BREAKING: "Iran has designated the Four Seasons and Sheraton hotels, as well as the Presidential Palace in the Syrian capital, Damascus, as military targets, claiming the presence of American, Israeli, and British experts inside these locations," - Fared al-Mahlool, prominent pro-Damascus Syrian journalist.

🇺🇸⚡- “A federal judge sided with Anthropic in its fight with the Pentagon on Thursday, blocking its designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk, for now.” - The Hill.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The Pentagon is weighing sending up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options, according to the Wall Street Journal.

🇮🇷 - Crude exports during the first 23 days of March 2026 versus the first 23 days of February 2026, as per TankerTrackers:

- Iraq (Baghdad): -76%.
- Kuwait: -72%.
- Saudi Arabia: -52%.
- Iraq (Kurdistan): -49%.

- Iran: +4%.
- Oman: +7%.
- Russia: +14%.

🇵🇰⚡- Initial reports of all train services being suspended in the disputed region of Balochistan, southwest Pakistan.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Violent airstrikes across Tehran.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel are refusing to return to their homes due to constant Hezbollah bombardment, according to Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - WAR IN IRAN | MARCH 26th, DAY 27 RECAP:

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇹🇷 - "Turkey is conducting intensive diplomatic efforts to try and prevent Gulf Arab countries from joining the US-Israeli war against Iran," - Bloomberg.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱 - "Iran has told intermediaries that Hezbollah must be included in any ceasefire agreement with the United States and Israel," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to call on Iranians to flood the streets to protest their government last week, but President Trump told him it was just too risky. 'Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they'll just get mowed down?' Trump said to Netanyahu during their call," - Axios.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - The IDF announced the death of two soldiers, and an additional six were wounded during clashes with Hezbollah yesterday.

🛢 - Brent oil prices have risen to $106 per barrel, marking an increase of over 3.5%.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US/Israel strikes continue in Tehran and western Iran.

🇮🇷🇸🇦🇮🇱 - Iran continues strikes using missiles and drones against GCC countries and Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - "The Pentagon is developing military options for a 'final blow' in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign. A dramatic military escalation will grow more likely if no progress is made in diplomatic talks and, in particular, if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed." - Axios, citing two senior US officials.

🇾🇪🇮🇷 - The Houthis stand ready to strike shipping in the Red Sea in solidarity with Tehran, according to Reuters, quoting one of the group’s leaders.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - FOX News reports that an improvised explosive device was discovered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. FBI Director Kash Patel says that a brother and sister have been indicted for the plot, with one in custody and the other evading arrest in China.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - President Trump has extended the Iranian power plant strikes by 10 days, to April 6th. He says the Iranians asked; Iran has outright rejected the idea of asking for any extended time, and mediators have also said Iran has not asked for more time.

🇺🇸 - Wall Street has had its worst day since the war with Iran began, according to the Associated Press.

🇮🇷 - Iranian hardliners are ramping up calls for a nuclear bomb. With the Revolutionary Guards now dominant following the killing of veteran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the war on February 28, hardline views on Iran’s nuclear policy are increasingly ascendant, Iranian sources told Reuters.

🇮🇷🇹🇭 - Thai-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree, which was struck by an Iranian projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, has run aground off Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to Tasnim News.

🇮🇷 - Crude exports during the first 23 days of March 2026 versus the first 23 days of February 2026, as per TankerTrackers:

- Iraq (Baghdad): -76%
- Kuwait: -72%
- Saudi Arabia: -52%
- Iraq (Kurdistan): -49%
- Iran: +4%
- Oman: +7%
- Russia: +14%

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel are refusing to return to their homes due to constant Hezbollah bombardment, according to Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The Pentagon is weighing sending up to 10,000 additional troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Here's our recap from yesterday: https://x.com/officialrnintel/status/2036998351057502600?s=20

🇺🇸⚡- Clavicular has been arrested on a charge of assault in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- A serious security incident has occurred in southern Lebanon, with many IDF soldiers reported seriously wounded, according to Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇲🇽⚡- California has renamed “Cesar Chavez Day” to “Farmworkers Day” in the wake of Chavez’s alleged inappropriate sexual acts being made public.

🇦🇪🇧🇭🇮🇷⚡- The UAE is calling for a multinational naval force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reports.

Currently, only the UAE and Bahrain are ready to deploy their naval militaries to enforce the plan.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- Explosions in Kuwait.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️- Alerts in Qatar for the first time in a week, locals tell Rerum Novarum.