Both sides of Iran war wreak havoc on civilians ...

• Rescue Efforts in Tehran After a Triple Strike Hit Apartment Buildings, Killing 40 (Drop Site)
• Iran Targets Busiest International Airport as Top UN Body Demands Halt to Attacks on Gulf Neighbors (AP)
• Iranian School Was on U.S. Target List, May Have Been Mistaken as Military Site (Washington Post)
• Explosions Reported on Two Foreign Vessels in the Gulf, Authorities Say (BBC)
• Hackers Join U.S. and Israel's Fight with Iran (Axios)
• Calls Grow for Hormuz Ship Escorts as Iran Escalates Attacks (Axios)
• Over 1,300 Killed, US-Israel Strikes Hit Civilian Homes, Schools and Hospitals: Iran's UN Envoy (Mid-day)

... and an international agreement to prohibit the "warheads that burst and scatter into bomblets, which can cause indiscriminate harm if fired near civilians," was never signed by Israel, Iran, or the United States:

• Iran Has Fired Widely Banned Cluster Munitions at Israel (NY Times)

Instead of offering the unconditional surrender demanded by Trump, Pezekashkian demand "reparations and security guarantees as a precondition to end the war":

• Iran War: Tehran Demands Reparations to End Conflict (Deutsche Welle)

Dealing with the oil factor:

• Three More Ships Struck in the Persian Gulf as Iran Warns of Oil Prices Hitting $200 (CNBC)
• Trump Will Tap Oil Reserve as Iran War Drives Up Gas Prices (Axios)
• Nations Agree to Release Oil Reserves as War in Iran Hits Global Economy (Washington Post)
• Indian Oil to Get Safe Passage Through Hormuz After Jaishankar's Call to Iran (India Today)

"CAIR has consistently denied allegations that it is a terrorist group or affiliated with such organizations ... [and] CAIR has never worked with several of the schools that were banned":

• Islamic Schools Excluded from Texas’s $1 Billion Voucher Program (Washington Post)

"The Israeli strikes blanketed Tehran — a city of 10 million — in toxic black smoke and acid rain, raising urgent health warnings for ordinary Iranians":

• Scoop: U.S. Asks Israel to Halt Strikes on Iran's Energy Infrastructure (Axios)

Are we at a tipping point?

• ‘It Is So Much Worse than You Thought’: Classified Iran Briefings Leave Democrats Furious (Time)
• Analysis: The War on Iran Is at a Crossroads (Aljazeera)
• After the Iran War, Persian Gulf Nations Face Tough Decisions on the US – a Former Diplomat Explains (The Conversation)

"There are no credible or uncredible threat against the Dolby Theatre where Hollywood's biggest night is set to take place, the Los Angeles Police Department told NBC Los Angeles Wednesday," and yet ...:

• LAPD, FBI Ramping Up Security at the Oscars amid Ongoing War in Iran (4 Los Angeles)

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