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March  8, 2026
Long live women’s resistance and struggle
Long live women’s freedom
Happy March 8 International Womens Day

Manifest - Oct 26, 2025
Slaughterhouse Rape

Manifest - Start August 31, 2025
Matriarchism is alive and kicking
UPDATE with New Story: Sept 19, 2025:
Tunisian women react to gender remarks: A consequence of patriarchal mentality
Earlier stories embedded:
Sept 10, 2025: Rûken Nexede on ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’: Philosophy of freedom, equality
And “How Fiercely We Cling to Life” – A Prison Letter from Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee

Manifest - Axis of Evil - J´Accuse :-)
August 8 025

Tribute to KIAN PIRFALA, 9 years old and victim of the Islamic Republic's savagery 10 years ago

Editors' info: About a possible change of the name of the outlet:
and no, the URL www.cryfreedom.net will not change in this. Too much hassles and as such the outlet
is too well known to run that risk. Still, to enhance the content of it the
name online will be incl. a logo named
´Woman, Life, Freedom - MENA News Agency
covering the news from the Middle East and North Africa and covering all the Arabic muslim world.
Any feedback, negative or positive, on this is more than welcome at info@cryfreedom.net
Thank you for your time and input.

 HEAR JINA AMINI'S VOICE
And do read also the above linked  incredible December 2023 update!

despite the mullahs' regime to force it down!
Her mother speaks out loud and clear
UPDATED: September 29 - 16, 2024
Second Anniversary of Jina Amini's
state-sanctioned murder
incl. Commemorating Bloody Friday
a wave of arrests of her fellow-citizen

Overview of news about the Second aniversary of Jina Amini's state-sactioned murder September 2024


JINA AMINI
The face of Iran's protests. Her life, her dreams and her death.

Read also: Armita's Story: Iran's Generation Z Rebellion Against the Ayatollahs

Ongoing since Oct. 3, 2024:
Commemoration of the Fallen for
Freedom Part6
 Click here for previous Commemorations  
And more commemorational stories
Tortured to Death: The Story of Atefeh Na'ami
Violence During Woman, Life, Freedom Protests

HAIL TO THE IRANIAN WOMEN'S REVOLUTIONISTS FALLEN FOR FREDOM
against the supreme leader, the arch-reactionary Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, and his placeman president. The message of the women when the former president visited a university was plain: <give way or get lost> in 2023 and still is.
IN MEMORY OF ASRA PANAHI (16)- JINA MAMINI (22) - NIKA SHAKARAMI (16), SARINA ESMAILZADEH (16) HADIS NAJAFI (20), AND MORE WOMEN WHO WERE ASSASINATED SO FAR BY THE IRANIAN AXIS OF EVIL.
  Click here for a total list so far
Updates April 9, 2026

UPDATES OF THE UPRISING  AND REVOLUTION AROUND THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JINA AMINI IN CUSTODY OF THE REGIME'S ATTEMPT AND CRUELTY TO TRY AND CRUSH IT.

This links to a page that is in full dedicated and a tribute to Jina Amini who, with stilll 'till today too many other sisters gave their life for freedom. Long live a long and free Iran And do read also the above linked  incredible December 2023 update! despite the mullahs' regime to force it down! Her mother speaks out loud and clear UPDATED: September 18, 2025 Full story of the Third anniversary of Jina Amini´s death September 29 - 16, 2024 Second Anniversary of Jina Amini's state-sanctioned murder incl. Commemorating Bloody Friday and earlier news about a wave of arrests of her fellow-citizen

We all grief for the loss of our sister / daughter of Iran Armita Gevarnand:   Read her updated story here   & Actual news:  Generation Z Leads Hijab Rebellion on Tehran’s Streets and Earlier Stories and more

Sisters 4 each other - Sisters 4 All
UPDATE
Feb 11 - 6, 2025
“Iran Will Not Return to the Throne”
& Women’s Revolution…
Freedom Embodied in Reality
Earlier reports
Dec 31 - 24, 2025
More than 400 Prominent Women
and UN Demand Halt to Execution
of Political Prisoner Zahra Tabari
& Maryam Akbari Monfared,
A Brave Woman Standing
Like a Mountain Against All Odds
Earlier reports

Sisters 4 each other, Sisters 4 All
Narges Mohammadi: "Tyranny will fall"
Pakhshan Azizi: "You dictator, I am Arash, fire responds to fire,"
Sharifeh Mohammadi: "Finally, one day, I will sing the song of victory from the summit of the mountain, like the sun. Tomorrow belongs to us"
Varisha Moradi: "Resistance is life"
 in continuation of the resistance of the 4 sisters and others
read all their previous fights

 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
 and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali.

Symbol of resistance of Iranian women
Narges Mohammadi - Jina Amini : "With war there cannot be democracy"

Jina Amini Leads

We Are The People and at full war with 2 regimes but...
we'll continue our way and any way we'll pave

Preface by editor: No one can bomb any country into democracy
especially when the attackers are un-democratic themsemselves,
to say the least.

 
War against Humanity
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves,
and it is tiresome for children to be always
and forever explaining things to them.”

Screenschot: wave of air attacks on Lebanon
Al Jazeera - April 9, 2026 - Live Ipdates 08.30 AM - 21.15 PM CET
By Heba Habib, Priyanka Shankar, Stephen Quillen, Faisal Ali, Nils Adler and Danai Nesta Kupemba
{Qatar backs Pakistan ceasefire efforts, condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Qatar’s emir has backed Pakistan’s role in brokering the US-Iran ceasefire, while both countries condemned Israel’s ongoing strikes on Lebanon.
& Lebanon-Israel direct talks could mark a breakthrough
By Nour Odeh Reporting from Ramallah
It would be quite a significant breakthrough if we see a date set for direct talks between Lebanon and Israel and if we also see a de-escalation, if Israel stops the bombardment, the forced displacement and the invasion. Certainly, the Lebanese government had broken a political taboo quite a while back by offering to have direct negotiations with Israel to end all outstanding issues. Israel had demanded the disarming of Hezbollah, and had even attacked and accused the Lebanese prime minister of lying and not doing enough. Now, the timing of this announcement is interesting. On one hand, it offers a path to de-escalation, which would help the tenuous ceasefire between the US and Iran. On the other, it would also allow Netanyahu to say that he was successful in separating the Lebanon war front from the Iran war front.
& Pakistan’s rep at UNSC confirms Lebanon’s inclusion in US-Israel ceasefire
Pakistan’s representative to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) says the ceasefire agreement between the US and Israel included cessation of hostilities against Lebanon. He added that he was not aware why there was confusion about Lebanon being included because it was clearly part of the statement.
& Lebanon’s president says only solution is a ceasefire with Israel
A ceasefire proposal with Israel and the commencement of direct negotiations with Israel have begun, and so far have received a “positive response”, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun says. “The only solution to the current situation in Lebanon is to achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon,” he said.
& Netanyahu says instruction issued for direct talks with Lebanon
Netanyahu says he has issued an instruction to start direct negotiations with Lebanon “as soon as possible” after what he claimed were requests from Beirut. Israeli attacks on Lebanon continued after the ceasefire was agreed between the US and Iran, following a dispute on whether Lebanon was part of the agreement.
Developing
We now have more details regarding Netanyahu’s instruction to start direct negotiations with Lebanon. “In light of Lebanon’s repeated ⁠requests to open direct negotiations with Israel, I instructed the cabinet yesterday to start direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible,” the Israeli prime minister said in a statement. “The negotiations will focus on disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon.”
& House Democrats blocked in bid to pass resolution limiting Trump’s war powers
House Democrats were blocked on Thursday in an attempt to pass a resolution curbing Trump’s war powers over Iran. Democrats returned to Washington during a scheduled two-week recess to try to force a vote, but the Republican lawmaker chairing the session simply closed it without giving them the chance to speak.
“After Trump’s threats of war crimes against Iranians, Democrats once again tried to rein in this conflict through a War Powers Resolution. Republicans just blocked it. Without congressional action, Trump will continue to conduct a war with no accountability or endgame,” Democrat Congresswoman Deborah Ross said on X. Senate Democrats say they will force a fresh war powers vote when Congress returns next week.
& Iran condemns Israeli attacks, demands US adherence to Lebanon ceasefire deal
The holding of talks to end the war is contingent on America’s adherence to ceasefire commitments on all fronts, especially in Lebanon, says Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei. Here are some of the major talking points from his briefing with reporters:
Strongly condemned Israeli attacks in Lebanon
The cessation of the war in Lebanon is an integral part of the ceasefire agreement proposed by Pakistan
Pakistan’s PM clearly stated that the US is committed to stopping the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon
Any action or stance contrary to this commitment constitutes America’s failure to adhere to its commitment.
& Hormuz toll would set ‘dangerous precedent’ says UN shipping agency
The UN shipping agency has warned that introducing a toll for the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 per cent of the world’s oil and LNG passes, would set a “dangerous precedent”. “There is no international agreement where tolls can be introduced for transiting international straits,” a spokesperson for the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) said. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), adopted by IMO member states, ships have the right of transit passage through international straits. “States bordering straits shall not hamper that right or suspend the transit passage,” the spokesperson added.
The strait does not fall under the category of international waters. The warning comes after Iranian media reported that Iran is considering charging vessels up to $2m per ship to transit the strait, with proceeds shared with Oman on the opposite shore. Other reports suggest Iran could instead charge $1 per barrel of oil shipped through.
& Germany in direct talks with Iran after ‘long period of silence’: Merz
Germany will join efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz if Iran and the US manage to agree on a peace deal and if certain conditions are met, Chancellor Friedrich Merz says. German Chancellor Fredrich Merz says he has told Trump that following the ceasefire deal, Germany would to contribute to securing the Strait of Hormuz within an international mandate. Merz said he was convinced that Trump’s intention isn’t to destroy a whole civilisation, referring to an inflammatory comment the US leader made a few days ago. Germany is also in direct talks with Iranian leadership, saying that “after a long period silence, which we had serious reasons for, we are now as a government restarting talks with Tehran,” which will be held in coordination with the US and European partners. Merz said Israel’s continued military campaign in Lebanon is of “particular concern” and that this could cause the “peace process as a whole to fail, and that must not be allowed to happen.”
& Iran torn between ceasefire and Lebanon
Despite Israel’s continued bombardment of Lebanon, analyst Sultan Barakat says it is “obvious” that Iran wants to maintain the ceasefire, or it would have called it off by now. “From a Lebanese perspective, people will be looking at this and asking: ‘Is Iran really serious about its position to protect the Lebanese people?'” Barakat told Al Jazeera. He added that Iran clearly needed the pause as much as the Americans did, requiring time to resupply and regroup, and that there is little harm in pursuing further negotiations, even at the risk that the US “is not engaging in good faith”. “There are a lot of questions the Iranians should ask before accepting that this is in good faith, which is particularly dangerous when it comes to our ability to mediate within the region,” he said. Barakat warned that if Iran were to lose Pakistan as a mediator, having already lost the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries following the strikes, it would be left with very few diplomatic options. Should that scenario unfold, he cautioned, “confrontation would be the only way forward”.
& IMF warns Iran war will have lasting economic scars, even with a potential ceasefire
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the Iran war will leave lasting “scarring effects” on the global economy, with consequences likely to persist even if a ceasefire is reached. Kristalina Georgieva, the organisation’s managing director, said that even the “most hopeful scenario” would involve a downgrade in global growth, adding that there would be “no neat and clean return to the status quo.”
& Lebanon hospitals may run out of vital supplies within days: WHO
Some ⁠of ⁠Lebanon’s hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma ⁠medical kits within days as supplies ⁠near depletion following mass casualties from large-scale Israeli strikes over the past ‌day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “Some of the trauma management supplies were in short [supply] ⁠and we may run ⁠out in a few days,” Dr Abdinasir Abubakar, the ⁠WHO’s representative in Lebanon, told the Reuters news agency. The ⁠life-saving trauma kits include bandages, antibiotics and anaesthetics to treat ‌patients who sustained war-related injuries, he said.
& Tensions in Washington amid conflicting US-Pakistan claims on Lebanon
By Kimberly Halkett Reporting from the White House
There is deep concern in Washington of a potential collapse of the ceasefire even before negotiations begin in Islamabad to iron out the fine details. That is because of a statement from Vice President Vance that the Iranians thought the ceasefire included Lebanon. There is alarm over Vance’s statement because it appears that the ceasefire is very narrow. It is incomplete and very vulnerable. And the big concern, particularly on Capitol Hill, is the division between the US and its ally Pakistan on what exactly was agreed to, given the fact that Pakistan said very clearly Lebanon was included in the ceasefire and the US is saying it was not. It has also caused international concern. A day after Trump met with NATO’s Mark Rutte, the US president is criticising NATO again. “None of these people, including our own, very disappointing, NATO, understood anything unless they have pressure placed upon them,” Trump said on Truth Social this morning. There is pressure on Capitol Hill right now to use its power to rein in the president. But Republicans on Capitol Hill are still insisting that Lebanon is a separate theatre.
& Lebanon PM asks Pakistan to confirm country’s inclusion in truce talks
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has asked his Pakistani counterpart to confirm Lebanon’s inclusion in the Iran war ceasefire, a day after Israeli strikes on the country killed more than 200 people. In a statement, Salam’s office said he telephoned Shehbaz Sharif, praising Islamabad’s efforts in securing the truce and asking him to “confirm that the ceasefire includes Lebanon to prevent a recurrence of the Israeli attacks witnessed yesterday”. Israel and the US have said the ceasefire does not include Lebanon, with Israel announcing it would continue its attacks. Iran’s parliamentary speaker earlier today warned that Tehran sees Lebanon as an “inseparable part of the ceasefire” and threatened “strong responses”, coinciding with mounting international calls for Lebanon to be encompassed in the truce.
& Gulf countries report no new aerial attacks from Iran today
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman have not reported any hostile aerial attacks today, marking the first prolonged halt in such strikes from Iran since the war began on February 28. In a statement, the UAE’s Defence Ministry said the country had been “free of any air threats” on April 9. The militaries of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman issued no reports of missile or drone attacks, in contrast with previous days. Bahrain’s military provided an updated tally of missiles and drones launched by Iran during the war, but did not indicate that any occurred today.
& Netanyahu’s corruption trial to resume on Sunday
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, the court’s spokesperson said, hours after Israel lifted a state of emergency imposed over its war with Iran. “With the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of the judicial system to work, hearings will resume as usual,” a statement from the Israeli court said, adding that they would take place between Sundays and Wednesdays. Netanyahu, the first sitting Israeli prime minister to be charged with a crime, denies charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust brought in 2019 after years of investigation. His trial, which began in 2020 and could lead to jail terms, has been repeatedly delayed due to his official commitments, with no end date in sight.
& Will Lebanon hold direct talks with Israel?
By Malcolm Webb Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon
The Lebanese government is calling for direct talks with Israel. Hezbollah has always said it won’t negotiate with Israel, certainly not when under fire. So these talks, according to Hezbollah’s decision, would not include them. What we need to see is how Israel would respond to that… Previously, they’ve not been interested at all in talks that don’t involve Hezbollah. Crucially, we also need to see what the US would say about that [talks] and if they would support any kind of dialogue in this regard.
& US-Iran ceasefire remains on knife edge
The ceasefire is at a critical and deeply fragile moment, say analysts with reports of IRGC commanders pushing to retaliate for Israel’s continuing strikes on Lebanon. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Professor Mohammad Eslami of the University of Tehran warned that Iran’s negotiators are under enormous pressure to defend Lebanon as part of any deal. “For Iran, the calculus is strategic. If the US cannot restrain Israel from attacking Lebanon during an agreed ceasefire, what guarantee does Tehran have that it can stop Israel from attacking Iran once a deal is reached? That question is shaping Iran’s entire approach going into Islamabad for negotiations,” he said. Eslami argued that Iran retains significant leverage. “It was not Iran that agreed to a ceasefire request, it was the United States that agreed to Iranian proposals,” he said, adding that Iran has “at least three months more of war” capacity if negotiations fail. He pointed to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s most powerful card, noting that energy and financial markets were “on the verge of collapse” before the ceasefire, which he said was the real reason the Trump administration came to the table.
& South Korea sending special envoy to Iran
South Korea’s foreign ministry says top diplomat Cho Hyun is sending a special envoy to Iran to discuss regional developments and bilateral relations. In a ‌phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the ministry ⁠said Cho welcomed Iran’s ceasefire agreement with the US and emphasised ⁠the importance of ⁠free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
& ‘US credibility on the line’ before Islamabad talks: Pakistan ex-UN ambassador
Continuing her remarks to Al Jazeera, former Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, said the onus is on the US and Trump “to ensure that Israel doesn’t sabotage” the upcoming talks in Islamabad. “It’s not Pakistan’s credibility that’s on the line. It’s America’s credibility that’s on the line, because it’s the Americans who assured us this ceasefire will hold, and that there would be nothing done provocatively to derail the ceasefire or derail the talks,” said Lodhi. “This is not entirely in Pakistan’s control,” she added. “Pakistan, after all, is not a party [to the conflict], it’s an interlocutor, it’s a mediator… But it’s up to the two principal parties to now figure out how the talks go ahead.”
& Pakistan shares Iran’s view that ceasefire includes Lebanon: Former ambassador
Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, has told Al Jazeera that Pakistani understanding of the US-Iran ceasefire is the same as Iran’s – Lebanon is meant to be included. “In the run-up to this ceasefire, Pakistani officials had specifically asked their American counterparts whether they would be able to rein in or restrain Israel, and we were given the assurance that the Americans would do that,” Lodhi said. Israel’s latest deadly attacks in Lebanon have created even more concern in Islamabad about the ceasefire’s fate and how Iran will react, she added. For now, an Iranian delegation is still expected in Islamabad later today for talks, although it is unclear who will lead it. “I think there is a lot of uncertainty created by Israel’s actions,” Lodhi said.
& As Trump keeps US army in region until ‘real’ deal, analyst says Iran holds cards
Donald Trump has warned that US military forces will remain in and around Iran until “the real agreement is reached and fully complied with”. The president threatened on his Truth Social, that if it is not, “the shoot-in starts bigger and better and stronger than anyone has ever seen before.” Amin Saikal, professor emeritus of Middle East, Central Asian and Islamic studies at the Australian National University and author of Iran Rising, told Al Jazeera that Trump’s threatening language “cannot really work and cannot really wash with the Iranian side”, noting that both sides are in the early stages of the ceasefire and are “posturing as much as they can”.
& US-Iran truce should extend to Lebanon, EU’s top diplomat says
The ⁠ceasefire ⁠should include Lebanon, Kaja Kallas says, adding that Lebanese ‌group Hezbollah must disarm. “Israeli actions are putting the US-Iran ceasefire under severe strain. The Iran ⁠truce should extend ⁠to Lebanon,” Kallas posted on X. “Israeli ⁠strikes killed hundreds ⁠last night, ⁠making it hard to argue that such heavy-handed actions ‌fall within self-defence,” she said.
& WATCH: Why the global oil crisis is not over yet
After 40 days of fighting, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Wednesday morning, with negotiations expected to begin on Friday in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. One of the key aspects of the truce is allowing shipping to resume through the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas is shipped during peacetime. But even with the strait reopened, the global energy crisis is far from resolved. Tankers scattered thousands of miles away will take weeks to return, wells that were shut down are costly and complex to restart, and shipping will remain uncertain until security during the ceasefire is guaranteed.
& Iran bloodied, but it is winning against US-Israel axis
By Andrew Mitrovica
The US-Israel axis has long believed that force and coercion would eventually compel Iranians to abandon their sovereignty and accept the leash. It has failed.
By refusing to surrender, Iranians have turned a lonely struggle for survival into a universal symbol of resistance – a testament to the endurance of the human spirit.
& Italy condemns any breach of ceasefire agreement
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has strongly condemned any breach of the ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. “We have come within a step of the point of no return, but we now face a fragile prospect of peace that must be pursued with determination,” Meloni told the country’s parliament. She said for Italy and the European Union, it is also important that “freedom of navigation” is restored in the Strait of Hormuz.
& Trump’s ‘egregious’ threats ‘scared everyone’: Analyst
Trump’s “egregious” statements – including threatening Iran’s “whole civilisation” – have deepened global fears that the war could spiral to “dangerous” new lows, says Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the Chatham House think tank in London. “Trump’s really egregious and undignified statements, I think, scared everyone, quite frankly,” Vakil told Al Jazeera. Referring to Trump’s threats on Monday before the ceasefire deal was reached, Vakil said: “Across Iran, I think it was a sleepless night for everyone, but also across the Middle East more broadly. People were very panicked about what to expect.” Trump’s rhetoric has heightened the risk of “escalation that would then lead to counter-escalation,” creating “a trap”, she added. “The ceasefire is very welcome, but Trump’s statements continue to shock and awe”, said Vakil, adding that it’s questionable whether the truce is truly “durable”.
& US allies sceptical over Trump’s ‘lack of real war objectives’: Analyst
Trump’s shifting war goals and dangerous rhetoric pushed away many US allies that may have been willing to cooperate on Iran, says Sanam Vakil of the London-based think tank Chatham House. “There would have been an opportunity for allies to work together, but not in this sort of shoddy, war planning without real objectives,” Vakil told Al Jazeera. “Of course, this war didn’t take into consideration the legal norms of war – that has also raised a lot of eyebrows and questions here [in Europe].”
& Spain to reopen embassy⁠ in Tehran
Foreign Minister Jose Manuel ‌Albares has said Spain will reopen its embassy in Tehran and play a role in the peace efforts. “I’ve instructed our ambassador in Tehran to return, to take up ⁠his post again ⁠and reopen our embassy, and for ⁠us to join ⁠in this effort ⁠for peace from every possible quarter, including from ‌the Iranian capital itself,” Albares told reporters.
& French Foreign Minister says ceasefire should apply to Lebanon
French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot is the latest European politician to call for the US-Iran ceasefire to include Lebanon. Barrot said France condemns Israel’s latest massive strikes on Lebanon, which should be covered by the ceasefire agreement, reported the Reuters news agency. As we reported, Israel carried out widespread attacks in Lebanon yesterday, killing at least 254 people. US Vice President JD Vance said the US did not commit to Israel halting its attacks on Lebanon, despite mediator Pakistan explicitly saying that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire.
& Israel’s wartime injury toll reaches 7,451: Israeli Health Ministry
Israel’s Health Ministry says a total of 7,451 people have been injured and taken to hospitals since the US-Israel war on Iran started. It says 118 people remain hospitalised, including two in critical condition.
& Israel insists Lebanon war continues; Netanyahu faces domestic reckoning
By Nida Ibrahim Reporting from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank
From day one, the Israelis wanted to separate the front with Iran from the front with Hezbollah, vowing to keep striking Lebanon regardless of any ceasefire. And we have seen how heavy those strikes have been since the announcement. Hezbollah has launched what is seen in Israel as a limited barrage of rockets in response, but it is no secret that Israel would try to use that to sabotage de-escalation efforts in the region. Israel says it has been underestimating Hezbollah’s capabilities, believing the group has recovered well from the last round of fighting, with hundreds of rockets and thousands of fighters still active. That is being used as justification to keep pressing the campaign. On the domestic front, Netanyahu is in a difficult position. He promised sweeping victories: regime change, dismantling Iran’s missile programme, seizing its enriched uranium. As Iran kept bombarding Israel, those goals looked increasingly unrealistic. Some analysts are now saying his failure to complete his war goals may prove more damaging than his failure to prevent October 7. With elections expected later this year and opposition leader Yair Lapid now publicly criticising him, how Netanyahu tries to spin his way out of this will be one of the defining questions of the weeks ahead.
& Hezbollah in a difficult position amid Israeli attacks
By Zeina Khodr Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon
Hezbollah is really in a difficult situation. It entered the war in retaliation for the killing of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. But since then, it has said it is doing this because of the ongoing Israeli aggressions. That is why it is launching attacks across the border and preventing the Israeli army from occupying territory in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah insisted that the ceasefire deal between the US and Iran should include the Lebanon front. Israel and the US deny this. Israel is really sending a message through these attacks that the war with Hezbollah will go on. But as you can see, there is no front line in its war with Hezbollah.
& How much does Trump listen to Rubio and his diplomats on Iran?
By Manuel Rapalo Reporting from Washington DC, US
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is quite close to President Trump. He has his ear, he has the president’s trust, which means that he also has a lot of influence when it comes to policy and when it comes to strategy here. Ultimately, however, we also know it is President Trump at the end of the day who makes those decisions over strategy. We know that because individuals who are close to him within the administration, who are familiar with this process, have said exactly that. And by many accounts, President Trump is leaning less on traditional diplomatic channels, like the State Department, and more on his own instincts. You heard it from the president himself, who says that at times, he knows it when he feels it in his bones. And part of this is President Trump’s character. He has long expressed distrust over US intelligence agencies. He’s expressed scepticism over career diplomats here. This is important, because this is a strategy – when it comes to Iran and when it comes to negotiations – that is not consensus driven, but rather a top down approach. So there undoubtedly has to be some frustration among diplomats, when they look at the strategy and see that at times, policy experts are being ignored, intelligence officials are being ignored, and more importantly, professional diplomats are not being taken into account.
& Trump listening to ‘instinct over intelligence’
By Kimberly Halkett Reporting from Washington DC, US
We can look at the start of Epic Fury, the name of the operation that began more than 30 days ago, as a signal to who the president is looking to, and just how small his team of advisers is. There’s no question that, as commander-in-chief, the US president is the one making the ultimate decisions, and that this is a very centralised and top down structure. What we know is that this is personality driven, all around the US president. So when it comes to negotiations, they’re really no different. It really is very much the same. What we saw at the start of the conflict was the US president at his home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida, not here at the White House, where his director of national intelligence, as well as the vice president were, simply taking an observer status. And what that really signals is that the US president is not looking for dissenting voices, particularly when it comes to the vice president and Tulsi Gabbard, the director of National Intelligence. Instead, what he is listening to is instinct over intelligence. And as a result, what you get is really a top down structure when the president makes decisions, whether it is during the military conflict or in negotiations to end it.
& UK says ceasefire should cover Lebanon
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the US-Iran ceasefire must include Lebanon, where Israel has continued deadly attacks. In comments quoted by the Reuters news agency, Cooper also said shipping through the Strait of Hormuz must be toll-free, pushing back against reports that Iran plans to charge transit fees for passage.
& Australian journalist calls out government response to Israel’s ‘mass slaughter’ in Lebanon
By Lyndal Rowlands Reporting from Melbourne, Australia
The “lukewarm” response from the Australian government to the “latest mass slaughter of Lebanese civilians” is “sadly unsurprising”, says Jan Fran, the co-founder of Ette Media. “If this had happened to Westerners – to Americans, Australians, Brits, Europeans – if they had been slaughtered by a record number of air strikes, would we be leading interviews with talk of [fuel] prices or would we be clear that this action is barbaric and unconscionable?” Fran told Al Jazeera. As we reported earlier, Australia Foreign Minister Penny Wong released a statement expressing concern about the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, without condemning Israeli attacks there, while Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the ceasefire should also include Lebanon, without further elaborating.
The “manifest lack of concern” from Australian political leaders and media “has been extremely distressing as a Lebanese-Australian watching the slaughter of Lebanese people and the wholesale destruction of an incredibly special country unfold in full view of the world,” Fran added. “Calling for Lebanon to be included in the ceasefire is the least the government can do”
& Israeli health ministry says 7,451 injured since war on Iran began
Israel’s Health Ministry says 7,451 people have been injured since the start of the war due to missile attacks from Iran and Lebanon.}Video - Source : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/9/iran-war-live-israel-kills-254-in-lebanon-shaking-trump-tehran-ceasefire

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