Khamenei’s Last Tweet Taunting President Trump Didn’t Age Well

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Iran’s (now deceased) Supreme Leader taunted President Trump last week in a series of social media posts.

Khamenei’s social media posts didn’t age very well.

“The US President has said that for 47 years, the United States hasn’t been able to eliminate the Islamic Republic. That is a good confession. I say, ” You, too, will not be able to do this,”” Khamenei said last week.

Iran’s Supreme Leader and more than 40 top Iranian leaders were killed in the US-Israel military operation on Saturday.

More than 200 people were killed and nearly 800 people were injured in the military strikes. Continue…

Cargo Ship Insurers Cancel War Risk Policies for Vessels in Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, Expected To Raise Premiums by Up to 50%

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/cargo-ship-insurers-cancel-war-risk-policies-vessels/

The ‘war risk’ for cargo ships in the Middle East has escalated considerably.

With the ongoing military conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, commercial shipping in the conflict area has become a much more dangerous affair.

Now, news has arisen that insurers are telling ship owners that they will cancel policies and raise coverage prices for vessels travelling through the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. Continue…

FOUR BIG LOSERS as Iran’s Terror Regime Collapses: Jihad, China, Putin, and the Pathetic EU Bureaucrats

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/four-big-losers-as-irans-terror-regime-collapses/

The probable destruction of Iran’s Islamist regime — now underway after bold U.S.-Israeli strikes that took out Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and hammered the mullahs’ terror infrastructure — is delivering a devastating blow to some of the world’s most dangerous actors and ideologies.

In the grand scheme of things, this long-overdue reckoning claims at least four major victims, and patriots everywhere should be cheering. Continue…

Iran Raises the ‘Red Flag of Revenge’ Over Jamkaran Mosque After Death of Ayatollah Khamenei

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/iran-raises-red-flag-revenge-jamkaran-mosque-after/

The regime of the imams is trying to show defiance after the crushing blow of Khamenei’s death.

While many observers look for ‘offramps’ for the US, Israel and Iran to cease the war that’s setting the whole Middle East on fire, signs on the ground suggest the hostilities may go on for a long time.

Following the death of its supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranians have raised the ‘red flag of revenge’ above the Jamkaran Mosque, located in the city of Qom.

The Statesman reported: Continue…

MUST SEE TV: Iranian Press TV Anchor Breaks Down in Tears After Learning Khamenei Was Killed in US-Israeli Airstrikes

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A reporter for the English language Press TV Station was heartbroken after learning the Supreme Leader was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes.

Press TV anchor visibly emotional while reporting on the death of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a broadcast.

Maryam Azarchehr lashed out at President Trump and the Zionist regime after learning Khamenei was killed in the military strikes. Continue…

Pro-Palestinian Columbia University Student Group Posts “Marg Bar Amrika” (Death to America)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/pro-palestinian-columbia-university-student-group-posts-marg/

An unofficial Columbia University student group, the pro-Palestinian ‘Columbia University Apartheid Divest’ posted “marg bar amrika,” the Islamist Iranian regime chant that means, “death to America,” to X Saturday in response to the killing of Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ale Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli air strikes. Continue…

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett Reminds Democrats That Obama Bombed Eight Countries Without Congressional Approval (VIDEO)

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Republican Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee appeared on NewsNation tonight and provided a reminder for all of the Democrats who are suddenly claiming that Trump can’t act on Iran without congressional approval.

Burchett points out that Obama bombed eight different countries without congressional approval.

Democrats think no one remembers anything. When Obama was president, he could pretty much do anything he wanted with zero pushback from his party or the media. He could do no wrong in their eyes.

Partial transcript via Overton News: Continue…

WHOA! Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Off on Trump Over Iran Strike, Says Younger Generations “Hate This Fcking Bullsht”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/whoa-marjorie-taylor-greene-goes-trump-iran-strike/

Former US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized President Trump on Saturday in a scathing social media post, slamming him for bombing Iran, which she said is contrary to his America First campaign promise.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, a joint US-Israel operation in Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and 40 other top Iranian leaders. Trump announced Operation Epic Fury on Saturday morning.

Trump later released a statement on Truth Social, confirming the death of the Ayatollah and urging the people of Iran to rise up and take over their government.

“The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!” Trump said.

"Great Mr President. Good job," Greene, who clashed with the President last year before ultimately retiring from Congress, sarcastically responded on X.

"Most of your baby boomer friends and supporters, I’m sure are cheering you the most," she continued.

"But us younger generations, Gen X (mine), Millennials, and especially Gen Z hate this fucking bullshit."

Greene further condemned the operation, saying that she campaigned with him on America First policies, and "this is NOT it."

Greene shared a screenshot of Trump's statement on X, writing, Continue…

DEVELOPING: Dubai’s Iconic Burj Al Arab Hotel on Fire After Being Struck by Iranian Drone (VIDEO)

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Dubai’s iconic five-star Burj Al Arab hotel was struck by an Iranian drone on Saturday evening.

The US and Israel conducted military strikes on Iran on Saturday morning.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the military strikes.

Iran launched retaliatory strikes toward Israel and Dubai.

Dubai’s iconic Burj Al Arab was hit by an Iranian drone. Additional Iranian drones were intercepted near Dubai’s iconic skyscraper Burj Khalifa. Continue…

Tucker Carlson Slams President Trump’s “Disgusting and Evil” Attack on Iran

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Last week Tucker Carlson met with President Trump in the White House where he urged the US President to hold back on attacking Iran. Tucker made the request last week during his visit with President Trump in the Oval Office. Continue…

CBS News Contributor Masih Alinejad Drops TRUTH BOMB: Iranians “Screaming With Joy” as US Targets Terrorist Regime

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/cbs-news-contributor-masih-alinejad-drops-truth-bomb/

As the United States and Israel launched one of the most ambitious coordinated military assaults on the Iranian regime in decades, a CBS News contributor dropped a truth bomb that the radical left in Washington and the fake news media simply cannot handle.

Iranian-American activist Masih Alinejad, whose family still resides inside Iran, revealed during a televised appearance that many Iranians are experiencing mixed emotions, but notably, a sense of relief and even joy, as American strikes begin targeting the Islamic Republic’s military apparatus.

According to Alinejad, citizens inside Iran are simultaneously feeling pain, hope, and deep concern, but are reacting emotionally to what they see as long-overdue accountability for regime forces such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which have violently suppressed anti-government protests across the country.

For 47 years, the people of Iran have lived under the shadow of a theological dictatorship. Now, as the U.S. and Israel finally take the fight to the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), the people see a glimmer of “hope” that the “beginning of the future” has arrived. Continue…

White House Releases Photos of Trump and Rubio Monitoring Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago – JD Vance, Gabbard, and Bessent in Situation Room

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/photos-trump-rubio-were-mar-lago-monitoring-operation/

The White House on Saturday released photos of President Trump and senior administration officials monitoring Operation Epic Fury in Iran in the early morning hours of Saturday.

Trump was in his war room at Mar-a-Lago when the strikes took place.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was confirmed dead after the strikes.

Trump was seen dancing to "God Bless the USA" during a fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, just before the bombs hit Iran. At the end of the song, Trump told everybody to "have a great time."

“We gotta go work. I gotta go to work!” he added while secretly planning to oversee the military operation. Continue…

WATCH: 9 Dead, 25 Injured After Protestors Storm US Consulate in Pakistan

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At least nine people were killed, and dozens were injured on Sunday when Shiite protesters stormed the US consulate and clashed with Security forces in Karachi, Pakistan.

This came in response to the joint US-Israel operation in Iran, which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday.

President Trump released a statement on Saturday afternoon, confirming the death of the Ayatollah and encouraging the Iranian people to take over their government.

Video from the scene shows protesters storming into the Consulate Continue…

Whole Thing” After Iran Strikes Kill Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/just-trump-threatens-take-whole-thing-after-iran/

President Trump broke his silence following the Iran strikes on Saturday morning, telling Axios of potential “off-ramps” in the conflict.

“I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: ‘See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs],” Trump told Axios in a phone interview from Mar-a-Lago.

This is the first time Trump commented on the strikes since releasing a statement early on Saturday morning.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump announced earlier that American forces are engaged in what he described as a “massive and ongoing operation” aimed at neutralizing the Iranian regime’s ability to threaten US troops, American allies, and the homeland itself. Continue…

WATCH: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Says Epstein was Running “Intelligence Gathering Operation” – Says Names of Women Who “Engaged in the Trafficking” and Demands Testimony

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) held a news conference in Chappaqua, New York, on Friday, where she said she believes that Jeffrey Epstein was running a “honeypot operation” on behalf of intelligence agencies.

Luna further named four women, who were “engaged in the trafficking of minors as adults” and should not be treated as victims of the operation but instead should be brought in to testify.

Lesley Groff, Sarah Kellen, Nadia Marcinkova, and Adriana Ross, she said, partook in “harming young girls” as young as 10 years old. All four women were named in a Palm Beach Post report last year, which said they “worked for Epstein in the 2000s.”

According to the Palm Beach Post, Kellen scheduled massage appointments with Epstein’s victims, Marcinkova is believed to have had sex with female victims while Epstein watched, Groff worked as Epstein’s executive assistant and arrainged meetings with business leaders and politicians, and Ross was named in Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement and took flights alongside Bill Clinton.

“I will be calling on the Oversight Committee to bring in those four individuals that I just listed. We will continue to conduct the investigation and provide updates shortly for all of you,” Luna said, emphasizing that Bill Clinton was “cooperative” with the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation during his deposition. Continue…

Switzerland Freezes 687 Million Swiss Francs Equivalent to More Than 880 Million Dollars in Assets Linked to Nicolás Maduro and His Chavista Entourage

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The Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this February 23 that the financial assets reported by banking intermediaries linked to Nicolás Maduro, his wife Cilia Flores and his closest circle amount to 687 million Swiss francs, about 880 million dollars (figures that vary slightly according to the source up to 887 million).

The measure, adopted by the Swiss Federal Council, seeks to prevent the flight of funds of presumed illicit origin and preserve their possible return to the Venezuelan people.

The freezing order entered into force on January 5, 2026, just two days after United States forces captured Maduro and Cilia Flores in Caracas during the military operation that put an end to his regime.

According to the official data reproduced by the ATS agency and confirmed by the Swiss Ministry to AFP, approximately one third of these assets (about 239 million francs or 308-309 million dollars) were frozen precisely from that date.

The remaining two thirds were already immobilized within the framework of previous criminal proceedings opened in Switzerland against people from the Chavista entourage.

The legal basis is clear and compelling: the Federal Law on the Freezing and Restitution of Illicit Assets in the Possession of Politically Exposed Persons Abroad (FIAA).

This regulation allows the blocking of assets of foreigners “politically exposed” when there are well-founded indications that they were acquired through corruption, drug trafficking or other serious crimes.

The measure affects 21 of the 37 people included in the Swiss ordinance on Venezuela, among them Maduro, Flores and high officials of his administration. Important: it does not reach members of the current interim government headed by Delcy Rodríguez. Continue…

SHOCK VIDEOS: Tram Derails in Milan, Kills 2 and Injures More than 40

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The center of Milan was left shocked by a terrible derailment.'

Yesterday (27), the northern Italy city of Milan was struck by a grave accident, as a tram derailed in the center of the city.

Two people were killed and more than 40 were injured, according to local firefighters. Continue…

Operation Epic Fury: Iranian Navy In Shambles; State TV Struck In Tehran; Three US Servicemembers Killed

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/pentagon-confirms-first-us-troop-deaths-casualties-operation-epic-fury

• President Trump says Operation Epic Fury has sunk 9 'relatively large and important' Iranian naval ships, and that Iran's naval headquarters has been "largely destroyed."

• The Pentagon confirmed three US service members stationed in Kuwait were killed and five seriously wounded in the opening phase of Trump’s Operation Epic Fury campaign against Iran.

• Parts of Iran's national radio and television headquarters were hit in strikes, according to state media (Reuters)

• US and Israeli airstrikes continue on Tehran targets

• Iran downed a US MQ-9 drone, reportedly hit a French base in Abu Dhabi

Update (1300ET): President Trump says that Operation Epic Fury has "destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important," and that "We are going after the rest" which will "soon be floating at the bottom of the sea."

Trump also announced that a separate attack "largely destroyed their Naval Headquarters."

Meanwhile, two US officials told NBC News that the three US service members killed were part of an Army sustainment unit based in Kuwait. Continue…

Lone-Wolf Terror? Senegal-Born Shooter Wearing "Property Of Allah" Shirt Kills 3, Wounds 14 At Austin Bar

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Shocking new details are emerging about 12 hours after the horrific mass shooting at a downtown Austin, Texas, bar early Sunday, with New York Post sources indicating that the deceased shooting suspect, Ndiaga Diagne, a U.S. citizen born in Senegal and living in Texas, allegedly carried out the attack that left three people dead and 14 injured including three in critical condition, with federal agents examining whether the attack was potentially motivated by US-Iran conflict. Continue…

Iran Names Interim Successor To Khamenei Under 2nd Day Of Massive Bombs, Trump Demands Regime Change

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-appoints-interim-successor-khamenei-under-2nd-day-massive-bombs-trump-urges-full

As questions hang over who will ultimately succeed Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an interim leader has been appointed to fulfill his duties. Top Shia cleric Alireza Arafi has been named to the interim Leadership Council after Supreme Leader Khamenei was confirmed killed in US-Israeli strikes, state media reported Sunday.

The ISNA news agency has described that Arafi, a member of the Guardian Council, is joining President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on the body tasked with carrying out the supreme leader’s responsibilities until the Assembly of Experts appoints a permanent successor. All of this happening as US-Israeli bombs continue to fall on Tehran and other sites for a second straight day, 'uninterrupted' - as President Trump pledged Saturday.

Born in 1959, 67-year-old Alireza Arafi ranks among the most powerful clerics in Iran. Before his emergency elevation, he held three key posts: director of the nationwide Islamic Seminary system, member of the Guardian Council, and member of the Assembly of Experts. Continue…

Three Maritime Incidents Reported In Strait Of Hormuz Energy Chokepoint

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/first-oil-tanker-hit-strait-hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports three maritime incidents in or around the Strait of Hormuz involving commercial vessels.

Reuters wrote on X, "Tanker owners, oil majors and trading houses suspended oil, fuel and LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said it had closed navigation."

However, Bloomberg analyst Javier Blas cited Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview with the media outlet Al Jazeera, stating that his country has no plans to close the Strait of Hormuz.

"Iran has no intention of closing the Strait of Hormuz at present, nor has any plans to do anything that would disrupt navigation in it at this stage," Araghchi said. Continue…

Amazon Warns Of "Degraded" AWS Service In UAE After "Power Issues" Amid Middle East Conflict

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/amazon-warns-uae-data-centers-face-degraded-service-after-localized-power-issues-amid

Iran's retaliatory attack ramped up on Sunday after the U.S.-Israeli Operation Epic Fury killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday morning. Follow-on strikes were reported in Israel, across multiple Gulf states, and maritime incidents affected commercial shipping lanes in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

One notable and unexpected point of disruption has emerged in the Middle East critical infrastructure on Sunday morning, with Amazon reporting that its Middle East (UAE) data center region has experienced a power issue that degraded internet connectivity and impaired cloud service availability.

AWS reported that its ME-CENTRAL-1 Region (mec1-az2), which refers to a specific cluster of AWS data-center infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates, is experiencing operational issues due to a "localized power issue." AWS stated that the severity of the incident is "degraded." Continue…

85% Of Babies In 2026 Will Be Born In Asia And Africa

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In 2026, 85% of babies worldwide will be born in just two continents: Asia and Africa.

Where someone is born can shape everything from access to education and healthcare to long-term economic opportunity.

This map, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows how global births are distributed across continents, based on population projections from the United Nations. Continue…