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26:29

US - Iran Marathon Talks Saturday; Impasse; Talks End...

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2026/04/12

For review: 1. The talks in Islamabad stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning following hours of marathon negotiations, even as Iran warned that Washington was making “excessive demands” over the Strait of Hormuz that could undermine Pakistan’s peacemaking efforts. 2. The US military said on Saturday that it had begun a mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz, with two US warships passing through the key waterway. Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, said in a st...

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31:44

PresidentTrump: US Military to Remain in Place Around...

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2026/04/10

For review: 1. Items from the 10-Point Ceasefire Plan. The lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions on Iran. Continued Iranian control over the strait of Hormuz. US military withdrawal from the Middle East. An end to attacks on Iran and its allies. The release of frozen Iranian assets.A UN security council resolution making any deal binding. 2. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday night renewed his threat to use unprecedented force against Iran if it doesn’t c...

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27:40

US, Israel, & Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasfire; Strait...

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2026/04/08

For review: 1. The White House asserts that the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran is a victory for Washington. The U.S. has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran proposed by Pakistan, President Trump said Tuesday night. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed Tehran's acceptance and said Iran would allow "safe passage" of the Strait of Hormuz during those two weeks "via coordination with Iran's armed forces." 2. Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is...

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28:22

US F-15E Crewman Rescued by Special Operations Forces...

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2026/04/06

For review: 1. US special forces conducted a daring raid deep into enemy territory to safely rescue a wounded US airman who was shot down over southwest Iran, with US President Donald Trump triumphantly declaring “WE GOT HIM,” on Sunday, ending a 36-hour race to find the aviator before he could be captured by pursuing Iranian forces. 2. In an expletive-laden post on his Truth Social account on Sunday, US President Donald Trump warned that the US would attack power plants and bridges in ...

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24:29

Two US Warplanes Shot Down Over Iran; Two Crewmembers...

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2026/04/04

For review: 1. A U.S. F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, and one crew member from the plane was later rescued by American forces, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. The F-15E is flown by a two-member crew, and the search for the second crew member, a weapons system officer, is continuing, two U.S. officials said. An A-10 Warthog was part of the search and rescue mission when it took fire and was damaged. The Warthog pilot ejected over the Persian Gulf and was...

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38:51

More A-10 Warplanes Head to Middle East + US Destroys...

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2026/04/03

For review: 1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources familiar with the decision told CBS News. 2. The U.S. military is poised to double its A-10 presence in the Middle East, as the close air support plane plays a key role in combating Iranian boats and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq as part of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. 3. US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Israel and th...

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25:07

Carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Deploys to...

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2026/04/01

For review: 1. The US Central Command confirms that CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper visited Israel this week and met with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir. 2. The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush deployed Tuesday and is slated to go to the Middle East along with three destroyers, two U.S. officials said. The carrier strike group consists of more than 6,000 Sailors. 3. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran does not have to agree to a deal to end the ongoing US-Israeli war wi...

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19:34

President Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran's Electric...

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2026/03/31

For review: 1. Hundreds of U.S. Special Operations Forces, including Navy SEALs and Army Rangers, are now in the Middle East, as well as thousands of Marines and Army paratroopers, according to sources familiar with the deployments. The NYT first reported the forces had arrived in the region. 2. US President Donald Trump said on Monday that progress was being made in “serious discussions” with Tehran about ending the war, but warned that the US would destroy Iranian energy sites and inf...

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22:45

US Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group & USMC 31st MEU...

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2026/03/29

For review: 1. US President Trump said Friday “Cuba is next. President Trump did not specify what he planned to do with Cuba, telling the media to “disregard that statement” before repeating “Cuba’s next.” 2. US Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group & USMC 31st MEU Arrives CENTCOM AOR. 3. Pakistan’s prime minister said he had a “detailed” call with Iran’s president on Saturday, as foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey prepared to meet in Islamabad for talks on the war in th...

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29:43

Report: US War Department Considers Additional Troops...

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2026/03/28

For review: 1. Ten U.S. service members were wounded Friday in an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported. Friday’s strike reportedly damaged multiple U.S. refueling aircraft and involved Iranian drones. 2. The Pentagon is considering sending up to 10,000 more ground troops to the Middle East to potentially support operations in Iran in a move aimed at giving President Donald Trump more military options, The Wall Street Journal r...

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33:45

CENTCOM CDR: US Has Struck More Than 10,000 Targets +...

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2026/03/26

For review: 1. The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days, according to three people with knowledge of the plans. 2. Chief of the US Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, says the American military has struck over 10,000 targets in Iran since the start of the war, as part of which it destroyed two-thirds of the regime’s military production facilities. 3. Iran has been laying traps and moving additional mili...

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30:54

Report: Direct Talks Between US & Iran Could Happen...

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2026/03/24

For review: 1. The United States is reportedly planning a weeks-long operation to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, an Israeli report claimed Sunday 2. In a bombshell announcement, US President Donald Trump revealed early Monday that his administration was engaged in productive talks with Iran regarding a “complete and total resolution” of the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic. Trump’s initial statement, made on social media, came nearly two days after he had threatened to bom...

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32:30

US Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility +...

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2026/03/22

For review: 1. The United States struck Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment facility on Saturday, several media reports claimed, Iranian media said US-Israeli forces attacked the Shahid Ahmadi-Roshan Natanz enrichment complex on Saturday morning. Technical experts found that no radioactive leaks had occurred, and nearby residents were not at risk. 2. US President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out a ceasefire with Iran, as American officials said more US Marines were headed to the Middle Eas...

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27:53

Israel Strikes South Pars Gas Field in Iran: Iran...

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2026/03/20

For review: 1. The Israeli Air Force struck Iranian gas infrastructure in the country’s south on Wednesday. The strikes targeted Iran’s massive offshore South Pars natural gas field. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes on the gas facility, but an Israeli official confirmed the strike was carried out by the IAF. 2. US President Donald Trump said early Thursday that he would not allow another Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars natural gas field. 3. US War Secretary ...

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25:34

Israel Kills Iran's Top Leader Ali Larijani in...

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2026/03/18

For review: 1. Top Iranian official Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight Monday-Tuesday, Israel’s military and top leaders announced on Tuesday. The Israel Defense Forces said that the commander of Iran’s oppressive Basij force had been killed in a separate overnight strike as well. 2. US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US would not be fighting Iran for “much longer,” but declined to give a clear timeline, as he disparaged NATO for not doing more to help. Pre...

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32:42

Report: President Trump Considers Seizing Kharg...

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2026/03/17

For review: 1. A missile strike on a house in Baghdad on Tuesday killed two people, with initial reports suggesting they are “Iranian advisers” to Tehran-backed groups, a security official tells AFP. 2. Rockets and at least five drones were launched at the US embassy in Baghdad early Tuesday from areas around the city, Iraqi security sources say, describing the attack as the most intense since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran. 3. Amid the latest Iranian missile attack on Israel, the m...

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29:02

Report: Iran's Supreme Leader in Russia for Medical...

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2026/03/16

For review: 1. On Sunday, citing “a senior source close to the new Iranian leader,” Kuwait’s Al-Jarida news outlet reported that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had been smuggled out of Iran in a secretive Russian operation on Thursday to receive medical treatment in Moscow for injuries sustained in the same airstrikes that killed his father and wife on the first day of the ongoing US-Israeli offensive. 2. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that Tehran had neither requested a...

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30:58

US & Iran Reject Diplomatic Negotiation Efforts +...

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2026/03/15

For review: 1. US President Donald Trump’s administration has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the Iran war. Iran, for its part, has rejected talk of a ceasefire until US and Israeli strikes end, two senior Iranian sources told Reuters, 2. US President Donald Trump says that the United States may carry out more strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, saying that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the conflict...

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27:52

US Attacks Military Targets on Iran's Kharg Island +...

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2026/03/14

For review: 1. Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “wounded and likely disfigured,” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a briefing Friday. 2. US President Donald Trump announces that American forces “totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island. 3. Five US Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing two US officials. The planes, which were hi...

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35:47

IDF Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facility at Taleghan...

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2026/03/13

For review: 1.Two oil tankers were struck in the Gulf, killing one person, as Iran continued its attacks on targets across the region and the IDF reported hitting a “critical” nuclear site near Tehran, amid ongoing US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic. 2. Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear in public, ostensibly vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths since the start of the war with the US and Israel, in a statement read out by a presenter on state TV. 3. UN...

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