by drjmcurtis | Mar 30, 2026
LOS AANGELES (OC).–Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, 38, was asked by some unnamed European Union officials to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure. EU officials were concerned that with the Iran War blazing, there’s enough worldwide pressure on...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 30, 2026
LOS ANGELESDeclared a persona non grata by the Lebanese government, Mohammed Reza Sheiban refuses to leave Lebanon fearing he has a big target on his back. But the Lebanese government made clear that they don’t want to be dragged into Hezbollah’s conflict with...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 29, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has been supplying Iran with intel to target U.S. bases in the Middle East, pleading with President Donald Trump to supply him with more cash-and-arms in Ukraine. Since taking office Jan....
by drjmcurtis | Mar 27, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump finds himself caught between a rock-and-a-hard place prosecuting the Iran War, with Iran stubbornly hanging onto the Strait of Hormuz, something its done for decades. Shutting down the Strait to commercial shipping has...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 26, 2026
LOS ANGELES (oc).–Telling Iran to make a deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz to restore normal shipping through the Persian Gulf, President Donald Trump said time was running out before the U.S. opens up the big guns on Iran’s energy infrastructure. If...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 25, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Rejecting President Donald Trump’s 15-point plan to end the Iran War, Iran tests Trump[ resolve to start hitting Iran’s major energy sites, something Trump warned over the weekend giving Iran 48-hours to open up the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 24, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Ending the Iran War got more complicated for President Donald Trump as intermediaries like Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan all say that the defiant Iranian Republic Guard Corps [IRGC] has taken over any peace discussions, making demands for the U.S....
by drjmcurtis | Mar 23, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).–Postponing a strike on Iran’s biggest electricity plant, President Donald Trump signaled that backchannel talks were going on with Iran to end the war, something Wall Street took favorably with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketing up 631...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 22, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump gave Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz, an international waterway used by Gulf Arab States to get oil to various markets around the world. Gult States have diverted oil shipments to the Red Sea and...
by drjmcurtis | Mar 21, 2026
LOS ANGELES (OC).– Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkiian told Indian President Narenda Modi today that there needs to be an agreement by the U.S. and Israel to stop the aggression on Iran. Now in its fourth week, President Donald Trump looks for an off-ramp...