{"id":20877,"date":"2026-03-08T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=20877"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:19:43","slug":"iran-strikes-back-as-us-death-toll-grows-the-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/08\/iran-strikes-back-as-us-death-toll-grows-the-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Strikes Back as US Death Toll Grows and Video Exposes US Attack Near Tehran Elementary School: The Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Hill<\/em>: Seventh US service member dies in Iran conflict &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/5774063-seventh-us-service-member-dies\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is inconvenient \u2013 <em>NY Times<\/em>: U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows &#8211; see it and read on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/08\/world\/middleeast\/iran-minab-school-strike.html?nl=breaking-news&#038;segment_id=216357\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BBC: Oil prices surge above $100 and shares slide over Iran war &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c79542n0grwo\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guardian<\/em>: Ali Khamenei\u2019s son Mojtaba chosen as Iran\u2019s new supreme leader &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/08\/ali-khameneis-son-mojtaba-chosen-as-irans-new-supreme-leader\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>HuffPo<\/em>: Foreign Minister Dodges Question Whether Iran Is Receiving Help From Russia To Locate U.S. Forces &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/iran-foreign-minister-evades-russia-question-helping-us_n_69adabbde4b064b220b5869c?origin=home-latest-news-unit\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>HuffPo<\/em>: Iran War\u2019s Targets Widen Into Civilian Infrastructure As Saudi Arabia Reports 2 Deaths &#8211; read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ap-ml-iran-us-bahrain-desalination-plant_n_69ad5e78e4b0258d5b091b20\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news worsens as Iran anoints a new hardline leader &#8211; the old one&#8217;s son!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20877"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20908,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20877\/revisions\/20908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}