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Headlines for March 12, 2026 * [Iran Says U.S. and Israeli Strikes Have Killed 1,348 Civilians][1] * [Senators Demand Accountability as Pentagon Admits U.S. Struck Iranian Girls' School][2] * [Iranian Missiles and Drones Continue to Strike at Israel, Gulf States and Oil Infrastructure][3] * [IEA Announces Record Release of Oil Reserves as Iran Warns Prices Could Top $200 Per Barrel][4] * [Lebanon Death Toll Tops 630 as Israel Continues Relentless Bombing Campaign][5] * [Israel Strikes Gaza Marketplace and Tent Camp, Killing and Wounding Palestinians][6] * [RSF Drone Strike in Sudan Kills 17 People, Most of Them Girls][7] * [GOP Sen. John Cornyn Reverses Position on Filibuster to Help Pass the SAVE America Act][8] * [New Hampshire Democrat's Special Election Victory Is Latest Red Flag for GOP in Midterms][9] * [Longtime Epstein Accountant Richard Kahn Testifies to Congress in Closed-Door Deposition][10] * [Family of Six Detained at ICE Jail in Texas Describes Harrowing Conditions][11] [1]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/iran_says… [2]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/senators_… [3]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/iranian_m… [4]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/iea_annou… [5]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/lebanon_d… [6]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/israel_st… [7]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/rsf_drone… [8]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/gop_sen_j… [9]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/new_hamps… [10]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/longtime_… [11]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines/family_of… http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/headlines

"War on the Iranian People": Nationalism Grows in Iran in Defiance of Deadly U.S. and Israeli Strikes [[Seg1 iran5]][1] “This is all being read inside of Iran as a war on the Iranian people.” As oil prices threaten to spike to $200 a barrel amid Iran’s pressure campaign against the U.S. and its allies, professor Narges Bajoghli returns to *Democracy Now!* with an update on the war on Iran and its place in the modern history of U.S.-Iran relations. Bajoghli explains how the combination of harsh sanctions and an insidious propaganda campaign has created a deep political divide within Iran and its diaspora, as Iranians are stuck between theocratic governance and the prospective return of the U.S.-backed monarchy. [1]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/narges_bajoghli_us_… http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/narges_bajoghli_us_…

Amnesty Head Agnès Callamard on Iran War, Global Fight for Gender Justice & Killing of Yanar Mohammed [[Seg2 agnes2]][1] *Democracy Now!* recently sat down with Agnès Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International and a former United Nations special rapporteur, while she was in New York City to mark International Women’s Day and attend the U.N.'s annual conference on women's rights. Callamard responded to the assassination of Iraqi feminist Yanar Mohammed, U.S. sanctions against U.N. special rapporteur Francesca Albanese and the rise of Christian nationalism under the Trump administration. [1]: http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/agnes_callamard http://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/12/agnes_callamard