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✍️ Written by Saket Suman The eighth day of the Iran war looked like a regional system under stress, trying to prevent a wider collapse even as the military architecture around Iran kept thickening. The stories IndianRepublic.in tracked through the day fit together into a single picture that suggests India has moved into citizen-protection mode with more than 52,000 Indians returning from the Gulf; the U.S. has escalated both force posture and munitions support to Israel; Iran is trying to reopen diplomatic space with neighbours even while denying responsibility in sensitive flashpoints like Nakhchivan; Gulf states are publicly performing resilience under direct spillover; and the war’s information environment is darkening inside Iran itself under a prolonged internet blackout.  RAF F‑35Bs have carried out their first combat shoot‑down for the UK, destroying hostile drones over Jordan; Via: RoyalAirForce From an India lens, the most important ...

✍️ Written by Saket Suman The widening war involving the United States, Israel and Iran  has marched from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean and  has now begun to unfold within India’s extended strategic neighbourhood. The sinking of an Iranian naval vessel near Sri Lanka, missile exchanges across the Gulf, disruptions to energy flows and airspace closures across major aviation hubs have all brought the conflict closer to India’s economic and security periphery. In moments like these, there is always a temptation for countries to claim the moral high ground or issue strong declaratory positions. But for India, the wiser path may lie in something quieter b u t strategically more consequential. Restraint, Vigilance and the careful use of Multilateral Diplomacy.  So far, New Delhi appears to have largely followed that course. File Photo: EAM Jaishankar India’s response to the crisis has been marked less by rhetoric and more by calibra...

✍️ Written by Saket Suman The widening war involving the United States, Israel and Iran ended its seventh day with sharply escalating rhetoric, expanding battlefronts and growing humanitarian and economic consequences stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. What began with coordinated strikes targeting Iran’s leadership and military infrastructure has now evolved into a multi-theatre conflict drawing in regional militias, Gulf states, global powers and key maritime routes critical to the world economy. Representational Image: Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group; Via: U.S. Central Command The most dramatic political escalation came from Washington, where U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out negotiations with Tehran and said the war would only end with Iran’s “unconditional surrender.” In a social media post, Trump said that once Iran capitulates and a new leadership emerges that is acceptable to the United States and i...

IndianRepublic.in — Full Audit of Iran War Coverage So Far Sourcing · Techniques · Credibility · Ethics · War Archiving · Analysis · Journalism · Accountability  Representational Image Via: Human Rights Watch Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2026 | 78 Pieces | 175+ Hours | 7 Days  | 55,000+ Words THE ARCHIVE Scale and Continuity IndianRepublic.in published 78 pieces under the IsraelstrikesIran label across seven consecutive days, from the war's opening hours on Feb 28 through the evening of Mar 6.  No Indian mainstream outlet produced coverage at comparable volume, depth, or continuity across the same window.  The archive runs to an estimated 55,000+ words of original journalism. Twenty-five or more pieces were filed between 11 PM and 6 AM IST — hours when every Indian mainstream outlet was dark.  The archive is structured around three editorial formats. Situational news pieces file when significant developments occur, regardless of time.  Nine analytical byl...

✍️ Written by Saket Suman The U.S.–Israel war on Iran entered a sixth day with the conflict widening across three key theatres at once : intensifying strikes in and around Iran and Lebanon , expanding maritime risk from the Strait of Hormuz to the Indian Ocean , and triggering sharper political fractures inside Western capitals and across the Global South as governments debate whether this is a limited campaign or the opening stage of a longer regional remap. RAF F-35B Lightnings and Typhoons, supported by Voyager refuelling aircraft are in Middle East; Via: UKdefUS India shifts from calibrated caution to formal state signalling A major India-centric development was New Delhi’s first formal condolence move following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the opening phase of the war. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, while Foreign Se...

✍️ Written by Saket Suman At a time when the war between the United States, Israel and Iran has been going on for well over its fifth day, the conflict’s impact has widened dramatically beyond the battlefield, and triggered internet blackouts inside Iran, collapsed shipping through one of the world’s most critical oil corridors, paralysed air traffic across the Gulf and, most significantly, prompted some sharply divided responses from global leaders. Representational Image; U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fast rope off of an MH-60S Knighthawk aboard USS Tripoli; Via: 7thFleet  For India, the widening conflict is no longer a distant geopolitical confrontation but a crisis unfolding uncomfortably close to home. The sinking of an Iranian warship IRIS Dena near Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean just today, after it had participated in a naval exercise in Visakhapatnam, has revealed how the war has already reached waters central to In...