{"id":68804,"date":"2026-03-12T08:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/iran-escalates-attacks-on-infrastructure-and-transport-networks-across-the-gulf-first-thing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:58:08","slug":"iran-escalates-attacks-on-infrastructure-and-transport-networks-across-the-gulf-first-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/iran-escalates-attacks-on-infrastructure-and-transport-networks-across-the-gulf-first-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf | First Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices again rise over $100 a barrel as Iran threatens long \u2018war of attrition\u2019. Plus, San Francisco slashes air pollution<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\"><strong>Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>Iran dramatically escalated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/11\/iran-escalates-attacks-on-infrastructure-and-transport-networks-across-the-gulf\">its strategy of striking civilian infrastructure<\/a> and transport networks across the Gulf on Wednesday, attacking commercial ships and targeting Dubai\u2019s international airport as US and Israeli warplanes launched new waves of strikes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who has borne most of Iran\u2019s strikes?<\/strong> More than two-thirds of Iran\u2019s attacks have been on the UAE. Dubai, a center of global finance and international tourism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/11\/the-shine-has-been-taken-off-dubai-faces-existential-threat-as-foreigners-flee-conflict\">is facing an existential threat as foreigners flee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know about the US<\/strong> <strong>defense secretary\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>attitude toward Iran?<\/strong> A Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/12\/pete-hegseth-antipathy-iran\">review of Pete Hegseth\u2019s books<\/a>, speeches and broadcasts revealed he has voiced extreme antipathy towards Iran for years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is the bill now?<\/strong> The House has approved a version of the bill \u2013 but the Senate does not have the votes to do so. It would need 60 votes to move forward because of the filibuster rule.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/12\/first-thing-iran-escalates-attacks-infrastructure-transport\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices again rise over $100 a barrel as Iran threatens long \u2018war of attrition\u2019. Plus, San Francisco slashes air pollution Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Iran dramatically escalated its strategy of striking civilian infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf on Wednesday, attacking commercial ships and &#8230; <a title=\"Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf | First Thing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/iran-escalates-attacks-on-infrastructure-and-transport-networks-across-the-gulf-first-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf | First Thing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}