Saraya Awliya al-Dam released video recorded from inside the US Embassy Baghdad compound using an FPV drone on 16 March, apparently exploiting the radar gap created by the Giraffe 1X kill earlier the same day. C-RAM also reportedly failed on a follow-on strike 17 March. The group's 48-hour operational record includes SRBM strikes, counter-radar precision drones, FPV compound penetration, and Baghdad airport logistics facility attack.

: A projectile struck Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on March 17. No radiation release or casualties reported. IAEA warned of nuclear safety threshold breach. Russia condemned the attack; ~480 Rosatom staff remain on site. A new undisclosed underground enrichment site at Isfahan was also disclosed by the IAEA on March 18.

Ali Larijani killed 17 March; IRGC introduces 'Haj Qassem' missile in 59th strike wave; CENTCOM employs 5,000lb bunker busters on Hormuz SSM sites; US announces Hormuz escort coalition with major allies declining; Mojtaba Khamenei's first speech establishes no-negotiation posture and warns regional countries to expel US forces.

Cuba’s March 16 nationwide blackout followed a full grid disconnection amid fuel shortages and aging infrastructure, with partial restoration underway but repeated recent system-wide failures and localized unrest signaling a fragile power situation with escalating social risk.

An anarchist cell claims three firebomb attacks on Athens police officers’ homes and publishes the addresses, using the communique to justify retaliation and encourage continued attacks against police.

Eight defendants convicted on federal terrorism charges, including material support to terrorists and conspiracy to carry explosives, for the July 4, 2025 ambush at an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas. Verdicts set a significant legal precedent for prosecuting organized direct-action attacks on federal immigration facilities as terrorism.