Tehran Apocalypse? | Oil Goes Parabolic | 3/9/26

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

News, Daily News, Politics

4.9 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Monday's edition of The A.M. Update with Aaron McIntire dives into the intensifying Iran conflict, featuring dramatic scenes from Tehran where coalition strikes on oil infrastructure triggered black rain, toxic fallout, and widespread smoke over the capital. Reports highlight fractures within Iranian leadership, with the formal government issuing apologies for regional attacks while the IRGC vows to continue them. President Trump dismisses accusations of targeting a desalinization plant, reframing focus on the regime's atrocities, amid emerging claims of UAE involvement. Tensions rise with the UK over delayed support and intelligence sharing, drawing sharp comments from Trump and regional allies. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth downplays Russian intel assistance to Iran, emphasizing U.S. awareness and dominance. Domestic updates include disappointing February jobs numbers amid rising oil prices nearing $90/barrel, Markwayne Mullin's controversial DHS nomination and past J6 remarks, a curious old clip from retiring Senator Steve Daines, fresh Epstein-related revelations from prison guard records, Midwest tornado devastation, shifting youth views on socialism in new polling, and observations on fluctuating X narratives around the war depending on the time of day.

A.M. Update, Aaron McIntire, Iran conflict, Operation Epic Fury, Tehran strikes, oil prices, UK Iran support, Pete Hegseth, Markwayne Mullin, Ashley Babbitt, Jeffrey Epstein, jobs report, socialism poll, Midwest tornadoes, Steve Daines

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0:00.0	Call my wife.
0:01.5	Calling UK Wildlife.
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0:05.7	BlackRock Investment Trust has a lot working for you.
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0:10.0	Capital at risk, marketing material.
0:11.4	BlackRock Investment Management UK Limited,
0:13.0	authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
0:15.1	It's Monday, March 9th, 26.
0:17.5	Apocalypse in Tehran.
0:18.9	Oil prices go parabolic and pining for the days of home-grown meth.
0:23.6	Next on the AM update.
0:29.6	Apocalyptic scenes out of Tehran, Iran, as coalition that would be U.S. and Israeli forces struck a series of oil
0:39.9	depots and other oil infrastructure lighting up the skies over Tehran overnight Saturday into
0:47.4	Sunday. Black rain could be seen falling from the skies in the early morning hours of Sunday
0:53.1	morning.
0:59.9	That sky, that rain saturated with oil covering rooftops and streets in the murky liquid.
1:05.0	Erie photos showed Tehran shrouded in smoke and covered in black clouds.
1:13.5	Those scenes unfolding out of Tehran, some of the most, I guess, iconic in a weird way photos that I have seen so far out of this conflict. The Iranian Red Crescent humanitarian organization warned
1:18.9	that the explosions seen overnight at Tehran's oil depots released a significant quantity of
1:24.3	toxic hydrocarbon compound sulfur and nitrogen oxides.
1:28.7	The city became covered in oil flowing in a series of airstrikes that hit four oil storage
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