RT News - March 21 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Thousands gather to mourn another top Iranian official killed by Israeli airstrikes. That's as the Islamic Republic's supreme leader delivers a new address, pledging to avenge all the dead. Donald Trump tells reluctant allies to get on board with unblocking a critical waterway in the Persian gulf. Many in those countries however suggest - 'you broke it, you fix it' - in regards to the deepening energy crisis. While the rising cost of oil and gas opens new cracks between NATO and the US President - who brands European alliance members 'cowards' for wanting resources - but refusing to go to war to take hold of them.