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Politics => News => Topic started by: guest5 on July 07, 2020, 08:51:02 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_80nWwfp16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsmS3BrdyB0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH7G9jlVRMU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjFkHIZa1k
"4 vessels crossing a day...". ::)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRBE91j9jEs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEDUDYN-eLk
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Have not listened yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0jTY4ee6tw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdVEIiDTUEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5wbWkmpiU4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICWzk_uMMc0
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IRAN FIRES CLUSTER MUNITIONS ON U.S. BASES IN MASSIVE ATTACK - w/ Fmr. U.S. Navy Malcolm Nance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XsXaz28HrM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flsyy6Zpohk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJHTryhvQAk
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Professor Marandi on why the US attacks on Iranian civilians were no 'mistake'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGpzISVRQE
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"It will be interesting to see what Putin does after\if Trump uses tactical nukes in Iran..."
Putin would condemn it, of course. Even though Putin is the one who wants Trump to do this (because this sets Putin up to issue his condemnation which is what he wants to do).
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"One man's tactical nuke is another man's easy button!".
They actually bring up Putin in this interview also...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAe-8st8uv8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFHk7j4HfVY
It will be interesting to see what Putin does after\if Trump uses tactical nukes in Iran...
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BREAKING: EXPLOSIONS IN KUWAIT, WORLD FAMINE COMING, IRAN WAR STEP TO MASS STARVATION w/ Michael Yon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uyiPDtPhEc
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Not sure if Prof. Glenn Diesen from "The Greater Eurasia Podcast" is pro-Dugin or not, haven't listened to him all that much. Joe Kent is an interesting figure though. Keep in mind he still supports Trump...
Joe Kent: Escalation Against Iran & Russia — We Have Entered the Early Stages of World War III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMoCoh8hm0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z4NrviM2Ss
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I don't know how you penetrate 400 feet of granite?
"TRUMP COULD AUTHORIZE A B61 STRIKE" - Lt. Col. Anthony Aguilar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-DNSu8sido
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQNBkw15Iig
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Pape started his own YouTube channel! :)
He does an amazing job explaining Iran's Zagros Mountains here, and explaining the actual scale of what we're looking at. I remember saying to myself, before even one U.S. bomb had dropped, "good luck if the Iranians take off into the mountains"! At that time, I had been under the impression that most of the mountains were in the north of the country. It was shortly after the war started when I realized that Iran's mountains are also along all of the coast of the Straight of Hormuz, and that many of the neighboring countries are on flat ground. Much easier to shoot down on people then it is to have to shoot up at them too!
Pape Lecture Series: The Iran Drone Problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BLokyAjDo
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The "escalation trap" is a strategic theory by University of Chicago professor Robert Pape describing how limited military strikes against a formidable adversary like Iran backfire and force a spiral into full-scale conflict.
Core Concepts of the Escalation Trap:
Tactical Success vs. Strategic Failure: Initial air and naval strikes successfully hit targets or eliminate leaders, creating an illusion of progress. However, they fail to achieve large political goals like regime change or stopping uranium enrichment.
The Hardening of the Adversary: Rather than collapsing, the targeted regime sees its resolve stiffen, domestic opposition silenced under nationalism, and its strategic position—such as control over the Strait of Hormuz—strengthened.
The Closing Trap: Because backing down looks like a visible defeat, leaders feel compelled to double down, moving from air power to riskier options like ground operations or horizontal escalation.
The Stages of the Model:
Stage One: Initial bombings or strikes that fail to break the regime, instead hardening local resolve.
Stage Two: The adversary adapts, tightens internal control, and leverages geographic advantages or key chokepoints like oil markets.
Stage Three: The trap closes, forcing a dangerous choice between accepting a major strategic defeat or launching costly ground options and wider regional conflict.
Pape outlines these dynamics in depth on his analysis platform, the The Escalation Trap Substack, warning that breaking the cycle requires diplomatic offramps before crossing deeper thresholds.
Escalation Trap tracks the trajectory of the Iran war in real time, equipping you with frameworks to recognize shifts in escalation, anticipate what comes next, and understand the strategic and economic consequences before they become conventional wisdom.
https://escalationtrap.substack.com/
THE HAIL MARY WAR - #1 Geopolitical Analyst Robert Pape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUtmqGg1PHY
THE UNANSWERABLE QUESTION - #1 Geopolitical Analyst Robert Pape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUJto-o6tG4
UAE/DUBAI TARGET WARNING - #1 Geopolitical Analyst Robert Pape
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR55PUmnKY
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Leaked: CIA BEGGED Trump Not to Start Iran War!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iBKIQDUS1s
"Sanctions are a gun that shoots you too...".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1P4dak_fCw
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Mossad has spent decades building intelligence networks inside Iran, using spies, cyber operations and covert technology to penetrate the regime at the highest levels.
#mossad #geopolitics #iran
Yossi Cohen, former director of Mossad, joins The General & The Journalist to reveal how Israel’s spies recruit agents, operate behind enemy lines and target Iran’s leadership. How far is Mossad willing to go? And can Israel’s intelligence successes ultimately bring about regime change in Iran? And where does covert action cross the line?
The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War by Yossi Cohen is available at Harper Collins.
00:00 - Former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen on Israel’s Intelligence Strategy
03:01 - How Mossad Penetrated the Iranian Regime’s Deepest Secrets
09:24 - HUMINT vs. SIGINT: Why Human Spies Outperform Cyber Intelligence
14:16 - Exploding Pagers, Sabotage & The Ethics of Covert Operations
24:28 - The Future of Iran, Regime Change & Yossi Cohen’s Political Ambitions
Guest: Yossi Cohen, former director of Mossad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X61k5FXZ3Xc
Once you tell me that Mossad is operating in Iran, I automatically throw all of your estimates in regard to how many "Iranian protestors" were killed by the IRGC out of the window, just like ANY SANE PERSON SHOULD!?!?!
Once you identify yourself as a western-zionist-stooge by telling me you know the exact number of "Iranian protestors" that were killed by the IRGC, I start wishing you die soon, because you're THE ONE actually putting innocent peoples lives in danger you fucken moron par-excellence!!! Herpy-derpy-doo and a big DUH for you!!!
So many western oriented people worried about things like STEM, when they do not even have a grasp on reality nor do the possess a SENSE THAT IS COMMON!!!
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China is pushing back against the latest US sanctions on Iran, warning Washington not to interfere with its trade with Tehran. Imtiaz Gul, from the Centre for Research and Security Studies weighs in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alctoaEWB0Y
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"The war on terror was a war to get rid of Israel's enemies...".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XvA_ZPyC4E
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IRAN WILL GO TO WAR FOR TURKEY - Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe9jdvAiW2A
Prof Seyed Marandi in Tehran: Iran Must Fight On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xQIBKFR3WI
"They Have Differing Objectives" - Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjh2nuxNisY
ISRAEL IS GETTING WEAKER - Malcolm Nance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tioQd-p0bm4
IRAN'S UNDERGROUND MISSILE CITIES - Fmr. Navy SEAL Matt Bracken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgD4nL2uwdM
(Gemini)
Yes, tankers have been conducting ship-to-ship (STS) transfers just outside the Strait of Hormuz—primarily near Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates and Sohar in Oman.
The Shuttle Trade: To minimize risk and avoid high insurance and geopolitical hazards inside the Persian Gulf, some "shuttle" tankers make quick runs through the Strait of Hormuz (frequently with their transponders turned off).
Offloading Cargo: Once outside the strait in the Gulf of Oman, these vessels offload their crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) onto larger waiting carriers.
Global Distribution: The secondary vessels then transport the cargo onward to international markets, disguising the origin of the fuel.
Iran's newly established Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) has targeted this exact workaround. The PGSA blacklisted dozens of tankers accused of violating its transit rules and explicitly warned that any vessel participating in ship-to-ship transfers with these blacklisted ships will face fines, detention, or cargo seizure on future voyages.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDjYOLi-lY
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On Saturday's episode of The Grand Standoff: Iran and the World, American University historian Professor Peter Kuznick warned that the United States faces a total strategic failure in its aggression against Iran, leaving Washington desperate as both economic sanctions and military coercion fail to yield results.
Pointing to growing reports and internal discussions surrounding the potential deployment of tactical nuclear weapons against Iran, Kuznick cautioned that such a move would be criminally reckless and carry unpredictable global consequences.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owQt-9heq3c
"We know that discussions are going on...".
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I believe Iranian media over western media!
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"Reminder: This would not have happened had Trump not removed the U.S. from the JCPOA deal."
Wait, so are you saying that Trump did something good (albeit unintentionally)?
Iran did exactly what they said they would do if the U.S. pulled out of the agreement. I stated that because I know western powers will try and claim Iran is not honoring the agreement and 'look how bad Iran is', when in actuality Iran was in compliance until Trump\The U.S. broke the deal and most rightists will believe them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UDNXubKFs
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“Iran is probably one of the most sanctioned governments in the entire world.”
Donald Trump’s latest economic threat is unlikely to break the stalemate with Iran, says US broadcaster LaDonna Harvey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7HMUbZXiM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQFRdGUCTek
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPmjYrAKi8c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1a4cdtFvnE
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Lt. Col. Aguilar has always been excellent when it comes to his military analysis of the Iran conflict, and others too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r71yQDT80ao
Don't agree with many things Paul Craig Roberts says on his website, but his analysis on the Iran conflict is also excellent. His basic premise has been that Muslims better unite, or the Greater Israel project and the U.S. will eventually eat their lunch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4aSlToUMQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjR2K5hSSjE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRZk-ZYj9mw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE_BRI922sg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSpQnvI7bY8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kzexoN98Tk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOlKPBkyqzU
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Araghchi stresses Ukraine needs to make up for attack
https://en.irna.ir/news/86222389/Araghchi-stresses-Ukraine-needs-to-make-up-for-attack
Tehran, IRNA — Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Ukrainian counterpart have held a phone call a few days after the attack on an Iranian cargo ship by Ukrainian forces in the Caspian Sea.
“Was assured by Ukrainian FM @andrii_sybiha that the attack on an Iranian ship was unintentional and Ukraine seeks no escalation,” Araghchi said late on Tuesday during his phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha.
“Iran does not seek escalation either, but made clear any attack on our citizens or interests is unacceptable. There must be restitution for losses,” he added.
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I told you Iran should not be helping Russia in any way whatsoever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um8o1Ejpp-E
this reported Ukrainian strike on an Iranian vessel supplying Russia
If Ukraine had bombed an Iranian ship receiving supplies from Russia, I would have blamed Ukraine for sure. But an Iranian ship supplying Russia cannot complain about being bombed, and Iran has no excuse not to have known this.
Throw China in the mix on the Iranian side.
This vindicates my advice throughout these last few years that China should have invaded Russia (to take back Manchuria) as soon as Russia had invaded Ukraine. Then, since China supplies Iran, Iran would have had the strongest possible reason against supplying a Russia at war with China. And if Iran had not supplied Russia, it would have trivially avoided being bombed by Ukraine.
Better still would have been if Iran had also invaded Russia in coordination with China. Russia still occupies Dagestan which Iran should be trying to recover anyway, as noted here:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/colonial-era/russia-the-last-colonial-empire/msg16086/#msg16086
But of course no one ever listens to me. And so:
Putin and she are factoring US munition shortage from the Iran war into their calc calculations
16:0816 minutes, 8 secondsfor next major moves in Ukraine and Europe for Russia and against Taiwan for China.
As I have said over and over again, the best way to prevent war in Taiwan is war in Manchuria. But oh well, at least we can now hope for war to reach Poland.....
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8roOHDYmaQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oTV3blNW6g
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6pqs_apdHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUsCrsa2Gi0
False Leftist Kulinski still hasn't figured out this was what Hitler was trying to prevent.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82gIIrzXuwQ
False Leftist Kulinski still hasn't figured out that if Hitler had won WWII none of this would be happening.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdSUDUika8w
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These Gulf Arab countries are getting exactly what they deserve. They host US bases for "protection", but now they're clearly a liability. For one, the US is not protecting them from missiles at all. And two, there wouldn't be any in the first place if they didn't get cozy with Westerners!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOJ5UHNWfqc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dknga-nLtY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_zLCcrjYVU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZTpS6s24mw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFYlKhZpNgc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPZLtn2US6Q
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yh4r8BFQsM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0AB9gRK-Jc
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https://ibb.co/bMhbs3nc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTj-buxCZY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQYIRY1GnIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzWBttepwe0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4w-kJUs1E4
Israeli soldiers are doing yoga to heal from the trauma of the world reaction to the genocide they committed in Gaza.
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They need to do some yoga to get reentered so they can go back back out there and shoot some more children in the face. Go back out there and starve
26:5426 minutes, 54 secondssome more toddlers. Go back out there and steal another country. That's what they're that's what they're working on there.
Who would approve? Answer:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/westernized-hedonist-'buddhism'-vs-real-buddhism/msg32146/#msg32146
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBLE0nW8fMA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2lTWGvFQ-E
How would even the best-case scenario described by False Leftist Kulinski (reparations paid to Iran) be a "total Iranian victory"? Actual total Iranian victory consists of Israel ceasing to exist. Why do False Leftists set the bar so low for what we should be satisfied with?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqHlvRa_4qc
False Leftist Kulinski is unaware that Hitler was pro-Iran, and that Iran would be totally unharmed now if Hitler had won WWII.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq47I2Ezvic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiD0eNlOdqM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91VS3_W7dk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RABjcvHdiUY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbM0DfpEXG8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dUHwYq1fJY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKjUGwk1wN4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMLASRYQa0o
Iranian uh foreign minister have visited Beijing just before the Trump visit and and this
13:3913 minutes, 39 secondsis also why Putin is coming to Beijing right after the Trump visit. So there's a certain level of coordination between
13:4713 minutes, 47 secondsChina, Iran and Russia uh over this
So what happens if Putin (who also has oil and all kinds of other resources that China buys) is the one encouraging Xi to betray Iran?
And why does the above video discuss everything except this possibility? Let's look at Zha on Ukraine:
https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/carl-zha-xinjiang-ukraine-and-u-s-china-relations-10/transcript
Can you figure out what is going on?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvRVSeyolM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PpUS4WAnk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B-i_eV7VPk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1dDxgnOO98
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znWqOlnfqiw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1VGk6IzMc0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpp0jTEVmVY
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"I don't understand why you support Iran since it's an ally of Russia."
I want as many countries as possible to support Iran because I want Iran to feel confident enough to ditch Russia. The less support Iran has, in contrast, the more it will cling to Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Russia_relations
Iran backed select elements of the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviets.[12][45] However, later the USA imposed an arms embargo on Iran, and the Soviet Union began to supply arms to Iran via North Korea.[46]
After the war, in 1989, Iran made an arms deal with the Soviet Union.[47] The military agreement allowed Iran to acquire advanced Russian aircraft, including MIG-29s and SU-24s. Iran urgently needed such equipment, as its air force had been severely depleted by the eight-year war with Iraq and was unable to obtain spare parts or new aircraft from the United States.[48]
If the US had not imposed the arms embargo (surely Israel's idea if you ask me), Iran might have stayed anti-Russia the whole time. Better still, America should have instead given nukes to Iran back then.
Related:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/china-and-united-states-relations/msg11575/?topicseen#msg11575
"In general Shias are the more pro-Russian branch of Islam compared with Sunnis, yet you prefer Shias."
Shia existed before Russia existed, so it's not like Shia was formed for the sake of being pro-Russia. I prefer Shia because I consider Ali to be the true successor of Mohammed, and because I consider the Uthmanic Koran to be corrupted. I also prefer Shia theology:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam
Divine justice (ʿAdl)
Divine justice (ʿadl) occupies a position in Twelver theology that has no direct equivalent in mainstream Sunni thought — it is one of the five uṣūl al-dīn (foundations of religion) in Twelver doctrine, elevated to the status of a foundational creed alongside monotheism, prophethood, imamate, and resurrection. Its centrality reflects a fundamental divergence between Shia and Sunni theology on the question of God's relationship to moral categories, human agency, and the intelligibility of divine action.
The Ashari position and the Shia rejection
The dominant theological school of mainstream Sunni Islam, the Ashariyya, holds that God's will is the ultimate source of all moral categories — that an act is good because God commands it and evil because God forbids it, rather than God commanding it because it is intrinsically good. On this view, moral categories are posterior to divine will and have no independent existence that could constrain or evaluate God's actions. The Ashari position on predestination follows from this framework: all human acts, including sins, are created by Allah and "acquired" (kasb) by humans through a mechanism that Ashari theologians acknowledged was philosophically difficult to render fully coherent, but which they regarded as established by revelation. The Athari school, foundational to Wahhabism and Salafism, tends toward a harder determinism in which divine decree encompasses all things without qualification.[88]
Twelver theology, shaped by the rational theological tradition of the Imams and particularly by the teachings of Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq, rejects both of these positions. In Shia theological epistemology, the human intellect (ʿaql) is capable of independently recognising moral categories — that justice is genuinely good and injustice genuinely evil — and God, whose essential nature is good, acts in accordance with these categories rather than arbitrarily defining them by fiat. Divine justice in Shia theology therefore means that God does not and cannot act unjustly, not because an external standard constrains Him but because injustice is incompatible with His essential nature.[89]
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I don't understand why you support Iran since it's an ally of Russia.
In general Shias are the more pro-Russian branch of Islam compared with Sunnis, yet you prefer Shias.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYuAJv_gRHQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-nW50ct3Wg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-snP1psvx0
(And False Leftist Kulinski still can't figure out that everything he is complaining about is was what Hitler was trying to prevent.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeBS-cfsx0Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrp73zlYgQI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZM6l3sXKQo
And also what just took
10:1810 minutes, 18 secondsplace, which is important to mention as well, is in the middle of the night, one of the things that we just learned is
10:2610 minutes, 26 secondsthe US dropped a Friday night notice lifting sanctions on Russian oil for another month.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-A8w-f1CE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZxAnGNSC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7hWTNeDjNI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH3jKYpw_74
And so now we're looking at a situation rising China, right? China has surpassed us in many respects if we're being honest. And now you have Iran, an
7:007 minutesally of China, and they are now flexing power.
The best move for China, recognizing the above, is to strengthen its alliance with Iran and turn on Russia.
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Weekly TACO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTqQ_w-FaEA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFa0ynGAnFM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc_4d9ZIz1Q
I miss the old days when Trump was only killing The United States with tariffs.
Sooo.... it's like a tariff that people can shoot at?
Reminds me of rock paper scissors. Trump thinks paper beats paper lol
Trump thought of the double-blockade while eating a Double Whopper.
Trump logic. Iran blocked the strait and made 90 billion dollars. I want 90 billion dollars, so I'll block the strait too.
Putin must be laughing!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYWi1rr4o2o
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqTc11PkcU4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0PMQyuLgnU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FiEVZy0iNc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpHLeXeRHUw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSXax2mCGDI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLZISKg3fXE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P24zKPaXrQ
Democrats are going with uh, you know,
10:1510 minutes, 15 secondsoh, taco Trump, he [ __ ] chickened out. What a [ __ ] And they're saying that after Trump backed away from like literal nuclear annihilation of an
10:2210 minutes, 22 secondsentire civilization. Okay. Yeah. It's not the right thing to do after he backs away from like murdering 90 million people to be like, "Haha, what a [ __ ]
10:3110 minutes, 31 secondsYou should have followed through on that." That's not a good [ __ ]
10:3410 minutes, 34 secondscriticism, right? That's a That's criticizing Trump from his right,
10:3810 minutes, 38 secondssaying, "You should be more like Adolf Hitler."
False Leftist Kulinski seems to have forgotten that Hitler never used (nor even possessed) nukes, and that in reality the country to use nukes during WWII was the US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
So it is not only Trump who is losing touch with reality.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZNlYFjwvQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrER8QMtwrI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo33a_hWDgI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qzy7oCokhQ
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TACO as usual:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HwZs7_cC7Y
It goes without saying that Iran in response should now absolutely NOT open the Strait of Hormuz.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYgHyarYRk
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"U.S. and the U.K. should be forced into accepting all the Zionist refugees"
Only so long as they go straight into concentration camps.
"while the rest of the world takes all the Palestinian refugees!"
Should not the US and the UK take as many Palestinian refugees (and those of other victim countries of Israel) as wish to go there? Of course I agree that those who wish to go elsewhere should be welcomed there also.
Additionally, if I were in charge, I would employ them as staff for the concentration camps containing the former Israelis. ;D
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I tend to agree with people like Paul Craig Roberts who stated in a recent interview that if Dimona melts down, or Iran gets one of Israel's nuclear missiles to cook-off in one of its silos with a direct ballistic missile strike, Israel is absolutely finished! I would add, at which point the U.S. and the U.K. should be forced into accepting all the Zionist refugees, while the rest of the world takes all the Palestinian refugees!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QvljMPtlIQ
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Folkism always appreciated:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyAUs8XJaVI
Woke comments:
As an Iranian, I am proud of my Yemeni brothers.
Love you brother from Pakistan 🇵🇰
love you from Somalia ❤❤
Love from India...
love and support from México.
Israel must be like Gaza before the war ends .
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The best way to attack Israel is to improve its gene pool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQANe0ssnVA
Woke comments:
You’re doing the world a favor, Iran.
I saw JFK's soul on that flash
Bravo Iran... You are the hero of world justice
Double tap those bunkers!!
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FAFO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKnCmjT6OL4
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Bad idea (that unfortunately all False Leftists are now praising Iran for):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcukGcds7kI
Firstly, the US fighting Denmark would reduce pressure on Iran. Secondly, even if Iran is confident enough in its power to not require reducing pressure, why help Denmark in any way? Has Iran forgotten past and present Danish behaviour?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Iran_relations
The first Persian envoy to Denmark arrived in 1691 in order to negotiate the release of the Iranian-owned cargo of a Bengali ship seized by the Danish fleet. The Iranian diplomat had been issued with diplomatic credentials by Suleiman I of Persia (Shah 1666–1694) and opened negotiations with King Christian V of Denmark. He was unable to secure the release of the cargo.
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The 2006 Muhammad cartoons controversy saw the Danish embassy to Iran attacked by protesters and the Iranian Ambassador to Denmark called to Tehran; thus straining political and economic interaction between the two countries.[6][7] On 30 October 2018, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (DSIS) announced that they suspect Iranian Intelligence agencies was operating in Denmark, and that they were planning to kill the leader of ASMLA, who lives there.[8]
To say nothing of:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Israel_relations
During World War I, in 1918, the World Zionist Organization set up a central office in Copenhagen in order to present the claims of the zionist Jews at the Paris peace conference.
From 9 April 1940, to August 1943, the Danish Jewish community was safe from persecution. The Danish underground smuggled 7,000 Jews to Sweden. This act brought to the endowment of the honorific Righteous Among Nations to the Danish resistance movement, and it is found at the base of the bilateral relations of the countries. Every 5 years, the rescue operation is commemorated and celebrated in both countries. In addition, in Jerusalem (1962) and Haifa (2013), there are special sculpture monuments dedicated to the rescue of Danish Jews, set in plazas bearing the name "Denya (Denmark) Square". In Jerusalem, there is a school named in Denmark's honor. King Christian X hospital in Eitanim is named after Denmark's king during World War II. In Copenhagen, the main monument the Stone at Israels Plads (1968).[1][2] The Ryvangen Memorial Park in Hellerup (1950) has references to Danish underground members who risked their lives to rescue Jews. Two memorial monuments more exist next to the wharves from where the Jews were sent to Sweden in Gilleleje and Køge.
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Denmark voted for the partition of Palestine in 1947 and supports Israel in the United Nations. Denmark has an embassy in Israel, and Israel has had an embassy in Copenhagen since 1949.[3][4] Denmark recognized and established diplomatic relations with Israel on 2 February 1949.[5]
During the first decades of the existence of the State of Israel, many Danes admired the young country, striving to flourish amid hostile neighbors, basing itself on socialist values. Thousands of Danes came to volunteer starting the 1960s in Israeli kibbuzim. It is estimated that over 2,000 Danes came to volunteer in Israel, and that 20 out of 179 parliament members in 2010 were actual kibbutz volunteers in their past.
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The political lives of the two states have been somewhat intertwined: The former Israeli minister of social and diaspora affairs Michael Melchior was born in Denmark and is the son of former chief rabbi in Copenhagen, Bent Melchior, the nephew of former Danish minister of traffic and minister of tourism and communication Arne Melchior, and the grandson of the acting rabbi for the Jewish refugees from Denmark in Sweden 1943–45, Marcus Melchior; the executive director of the Peres Center for Peace 2001–2011, Ron Pundak, who played an important role in starting the Oslo peace process and was part of the core group behind the Geneva Initiative, is the son of the influential Danish journalist Herbert Pundik; and prominent Israeli politician Yohanan Plesner, former chairman of the Plesner Committee, is the son of Danish architect Ulrik Plesner.
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In January 1962, Viggo Kampmann, Danish Prime minister, was the first senior figure from Denmark to ever visit Israel. He inaugurated, during his visit, the "Denya Square" in Jerusalem in a ceremony attended also by the former prime minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion and Jerusalem's mayor, Mordechai Ish-Shalom. In 1965, prime minister Jens Otto Krag, visited Israel, and in 1972, foreign affair minister, Knud Børge Andersen paid his visit. In 1983, Danish Prime minister, Poul Schlüter, visited Israel, being the first figure to visit Israel, pertaining to the Conservative People's Party, while all previous belonged to the Social democrats Party.
In 2002 Israel's foreign affair minister, Shimon Peres, visited Denmark to meet with his counterpart and the prime minister, in honor of Denmark's presidency of the European Union for that year. During the visit, a beer glass was thrown at him as he was walking through the Tivoli Gardens.[11]
In 2013, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark visited Israel, being the first Danish, and Scandinavian, royal to ever visit Israel. He met with President Peres, who expressed the gratitude of Israel to the Danish people for their actions to rescue Jews during the Holocaust.[12][13]
In 2016, Lars Løkke Rasmussen paid a private tour to Israel, where he met Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu[14]
In 2018, the Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, visited Denmark to mark the 75th anniversary of the rescue of the Danish Jews. During the most covered visit, he spoke at the Gilleleje church and at the Jewish synagogue of Copenhagen.[15]
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/denmark/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdcUfDnhFco
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7WQlLJszM
False Leftist Kulinski's brain is not functioning:
Uh we have the Israeli president Isaac Herszog is now out there trying to
10:4110 minutes, 41 secondsjustify the mass killing of Lebanese people by holding up Hitler's mine comp and claiming that it was found inside
10:4810 minutes, 48 secondsmany homes in Lebanon. So they're literally just running it back with the Gaza style propaganda, the Gaza genocide propaganda. They're doing the old, oh,
10:5710 minutes, 57 secondsthe children in Lebanon were reading mine comp, so we had to murder all of them. I don't know how anybody buys this [ __ ] at this late date. And honestly, I
11:0511 minutes, 5 secondsdon't think anybody really does. I think people deep down understand that the Axis of Epstein is trying to create the fourth Reich and they are the Nazis.
How can they be the Nazis if they consider people who read Mein Kampf to be deserving of execution?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4yzlGVZ4Ps
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fN6ZC1evIo
Exactly what they did in Gaza is exactly what
13:4913 minutes, 49 secondsthey're going to try to do now in South Lebanon. And then eventually they'll take North Lebanon. That's what's going to happen. Okay. How many times can they say, how many times can they make it clear the goal is a greater Israel?
14:0014 minutesThat's the goal. be the only regional superpower, eventually become a global superpower, but take more and more land.
Like, they still don't call this the Axis of Epstein, even though the US and Israel are the axis of Epstein. They still don't say that we're trying to build the fourth Reich, even though we're trying to build the Fourth Reich.
14:3414 minutes, 34 secondsThey still don't say we are the wararmongering imperialist psychopaths who are crusading and murdering people to steal their natural resources and get
14:4214 minutes, 42 secondsmore power and and you know, establish hegemony.
And then of course the other thing Trump did is he gave a
15:5415 minutes, 54 secondsmassive gift to Russia, making it so that you know Russia is no longer sanctioned as strongly as they were before. You have all these waiverss now
16:0216 minutes, 2 secondswhere Russia is selling oil and gas to all of our allies because they desperately need it and they're selling it at an inflated price which is going to allow the war machine to continue and
16:1016 minutes, 10 secondsUkraine to get crushed.
So why does False Leftist Kulinski still refuse to include Russia in the Axis of Epstein?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HauzV-D5040
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https://www.reddit.com/r/UnderReportedNews/comments/1rudawa/ali_larijani_secretary_of_irans_supreme_national/
Now would also be a good time for a quick refresher on the original 9/11, which False Leftists are finally starting to acknowledge was a false flag, (although downplaying the Zionist angle?).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1I8rEjhqk8
This is why we call them the Axis of Epstein. And this is why I try to tell you they're creating the fourth Reich.
10:3510 minutes, 35 secondsThe Greater Israel is part of this fourth Reich. The Technate States of America is part of the fourth Reich.
10:4010 minutes, 40 secondsTrump wants to go down as a legendary president. He wants to expand US territory. He's helping Netanyahu expand Israeli territory and create a greater
10:4710 minutes, 47 secondsIsrael.
Trump also wants Russia to expand into Ukraine. So why does False Leftist Kulinski not include Russia in the Axis of Epstein?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAA0N4epWaA
I think the crux is not whether or not the Netanyahu video is AI-generated, but whether or not an AI-generated video necessarily implies that Netanyahu is dead. Would not Netanyahu benefit from Iran believing he has died? If so, would not an AI-generated video posing as a real video be useful in inviting Iran to believe this?
Other important parts:
Trump's world in two photos. Saving the Russian
31:4131 minutes, 41 secondseconomy and Putin's war machine while destroying the US. The US stock market versus the Russian stock market. The US stock market is going down ski dog. And
31:5131 minutes, 51 secondsthe Russian stock market is skyrocketing. Why? Because of course the price of oil is skyrocketing. and they just gave them sanctions relief where
31:5831 minutes, 58 secondsnow many of our ally countries are allowed to get Russian oil because obviously where the hell else are they going to get it?
yet False Leftist Kulinski can report this while still not including Russia in the Axis of Epstein:
So put the US and Israel together. It's the
34:0034 minutesAxis of Epste
Also:
The guy snapped and he went to a temple and he killed them. Now,
44:0544 minutes, 5 secondsneedless to say, the people in that temple didn't do anything. They're innocent.
No, they were supporting the religion that celebrates the land theft that led to the creation of ancient Israel, which the land theft that led to the creation modern Israel was modelled after. They were supporting the religion that makes an in-group/out-group distinction between Jews and non-Jews.
They're in favor of equality.
44:5244 minutes, 52 secondsThey're in favor of Palestinian rights.
By which they mean they support the Two-State Solution. The role of liberal Zionists is to create a false dichotomy of either Israel only or Israel+Palestine, which obscures the ethically correct position: Palestine only. But False Leftist Kulinski cannot see this.
To finish on an uplifting note, Iran is also improving the French gene pool:
(https://s.france24.com/media/display/b55b35e6-1ee4-11f1-8176-005056bf30b7/w:1024/p:9x16/French-soldier-killed-PNG.png)
Unfortunately Frion's bloodline has not yet been eliminated:
https://www.military.com/daily-news/investigations-and-features/2026/03/13/french-soldier-killed-iranian-drone-first-european-death-iran-war.html
He was married and the father of one child.
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https://x.com/i/status/2031697251630801287
The Dumb Superpower
Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺
@ejmalrai
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The Iranian IRGC command centre said it had expected the United States to be better prepared than what it is witnessing on the battlefield. According to the Iranian assessment, Washington entered the war convinced that overwhelming firepower would compensate for the absence of strategic thinking. What has emerged instead, they argue, is a military machine capable of immense destruction but struggling to understand the nature of the war it has entered.
From the IRGC’s perspective, the United States possesses extraordinary military muscles but little strategic imagination. Iran’s response, carefully structured around regional escalation and asymmetric pressure, appears to have caught Washington by surprise. The shock, they say, is visible not only in the Pentagon but also in the political leadership that authorised the war without fully grasping the strategic environment it was stepping into.
Tehran insists it warned from the outset that the war would not remain limited or localised. Yet, according to Iranian officials, the American reaction suggests an extraordinarily slow process of adaptation. Each new development seems to force Washington to relearn the battlefield it thought it already controlled.
The conclusion drawn by the IRGC is blunt and deliberately provocative: overwhelming military strength does not automatically translate into strategic intelligence. “When a country builds too many muscles,” one Iranian official remarked, “it often leaves very little space for the brain.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3IkNiFG10s
Of course False Leftist Kulinski still doesn't get it:
World War II, that was totally legit, right? Like that was the
29:5129 minutes, 51 secondsmost legit. But like so many of the
things after that, who are we kidding? Like they didn't have to be fought.
The reason the things after that (e.g. all wars for the benefit of Israel) happened was because the US was on the wrong side of WWII.
like when you're a threat to every neighbor around you and you have a
32:5632 minutes, 56 secondstrack record of genocide, like what do you call that? That's exactly like the Nazis.
Who were the neighbours of National Socialist Germany? Answer: Western countries.
Who are the neighbours of Israel? Answer: non-Western countries.
Why is Kulinski such a moron? Answer: False Leftism.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDmNMwRdAQ
The most important parts:
you're now giving Russia a a massive gift on a silver platter because in this moment of desperation, it's very likely that
4:004 minutesthey're all going to open up to Russian oil and gas again because there is no alternative.
As Martaza Hussein says here,
47:0447 minutes, 4 secondsRussian geopolitical fortunes have somehow transformed overnight. Not only are they getting sanction sanctions waiverss to sell oil, they will be doing
47:1147 minutes, 11 secondsso at inflated prices while all of Asia is desperate.
Also, rare criticism of Sanders by Kulinski:
So now often people talk about uh Israel and they do what's called the one bad man theory of history. Uh even Bernie Sanders does this where he says
30:2830 minutes, 28 secondsthe right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu and that then he attacks what Israel is doing but under the opaces of it's Benjamin Netanyahu. He's the worst
30:3630 minutes, 36 secondsof the worst. He's the head of the snake and if we like get rid of him things will improve. Well, I got bad news for everybody. No, it won't. Because here's your so-called opposition. Okay. Yar
30:4430 minutes, 44 secondslaid says Israel must destroy all of Iran's oil fields and energy industry on Car Island. That is what will [ __ ] Iran's economy and topple the regime.
30:5130 minutes, 51 secondsThis war must end when the regime in Iran has fallen. The nuclear facilities have been destroyed. All of the ballistic missile industry has been destroyed and Hezbollah has been
30:5930 minutes, 59 secondsdestroyed in Lebanon. So, in other words, no [ __ ] daylight between Netanyahu and this guy.
So, what is the only actual way to bring improvement? The unwillingness to consider it is the reason why we are experiencing everything currently happening.
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Syria condemns Iranian strike on al-Kharj in Saudi Arabia
https://sana.sy/en/syria/2301282/
Damascus, March 9 (SANA) The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the Iranian attack that targeted a residential facility in al-Kharj city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, killing two people and injuring others.
In a statement issued early Monday, the ministry expressed its “categorical rejection of any acts of aggression targeting civilians and residential areas,” calling for full respect of international laws and norms related to the protection of civilians.
The ministry reaffirmed the Syrian Arab Republic’s solidarity with the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in this incident.
According to Saudi Civil Defense, two people were killed and 12 others injured on Sunday when a “military projectile” fell in Al Kharj, south of Riyadh. The projectile struck a residential site belonging to a maintenance and cleaning company, killing two workers of Indian and Bangladeshi nationality and injuring 12 others.
The incident comes as Iran continues launching strikes on Gulf states in response to the U.S.–Israeli attack on its territory.
MHD
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While most other left-leaning commentary has been becoming more pro-Russia day by day since the Iran war started, at least Hartmann has figured out who is the hidden boss in the Axis of Epstein:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-917oc64mM
Russia benefits as tensions rise and resources are allocated from Ukraine to the US-Iran War.
India imports 60% of their oil through the straits of Hormu as well that's not available to them right now
13:2613 minutes, 26 secondswhere they getting their oil from Russia China imports uh 50% of its crude oil through the
13:3513 minutes, 35 secondsthrough the straits of Hormones where are they going to get their oil from Russia so who benefits from this Putin
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So, and then there's also the knock-on effects with Ukraine because we're using up all of the air defense,
15:1815 minutes, 18 secondswhat do you call munitions, you know,
15:2015 minutes, 20 secondsthe THAAD missiles and the Patriot missiles. We're using those all up in the Gulf. They're not available to Ukraine, which again is a huge gift to Vladimir Putin. I I I [music] get it.
15:3115 minutes, 31 secondsDonald Trump can't stop giving Putin gifts.
15:3415 minutes, 34 secondsAnd you know, three, four days ago, if you'd asked, you know, did Putin tell Trump that he should go attack Iran, I would have said no. Now it's increasingly [music]
15:4415 minutes, 44 secondslooking like the one of the probably the single biggest beneficiary [music] in the entire planet of this invasion of Iran is going to be Vladimir Putin and Russia.
Woke comments:
never underestimate the Mosad and history with Russian KGB
RUSSIAN COLLUSION/ISRAEL
Duginist comment:
How much is AIPAC paying you Thom?
Duginists are currently working overtime to try to label all anti-Duginists as Zionists, in an attempt to obscure that anti-Duginism is in reality a necessity for serious anti-Zionism (which I had figured out more than a decade ago and Hitler had figured out more than a century ago).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctACnfMXat4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNsp7TJJHFs
Woke comments:
AWESOME!!! Take them ALL OUT!
The more Ai that gets wiped out the better.
BUTLERIAN JIHAD, from Dune books
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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-us-militaries-discuss-moving-patriot-missiles-iran-war-seoul-says-2026-03-06/
SEOUL, March 6 (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Friday the U.S. and South Korean militaries are discussing the possible redeployment of some U.S. Patriot missile defence systems based in South Korea to be used in the war against Iran.
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Media reports citing South Korean government sources said the Patriot systems were being readied for redeployment in the Middle East, with heavy U.S. military transport planes having flown into Osan to move them.
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If North Korea responds by using this window of weakened South Korean defences to invade South Korea, we will have full WWIII.....
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA6jV6CWo_w
Woke comments:
Trump is betraying the Arabs. Their goal is not war with Iran. They should cooperate with Iran and stop Israel's warmongering before it is too late for them.
Arab has to joın wıth Iran from now and all muslıms all over the world has to unıted agaınst zıonısm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufva8Gxyjmw
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Türkiye spares no effort in securing borders and skies: Erdogan
Erdogan’s remarks came after a ballistic missile from Iran was intercepted by NATO defences as it headed towards Turkish airspace.
https://www.trtworld.com/article/adffca969b1b
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Türkiye is taking all necessary measures to safeguard its borders and airspace amid rising regional tensions, stressing that Ankara’s deterrence and defence capacity remain at their highest level.
“We are leaving nothing to chance when it comes to the security of our borders and airspace in these difficult times our region is going through,” Erdogan said on Wednesday.
The Turkish leader said Ankara was working closely with its NATO allies and stood ready to respond immediately to any threat.
“Türkiye is taking all necessary measures in close consultation with our NATO allies and responds immediately when required,” he said.
Erdogan’s remarks came after a ballistic munition fired from Iran and directed towards Turkish airspace was intercepted and neutralised by NATO air and missile defence units in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to the Turkish defence ministry.
Ankara later summoned Iran’s ambassador and conveyed its “strong protest” over the incident, while Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan raised the issue in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi.
Strongest warnings
Referring to the incident, Erdogan said Türkiye had issued its strongest warnings to Iran to prevent similar developments in the future.
“Our determination and capacity to ensure the security of our country and our nation are at the highest level,” he said.
Highlighting the importance of deterrence, Erdogan said maintaining peace in Türkiye requires continuously strengthening the country’s defensive capabilities.
“If we as a nation want to live in peace and stability on these lands, which are our eternal homeland, we must continuously strengthen our deterrence,” Erdogan said.
The incident comes after joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, other senior officials and nearly 1,050 Iranians — including 165 schoolchildren — and prompted Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes across the region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQTopvIGMNw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQwowRAfC70
False Left Kulinski expressing sympathy with dead US troops while condemning the war is why he is a joke. All of them signed up voluntarily. We should celebrate their deaths.
Um, the one on the bottom left, bro, he's
9:47
literally 20 years old. He's never known life without the United
9:52
States being at war.
And he still signed up.
His whole life, the US was at war. 20 years old.
More precisely, his whole life the US was invading former victims of Western colonialism. Never was the US invading a former Western colonial power. And he still signed up.
And now
9:59
he's dead.
:) Iran is improving the US gene pool.
So, as Matthew Ho points out, looks like the soldiers killed in Kuwait were reserveists.
For the record:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces
Active personnel 169,500[1]
Reserve personnel 465,000[1]
Should we sympathize with these as well?
Back to False Leftist Kulinski:
I'll say it, too, send Baron Trump.
10:51
Why should Baron Trump not be there?
I agree with this part, anyway.
The Israelis function exactly like ISIS and
22:00
exactly like the Nazis. They want to destroy history and rewrite it in their image. That's what they want to do. They
22:07
are absolute fanatics. They are fundamentalist freaks. They are Israel. They are Zionist Jewish supremacists is
22:14
what they are.
National Socialist Germany was the exact opposite of Jewish supremacist. Everything Israel is doing right now would never have happened if Hitler had won.
Donald Trump insisted the Iran war be named Operation Epic Fury so that when
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people searched Trump EP EP in search engines, autocorrect would suggest Trump
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epic fury instead of Trump Epstein. That story is totally [ __ ] spoton. I I
23:05
believe that to my core. That is exactly like something Trump would do. But as I
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said, this [ __ ] is not going to work. this. Everybody's calling this the Jeffrey Epstein war or Operation Epstein
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Fury. Nobody's even referring to it as Operation Epic Fury. Okay? Nobody's doing that. And like I said, now we got
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the new term that I came up with last night of Israel and the US together. That's the Axis of Epstein.
OK, but an accurate Axis of Epstein should include Russia:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/03/do-the-epstein-files-show-he-was-working-for-russia-or-another-intelligence-agency
his links to the US CIA, Israel's Mossad, and Russia.
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Epstein's behaviour and actions, which included setting up video cameras in his home to record people in compromising situations, have raised parallels with the methods employed by Russian intelligence.
This led to mounting theories that he collected material on the rich and powerful to blackmail them, material known as "kompromat" in Russian.
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"It was considered the 'Super Bowl' of honey traps," Unger, who also believes that President Donald Trump is a Russian asset, told The Cube. "A lot of billionaires and world leaders would show up there, and so would a lot of young women who were there to participate in the honey trap. Epstein was tied in with that."
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In one exchange from 2015, Epstein asked Belyakov to collect information on a Russian woman he alleged was trying to blackmail a prominent US businessman.
(https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/67/10/71/1080x719_cmsv2_c5f75e8a-0712-5bd3-9615-9f563bc35f2b-9671071.jpg)
Emails between Epstein and Belyakov show Epstein asking him for information about a girl from Moscow. @USJusticeDepartment
Belyakov provided Epstein with a description of the woman's background, detailing her "sex and escort" activities while highlighting her "business problems", which he speculated could be behind her blackmail attempts.
In another email, which Epstein appears to have sent to himself and in what could be a draft response to the woman, the disgraced financier told her that he had consulted "some friends in the FSB" who said she would be "dealt with extremely harshly" if she continued to threaten US businessmen.
In other instances, Belyakov and Epstein also discussed women, with Epstein suggesting that Belyakov look into hiring "pretty women" as English-speaking editors for his business proposals in 2016.
Epstein also appears to have introduced Belyakov to powerful figures, including US businessmen Peter Thiel and Thomas Pritzker.
Belyakov was not the only high-profile Russian in Epstein's orbit. Other documents show that Epstein met with Vitaly Churkin, a former Russian diplomat who served as the country's representative to the United Nations. Epstein also appears to have arranged an internship for Churkin's son.
It wasn't just male contacts that he targeted, either, according to Unger.
"You also have to look at the women who worked for Epstein, many of whom were tied to Russia," he told The Cube. "Maria Bucher [née Drakova], a Russian woman who had been the head of Nashi, Putin's Youth Movement, worked as a publicist for Epstein when she moved to the US."
Back to False Leftist Kulinski:
EU urges Ukraine to allow access to pipeline carrying Russian oil.
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Congratulations, Access of Epstein. This is what you got now. all that work that was put in trying to uh isolate and
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alienate Russia and try to cut the world off from their economy with the sanctions and everything and in one fell
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swoop the EU's going, "We need Russian oil. Please bring bring back the Russian oil." That's where we are now. This is
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how [ __ ] stupid all that [ __ ] was.
It is not stupid at all. THE AXIS OF EPSTEIN INCLUDES RUSSIA. It is you who are stupid for failing to see this, and instead going with the narrative Russia wants anti-Zionists to go with (of Russia siding with Iran). Again:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/duginism/msg30469/?topicseen#msg30469
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/false-left-'conspiracy-theories'-and-the-right/msg32201/#msg32201
Finally, everything Russia is doing now would also never have happened if Hitler had won.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kupj--IXPwA
Woke comments:
They deserve what they get
They even deserve more than this
Flat it like how they did with gaza.
now they can feel what is like on the receiver end. Dont stop , they cant get enough
Wonderful, don't leave until the job is finished.
And in the hereafter they'll taste hellfire due to what they've done on earth
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG2hf9XNWR8
Who benefits?
A leading energy analyst says the EU is
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likely to increase energy imports from Russia. So all of that work to isolate Russia after they illegally and
8:05
offensively invaded Ukraine and now Trump is destroying it because when they're desperate, they're going to get
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gas wherever the hell they can get gas. And the answer is Russia.
This is literally Israel doing Russia a favour. Did Iran ever figure out what was always obvious to us? (And will China learn a lesson from this? China also buys oil from Iran, and will now have to buy more from Russia instead and at a higher price, because China did not follow my advice and invade Russia years ago in which case by now the territory containing the oil would already be under Chinese control.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQNM57xNEzA
The above needs to be repeated roughly 1.13 million times:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
Population
2026 estimate
10,147,200
Woke comments:
Iam very happy 😁 after see thes
lovley news
well done iran, dont stop
every us and israeli soldier killed goes towards a better future for everyone else.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edi_Rama
Prime Minister Rama received the Global Leadership Award of pro-Israel NGO Combat Antisemitism Movement for his work in fighting antisemitism
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Meanwhile:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWD8qKz-jWs
Woke comments:
Yesterday was Iraq, Afghanistan, Libiya, Palestine, today is Iran, Who's next?
Everyone stood silence for others being attacked and they were next.
You could be next. Wake Up..!!
Wipe israel out, end of problem!!
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Albania's Prime Minister, Edi Rama
https://x.com/ediramaal/status/2027714015334432796?s=20
It’s high time to cut the rope and go straight to the point.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist organization and it must be treated as such. Not only through sanctions against the Khomeinist Republic, but by officially calling it by its true name and listing it among terrorist organizations, as the United States and Canada have already done.
Not only because we stand firm with Israel and with the peace-seeking brotherly Arab countries.
Not only because we support the United States in militarily supporting Israel today under the leadership of President Donald Trump.
Not only because the European Union, through President Ursula von der Leyen, has once again underlined today the murderous nature of the Tehran regime.
But first and foremost, on a day like this, when acts, not just words, are required, in honoring the endless innocent victims of the bloody Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Albania has faced firsthand the barbaric face of the Tehran regime through its cyber aggressions against our country. For us, this is not abstract geopolitics. It is national security, moral and legal clarity.
Albania will act accordingly. We will call the Revolutionary Guard what it is and list it among terrorist organizations, and we call upon our European friends to do the same.
We fully endorse every decisive effort to prevent once and for all the murderers in Tehran from acquiring nuclear or any other military capacity to harm Israel or any other peace-loving nation in the Middle East.
Terrorism must be named. And once named, it must be stopped.
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https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-explosion-tehran-c2f11247d8a66e36929266f2c557a54c
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability.
President Donald Trump announced the death hours earlier, saying it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their country.
State media reported that the 86-year-old was killed in an airstrike targeting his compound in downtown Tehran. Satellite photos from Airbus showed that the site was heavily bombed.
His death at his office “showed that he consistently stood among the people and at the forefront of his responsibilities, confronting what officials call global arrogance,” state TV said.
“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote in a social media post.
Note:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ali_Khamenei
Some members of Congress from the Democratic Party, including Senator John Fetterman, reacted positively to the announcement
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Who else?
Argentina's president Javier Milei praised the Israeli–United States military operations resulting in Khamenei's "elimination", adding that "[Khamenei] was one of the most evil, violent, and cruel persons ever seen in the history of humankind."[34]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzvHwocQDZY
This is what CNN is publishing even before the Ellison's
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come in. So, as you all know, the Ellisons are now going to buy CNN if it doesn't get blocked by a lawsuit, which
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means right-wing Zionist hacks are now going to own like every media outlet in the country. They're posting timing of
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USIsrael attack on Iran bears symbolic meaning in Judaism. Okay, this is the
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most anti-semitic [ __ ] I think I've ever seen in my life. Are you trying to make anti-semitism spike colossally? The
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argument you're making is like, "Hey, this illegal and offensive war against a country that didn't attack us." Yeah, that's all about Judaism. That's going
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to make people go, "Well, [ __ ] that then, right? [ __ ] [ __ ] that religion. That's what they're going to do." No, this is some anti-Semitic [ __ ] And by
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the way, they literally mentioned Amalcch in this article. Amalch is the [ __ ] you heard Netanyahu say to justify
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uh murdering all the men, women, and children, and animals in Gaza. Okay, this is insane that they let this
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article run. This is insane. It's preposterous that they let this article run.
It is also true. Apparently False Leftist Kulinski think it is more important to not criticize Judaism than to tell the truth, because criticizing Judaism might cause people to dislike Jews, and the most important thing for critics of Israel to do is avoid disliking Jews. (Of course, Kulinski is the same idiot who call Stephen Miller a "Nazi" rather than a Jew.)
At this point, I am very
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comfortable with the comparison to the Nazis.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyUtPBDruVQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCy4WnWw7Mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45GujydU22o
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This would not be happening if the US were already at war with Denmark over Greenland:
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/28/middleeast/israel-attack-iran-intl-hnk
US and Israel launch strikes on Iran, as Trump says ‘massive’ campaign underway
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President Donald Trump confirmed in a video posted to social media that the United States had begun a “massive and ongoing” military campaign in Iran, “to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests.”
“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground,” Trump said.
Iran has long maintained that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes only. Iran’s state media said the country is preparing for a “a crushing response” to the attacks.
A US official told CNN early Saturday that strikes were underway, describing them as “not a small strike.” Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz called the attack a “preemptive strike” against Iran, as a state of emergency was declared across Israel.
The attack targeted Iran’s ballistic missiles and missile launchers, which Israel views as a serious threat. It’s unclear whether there have been any casualties.
Videos geolocated and verified by CNN show smoke rising from the capital city of Tehran. While strikes have also been reported in the Iranian cities of Isfahan, Qom, Karaj and Kermanshah, according to state-run news agency Fars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQ_2Ck-4Fo
I would advise Iran to not hold back in its counterattack against Israel this time. Arguably, had you not held back last time, you might have bought itself more time before this latest attack. Moreover, this could be your last chance to cause as much damage to Israel as possible.
Also, any other nearby countries willing to attack Israel simultaneously would be appreciated. If you let Iran fall, Israel will come after you next.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hm7eTRMN2JU/maxresdefault.jpg)
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/israel/msg32243/#msg32243
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CfsIQ2Ppvo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ny2oCmH5OI
In fact, there was reporting a
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couple weeks ago that the reason we
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didn't attack Iran at the time is
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because we had so many of our ships were
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surrounding Venezuela because of course
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they did the illegal and offensive war
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against Venezuela where they kidnapped,
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abducted Maduro and are now stealing
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Venezuelan oil. But we had plenty of our
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military assets in the region at the
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time which made it so there wasn't the
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correct number to go after Iran.
In other words, had an invasion of Greenland happened instead, Iran would have been saved, which is what I was saying earlier. But False Leftist Kulinski opposed invading Greenland and is now complaining about an invasion of Iran which he was ensuring by opposing an invasion of Greenland.
The
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fact of the matter is Obama made the
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correct deal with Iran. He made the
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correct deal. Hey, let us regulate, you
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know, your nuclear program so you can't
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make nuclear weapons and we'll give you
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back your own money that we stole via
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sanctions. That was the deal. Trump came
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in there and illegally ripped it up.
Therefore it wasn't the correct deal! The correct deal was to give Iran nukes, which would have thereafter become a much more effective deterrent to invasion. The invasion happening now is happening because Iran doesn't have nukes!
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Like we saw what happened in Libya for
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example under Gaddafi. He gave up his
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his strongest weapons and then he was
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[ __ ] toppled, right? Like Kim Jong-un
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is the only one they can't [ __ ] with cuz
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he has nuclear weapons. Have you noticed
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that?
If you have noticed it, then how can you still say the Obama deal was the correct deal?! Moron.
So they say, "Oh my god, we need
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to disarm you and then you'll be safe."
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But in reality, they disarm you and then
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they [ __ ] kill you. That's what they
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do.
Exactly. So how was the Obama deal the correct deal?!
The White House is
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under pressure from Israel to constrain
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Iran's ballistic missile program. How
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could the junior partner Israel put the
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US and Trump under pressure? Opropo of
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nothing. I'm thinking about that 2011
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Jeffrey Epstein email
Israel is able to put the US under pressure because Westerners think sex with 'underage' (according to Western law) prostitutes is worse than aggressive war against a non-apartheid regime to the benefit of an apartheid regime. Reasonable people would be far more disgusted by the latter than by the former. Trump would then respond to this with self-interest in mind and refuse to go to war. But Westerners are not reasonable people. False Leftist Kulinski (a Westerner) is disgusted by the latter but not enough to figure out that his own disgust towards the former is contributing to the latter.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrlelUquQu4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfAJaF-2NZ4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WeqjuBMFyU
False Leftist Kulinski still doesn't understand that encouraging them to invade Greenland is the best way to keep them away from Iran. But some commenters are starting to understand this:
itll definitely still happen as long as trump can get the US military back to their job of protecting israel and not get distracted by greenland
america is $38.5 trillion in debt....can it afford to invade Iran and Greenland
Honestly I would rather they invade Greenland instead of Iran
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD7pe1swAwE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qurIuWU1GDo
Previous Pahlavi dynasty coverage:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/pre-islamic-vs-islamic-persia/msg16615/#msg16615
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg16111/#msg16111
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/psychological-decolonization/msg16127/#msg16127
Current heir:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Pahlavi,_Crown_Prince_of_Iran
On 17 April 2023, he and his wife Yasmine visited Israel in "an effort to rebuild the historic relations between Iran and Israel". Upon his arrival in Israel, he visited the Western Wall and Yad Vashem on the occasion of Yom HaShoah, and met with President of Israel Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.[29]
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In an essay for The Daily Telegraph, he called for the IRGC to be designated terror group by British government for its funding of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis
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Pahlavi visited Israel in 2023 and tweeted "Yasmine and I were very pleased to meet with @IsraeliPM and Sara @netanyahu. We expressed appreciation for Israel’s continued support for the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations". According to Sina Toossi, an expert on Iran with the Center for International Policy, the Iranian monarchy movement has a "very clear, evident and above-the-table alliance with Israel".[70]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tRZCr8XRSI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2NeqgMybQ0
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Fundamentally, it is the absurd and uniquely Western notion of "age of consent" that allows Israel/Russia/etc. to blackmail Trump using Epstein content in the first place. But of course False Leftist Kulinski will not discuss this.
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/legal-decolonization/msg31806/#msg31806
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“YES”: WATCH Trump Agree To WAR WITH IRAN On Camera! | The Kyle Kulinski Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVrUmE11uDk
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Protests erupt in Iran as currency plummets to record low | DW News
Protests have erupted in Iran after its currency plummeted to a new record low against the US dollar.
Videos posted on social media show Iranians taking to the streets in several cities. The demonstrations started Sunday and have since spread to other cities. It's the most widespread unrest in Iran since 2022.
Chapters:
0:00 Protests erupt in Iran
0:27 Gissou Nia, Atlantic Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDQX1DJFGAI
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BREAKING: Iran TAPS Netanyahu’s SECRET Calls | Dark ‘Qatargate’ Affairs & Corruption Claims EXPOSED
https://www.oneindia.com/videos/breaking-iran-taps-netanyahu-s-secret-calls-dark-qatargate-affairs-corruption-claims-exposed-4280477.html
I think it's safe to say that if an intelligence agency comes out and tells you they hacked your phone they've been listening for a long time.
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Iran’s president says his country is in a full-scale war with the West
https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-war-west-trump-netanyahu-2ef7a55988b80813f6913c8c1835322b
Iranian president says country is at "total war" with US, Israel and Europe
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says his country is at "total war" with the U.S., Israel and Europe. It comes as he says he'd also like to strengthen ties with Hamas.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/iranian-president-says-country-total-195509280.html
Iranian president says country is at "total war" with US, Israel and Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qiFbaipcZU
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Of course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdP0KhK2-w
The really disturbing thing is that Trump (probably accurately) estimates that it would be worse for his reputation for the Western public to see what he was doing on Epstein's island* than for the Western public to see him support Israel initiating violence on a mass scale*. This tells you a lot about Western values*.
(* Note that the Epstein employees pictured with Trump are overwhelmingly "white" whereas Netanyahu's victims are overwhelmingly "non-white".)
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Iran announces return of nationals from US and slams "racist actions" of Trump administration
"In the coming days, around 50 to 55 Iranian nationals will return," the spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry, Esmaeil Baqaei, said during his weekly press conference.
"This is the second group in recent months to be returned to Iran."
According to CNN, the group is expected to arrive in Iran later on Sunday, after a stopover in Kuwait.
Baqaei in his remarks slammed what he called US "racist actions against foreign nationals – particularly citizens of our region, and especially Iranians".
"Regarding Iranians, it is evident to us that these pressures are politically motivated and that these anti-immigration policies conflict with human rights laws," he added.
Baqaei said that, under significant pressure from the relevant US authorities, the "around 50 to 55" individuals approached the Iranian Interests Section in Washington and "expressed their willingness to return to their homeland".
Iran and the US do not have formal diplomatic relations, but Tehran maintains an office within the Pakistani embassy in Washington which deals with consular issues.
Donald Trump's administration this week paused green card and citizenship processing for nationals from 19 countries, including Iran, already subject to travel restrictions announced in June.
In September, Iran said 120 of its nationals were deported from the US, according to foreign ministry consular affairs official Hossein Noushabadi talking to Tasnim news agency.
He then said "the US immigration service has decided to deport around 400 Iranians currently in the United States, most of them after entering illegally."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-announces-return-of-nationals-from-us-and-slams-racist-actions-of-trump-administration/ar-AA1RT6Fg?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=6935b6c8d11048ed984a02d00cac99fd&ei=31
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Iran tried to pressure Thailand to pull 40K farm workers from Israel in exchange for Oct. 7 hostages: report
Iran reportedly hatched a covert plan to leverage Thailand into pulling tens of thousands of farm workers out of Israel in exchange for securing dozens of Thai hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7.
The Islamic Republic tried to broker the brazen powerplay in the weeks following the horrific 2023 attack that saw 39 Thai citizens killed and 31 more abducted by the terror group — including Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose remains were finally turned over to Israeli officials on Dec. 3, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Overall, three Thai workers were murdered either on Oct. 7, or while in Hamas’ captivity.
With nearly 40,000 Thai laborers living in Israel at the time, the deal would have would have put intense economic pressure on the Jewish state — possibly crippling food production with long-term repercussions, the report stated.
Bangkok went so far as to send diplomats to Tehran to meet with both Iranian officials and representatives of Hamas, including Mousa Abu Marzouk of Hamas’ political bureau.
Thailand ultimately walked away from the deal, as 23 of the 31 hostages were released within weeks of being abducted during a short-lived cease-fire.
By mid-2024, Bangkok had renegend diplomatic ties with Israel, the outlet reported.
Eight more Thai captives were returned over the course of the two-year war.
Rinthalak, one of the last remaining hostages to be returned, was working on a farm near the Gaza border when the terror group abducted him.
He was laid to rest in his home country this week.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-tried-to-pressure-thailand-to-pull-40k-farm-workers-from-israel-in-exchange-for-oct-7-hostages-report/ar-AA1RR5Fd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=6935b496e777435cbca3ce29a6dd9b0c&ei=48
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Iran's Secret Bunker REVEALED: Taleghan-2 Sparks Global Alarm! | WION Pulse
Iran is steadily rebuilding its nuclear program and stalled talks with the United States have increased the likelihood of another direct confrontation with Israel, HuffPost Italy reported citing a former senior Mossad official.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKR3-RczYbM
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Scientists Issue Warning as 710,000-Year Silent Volcano Releases Gases
A volcano in southeastern Iran, which has been quiet for 700,000 years, is showing signs of life. Mount Taftan, located near the Iran-Pakistan border, has started to swell...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/scientists-issue-warning-as-710-000-year-silent-volcano-releases-gases/ar-AA1PZSmF?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=690e75f4b695473dbcf2e29b77cc124e&ei=28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjuYynCiwig
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHPD1_EsFho
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTlwlVx2UHY
I don't understand why Iran is bothering with even trying a ceasefire. This will only give Israel a chance to restock its interceptors, and then Iran will have to start depleting them from full stock all over again. It would be so much more economical to continue missile barrages until the Iron Dome etc. are completely down, whereupon further barrages will get to damage Israel orders of magnitude more heavily than current barrages.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O784bsgDDQ
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As expected:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofrnDH1H9-Y
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It's OK for ceasefires to be "white":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BziuhXx4T0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBpmXZ16CI8
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Iran attacks US military base in Qatar
Iran fired missiles at the US’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, saying it was retaliation for recent American strikes on its nuclear facilities. Qatar intercepted the missiles and said it reserves the right to respond “to this blatant aggression in accordance with international law.” No casualties were reported.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2025/6/23/iran-attacks-us-military-base-in-qatar#flips-6374764469112:0
https://youtu.be/wY7R9cRhbJM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlEsCSCOMq8
The biggest beneficiary of this is Russia, whose oil will suddenly become much more in demand. Can you figure out who set it all up? Hint: the same one currently performatively 'condemning' the US attack on Iran:
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/06/22/russia-condemns-irresponsible-us-strikes-on-iran-a89526
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/duginism/msg30469/#msg30469
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/duginism/msg30471/#msg30471
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/duginism/msg30474/#msg30474
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/duginism/msg30481/#msg30481
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hO3DUIZwPA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11MiZWpCIbY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYXpRnOs144
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU0A4WEbDPM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-PaIfUF0_k
We all agree that Trump surely greenlit the Israeli attack, but what I feel is being insufficiently emphasized is that Putin surely greenlit Trump's greenlight:
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-open-to-putin-mediating-israel-iran/
We cannot allow Russia to end up as the biggest winner of this war while also acting as if this was not all ultimately a setup by itself.
https://us.yahoo.com/news/trump-refuses-sign-g7-statement-192448770.html
The Telegraph learnt that a draft document was circulated that called for both sides to protect civilians and for tight monitoring of Iran’s nuclear facilities.
That was unacceptable to Mr Trump, who is demanding that Iran is not allowed any uranium enrichment activity and who has been one of the most outspoken of Israel’s supporters. “I can confirm that he did not sign on to the statement,” said a senior US official.
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As well as refusing to sign the Israel-Iran statement, he said it had been a mistake to expel Russia in 2014, when Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea.
“I would say that that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn’t have a war [in Ukraine] right now if you had Russia in,” he said, claiming that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, was “very insulted”.
Can you figure out what is going on?
Other enemy reactions are as expected:
Argentina: President Javier Milei backed Israel's military actions against Iran, saying that "Israel accepts that other countries exist, but Iran doesn't accept that Israel exist."[290]
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Czech Republic: Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský called the strikes a "reasonable reaction" to Iran's threat of a nuclear bomb and support for Hamas and Hezbollah. He said he has "a great deal of understanding for ... military action aimed at preventing the production of a nuclear bomb," adding that "Iran has long failed to fulfill its obligations to the international community, is building up its nuclear program and, at the same time, uses rhetoric aimed at destroying the state of Israel".[310]
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This is a good lecture on how Iranian missiles often make it past Arrow-3 and Iron Dome missile defense systems, and even THAD:
How Iran's Ballistic Missiles Strike Israel ? #israel #iran #lebanon
The U.S. traced the launch location to a valley south of the Iranian city of Shiraz.
Eran has launched its largest-ever attack on Israel, firing 180 ballistic missiles
These missiles travelled more than 1000 Miles from this Valley to reach Israel most populated city and military sights.
Fattah-2, the successor to the Fattah-1, It was used for the first time and is one of Iran’s advanced missile systems.
This missile is equipped with a —inside it is the warhead—which detaches and allows the missile to maneuver and glide at speeds between Mach 5 and 10.
The missile has a range of around 1,500 km, only slightly more than its predecessor, the Fattah-1.
What sets it apart from other ballistic missiles is its ability to accelerate outside the Earth's atmosphere, while its aerodynamic control surfaces enable steering to evades the famous Arrow Missiles Defense system made by Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvcLkbdKMgk
How Houthis Missile Hit Israel? #israel #houthis #usmilitary
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It was a startling moment in the ongoing regional tensions when the Houthis launched what they called the “Palestine 2” missile—a hypersonic ballistic weapon reportedly capable of reaching speeds as high as Mach 16.
At such blistering velocity, the missile was able to travel from Yemen to Israel in mere minutes, giving Israeli and allied defense systems very little time to react.
What made this strike even more concerning was the missile’s apparent ability to change course mid-flight, a capability likely achieved through a sophisticated skip-gliding mechanism.
This means that rather than following a traditional, predictable arc, the missile could bounce along the edge of the atmosphere, shifting its trajectory in a way that complicates interception.
Experts believe the missile wasn’t purely hypersonic in the conventional sense but had characteristics of what some call a “semi-hypersonic” design.
This would still allow for sharp maneuvers during flight—far beyond what older ballistic models could manage.
These kinds of mid-air changes wreak havoc on systems like Israel’s Arrow-3 and the U.S.-developed THAAD, which are built to predict and intercept based on expected flight paths.
Additionally, there's speculation that the missile may have taken a lower-than-usual flight route, potentially slipping under the radar coverage that usually defends against high-altitude threats.
The combination of extreme speed, sudden course changes, and possible stealth capabilities revealed a major vulnerability, even in one of the most heavily defended airspaces in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuLCAk7vf4E
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Beautiful:
https://x.com/WarMonitors/status/1934055813779226664?t=aJCByefns8JS2Ij-MwbpKg&s=19
⚡️Video showing an Iranian Hypersonic missile striking a target in the Gush Dan.
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Yes. This is known as saturation warfare.
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Further elaboration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1JpvwtKLcc
(https://files.ekmcdn.com/0ec9a8/images/iran-5ft-x-3ft-flag-1-812-p.jpg)
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As I have tried to point out in the past, Israel's Iron Dome can be overwhelmed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_8kSVVtLPg
The Iron Dome also needs to be continually replenished in order to operate at maximum effectiveness. All it would take is for supplies to be cut off and the Iron Dome will deplete as it operates, forcing it to ration its remaining stocks, which will mean increasingly more missiles will get through.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome#Vulnerabilities
Iron Dome can potentially be overcome by swarms of many missiles that exceed its capability to intercept them, and by sheer numbers of attacking missiles during a campaign if not enough interceptors are available to counter them. Also, the cost of each interception is high, while attacking rockets can be relatively inexpensive.
Woke comments:
I am a Maori New Zealander and I stand with Iran!!!
I'm Palestinian and I love the Maoris
I am Algerian I stand with Iran
I’m an American I stand with Iran
I am Canadian, I stand with Iran, Palestine, and Yemen
From Kenya 🇰🇪 God bless Marandi and the channel
The Jamaican people stand firmly with Iran.
Puerto Rico stands with Iran!
Duginist infiltrator comment:
I am Polish and strongly stand with Iran 🇮🇷 Palestinians and Russia.
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Russia supports Trump and Trump supports Israel, therefore anyone who stands with Russia logically cannot stand with Iran and Palestine.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zqO3WIT8QY
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This is it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBcJeBjqKhw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiWyklNZE6w
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6xs8NqBpIU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuKVwmeSESA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqrgDLyl1Uw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWys-J_d138
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Trump obligated to follow through on Iran threat: Wesley Clark | CUOMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itZ0rQeYlIQ
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New photos show Pentagon continuing mysterious buildup in the wake of Trump’s latest threats against Iran
The U.S. is amassing nuclear-capable stealth bombers on a tiny British territory in the middle of the Indian Ocean just days after President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran.
According to satellite images taken by Planet Labs and verified by the Associated Press on Wednesday, at least six B-2 Spirit bombers were spotted on the runway at Camp Thunder Bay in Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago.
The photographs surfaced just days after Trump told NBC News Sunday that Iran would see “bombing the likes of which they have never seen before” if Tehran did not reach an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program.
A day later, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the U.S. would receive a “strong reciprocal blow” if threats were followed through.
A U.S. official told Axios last week that the Pentagon’s decision to reinforce U.S. military capability in the Middle East with more warplanes was “not disconnected” from Trump’s two-month nuclear deal deadline to Iran.
A senior Iranian official told The Daily Telegraph Monday that “top commanders are being urged to launch preemptive strikes on the island (Diego Garcia) and its base if Trump’s threats have become more serious.”
The Pentagon’s unprecedented stealth bomber deployment also comes amidst an intense two-week airstrike campaign targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that there have been about 200 U.S. airstrikes against the terrorist group since March 15.
The joint U.S.-U.K. strategic military base where the B-2s are stationed is south of India and within striking distance of both Iran and Yemen.
“Should Iran or its proxies threaten American personnel and interests in the region, the United States will take decisive action to defend our people,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement without explicitly mentioning the B-2s.
The U.S. Air Force has 19 long-range strategic bombers in its arsenal, meaning that about a third of its fleet has been deployed to the Chagos Islands base.
The B-2 bombers can carry huge GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs that would be a key element in any possible military action against Iran's nuclear facilities, which are largely underground in hardened bunkers.
The warplane’s stealth characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy's most sophisticated defenses. Its unrefueled range is approximately 6,000 nautical miles, and its ceiling is about 50,000ft.
On Sunday, Planet Labs images showed four B-2s and KC-135 tanker six support aircraft on the tarmac at Camp Thunder Bay on Diego Garcia.
A spokesperson for Air Force Global Strike Command confirmed that there are B-2s at Diego Garcia earlier this week.
“Their mission is to deter, detect, and, if necessary, defeat strategic attacks against the United States and its allies,” they told Business Insider.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/new-photos-show-pentagon-continuing-mysterious-buildup-in-the-wake-of-trump-s-latest-threats-against-iran/ar-AA1Ca80q?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=61dd0e4cbe8c4fb7ade73b2354b0e007&ei=14
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LIVE | Iran's Missiles Are 'Ready' To Strike US After President Trump Threatens To Bomb Tehran
Iran has refused to yield to Donald Trump's bomb threat and is preparing its underground missile arsenal to strike "US-related positions" if necessary, state-controlled media Tehran Times reported.
On Sunday, the US President stated that bombing Iran is an option if Tehran refuses to accept a nuclear deal.
#trump #iran #usa #usnews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH61A_QTtz0
How stupid is Trump and MAGA for destroying the Iran-Nuclear-Deal Obama and Iran implemented, only to come back around later and say to Iran, "let's make a new deal?"? Why would anyone be interested in making any deals with Trump after that display of idiocy alone, not to mention his current trade war against the rest of the world...
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I don't even know if we're going to be here next year the way this is going...
LIVE | Iran's "Launch-Ready" Missiles Can STRIKE US In Response To President Trump's Bombing Threat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65aQIghoLr8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71wGBZjLfPE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=batI4exi0e4
Enemy comments:
they want to be called persians not iranians!! they love israel
Reply
It is time for Iran to become Persia once again
Persians and Jews are so much alike in their joy of life!
I hope the people of Persia wakes up and frees itself from the chains of Islam.
Make Persia great again!
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/pre-islamic-vs-islamic-persia/
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The important part is towards the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY80JDg1h7c
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I fear the worst:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gw5--D9iOg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0qSXlMF10s
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Expect 2025 to be even worse than 2024:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTsqLCS5wNA
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/pre-islamic-vs-islamic-persia
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Iran boosts security at key sites after Israel attack, as FM Araghchi says they're ready for war
Since the 1979 Iranian revolution, Tehran's streets have been adorned with revolutionary slogans and images of fallen troops. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is on a regional tour to prevent further escalation in the region. He has visited Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman, aiming to strengthen cooperation and deter Israeli attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. Despite Iranian calls for peace, Araghchi warns of retaliation if attacked, including targeting American troops. Israel's imminent response to a recent Iranian attack is expected to focus on Iran's nuclear and economic infrastructure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5hxiUJCow
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Iranian Commander Qaani 'Suffers Heart Attack During Interrogation' As IRGC Probes Israeli Breach
The latest heavy rocket barrage by Hezbollah targeted toward Israel’s coastal cities was largely intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. However, Israeli officials are placing high hopes on the "Iron Beam" laser defence system, as per the Ynet website. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems “Iron Beam” is expected to dramatically improve and reduce the cost of intercepting projectiles launched at Israel. Rafael has made progress in innovative development programs and will unveil its new Lite Beam system at a US defense exhibition soon. Israeli security officials are hopeful that Rafael's "Iron Beam" laser defense system will be operational in the coming months.
#israel #hezbollah #ironbeam
00:00 - INTRODUCTION
02:27 - ‘HEZBOLLAH HAS FIRED 12,000 ROCKETS, MISSILES AND DRONES’
03:23 - IRAN PROBING GENERAL?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwd2Bf7n_dI
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Why Iran is in More Trouble than You Think
0:00 Intro
1:05 Iran’s Strategic Dilemma
3:56 Why Iran Needs to Maintain Deterrence
7:11 Sponsor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di5A7KSpMQ0
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See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/kurds/
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IDF "Kills" Hamas Commander In Jenin, Iran Slams Israel's "Sinister, Racist" West Bank Raids
The IDF*, Shin Bet and the police claimed to have killed the Jenin commander of Hamas’ military wing in West Bank. The Hamas commander was reportedly killed along with two other operatives in IDF firing and drone strikes on August 30. According to the IDF, troops spotted Hamas commander Wissam Hazem in a car in Jenin. The Israeli military claimed it killed 12 Palestinian fighters, including five who were killed inside a mosque, in Tulkarem on August 29. Meanwhile, Hamas has accused the Palestinian Authority of carrying out “an arrest campaign” against its fighters in the West Bank, New Arab reported.
#hamas #israel #israel #worldnews
Video: AP/AFP/Reuters
0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Israel “kills” Hamas Commander, 2 Other Fighters in Jenin
1:44 - IDF Kills “12 Palestinian Fighters” in Tulkarem Mosque
3:36 - Hamas Accuses Pa of Backing Idf Raids in West Bank
5:12 - Iran Slams IDF’s “sinister” Plot, Jordan Fears Palestinian Exodus
6:15 - Britain Slams West Bank Raids, Slams Settler Violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8xSs-3r_M
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Iran using the word “racist”
Iran talking about racism.
Of note:
Republic of Iran
Statement by
H. E. Dr. Kamal Kharrazi,
thé Minister of Foreign Affairs of thé Islamic Republic of Iran,
at thé World Conférence against Racism, Racial Discriminations, Xenophobia and Related Intolérance
DURBAN,SOUT AFRICA, SEPTEMBER 2001
In thé name of God, thé Compassionate, thé Merciful
Madam President, Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a distinct honor for me to be here in South Africa and to- speak at thé World Conférence against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolérance. The convening of this world conférence in free South Africa and during thé United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations is indeed most auspicious, and we shall all do our utmost to make it a resounding success.
Allow me at thé outset to express my profound -gratitude to thé Government and thé people of South Africa. This nation, which is, universally recognized for its struggle against apartheid and racism is in fact best suited to host this conférence that intends to mobilize global will-for éradication of racism, racial discriminations, xenophobia and related intolérance:
I would also like to thank Mrs. Robinson, thé United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for her'tireless efforts as thé Secretary General of this world conférence, in organizing thé Conférence and for bringing us ali a step closer to its noble objectives.
The Islamic Republic of Iran had' thé privilege of hosting thé Asian Preparatory Meeting for thé World Conférence where thé Asian perspectives were articulated with thé view to make a fruitful contribution to this event. We in Asia have come to this meeting with thé firm commitment to ensure thé success of this World Conférence with thé expéctation of achieving action-oriented and tangible results.
Madam President, Distinguished participants,
Iran's commitment to be -a part of thé struggle against racism stems first and foremost from Islam's loftyaspiration of equality and brotherhood, as well as thé ideals enshrined in our Constitution. In thé long history of Iranian civilization, before and alter thé émergence of Islam, respect for thé dignity, equality and rights` of thé human person has been accorded a prominent status, and indeed, has been enriched by thé inspiring teachings of Islam. The Holy Qoran's clear pronouncement on this issue 14 centuries ago continues to be a source of guidance and enlightenment for all human interactions.
"O human beingsl Surely we have created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you tribes and nations that you may know each other (not that you may desp se one another). Surely thé noblest of you in thé Sight of God is thé best of you, in conduct. Surely God is All-Knowing, All-Aware. "
Belief in and respect for unity in diversity of mankind is a deep rooted concept in Iranian culture, allowing for préservation of distinct identities, while allowing common denominators of shared cherished values to bring us all closer to each other. The thoughts of thé great Iranian poet, Saadi, eloquently manifested in his famous poem eight centuries ago, expresses and reflects thé genuine Iranian culture which has remained etemal through centuries:
The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence.
When thé calamity of time affects one limb The other limbs cannot remain at rest.
If thou hast no sympathy for thé troubles of others
Thou art unworthy to be called by thé name of a human.
Madam President,
Humanity has gone through a century marred by bitter expériences of war, confliet and bloodshed. This was coupled with thé émergence of exclusionist approaches that manifested themselves, inter alia, in polarization of thé world, classification of societies, and ethnic, racial - and cultural rifts. Considering diversity as a threat coupled with a 'need for an enemy as a managerial tool for governance lied at thé root of all these evils and=led to thé prophecies of clash of civilizations. Racism; racial discrimination and racist theories are certainly among thé most evil products of thé fear of diversity and exclusion, which have constituted thé base and substance of many evil upheavals and have contributed to thé expansion of thé colonial culture of domination.
Such theories that assert racial, ntellectual and cultural superiority of certain groups over others, simply for having speeial physical characteristics and inhabiting in a particular geographical regions, are fundamentally flawed and gravely dangerous. Accordingly, thé human society has been blatantly divided on thé basis of superiority and inferiority of race and , ethnicity. Regrettably, these theories and practices have,assisted thé consolidation of thé unjust international order based on exclusion, domination and discrimination.
The catastrophic atrocities committed during thé two World Wars are still fresh in thé mind of thé international community. Although thé Second World War ended thé direct bloody conflicts between thé global powers of thé time, it did'not put an end to their racism and racial discrimination policies. It took many years before one of thé last fortresses of racism crumbled. Who can ignore thé valiant struggles of great men Such as Nelson Mandela to eliminate thé most dreadful form of racism?
The bitter expériences of thé past millennium have taught thé human society valuable lessons. These expériences have further solidified thé firm détermination of mankind to do its utmost to make thé present millennium différent from thé post, and free from thé previous injustices and inequalities.
But to do this, we need to alter thé fondamental approach and mindset that provided thé breading ground for exils of racism. The international community has started to move away, albeit slowly, from thé outdated paradigm of exclusion and fear of diversity, into a new paradigm of inclusion and dialogue among civilizations. The désignation of this year as thé United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations on thé initiative of President Khatami along with many other developments in thé global arena provide us a glimpse at thé elements of a possible new paradigm. A paradigm based on récognition of unity of all human beings, respect for their diversity as an asset for growth of all, and a mutual readiness to leam from one another and build together on shared and cherished universal values.
Respect for human dignity and thé rights of people, irrespective of their race, color, descent, national or ethnie origin are part of thé fundamental principles of all divine religions and human civilizations. In fact, thé very mission of the'prophets was to liberate mankind from thé artificial bonds, and to revive genuine human character.
Although thé persistence of thé vestiges of racism and thé émergence of its new forms and manifestations at thé dawn of thé new millennium is a cause for grave and profound concern for thé awakened conscience of humanity, thé présent conférence that aims at
launching action-oriented and full=fledged campaign against this ominous phenomenon, indicates thé priorityand importance thé world community attaches to this global fight.
Madam Président,
The concept of domination has a history as old as human civilization. However, with thé passage of time and thé widening of gap between nations, exploitation in thé foret of slavery and colonialism assumed broader dimensions. A glance at thé history of thé récent past centuries shows that thé continent of Africa suffered thé most harm and injustice from colonial rule,-exploitation and slave trade. Therefore, récognition of injustices and suffering experienced by Africans and people of African descent and initiation of concrete measures to redress and compensate for their psychological harms and material losses should be given high priority by this Conférence.
The logical prerequisite for compensatory measures is thé commitment of states to seriously refrain from any action amounting to différent forms of new colonialism as well as new forms of exploitation against their former colonies. Elaboration of différent view points expressed during thé preparatory processes clearly indicated that thé concerns of thé member states are not only confined to thé traditional forms of this ominous phenomenon, but also in light of thé passage of time, différent racist policies, practices, tendencies and behaviors have surfaced in différent parts of the globe.
Therefore, an important task of this Conférence is to identify thé contemporary forets and manifestations of racism and racial discrimination. Today, thé most vivid manifestation of institutionalized racism is Zionism. What other than racism can one call thé uprooting of an' entiré people from their own land, driving them into diaspora, thé attempted destruction of thé national identity of a whole nation, thé unabated killings and massacre of innocent Palestinians,thé destruction of entire Palestinian villages and thé building of Jewish settlements? Such policies and practices against thé Palestinian people by Israel provide convincing évidence that Zionism is indeed racism: Rejection of Zionism should in no way be eonstrued as an attack against Judaism or thé Jewish people. Anti-Sernitism and oppression of thé Jewish people in Europe during thé Second World War must be rejected 'in thé sarne vein as today's Islamophobia, anti-Arabism and anti Palestinian practices. But what happened in Europe then can in no way be used to cover 50 years of Zionist atrocity against thé Palestinian people.
The collapse of apartheid in South Africa clearly demonstrates that thé résolve of thé international community does make a différence. At thé height of thé struggle against Apartheid, even thé most diehard advocates of this system of racial segregation had no other choice but to give in to international pressure and were forced to cease their support to Apartheid South Africa.
This World Conférence must squarely address this most blatant foret of contemporary racism. Being in South Africa, we are all reminded of thé close and compréhensive des as well as similarities of apartheid and Zionism including in their patterns of alliance. For this we believe that thé democratic model of transition in South Africa serves as a good example which can also be applied in Palestine in order to establish peace with justice. A democratic résolution of thé conflict in Palestine requires thé return of ail' Palestinians to their own land, followed by a referendum with thé participation of ail genuine inhabitants of Palestine, be they Christian, Jew or Muslim to freely determine their destiny and future. It is self-évident that-a just and lasting peace cannot be attained without a complete end to thé occupation of ail Palestinian and Arab territories and thé full restoration of ail rights of thé people of Palestine, including their right to self-détermination.
Madam President, distinguished participants.
One of thé purposes of this 'Conférence is to find effective ways for provision of remédies and redress at thé international level to compensate thé harm and damage meted upon thé victims of racism 'and racial discrimination. The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that thé, first step in this direction should be thé healing of old wounds. This healing process ought to address psychological harms and material lusses to thé victims of racism. In this regard, I wish to emphasize thé following points:
l- The historical injustices inflicted on thé victims of racism and racial discrimination should first be intenationally recognized and thé responsibility'for them should be assumed by thé, perpetrators. This world conférence should also address thoroughly thé
issue of apology on thé part of thé colonial powers and those responsible for siavery and slave trade and other abhorrent manifestations of racism and racial discrimination.
2- These evil practices and policies should internationally be recognized as crimes against humanity and thus thé perpetrators of
these crimes are brought to compétent international tribunals.
3- Appropriate international mechanisms should be put in place to investigate and redress thé brutalities inflicted upon thé victims in an effective manner, irrespective of anyspecific time frame.
Finally Madam President, Given thé complex nature and various forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolérance, this Conférence offers a good opportunity to thé international community to work' out a strategy in thé context of action-oriented programs for an effective campaign. The success of these programs hinges upon thé genuine political will, international coopération and thé firm commitment of states to thé obligations arising from this Conférence.
The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that such a visionary strategy has- to proceed from and build upon thé commonalities of thé international community, thé shared values and commun understanding among ail cultures and civilizations.
Thank you for your attention.
https://www.un.org/WCAR/statements/iranE.htm
ETHNIC MINORITIES
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Information about human rights violations suffered by ethnic minorities in Iran is difficult to obtain and to verify. Unlike Iran's persecuted religious minorities, the situations of its ethnic minorities are not closely monitored by international support groups. It is difficult to gain access to many areas where the minorities reside, and the Iranian media does not report on issues of ethnic discrimination.
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Kurds
There are five to eight million Kurdish Iranians residing mainly in the west and northwest of the country in areas contiguous with Kurdish populations in the neighboring states of Iraq and Turkey. Increasing numbers of Kurds also reside in Tehran and in the southwest, where the oil industry provides employment opportunities. Most Iranian Kurds are Sunni Muslims, which, as has been noted, has been an aggravating factor in the Kurds' relations with the Shi'a central authorities in Tehran. [This does not equate to racism, but rather a clash between two different ideologies based on faith.]
Kurdish political organizations were enthusiastic supporters of the revolution against the Shah, which brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power in 1979. The Shah had shown himself to be no friend of Kurdish aspirations for greater autonomy and a loosening of Tehran's control over their affairs. From the early days of the revolution, relations between the central government and Kurdish organizations have been fraught with difficulties. The Kurds, with their different language and traditions and their cross-border alliances, were seen as vulnerable to exploitation by foreign powers who wished to destabilize the young republic. Ayatollah Khomeini expressed the view of many in the new clerical leadership when he said:
Sometimes the word minorities is used to refer to people such as Kurds, Lurs, Turks, Persians, Baluchis, and such. These people should not be called minorities, because this term assumes that there is a difference between these brothers. In Islam, such a difference has no place at all. There is no difference between Muslims who speak different languages, for instance, the Arabs or the Persians. It is very probable that such problems have been created by those who do not wish Muslim countries to be united....They create the issues of nationalism... and such-isms which are contrary to Islamic doctrines. Their plan is to destroy Islam and Islamic philosophy.60
The honeymoon of the new government was short-lived in the Kurdish region. Sunni Kurds, unlike the overwhelming majority of their countrymen, abstained from voting to endorse the creation of an Islamic republic in April 1979. That referendum institutionalized Shi'a primacy and made no provision for regional autonomy.
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Entire article: https://www.hrw.org/reports/1997/iran/Iran-06.htm
Kurds want their own ethno-state that matches the ethno-state of Israel, and this is why many Kurds look to Israel for support:
https://www.quora.com/What-would-a-Kurdish-ethnostate-look-like
Why do the Kurds support Israel?
Their ties are rooted in Israel's historically strong support for the Kurdish people and their long-running desire for self-determination and national independence in Kurdistan.
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History
The earliest attested interaction between Israel and Iraqi Kurdistan was in 1931, when the future director of Israel's Mossad, Reuven Shiloah, visited Kurdistan in disguise as a Hebrew teacher and journalist. During his stay, he forged contacts and developed the foundation for an Israeli relationship with the non-Arab communities in the region.[6]
Aliyah by Jews through Kurdistan (1948–1949)
As relations between Jews and Arabs deteriorated further due to large gains made by Jewish paramilitary groups in the 1947–1949 Arab-Israeli war, Jews residing in Arab countries experienced heightened persecution, which culminated in their mass exodus. The majority of Iraq's Jewish population fled to Israel from the late-1940s onwards, and did so via Kurdistan with support from neighbouring Iran and the newly independent Israeli state.[7][1] The Kurdish-Jewish community in Israel would later form the basis of the Israeli policy on the Kurds as they were the primary source of incoming information for Israel on the developing situation of Kurdistan.[8]
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Entire article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Kurdistan_Region_relations
It is the Kurds who are actual racists against their Muslim "brothers", not the other way around, because Kurds want their own ethno-state, ethno-states being breeding grounds for the same type of racism we have been witnessing in Israel against the Palestinians for the last 80 years.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKEjNNMC3Gg
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Iran and Israel Prepare for Regional War as US Warships Deploy to Middle East
Will the Middle East erupt into a widespread, large-scale regional war after the Israeli government assassinated senior leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah?
Brian is joined by Mohammad Marandi to get insight into what’s happening in Tehran. He is an expert on American studies and teaches at the University of Tehran.
Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by joining our Patreon community at patreon.com/thesocialistprogram. We rely on the generous support of our listeners to keep bringing you consistent, high-quality shows. All Patreon donors of $5 a month or more are invited to join and submit questions to the monthly Q&A seminar with Brian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6-oWohp4CI
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America died when it was subverted by Western Civilization shortly after The War of Independence, it's just been the United States of "Whiteness" ever since. This is why the U.S. must protect the "white" tribe no matter where in the world it exists, always against the true interests of America and true Americans.
The US needs to mind its own business. They should stay away from the Middle Eastern waters.
AIPAC won't ever let us.
The US helped them colonize the Syrian Golan heights against the so-called international law.
after glassing for the uss liberty
Western politicians en-masse must be the most confused immoral degenerates this world has ever known par-excellence, and this includes Putin's Russia as well! Are the Judeo-Western lies of WWI and WWII truly worth maintaining, even if means self-destruction in the worst way imaginable? I do not get you people at all! How could anyone ever be as ignorant and short-sighted as you lot? It truly boggles this mind...
Yahweh loves all of you, this much I'm sure of! Congratulations!!! :)
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Israel’s Assassinations Backfire: Resistance Axis Prepares to Strike Back
The world waits on a knife’s edge after leaders of the Axis of Resistance have promised a calculated, synchronized response to Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr. As regional tensions are higher than ever, The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has named longtime Hamas military commander Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of its political bureau, succeeding Haniyeh. Layan Sima Fuleihan, Education Director at The People’s Forum and an editor at 1804 Books, joins the show to analyze the latest developments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx4OMVC2C0c
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Not backfired. It has had the exact short-term result Nutanyahu wanted, however, the same may not be true for the final result.
What pleasure do you get by pick places where children are schools…the world is watching the world is horrified and will never forget
US Ramps Up Support For Israel, F-22 Raptors Deployed In Middle East To Counter Iran and its Proxies
Stealthy US Air Force F-22 Raptor jets have arrived in the Middle East in a show of force meant to deter Iran and its proxies from attacking Israel following the assassination of a top Hamas leader.
US Central Command announced the arrival in a post on X but didn’t disclose how many jets have been deployed or exactly where they landed in the region.
The F-22s send a powerful signal to Iran because “they can operate with impunity in Iranian airspace without Iran being aware,” according to retired Lieutenant General David Deptula.“They can perform not just air-to-air operations but can surreptitiously conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations and have the capacity to deliver bombs as well.”
This deployment of F-22s marks the first to the Middle East since June 2023, when the planes built by Lockheed Martin Corp. were sent in response to what officials said was more aggressive behaviour by Russian aircraft. Earlier last year off the coast of South Carolina, an F-22 shot down a Chinese balloon, which the US said was used for high-altitude surveillance.
The US has ordered more forces closer to Israel amid concerns that Iran will attack the country at any time in response to the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied it was responsible but its officials haven’t pushed back against the claim.
This week, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar, a key mastermind of the group’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel, as its new political leader, the latest blow to multilateral efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in Gaza.
“This is the biggest crisis deployment of the F-22s” since they went operational in late 2005, according to Rebecca Grant, an airpower analyst with the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Virginia. “Deploying F-22s means this is serious and there’s a chance of big force packages operating in multiple locations and with allies.”
In addition to flying stealthy ground strikes against “Iranian militia or other targets, as needed,” Grant said, the jet’s data links allow it to coordinate with non-stealthy aircraft for attacks or defensive manoeuvres.
00:00 - INTRODUCTION
01:22 - HOW US STEALTH F-22 RAPTOR ‘SHOCKED’ IRAN IN 2013
02:43 - Lockheed F-22 Raptor
03:55 - US MILITARY EXPANDS PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QErrm29xq-8
US Says "Iran Has No Right To Attack Israel", Hamas Shows Captured "SkyLark" and "Bombardier" Drones
A senior US official has warned that Iran’s economy will bear significant consequences should Tehran attack Israel. The official, as per reports, said that Iran has no right to attack Israel military following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
“There’s absolutely no legitimate basis whatsoever for Iran to launch a military attack against Israel,” the senior official said. “There’s been a sense out there that, Iran now has the right to attack Israel militarily, and we completely reject that logic,” the official adds.
The Times of Israel cited the unnamed senior Biden administration official as saying the US is prepared for any contingency.
#israel #iran #middleeast #usa #ismailhaniyeh #israelhamaswar #gaza #netanyahu
n18oc_world n18oc_crux
0:00 INTRODUCTION
1:58 “EVERYBODY INCLUDING ME WILL FACE TOUGH QUESTIONS POST WAR”
3:42 ISRAEL-HAMAS TRUCE TALKS TO RESUME
6:24 HARRIS DOESN'T BACK ISRAEL ARMS EMBARGO, AIDE SAYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4lXBGuEdHw
Iran's Revolutionary Guards showcase undetectable cruise missiles | WION Pulse
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Friday that its navy has put into service high-explosive, undetectable anti-ship cruise missiles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enpmV03IJ6s
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Iran "Plans Revenge Attack From Underground Missile Silos", Allies Urge Israel Not To Push Response
Iran has banned its airspace for civilian aircraft ahead of its widely-expected attack on Israel. Iran has issued a notice to pilots and aviation authorities to avoid its airspace as the government threatens to strike Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported. Officials in a multinational US-led coalition have been preemptively warning Israel to respond too strongly to an Iranian attack, the Kan public broadcaster reports. Meanwhile, the US is still working to determine when Iran will retaliate against Israel to avenge the killing of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh. Defence analysts say the US may not have seen any indications of an attack because Iran may not be planning to launch its missiles from mobile launchers. An Iranian MP has called for the killing of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as revenge for Haniyeh’s assassination.
#israel #hamas #gaza #usa #palestine #houthi #yemen #iran #lebanon #hezbollah
Video: AP/AFP/Reuters
0:00 - Introduction
0:49 - Iran Issues Air Space Warning Ahead of Expected Attack on Israel
1:58 - “don’t Push It” Us-led Coalition Warns Israel
4:24 - Iranian Lawmaker Calls for 'death' of Benjamin Netanyahu
5:22 - Australia Slams Iranian Envoy for “abhorrent” Remarks on Israel
6:27 - Israeli Minister Slammed for “starving Gaza” Remark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvnDmUQg8c
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US Admits Iran Capable Of “Major Attack” On Israel | Houthis Warn “Efforts Underway” To Respond
The US is convinced that Iran intends to launch a scathing attack against Israel in retaliation to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. US officials, who “expect a few rough days,” said any Iranian retaliation will likely be from the same playbook as their April 13 attack on Israel. According to the US calculation, Tehran may launch an attack potentially larger in scope and could also involve Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The US has made new defensive military deployments to help defend Israel after a call between US President Biden and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The US anticipates Iran’s "Axis of Resistance" to take the lead in retaliating against Israel for assassinations in Tehran and Beirut. Meanwhile, Yemen Houthi rebels vowed a "military response" to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
#israel #hamas #gaza #usa #palestine #houthi #yemen #iran #lebanon #hezbollah
Video: AP/AFP/Reuters
0:00 - Introduction
0:37 - IDF on “high Alert” as Us Expects Big Attack by Iran & Its Proxies
2:06 - S Makes Preparations to Defend Israel From Iran but…
3:51 - Iran’s “axis of Resistance” to Project United Front in Expected Attack?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DZq3BDPS60
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How Mossad planted bomb, used AI and remote control to kill Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran
Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device that had been covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying. The incident, confirmed by seven Middle Eastern officials and a US official, revealed that the bomb had been planted approximately two months prior.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/how-mossad-planted-bomb-used-ai-and-remote-control-to-kill-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-in-tehran/articleshow/112221647.cms
Iran, Axis Of Resistance Forces Prepare For “Coordinated” Attack On Israel To Avenge Haniyeh & Shukr
The Iran-aligned "axis of resistance" has lost two major figures in attacks either blamed on or claimed by Israel. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated on July 31 in Tehran in a strike the group blamed on Israel.
Haniyeh’s death came just hours after top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli strike on southern Beirut. The "axis of resistance" has supported Hamas in its war against Israel, sparking fears of a regional conflict. It remains to be seen what kind of action the Iran-led alliance will take in response to Haniyeh's death, as well as Shukr's killing in Beirut.
Iran and the armed groups it backs are preparing coordinated action meant to deter Israel but avert all-out war, sources and analysts said. On July 31, Iranian officials met in Tehran with representatives of the "Axis of Resistance." Reports say they discussed retaliation for the deaths of Hamas's leader as well as Hezbollah's top military commander.
#iran #israel #hezbollah #houthi #ismailhaniyeh #israelhamaswar #palestine #warnews
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0:00 INTRODUCTION
1:10 “AXIS OF RESISTANCE” & ITS KEY CONSTITUENTS
4:02 IRAN, ALLIES DISCUSS “SCENARIOS” TO RETALIATE AGAINST ISRAEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZzDjNvKc_w
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Iran has Right to Self-Defense 🇮🇷
Iran clearly holds the moral high ground.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFFuR2a7S8M
Woke comments:
Smells like Israel again !!
So everyone is thinking Israel right?
Of course Israel had something to do with this
First thing I said was Mossad
Israel says they had nothing to do with it. I’m skeptical
I think we've reached the point in world history where even if it wasn't Israel, everyone in the Israeli military would think 'that was us, right?'
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9KU4l568JQ
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Woke comments:
calls PM Netanyahu to say " its done PM!!"
Yes I believe this too.
A blue and white chopper?
yes it was blue and white.. how did you know
Isreli chopper
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They could have easily used the Fatah1/2 hypersonic missiles, which are capable of maneuvering Israel's air defence systems. I think they held back over a fear of nuclear retaliation. Hopefully after becoming a nuclear power this fear will no longer be the case.
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I might have been too optimistic in the previous post. It does not appear that the attack was intended to be as deadly as possible. On the contrary, it appears that Iran was intentionally making it easy for Israel etc. to intercept the drones. it appears Iran merely want to show themselves "attacking Israel" rather than actually succeed in doing so.
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https://us.yahoo.com/news/iran-has-reportedly-launched-a-drone-attack-on-israel-how-we-got-here-and-what-happens-next-210336502.html
Iran has launched a retaliatory attack on Israel.
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Iran launched an airborne strike against Israel Saturday, reportedly sending drones and missiles hurtling towards the country, according to statements from both governments.
A representative from Iran said the offensive was a retaliation for the bombing of Iran's embassy in Syria on April 1, and that Iran considered the matter "concluded."
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said of the April 1 attack: "The Zionist regime will be punished by the hands of our brave men. We will make it regret this crime and others it has committed.”
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On Saturday, ahead of the attack, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also seized an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz
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White House says there is ‘no indication’ Israel was involved in Iran blasts
National security council spokesperson, John Kirby, says there is “no indication that Israel was in any way involved” in the deadly explosions in Iran. Kirby made the comments hours after nearly 100 Iranians were killed and scores more injured in a terrorist attack at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate the assassination of a top general.
Iran’s new minister of interior, the hardliner Ahmad Vahidi, did not immediately attribute blame for the attack and no side claimed responsibility for the deadliest single terrorist incident since the Iranian Revolution in 1979
Almost 100 dead in blasts at Iran memorial for assassinated commander
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mln1Jfn1o-Y
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On Live TV, Iran Official's Big Claim; Biden Falling Into Israel's Trap With US Weapons In Mid East?
Ever since Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, and the latter's military response in Gaza, Iran has been issuing warnings against the Jewish nation. This has sparked fears of a wider war gripping the Middle East, and destabilising much of the world. Against this backdrop, the former Speaker of the Iranian Parliament has made a big claim. In an interview, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said that Israel was trying to expand the war, and drag USA and Iran into a direct military confrontation. Watch the full video to know why Israel wants to do this, as per Adel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUUpaVzOhSQ
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Adel knows what he's talking about . Netanyahu knows he cannot defeat Iran on his own , so he is trying very hard to drag America into the conflict . But the majority of the American population do not want that . This war is keeping him as PM
he can't even handle hamas so far. it's just that bias media is not disclosing the casualties, which actually hurts israel
the more i hear and learn about Isreal , is the more i understand why the Egyptians hated them back inthe biblical days ...and why Hitler hated them......
From the river to the sea,
Everyone will want to be an Israeli!
😂😂😂😂😂NEVER in a Billion universes..
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Iran unveils hypersonic missile as Khamenei urges Muslim nations to cut ties with Israel
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Muslim states to “at least cut off political ties with Israel for a limited period of time”, the semiofficial news agency Tasnim is reporting.
Ali Khamenei made the comments while attending the unveiling of the Revolutionary Guard's new hypersonic ballistic missile, called Fattah 2.
The exhibition also featured an unmanned drone Iran unveiled in 2021, which it named Gaza in tribute to Palestinians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CD14iDAHyY
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Iran's top diplomat says Hamas, other groups "make their own decisions"
Iran says it doesn't want the Israel-Hamas war to expand, but it has long backed Hamas - and other groups that are targeting U.S. forces in the region. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tells CBS News' Holly Williams that it's the U.S. "intensifying the war," and that Iran's allies make "their own decisions."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baTj9hkWy6k
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/15/iran-advances-nuclear-enrichment-while-still-barring-inspectors-iaea
Iran advances nuclear enrichment while still barring inspectors: IAEA
Iran continues barring several experienced nuclear inspectors, and has enough uranium enriched to up to 60 percent purity, close to weapons-grade, for three atom bombs, according to confidential reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The United Nations nuclear watchdog on Wednesday slammed Iran’s decision to withdraw the accreditation of several inspectors, announced in September, as “extreme and unjustified” and said it “directly and seriously affected” the agency’s work
“Iran’s stance is not only unprecedented, but unambiguously contrary to the cooperation that is required,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi wrote in a report to the agency’s member states.
Iran in September withdrew the accreditation of several inspectors, a move Tehran described as retaliation for “political abuses” by the United States, France, Germany and Britain.
In the report, the IAEA said it received a letter from Iran on Wednesday, reiterating its position “that it was within its rights” to withdraw the accreditation, but was “exploring possibilities to address the request” of the agency to reinstate it.
Grossi expressed “his hope that this matter will be resolved promptly”.
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Israel-Palestine war: Iran's Supreme leader Khamenei refuses request from Hamas to join the war
Iran denied claims that it participated in the major attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas, calling them absurd and now the Supreme leader Khamenei refused Hamas' request to join the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oh51UOwl7M
Iran Commander Assures Hamas Support In "Historic Battle With Israel" After Khamenei-Hezbollah Snub
Iran's Quds Force commander pledged full support to Hamas in its conflict with Israel, according to Iranian state media. In a letter to the head of Hamas's military wing, the Quds Force said Iran will do “whatever it takes” to assist Hamas in its war against Israel. Esmail Qaani vowed that the region “will not be as it was before Al-Aqsa Flood” and that the Muslim world is “rallying around the choice of jihad” as a result.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj2S-li1dS8
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https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/13/714514/Israel-alive-US-artificial-respiration-after-October-7-collapse-Iran-FM
Iran: US launches all-out war on Gaza; Israel collapsed, on life support, after October 7
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Israel collapsed on October 7, when the Palestinian resistance launched a surprise attack against the regime on October 7, and is now alive on “US’s life support.”
“The world is witnessing the full-scale American war against Gaza,” Amir-Abdollahian said in a post on his X account late on Sunday.
“The Israeli regime collapsed on Oct. 7 and is now alive on American artificial respiration,” he wrote.
Referring to a recent phone conversation with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, the top Iranian diplomat added that he has told his Egyptian counterpart that “today is our test day.”
Cairo is expected to open Rafah, on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, with the purpose of delivering humanitarian aid, including water and medicine, to the war-stricken people in the Strip, he said.
Israel waged the bloody war on Gaza on October 7 after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying entity.
At least 22 hospitals and 49 health centers have ceased operations in Gaza due to Israeli attacks and a shortage of fuel needed to operate power generators.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/us-israel-accomplice-perpetrator-hamas-war-gaza-ground-assault-iranian-president-summit-saudi-2461886-2023-11-12
'Gaza war machine in hands of America': Iranian President on Israel's bombing
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday (local time) lambasted the US, alleging it was the "main perpetrator" and "accomplice" of Israel in the war against Hamas. He demanded the imposition of oil and goods sanctions on Israel for its military actions in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave ruled by Hamas.
Speaking at an emergency joint Arab-Islamic Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza, Raisi slammed the US for providing military assistance to Israel and claimed that the Jewish nation dropped bombs equivalent to "seven atomic bombs" on the besieged enclave.
"The US government is the main perpetrator and accomplice to this crime. Israel is the illegitimate child of America. It is America that has preferred supporting it over the sacred lives of thousands of oppressed Palestinian children. By immediately forming its security cabinet in the occupied territories, America encouraged the Zionist regime to carry out criminal operations against the helpless people of Gaza and called it legitimate defence," he was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.
"The events in the Gaza Strip are a confrontation between the axis of honour and the axis of evil, and everyone must clarify which path they have fallen into," he said.
He said leaders from the Islamic world had gathered at the summit to "save the Palestinians".
"The war machine in Gaza is in the hands of America, which is preventing a ceasefire in Gaza and expanding the war. The world must see the true face of America," Raisi said.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on leaders of Arab countries to "stand up against Hamas". "It only brought two things to the residents of the Gaza Strip -- poverty and blood," he said.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/12/gulf-states-fend-off-call-from-iran-to-arm-palestinians-at-riyadh-summit
Gulf states fend off call from Iran to arm Palestinians at Riyadh summit
Gulf state leaders have fended off an Iranian-led attempt to call for arming the Palestinians and severing all diplomatic ties with Israel at an extraordinary summit in Riyadh, in a effort to retain control of the region’s diplomatic response to the Israeli assault on Gaza.
Tehran, however, insisted on Sunday that its influence remained through its allied “resistance factions” operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen.
The head of Hezbollah’s executive council, Hashem Safieddine, said on Sunday: “The occupying regime [Israel] is delusional and mistaken if it believes that it can eliminate the Hamas movement or other resistance factions. The resistance front has developed both in terms of presence and strength.”
The relatively tepid outcome of the Riyadh summit, attended by 51 leaders in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), left some disappointed, but others insisting the moral force of the unified support for Palestine shown by the Islamic world would force the US to rein in Israel.
The refusal of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to engage with US proposals for a long humanitarian pause and longer-term solution, including a future role for the Palestinian Authority, has angered the Biden administration.
In an unprecedented diplomatic push by Iran to force the Gulf monarchies to adopt a more interventionist approach, the country’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, travelled to Riyadh on Saturday, the first Iranian leader to do so in 11 years, in an effort to persuade the Gulf states to take a tougher approach and explicitly back Hamas.
The final OIC communique, however, was long on condemnation and demands for an immediate ceasefire, but short on practical steps to help Hamas.
It called for an end to the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel
It also called on the international criminal court and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate possible Israeli war crimes, and for more decisive action from the UN security council.
Raisi praised Hamas in his speech, saying: “There is no other way than to resist Israel, we kiss the hands of Hamas for its resistance against Israel”. That view was not shared by most Gulf leaders, but it was echoed by the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He said: “They want us to classify Hamas as a terrorist. No, it is not a terrorist. They are fighting for their homeland and struggling to obtain their rights.”
In the run-up to the Arab League summit, however, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Morocco and Bahrain opposed moves led by Algeria to close down US bases in the region and impose a trade boycott.
Based on how Israel is treating the Palestinians, they should all be armed and militarized!
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/10/iran-warns-of-inevitable-expansion-of-israel-gaza-war
Iran warns of ‘inevitable expansion’ of Israel-Gaza war
An expansion of the scope of the war in Gaza is “inevitable” due to Israel’s heightened aggression, according to Iran’s foreign minister.
Separately, Amirabdollahian said on his X account on Thursday: “Time is fast running out for Tel Aviv’s crimes to continue.”
“The only benefit of Netanyahu was that he made the foundations of the fake Israeli regime more shaky and showed the criminal, violent, and aggressive face of the Zionist regime in the massacre of women and children in Gaza,” he added.
“Undoubtedly, the future belongs to Palestine,” Amirabdollahian wrote.
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement has also launched repeated missile and drone attacks on Israel since October 7, all of which were either shot down or fell short.
In a move viewed as a show of force to regional rivals, and especially Iran, the US announced last week that it has deployed a nuclear-capable submarine in the Middle East.
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Amid Nuclear Rumours, USA Forced By Iran To Reveal Missile Info Of Submarine? | Israel-Hamas War
A day after announcing that an Ohio-class submarine of the US Navy had been sent to the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war, American officials clarified that the submarine cannot fire nuclear missiles. Sources told news agency AP that the submarine is a guided missile variant (SSGN), and not a ballistic missile variant (SSBN). Watch the full video for more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORgWa2Wzw8w
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Iran's President Raisi to Visit Saudi Arabia for Talks? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Iran's President Raisi to Visit Saudi Arabia for Talks? | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi will reportedly attend the OIC summit in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
It will be Raisi's first visit to the kingdom after taking office, also the first since Riyadh and Tehran cut off formal relations in 2016.
What does this Iran-Saudi reset for the region and the US?
Palki Sharma tells you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SIPnUZPodM
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/6/iran-and-israel-from-allies-to-archenemies-how-did-they-get-here
Iran and Israel: From allies to archenemies, how did they get here?
Iran has emerged as one of the most strident voices against the brutal Israeli bombardment of Gaza. And that’s in line with its staunch anti-Israel foreign policy. The two Middle Eastern nations are often described as archenemies.
Israel has bombed positions in Lebanon and Syria, two countries where Tehran wields considerable influence.
In 1979, the shah was overthrown in a revolution, and a new Islamic Republic of Iran was born.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution, brought about a new worldview that predominantly championed Islam and argued for standing up to “arrogant” world powers and their regional allies, who would oppress others – including Palestinians – to serve their own interests.
This meant that Israel became known in Iran as the “Little Satan”
Tehran cut off all ties with Israel; citizens could no longer travel and flight routes were cancelled; and the Israeli embassy in Tehran was transformed into the Palestinian embassy.
Khomeini also declared every last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as Quds Day, and ever since large rallies have been held on that day in support of Palestinians across Iran. Jerusalem is known as al-Quds in Arabic.
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, told Al Jazeera that Khomeini pushed against framing the Palestinian issue as an Arab nationalist cause and sought to transform it into an Islamic cause in order to provide Iran with not only the ability to champion the Palestinian cause but to lead it.
“To overcome both the Arab-Persian divide and the Sunni-Shia divide, Iran adopted a much more aggressive position on the Palestinian issue to brandish its leadership credentials in the Islamic world and to put Arab regimes allied with the United States on the defensive,” he said.
Over the years, there have been many sabotage attacks on Iran’s nuclear and military facilities that Tehran has blamed Israel for.
The attacks have also targeted personnel, including a series of high-profile nuclear scientists. The most brazen assassination came in 2020 when top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was gunned down using a satellite-monitored, AI-controlled machine gun mounted on the back of a pickup truck that later exploded to destroy evidence.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-us-will-be-hit-hard-if-no-ceasefire-gaza-tasnim-2023-11-05/
Iran says US confederate occupiers 'will be hit hard' if no ceasefire in Gaza, Tasnim reports
Iran said that the United States confederate occupiers would "be hit hard" if Washington did not implement a ceasefire in Gaza, the country's Minister of Defence was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Sunday.
"Our advice to the Americans confederate occupiers is to immediately stop the war in Gaza and implement a ceasefire, otherwise they will be hit hard," Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani said.
Iran considers the U.S. confederate occupiers to be "militarily-involved" in the conflict.
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What's behind the hostility between Israel and Iran? | DW News
For decades, relations between Iran and Israel have been hostile. Iran's role in supporting proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah is well-known. While there's been no direct conflict between the two countries, Israel sees Tehran as its greatest enemy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvFoxvFTeW4
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>Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
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https://archive.org/download/will-vladimir-putin-save-the-world-2/Iran%2C%20Israel%2C%20%26%20Russia%20Secret%20Relationship%201.mp4
https://ia802505.us.archive.org/3/items/will-vladimir-putin-save-the-world-2/Iran%2C%20Israel%2C%20%26%20Russia%20Secret%20Relationship%202.mp4
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https://www.reuters.com/world/irans-appointment-chair-un-rights-meeting-draws-condemnation-2023-11-02/
Iran's appointment to chair UN rights meeting draws condemnation
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/1/irans-khamenei-calls-upon-muslim-countries-to-boycott-israel-over-gaza-war
Iran’s Khamenei calls for boycott of Israel amid Gaza bombardment
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has called on Muslim states to cease oil and food exports to Israel, demanding an end to the bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
“The bombings on Gaza must stop immediately … the path of oil and food exports to the Zionist regime should be stopped,” Khamenei said in a speech on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media.
He suggested that the “people of Gaza have mobilised the public’s conscience by their patience,” referring to the pro-Palestinian protests around the world.
“Look at what’s happening in the world. In the UK, France, Italy, and the US, many people came out to the street and chanted slogans against Israel and the United States. They have lost their credibility and really, there is no remedy for them as they cannot justify Israel’s attack,” Khamenei said.
Iran’s top diplomat Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Tuesday that “it is natural that the resistance groups and movements do not remain silent against all these crimes” committed by Israel.
“They will not wait for anyone’s advice, therefore we need to use the last political opportunities to stop the war,” he continued, warning the situation could “get out of control”.
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https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/irans-fm-heads-turkey-erdogan-slams-israels-barbarity
Iran’s FM heads to Turkey as Erdogan slams 'Israel's barbarity'
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Turkey on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, bilateral ties and other regional developments, the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The meeting shows that “states of the region prioritize speaking to each other as they carefully manage the escalations. Iran and Turkey have had continuously close state-to-state talks and ties
“Through its axis of resistance, Iran has carefully kept up a level of escalation, the most dramatic recent addition to which was the Houthi missiles fired at Israel — symbolically dramatic, although practically unremarkable,” Azizi added.
On Tuesday, Amir-Abdollahian met in Doha with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. Qatar has played a central role in negotiating between Israel and Hamas over the release of hostages.
“Until now, the Islamic Republic has been primarily known as a military actor in the conflict, providing military support to Palestinian groups. Now, Iranian leaders are trying to play a new diplomatic role alongside their traditional military one, viewing Turkey and Qatar as potential partners,” he told Al-Monitor. “This marks a qualitative shift in Iran's approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.”
Turkey’s rhetoric against Israel has grown increasingly harsh in parallel with the rising death toll in Gaza
Tensions continued to escalate as Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned Israel’s bombing of the sole cancer hospital in Gaza that was built with Turkish funding, causing extensive damage.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was less restrained. “Israel, with the unconditional support of Europe and America, has for the past 25 days been committing crimes against humanity before the eyes of the entire world,” Erdogan told reporters after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. “Yesterday the Friendship Hospital that was our gift to our Gazan brethren was targeted by Israeli forces,” making it “the latest victim of Israel’s barbarity,” he added.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/11/01/iran-influence-israel-hamas-war-pkg-pleitgen-ebof-vpx.cnn
How Iran is flexing its military muscle in response to the Israel-Hamas war (video at link)
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-october-31-2023
Iran Update, October 31, 2023
Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip conducted indirect fire attacks into Israel at their usual rate. Palestinian militias continued to launch attacks on the Erez military site from the northern Gaza Strip after the IDF advanced from there on October 29.
Israeli forces advanced into Beit Hanoun in the northeastern Gaza Strip to conduct clearing operations. Israeli forces also extended their positions along the coastal line in the northwestern Gaza Strip.
Local media and Palestinian militias claimed to engage Israeli forces moving westward south of Gaza City.
Palestinian militants clashed with Israeli forces at their usual rate in the West Bank. Students held large, anti-Israel demonstrations across the West Bank.
Iranian-backed militants, including Lebanese Hezbollah, conducted nine attacks into Israel as part of an ongoing attack campaign targeting IDF radar and sensor sites and military targets.
Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran are creating the expectation in the information environment that Hezbollah will escalate against Israel on or around November 3, possibly by increasing the rate of attack or by using more advanced systems.
The Houthis launched drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles targeting Israel, marking the third attempted Houthi attack since the war began.
An unidentified US military official reported that unidentified militants attacked US troops in four separate locations on October 30.
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian traveled to Qatar for further political coordination with Hamas leadership.
Gaza Strip
Axis of Resistance campaign objectives:
Erode the will of Israeli political establishment and public to launch and sustain a major ground operation into the Gaza Strip
Degrade IDF material and morale around the Gaza Strip
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https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/29/gps-1029-iranian-fm-on-hamas-attack.cnn
On GPS: Iran's foreign minister on the Hamas attack
Bianna Golodryga presses Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on his government's praise for the Hamas attack -- and whether Iran had any role in planning it.
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-october-29-2023
Iran Update, October 29, 2023
The Iran Update provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities abroad that undermine regional stability and threaten US forces and interests. It also covers events and trends that affect the stability and decision-making of the Iranian regime. The Critical Threats Project (CTP)
The al Qassem Brigade—the militant wing of Hamas—likely conducted a complex attack targeting the IDF at the Erez checkpoint.
The al Qassem Brigades and Saraya al Quds—the militant wing of PIJ— claimed a joint complex attack on the IDF in al Amiriya.
Saraya al Quds claimed a complex attack on the IDF advancing along the Gaza coast.
Palestinian militants clashed with Israeli forces and held large, anti-Israel demonstrations at their usual rate across the West Bank.
Iranian-backed militants, including Lebanese Hezbollah, conducted seven attacks into Israel.
Iranian-backed militants claimed two attacks targeting US forces in Syria.
Asaib Ahl al Haq Secretary General Qais Khazali met with a Hamas delegation in Baghdad.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave an interview with Arabic-language outlet al Jazeera, during which he tried to rally the support of the Arab world for Iran and the Axis of Resistance in opposing Israel. This messaging is likely meant to support the Iranian effort to disrupt Israeli normalization with Arab states by concentrating attention on Israel-Palestinian relations.
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Iran Drops A Bombshell; '5,000 American Soldiers Assisting Israel In Gaza' | U.S. Responds
Iran has claimed that 5,000 American troops are taking part in Israel's offensive in Gaza against Hamas. According to Iran's security sources, Israel’s assault on Gaza involved three divisions, several brigades,
and the involvement of 5,000 US military personnel. Iranian news agency Tasnim reported that Israel Defence Forces (IDF) attempted to enter the enclave from several areas in the north, west, and southwest to split the Gaza Strip into two or three sections. The US Special Operations Command
has denied Iranian media reports and called them "definitely misinformation." Watch this video to know more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU6f8IFvNSo
Iran-backed Militia Bombards U.S. Base In Syria After ‘New Fronts’ Threat Over Israel Support
Iran-backed Iraqi militia reportedly bombarded an American base with drone attacks in eastern Syria in what marks another assault on US military installations. The attacks come after Iran’s warning of “new fronts” opening against the United States over its support to Israel in the ongoing war against Hamas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w61LrPJaMBc
Comment:
We the American people demand Mr. Biden to take our soldiers back home to safety.
Iran Slams Israel Over Crossing “Red Lines” | Rockets Fired From Lebanon | Hamas Too Strong For IDF?
Rocket alert sirens went off in a number of towns and cities in central Israel, including Tel Aviv. The Israel Defense Forces said rockets were launched from Lebanon at the Mount Dov area on the northern border, that hosts several military positions. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claimed its ground operation into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was “gradually expanding” and was going “according to plan”. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Israel had crossed “red lines” that “may force everyone to take action”. Meanwhile, the top commander of Iran's revolutionary guards warned Israeli forces would be "devoured" if they set foot in Gaza.
#israel #hamas #gaza #palestine #gazaunderattack
Video: AP/AFP/Reuters
0:00 - Introduction
0:47 - UN Chief Urged for Ceasefire to End “nightmare” in Gaza
2:40 - “Israeli Ground Operation Going According to Plan”
4:19 - Israeli Forces Too Weak to Survive Against Hamas?
6:10 - Second US Aircraft Carrier Moves Into Mediterranean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XDZ-eNUGow
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'New Fronts Will Open': Iran Threatens U.S. With Attacks Over Support To Israel's War In Gaza
Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, issued a chilling warning to the US. Speaking to Bloomberg, Amirabdollahian warned that new fronts would open against the US if it kept up its unequivocal support for Israel. He also said, "The US is advising others to show self-restraint, but it has sided with Israel totally." Watch this video to know more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkBJ18kcQcI
Iran's 'Axis Of Resistance' Rings Israel; Decoding Tehran's Dangerous Middle East Game
The ongoing conflict between the Israeli Army and Hamas fighters in Gaza has put the Middle East on the boil. Both Israel and the U.S. have said that Iran could be the real instigator behind Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on October 7. While Iran has repeatedly said that it has nothing to do with the recent Hamas attack on Israel, analysts are unwilling to buy its claim. So is the Israel-Hamas war really a result of Iran’s revenge against Israel & the U.S.? What is Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s endgame? Watch the latest edition of World at War where Aditi Prasad explores why Iran may be the instigator-in-chief of the crisis in the Middle East.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaCUCWpyRm8
Iran actually belongs in the middle-east. Israel and the West do not.
After Iranian Threat, U.S. Deploys 2nd Aircraft Carrier In East Mediterranean Amid Gaza War | Watch
The Pentagon has deployed its second aircraft carrier in the East Mediterranean. The latest group strike carrier strike group deployed is USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which includes guided-missile destroyers USS Gravely and USS Mason. USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group will join the USS Geral R. Ford Group. The fresh development comes at a time when wider war fears loom in West Asia. Watch for more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_JcdktNq4I
'Leave Now': Israel Pounds Lebanon; U.S. Tells Citizens To Exit Amid Wider War Fears | Watch
Israel Defense Forces claimed to have struck Hezbollah's military infrastructure in response to "misfired rockets". IDF had said that several launches from Lebanon were directed towards Israeli Army posts, but fell in Syria. Firing and artillery shelling were also reported between the two sides on the border. Meanwhile, the U.S. has recommended its citizens to leave Lebanon citing "unpredictable security situations". Watch for more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1a_UYuZ4kc
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https://thehill.com/policy/international/4277636-iran-warns-consequences-us-support-israel/
Iran warns of ‘uncontrollable consequences’ of US support for Israel
The Iranian foreign minister warned of “uncontrollable consequences” for the U.S. if its backing of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza continues to expand.
“I say frankly to the American statemen who are now managing the genocide in Palestine that we do not welcome the expansion of the war in the region,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a United Nations address. “But I warn, if the genocide in Gaza continues, they will not be spared from this fire. It is our home and West Asia is our region.”
Amir-Abdollahian held up the Hamas fighters as a Palestinian resistance and said the group has an “unalienable right” to self-determination and independence for Gaza, free from what he described as Israeli occupation of Palestine.
He also criticized the U.S.’s role in the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine.
“The United States of America, as the unwavering and permanent supporter of the occupying regime, is the main cause of the failures of the United Nations, especially the Security Council, in upholding the rights of the Palestinians,” he said.
“While the United States itself is actually in practice and directly involved in committing crimes against Palestinians, it is not in a position to invite others to exercise self-restraint and refrain from spreading the war,” he continued. “Therefore, we strongly warn against the uncontrollable consequences of the unlimited financial, arms and operational support by the White House to the Tel Aviv regime, which have led to the expansion and added to the severity of the bombardments of the civilians and the Palestinian women and children in Gaza and the West Bank.”
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US strikes back at Iranian-backed groups that attacked troops in Iraq and Syria: Pentagon
The airstrikes follow more than a dozen attacks on bases in the Middle East.
U.S. military aircraft have carried out strikes in eastern Syria against facilities associated with Iranian-backed militant groups believed to be responsible for more than a dozen rocket and drone attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria that injured 21 service members, the military said Thursday night.
"Today, at President Biden's direction, U.S. military forces conducted self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups," said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a statement.
"These precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17," he said.
"The President has no higher priority than the safety of U.S. personnel, and he directed today's action to make clear that the United States will not tolerate such attacks and will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests," he added.
The retaliatory operations were carried out at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in the wake of Hamas' terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and U.S. concerns about preventing that conflict from enveloping the rest of the region.
"The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable and must stop," Austin continued. "Iran wants to hide its hand and deny its role in these attacks against our forces. We will not let them. If attacks by Iran's proxies against U.S. forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to protect our people."
The U.S. airstrikes were carried out by two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft and struck two facilities affiliated with the IRGC and affiliated groups that were located near Abu Kamal, a town in far eastern Syria very close to the border with Iraq, a military official said.
"One was a weapon storage area. The other one was an ammunition storage area,” the senior U.S. military official said. “Both we know to be aligned with Iranian-aligned militias.”
The official added that the U.S. could link the munitions stored at the facilities to the 19 rocket and drone attacks carried out over the past week against U.S. personnel in Iraq and Syria.
There were no civilians at the target areas at the time of the airstrikes, said the military official who did not know if there were Iranians at the sites.
Entire article: https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-strikes-back-iranian-backed-groups-attacked-troops/story?id=104396399
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https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/washington-warns-iran-doubts-grow-about-israels-abilities-gaza-war
Washington warns Iran as doubts grow about Israel's abilities in Gaza war
The White House on Monday accused Iran of "actively facilitating" attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria as Washington pledges to continue its support for Israel's war in Gaza.
The White House publicly called out Iran as rocket and drone barrages launched by Iran-backed militias continued targeting US troops in Iraq and Syria on Monday amid Israel’s war in Gaza.
“We know that Iran is closely monitoring these events and in some cases, actively facilitating these attacks and spurring on others who may want to exploit the conflict,” White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby told reporters.
Pentagon press secretary US Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said earlier on Monday that the US has not seen Iranian leadership directly order the militias to launch the renewed spate of attacks. "That said, by virtue of the fact that they are supported by Iran, we will ultimately hold Iran responsible," Ryder said.
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin warned the military “won’t hesitate to take the appropriate action” amid what he described as the “prospect of a significant escalation of attacks on our troops and our people throughout the region.”
The overwhelming display of force has so far not halted the attacks. Telegram accounts assocated with Iran-backed groups published statements claiming credit for what were described as additional drone attacks on US bases at Shadadi and Green Village on Monday night, which were not publicly confirmed by the US military as of publication time.
“That is a clear indicator that additional force protection measures are needed,” the senior US military official said of the continued attacks.
“I think we should be very concerned about force protection threats if Hezbollah goes all in,” Votel said, citing the 2019 Aramco attack as an example of “how devastating an Iranian cross-Gulf attack could be.”
Yet US officials have said Iran maintains the Middle East's most formidable arsenal of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones, and has smuggled such weapons to militias in countries with weak or collapsed central governments to build leverage over the US and its allies in the region.
“It is always important to respect our adversaries,” Votel told Al-Monitor.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-769842
Iran wants to unite Hamas and Hezbollah in a war against Israel - opinion
The IDF has been conducting targeted operations against Hezbollah terrorist targets in Lebanon. It has reported successful strikes on several Hezbollah targets in the southern region of Lebanon. These targets included an observation post situated near the coastline, from which anti-tank missiles were launched in the direction of Rosh Hanikra last Wednesday.
From one side, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned on Monday evening that Iran’s proxies around the Middle East could launch preemptive strikes on Israel “in the coming hours. Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon come hours after Iran’s foreign minister warned about his country “taking ‘preemptive action.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued a warning that if Israel’s attacks on Gaza persist, the “Axis of Resistance” will continue to retaliate. This statement signifies his intention to challenge the United States and Israel. Without a doubt, he has direct involvement in the Hamas attack, and has been given the green light from Russia.
From one side, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned on Monday evening that Iran’s proxies around the Middle East could launch preemptive strikes on Israel “in the coming hours. Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon come hours after Iran’s foreign minister warned about his country “taking ‘preemptive action.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has issued a warning that if Israel’s attacks on Gaza persist, the “Axis of Resistance” will continue to retaliate. This statement signifies his intention to challenge the United States and Israel. Without a doubt, he has direct involvement in the Hamas attack, and has been given the green light from Russia.
The possibility of Iran pushing Hezbollah to join forces with Hamas in a war against Israel was crystal clear. The potential implications of such an alliance on the geopolitical landscape of the region should be considered.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/18/iran-middle-east-anti-israel-protests-hamas-gaza-death/
Iranians chant ‘death to England’ as anti-Israel protests engulf Middle East
Furious protesters chanted “death to England” in Iran as states across the Middle East and North Africa continued to accuse Israel of killing civilians in a strike on a Gaza hospital.
Demonstrations were held across the region on Wednesday, from Cairo to Tehran, some of them turning violent and resulting in clashes with riot police.
In Tehran, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the British and French embassies, shouting “death to France and England” and throwing eggs at the walls of the compound as they denounced Israel’s supporters in the West.
State-sponsored marches were also held in other cities across Iran, which backs Hamas and is Israel’s sworn foe, with demonstrators carrying banners that read “Death to America[confederate occupiers]” and “Death to Israel”.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister, has called for “global unity” against Israel, saying it is a “regime more hated than the Islamic State”.
“Every drop of blood of Palestinians killed in this war brings the Zionist regime [Israel] closer to its downfall,” said Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian president, in a televised speech.
In Lebanon, hundreds of protesters clashed with security forces near the American embassy in Beirut, with riot police firing dozens of tear gas canisters and using water cannons to disperse demonstrators.
Every drop of blood spilled by the martyrs is strengthening the spirit of my vengeance.
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https://www.livemint.com/news/world/israelhamas-war-will-become-more-devastating-if-iran-gets-directly-involved-says-ian-bremmer-report-11697869600843.html
‘Israel-Hamas war will become more devastating if Iran gets directly involved', says expert
Political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer cautioned that the ongoing war has the potential to escalate into a broader and significantly more destructive Middle East conflict should Iran become directly embroiled in the situation, NDTV reported.
"It is quite possible that Hezbollah which is much more militarily capable and supported by Iran could get directly involved in the fighting," he told NDTV.
Bremmer said that the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza is at risk of further deterioration as additional fronts open up.
“A ground war is going to happen. It is a bad idea for many reasons. It will kill enormous number of Palestinian civilians, it will be done in short order or without aid for the Palestinians to evacuate. It will lead to backlash around the world," he said.
As per a report by Bloomberg, the Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed that it carried out missile strikes on multiple locations within Israel, as stated by the militant group through its Al Manar TV.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/20/iranian-official-in-uk-warns-of-danger-of-israel-hamas-escalation
Iranian official in UK warns of danger of Israel-Hamas escalation
The war in the Middle East could expand in unpredictable and dangerous ways if Israel further increases its attacks on Gaza, Iran’s most senior diplomat in the UK has warned.
But he insisted Iran had no control over the “resistance forces” in the region, who he said would make their own decisions independently of Tehran.
At a rare press briefing at the Iranian embassy, Matin said: “The situation in the Middle East is very dangerous and very volatile. Every movement by the Israeli regime including an attack against the people of Gaza definitely escalates the situation and will be expanded to other areas. No one can predict what will happen exactly.”
The briefing underscores Iran’s efforts to show it is working in conjunction with Arab states and trying to publicly position Israel as the aggressor.
Matin claimed Iran had been working hard to build a ceasefire and an alliance for an international humanitarian corridor, saying the present crisis “represents a new chapter for Islamic countries as Palestine is becoming one of the most important issues for the identity of the Islamic world”.
Echoing comments made by the regime in Tehran, he attempted to justify the attack by Hamas in which hundreds of Israelis were killed. “All of the things that have been done by Hamas and Islamic groups are just self-defence. The terror, the atrocities, the occupation and apartheid are linked with the Israelis,” he said.
Insisting that Iran would take action in the open and would not use surrogates militia such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Matin said: “No one can [tell] the Islamic resistance groups in the Middle East what to do and not to do.”
Matin said it was necessary for Islamic countries to impose sanctions against Israel because of its actions in Gaza.
A meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah had agreed to look further into the issue, he said, adding that relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia were continuing to make progress.
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Iran warns of further action if Israel does not end "atrocities in Gaza"
Iran has dialed up pressure on Israel and warned of possible pre-emptive action if "atrocities in Gaza" continue. Sarah Coates with more on whether there is a risk of the war expanding.
https://youtu.be/SOzUFtWpbhw?si=X-8RY9KvLo5B_6nn
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Iran's Raisi warns Israel against any hostile action
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MXe27SdQXxU
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-preemptive-action-by-resistance-front-expected-coming-hours-2023-10-16/
Iran says 'preemptive action' by resistance front expected in coming hours
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Israel-Hamas conflict: US “must be held accountable,” Iran says
During remarks in Tehran on Monday, Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani blamed the U.S. for the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed, Gaza-situated Hamas militants.
"The American government must be held accountable for the crimes of the Zionist regime, and it is the American government that is now supporting the Zionist regime against the oppressed nation of Palestine,” Kanaani said.
The accusation came after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a heavier military presence in the Middle East on Sunday, in wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7. According to Blinken, the U.S. aircraft carriers being sent to the Mediterranean sea are intended to be a deterrence as opposed to a provocation of war.
Asked if Tehran would engage if the U.S. weighed in, Kanaani said that "Iran considers that the U.S. is already militarily involved in the conflict between Israel and Palestinians."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41B_6YS1Qpc
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/15/iran-warns-israel-of-regional-escalation-if-gaza-ground-offensive-launched
Iran warns Israel of regional escalation if Gaza ground offensive launched
Iran has warned Israel of regional escalation if the Israeli military enters Gaza for a ground invasion as the war with Hamas enters its second week.
“If the measures aimed at immediately stopping the Israeli attacks that are killing children in the Gaza Strip end in a deadlock, it is highly probable that many other fronts will be opened. This option is not ruled out and this is becoming increasingly more probable,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Al Jazeera on Sunday.
“If the Zionist entity [Israel] decides to enter Gaza, the resistance leaders will turn it into a graveyard of the occupation soldiers,” he added.
Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday met with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar, where they discussed the Gaza crisis “and agreed to continue cooperation”, Hamas said in a statement.
Also on Saturday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said all Islamic nations have a duty to come to the aid of the Palestinians.
Regional power Saudi Arabia has reportedly put its normalisation talks with Israel on hold, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday holding talks with the Iranian president on the Israel-Hamas war – their first phone call since restoring diplomatic ties.
Meanwhile, Israel is also preparing for the possibility that the war may expand to multiple fronts. It said it bombed the airports in Syria to stop potential Iranian mobilisation efforts there.
On Sunday, Israel declared its border with Lebanon a closed military zone as clashes with Hezbollah continued.
Kayhan, the ultraconservative newspaper whose editor-in-chief is directly appointed by Ayatollah Khamenei, said four “catastrophes” await Israel if it decides to go ahead with a ground assault on Gaza: sustaining heavy casualties due to the complexities of urban warfare; risking the lives of dozens of Israelis taken captive by Hamas; facing mounting pressure from the international community; and growing “regional isolation” as normalisation hopes fade.
Khorasan, another conservative newspaper, went with “The Unprecedented Humiliation of the ‘Losing Horse’” as its main headline earlier this week – a reference to comments made by Khamenei, who warned that any country that decides to normalise relations with Israel will engage in a “losing gamble”.
“As the Europeans say, they are betting on the losing horse,” Khamenei had said.
Hamas had “attacked the heart of occupied Palestine”.
The political condition inside Israel is quickly turning against [Israeli PM] Benjamin Netanyahu and the ruling coalition due to hit the Zionist regime took from the resistance forces,” it wrote.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/graham-iran-threat-hezbollah-israel-00121615
Graham to Iran: ‘If you escalate the war, we’re coming for you’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened Iran on Sunday, calling the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah “a proxy of Iran” and warning that Iran would face consequences should Hezbollah escalate the tense situation along Israel’s northern border.
“If Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran, launches a massive attack on Israel, I would consider that a threat to the State of Israel, existential in nature,” Graham said Sunday during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.
“I will introduce a resolution in the United States Senate to allow military action by the United States in conjunction with Israel to knock Iran out of the oil business,” he said. “Iran, if you escalate this war, we’re coming for you.”
A spokesperson for the Israeli military also warned Hezbollah on Sunday.
“I would highly recommend that Hezbollah watch very closely what is happening to Hamas and their organization in Gaza as we speak,” Lt. Col.(r) Peter Lerner said on ABC’s “This Week.” “If they have, they should be very cautious of crossing that threshold because we are determined to defend the state of Israel.”
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https://www.deccanherald.com/world/iranian-fm-says-us-will-suffer-significant-damages-if-gaza-war-expands-2727961
Iranian FM says US will suffer 'significant damages' if Gaza war expands
Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the United States will suffer "significant damages" if the Gaza war spirals into a bigger conflict, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
"We have conveyed our message to the Zionist regime through its allies that if they do not cease their atrocities in Gaza, Iran cannot simply remain an observer," Iranian state media cited Amirabdollahian as telling the network."If the scope of the war expands, significant damages will also be inflicted upon America."
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/iran-s-foreign-minister-warns-israel-from-beirut-to-stop-gaza-attacks-or-risk-huge-earthquake-1.6601535
Iran's foreign minister warns Israel from Beirut to stop Gaza attacks or risk 'huge earthquake'
Iran's foreign minister on Saturday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle, and that would make Israel suffer "a huge earthquake."
Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters in Beirut that Lebanon's Hezbollah group has taken all the scenarios of a war into consideration and Israel should stop its attacks on Gaza as soon as possible.
Israel considers Hezbollah its most serious immediate threat, estimating it has some 150,000 rockets and missiles, including precision-guided missiles that can hit anywhere in Israel. The group, which has thousands of battle-hardened fighters who participated in Syria's 12-year conflict, also has different types of military drones.
Hezbollah fighters have been on full alert along Lebanon's borders with Israel following last Saturday's attack by the militant Palestinian group Hamas that left hundreds of Israeli civilians and soldiers dead.
On Saturday, the Israeli military said an Israeli drone strike along the border with Lebanon killed a "cell" that was trying to infiltrate into Israel.
Amirabdollahian said he met Friday with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who briefed him on the group's conditions in Lebanon.
"I know about the scenarios that Hezbollah has put in place," Amirabdollahian said. "Any step the resistance (Hezbollah) will take will cause a huge earthquake in the Zionist entity."
Amirabdollahian added: "I want to warn the war criminals and those who support this entity before it's too late to stop the crimes against civilians in Gaza, because it might be too late in few hours."
The Iranian foreign minister said he will be contacting U.N. officials in the Middle East because "there is still an opportunity to work on an initiative (to end the war) but it might be too late tomorrow."
The possibility of a new front in Lebanon brings back bitter memories of a vicious month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 that ended in a stalemate and a tense detente between the two sides.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67084515
US $6bn deal with Iran under scrutiny in wake of Hamas attack on Israel
The US says Iran has not accessed money agreed in a prisoner swap as the White House faces renewed criticism over the deal amid claims Tehran instigated a Hamas attack on Israel last weekend.
Iran's mission to the UN said the US cannot renege on the agreement.
The US has said it has no evidence of a direct Iran link to the Hamas assault.
US President Joe Biden's officials have pushed back strongly against Republican criticism that the fund empowered Iran's support for Hamas.
But US officials have also said they cannot corroborate reports of direct involvement in the attack by Iran, which is Israel's arch-enemy.
President Biden has been under pressure from within his party to stop the funds going to Iran.
Democratic senators who are facing re-election next year have joined Republican calls for the US president to effectively break the deal.
But Iran's mission to the United Nations said in a statement reported by the Washington Post: "The senators in question and the US government are all acutely aware that they can NOT renege on the agreement.
"The money rightfully belongs to the people of Iran, earmarked for the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to facilitate the acquisition of all essential and non-sanctioned requisites for the Iranians."
If you think Islamic countries are angry now, just wait to see their reactions, especially Iran's, when what you people have done to me has been exposed out into the open.
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U.S. intel indicates Iranian leaders were surprised by Hamas attack
New intelligence suggests Iranian officials were surprised by Hamas' attack on Israel. NBC News' Andrea Mitchell has details on how the report raises doubt Tehran played a role in helping plan the assault.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDih5f3Ff40
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US cozying up to Iran has created ‘enormous risk’: Pompeo
Former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo joined ‘Fox News Sunday’ to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict and its potential impact on the rest of the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohG8fT_qkE
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mocked the situation, saying, "Have you seen the situation in the U.S.? This is their democracy and this is their election fiasco. Today, the U.S. and 'American values' are ridiculed even by their friends."[16]
President Hassan Rouhani said Trump was a "sick person" who had caused problems for the world, and that the incident demonstrated the fragility of Western democracy.[17] He claimed that the events show "what a failure Western democracy is" and how Trump, as a "populist man", has "damaged the reputation of his country." He furthered that the incoming Biden administration should "learn" from America's "populism" and make up [for the past] and restore the country to a position worthy of the American nation ... for their own benefit and the good of the world."[18]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack
Pompeo characterizes Jan. 6 as 'a peaceful transition of power' from Trump to Biden
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previously raised eyebrows when he said after the 2020 election that there would be a smooth transition to “a second Trump administration.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/pompeo-characterizes-jan-6-peaceful-transition-power-rcna68904
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Hamas attack on Israel: Rallies in support of Gaza in Tehran, Istanbul and Beirut • FRANCE 24
In Iran, Turkey and Lebanon, hundreds of people took to the streets and gathered to support Gaza and celebrate the operation by Hamas against Israel.
#Hamas #Israel #Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHI5PyoQmg
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Iran, Russia Or...? Who's Backing Hamas And Will An All-Out Israel-Palestine War Divide The World?
Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad told the BBC that Iran had backed the Palestinian terror group in launching its attack on Israel on October 7. The claim comes after Dennis Ross of the Washington-based Institute for Near East Policy blamed Iran for the attack. Meanwhile, Estonian Reform Party leader Marko Mihkelson said the ongoing conflict in the Middle East may have involvement of Russia and Iran. This come as former US President Donald Trump tried to lay blame for the Hamas attack on the Biden administration. Watch the video to find out more.
#israelpalestine #palestinewar #iran #worldnews
0:00 - INTRODUCTION
1:57 - ATTACK ON ISRAEL ACT OF SELF-DEFENCE BY PALESTINIANS?
3:28 - RUSSIA SPONSORING MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS?
4:28 - TRUMP PINS BLAME ON “WEAK” BIDEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxtUINxutAg
Israel’s Mighty Iron Dome Exposed? Hamas Will Pay For Opening “The Doors To Hell” | Palestine
Hamas militants killed hundreds of Israelis and wounded hundreds more on October 8. The gunmen came by air, sea and land, amid a barrage of what Hamas said was “5000 rockets.” Hamas claims it has taken “many dozens” of Israelis hostage. Israel was clearly caught off-guard, despite having one of the world’s most impressive armed forces as well as its formidable intelligence agency. A former international spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces called the attack a “Pearl Harbor-type moment for Israel”. Watch the video to find out more.
#israelpalestine #hamasattack #worldnews
0:00 - INTRODUCTION
2:18 - THE WAR THAT TAUGHT ISRAEL THE IMPORTANCE OF INTELLIGENCE
3:36 - HAMAS EXPOSES HOLES IN ISRAEL’S FAMED SECURITY APPARATUS
5:35 - “HAMAS HAS OPENED THE DOORS TO HELL”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBkSa_LfXk8
Retired colonel explains how Hamas caught Israel off-guard during attack
Retired Colonel Cedric Leighton explains how Hamas was able to catch Israel off-guard by using primitive modes of communication to undermine Israeli intelligence ahead of its attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjFeFIG4bks
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US-Iran prisoner swap: A sign of better relations between the two countries? • FRANCE 24 English
This week, five US citizens freed from prison in Iran were able to embrace their loved ones back home. Under the deal brokered by Qatar, five Iranians detained in the United States were also released. The agreement included the unfreezing of nearly $6 billion in Iranian assets. So is the deal a sign of warming ties between Washington and Tehran? We put the question to David Smith, Washington bureau chief for the Guardian.
https://youtu.be/wJtbreirwkc?si=TqzmGVRsigjMVu4g
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Nuclear bomb fears are a false ‘excuse’: Iran’s Khamenei
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said claims that Tehran may pursue a nuclear weapon are a false “excuse” that untrustworthy international stakeholders use.
He told a group of nuclear officials and scientists in Tehran on Sunday that Islamic values prevent Iran from pursuing a weapon of mass destruction.
Iran currently enriches uranium to 60 percent, which is a short technical step from the over 90 percent purity required for a bomb, and is said to have amassed enough fissile material for more than one bomb. But Western intelligence sources and monitors say there have been no signs that Tehran is currently working on producing a bomb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhcdpC2ruUU
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Why U.S.-Iran Tensions Are On The Rise In The Persian Gulf
Over the last decade, Iran has been causing more and more headaches for oil tanker operators in the Strait of Hormuz, a central artery of global trade. In the last two years alone, Iran has harassed, attacked or interfered with 15 internationally flagged merchant vessels.
This critical waterway separates the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Sea, which makes it an important conduit for millions of barrels of oil that flow through the region.
"These tanker seizures, whether this is a sheer coincidence or not, is happening around the time that we have just passed the five-year anniversary of the Trump administration withdrawing from the nuclear deal," said Arona Baigal, research assistant for the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
In the most recent incidents, Iran alleges that the tankers Niovi and Purity were seized over separate legal disputes regarding ownership, and that the Advantage Sweet was taken due to a collision with an Iranian ship. In response to Iranian ship seizures, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is responsible for security in the region, announced an increase in patrols. That included the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton transiting the strait in late May.
"When you do beef up your presence, you increase your size as a target," said Victoria Coates, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. "And with the Iranians feeling quite emboldened now, one has to worry about the possibility that they will lash out on a larger scale."
Watch the video above to find out more about why this critical waterway remains key to the global economy, and why Iran's threats to maritime traffic in the region are raising tensions with the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONizdYROsSY
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Iran Announces Joint Naval Alliance Amid Thaw With Gulf Rivals | Bid To Counter US Show Of Force?
Iran will form a joint naval alliance with Middle Eastern nations, many of whom have pivoted away from the US . This would include nations such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Iraq. The Commander of the Iranian Navy announced in a televised program that India and Pakistan would also be part of the alliance. Watch the video to find out is Tehran using thaw with Gulf rivals to counter US-Israel?
#iran #israel #worldnews
00:00 - INTRODUCTION
02:26 - IRAN, US BATTLE FOR PERSIAN GULF DOMINANCE
04:13 - IRAN-ARAB DETENTE SPOOKS ISRAEL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWzZHX3QNCM
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Iran's involvement in attempted murder of Azerbaijanian deputy has been confirmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DuD-48dmEU
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New claim about Iran hostage crisis sabotage may change narrative of Carter presidency
In 1980, a prominent Republican sought to sabotage then-President Jimmy Carter's re-election by asking Middle Eastern leaders to get a message to the Iranians; keep the American hostages until after the election and Reagan will give you a better deal. That's according to a New York Times report. Jonathan Alter, author of "His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life," joined Geoff Bennett to discuss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12IQiV2oxU
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/11/irans-raisi-takes-aim-at-enemies-on-revolution-anniversary
Iran’s Raisi takes aim at ‘enemies’ on revolution anniversary
Iran’s president said criticism over human and women’s rights should be aimed at the West and not Iran.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has denounced “enemies” for sparking unrest in the country and the region during a ceremony to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1979 revolution that birthed the Islamic republic.
“I say to the enemies; you want to hear the word of the people? These are the great people of Iran,” he asserted, followed by chants of “death to America”(western occupied America) and “death to Israel” from the crowds.
Reemphasising Iranian authorities’ claims that the West and its allies have been behind the country’s unrest, Raisi said the country’s enemies failed to stop its progress, so they turned to the “project of chaos” that he said they have also tried to implement in neighbouring Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
“Those who have been deceived by the enemy now know that the enemy’s issue is neither woman nor life or freedom or human rights, but it wants to take away the independence and the tranquil life of the Iranian nation,” Raisi said in reference to the “woman, life, freedom” slogan that has defined the protests.
Responding to Western criticism that the Islamic republic violates human rights and women’s rights, the president said the Iranian establishment is in a better position to criticise the behaviour of the West.
Raisi added that the West “created, supported and armed ISIS [ISIL]” while Iran fought it, and added that Iran should not be denounced for its nuclear programme because it has no nuclear weapons, unlike its Western opponents.
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Shopkeepers across Iran take part in mass walkouts | DW News
Iranian shops closed in several cities on Monday following calls from activists for a three-day strike. The protest actions are set to last from Monday to Wednesday. Meanwhile, Iranian authorities said that protesters' sentences will be "carried out swiftly."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJ4NlYJL64
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Iran said to abolish morality police: What does it mean? | DW News
Local media in Iran are reporting the country has abolished its morality police. The announcement comes after months of nationwide demonstrations triggered by the arrest of Gina Mahsa Amini. The young woman died after being taken to police custody for violating Iran's strict female dress code. Iran's Attorney General told a major state news agency, "Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOrXxBuWRk
If the state had control over reproduction I would bet the need for policing society on any level would diminish quickly and drastically.
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Amb. Karen Pierce: Iran May Be 'Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity' For Supplying Weapons To Russia
British Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce joins Andrea Mitchell to weigh in on the deepening Russian-Iranian Alliance. “I think it's interesting that Iran denied that their drones had been sent to Russia recently for use against Ukraine. That would suggest that Iran does understand what a heinous thing it is to do to enable these attacks on Ukrainian civilians so,” Ambassador Pierce tells Mitchell. “The Iranians need to contemplate how they too may be guilty of crimes against humanity by supplying these weapons to the Russians.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNEJzahV72Y
Comments:
We are even more guilty than they are.
How can the incredible irony in this statement not be obvious to EVERYBODY?
Indeed:
EU member states exported weapons to Russia after the 2014 embargo
Missiles, aircraft, rockets, torpedoes, bombs. Russia continued to buy EU weapons until at least 2020. Despite the ongoing embargo, ten member states exported € 346 million worth of military equipment, according to public data analysed by Investigate Europe. Some of these weapons could be used against Ukraine now.
Entire article: https://www.investigate-europe.eu/en/2022/eu-states-exported-weapons-to-russia/
How is Pierce even capable of not smelling her very own hypocrisy? Oh wait, she's a Westerner, never mind....
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Iran: Major crackdown against Kurdish protesters in Mahabad | DW News
Rights groups are reporting that Iran is carrying out a major crackdown in the Kurdish town of Mahabad. The town has seen intense anti-regime protests in recent days, with people staging sit-ins and setting up barricades.
In video circulated on social media overnight, gunfire and screaming can be heard. Another clip shared by an exiled Kurdish opposition party claims to show plainclothes members of the Revolutionary Guard firing into the sky. Activists say electricity has been cut and there are unconfirmed reports of protesters being killed or wounded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPtQa9gMEZ4
See also: https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/kurds/
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Iranian protestors refuse to negotiate with ‘murderers’ in regime
“Which country kills their own people? We cannot negotiate with murderers.”
Protestors are refusing to negotiate with the Iranian Regime because they want a revolution, not a reform. Iranian chess player Shohreh Bayat tells #TimesRadio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kG70Pqwkec
I'd bet money that if the protestors succeed in over-turning the regime, the new regime setup by these protestors would not have any issue with negotiating with the "murderers" in Israel?
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What else motivates the anti-regime protestors?
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/girls-eye-view-whats-happening-110000272.html
It was Azadeh’s first trip of this kind: her first solo flight, her first time traveling without her mother and grandmother—my fiancée’s ardently religious maman (my eventual maman-in-law)—and one of the few times in her life when she could go out into the streets without wearing hijab.
I asked what she would like to do while in Istanbul. She smiled somewhat uncertainly and spoke to Najwa in rapid Farsi, which was her tendency until she got to know me better, even though her English is quite good. All I caught was the word Starbucks.
Najwa laughed. “She wants to go to Starbucks.”
Azadeh bristled a bit at the laugh, thinking that maybe she was being teased, then said in English, “It is probably normal for you, but we do not have it in Iran.”
“Look at that girl,” she said. I’d noticed that she had been watching one of the university students, a young woman with long brown hair who was sitting alone before her laptop and typing intently. She looked to me like a typical college kid that you would encounter anywhere in the world. Azadeh sighed. “She’s so cool. What I want is to be like her, just working on my computer at Starbucks.”
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Now imagine what would happen if the protestors succeed in overthrowing the regime.....
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https://www.newsweek.com/iran-protesters-refuse-back-down-15000-face-execution-1758578
Nationwide protests continue in Iran for the 53rd straight day, despite nearly 15,000 Iranians having been arrested in connection to the demonstrations and who are now facing the death penalty.
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"We, the representatives of this nation, ask all state officials, including the judiciary, to treat those, who waged war [against the Islamic establishment] and attacked people's life and property like the Daesh [terrorists], in a way that would serve as a good lesson in the shortest possible time," the letter read.
Do it!
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As I predicted, the protests are not about supporting everyone wearing whatever they want, but about reviving the pre-1979 Westernization drive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDfjxvyers
What despicable and shameful acts. ..It's like forcefully removing hijabs from ladies who wear them willingly .
to randomly attack people in the Street, especially targetting their religious symbol is Strictly a Hate Crime. If someone would remove Turban, I will personally detain them.
This is not right. You are mocking and insulting the religion.
Further information:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg16111/#msg16111
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/psychological-decolonization/msg16127/#msg16127
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucNW3T55a5Q
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Iran says it won’t remain ‘indifferent’ if Russian use of its drones is proven
As West says evidence mounting of Moscow-Tehran military alliance, Iran’s FM claims he’s ‘against arming both Russia and Ukraine’
“I stressed to Mr. Borrell that if… it becomes clear to us that Russia has used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will definitely not be indifferent about this issue.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-says-it-wont-remain-indifferent-if-russian-use-of-its-drones-is-proven/?utm_campaign=most_popular&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_end
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Until recently, leftists in the US proudly supported the regime in Iran:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-senate-candidate-mandela-barnes-173648536.html
Wisconsin Senate Candidate Mandela Barnes Celebrated Iranian Leader’s 2015 BLM Tweet
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“the issue of US govt oppression against blacks is a 100s year-old issue #BlackLivesMatter 395 Years a Slave!”
Barnes liked the tweet and replied, “The first tweet of 2015 from @khamenei_ir is #BlackLivesMatter. Let that sink in. May This be a most wonderful year for you and yours.”
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Khamenei has boasted that “It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region,” and called its “Zionist Regime” a “cancerous tumor.” He’s also suggested that “the Holocaust is an event whose reality is uncertain and if it has happened, it’s uncertain how it has happened.”
Prior to the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, around 80,000 Jews were believed to have lived in Iran. Now, estimates peg the country’s Jewish population at 8,500.
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Barnes has previously expressed support for redirecting law enforcement funding away from the police and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he currently trails Johnson by 2.8 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average.
https://mandelabarnes.com/
Can we please return to this historically sensible alignment?
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Good work:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-intensifies-crackdown-kurdish-cities-unrest-persists-2022-10-10/
Human rights group Hengaw reported a heavy presence of armed security forces in the Kurdish cities of Sanandaj, Saqez and Divandareh on Monday. It said at least five Kurdish residents were killed and over 150 injured in protests since Saturday.
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The Iranian authorities have blamed the violence on an array of enemies including armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents, with the Revolutionary Guards attacking their bases in neighbouring Iraq a number of times during the latest unrest.
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Iran has a track record of putting down unrest among its more than 10 million Kurds, part of a Kurdish minority whose aspirations for autonomy have also led to conflicts with authorities in Turkey, Iraq and Syria.
Heavy gunfire could be heard in several videos shared on Twitter by the activist 1500tasvir. A video showed several explosions creating blinding flashes in a neighbourhood of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province.
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/kurds/
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Finally:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-protests-supreme-leader-blames-135554778.html
Iran protests: Supreme leader blames unrest on US and Israel
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The ayatollah, who has the final say on all state matters, asserted that foreign powers had planned "rioting" because they could not tolerate Iran "attaining strength in all spheres".
"I say clearly that these riots and the insecurity were engineered by America and the occupying, false Zionist regime [Israel], as well as their paid agents, with the help of some traitorous Iranians abroad."
All it would take for the US not to be blamed is for Biden to speak out in support of the regime and against the protestors. Of course that has not happened because Biden is Biden:
President Joe Biden issued a statement saying he was "gravely concerned" about reports of the "intensifying violent crackdown on peaceful protestors".
Those protesters are calling for "just and universal principles", he said, adding that the US "stands with Iranian women" who are "inspiring the world with their bravery".
If Biden sincerely wanted to help people who dislike wearing a headscarf, he should simply invite them to relocate to the US, not incite them to overthrow Khamenei.
At least some commenters know the score:
The CIA and various NGO's do have a history of stirring up trouble using the "divide and conquer" techniques.
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And in fact, there are at least several well-known jewish posters here today (as always) spreading hate. "Anand", "Lijuan", "Phillip", "Jay", "Enough Lies", "Avi", "Howard the duck" and others. They crash every article having anything to do with Muslims, Iran, Palestinians on a daily basis.
Luckily all this focus on the middle east isn't because of the region's resources and the west's desire to steal them or control their flow in order to back their worthless currencies, printed out of thin air.
Yep. Jews gonna Jew.
I do believe that Israel is behind this unrest in Iran, Israeli official did tell the American government that it will do whatever it takes to stop the US to sign a nuclear agreement with Iran, Israel cares less what is good for the US, that has been the case for decades.
They're correct.
Has to do with Joe Biden being a declared Zionist and us gov being hijacked by Israel.
Like i said in so many comments already.
AIPAC to all incoming freshman.. have you signed pledge yet ?
He is right!! It is Israel; the root cause of all evil, all crimes, all wars behind this unrest..
Before Israel we had no enemies in the Middle East
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Even our enemies admit it:
https://gatesofvienna.net/2022/10/the-day-women-burn-their-uniforms-en-masse-islam-collapses/
Unrest continues in Iran, where residents fed up with clerical rule are defying the regime’s bullets, tear gas and arrests. The demand is for the Islamic Republic to end.
The regime has responded by intensifying violent repression. Dozens of protesters have been killed and the government has shut down the internet to prevent the protests from spreading. But they have spread to dozens of cities, including the capital Tehran.
In the town of Osvanieh in Iran’s north-west, gun battles have broken out between the mainly Kurdish population and the regime’s repressive apparatus
as does mainstream news:
https://us.yahoo.com/news/19-killed-including-3-elite-110229849.html
Amini was an Iranian Kurd and the protests first erupted in Kurdish areas.
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/kurds/msg2061/#msg2061
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr2_xrZU9Xs
Can you figure out what is going on?
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Thank you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e43z2iMdarM
Recall:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/enemies/kurds/msg15808/#msg15808
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If Biden were a serious leader, he would be doing the same to Trump coup supporters.
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Leftists finally get organized:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/23/iran-reportedly-arrests-journalist-activist-mahsa-amini-protests
Iran marchers call for execution of anti-government protesters
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Pro-government rallies have taken place in several cities across Iran in an attempt to counter a week of mounting unrest triggered by the death of a woman in police custody.
Marchers called for anti-government protesters to be executed, while the army signalled that it was prepared to crush dissent by telling Iranians that it would confront “the enemies” behind the unrest.
Demonstrators condemned the anti-government protesters as “Israel’s soldiers”, live state television coverage showed.
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As always, my advice to anyone dissatisfied with the Iranian regime is not to protest, but to emigrate.
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As unrest grows, Iran restricts access to Instagram, WhatsApp
Iran curbed access on Wednesday to Meta Platforms' (META.O) Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, residents and internet watchdog NetBlocks said.
Last week's death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police in Tehran for "unsuitable attire", has unleashed anger over issues including freedom in the Islamic Republic and an economy reeling from sanctions.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-restricts-access-instagram-netblocks-2022-09-21/
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“A SLAP IN THE FACE” FOR PUTIN - IRAN REFUSES TO SUPPLY RUSSIA WITH DRONES || 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iDcdT4GLTc
US doubles down on claim that Iran wants to sell drones to Russia
Iran has already told Ukraine it will not do anything to prolong the war, which it blames on NATO’s expansion in Europe.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/16/us-doubles-down-on-claim-that-iran-wants-to-sell-drones-to-russia
Hot off the press:
Iran preparing to provide Russia with drones, White House says
CNN's Fareed Zakaria and professor Vali Nasr discuss Iran's support for Russia amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. #CNN #News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkGOWlCAI-s
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White House: Iran preparing to send Russia drones for battle in Ukraine l ABCNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82F1Csv3uIs
If true, this would just be another example of U.S. foreign policy failure in the middle-east...
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Iran Suspects Israel Poisoned 2 Scientists | Mystery Deaths Linked to Tehran’s Nuclear Goals?
Two scientists working in Iran’s aerospace industry have died in separate incidents while on active duty. As per the The New York Times, Tehran suspects Israel killed the two scientists several weeks ago by poisoning their food. Ali Kamani and Mohammad Abdous’ are the latest in a string of mysterious deaths that have occurred in Iran in the past few weeks. The shadow war between Iran and Israel appears to be intensifying as Tehran moves closer to nuclear weapons capability.
#IranScientistsKilled. #IsraelIranWar. #israelnews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMOwIZkEI24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRaaaSxJSBc
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Amid Tensions With Israel, Iran Reveals Underground Base Housing 'Region’s Most Powerful Drones'
Iran’s army has unveiled an underground base for its drones amid mounting tensions with Israel. The base is located in the Zagros mountain range in the west of Iran, as per a state TV reporter. The underground facility is located "several hundred metres underground", Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi told state media. Watch the video to know more about the Iran's underground drone.
#iran #irandrones #israel
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - Alleged Israeli Strikes Inside Iran Stoke Tensions
03:52 - Iran's Controversial Drone Programme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3CPRIaPm9M
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Iran vows 'blood revenge' & points to Israel as Colonel shot dead right off a highly-secured zone
A colonel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps assassinated in a gun attack in the capital Tehran. 2 assailants shot Col. Hassan S. Khodaei 5 times, right off a highly secure street home to Iran's parliament. The modus operandi raised the possibility of a link with other bike killings previously attributed to Israel in Iran. Iranian President said, 'we'll have blood revenge', the govt blamed 'global arrogance' - a term for U.S. & Israel. Reports identified Colonel Khodaei as a 'shrine defender', a term Tehran uses for fighters sent to Syria & Iraq.
#Israel #Iran #IRGC #Tehran #Jerusalem #Syria #Damascus #Iraq #Baghdad #Palestine #Gaza #Hamas #Hezbollah #Lebanon #Islam #Jewish #Muslim #Jews #Conflict #Crisis #Jerusalem #Defence #Defense #Military #Trends #Trending #Breaking #News #Video #Watch #Asia #InternationalAffairs #WorldNews #GlobalNews #Terror #Terrorism #Viral #Arab #ArabWorld #Arms #Ammunition #Soldiers #Troops #Combat #MiddleEast #MidEast #NucelarDeal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZxgsY8ydkU
Iran: Revolutionary Guards colonel Sayyad Khodai shot dead in Tehran attack | Latest English News
A senior member of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard colonel Sayyad Khodai was killed outside his home in Tehran on Sunday by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike.
#Iran #SayyadKhodai #Tehran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y46fQzy3Ohw
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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi warns Israel against hostile moves | International News | WION
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has warned Israel and said Iran will target Israel's heart if acted against Iran. He added that Iran watches any move by Israel closely.
#Iran #Israel #EbrahimRaisi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_5IbrSC1LE
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Gravitas: Will Russia scuttle Iran nuclear deal?
Can Russia scuttle the revival of the Iran nuclear deal? Negotiations were paused in Vienna after Russia demanded guarantees from the West. What are Moscow's demands? Palki Sharma tells you.
#Russia #IranNuclearDeal #Gravitas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1NJ06vFWx4
The Iran nuclear deal is not the only thing Russia is holding hostage. See also: https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/wmds/?message=11848
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Iran accuses Israel of planning sabotage on Fordow nuclear plant | World English News | WION
Acording to Iranian state media report, Iranian authorities have thwarted a planned sabotage at the country's key nuclear enrichment plant.
#Iran #Israel #IranNuclearPlant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyPzB70_KU
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard claim responsibility for missile attacks on 'strategic centers' in Iraq
The United States has strongly condemned an overnight missile strike on the Kurdish-Iraqi city of Erbil by Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it launched the attack. A dozen ballistic missiles struck buildings in the city, which is the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. One civilian was injured. France said the strike threatened efforts to complete nuclear talks with Iran. We speak to Middle East Expert Arash Azizi, he's also the author of a book on the US and Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REWpMFSlRH4
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Russia demands guarantee from the US as Vienna talks reach a critical stage | World English News
In what is said to be a ripple effect of Ukraine war, Russia has demanded guarantees from the United States as Vienna talks reach a critical stage.
#Russia #US #ViennaTalks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LS4nVMZbWY
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IAEA presents queries to Tehran as Nuclear agency chief reaches Iran | World English News | WION
Will Russia's invasion of Ukraine damage Iran Nuclear deal talks? IAEA presented queries to Tehran as the Nuclear agency chief reaches Iran.
#Iran #IAEA #WION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3s2MOHRCc4
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Iran has called on the United Nations Security Council to hold the United States and Israel responsible for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, two years after his death.
The Iranian Quds Force (IRGC) Commander was targeted in Iraq’s capital Baghdad and killed by missiles fired from a US drone while on a diplomatic mission on January 3, 2020.
Iranian Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council while Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif spoke to Guterres by phone calling for the condemnation.
The US Department of Defense (DoD), and then-US President Donald Trump justified the assassination of the top Iranian general as the right to self-defence and within the framework of international law.
But Agnes Callamard, the special UN rapporteur for extrajudicial killing, wrote in a July 2020 report that Soleimani’s assassination was “unlawful”, “arbitrary” and in violation of the UN charter.
According to Callamard, the United States action lacked legal justification as there was no evidence suggesting that the commander and his convoy presented an ongoing or imminent threat to American forces and personnel.
Soleimani remains popular among many Iranians, who consider him a hero who was fighting Iran's enemies abroad. Photo: Nazanin Tabatabaee / Reuters
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https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxPE1MHUAGuS-FrJHq6F5Nxt5o7hiBpdDj
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Drought dries up Iran's wheat supply
Just five years ago, Iran had become self-sufficient in wheat production. But the region's worst drought in 50 years, along with sanctions, have now forced the country to import record volumes of the grain from abroad. Reza Hatami reports from Tehran.
#Iran #Wheat #Drought
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ugqmSuzA9U
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‘Do Not Trust The West,’ Khamenei Tells Next Iran Government
In what appeared as a rough roadmap for Iran’s next administration, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said during a speech addressing President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members on Wednesday that Iranian officials should not trust the West.
He advised “others” to use the Rouhani administration’s experience. “In this administration, it became clear that trusting the West is not helpful. They don’t help and they strike a blow wherever they can. When they didn’t, it was because they couldn’t,” Khamenei said.
Khamenei then more clearly advised the next administration that takes office on August 5 to distrust the United States. He said: “Administrations should utterly avoid tying their plans for negotiations with the West, for they’ll certainly fail. This administration too, wherever it relied on negotiations with the West and the US, they were unsuccessful, and when they relied on domestic potential, they succeeded.”
It was not clear what Khamenei was referring to by saying that the Rouhani administration succeeded. There are multiple serious crisis confronting Iran after eight years of Rouhani's presidency. The only glimmer of relative success was in 2016, when international sanctions were lifted after Iran agreed to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Referring to the latest rounds of indirect talks between Iranian and US delegations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal also called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Khamenei said: “In the recent nuclear talks, the Americans staunchly insisted on their obstinate stance. When making promises and on paper, they say they’ll lift sanctions, but in practice, they didn’t and won’t. Then they say new articles should be added to the deal that already exists.”
Khamenei was probably referring to the US demands that negotiation over Iran’s missiles and regional role should follow a nuclear agreement. Iran has also demanded that any future US withdrawal from the JCPOA should be based on a UN vote.
“They always say they will lift the sanctions but they never did it. Furthermore, they set new conditions and wish to include a sentence in this agreement that facilitates further negotiations. Otherwise, they say there will not be an agreement,” Khamenei complained.
https://iranintl.com/en/world/%E2%80%98do-not-trust-west%E2%80%99-khamenei-tells-next-iran-government
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Press TV And Al-Alam Relaunch On Iranian Domains After US Closures
A press release from the United States Justice Department(link is external) has said the US seized the websites of 36 Iranian and Iraqi television channels, including Press TV and the Arabic-language Al-Alam, for operating “services, including website and domain services” in the US without a license from the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Licenses were needed, the Justice Department said, because the websites owned by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union or Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shia group, were violating US sanctions after OFAC had designated IRTVU in October 2020 “for being owned or controlled by the [Iranian] Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.”
A US government notice slapped on the homepages of the closed domains said they were seized as part of law enforcement by the ‘Bureau of Industry and Security’. Both Press TV and Al-Alam were back online within hours, using Iranian domain addresses.
https://iranintl.com/en/world/press-tv-and-al-alam-relaunch-iranian-domains-after-us-closures
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Iran decries revocation of Tehran’s General Assembly voting rights
Iran has condemned a UN decision to temporarily revoke Tehran’s voting rights in the General Assembly over its outstanding contributions to the world body.
Tehran maintains it has paid its dues to the world body regularly and that the economic sanctions have made payments increasingly difficult for the country.
This decision is fundamentally flawed, entirely unacceptable, and completely unjustified, as Iran's inability to fulfill its financial obligation toward the United Nations is indirectly caused by unlawful unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States to punish those who comply with the Security Council Resolution.
— Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister
The UN should totally understand Iran's position, it's been sanctioned by the worst international sanctions ever imposed on a nation, arguably, in the modern era, and yet the United Nations has obviously, religiously, decided to ignore the realities and the circumstances of The Islamic Republic of Iran.
Of course it goes deeper than this, the United Nations relies on the US of A for its funds, the majority of the funds that keep the United Nations going come from America, and of course they're based primarily in the US as well.
It's a misnomer to imagine that the UN is independent. — Seyyed Mohsin Abbas, Journalist and Political Commentator
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/06/07/658440/Taking-away-Iran-s-voting-privilege-violates-the-UN-Charter
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Iran's Largest Warship Sinks In Blaze In Gulf Of Oman
The largest warship in Iran's navy has sunk in the Gulf of Oman after it caught fire and burned for about a day. Iranian officials are investigating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyqMjCJ9Jeg
Johnny
1 day ago
I’m sure no one will waste this “tragedy”
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The history behind the US-Iran conflict
Why have Iran and the US been adversaries for decades and continue to be at odds to this day?
#QassemSoleimani #Iranianrevolution #nuclearweapon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m23pywBTNQY
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AEOI chief: International community, IAEA must address ‘nuclear terrorism’ against Iran
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has slammed the act of sabotage against the country’s nuclear site in Natanz earlier in the day, noting that the international community, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), must deal with such “nuclear terrorism” that targets Iran’s facilities.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran, while condemning this despicable act, underlines the need for the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to address this nuclear terrorism and reserves the right to take action against masterminds, perpetrators and conspirators of this [terrorist] act,” Salehi said.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/04/11/649249/AEOI-chief-Intl-community-IAEA-must-address-nuclear-terrorism-against-Iran
Iran's nuclear agency suspects ‘Israel role’ in both Natanz incident, senior scientist assassination
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), the country’s nuclear agency, suspects Israeli involvement in both a July incident at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, and the recent assassination of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist near Tehran.
“Their footprint is clearly visible in various incidents,” he noted.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/11/28/639558/Iran-Israel-Natanz-scientist-assassination
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Iran says Vienna nuclear talks a 'new success'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says talks in Vienna to try and rescue the troubled 2015 nuclear deal have opened a "new chapter" after discussions on how to end crippling sanctions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upx7nw8yzGE
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Diplomats gather in Vienna to revive Iran nuclear deal
Top officials from all the signatories to the original 2015 Iran nuclear deal are in Vienna. The Americans are also there, but they and the Iranians are not planning to meet directly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDB2_aYH-A
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U.S. and Iran to hold indirect talks in Vienna
The U.S. and #Iran will open indirect talks next week in Vienna as part of the #EU's efforts to bring the U.S. back to the Iran nuclear deal. A U.S. delegation will be present for the first time, since former President Donald Trump pulled the country out of the agreement in 2018. #America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQIWT7nluKA
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What is behind China and Iran's 'strategic' deal? | Inside Story
It's been in the works since 2016, and dubbed a 'comprehensive strategic partnership'. The deal signed between China and Iran is expected to boost their long-standing economic and political alliance. The cooperation will cover a wide range of Chinese investments in Iran's most important sectors, including energy and infrastructure. It's the first long-term agreement of its type to be signed by Iran with a major world power.
And comes at a tough time for Iran's economy that's been devastated by U.S. sanctions. What do both countries stand to gain? And should people be worried, in the Middle East and beyond?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBdyFY6isP8
HC Peng
4 hours ago
If you notice how many times the lady has brought up Xin Jiang, you will find out what the game plan is - drive a wedge between China and Muslim countries. Luckily, the muslim countries are smart and do not take the bait.
Eugene Mwika
3 hours ago
Iran makes deal with US. US jumps out of the deal, China decides it will not get out of the deal. US points fingers at China for being aggressive
Jeff Tsang
2 hours ago
So many companies and authorities in China was sanctioned and the daughter of Huawei’s CEO is even held as a hostage over Iran issues. It’s time for Chinese government to show its position.
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Iran restricts international access to nuclear sites
Iran has agreed to allow limited nuclear inspections for another three months. The agreement reached by head of the International Atomic Energy Agency at crisis talks in Tehran could give negotiators some breathing room as they struggle to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoKpRtpbrT4
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One on One - Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranians will head to the polls in June to elect a new leader, and the lead-up features a familiar face. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two presidential terms were marred by sanctions in response to his country’s nuclear program. We sit down with Iran’s former hardline president and ask him if he is hopeful a new page can be turned with an old foe.
Ahmadinejad is a preferred candidate for president according to polls.
The problem is Ahmadinejad had been the president for 3 4-year terms (in sum 12 years), which is the maximum limit of Iran's presidency. Also, the Supreme Leader Khamenei didn't want him to come back after Ahmadinejad fulfilled his term limit.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-ahmadinejad-idUSKBN17E23P
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One on One - Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranians will head to the polls in June to elect a new leader, and the lead-up features a familiar face. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two presidential terms were marred by sanctions in response to his country’s nuclear program. We sit down with Iran’s former hardline president and ask him if he is hopeful a new page can be turned with an old foe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eA1I1pmiqs
Ahmadinejad is a preferred candidate for president according to polls.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asks Charlie Rose if Plight of the Palestinians is a worthy point of discussion
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses a question to Charlie Rose on whether or not he deems the zionist treatment of the palestinians worthy relevant enough to be a point of discussion? Every time Ahmadinejad mentions 'zionist' or 'israel' Rose attempts to back shifts the focus back onto his agenda. Rose comes across as a clueless puppet and the source of information Rose is basing his questions around are from couple of articles (rose) refers to as 'Reports' which is nothing more than the columnist writing about opinions, even if they aren't' fabricated they're probably 2nd or 3rd hand opinions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANQoPfAELLk
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Iranian Deputy FM: Time is running out on maintaining JCPOA
In an earlier interview with CBS, U.S. President Biden said he won't lift U.S. sanctions on Iran unless it shows commitment to JCPOA. What will be Tehran's response to Biden's proposal? Abbas Araghchi, Iranian deputy foreign minister, told CGTN anchor Wang Guan that the U.S. should act first. He said Iran is ready to quickly go back to full compliance to the JCPOA once all sanctions against the country are lifted. #Iran#US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1c2Cse9qw
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Iran takes 'final' stance on nuclear deal, says U.S. must lift sanctions before Tehran rejoins
NBC News is reporting that the Georgia Secretary of State's office has launched an investigation into Trump's phone call to Brad Raffensperger, attempting to overturn the results of the election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ_JLMexSMk
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Iran Conducts ‘Surgical Strike’ In Pakistan, Rescues Border Guards Kidnapped By Terrorists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbMD4O3xnb4
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Ex-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Calls For An End To The Iran and Saudi Arabia Rivalry
The former President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for and end to hostilities between Shi'a Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, saying friendship between the two would bring peace to the region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr--AuixPUk
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Seize the opportunity to rethink regional security, Iran tells neighbors
Iran hails that an opportunity has arisen for the countries of the region to renew their perspective of the issue of collective security, calling the matter an asset than cannot be either bought from abroad or guaranteed by stockpiling foreign weapons.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in an Arabic language tweet on Thursday.
“Dear neighbors, an opportunity is available to us to rethink the issue of regional security,” the tweet read.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/28/644080/Iran-Persian-Gulf-relations-security-Zarif
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Don’t rush to own annihilation: Iran fires back at Israel over military threat
Iranian military officials have fired back at Israel after its top general threatened that attack plans against the Islamic Republic were being revised, saying the regime will only speed up its annihilation if it makes even the slightest mistake.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Hossein Dehqan, a military advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, downplayed the threats that the Tel Aviv regime issues against the Islamic Republic from time to time and said the Israelis “do not even dare to fire a bullet at dear Iran.”
He warned the regime, however, that Iran’s “doctrine is defensive but based on severe punishment for the aggressors. Do not rush for annihilation!”
The remarks came one day after Israeli Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi warned the administration of US President Joe Biden against rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, adding that he had ordered his forces to step up preparations for possible offensive action against Iran.
“I instructed the army to prepare a number of operational plans in addition to the existing ones,” he said. “We are taking care of these plans and will develop them during the coming year. Those who decide on carrying them out, of course, are the political leaders. But these plans have to be on the table.”
Additionally, the spokesperson for the Iranian Armed Forces described Kochavi’s rhetoric as “nothing more than hallucinations.”
“If the Zionists make a foolish move or any mistake, even the slightest one, against Iran, they will face a reaction that will destroy Tel Aviv and hasten the end of their regime,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi told Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam news network.
He also said the Iranian Armed Forces have been strengthening their defensive capabilities day by day, and that the country is capable of carrying out strategic operations to level the enemy to the ground.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/28/644011/Iran-Israel-threat-Dehqan-Shekarchi
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U.S. is some ways from decision on resuming Iran nuclear deal: Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not face a quick decision on whether to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal abandoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, two of President-elect Joe Biden’s top national security nominees said on Tuesday.
Biden, who takes office on Wednesday, has said that if Tehran resumed strict compliance with the 2015 agreement - under which Iran restrained its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions - Washington would too.
“We are a long way from there,” Antony Blinken, Biden’s choice for secretary of state, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying the Democratic president-elect would need to see what Iran actually did to resume complying with the pact.
“We would then have to evaluate whether they were actually making good if they say they are coming back into compliance with their obligations, and then we would take it from there,” he added, saying Biden’s ultimate aim would be a deal that also limited Iran’s missile program and support for regional proxies.
Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in 2018 and Iran in return has gradually breached its key limits, building up its stockpile of low enriched uranium, enriching uranium to higher levels of purity and installing centrifuges in ways barred by the deal.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-state-iran/u-s-is-some-ways-from-decision-on-resuming-iran-nuclear-deal-blinken-idUSKBN29O2HD?il=0
The quote I put in bold is a pretty audacious one if you really think about it, isn't it? Iran was "actually making good" already.
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Trump Trying To Start A War Before Leaving Office
Mike Pompeo and Trump are trying to start a war with Iran before leaving office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNGqnuPbHOk
Reminder:
Captured Israeli-Arab ISIS fighter: Israel is a democratic state
A captured Arab ISIS fighter in Syria who holds Israeli citizenship has said that living through the Second Intifada and in the West Bank has taught him that Israel “has not done 1% of what Bashar al-Assad has done.”
In an interview with BBC Arabic’s Feras Kilani, as reported by MEMRI, Sayyaf Sharif Daoud said in a July 16 interview that despite tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel does not **** women nor brutally kill its own citizens. Assad’s forces have been accused of using **** as a weapon of war and summary executions since the Syrian conflict started in 2011.
“There was fighting and all that, but Israel has not **** women or stripped them naked on TV, and it has not killed with such barbarity,” Daoud said in the interview.
While Daout joined ISIS, he claims that his father had warned him against joining either Hamas or Fatah, the ruling factions in Gaza and the West Bank. Now, he said he hopes to be able to return to Israel and a “normal life.”
He said Israel is a democratic state.
“Us Arabs live together in Israel with the Jews. There is no injustice. We are treated just like the Jews,” Daoud said.
https://cufi.org/issue/captured-israeli-arab-isis-fighter-israel-is-a-democratic-state/
I, an Israeli citizen, joined ISIS and lived to tell the tale
An Israeli recounts slipping into Syria under fire, fighting his first battle, taking part in a beheading and making an unlikely return home
https://www.haaretz.com/st/c/prod/eng/2017/12/isis/
Would he have taken part in the beheading if it were a Jew instead of a Muslim? How are Jews joining ISIS to kill Muslims any different than "whites" joining the U.S. military for an opportunity to kill non-"whites"?
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Iran says IAEA’s ‘preferential treatment’ of Israel gives regime ‘audacity to ridicule’ nuclear agency
Iran has reaffirmed its call on the UN nuclear agency to stop a “preferential treatment” of Israel, which has given the regime the “audacity to ridicule” the watchdog and press ahead with advancing its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international calls.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/06/642412/Iran-urges-IAEA-to-end-discriminate-favoritism-towards-Israel
Iran: World must press Israel to join NPT unconditionally
Iran’s representative to Vienna-based international organizations raises the alarm at Israel’s highly secretive nuclear activities as a threat to global security, saying the world community should pressure the regime into joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) “swiftly” and “unconditionally.”
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/11/20/639002/Iran-Israel-Nuclear-NPT
Israel nuclear arsenal threat to Middle East security: Iran
Iranian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reza Najafi says the Israeli regime’s military nuclear program has a negative impact on the security of the Middle East and the credibility of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/11/24/543363/Iran-Israel-IAEA-Vienna-Board-Governors-ambassador-Reza-Najafi-NPT-nuclear
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Zarif hails Qatar’s success in resisting Saudi-led pressure
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hailed Qatar for its success in resisting Saudi-led pressure and extortion from a coalition of Arab countries.
Zarif’s congratulation on Tuesday came after Riyadh reached an agreement with Doha to end a three-year feud by reopening the Saudi airspace and land and sea borders to Qatar.
The top Iranian diplomat took to his Twitter account and highlighted Tehran’s stabilizing role in the region and warned neighboring Arab states against stoking tensions as the administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump serves its final days in office.
Zarif also expressed hope those neighboring countries would accept Iran’s offer for a strong region.
"Congratulations to Qatar for the success of its brave resistance to pressure & extortion,” Zarif said in his tweet. “To our other Arab neighbors: Iran is neither an enemy nor threat. Enough scapegoating—especially with your reckless patron on his way out. Time to take our offer for a strong region. #HOPE.”
Congratulations to Qatar for the success of its brave resistance to pressure & extortion.
To our other Arab neighbors: Iran is neither an enemy nor threat. Enough scapegoating—especially with your reckless patron on his way out.
Time to take our offer for a strong region. #HOPE
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2021
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/06/642372/Iran-Mohammad-Javad-Zarif-Qatar-pressure-Saudi-Arabia
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Iranian Armed Forces ‘have fingers on trigger:’ Iran warns US
Iran’s top military commander says the country’s Armed Forces are optimally alert and “have fingers on the trigger” to respond to the slightest mistake by enemy forces in the region.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/05/642347/Iranian-Armed-Forces-%E2%80%98have-fingers-on-trigger-%E2%80%99-Iran-warns-America
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In warning to US, Iran FM says any fireworks will backfire badly
Iran has warned that Israeli agent provocateurs are planning to provoke a war through attacks on American forces in Iraq, advising outgoing US President Donald Trump to avoid falling in such a “trap.”
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued the warning in a post on his official Twitter account on Saturday on the first anniversary of the assassination of Iran’s legendary anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani by the United States.
“New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans—putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli,” the top Iranian diplomat said.
New intelligence from Iraq indicate that Israeli agent-provocateurs are plotting attacks against Americans—putting an outgoing Trump in a bind with a fake casus belli.
Be careful of a trap, @realDonaldTrump. Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 2, 2021
Zarif advised Trump to be cautious of the trap, adding, “Any fireworks will backfire badly, particularly against your same BFFs", (an initialism for best friends forever).
His tweet came after two nuclear-capable American B-52 bombers flew over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday after nonstop flights to the region from their US-based hangars. It was the third time in six weeks that American bombers were conducting long-range flights off the Iranian coast.
The latest deployments came after the US Navy announced the arrival of a nuclear-powered submarine in the Persian Gulf last week. The USS Georgia passed the Strait of Hormuz accompanied by two American warships, making it the first missile-loaded submarine of its kind to enter the Persian Gulf in eight years.
The region has witnessed escalating tensions since outgoing US President Trump accused Iran of playing a role in attacks on the American embassy in Iraq late last month, which Tehran has dismissed as false flag operations.
A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Saturday warned certain regional Arab countries against the adverse consequences of their cooperation with the United States and the Israeli regime, saying they will sustain the most damage in case of any possible war in the region.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/02/642087/Zarif-Trump-Israel-Iran-Soleimani-fireworks-attack-Foreign-Ministry-
Iran shouldn’t underestimate US stupidity: Analyst
A political commentator has warned about underestimating the “stupidity” in the US government in its negotiations.
American author and political commentator John Steppling made the comments in an interview with Press TV on Tuesday, while answering a question about remarks by Jake Sullivan, US President-elect Joe Biden's incoming national security adviser, claiming that “ballistic missiles has to be on the table as part of that follow-on negotiation" with Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed last week that the issue of ballistic missile program is "non-negotiable,” noting that Biden is "well aware of it.”
The Norway-based analyst described Sullivan as a “noted friend and sort of confidant of [former Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton.”
“Biden is stocking his administration with people that work for Obama, under Obama. They're kind of moving up a floor,” he said. “He's going to follow the script that almost all US politicians and administrations follow. We are going to see, essentially, a clone of Obama's second term.”
He further described how Tehran has been “assaulted” by the US over Washington’s anti-Iran measures, including assassinations of Iran’s Qassem Soleimani and Mohsen Fakhrizade.
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This is even more painful to watch unfold and read about once you have come to the realization that Iran would have been the best ally for the U.S. in the Middle-East and the U.S. would have been a better ally to Iran than Russia. The only reason this is not the case today is because of Britain, Russia, France, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. Iran would be a better ally to the U.S. than any of those countries listed would be also I feel. This fact alone lets me know the imbeciles and the Anglo-Judeo sycophants are running the show in Washington for the most part.
Outgoing Trump administration imposes new Iran-related sanctions
The outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed Iran-related sanctions on several individuals and entities.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/05/642353/Outgoing-Trump-administration-imposes-new-Iran-related-sanctions
Iran asks Interpol to issue red notice for Gen. Soleimani’s assassins
Iran has issued a red notice request to Interpol for the apprehension of the US president and 47 others in connection with the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad last year.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/06/642374/Iran-Interpol-red-notice-US-assassination-Qassem-Soleimani-
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Iran says closely watching 'mischievous' US moves in Persian Gulf
Tehran has said it is closely watching the movements of the United States in the Middle East, a day after the Pentagon ordered an American aircraft carrier to remain in the region.
“The measures and movements and certain mischievous acts of the United States are not hidden from our eyes,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a press conference on Monday. “Our intelligence, security and military organizations are fully aware of the ostensibly secretive movements of the United States in the region and in Iraq.”
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/04/642232/Iran-watching-US-mischievous-acts-in-region-spokesman
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Palestinians factions hold ceremony for Gen. Soleimani in Gaza
Palestinians, including leaders of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movement, attend in Gaza City a ceremony marking the first anniversary of martyrdom of General Qasem Soleimani in the US drone strike.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2021/01/04/642283/Palestinians-factions-hold-ceremony-for-Soleimani-in-Gaza
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Iran’s Rouhani: No conditions or negotiations on nuclear deal
The US tried to include Iran’s missile programme and regional issues in the original nuclear deal but it is non-negotiable, president says.
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will not accept any preconditions in returning to the nuclear deal it signed with world powers and will not negotiate its missiles programme or regional activities.
The United States and European powers have said in recent weeks they remain committed to revitalising the nuclear deal – formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – which outgoing US President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned in 2018.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/14/irans-rouhani-no-conditions-or-negotiations-on-nuclear-deal
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See what CNN reporter found at Iran assassination site
As Iran mulls retaliation for the killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a riddle remains. What exactly was he working on? CNN's Nick Paton Walsh gets access to the scene of the assassination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZP7wp8sHnU
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Iran sends biggest ever fleet of oil tankers to Venezuela
Defying US sanctions, Iran sends flotilla of about 10 vessels to help the Latin American nation fight a crippling fuel shortage.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/12/6/biggest-iranian-flotilla-yet-en-route-to-venezuela-with-fuel
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Another Iranian commander confirmed killed in 48 hours
With more on the assassinations of Iranian officials Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and Muslim Shahdan is former Israeli deputy national security advisor, Prof. Chuck Freilich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bAE_ZVXXdo
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Iran parliament moves to halt IAEA access to nuclear sites
Iran's parliament has passed a draft motion to halt unrestricted access by the International Atomic Energy Agency to its nuclear sites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYutLugRbG4
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Trita Parsi is a notorious False Leftist who was the principal force behind lobbying for the JCPOA, which sought to disarm Iran of its nuclear weapons.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYSvn47fdI
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Former FBI Official Discusses The Assassination Of Iranian Scientist And Iran's Response
Former FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, talks about the assassination of the Iranian scientist and Israel's role in the attack. Leading nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed near Tehran in a roadside attack on Friday, a day after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to retaliate and pledged to continue Iran's nuclear work. Figliuzzi says, "Israel realizes they have a few weeks to get done what it is they need done, with the President of the U.S. likely to allow them to do it."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gBBRiltSSQ
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Iran’s Basij students protest over killing of nuclear scientist
Students of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force rally in front of the foreign ministry in Tehran to protest the killing of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
#Iran #Tehran #MohsenFakhrizadeh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxmSdlAuv0
Who's the assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist
There's an outrage over the death of Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. The country's Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has released a statement, calling for "definitive punishment" of those behind the attack. No one has claimed responsibility for the killing. But Iranian officials have accused Israel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4hIJhDZWII
Iran vows revenge after top nuclear scientist apparently assassinated
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has vowed revenge and to continue the country's "scientific" activities after the killing of the country's chief nuclear scientist, as top Iranian officials pile blame on Israel over the killing. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who became the face of Iran's controversial nuclear program, was killed in a district east of Tehran, in what Iranian officials are calling an assassination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcHm0mcF4kM
Former CIA Director John Brennan says the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist was 'criminal' and risked inflaming conflict in the Middle East
Former CIA Director John Brennan has condemned a top Iranian nuclear scientist's reported assassination on Friday, calling it "criminal" and "highly reckless."
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a former officer in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in an ambush on his car on Friday while driving through Absard, a town located 50 miles outside the capital Tehran.
"This was a criminal act & highly reckless," Brennan tweeted on Friday afternoon. "It risks lethal retaliation & a new round of regional conflict."
Brennan, who served under the Obama administration, also said he did not know who was to blame for the killing but that it "would be a flagrant violation of international law."
https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-cia-chief-assassination-of-irans-nuclear-scientist-was-criminal-2020-11
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Breaking News: Top Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated near Tehran
Top Iranian nuclear scientist killed – Iran defence ministry
Iranian state television reported that the scientist who, as alleged by Israel, led a military nuclear programme in the early 2000s has been ‘assassinated’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlbDuFQ7G40
Report: Israel preparing for US attack on Iran!
Israeli officials are apparently on high alert during the “very sensitive” final stretch of the Trump administration.
Reports are emerging of preparations in Israel for a possible US strike on Iran by the outgoing Trump administration. RT America’s John Huddy reports. Then former UK MP George Galloway joins to discuss the possibility of such a “maniacal act.” (2:59)
Then RT’s Murad Gazdiev reports on the struggles of Armenian refugees, who are forced to leave their homes in the long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (11:17)
The US is still leading the world in COVID-19 infections. The country has seen 13 million cases and is on track to reach 100,000 hospitalizations. Public health officials are worried that Thanksgiving travel will have disastrous consequences. RT America’s Sayeh Tavangar reports. (16:20)
Then Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the “ludicrous” finger-pointing as Republican leaders seek to blame President Trump’s failure to secure re-election on anyone but themselves and their candidate. (20:52)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-3p3ROGd0
MK4VLI S
1 day ago
Israel has broken 65 U.N resolutions with no consequences. Iraq broke two and got invaded, bombed and destroyed.
Amir Fahmi
1 day ago
Israel will fight Iran to the last American soldier.
GlockPeace
1 day ago
Our government really gives zero care about what American people want. We’re powerless. We need to dismantle our government and media. They’re truly agents of Satan.
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Iran urges Biden to lift sanctions, mulls return to JCPOA
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says that the Middle Eastern nation is willing to rejoin the 2015 JCPOA if the United States does as well. This, as the United Nations says Iran has stepped up its uranium enrichment efforts at its main nuclear site. RT America’s John Huddy has more on the story. Then Prof. Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran shares his perspective on the fate of the historic nuclear deal and US sanctions under Joe Biden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAwlL5HYNKA
Tehran: to meet nuclear commitments if Biden lifts sanctions
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran will fully implement its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal if the next U.S. administration lifts sanctions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-ivInMyxI
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NYT: Trump Asked About Striking Iran Before Biden Takes Power | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
The New York Times reports that Trump asked about striking Iran ahead of Pres.-elect Biden taking power. Ben Rhodes, a fmr. Obama national security official, reacts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9uLyheTrNA
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Joe Biden says he would be ready to rejoin Iran nuclear deal
President Donald Trump unraveled a signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor by quitting the Iranian nuclear deal two years ago and subjecting Tehran to harsh economic sanctions. President-Elect Joe Biden says under his administration, Washington would be ready to rejoin the agreement. Political analyst and a Professor at Tehran University Mohammad Marandi weighs in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leofZwRd-EQ
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Speak of the devil: ;D
Saudi king urges world to take ‘decisive stance’ against Iran
Tensions in the region have risen since Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the international Iran nuclear deal in 2018.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/12/saudi-king-urges-world-to-take-decisive-stance-against-iran
In a sane and just world everyone would take a stance against Saudi Arabia....
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"Reminder: This would not have happened had Trump not removed the U.S. from the JCPOA deal."
Wait, so are you saying that Trump did something good (albeit unintentionally)?
Iran did exactly what they said they would do if the U.S. pulled out of the agreement. I stated that because I know western powers will try and claim Iran is not honoring the agreement and 'look how bad Iran is', when in actuality Iran was in compliance until Trump\The U.S. broke the deal and most rightists will believe them.
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"Wait, so are you saying that Trump did something good (albeit unintentionally)?"
False Leftists are so obsessed with preserving the JCPOA because they favor the Iranian "left" (False Leftist "peacemakers") over the Iranian "right" (True Leftists such as Ahmedinejad). The only ostensible right-wing position of Ahmedinejad is his view on homosexuality.
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"Reminder: This would not have happened had Trump not removed the U.S. from the JCPOA deal."
Wait, so are you saying that Trump did something good (albeit unintentionally)?
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Iran’s low-enriched uranium stockpile 12 times beyond limit: IAEA
A report by UN’s nuclear agency says that Iran had a stockpile of 2,442.9kg compared with 202.8kg allowed under 2015 nuclear deal.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/11/irans-low-enriched-uranium-stockpile-12-times-beyond-limits-un
Reminder: This would not have happened had Trump not removed the U.S. from the JCPOA deal.
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Iran: Tehran will not renegotiate nuclear deal with Biden - FM spokesperson
Tehran will not renegotiate the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with the next US president, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson told a press conference on Monday.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] is a thing of the past and that it can't be reopened by anyone," said Saeed Khatibzadeh, adding that Iran "does not change its policy with the coming and going of anyone."
"There are three important changes that must happen, otherwise there won't be any change. A change in thinking and mentality of the US decision-makers, a change in speech and the way the US talks to the world and the great nation of Iran, and then taking the right steps back from the wrong path and compensating for the past. We are monitoring closely. It is too early to say what will happen in the future,” said Khatibzadeh.
US President-elect Joe Biden was Vice-President when the nuclear deal was struck. He recently said the US could rejoin the accord if Iran returns to complying with it.
*SOUNDBITES*
SOT, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (Farsi): “There are three important changes that must happen, otherwise there won’t be any change. A change in thinking and mentality of the US decision makers, a change in speech and the way the US talks to the world and the great nation of Iran, and then taking the right steps back from the wrong path and compensating for the past. We are monitoring closely. It is too early to say what will happen in the future.”
SOT, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (Farsi): “The Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stated that the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] is a thing of the past and that it can’t be reopened by anyone. The US has violated UNSCR [UN Security Council Resolution] 2231, has withdrawn from the JCPOA, has inflicted material damage on the Iranian people, and this makes the US legally responsible for withdrawing from JPCOA and violating UNSCR 2231, which is natural for Iran to be a plaintiff. And the US should be held accountable for its illegal, anti-international, and anti-Iranian behaviour.”
SOT, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (Farsi): "The US government is due to take office in January. After coming to power, we make our decisions based on the new circumstances and environment, within the framework of what already exists, and we must first see where the US government's actions are heading. These are actions that matter, not words, messages, I do not know, speculation, media analysis or institution analysis.”
SOT, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (Farsi): "We recognise the established government, we do not recognise any team. An established government must be formed in the US, and then they are the ones who must take action and we will be the observer.”
SOT, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (Farsi): "The US has hit the international community's trust the hardest. It will be very, very difficult for the international community to accept that the US will live up to its commitments. That is why we pay so much attention to actions, not words."
SOT, Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (Farsi): "Iran does not change its policy with the coming and going of anyone. Going under the illusion of Trump's security, it may make some people in one or two of our neighbouring capitals reason that they can’t always pay for and buy security. To lobby, and buy security. To lobby, and buy weapons. To lobby, and kill the Yemeni people. This is a clear message from Iran to them. What we said seven years ago in this government and in previous years is still valid. The sooner they reach the rationale that we should look for a local mechanism in this region, the better for themselves and the region."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPPqq9ADInQ
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Iran's FM Zarif on the Future of US-Iran Relations | Bigger Than Five
One of the key architects of the #Iran nuclear agreement, the #JCPOA, Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad #Zarif. He joins TRT World's Ghida Fakhry to discuss the fate of the Iran nuclear agreement after the US election.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwyzlO34TUs
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Iran: UN arms embargo on Tehran to be lifted by October 18 - Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said a UN arms embargo on Iran would be lifted by October 18, during a weekly cabinet meeting in Tehran on Wednesday.
"Ten years of cruel arms embargo will be removed next Sunday," Rouhani said. "This is one of the JCPOA's privileges. It lifted the arms embargo and as of Sunday, we will be able to buy arms from anyone and sell arms to anyone."
The Iranian president also remarked that the US did not achieve any foreign policy breakthrough in the last four years.
The UN arms embargo on Iran is scheduled to expire on October 18 in line with the provisions of the JCPOA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HialP58OaN0
Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted as deadline expires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy_iBPnalZg
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Iran-backed militias offer truce for withdrawal of US troops
Iran-backed Khataib Hezbollah have agreed to suspend attacks targeting the American presence in Iraq, on the condition that US-led coalition troops withdraw from the country. Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mark Kimmitt weighs in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLYgiLzzRdM
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Trump administration pushes the US war on Iran into high gear
The Trump administration is pushing the US war on Iran into high gear with these new ramped-up sanctions that are more extreme than just about any sanctions anyone has ever applied anywhere.
These sanctions are now stopping basic medical equipment from getting into Iran such as the Mepilex dressings from Sweden that are used to treat wounds, serious wounds. Apparently, Trump and his Zionist backers want Iranians to be wounded and not to heal. They want to inflict horrific pain on ordinary Iranian people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFdQDjqEx9E
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Iran’s delicate balancing act in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Iran shares borders with Armenia and Azerbaijan, and is home to communities with origins in both countries.
Tehran, Iran – With Armenia and Azerbaijan locked in a fresh conflict over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, neighbouring Iran finds itself in a delicate balancing act, with political, historical and ethnic considerations.
Iran’s official stance, after having tried to resolve the long-running conflict in previous decades through diplomatic means, remains one of mediation, calling for an immediate ceasefire and dialogue.
Iran also recognises several United Nations resolutions that stipulate Nagorno-Karabakh, which is controlled by ethnic Armenians backed by Armenia, is part of Azerbaijan and that occupied Azeri lands must be returned.
The region broke away from Azerbaijan in a war during the late 1980s and early 1990s but is not recognised by any country as an independent country, including Armenia.
Iran, which shares borders with both Armenia and Azerbaijan, last week reassured Azerbaijan that it recognises its territorial integrity and that it holds an important place in Iranian foreign policy.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/5/iran-nk
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World Rebukes U.S. Over Iran
With Trump’s re-election prospects up in the air, a heated U.N. meeting on Iran shows world powers' fading fear of confronting the United States.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday sought to reassert America’s waning influence on the world stage, challenging the U.N. Security Council to extend a U.N. arms embargo that is due to expire in October. Instead, America’s top diplomat received a scolding from friends and foes alike in the 15-nation council, which roundly criticized Washington for withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal two years ago without a clear plan to limit Tehran’s nuclear activities.
On a day when the European Union pointedly excluded the United States from a “safe list” of countries permitted to travel to the 27-member bloc, the council’s chilly reception of Pompeo added to a portrait of an increasingly isolated United States and underscored how little deference other countries pay the Trump administration as it faces a grim reelection contest. The U.N. debate came amid a sharpening blowback in Washington to revelations that the Trump administration failed to act on months of intelligence warnings that Russia offered Taliban fighters bounties to kill U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan.
The pointedly critical tone of the debate saw Germany accusing Washington of violating international law by withdrawing from the nuclear pact, while Berlin aligned itself with China’s claim that the United States has no right to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran. Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, compared U.S. sanctions on Iran to the killing of George Floyd, saying they were akin to “putting a knee to one’s neck.”
The dispute centered on the fate of the nearly moribund 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which capped Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon but which the United States abandoned in May 2018. European parties to the deal, like Iran, want to keep it alive; the Trump administration wants to kill it before the election, lest any future Democratic administration bring it back to life.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/30/world-rebukes-us-iran-arms-embargo-united-nations-diplomacy-pompeo-middle-east/
Pompeo angry with Russia & EU over UN rebuke (Full show)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to the UN on Thursday, urging the world to step up sanctions against Iran. Pompeo cited the very treaty that the Trump administration itself had already shredded. The UN Security Council reminded him that the US has no right to invoke a treaty it had itself reneged on. Pompeo lashed out at the EU in turn, accusing it of "siding with the Ayatollahs." Rick Sanchez reports. Then former US diplomat Jim Jatras and former UK MP George Galloway share their insights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4b42WtKyw
Nothing like squandering the prestige of "the most powerful nation the world has ever known" to satisfy some ass backwards Jewish colonial enterprise in Palestine known as Israel and it's tribal agenda of enslaving everything that is not Jewish. Nicely done morons! ;D
Zionist stooge Pompeo spews insane nonsense against Iran
"Maybe Pompeo is living in a quantum world where Schrodinger's cat can be alive and dead at the same time, the US can be in and out of the deal at the same time and sanctions can be unilateral and multilateral at the same time. But nobody else is in that quantum world. And he's gonna have to come back to Earth at some point."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qo49LRcQi8
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Iran says UAE-Israel deal insults entire region
A dispute is emerging between Iran and the United Arab Emirates over the latter's recent deal with Israel to normalize relations. Prof. Mohammad Marandi joins Rick Sanchez from Tehran to share his insights. He says the deal was "carried out under duress" and constitutes a betrayal the Palestinians and the broader Arab world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPwUF8TYSCY
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UK's lead role in 1953 Iran coup d'etat exposed
Unearthed interview of former British spy sheds light on how the overthrow of PM Mohammed Mossadegh unfolded.
"Even though it has been an open secret for decades, the UK government has not officially admitted its fundamental role in the coup. Finding the Darbyshire transcript is like finding the smoking gun. It is a historic discovery," Taghi Amirani, the director of Coup 53, was quoted by the Guardian newspaper as saying.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/uk-lead-role-1953-iran-coup-exposed-200818072007050.html
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Iran VS Isreal: Iranian Commander Says Tehran's Approach to UAE Will Change After Israel Deal
Iran’s approach to the United Arab Emirates will change, the country’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri was quoted as saying on Sunday, after a deal between the Arab state and Tehran’s arch-foe Israel on normalizing ties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAH-J3r5lRE
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U.S. announces seizure of four Iranian ships
The United States has reportedly seized the cargo on four #Iranian tankers that had been headed to #Venezuela. The State Department made the announcement on Friday. The U.S. said the shipment was in defiance of U.S. sanctions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQPdz9nZsc
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Rouhani: US will hopefully face defeat in anti-Iran bid at UNSC
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran has “high hopes” that the US will fail in its push to extend the UN arms embargo on Tehran and will face isolation at the Security Council, urging neighboring countries not to let Washington “exploit” them to advance its own agenda.
“We have high hopes that the United States will be defeated and will witness its own isolation,” he added. “Our position is clear in all circumstances and if such a resolution is passed against part of UNSC Resolution 2231, it means a gross violation of the JCPOA, and those advocating this [violation] and working to make it happen will be responsible for the consequences.”
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/08/12/631632/Iran-Hassan-Rouhani-arms-embargo
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Two Iranians sentenced to 10 years for spying
Massud Mossaheb was convicted of spying for Israeli and German intelligence over his senior role in the Austrian-Iranian Society.
The other man, Shahram Shirkhani, was accused of working for UK intelligence.
Five other Iranians have been arrested on charges of espionage in recent months, a spokesman said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53729594
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Trump's Iran policy disastrous, doomed to fail
"Trump has been a failure, Wendy Sherman writes. And for her, that's a tragedy. For the rest of the world, not so much. In fact, I think much of the world is probably breathing more freely because the US has been so unsuccessful in going after its designated enemies - these independent countries. Of course, it's a little bit scary that the world is becoming multipolar, and there's no longer a global hegemon to give the whiplash of discipline to these various countries. In the long run, though that may be a good thing—as long as the instability doesn't get out of control and turn into a war."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZwowUU6Lo
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Ayatollah Khamenei rules out any letup in resistance to US
"The sanctions are a crime against a nation; even though it seems to be against the establishment, it is indeed against the entire nation," he added.
The Leader said surrendering to the enemy is not the way to lift the sanctions. “The only cure for sanctions is rather relying on domestic capabilities.”
“Some argue and propagate the idea that if you want to stop the US from bullying, you need to back off. No sir! A person who is accustomed to aggression will come forward if you back off. This is a clear and natural issue. If you accept the US demands, they will raise new demands,” he noted.
“What the US wants is that we totally abandon our nuclear industry, reduce our defensive equipment to one-tenth, and give up our regional power,” he said.
"Unfortunately, some people, under the influence of the enemy, say what good nuclear power has for us. Nuclear power is the definite need for our country in the future. We need at least 20,000 or 30,000 megawatts of nuclear power, which we cannot get through another means or it is not cost-effective. What should we do on the day we needed it? Whose door should we knock? Should we beg from America and Europe to give us electricity or do enrichment for us? Will they do that? We have to think about tomorrow. These are not the needs that will be ready in a few months or two years. It must be prepared in advance and we have prepared the ground for this."
Ayatollah Khamenei said the principle part of the nuclear industry has been maintained despite numerous damage Iran incurred because of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
'US, not Iran, will benefit from negotiation'
The Leader pointed to the US call for negotiation with Iran, and said, “Those who call for talks with Iran seek to negotiate over these issues. Everyone must pay attention; I have said this for several times, and I have to repeat it, because some either fail to understand or pretend they can’t understand.”
“If the enemy talks of negotiation, it means ‘come to the negotiating table and don’t develop missiles’. If you give in to their demands … you’d make yourself defenseless; and if you don’t, you’d have to face the same story: disputes, threats and sanctions again. This is what negotiation means.”
The Leader said the reason for his opposition to negotiation with America is that “such negotiations have no use; of course they benefit from it [but Iran doesn’t].”
“The old guy who is in office in the US apparently took some propaganda advantages of negotiation with North Korea. He wants to use it [negotiation with Iran] for his personal gain in elections and elsewhere,” the Leader noted.
However, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed, the US ruling system seeks to achieve broader “vital” objectives beyond what the incumbent president seeks to gain from talks with Iran.
“They say you should abandon your defensive equipment, your regional power and national might. No man of honor interested in maintaining the country’s interests would give in to such demands. This is why I’m opposed to negotiation; moreover, we are in talks with the entire world, except for the US and the fake Zionist regime, and there’s no problem with that,” he added.
Goals of sanctions
Ayatollah Khamenei said the enemies of the Islamic Republic seek to achieve short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals by imposing sanctions against the Iranian nation.
In the short-term, they seek to impose so much pressure that the nation gets weary, exhausted, and disturbed, so much so that they stand against the establishment, he said.
“You know that last year they said and this year they say there will be a hot summer – meaning the people should come and stand against the establishment, but they themselves got the hot summer,” the Leader said, apparently referring to anti-racism rallies which have been going on in the US for two months now.
Their mid-term goal, he said, is to prevent the country’s development through sanctions. "They mainly seek to prevent the country’s scientific development,” he said, citing the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists as an example of the enemy’s efforts to hinder the country’s scientific progress.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the enemy’s long-term goal is to lead the country and the government into bankruptcy.
“One of the other goals they pursue is to dismantle the country’s economy; if a country’s economy collapses, it is not possible to live in that country anymore.”
The enemies also seek to achieve a collateral goal, which is to cut the Islamic Republic’s ties with the resistance forces in the region, Ayatollah Khamenei noted. “That’s because they know the Islamic Republic will keep helping them as much as it can.”
“We have a strategic depth in the region, based on which many nations and governments are our supporters and interested in Iran, ready to strive in the service of our goals. The enemies say you 'should give this up', but even if we do that, they will not stop there.
"When you are willing to reduce your ability to defend yourself and destroy your authority in the region; when you are willing to totally abandon your nuclear industry which is vital to the country, the enemy will not be satisfied yet and will demand something new," the Leader said.
However, the Leader added, these dreams will never come true and as a Persian proverb says, “A camel dreams of cottonseed.”
Goals of sanctions
Ayatollah Khamenei said the enemies of the Islamic Republic seek to achieve short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals by imposing sanctions against the Iranian nation.
In the short-term, they seek to impose so much pressure that the nation gets weary, exhausted, and disturbed, so much so that they stand against the establishment, he said.
“You know that last year they said and this year they say there will be a hot summer – meaning the people should come and stand against the establishment, but they themselves got the hot summer,” the Leader said, apparently referring to anti-racism rallies which have been going on in the US for two months now.
Their mid-term goal, he said, is to prevent the country’s development through sanctions. "They mainly seek to prevent the country’s scientific development,” he said, citing the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists as an example of the enemy’s efforts to hinder the country’s scientific progress.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the enemy’s long-term goal is to lead the country and the government into bankruptcy.
“One of the other goals they pursue is to dismantle the country’s economy; if a country’s economy collapses, it is not possible to live in that country anymore.”
The enemies also seek to achieve a collateral goal, which is to cut the Islamic Republic’s ties with the resistance forces in the region, Ayatollah Khamenei noted. “That’s because they know the Islamic Republic will keep helping them as much as it can.”
“We have a strategic depth in the region, based on which many nations and governments are our supporters and interested in Iran, ready to strive in the service of our goals. The enemies say you 'should give this up', but even if we do that, they will not stop there.
"When you are willing to reduce your ability to defend yourself and destroy your authority in the region; when you are willing to totally abandon your nuclear industry which is vital to the country, the enemy will not be satisfied yet and will demand something new," the Leader said.
However, the Leader added, these dreams will never come true and as a Persian proverb says, “A camel dreams of cottonseed.”
Disinformation campaign
The Leader further pointed to a disinformation campaign, which works hand in hand with the sanctions and includes distortion of the truth and misrepresentation of the realities.
The main purpose of the disinformation campaign is to undermine the people’s morale, and to offer wrong solutions to people’s problems, Ayatollah Khamenei added.
The enemies, the Leader said, suggest if Iran wants the sanctions to be lifted, it must give in to US demands. “This is the gist of what they say.”
“Some people are influenced [by these insinuations] and exactly repeat what the enemies want, whether regarding the country’s weaknesses or its points of progress which they play down and offer wrong solutions,” the Leader said.
However, this campaign will fail to influence the majority of the Iranian people, because they have known the enemy and how biased it is, Ayatollah Khamenei added.
The Leader said the disinformation campaign tries to convince the Iranian people that the Islamic Republic must succumb to the US demands.
“If the distortion process fails, so will the sanctions,” the Leader said. “The arena is the arena of war of wills; when the process of sanctions is defeated and the will of the Iranian nation remains the same, it will prevail over the will of the enemy."
Ayatollah Khamenei said the Iranian people are smart and have taken advantage of the enemy’s sanctions, gaining achievements against the enemy’s will.
He went on to say that the US’ secondary sanctions led the Iranian scientists and producers to indigenize what the country could not provide because of Washington’s bans.
He pointed to the production of the advanced homegrown jet fighter Kowsar, the spare parts produced inside the country, the establishment of thousands of knowledge-based companies, the Persian Gulf Star Refinery built by the IRGC, and the major energy projects in southern and Western Iran as examples of the Islamic Republic’s achievements under the sanctions.
“Had they sold us a jet aircraft, we would not have produced the jet trainer Kowsar inside the country,” he said.
“They [enemies] have admitted that Iran managed to manufacture so many defensive products at the time of sanctions.”
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/07/31/630804/Ayatollah-Khamenei-US-sanctions-iran
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Intl. outcry continues after US warplanes' harassment of Iranian airliner
Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen keep up the chorus of international outcry that has followed two American warplanes’ dangerous and provocative harassment of a Beirut-bound Iranian airliner over the Syrian airspace.
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti “vehemently condemned” the Thursday incident that saw the warplanes -- enlisted with the US-led forces, who are illegally deployed to Syria -- flying precariously close to Mahan Air’s Flight 1152 that had taken off from Tehran.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/07/25/630402/Iran-United-States-harassment-airliner-Mahan-Lebanon-Syria-Yemen
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US confirms fighter jet flew close to Iranian passenger plane for inspection
The US military on Thursday confirmed that one of its fighter jets had flown within a few thousand feet of an Iranian commercial aircraft over Syria to "inspect it," after Iranian state media released videos showing apparently shaken and injured passengers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9mJRMsVUj0
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Iranian officials urged to unite after nuclear plant blast
Iran’s supreme leader has addressed the country’s parliament amid growing divisions and unanswered questions over the explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility earlier this month. Ayatollah Khamenei called on legislators to unite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Z_6pd1VK8
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https://www.vox.com/2020/7/17/21325985/iran-israel-explosion-natanz-nuclear-missile
Mysterious explosions keep happening in Iran. Israel is likely behind it.
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Israel behind mystery explosions in Iran?
A series of mysterious fires left seven Iranian ships in flames on Thursday. They are not an isolated incident. Rick Sanchez examines the apparent coincidences. Then RT’s Paula Slier reports from Israel the details before former Pentagon official Michael Maloof shares his expertise. He argues that the explosions, fires, cyberattacks and other disasters sweeping Iran are deliberately orchestrated to undermine the government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF-SD57-BME
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https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/449715/Rouhani-advisor-calls-Iran-China-agreement-a-sign-of-strength
25-year agreement between Iran and China on economic and military cooperation
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US killing of Iran's Qassem Soleimani 'unlawful': UN expert
The US drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January was illegal. That is the conclusion of the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial killings. Agnes Callamard says the assassination near Baghdad International Airport was against the UN charter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablCjVptoYI
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Iran's Nuclear Showdown
Defence analyst Oubai Shahbandar discusses Iran's nuclear program and how recent explosions in Iran's most sensitive nuclear and military sites could be linked to covert Israeli operatives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7J4OrqdLe8
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Deadly blast rocks Tehran hospital
At least 13 reported dead from a Tehran, Iran hospital explosion. Local reports say a gas leak might be responsible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb1xZL70M90
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Fire at Iran's Natanz nuclear facility caused significant damage
Iran's now admitting a fire caused significant damage at its Natanz nuclear facility. Its Atomic Energy Organization says the blaze could slow development of centrifuges used to enrich uranium. But Iran is planning to update the facility with more advanced equipment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lDGr_QqJ4
Cyberattack possible cause of fire at Iran nuclear complex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHGPBS4LzXk
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U.S. airstrike kills Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
Iran's ayatollah warns that the U.S. should expect harsh retaliation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZIZSE8xOk
Iran Soleimani death: Qasem Soleimani's daughter warns Donald Trump, threatens attack on US soldiers
The daughter of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani has warned that the US and Israel face a “dark day” following her father’s killing.
Thousands of mourners took to the streets of the Iranian capital of Tehran on Monday morning for the military leader’s funeral.
Among the mourners was Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who prayed over the coffin of General Soleimani.
General Soleimani was widely seen as the second most powerful figure in Iran behind Ayatollah Khamenei.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djtw1IMYOW0
Iran launches missiles at Iraq air bases housing US troops: officials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DAI1UsaBwE
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The Iran Nuclear Deal Explained
Iran has reached a historic agreement with major world powers over its nuclear program. What is Iran giving up, and how does it benefit in the long run? And what are supporters and critics of the deal saying?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03JdbYggUTs
The Iran Nuclear Deal: The Future of the JCPOA
Experts evaluate the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program, the issues that have arisen in the past year, and what the new administration should consider for the future of the deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUsCsuP1kgg
Trump quits Iran nuclear deal, undoing years of diplomacy
Trump has been saying he wants to exit the Iran nuclear deal for a long time, a deal that has so far prevented Iran from developing nuclear weapons. And now that he has, decades of negotiations could unravel, with far-reaching consequences for the US foreign policy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mwFoev3OQ