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SPEECH BY SEYED MOHAMMAD MARANDI ON THE SECTION OF “GLOBAL SOUTH: CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE”
💠 @geopolitics_live:
Houthis too hot to handle? German warship ends mission against Yemeni militia, heads homeThe Hessen, a German frigate deployed to the Red Sea in late February to take part in Operation Aspides – the European Union-led mission to protect regional shipping against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militiamen, wrapped up its mission and departed from the region early Saturday morning.
The Bundeswehr said the 143 meter-long anti-air and anti-ship missile-equipped warship was heading back to Germany after roughly eight weeks of service escorting 27 merchant ships – the equivalent of about one commercial vessel every two days.
The Hessen is the latest warship from two separate Western coalitions (the EU’s Operation Aspides and the US-UK Operation Prosperity Guardian) to leave the Red Sea region.
The German warship reported intercepting a Houthi missile on April 6. Before that, on March 21, the Bundeswehr reported that the Hessen had destroyed an unmanned sea vehicle launched by the militia.
The Houthis have forced US, British and European warships to expend missiles worth $1 million or more to destroy aerial and naval drones which cost thousands of dollars to make. Since January, the US and the UK have attempted to degrade Houthi capabilities through a series of air and missile strikes inside Yemen, but have so far failed to lift what is effectively a partial blockade of the Red Sea enforced by the militia since November 2023.
💠 @Strategika51:
⭕ Kurdish militiamen from northern Syria and Indian mercenaries fight alongside Zionist forces in the Gaza Strip.
💠 @Hamas/Tsahal:
⭕ The Iranian Embassy in Russia organized a special event for foreign attachés and representatives this week to mark Iranian Army Day.As part of the event, the weapons used to strike Israel were officially presented.
— Paveh cruise missile
— Shahed-136 kamikaze drone
— Emad ballistic missile
[LOL. Now that’s proper application of salt! See the packed rapt crowd. Lessons learned to be applied worldwide against the same Pirate air defenses]
⭕ Iranian Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian: “What happened last night was not a strike. Rather, it was about toys that our children play with, not drones.” |video|
[OH, Boy. Put in context with what Pepe wrote. There must be a LOT of baddies stroking out now 🤣 😂]
Chad’s Junta leader, visiting VVP for second time in almost as many months.. right before coordinated eviction of US troops with neighbor Niger….. c’est la vieAs much as Africa is dear to me, it really is a quaternary issue atm. The Empire conceded this front, and evident last summer. It is even dropping 404! It packed its carpet bags and went to finally die in the Holy Land. So i will focus less on Sahel, excepting periodic or major updates..
💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⭕ 🇳🇪🇹🇩🇺🇲🇷🇺 The United States confirmed that it was beginning to withdraw troops from Niger under pressure from local authorities, who, following the French, began to expel the Americans. Previously, the United States tried to remain in Niger by distancing itself from the French and concluding new agreements with the military government. But a series of mistakes by the State Department accelerated the process – during the last negotiations, representatives of the State Department tried to put pressure on the military and threaten them, after which they simply sent the Americans into the woods and demanded that they leave the country.This situation is of greatest interest from the point of view of control over Africa’s largest drone base in Agadez, which also has a long runway to accommodate heavy military transport aircraft. It is a strategic asset of the U.S. Army Africa Command. Taking into account the entry into Niger of the Russian military “African Korps”, in the future, it would be very interesting to see their appearance in Agadez and the inclusion of this base in the Russian logistics network.
PS. It is also worth noting that in neighboring Chad, authorities also began to demand that the American air base be stopped and that American troops leave the country. Decolonization processes continue.
🔗Boris rozhin
⭕ 🇺🇲🇳🇪🇷🇺 The New York Times reports the beginning of the official withdrawal of 1,000 US troops from Niger.And The Wall Street Journal laments that the American contingent is very quickly being replaced in the Sahel by Russian troops and related equipment, including the latest air defense systems.
Both publications come to the conclusion that the United States is losing to Russia in all respects and the African continent is slipping away right from under its nose. In response to African events, the Biden administration promises to “change US counterterrorism and security policies in the troubled African region,” explicitly stating that it fears the spread of Russian influence beyond the region.
⭕ 🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost five Abrams tanks in two months, NYT writes, and drones have become an important means of destroying equipment.UAVs can cost about $500, while the price of one Abrams tank is about $10 million.
💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇸🇾🛸💥🏴☠️ Syrian Arab Army destroying terrorists with FPV drones.
Via: @jharnous |video|
[War has changed! Got logistics, MIC, AND drones? Empire will be outta proxies soon….]💠@Strategika51:
⭕ What an era!
[referring to the serial humiliation of the combined West at the UNSC — the latest being veto of Palestinian state, with the noted remarks by the Chinese and Russian Ambassadors. The Collapse abroad, among the Global Majority, is TOTAL]
🔹C1: That remind me of something: in fact, the entire West is in approximately the same position as the Vichy state after the victory of Stalingrad and before the final fall…
⭕ The United States has decided to withdraw from Niger, where they have a major reconnaissance and attack drone base in Agadez (in the north of the country) manned by just over 1,000 US military personnel.
Niger’s new government has denounced the 2012 Military Cooperation Agreements with Washington as unilaterally imposed under former President Mohamed Bazoum, and has declared that it no longer wants a US military presence in the country.
Washington initially refused to withdraw its military from Niger, then decided to do so, a week after Moscow delivered an air defense system to Niamey and a hundred Russian troops arrived in the country.
Like Mali, Niger no longer wanted the French and then US military presence in the Sahel, while strengthening its military cooperation with Russia.
⭕ Iraq: US attack drones strike armored units of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a paramilitary armed militia, near Babylon.
US attack drones have been flying over central Iraq for 24 hours, and were known to be preparing to carry out attacks.
⭕ The man who set himself on fire in New York has been identified as Max Azzarello. He survived his spectacular self-immolation attempt in front of a New York courthouse where former US President Donald Trump was appearing.
According to people who have read his manifesto, it is very well structured and well written. His last words before taking action were “Start a Fucking Revolution in this country!”
There is very little chance of a revolution taking place in the United States, despite massive popular rejection of the regime in power in Washington.
⭕ US attack drones target Popular Mobilization Forces HQ south of Baghdad.
⭕ The pseudo-democracy within the empire of theft and lies is so perfect that it leaves citizens no choice but to set themselves on fire in protest.
⭕ We publish here, in extenso, and before it is deleted, the political manifesto of Max Azzarello, the man who set himself on fire in front of a Manhattan courthouse to protest against the corruption of a totalitarian system. |THREAD|
⭕ The US CentCom feels obliged to point out that its drones have been flying over Baghdad and other Iraqi governorates for the past 48 hours solely to monitor “Israeli strikes” against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iraqi paramilitary militia. They are becoming increasingly pathetic. The myth has collapsed. Nobody believes in it anymore.
⭕ Air-to-ground and ground-to-ground missiles with warheads weighing over a ton were used against the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces in southern Baghdad.
⭕ The commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces and his deputies inspecting a huge crater near their base south of Baghdad.
⭕ Lebanese Hezbollah combines a missile attack with Ababil-T kamikaze drones to target the HQ of an Israeli force in northern occupied Palestine.|media|
Listen to his opinion at 3:00!! Quite plausible. Classic nazi MO. Cover a humiliation with an atrocity or narrative change..
BTW, catched the editorial slant of this Turk media?? There may be no friendly media in the English language, including RT… what a wicked tongue. I should learn Russian or Persian
💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ The booster of an air-launched missile, likely Israeli in origin, was found in Iraq
⭕ At this point, there are three main theories that I can think of:1. Israel launched a small-scale quadcopter attack in Esfahan, from within Iranian territory, all of which were intercepted.
2. Israel did launch a small number of air-launched missiles into Iran at targets in Esfahan, but were all intercepted by Iranian air defense. Due to the lack of any visual evidence of explosions, it is extremely unlikely that there were any missiles, and if there were, they must’ve been intercepted.
3. Israel only used quadcopters in Esfahan, but dropped a missile booster without its warhead from a fighter jet inside Iraqi territory to make it seem like they fired missiles into Iran.
[The complex knots into which the sinking rats tie themselves!]
⭕ — Even well known Pro-NATO accounts are admitting it.
⭕ ANALYSIS: The Israeli missiles that were found in IraqTwo Israeli missiles have been found in Iraq, one in Latifiyah and one in Aziziyah. Based on their exterior resemblance, they seem to be of the Blue Sparrow or Silver Sparrow missile type.
The Sparrow is an Israeli medium-range air-launched ballistic missile, which is currently in use as a target missile in the IDF, meaning, it is used to simulate an aerial target for defense systems like the Arrow-3, and in most cases it does not carry an active payload.
Additionally, the Sparrow is a two-stage missile, meaning it consists of two parts, a booster and a warhead. The warhead detaches from the booster before entry. In two-stage missiles, the warhead does not travel much further than its detached booster, and the detached booster should be found not far away from the warhead’s impact site.
However, as seen in the image above, even the closest booster that was found was located in Aziziyah, which is over 100km away from Iran. Based on where the missile booster landed, it is extremely unlikely that the warhead traveled more than a few kilometers into Iranian airspace, if it even entered at all, and if there even was an active payload.
After all this, while also keeping in mind the lack of visual evidence, it is inconceivable that even a single missile actually struck targets in Esfahan. [Isfahan is so far away from the Iraqi border. it lies south and slightly east of Tehran]
⭕ TLDR: Israel fired dummy missiles from Iraqi airspace that did not even enter Iran, and they launched a few quadcopters that were shot down above Esfahan.
⭕ Israel’s Minister of National Security has called Israel’s response against Iran ‘weak’ and ’embarassing’
⭕ — 🇮🇷/🇫🇷 BREAKING: A man wearing a bomb vest has barricaded himself in the Iranian embassy in Paris, and is threatening to blow himself up [more narrative control (and threats) by sinking control freaks]
⭕ Goddamn Israel just take the L, did you really have to summon your Wahhabi servants to get your shit done?
⭕ — 🇮🇷/🇫🇷 NEW: French counter terrorist police have now arrested the man who threatened to blow up the embassy
⭕ — Merci à la la République Islamique Française pour l’action rapide!
⭕ Hebrew Media: ‘If this was Israel’s response to Iran’s unprecedented attack, especially without even claiming responsibility for it, then Iran has achieved its new equation and Netanyahu has embarrassed us internationally’
[LOL. Many more servings to come]
⭕ Meanwhile in New York.. listen till the end. |video|
[They shoulda hired the Ghost of Kiev crew!! Or Michael Bay. Wait, any other action director. He directed Pearl Harbor and Armageddon, neither of which we need atm]
⭕ ‘What strike?’💠 @Strategika51:
⭕ What’s most amusing is that this morning, the United States, Israel and Iran are giving eight different versions of what happened last night in Isfahan, and in the end, nothing much happened. In all likelihood, it was a symbolic action. For conspiracists, Isfahan is the historic capital of the Jews of Iran, and in Muslim [and Jewish] eschatology, it is from Isfahan that the first cohorts to follow the Antichrist [in person] will emerge.What a funny world!
⭕ On a more serious note, Washington and Tel Aviv have proven that they are scared to death of Iran…
⭕ Liebermann is right: Israel has become the laughing stock of the world.
⭕ According to Bloomberg, the App Store (Apple) has removed the Telegram app from its platform in China at the request of the Chinese authorities. In addition to Telegram, the Threads , WhatsApp and Signal apps have also been removed as prohibited.
WhatsApp and Signal are considered in China as native applications belonging to CIA shell companies.
⭕ Iran has publicly assumed responsibility for its attack. Israel and the United States are unwilling to take responsibility even for a symbolic action.
A far cry from 1991!
[See Imran Hosein’s first video and implications wrt to moral law. It is beyond mere lack of courage, rank criminality or breaching of international law. It assumes terrible spiritual conundrum and fate, an open admission of guilt, sapping of essential vitality.. recall no US regime declared war since ww2 either; and JFK/LBJ Attorney General Ramsey Clark’s indictment of every US Prez since then]
⭕ Successful destruction by Lebanese Hezbollah of an ELM-2084 Iron Dome radar in northern occupied Palestine. |video|
⭕ Israel’s attack on Iran is remarkably ridiculous: light suicide drones launched from inside Iran explode in the air and then nothing.
Israel announces nothing, the Israeli media lack statements and sources… The Israeli security services recommend limiting the response. Is this the response? Three drones with Chinese components?
What is also remarkable is the Israeli-American attempt to amplify the event and present it as an Israeli response. This attempt has resulted in concrete evidence that the influential Arab media are run from, and receive instructions and information from, a single Zionist operations room, including (Al Jazeera – Al Arabia News – Sky News Arabia), which is evident in the way their information has been coordinated and harmonized to amplify the event.A Syrian military analyst
⭕ Another sewer rat whose story of how it became the PR front for the world’s biggest NSA/CIA spying operation with Facebook.
Meta is increasingly militarized and involved in the massacre of civilians in the Gaza Strip.
⭕ Lebanese Hezbollah is attacking Israel’s air and missile defense headquarters for the ninth time in the ongoing battle for the deluge of Al-Aqsa, but the latest attack was carried out by swarms of kamikaze drones, which, according to analysts, were Mersad-1s, called Qasef 2K in Yemen and Ababil-T in Iran.The resumption of Lebanese Hezbollah’s targeting of the enemy’s defense systems at this rate can send clear messages to the Zionist enemy about the global confrontation between the entire axis, led by Iran, and the Zionist enemy, which is affected by confusion, hesitation and fear, which Benny Gantz concluded by saying about striking Iran: “We will strike at the right place, and we will strive to achieve the goal: We will strike at the right place, at the right time and according to the right method, which confirms, according to all the data, the real confusion among the enemy’s leaders as to the response and its nature.
The enemy will certainly respond to the Iranian strike, but it could be the start of a major war” We say this on the basis of confirmation from senior leaders of the Islamic Republic, who have indicated that the next Israeli retaliation, if it takes place, will be met with a “broad and comprehensive” response, and the word “comprehensive” here has a clear, explicit and precise meaning.It seems that we are rapidly approaching a broad and global confrontation in which the United States may have to intervene “most likely” to save their little protégé.
The leaders of the Islamic Republic are thirsty for an Israeli response, and although they want to spare the region a vast war, this is the situation the enemy has dragged us into, and in any case they must bear the consequences.
Editorial by Iranian armed forces media (19/04/2024)
⭕ The Russian delegation to the United Nations leaves when the talk [mic] is given to the mentally disturbed representative of the Zionist entity in this organization. |video|
⭕ The United States permanent representative vetoes a resolution on Palestine’s full membership of the United Nations. Observe the contemptuous attitude of the Algerian delegation (right) towards him…
[It really is over for the Men of Westernesse.. back to decorating and admitting into peerage the next cohort of entrepreneurial Pirates like Francis Drake; those who can grab agalleon, err cargoship or tanker, in the coming New Order]
Oh boy! I am still recovering from traveling. Isfahan, this single city which was symbolically targeted appears a ritual!Remember the messianic jews living in Isfahan (alternative spelling Esfahan) are reportedly the oldest continuous settlement of jews worldwide, having lived there ~ 3,000 years. And they anticipate their Moshiach will appear in this very city imminently. Quite a Gordian Knot!
Listen carefully to Imran Hosein’s second video.. he anticipates the attack on Iran by Zio-NATO to be lightening quick, not a prolonged dismantling campaign like against Pakistan. Isfahan may be safest area in all of Iran from WMD attack; note the chess grandmasters built a nuclear facility right here, LOL.
So can they really nuke the birthplace of their Demented Savior? Iran really enjoys safeguards in place, in addition to size, mountains, deserts, militant volk, nuclear alliances with BRICS-Korea, not to mention their own breakout capability, within literally hours if needed. And perhaps they already tested under the stout mountains of North Korea, which had recent unusual seismic activity, the same way Israel tested in far-away ally Apartheid South Africa back in the day??
💠 @Hamas/Tsahal:
⭕️ Iran mocks Israel’s response: “Israel’s powerful response to Iran!”Ballistic missiles against “micro drones”.
⭕ Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh: We confronted the Zionist enemy with old weapons and minimal power.At this stage, we have not used the Khorramshahr, Sejil, Shahid Haj Qasim, Kheibar Shekan and Fatah-2 hypersonic missiles.
⭕ IRGC Commander-in-Chief Haghtalab said Tehran could review its “nuclear doctrine.”“If the Zionist regime wants to take action against our nuclear centers and facilities, it will certainly face our reaction and it will be attacked and used to counter the advanced weapons of the regime’s nuclear centers.”
⭕️ Iran has revealed the location of “all Israeli nuclear facilities” and is ready to strike them at any time, IRGC Commander Haghtalab said
⭕ Response from the Iranian Ambassador to Syria to the Israeli Embassy in Washington:“On October 17 last year, I said that if you made a mistake again, the Al-Aqsa storm would turn into an earthquake. You made a mistake and you saw the earthquake for a few hours.
You said we were ready, we came but you were at the [bomb] shelter. If you make one more mistake, the earthquake will not stop. »
[This was the Iranian Ambassador whose residence was bombed in Damascus. He could have been home and now among the murdered. Note the zionazi embassy in DC, hiding under the skirt of USUK, sends the childish movie screen to the Iranian Ambassador. Two errors; (1) They sent the mockery before understanding the strike on Isfahan was complete dud. (2) They reveal themselves: role of NEO in the Matrix series screen grab has been deciphered as the AntiChrist. Both of the Wachowski brothers who directed the Matrix subsequently became mad and transitioned to trannies in mid-life (!!)]
⭕ Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israel’s response to the Iranian attack must inflict a “disproportionate cost” and “shake Tehran” in order to deter Iran from carrying out further strikes.
⭕ [after last night’s drone attack] Iranian television made sure to broadcast, from the early hours of the morning, images of the Isfahan region, accompanied by music from a massage room to emphasize the calm of the region. |video|
[LOL. during a phase of my stressed internship training, so sleep-deprived, in desperation I resorted to sleep aides such as ambient noise machines with sea surf/waves or simple white noise to block out external noise (one gets so tired, even sleeping can be a challenge, a bizarre predicament). This massage parlor sound would have been useful back then]
⭕ Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday recommended that the country’s citizens leave Israel and the Palestinian territories if possible, following reports of an Israeli attack on Iran.Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that “there is a serious threat of military retaliation and terrorist attacks against Israel and Israeli interests in the region.”
“The situation could deteriorate quickly,” the note reads.
[What does the Five Eyes sister know is coming!]
⭕ Commander of Iranian ground forces during attack on Israel: We were able to confront very small drones.Small drones attacked our airspace in the city of Isfahan and our air defenses responded.
Our experts are currently carrying out an assessment of the Isfahan incident and will announce their results later.
💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ For #Iran to refrain from having nuclear weapons as a deterrent is a strategic mistake
⭕ So, @Netanyahu doesn’t want to retaliate, but his war cabinet & gov coalition insist. Conclusion:
“#Israel will retaliate knowing that #Iran will retaliate to the retaliation”.
The #US is accomplice & partner.
It all started when Bibi bombed the Iranian diplomatic consulate. Now, Israel will go to war and drag the US and coalition with it.
⭕ “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind”.
⭕ Syria: The ‘Preferred Plan’
CIA / MI6 Regime Change in Syria, 1956 – 1957.
Covert action, destabilization and kill lists.
Approved by the Dulles brothers, Eisenhower and Macmillan.
Thread 🧵
[note the length of plotting against Syria! It really began in 1880s, as with Palestine… What doesn’t kill you, makes you tougher. They are titanium tough by now. As with Russia, the combined West has been warring on Greater Syria for CENTURIES. This underlies the mutual respect and affinity between Syria and Russia. Survivors who’ve held out successfully against the common foe]
⭕ If forced between resignation and war, @Netanyahu will go to war, or another way to avoid retaliation for retaliation for retaliation is to look for an Iranian target outside #Iran that could trigger a small retaliation outside #Israel.
⭕ Attention is being diverted from #Palestine (#Gaza and the West Bank) to a “war with #Iran”. This is precisely what @Netanyahu and the criminals in his government and army wanted to have a free hand to massacre more Palestinians.
⭕ I have made my latest article available without a paywall. Please subscribe and support it. Thank you.I said #Israel won’t bomb Iranian territory and still insist on my analysis. Israel can’t bomb #Iran without the #US, which has no appetite for a Middle East war. Israel will find a secondary target or targets to bomb outside Iran.
Best options for #Israel to avoid a war with #Iran:
#Syria and #Yemen. Lebanon is always on the list as war is already ongoing.
⭕ A delicate dance: the US and Israel’s dilemma in responding to Iranian strikes.
Written by Elijah J. Magnier:Israel has managed to shift international focus from its controversial actions in Gaza and the West Bank to the potential for conflict with Iran, a scenario Tehran has feared since 7 October. When Muhammad al-Deif, the military leader of Hamas, called on the “Axis of Resistance” to engage fully in the conflict against Israel, all the members remained cautious, aiming to keep the global focus on the Palestinian cause, which enjoys widespread international support, rather than on Iran and Hezbollah, which have long been portrayed negatively.
When Iran retaliated for the destruction of its consulate in Damascus, the United States led the formation of a regional international coalition (US Air Force and ground bases, UK, France, Jordan and NATO ships) to contain the fallout. This limited the range of ballistic missiles so that only a few could penetrate the defences, including the several Israeli layers of interception missiles. This strategic intervention gave Israel significant moral support and reinforced its confidence in strong defences should it decide to confront Iran directly. This support came despite international condemnation of Israel’s crimes in Gaza and amid US and Western efforts to prevent a full-scale multi-fronts war in the Middle East.
As Israeli leaders consider how to respond to Iran’s actions without triggering a cycle of retaliatory strikes that could escalate into a wider conflict, Iran has made clear that it would respond swiftly and with greater force to any further Israeli strikes using its advanced missiles and drones.
Leading Iranian sources have asserted that “any Israeli response would be proportionate: a military strike would be met with a strike on a similar target in Israel, and a nuclear strike would be met in kind. Iran has also indicated that it has advanced weapons that would not be used in the first calculated response. This imminent retaliation, according to the sources, will not only be reciprocal but significantly more destructive, designed to escalate in intensity in response to Israeli actions. Tehran has rejected all international appeals for de-escalation, arguing that such efforts should instead be directed at Israel. (Prime Minister Benjamin) According to these sources, Netanyahu would not proceed with military action without the implicit support of the United States, which they claim underwrites Israeli assertiveness.”
The Iranian military is preparing to deploy the third generation of its advanced weapons arsenal within a tight timeframe, having developed numerous scenarios and a targeted response plan based on the nature and location of an Israeli strike.
Meanwhile, there is palpable concern among the Iranian people, some of whom remember the last major conflict with Iraq, which ended in August 1988. Despite this, the Islamic Republic has not taken extensive preventive measures such as sounding the alarm, closing airspace, halting daily operations in schools, universities and government offices, and maintaining a state of military readiness throughout the country without disrupting civilian life.
Iran is confident in its ability to withstand potential attacks because of its vast geography covering 1,650,000 square kilometres. This expansive area allows it to absorb significant losses, starkly contrasting to Israel’s occupied geographical “curse” and footprint of 22,000 square kilometres—comparable to one of Iran’s smallest provinces, Ilam.
Given the lack of success in Gaza, there are doubts among Israeli officials about achieving strategic results against Iran, which is prepared for a frontal confrontation. Former Israeli army commander and current war-cabinet minister Gadi Eisenkot acknowledged: “Israel’s advanced military and technological capabilities, which are unparalleled worldwide. Despite these advantages, we have failed to defeat one of our most vulnerable and weaker enemies after six months of war. The most severe damage is that the results of the war will not be felt now but in a few years, suggesting a delay in realising the full impact.
The United States has provided Israel with substantial and extraordinary military aid, unprecedented since the Second World War. However, Israel remains wary of entering into a full-scale confrontation without explicit American backing, given the potential for uncontrollable escalation. As a result, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is advocating a ‘wise response’ that avoids triggering a regional war involving Iran’s allies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, which have organic ties to the Islamic Republic and have historically challenged Israel’s military superiority.Iran has broken away from the established rules of engagement that underpinned Israel’s ‘battle between wars’ doctrine, which historically included short battles, covert and security strikes, operations on the high seas, and actions against intelligence centres in Iraq and Syria. The shift to open warfare and confrontation was precipitated by Israel’s aggressive move to destroy the Iranian consulate in Syria, violating the 1961 Vienna Convention. As a result, America is acutely aware that Prime Minister Netanyahu may willingly drag it into the conflict, secure in the knowledge that the US will not abandon Israel.
American officials, including State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, have reiterated their bond and unwavering support for Israel’s security, “even when Israel takes actions that the US disapproves of.” This situation has demonstrated Israel’s dependence on having a constant “watchdog” to protect it, even from its missteps.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stressed that “Western support for Israel is fuelling regional tensions.” He has declared that Iran will ‘retaliate within minutes to any military action against it in a massive, comprehensive and immediate manner’. This response raises the question of whether Israel, faced with the prospect of more intense and widespread missile strikes and the opening of additional fronts, is urgently seeking an exit strategy to de-escalate the situation and mitigate the impact on other potential battlefields.
The White House and its national security spokesman, Admiral John Kirby, openly dismissed the impact of the Iranian strike, describing the effective interception of ‘99% of missiles and drones’ as an exaggerated claim and the Iranian action as mere ‘grandstanding’ that did not warrant a response. This perspective gave Prime Minister Netanyahu a rhetorical ‘ladder’ to climb from his precarious position amid mounting domestic pressure and calls for de-escalation from the international community.Domestically, Netanyahu faces conflicting pressures from his government and the coalition that keeps him in power. Defence Minister Benny Gantz and other political rivals within the Likud party are pushing for a more aggressive stance towards Iran, exacerbating Netanyahu’s political dilemma. Gantz has managed to sway more than ten of Netanyahu’s Likud party members to his side, effectively weakening Netanyahu’s influence. Similarly, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who harbours ambitions to lead the Likud and replace Netanyahu, advocates an attack on Iran despite his perceived lack of charisma. Yair Lapid, the opposition leader, issued a stark warning: “Netanyahu will lead Israel to ruin until his government collapses.
Against this backdrop of domestic and international pressure, Netanyahu is navigating a complex landscape, seeking the optimal decision to maintain power and avoid the pitfalls that have mounted since 7 October. The Iranian strike adds to Netanyahu’s already precarious situation.
On the international front, while the US agrees with Israel that Iran poses a significant threat to its interests and hegemony in the Middle East, there is a divergence in the approach to be taken. The preferred US strategy is to ‘delicately’ manage the Iranian challenge through sanctions, intelligence operations, and possibly fomenting domestic unrest in Iran rather than engaging in direct military confrontation. This nuanced approach reflects a broader strategy of carefully gauging Iran’s potential responses as the international community awaits Tehran’s next move following the inevitable Israeli response. The situation has thus reached a point where both parties are on equal footing, with the next move decisively in Israel’s court.
⭕ Today [April 16th] #Hezbollah used third-generation silent and turbine engine suicide drones as a message to #Israel that #Iran used an old version to exhaust the interceptor missiles and the interceptor countries and also to get read of thousands of old version drones and missiles.
Hezbollah’s drones were not intercepted nor seen on Israel’s radar, another message that Iran wanted to “punish” Israel, not cause damage to impose a strategic deterrent. If Israel did not learn the lesson, the modern version of missiles and drones are waiting to go.
⭕ Lebanon #Hezbollah attacked an Israeli position in Aram al-Aramsheh, a few km from the Lebanese borders/blue line, causing 14 military casualties, according to the #Israeli army.Why was this attack so “special” and strategic? Not because of the number of casualties. But because:
1. It was a recently improvised and established army secret position.
2. It shows the high level of Hezbollah’s human and electronic intelligence, which gathered enough information to hit a newly established secret unit.
3. The suicide drone used was silent and one of Hezbollah’s most advanced drones.
4. The Iron Dome did not trigger its defence system, so it did not warn the Israelis of the attack.
5. The element of surprise was successful.
6. Hezbollah attacked simultaneously with the Burkan high-explosive rocket and a drone.
7. Hezbollah said it was retaliating for Israel’s targeted killing of its fighters, forcing Israel into a rule of engagement.
8. Israel is seen as fragile and incapable of deterring Hezbollah on the northern front.
[note, as the zionazi evil alliance resumed its annihilation of Palestinians, so the Resistance continues its Attrition. There is no relief for any within the Holy Land — satanists or natives. So the clock remains ticking for the messianic. They continue to be attrited out of existence. Turning the world’s attention away from Gaza is not helping them one bit. A merciless Siege on Zion remains in place, to match that on Gaza]
⭕ Iran FM @Amirabdolahian confirmed (what I shared before as exclusive): “We exchanged letter with the #US before and after” the hit on #Israel.
“We don’t want to confront the US unless it is part of a wider confrontation with Israel”, he said.
⭕ Israel will not attack #Iran, at least not for the next two weeks.
I disagree with anyone who says the attack is imminent. |response to this nut|
⭕ Whoever wants a job, keeps his/her job or fame, stands with #Israel. Whoever wants to be truthful is on the right path with humanity against criminals. It is not easy. It is hard, difficult, painful, but it gives so much joy, satisfaction and peace of mind.
⭕ Iran bombed and hit #Israel’s Dimona nuclear centre on 14 April, evading all interception systems, and 7 missiles hit the Ramon airbase (not only runway) in southern Israel.
Israeli media confirmed (for now) that at least 84% (not 99%) of the Iranian drones were intercepted.
⭕ Regardless Sayyed Ali Khamenei’s fatwa, #Iran supreme leader can rethink about having a nuclear weapon if #Israel bombs the nuclear facilities.
This is not an opinion.
⭕ Hezbollah launches missiles and drones at northern #Israel @ejmalrai “attack shows the size of damage #Hezbollah can inflict on Israel in case of war with #Iran” #Lebanon |video|
[Hezbollah has in fact taken it up a notch, really since Apr 12 or so. Now they aim to inflict casualties, to impress upon the deranged the coming tsunami should they push for their raving zionazi Rapture]
⭕ Israel is using psychological warfare to kill more Palestinians and triggering the human aspect of citizens willing to support and rescue an AI generator child cries to kill the people in #Gaza. My take: |LINK|
⭕ Iran doesn’t see last night’s incident as an attack. Iran has many opposition groups in the north and south. Anyone can put 3 small drones in the air. What is significant is that the Iranians react quickly to small drones with small cameras and shoot them down quickly.in #Israel, officials are laughing on @Netanyahu is “that is the retaliation he promised”.
case closed and the tension is over.
Back to Palestine.
⭕ Iran was just about to start making a nuclear bomb when it has realised that the #Isfahan incident was insignificant.Maybe next time #Israel will gather a bit more courage to convince Iran to start its production line?
💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ No second hit needed:
#Israel claims “it has intercepted 99.99999% of all Iran’s missiles and drone” (like any election results in a dictatorship state). That is the “exit” Israel is looking for to swallow the Iranian missiles and drones and avoid a wider war @Joebiden doesn’t want.
Israel was bombed. #Iran confirmed itself, again, as a regional powerful country.
Israel, with its tail between its legs, has been humiliated, and #Iran has imposed deterrence, shattering the pride of the arrogant @Netanyahu and his ‘invincible’ army.
[now working our way back from Apr 14 on key posts. I am back home, but have lotta catchup to do..]
⭕ Israel has lost “strategic deterrence”: By bombing #Iran’s diplomatic mission in #Syria, it has marketed an unprecedented Israeli attack on Iranian soil (not sabotage or assassination), showing its challenge to international law.
The @UN failed to enforce the law because of the #US veto exerted throughout decades in favour of Israel.
A new world system is needed to impose the law on all states, including the rough-and-tumble Israeli entity, whose motto is [un]accountability for all its crimes, mainly against the Palestinians.
⭕ Israel has given #Iran a golden opportunity to prove the power of the “Islamic Republic” and become “THE hero of the Middle East” for most people in the region. Iranians will now be prouder of their country than ever before.
Well done, @Netanyahu, who is leading #Israel to an unknown destiny.
Keep going BIBI.
⭕ Last night there were no kids killed in Gaza, this is how the west should act if they want to stop this genocidal regime
[night of 3April 13-14, when all warjets were withdrawn to defend Lil Cancer’s skies…]
⭕ All Arab countries will now, without hesitation, normalise relations with …… #Iran.
Why normalise with #Israel when Iran is the Arab’s neighbour?
[not so fast. Underlying the reasonable assumption: there is sanity, historical-awareness, intelligence, perspective in the desert Bedouins. And they are more capable of saving themselves from the Pyre than their Zio-USUK suzerains.. LOL.]
⭕ Israel has underestimated the capabilities of #Iran and the Palestinian resistance.
@JoeBiden to Iran: “Don’t” (dare to attack).
Sayyed Ali Khamenei: It is a blessing to have such ignorant enemies.
The focus is back on Palestine, with an Iranian victory over Israel.
⭕ Jordan reopens its airspace to all civilian aircraft. No more need to intercept Iranian drones and missiles.
It is over.
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⭕ Iran’s cost of all its missiles and drones fired reached:
$35 million – Sources.
#Israel’s cost (without the price of the US-UK-Israeli jets and missiles) of interception system:
$1 bn per Israeli official.
⭕ Iran would be willing to bomb #Israel everyday and be bombed just to hear a Palestinian women in the West Bank screaming “Labbayka ya Hussein” while ballistic missiles are falling on Israeli military positions |video|
⭕ Palestinian in #Palestine counting the missiles and expressing support with #Iran:
“Ya Imam Ali”
“Ya Hussein”
“Ya Khaybar” (missile name fired and the ancient arm confrontation between Muslims and Jews 628 CE). |video|
⭕ Retweet: Israeli journalist @ronenbergman has a remarkable quote from a source with knowledge of Israeli discussions on Iran: “If the talks were broadcast live on Youtube, you’d have 4 million people clamoring at Ben Gurion airport trying to get out of here.”
⭕ As of now we have 4 confirmed 🇮🇷 MRBM models used in Operation Truthful Promise:
1: 20 year old Ghadr, with submunition payload to test effects on 🇮🇱 BMD
2: ~10 year old Emad, to attack southern 🇮🇱
3: ~5 year old Dezful, to attack northern 🇮🇱
4: ~ 3 year young Kheybar-Shekan
⭕ I give #Israe media a few weeks to reveal the exact losses caused by #Iran’s missiles (Example: from 99% to 66% intercepted).
⭕ Israel has confirmed that it is unable to defend itself without support from the United States.
⭕ Retweet: Joke of the day:
Israel accuses Iran of “a flagrant violation of international law”.
⭕ Israel will not go to war with #Iran coz it has a weak army and economy & lacks domestic solidarity & unity behind a falling Prime Minister.
Furthermore, it cannot fight on any additional front when its war with a few resistance Palestinian fighters is fragile. More to come soon.
⭕ How many countries (#US, #UK, #France, #Jordan) does #Israel need to intercept a tiny number of #Iran’s oldest missile versions fired 1100 km away with a week’s warning?
Arrogant Israel is weaker than a spider’s web. I am now more confident than ever that #Palestine will win.
⭕ Are you aware that #Israel has committed 175,000 of its regular forces & 360,000 of its reservists, with the support of #US forces, to fight the Palestinians locked for years in an open concentration of 364 sq km with limited access to weapons and locally made primitive rockets?
⭕ Are U aware that the Palestinians, trapped for years in an open concentration of 364 sq km w/ limited access to weapons & locally made primitive rockets, r fighting #Israel, which has committed 175,000 of its regular forces & 360,000 of its reservists, backed by the #US & the West?
[this Last Satanic Empire is based on bluff and BS! Like USUK planning on taking on China in SCS after the Houthis! Or this little cancer Iran after defeat against tiny Hamas! Even the entire combined West would shatter its teeth against Iran on Iranian homeground — they have been effectively demilitarized by Russia in 404, and their navies fatally exposed by Yemen. Yet they continue to howl at the moon]
⭕ The #US confirms at least 9 ballistic missiles hit two #Israeli military bases in Negav.
The 99.999999999% interception statistic is starting to drop.
⭕ To the dustbin of history:
When the West attacks and condemns #Iran for bombing – due to intl law violation – an apartheid regime, with no casualties, but the pride of #Israel, and doesn’t blame Israel for massacring 34,000 Palestinians and wounding 75,000 and destroying a diplomatic mission.
⭕ There are two dates that #Israel will never forget:
7 October 2023
14 April 2024.
⭕ To the Palestinian people of #Rafah, #Gaza: #Israel is not ready to attack Rafah, and its preparations are far from being visible or feasible for the time being.
@Netanyahu falsely claimed three times that he was “ready,” but his defence minister, Yoav Galant, contradicted him.
⭕ Will #Israel risk closing the Strait of Hormuz to its goods by launching a sabotage operation against #Iran? If @Netanyahu makes a wrong move, he will destroy what little is left of Israel’s economy.
⭕ Exclusive:
#Iran considers any #Israel/I attack on any Iranian target will not take place without the approval of the #US. This will blow up any agreement of de-escalation in #Iraq and in any other theatre.
⭕ Why is the West going berserk over #Iran bombing? For the first time, a non-Western country (Iran) lights up the skies over an enemy capital and military targets with hundreds of missiles and drones. On top of that, the bombed entity is a friend of the West.
⭕ Many people ask me, even during interviews, if #Iran’s bombing of #Israel was a theatre.
I said that Palestinians in the West Bank and #Gaza would like to see many countries play a theatre similar to Iran and take the same step.
⭕ Iran is ready to retaliate to #Israel’s retaliation.
💠@Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Israel’s Foreign Minister in the UN Security Council says that Iran’s Foreign Minister shouldn’t be there, because Iran orchestrated October 7; upon hearing this, Iran’s Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian smiles, and drinks a sip of tea
⭕ American media, including CNN and Fox News, report that Israel has carried out a ‘limited strike’ inside Iran
🔸Tonight, 3 small drones, possibly launched from inside Iran, were shot down by air defenses above Isfahan, according to preliminary information.
🔸No airstrike or explosion caused by any foreign aerial threat has been reported, according to IRNA, and missile defenses have not been activated.
🔸All military and security installations in Isfahan province remain secure, including the Natanz nuclear reactor.
⭕ So, Israel’s ‘retaliation’ consisted of launching 3 explosive-laden quadcopters from inside Iran, it seems for now.
Or in the best case scenario, several small ‘harpy’ drones launched from Israel.
⭕ All flights in Iran have resumed and the situation is back to normal
⭕ So far, the IDF has not even officially claimed an attack inside Iran, out of fear for retaliation.
💠@Press TV:
⭕ “Iran retaliation against Israel ensured no aggression would go unanswered“: Al-Houthi
🔹The leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah popular resistance movement praises Iran’s recent retaliatory strikes against the Israeli regime
🔹Houthi said prior to the operation, the United States as well as some European and Arab countries launched some efforts to prevent Iran from undertaking the retaliation.
“Enticements were offered to dissuade Tehran from responding,” he said.
Without naming names, the Yemeni official also said some Arab states partook in efforts aimed at intercepting the Iranian missiles and drones.
The Ansarullah leader, meanwhile, warned that any further Israeli act of military mischief against Iran was sure to be met with a stronger response on the part of the Islamic Republic.
⭕ Report: Several mini quadcopters shot down near Isfahan
⭕ Iran Army: Loud blast in Isfahan due to air defenses firing on “suspicious object,” no damage caused
⭕ Video shows the moment Iran’s air defense shot down several mini quadcopters near Isfahan. |video|
⭕ Israeli “journalist” who had falsely reported on X that seven Iranian cities were targeted in Israeli strikes deleted her post.
[the problem for zionazi/western media: they are permanently discredited by any sane mature and historically-informed person worldwide. There is NO Trust. And after having lost military supremacy, soft power, and soon financial weapon — 99% of their imperial project now depends on risible narrative that will no longer be accepted…….]
⭕ Isfahan is calm and peaceful.
The video shows a tranquil atmosphere in the Iranian city of Isfahan, with residents going about their usual routines, despite the recent explosions heard near the city. |video|
⭕ Iran lifts flight restrictions across country
⭕ No sign of explosion or damage
Footage shows nuclear site near the Iranian city of Isfahan operating in normal conditions |video|
💠@Strategika51:
⭕ The war in the Middle East will continue as it did in Ukraine.
What is changing for the countries of the MENA region is the extremely negative perception that the peoples of this part of the world have of their “elites” and leaders.They are simply branded traitors.
Zelensky is not alone in this.
⭕ Washington controls Tel Aviv, not the other way around. It is the United States that bears full responsibility for the massacre of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. It is the United States that opposes Palestinian membership of the United Nations. And it is the United States that ignites most of the world’s conflicts.
[and who controls “Washington?”]
⭕ The Zionist media are not happy. They point out that it was only thanks to the US veto that Palestine was denied full membership of the United Nations.
⭕ The Lebanese Hezbollah publishes a video showing the successful targeting of the headquarters of the 91st division of the Israeli armed forces in Beranit in the far north of occupied Palestine. |video|
⭕ An Iranian military source has formally denied that the Dimona nuclear reactor was targeted by Iran on 14/04/2024, as reported by the Israeli daily Maariv.
The Iranian military source described the allegation as pure disinformation, pointing out that the site was not included in the list of two Israeli military sites targeted by the Iranian attack.
⭕ Unsurprisingly, US strikes on Syria,IraqandIrantonight.
⭕ The king is naked.
⭕ Preliminary information: three explosions west of Isfahan, explosions in Suwaidah in Syria and further explosions in Iraq.
⭕ This information is unconfirmed and reported only by unreliable sources.
⭕ What has been confirmed is that air strikes are underway in the southern Syrian province of Deraa, and that international coalition fighter jets and drones are flying over eight Iraqi governorates.
⭕ Syrian source:
The Zionist enemy targeted the radar of an AD battalion located between the town of Izraa and the town of Qarfa without causing any human casualties.
⭕ No incidents reported in Iraq. Reports of an explosion in Babel (Babylon) are false.
⭕ Active air defense over Isfahan.
⭕ Another round of the empire of theft and lies. The hybrid world war continues.💠@ejmalrai:
⭕ Iran’s official news agency said its defence system shot down 3 drones when they violated its airspace. This suggests the drones came from outside the country. If there was no damage and the drones did not reach a target, this is a de-escalation. #Israel started all this.
⭕ Life is normal in #Isfahan and #Israel. No state of alert. No nuclear sites attacked. That means no sense of war, except on Twitter and in the media.
#US sources are escalating their “leaked information denying any responsibility for an attack” that so far seems irrelevant.
⭕ It looks like a Hollywood scenario.
The propaganda seems to be inflating the “fake attack in #Isfahan” to stop the escalation so that #Israel doesn’t have to strike and #Iran doesn’t have to strike back.the “strikes” on Iranian “nuclear sites” appear plausible-deniable terrorism using the MEK. The usual. Maybe first wave. For sure, aggression against Iran by Zio-West is coming. But they are still processing the strategic defeat of April 13-14 and is too early now…
The criminals also bombed/missiled or droned Syria, their favorite voodoo doll to lash out against when fully impotent and without recourse.
We should take all western sources, including LJ who can be tricked, with care. It is becoming all raving optics, as in 404. They appear to count on the media “success” for the first 12-24 hour dopamine high, even less nowadays due to rapidity of debunking.. That is the risible OODA loop of western PsyOps in this sad age of lost narrative control
Resistance media is reliable, has sources on the ground rather than armchair warriors from oceans away, and eventually releases news, often with video proof… per Saker’s wise words, we should wait at least 48 hours or so for worldwide reliable news to come out, rather than rely on Big Lie western media
💠@Fotros Resistance:
⭕ According to the Iranian Al-Alam, quotes a Syrian security source about an Israeli attack in southern Syria between the suburbs of the Daraa district and the suburbs of the al-Sawida district.According to the report, a radar base was attacked. At the moment, there is no official update from Syrian media.
⭕ According to a reliable Iranian source, Fars News:Some local sources report that an explosion was heard in the city of Qahjavorstan in the northwest of Isfahan.
The cause of these sounds is not yet known. The city of Qahjavorstan is located near the Isfahan airport and the 8th fighter base of the army air force.
⭕ The sound of explosions in the sky are probably related to the air defensesSo far, there is no evidence of a hit or impact. Air defenses are defending the skies of Iran
⭕ 🛑 Reliable Iranian journalist:No air strikes on any Isfahan sites have been confirmed yet.
Only anti-aircraft activity in Isfahan is known based on the videos, and not even a defense missile was fired.
⭕ 🛑Reliable Iranian journalist:Contrary to the news published by Western media, there is no image or video of long-range missile flights in the attack on Isfahan.
Anti-aircraft activities are probably due to attacks by (quadcopter/mini) drones
⭕ 🛑 | 🇮🇷 CONFIRMED:Iranian anti-aircraft have successfully shot down several micro drones. There is still no documentation regarding a missile attack on Isfahan.
This means the attack was carried out from within Iran, by saboteurs, and not by IOF jets.
⭕ 🛑 Iranian media:Until this moment, there has been no air attack from outside the borders of Iran. They have only made a failed and humiliating attempt to attack with quadcopters, which (all) were shot down.
⭕ This was probably israel’s best bet to respond, to launch a pathetic micro drone attack from within Iran by MEK-agents. Now what they are trying to do is making this attack look bigger than what it is. Psychological war is in play.
⭕ To make an elephant out of a fly
“In the Bronx, they say Bullshit has its own sound.”
Apropos the $130/bbl oil.. Saw this RT article just today. Both appear a conservative underestimate.. but the key point: the money trends guys foresee a Zio-USUK suicide against the civilizational-states
💠 @Strategika51:
⭕️ In the final analysis, the artificial creation that is Israel is extremely vulnerable…
⭕️ An Iranian missile nearly hit the old Dimona nuclear reactor…💠 @Intel Slava Z:
⭕️ The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported that most of the missiles launched at Israel on April 14 were from old stocks (with a hint of an approaching expiration date) and this factor was also taken into account in preparation for the attack, since the IRGC in advance assumed the exchange of cheap and obsolete Iranian missiles to expensive missiles of US and Israeli air defense systems.New missiles with multiple warheads and protected from electronic warfare (and also do not use GPS) have, for the most part, successfully hit their intended targets under the cover of a cloud of cheap drones and old missiles. The main target of the strike was the Nevatim airbase (from which the attack was carried out on the Iranian consulate in Damascus), which, according to various sources, was hit by 7 to 14 missiles. According to Israeli estimates, this story cost Israel 1.1-1.3 billion dollars in air defense missiles alone, so the exchange was in any case strongly in favor of Iran.
There is one more noteworthy point worth noting. Pakistan’s Defense Minister fully supported Iran’s attack on Israel and praised Iran for its courage in defending the Palestinian people. Most recently, the parties exchanged blows on each other’s territory, when Iran first fired at a Baloch terrorist camp on Pakistani territory, and then Pakistan responded with attacks on Baluchis on Iranian territory.
People who have little understanding of the processes in the Middle East then rushed to predict an imminent war between Pakistan and Iran, but in fact, this page has already been turned, as evidenced, among other things, by compliments to Iran from Islamabad.
