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amarynth
KeymasterThe Times reports Russia arming ‘shadow fleet’ tankers
The Times claims Russia has begun installing weapons on some tankers of its so-called “shadow fleet.” In particular, machine guns were allegedly spotted on the gas carrier Marshal Vasilevsky, which could be used not only for defense against drones but also to repel boarding attempts. Experts interviewed by the publication expressed the “unexpected” thought that such actions could seriously complicate future strategies to seize Russian ships in neutral waters. Of course, if all this is actually used. Weapons don’t fire by themselves.

I’ve seen this report a few times over time now. Perhaps it is a fake.
amarynth
KeymasterSouth Africa has just lost Africa and most probably all hope for itself.
What a dark day it was in South Africa today. Private properties were looted and ransacked.
One of the memory that would stay with me was the African woman and her two minor daughters being dragged, whilst the husban was manhandled aggressively.https://t.co/w5v6VB9Nmo
— Sahel Revolutionary Soldier (@cecild84) June 30, 2026They made no secret of their position, we want all African foreigners out, whether documented or undocumented. pic.twitter.com/xxmjIpo7FZ
— Sahel Revolutionary Soldier (@cecild84) June 30, 2026This ethnic violence happens from time to time. This time the attacks against other Africans are by orders of magnitude more violent than others.
A further part of this story is that Israel is rejoicing and interfering … to try and get some honor back (impossible) because South Africa launched cases against Netanyahu and others. (It is another story(rumour) that Iran paid for the case, or paid the South African part of the ANC government who brought and handled the case, which is in any event going nowhere.) The International Court of Justice (ICC) is a hopeless institution – although I support the justices that now are under sanctions and is taking the US to some court for sanctions. The Head Justice of this court is a zionist.
But the issue here is that South Africa lost Africa and the zionists are rejoicing.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-apartheid-state-is-failing/
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/june-30-is-south-africas-failed-state-test/
amarynth
KeymasterA note for emersonreturn.
Recommended viewing … first: https://sovereignista.com/2026/06/27/a-strong-statement-from-members-of-irans-assembly-of-experts/
And this one will tell a lot regarding your question ….
Capitalism is Corrupting Independent Media | A Dialogue with Dimitri Lascaris
amarynth
KeymasterKorosh
With regard to the purported construct of “a new power Bloc in Western Asia” — consisting of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, possibly Turkey and Egypt, backed and “blessed” by China and Russia — who apparently all want this “Deal” [MoU alias “Islamabad Accord”] to go through… believing all this as a given is not only naive, but absurd. Does anyone know of any statement regarding this from China and Russia? Why are they silent? Should one perhaps ask China and Russia about their positions regarding this “Deal” and the “new power bloc”?
Has the “new power bloc” considered the role of the Axis of Resistance?
Has the “new power bloc” considered the position of Yemen?
Has the “new power bloc” considered the position of Palestine?
And… Iran?What is going on here?
amarynth
KeymasterJangjo
Time is of the essence, Amarynth questions have the urgency of now.
A dusty fog rises in any war from the loud impact of the truth falling down as the first casualty of war.
Hybrid, asymmetrical wars, are largely psychological in nature, rather than kinetic.
We are in dire need to keep our heads cool and free from unneeded debris, blocking our vision and diverting our objectivity.
All questions Amarynth poses are pertinent, and most of them are unfinished threads she turned into “why we don’t have an answer about the Iranian nuclear bomb”?
That was a bombshell (no pun intended) when it came out, to die out quietly after newer events buried it in the short-attention span, twitter-head mindset that rules our times.
The conformation of a “new security architecture” with Pakistan as its backbone is a dangerous proposition.
Eighty thousand troops to KSA.
Fighter jets already in KSA.
We cannot trust Pakistan.
We cannot trust KSA.
We cannot trust Qatar.
Much less the zio-nazi chihuahuas.
Oman’s backstabbing, or what it looks like it, is the cherry on top of the latest developments.
Right after Ghalibaf’s visit, they opened an alternative shipping lane, coinciding with narco rubio’s visit to the GCC to enforce the empire’s party line.
The MoU is beginning to smell like another skein to ensnare Iran in yet another trap, this time going for the jugular.
KSA underwriting 12 billion dollars.
Qatar guarantor of 6 billion dollars.
Pakistan guaranteeing the security of the Iranian team in Switzerland, while at the same opening a channel to the media by means of Pepe Escobar et al, volunteering an ISI spook to spill the beans.
It looks more and more as if they were making sure Iran signed the MoU, since any time Iran walked out (three times, the rumor goes), some GCC puppet would jump in saving the “negotiations” at the last minute.
And it also looks as if Pepe and Larry were used to throw a smoke curtain of disinformation while the process was unfolding, dropping “breaking news” and “bombshells” to make it look as if Iran was in control of the narrative.
Salami slicing, anyone?
The whole whack-a-mole seems to have been orchestrated to make Iran trust, not the process per se, but the actors who perform the role of “intermediaries” or “mediators,” Pakistan ending the kabuki theater with a pompous gala for Pezeshkian’s recent visit, was highly suspicious, IMHO.
In this context, we have to question every event during the ceasefire, and examine its purpose. For example, why would trump choose to offend MBS in such vulgar manner? The immediate reaction would be, “MBS would want to take revenge and turn against trump.” What if the whole thing has been arranged to create a perception?
So, we have a lot more questions than Amarynth is able to fit on her site.
And there is no reason to hide them, whatsoever.
Sunshine, is the best disinfectant.
There is no reason to sweep those urgent, burning questions under the rug.
The only reason would be cowardice.
And we are not cowards.
We have to have the courage to ask any and all pertinent questions re: Iran’s current predicament.
And we need to work procuring the answers, ASAP.
They are the crack through which the light comes in.
PS: Sorry about the long diatribe, time is short, and I am just drive-by posting.
amarynth
KeymasterSurely you jest comrade. It was just a coincidence. Iran bombed back but no idea yet what.
amarynth
KeymasterThe motherlode: Sharmine Narwani (Iranian, based in Beirut, born in Canada), with Ali Alizade (Iranian, British based).
Many of our questions here are touched upon in one way or another. What is most surprising is that Ali says that four analysts who questioned the MoU was cancelled on one day. So, these questions have been out there. The ones that discussed them, were cut out of our world in one fell swoop. You will hear why as the discussion continues.
This is probably not a video that you can play in the background while washing the dishes or something. It is more complex. I was riveted. Please enjoy. One thing that struck me. A few Daily Chronicles back, I assessed from spending hours on the Iranian social media serious chat, and found three groups of discussions and described them. Ali describes it just like that. In this sphere, I’ve come home lol. Initially I had to adjust a little to his accent.
amarynth
KeymasterI’m comfused or I fell for a Trumper. Did he not say the US has no problem with gas or diesel? This is now as the war was kinda in the middle. And now we hear these dramatic stories of the bottom can be seen in the tanks. What’s real?
amarynth
KeymasterThe old Hermes Trismegistus with ‘so above, so below’. It is longer than that .. it continues … ‘as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul…”
This makes me feel dizzy … one does not know where to start .. with the soul, or with the universe.
My neighbors told me yesterday that they have information in “Face” (local description for Facebook) that there is a 10 day solar disturbance and that this is the reason for the terramotos and sismos (earthquakes and earth seizures from the Spanish). I did not really worry about anything passed on from ‘Face’ but somehow the ‘so above, so below’ and solar disturbances made me think of earth seizures. What a word!
It is looking bad in Venezuela.
amarynth
KeymasterMy response:
Of course you have an excellent point.
This small initiative is powered by Iranian questions. So, I feel good asking Iranian questions in the main, in solidarity with the Iranians. What they feel uncomfortable about, we feel uncomfortable about. They are willing to put it into the light, and so are we, or let me speak for myself only, but I am not alone in this.
Prof Marandi explained a number of times now, Iranian civil conversation is democratic (in the real sense of the word) and plentiful. He says openly that he receives similar questions when he is out on the squares in the evenings and he mentions them and answers them.
The gaslighting now is unbelievable. And my fear is what was not done in the war, and what cannot be done with the MoU, is now again being attempted in divide and rule inside the Iranian society. In fact, the Zionist say so publicly. They are trying again. This has nothing to do with mistrust in the very brilliant Iranian society (to the contrary) but much to do with the skill in which empirical forces carry out these gaslighting campaigns. There is a campaign – in fact, more than one – I count three. My own position currently is that Pakistan will climb all over Iran, in order to carry out their own campaign for regional primacy. We saw such a campaign in Syria and the Syrian forces were literally made unable to opérate. (There were many other issues. I’m talking about this one only as it has relevance).
To decide what to put into the light, and what to quietly ponder is a decision of wisdom.
Open campaigns to divide (and rule) the Iranian society must be put into the light. We are one with Iran. Prof Hudson said in his latest interview (Nima, Wolff), that the issue of religious differences is being fiercely used yet again. He said a few other things that are important, more or less in the middle of that interview. In these campaigns we, together with Iran, is being gaslighted to trust the Saudis and the Qataris. Words are being put into their mouths. We saw that specifically during Marco Rubio’s visit to the region – words that I have not seen them speak. Example, see how he spoke for Oman. Now it is a fact that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia has an agreement of a military nature, maybe couched in defensive nature terminology. It is being bellowed out that Pakistan has something like .. geez, I forget, anything from 8 thousand to orders of magnitude more, soldiers in Saudi Arabia. FM Lavrov talks about this but he talks about a regional security architecture. This is one of the questions that I quietly ponder. If this war breaks out again, and from Saudi the USRael uses bases (if there are any left) to stage strikes on Iran it will cause a conflagration unbelievable. This is one of those that I quietly ponder. But now, you know what one of my ‘quietly ponder items’ include. (Don’t tell anybody .. grins!)
Let me say one thing more. We see it from Russia who ditched the ‘spirit of Alaska’. In principle Russia tried yet again for the umpteenth time for peace and security in the region. And again, according to Rubio, there was not a spoken agreement. So, he is saying Putin and Lavrov are telling fibs (he did not say that out loud, but that is what it amounts to). I’m using this as example.
For me, this issue on the whole is of critical importance. Iran is making MoU with a part of the world that is criminally unable to be true to their word and still criminally able to break others apart. The Iranian civil society is quite within their rights, and full of wisdom to ask these questions because the collective west is of no mind to stop a war. To the contrary, they would like it to continue because still to today, they want to own the oil.
amarynth
KeymasterJust copying all the comments from the main thread to here. This information will be collated and discussed with Iranians. So, this is kinda my open folder for everyone.
By Grieved and of course, much appreciated:
As a friend of Iran and this site, I would like to make a suggestion. All these questions are worthy of pondering, in the back of one’s mind. But one should also be very aware that a serpent is in the Garden offering the apple.
Israel is actively poisoning the mind space with questions similar to these. Nima cites Elijah Magnier at 7:44 of this interview with Alex Krainer regarding Unit 8200 and its current offensive:
Nima around 9-min mark says how he sees a lot of the negative “Iran-Questioning” in his own comments, and both people see this everywhere currently. Krainer’s answer is compelling, agreeing with Nima that the Resistance is solidifying, not disintegrating – it is the west and Irael that is disintegrating.
And Iran tends to hold to its announced positions, therefore, supposes Krainer, it will persist with this 60-day period of disussion (if it’s even begun yet), even as it prepares for the next stage of the war.
It’s formidably hot in Iran in the curent season. Autumn may be the preferred time for the US to attack again.
These questions you raise are all worthy of holding in the back of one’s mind – a few of them I could present decent answers to, perhaps. And several of them I share with you also. But to amplify my suggestion, I personally will try to keep all these questions at a quiet level, and remember that the Iranian people are clear-minded and doubt-free as to the way forward, as is the Leader, and the IRGC (and Ghalibaf, I am convinced).
Even as I quietly ponder, I will wait for the next significant thing to happen on the ground (and to see how the treachery from Oman is resolved, kinetically).
We all fear that Iran will weaken in its resolve. The Iranian people fear this most of all. But the data is not yet manifest to say that this is happening. Therefore I shall hold the line, and wait, and keep my questions active, but not anxious.
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ps..forgive the rambling. I can feel the effect of doubt on my own spirits, and I would wish to allay this, in myself and in others, at least until the shape of things becomes more clear. As always, our minds move much faster than the unfolding of events.
It may come down to a matter of attitude, since the only real facts so far are those of unquestionable victory.
amarynth
KeymasterAnother question … The supposed Bloc : who is trading with Israel? (I know the answer but let’s go with the questions – all of them!)
amarynth
Keymaster– authored by a group of friends
Our world is stuck in a transition period fraught with uncertainty. The achievements of a strong and sovereign Iran have brought new glimmers of hope for the birth of a more equitable multipolar world.
But there are now reports concerning some conflicts in the Iranian government (which, given its democratic structure, are perhaps quite reasonable and to be expected) and reports concerning certain potentially major geopolitical shifts and projects relating to the development of “new power structures” and a “new security architecture” in West Asia.
We also know that, in view of the humiliation suffered by the US and its zionist appendix, their war against Iran will now be intensely fought on other, covert levels – including sophisticated agendas of infiltration.Thus, we – who stand with Iran for the preservation of its full sovereignty – have a number of burning questions regarding recent reports:
Why is the Iranian Parliament still closed?
What is the current state of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei’s health?
What were actually the reasons for Qalibaf, Araghchi and senior Central Bank and security officials wanting to take part in the MoU talks in Switzerland when Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, some of the IRGC and the majority of the citizens were against it?
The core 14 points of the MoU have been made public, but apparently certain “specific side deals” remain unpublicized to allegedly “protect the fragile initial peace process”. Why?
According to “US administration officials”, the unwritten agreements involve an unpublicised letter from Tehran inviting the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to resume active inspections – is this true?
Two weeks ago we heard certain claims that Iran was apparently ready to “detonate a nuclear bomb on its territory” if threatened, that Iran was thus already in possession of a nuclear bomb… Now there is no mention of this “bombshell report”. What was this claim based on? And why has this claim quietly disappeared without being debunked or retracted?
What is Pakistan’s role in West Asia with regard to Iran beyond being a “mediator” for negotiations with the US?
Pakistan seems to be seeking greater influence in West Asia… What is Pakistan interested in achieving for itself? What are its goals?
Have we forgotten Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s illegal imprisonment and reprehensible, criminal treatment of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan?
Have we forgotten Pakistan’s alliance with its founder Great Britain and with the US and lately with “Israel”?
We hear reports of a BLOC being formed in the region of West Asia by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar – to act as a new power structure and to create a “security architecture”, with Pakistan offering a “nuclear umbrella” in the region. What agreements are being discussed?
What does the Iranian wider community think of the so-called security BLOC being proffered made up of Saudi-Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan and a few other hangers-on like Egypt or Turkey?
There are claims that China and even Russia support this BLOC – what are the sources of these claims? Why should we believe these claims when the sources are supposed to remain secret? Why should we trust “secret top-level sources in Pakistan”? Why can’t we see any signs that Russia or China are somehow involved in this?
Who else is involved or will be involved in this BLOC?
What about the Emirates, Kuwait, Turkey, Egypt, Syria (under Al Qaeda Jolani)? Is the Muslim Brotherhood playing any role in this BLOC?
Every country in the world has oligarchs who usually keep their assets outside of their countries; Iran’s oligarchs most probably have their assets in banks in Gulf countries. How can or how do the oligarchs in Iran want to salvage their money in offshore banks?
Why did the Sultanate of Oman issue a statement on 25 June announcing the establishment of a temporary maritime corridor in the southern Strait of Hormuz without consultation with Iran?
amarynth
KeymasterMy first question:
What does the Iranian wider community think of the so-called security bloc being proffered made up of Saudi-Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan and a few other hangers on like for example Egypt or Turkey? Why can we not see Russia or China involved in this?
amarynth
KeymasterNot to worry m’lady … all is good!
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