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The arrival of Iranian ballistic missiles in Tel Aviv. The central part of the city.
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Assistant Secretary of State of the USA Dylan Johnson writes on X.
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⚡️Iran confirmed the death of the Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and the head of the country's Defense Ministry, according to the state agency IRNA.
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According to one hypothesis, after the assassination of the Ayatollah, there may be an attempt by the IRGC to seize power, and the Iranian clergy may allegedly be pushed into the background. The IRGC has much to lose in the event of a defeat and has always been determined. However, here too, Iran will have to choose a strategy wisely - either to quickly develop nuclear weapons and demonstrate its readiness to use them, or to opt for the least unpleasant option of peaceful agreements with the USA. It also matters whether the Americans will try to foment protests in Iran again or not.
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Protesters attack and storm the American embassy in Karachi, Pakistan, following the assassination of the supreme leader, Khamenei.
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🇮🇷The Iranians are demanding revenge for their leader.
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🇮🇷The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on the death of Khamenei:
We have prepared for all scenarios and developed all necessary plans. Imam Khamenei, who accepted a martyr's death, was a believer and unwavering. We will continue to follow his path resolutely.
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A real-time map of tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The oil fleet is actively loading in Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, and on Zirku Island (also known as Kharg Island in Iran, but in the UAE), as well as in Saudi Arabia, and is heading towards the strait for exit. Another part of the tankers/gas carriers is heading towards the strait from the Gulf of Oman. Specifically, at this moment, the tanker CAPETAN ANDREAS under the Liberian flag is passing through the strait. It departed from the Kuwaiti port of Mina Al Ahmad and is heading to the UAE port of Khor Fakkan.
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Several explosions in the Juffair area of the Bahraini capital, Manama.
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Let’s be clear though—I hope you all understand why we’ve been saying there will never be a Trump pissdill in the Ukrainian war?
None in the Kremlin is an idiot. Any “peace talks” are merely for show—there is no one stupid enough in the Russian government (yes, including Kira Dmitriev!) to take seriously anything that comes out of Trump’s mouth.
A pissdill was never in the cards.
What the US operation in Iran revealed.
Formally, it's not yet over, but everyone understands well that the elimination of Ayatollah Khamenei and the country's top leadership is the ultimate outcome for Iran.
Firstly, there can't be too many cruise missiles. Against classic air attack means, you can't argue, and the more of them you have, the faster specific combat tasks are resolved.
Secondly, there can't be too many ballistic missiles either. However, it seems that Iran failed to restore their stockpiles to the previous level after last year's events.
Thirdly, the elimination of Khamenei demonstrates that miscalculations and relying on luck instead of moving to protected structures can have fatal consequences.
Fourthly, eliminating the leadership of an enemy country is normal. If an agreement can't be reached, the hope is that a change in the figure at the head of the state will change the configuration of the negotiations and open up new opportunities for agreements.
Fifthly, if you don't have nuclear weapons, no one will take you seriously.
The grouping of air forces in Israel, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, and the Arabian Sea was well distributed, and the operation was perfectly planned, which ultimately allowed for a quick achievement of a good result for the US and Israel.
The US didn't try to be ceremonious and play with Iran in humanism, and in the end, they achieved everything they wanted, and possibly even more.
As for Iran, in turn, it didn't fulfill almost any of its threats except for the red flag of revenge. The Strait of Hormuz wasn't blocked, no significant damage was done to American military bases in the region, Israel wasn't destroyed, and no super-missiles hit any aircraft carriers.
They slightly terrorized their neighbors, but this can't be considered a result.
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In Iraq, a crowd tried to break into the US embassy:
Local media reports that Khamenei's supporters are attempting to reach the center of Baghdad, where foreign and government facilities are located, in order to storm the US embassy. The police are using force.
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The mysterious Tomahawk cruise missile, previously unseen in black color, was launched from a US Navy destroyer during strikes on Iran on February 28th.
According to TWZ, this is a version of the Maritime Strike Tomahawk (MST) Block V missile with a black anti-radar coating, similar to the one used on the new long-range anti-ship missiles AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM).
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I will be frank—the news from IRIB confirming Khamenei’s death was deflating.
Try to imagine—if Netanyahu or Trump had been killed—the impact on their respective nations. Or Putin? Or Xi?
In Khamenei’s case, he was also the supreme religious leader, believed to be a descendant of no less than Mohammed. Ponder that for a second.
True, provisions have been made for his replacement. True, his death will have little impact on Iran’s military capability. True, it may even invigorate the Shia resistance across the Middle East.
Nonetheless, the shock and trauma involved are hard to summarily dismiss.
All those who think they are playing a Civilization game session should think a bit harder. The impact of a long-term leader’s loss is hard to calculate, even if he is “old,” a “boomer” or possessed of some other pejorative quality the gamers among us seem to be so fond of mentioning.
This is a tragedy for the nation. It could make the said nation stronger, but it will undoubtedly have a significant detrimental impact.
Do not reassure yourselves merely to be disappointed. The US is using the last of its trump cards. Let’s hope they ain’t enough.
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The "Beit Shemesh" settlement near occupied Jerusalem.
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Iranian bombardments shake Doha.
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🔻 Sirens and explosions in Jerusalem and its surroundings are being reported.
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Commercial ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway on Iran’s southern border connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries, slowed sharply on Saturday after strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, according to industry experts and maritime data analyzed by The New York Times.
The ship-tracking platform MarineTraffic showed a 70 percent drop in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as of late evening in Iran, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, a senior risk and compliance analyst at Kpler, MarineTraffic’s parent company. The majority of vessels in the area had done U-turns, diverted to alternative routes or begun idling in the Gulf of Oman, he added.
“Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are the most exposed,” said Mr. Ampatzidis, “as the majority of their seaborne crude and liquefied natural gas exports pass through Hormuz.”
Some vessels, however, continued to traverse the waterway, according to ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic and Pole Star Global, another data firm.
“My guess is they are trying to get out while there is still a better chance,” said David Tannenbaum, a former sanctions compliance officer with the U.S. Treasury.
NYT saying the opposite of Andrei's post.
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As for Fatwas… I think there is a misunderstanding here—they do not “die” with the issuer’s death. In fact, as with any religious law, martyrdom may, in fact, reinforce the martyr’s fatwas.
Nonetheless, I think Iran will have no choice but to reconsider the prior objections to the nuclear path.
The number of deaths at a school in southern Iran has risen to 148.
The bodies of children were pulled out from the rubble in Minab, where a missile hit during an American-Israeli strike
All because we have a leader in Israel facing a fraud conviction and another who is trying to distract from Epstein
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It's also interesting to look at the activity in the Strait of Hormuz over the past 24 hours. There was no reduction in traffic off the coast of Iran at all. At least for now.
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Meeanwhile, our Geraniums continued their work on targets in Khokhlostan tonight.
There were air strikes in Odessa and Kharkov.
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Russian Ministry of Defense:
During the past night, the on-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 27 Ukrainian UAVs:
8 - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
7 - over the territory of the Belgorod region,
7 - over the territory of the Kursk region,
2 - over the territory of the Tula region,
2 - over the territory of the Oryol region,
1 - over the territory of the Rostov region.
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🇺🇦🤡The official account of Ukraine on X.
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Overview from Roman Donetsky (@donrf22), with which I largely agree:
Details of Khamenei’s assassination
1. According to the Iranians, he was killed in his office, not at his residence.
2. The secretary of the Security Council and a high-ranking commander of the IRGC were killed alongside him. This suggests that all three were in the command post, which was targeted with anti-bunker weapons. Hence the evening reports and denials by the Persians.
He was not at his residence. Everyone knew that. The president at the second command post is alive and control has not been lost.
The story of Hamas is repeating itself, where the assassination of leaders did not break the organisation, but allowed it to shift the focus away from the United States.
In Iran, they will choose a leader not from among the people of 1979, but from among the veterans of the Iran-Iraq War. That is, instead of the old Bolsheviks, they will choose Stalinists.
There are two lessons for us. First, negotiations are a path to a strike. It will not necessarily be with missiles. But it will happen. Trump is killing all his negotiating partners. If he gets lucky, there is a coup.
And second, Zelensky. You can continue to respect the law. But as the experience of Venezuela and Iran has shown, in the new world, it's either you kill or you get killed. And that's something to remember. #Iran
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People are chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" following the news of the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
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