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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶/🇺🇸 NEW: An Iranian drone strike hit a hotel suspected of housing American soldiers in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇷🇺/🇮🇷 U.S. Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff: 'We've warned Russia not to provide Iran with any targeting information or other types of assistance'
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Time to cut off the Ukrainians with intelligence then
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🇮🇱🔥🇮🇷Israel and the USA are changing their tactics: a wave of attacks on Iran's oil and gas facilities has begun
▪️Apparently, the coalition hoped to profit from the country's mineral resources after occupying Iran and replacing its government with their own puppets, so they didn't attack the country's oil and gas facilities before.
▪️Now, the USA and Israel have apparently realized that it won't be easy to "change the regime" and occupy Iran, so they have started attacking the country's energy infrastructure.
▪️Israeli aircraft are attacking oil storage facilities in Kuhak, Shahran, and Karaj.
▪️Also, huge columns of smoke are rising above the fuel tanks of a refinery in Tehran - this is a critically important facility and a vital part of Iran's energy infrastructure.
▪️Earlier, Trump stated that "today will be painful".
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The US does not want to involve the Kurds in the conflict with Iran in order not to complicate the situation, Donald Trump stated.
According to him, Washington is trying not to expand the circle of participants in the war and therefore does not plan to involve Kurdish forces.
The US President also noted that at the moment, the dispatch of American ground troops to Iran is not being considered. However, he did not rule out that such an option might arise in the future.
Lying turd, they told him to f off
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Trump criticized the UK for deciding too late to join the operation in the Middle East.
According to the US president, London is only now seriously considering sending two aircraft carriers to the region, although, as he claims, the outcome of the conflict has already been decided.
"The United Kingdom, our once great ally, perhaps the greatest of all, is finally considering sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That's fine, Prime Minister Starmer, we don't need them anymore... But we will remember. We don't need people who join the war after we've already won," he stated.
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The US carried out an attack on a water desalination plant on Qeshm Island, leaving dozens of populated areas without fresh water.
According to the Iranian Foreign Minister, the attack disrupted water supplies in 30 villages.
He added that this is a "dangerous precedent".
Remember all US bombing is "precision" bombing so there are no accidents, to call fresh water a military asset is a utter fabrication and this is a grave war crime.
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‼️🇦🇪The UAE is in a state of war (!) — statement by the president
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan appeared in public for the first time since the attacks on the UAE began. The president visited a hospital where those injured in airstrikes are being treated.
- The UAE president stated that the country "is in a state of war", but is not an "easy target". The sheikh promised that the authorities would fulfill their duty to the country and all its residents. The UAE, which consists of seven emirates, including Dubai, will protect its citizens, he added.
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AMERICANS THOUGHT IRAN WOULD BE LIKE VENEZUELA — top security official Larijani
‘US INTENDED TO CREATE CHAOS BY ASSASSINATIONS’
‘THEY THOUGHT IT’D BE OVER BUT THEY GOT STUCK’
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🇮🇱💥🇮🇷Israel struck the IRGC Air Force command center in Tehran, which is responsible for assessing the air situation and protecting Iran's airspace, — IDF.
- Meanwhile, the meeting to elect a new supreme leader of Iran will take place within 24 hours, Ayatollah Mozaffari announced.
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🇺🇦🤡There are reports that Russia is providing Iran with intelligence data to adjust strikes against American forces and supplying components for "Shahid drones", which are attacking the Middle East, - Zelensky
This was previously reported by US media, but Trump rudely refused to comment on this information.
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🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷 Haifa under a massive missile attack from Lebanese territory
- Palestinian media are spreading footage of a large-scale missile attack on the Israeli city.
- According to Quds News Agency, more than 30 missiles were launched at the city from Lebanese territory.
- It is reported that some of the missiles were able to penetrate the "Iron Dome" air defense system. It can be seen that the Israeli air defense is intercepting missiles right over the city.
- According to sources, Hezbollah forces are participating in the attack, and Iranian drones are also being used.
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Slightly off topic to our normal Slavyangad subjects.
In September, the World Youth Festival is being held in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
This event is open to anyone around the planet who see a future where Russia plays a substantial role in the coming new world,
Just a heads up if anyone has children and may be interested.
/channel/wyffest_en
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🇺🇸🤡Trump: Cuba is "at the very end of the path".
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💥Explosions occurred in the area of the Samar settlement in the Dnepropetrovsk region, locals report the arrivals of Gerans.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸Replacing the radars hit by Iran will cost the US more than a billion dollars and take years, - FP
- "It will take 5 to 8 years to build two new AN/FPS-132 radars from Raytheon at a cost of $1.1 billion... Lockheed Martin will need at least 12 to 24 months and, according to our estimates, $50 to $75 million to replace the AN/TPS-59", - Foreign Policy calculated.
- This is further complicated by the fact that 98% of the gallium for the systems comes from China to the global market.
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🇮🇶🇺🇸🇮🇷| US base inside of Erbil’s airport was just struck with a drone
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‼️🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump did not rule out sending US troops to Iran and stated that he has no information about Russia's assistance to Tehran
▪️Reporter: Would you ensure the safety of enriched uranium at Iran's nuclear facilities with ground forces?
▪️Trump: At some point, maybe we will do that — that would be great — but right now we're just destroying them.
▪️Trump also stated thathe has no information that Russia is providing intelligence to Iran.
▪️Reporter: Do you have any indications that Russia is supporting Iran in any way?
▪️Trump: I have no indications at all. If they are supporting them, they're not doing a very good job of it, because things aren't going well for Iran.
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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 The Iranian missile on its way to Israel (exclusive footage)
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Iraqi Kurds have decided to maintain neutrality in the war around Iran, reports Axios, citing representatives of the Kurdistan regional government.
According to them, one of the reasons is mistrust of the US and fears that Washington might withdraw its support at some point. "We have trust issues that arose in the past, and we don't want to get involved in this. Who will protect us if the Iranian regime ultimately survives?" - said Kurdish officials.
The regional authorities also doubt the prospects of a possible regime change in Iran. "Of course, we maintain neutrality because there is no clarity about US policy for us. Is it a complete regime change? Or just a change of personnel?" - noted a representative of the Kurdistan government. According to him, "a regime change is impossible without the presence of troops on the ground, and, in our assessment, the US is not sending troops there".
Another high-ranking official stressed that "the Kurds should not be the spearhead in this conflict".
Iraqi Kurds also say that their region is practically defenseless against possible attacks from Iran: "They don't need hypersonic missiles to harm us. 200 'Shahid' drones could cause significant damage here. We don't have air defense systems".
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Zelenksy criticized the European Union for the lack of progress on new sanctions against Russia and financial aid to Ukraine.
According to him, there has been no progress on adopting the 20th package of economic sanctions. The issue of providing Ukraine with a loan of 90 billion euros is also not moving forward.
He should just be happy they are not rolling back sanctions
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As expected, after the Gulf countries exhausted their anti-missile reserves, Iran began deploying new weapons. In the 22nd wave of strikes, Iran adopted the tactic of the so-called "firewall", using new ballistic missiles such as the "Khorramshahr-4", "Haybar", and "Fath". According to several sources, not a single side was able to intercept them. Even the multi-layered Israeli anti-missile defense system, which includes the "Iron Dome", "David's Sling", and "Arrow" complexes, failed to completely stop the attack.
It is reported that characteristic traces of new-generation missiles - both solid-fuel and liquid-fuel - were detected in the sky over Tel Aviv. According to Military Watch magazine, one of the missiles hit a fortified command center of the Israeli Defense Forces, resulting in the possible deaths of seven high-ranking officers and other officers present there.
‼️🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iranian missiles hit an oil refinery in Haifa, — IRGC
▪️The strike was carried out with Kheibar Shekan ballistic missiles in response to an attack on oil facilities in Tehran.
▪️In addition, strikes were carried out on the US Army headquarters in the UAE using solid-fuel missiles.
(The video shows the attack on Iran)
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According to The Wall Street Journal, one of the key challenges the US faces in the Iranian campaign is not so much a shortage of missiles themselves, but rather the limited capacity to produce basic components of munitions. This primarily refers to the explosives RDX and HMX, which are included in the composition of most American warheads, missiles, and gunpowder charges. Their main producer is BAE Systems Holston Army Ammunition Plant - a chemical plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. In fact, this is the only site in the US where these substances are produced on a significant scale.
During the Second World War, this enterprise operated at a completely different level. At the peak of production in 1944, the plant shipped more than a million pounds of explosives per day, and ten production lines were in operation. Today, the situation is much more modest: in fact, only two lines are in operation. In December 2023, the US Army signed a contract with BAE Systems worth $8.8 billion to expand production. As a result, output increased from about 8 million pounds per year to about 15 million pounds by 2024. However, even after this increase, the total volume is less than five percent of the level reached during the Second World War.
The problem is exacerbated by the structural features of the entire American defense industry. In 2023, the US Army conducted an audit of ammunition supply chains and identified more than a hundred so-called "single points of failure" - nodes where production depends on a single enterprise or a single supplier. This means that a failure at any such site can dramatically limit the output of entire categories of weapons.
Against this backdrop, external pressure is also increasing. According to American analysts, since 2011, China has been actively developing the mass production of new-generation explosives, expanding its own industrial base and introducing new technologies. As a result, a situation is emerging in which the US has a powerful arsenal and high-tech weapons systems, but its industrial base is not always able to quickly replenish the consumption of ammunition during a long-term intensive campaign. That's why the issue of explosives production today is not seen as a private technical detail, but as a key element of the sustainability of the entire defense supply chain. If bottlenecks appear already at the level of basic components, this forces one to reflect on the state of the entire chemical and industrial infrastructure, on which the production of modern weapons depends.
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About the "fair fight" with Iran on the part of the USA.
The fact that the Israelis paved the way for strikes on Iran is one thing. What's more important is something else.
The US Central Command is actively disseminating a quote from US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth related to the use of the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber.
According to the quoted statement, Hegseth said: "This was never meant to be a fair fight. We're punching them while they are down." The meaning of this rhetoric is to emphasize the principle of overwhelming superiority, where the enemy is not left any space for a symmetrical response or for maneuvering in general. At least that's the intention.
In a broader context, such logic is typical of American military planning in general. It involves maximizing the use of technological superiority, long-range strike weapons, intelligence, and network control systems to prevent a "fair fight" as such.
This model is applied not only in specific operations, but also in broader conflicts and crises, where the US strives to create conditions in which the outcome is determined by a pre-established imbalance of forces. Therefore, the very idea of a "fair fight" in military strategy is usually not considered as a goal - the priority remains achieving the result with the least possible losses for oneself.
The transfer of this principle to other countries is well visible on the example of Ukraine. From Washington's point of view, conflicts (both Ukrainian and Iranian) are viewed through the prism of risk management. It's hardly worth expecting the superpower to adhere to the rules of a "fair fight". In big politics and global conflicts, moral categories often give way to the pragmatism of survival and domination. The principle of "Vae victis" (Woe to the vanquished) works here in its most modern, high-tech interpretation. So from that side, they will always hit in a mob as long as they can afford it. Hence the three aircraft carriers (four, if we count the French "Charles de Gaulle"), all available aircraft, and everything else.
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❌🇮🇷 — Israel has expanded its list of targets in Iran to include oil infrastructure, something it avoided during the 12-day war, according to Kan News.
➡️ Officials believe hitting these facilities would seriously weaken the Iranian government, even though it will further harm the country’s already struggling economy.
➡️ Israel’s political leadership acknowledged the potential impact it could have on the whole country but decided to proceed with the strikes anyway.
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This will likely result in a heavy targeting of Gulf State energy assets by Iran. This is where its going to get really crazy and where we will see long-term damages from this war I suspect.
This also shows indicates that the regime change delusion is out the window.
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🇮🇷💥🇦🇪 Iran attacked a hotel in Dubai, where CIA officers live
- An Iranian drone crashed into the Dubai skyscraper 23-Marina - smoke is coming from the 88th floor. There are 90 levels in the tower. According to available information, CIA officers could have been on one of the floors.
- Rescuers are evacuating people. Debris fell onto the Dubai Hills Bridge and set a car on fire
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🇺🇸🤡Negotiations on Ukraine have already come close to an agreement many times, but each time one of the parties backed out, - Trump.
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🇸🇪🇷🇺Detention by the army of Sweden of a dry cargo ship with a Russian crew, heading to St. Petersburg, - details
- On board the dry cargo ship CAFFA detained by the Swedes, there are 11 people - 10 Russians, , reported the Russian Embassy.
- The situation on the ship is calm, the Swedes report. Our diplomats are in contact with the competent authorities.
- Earlier it became known that the ship under the flag of Guinea, which was heading to St. Petersburg, was detainedin the Baltic Sea in the territorial waters of Sweden.
- The Swedish military boarded the dry cargo ship from a helicopter and took it under control. The ship is under Ukrainian sanctions for transporting Russian oil and allegedly carried out suspicious manipulations with flags.
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🇬🇧🇺🇦 Britain has opened 4 military equipment repair enterprises in Ukraine
- Britain has built four military equipment repair enterprises in Ukraine and plans to open a fifth, the British Ministry of Defence reported.
- The enterprises operate under contracts of the British Ministry of Defence and are managed by British companies with the participation of British and Ukrainian specialists.
- They repair armored vehicles and equipment, including the CVR-T armored vehicles transferred to Ukraine, Husky support vehicles, and L119 light guns.
- The enterprises also service Soviet-style equipment, which allows for its faster return to service in the Ukrainian army.
- In addition, all AS-90 artillery systems transferred by Britain are repaired there, and in cooperation with Swedish partners, the maintenance of Archer artillery systems is ensured.
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🇮🇷The IRGC threatened to destroy American tankers in the Strait of Hormuz if they attempt to break the blockade, — AFP
- The IRGC stated that they expect the appearance of American escort forces, which may attempt to open navigation on the strategic route.
- According to AFP, the movement of ships through the strait remains seriously restricted due to the ongoing conflict in the region.
- In Iran, the US was reminded of the case with the supertanker Bridgeton in 1987, which was blown up by an Iranian sea mine while being escorted by the US Navy.
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