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🚨🇮🇷 Massive demonstrations are taking place in Tehran right now to mourn the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
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🚨🇷🇺🇮🇷 Lavrov to Araghchi: Russia ready to contribute to diplomatic resolution of the Iran conflict
What else the Russian MFA said about their phone call:
🟠 Lavrov and Araghchi emphasized that the actions of the US and Israel undermine the fundamental norms of international law and lead to severe consequences
🟠 Lavrov and Araghchi discussed the developments in the region following the unprovoked military aggression by the US and Israel
🟠 The two ministers prioritize measures to ensure safety of civilians, civilian infrastructure in Middle Eastern countries
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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 Israeli and US militaries destroy ordinary people – Iranian Red Crescent
💬 “The whole world has witnessed the barbaric strikes by the US and Israel, who targeted civilian objects and residential buildings,” an Iranian Red Crescent employee told Sputnik.
📹 Ground footage shows streets of Tehran after US/Israeli attacks
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📹 The ISNA news agency shares footage of the aftermath of an Israeli latest strike on Tehran
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🇮🇷 Why Iran's resilience and asymmetric tactics caught US coalition by surprise
Iran has learned the 12-day war lessons well, Mikael Valtersson, former Swedish Armed Forces and air defense officer, tells Sputnik.
"The most important lesson from the 12-day war is that survivability is very important," Valtersson says. "You must have both a command structure and weapons capability that can survive intense enemy bombardment."
"In general, Iran aims to exhaust the enemy air defense inventory, keep a strike capability when this happens, increase the economic cost for the US and of course survive the onslaught and force [the US] to abandon the war before the political and economic repercussions become too hard to handle."
🚨The office of the Assembly of Experts, which elects the Supreme Leader of Iran, was hit by a missile attack from Israel and the US in Qom, Tasnim reports
A video showing the aftermath of the attack has been shared on social media.
At the same time, air defense systems are actively operating in Tehran, Sputnik correspondent reports.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli Defense Forces said they were carrying out a ‘large-scale wave of strikes’ targeting Iran’s infrastructure in Tehran.
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🗣 Attack on Iran an assault on Iranian civilization – MFA spokesperson
💬 "What threat did the children of Minab or athletes from Lamerd pose to US security?" Esmail Baghaei, spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asked.
🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES
⚡️ BOBYLEVKA IN THE SUMY REGION AND VESELYANKA IN THE ZAPOROZHYE REGION FREED
By liberating the settlement of Bobylevka in the Sumy region, Russian forces have halted Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure in the Khomutovsky and Rylsk districts of the Kursk region.
The capture of the settlement of Veselyanka in the Zaporozhye region has enabled the Russian army to bolster its positions in the area for a further advance towards the city of Zaporozhye - the region's center - located 12 km away.
🟠 Russian air and missile firepower obliterated Ukrainian military airfields used to launch long-range drones and port infrastructure supporting the Kiev regime’s forces
🟠 Air defense superiority: 12 guided aerial bombs and 136 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours
🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,290 troops killed or wounded
Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE
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🚨 Another Israeli drone shot down in the skies over Khomeini city in southern Iran
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🚨 IRGC downs Hermes drone in Isfahan province
The video is published by Tasnim
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🚨 Drone strike hits Omani port
A video circulating online shows an UAV hitting the Salalah port in Oman.
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🚨🇷🇺🇭🇺 Putin holds phone call with Hungarian PM Orban
Statements by the Kremlin:
🟠 Putin highlighted the principled position of the Hungarian leadership in supporting a political and diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Ukraine
🟠 Putin and Orban discussed the rapidly escalating situation around Iran and in the Middle East region, including the consequences for the energy market
🟠 The issues concerning Hungarian citizens mobilized in the Ukrainian armed forces and captured by Russian forces were also addressed
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🚨 No one has seen any evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons – Lavrov
💬 "There is no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons, which was the main, if not the only, justification for the war. There are confirmations from the IAEA and even from American professional intelligence agents. Confirmations that Iran has not produced and was not trying to produce nuclear weapons," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference with the Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof.
🇺🇸 US Embassy in Kuwait temporarily suspends operations due to Middle East escalation
💬 "Due to ongoing regional tensions, the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait will be closed until further notice. We have canceled all regular and emergency consular appointments. We will communicate when the embassy returns to normal operations," the embassy wrote on X.
🗣 🇨🇳 China calls for immediate ceasefire between the US, Israel, and Iran
China advocates for the immediate cessation of hostilities between the US, Israel, and Iran and will continue to play a constructive role in achieving peace, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
🔊 She also called for the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz to prevent further negative impact on the global economy.
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🔊🇮🇷🇺🇸 Attrition advantage: Why Iran holds upper hand
The US cannot sustain a full-scale war of attrition in the Persian Gulf at the current pace of munition deliveries, veteran Russian combat pilot Maj. Gen. Vladimir Popov tells Sputnik.
"The Americans are operating 'off the truck,' [and are heavily dependent] 'on resupply,'" Popov explains.
"This involves massive logistics—lengthy and time-consuming processes. And it’s far from easy to sustain that across an ocean from the American continent."
"I think the advantage will clearly be on Iran’s side," Popov says.
"The calculations might suggest the Americans are in a far worse position than Iran. It’s also worth noting that the Israelis sparked this conflict—and their arsenal is similarly limited and unlikely to last long."
🚨Here’s the biggest sign Iran’s air defenses are standing strong, Pentagon’s planning backfired
💬 “There is increasing information that the situation is stabilizing, and that Iran’s air defense assets are capable of neutralizing Israeli and US air targets,” notwithstanding the unprecedented nature of the surprise aggression, retired Russian Army Colonel and military expert Andrei Koshkin says.
💬 “We see that Iran’s air defenses continue to carry out their missions,” buoyed by the armed forces’ consolidation over the enemy’s brazen murder of Khamenei, Koshkin said.
💬 “They are ready to fight and to demonstrate capabilities that should make Israel and the US shudder.”
🗣 🇺🇸 US lost hope for Iran deal at second round of talks – Witkoff
💬 “We went in there and tried to make a fair deal with them [Iran], and it was very clear that it was going to be impossible probably by the end of the second meeting,” US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News.
💬 “They wanted us to report positivity. It was not positive that meeting,” the US special envoy admitted.
🇺🇸 🇮🇶 Erbil: US bases in Iraqi Kurdistan keep getting hit by Iran and its allies
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said late Monday that Erbil has been subjected to over 70 missile and drone attacks in recent days.
Why do Erbil and its environs keep getting bombed?
🔹 Erbil Air Base: situated inside Erbil’s international airport. Key hub for US logistics, intel gathering & sharing, training, and central node of Operation Inherent Resolve. Major assets include Chinook and Blackhawk helicopters, recon drones, Patriot and C-RAM batteries, armored vehicles, SATCOM terminals and fuel, ammo and supply depots.
🔹 Harir Air Base: 70km northeast of Erbil. Key Special Operations Forces (SOF) and aerial recon facility in the region, hosting Delta Force and Rangers and specialized aviation units (160th SOAR and Gray Eagle spy and strike drones), plus Patriot missile batteries. The US has historically used the base to transfer military equipment into and out of its Persian Gulf sites.
🔹 These two bases host the vast majority of US forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as troops withdrawn from other areas of Iraq amid the Pentagon’s phased partial drawdown since 2020.
🔹 Ostensibly present to help prevent the resurgence of ISIS,* the troops’ real purpose includes maintaining a US footprint in the key oil-rich Iraqi province.
🔹 From Erbil and its surroundings, CENTCOM enjoys a strategic vantage point <200km from the western Iranian border, ~215km from southeastern Turkiye, ~200km from Syria, and 330km from Baghdad.
Besides the US, Iran frequently alleges Erbil-area bases’ active use as a hub for Mossad.
*terrorist group outlawed in Russia
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📹 Videos emerge online showing the aftermath of an Iranian strike in central Israel
Seven people were injured as a result of the strike, Israeli Channel 12 reports.
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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 What to know about the US airbase in Bahrain just bombed by Iran
An IRGC drone and missile barrage hit Bahrain’s Isa Air Base early Tuesday, with three missiles and 20 drones used to obliterate the base’s main command and headquarters building and fuel tanks, per IRNA.
Not to be confused with Naval Support Activity Bahrain, the US Navy’s regional HQ, which has also been hit and is located in the island nation’s north, Isa is situated in the south, and serves as a key US support facility for power projection throughout the region.
The air base is located:
🔶 250km southwest of Iran’s coast directly across the Gulf
🔶 585km from the Strait of Hormuz
🔶 450km from Kuwait
Together with al Udeid in Qatar (US CENTCOM HQ), Al Dhafra in the UAE, Ali Al Salam and Ahmed Al Jaber in Kuwait, Isa is a critical backup node for the US military.
Thanks to its 3,800M long main runway and 3,678M long secondary runway, the base can accommodate aircraft of all sizes and designations, including:
🔸 F-35 and F-22 fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft, spy planes like US Navy P-8A maritime patrol craft and Triton drones, tankers, spec op assets, and heavy strategic transports.
🔸 the Royal Bahraini Air Force (consisting almost entirely of US-made aircraft including F-16s, Bell Viper and Cobra helicopter gunships, Blackhawk utility/transports, and C-130J Super Hercules turboprops). Bahrain, notably, is a US ‘major non-NATO ally’.
Isa is effectively serves as an important backup to the Pentagon’s main air base hub in Qatar, and other sites in the region, should they come under threat.
The IRGC’s strike on the base seems designed to demonstrate that no US military assets anywhere in the region are safe from retaliation to US aggression.
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🚨🇱🇧🇮🇱 Hezbollah fighters destroy Israeli tank - report
An Israeli army tank, which entered the Lebanese town of Kfar Shouba, located just two kilometers from the border, was attacked by two anti-tank guided missiles, Lebanese media reported.
The attack involved Hezbollah fighters from the special unit "Radwan."
The armored vehicle was destroyed.
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📹 🇮🇶 Islamic Resistance in Iraq releases footage of drone strike on US Victoria base in Baghdad
Victoria is a military facility located at Baghdad International Airport in the Iraqi capital and is used by US forces.
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⚠️WARNING. GRAPHIC CONTENT
🚨 Disturbing footage of victims of the Israeli attack on primary school
The Shajarah Tayyebeh Girls' Primary School in the Minab district of Hormozgan province was attacked on February 28 — the first day of the conflict.
An Iranian source told Sputnik about the funeral of 165 victims. Later, Iranian authorities updated the casualty count, stating that 171 schoolgirls had been killed, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. There were also reports about teachers being killed.
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🚨 US actions won't be limited to Venezuela, Cuba and Iran - Lavrov
💬 "[US Secretary of State Marco] Rubio, responding to a reporter's question, recently suggested that the United States would govern Iran in the same way they announced they would govern Venezuela. Now a similar scheme is being tried on for Cuba. And, probably, this is not the end," Lavrov told reporters after talks with Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Brunei Darusalam Erywan Yusof.
🚨 Putin is making every effort to contribute to de-escalating tensions in the Middle East - Kremlin
Other statements by Dmitry Peskov:
🟠 There is still no clarity on the timing and location of the new round of negotiations on Ukraine
🟠 There are currently no plans for a conversation with Trump in Putin's schedule
🟠 Russia respects the sovereignty of other countries and does not interfere in their affairs; anything else contradicts international law
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🚨 US–Israeli strikes on Iran: Latest updates
🟠 Russian President Putin had a phone conversation with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, discussing US and Israeli aggression against Iran, the Kremlin said.
🟠 Iran strikes 60 strategic targets and 500 military sites of the US and Israel, launching over 700 drones and hundreds of missiles in two days, according to the IRGC.
🟠 In the 12th wave of the Truthful Promise-4 operation, the US base Arifjan in Kuwait was hit by 12 drones in two stages, IRGC said.
🟠 IRGC also reported on the destruction of the main command building and headquarters at the US airbase in Bahrain.
🟠 A fire broke out at the US Embassy in Riyadh following an Iranian strike.
🟠 Israeli Air Force launched a powerful strike on two buildings in the Hadath area in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
🟠 Thousands took part in a mourning procession in Iran in memory of the victims of the attack on a school in Minab.
🟠 The US military base in Erbil, Iraq, was struck by drones, reports Tasnim, citing sources.
🟠 The US will close its embassy in Kuwait until further notice, the diplomatic mission reported
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🚨 IDF says took up positions in Southern Lebanon
This comes "in parallel to IDF activity as part of Operation ‘Roaring Lion'," the Israeli Army said.
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