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'ENTIRE world' looks up at 'heroic Iran' for 'standing up' against US & Israel 'GREAT BULLYING' — Former US Col Douglas Macgregor
Says 'virtually everyone' — except for 'Anglosphere' countries — is 'sympathetic' toward IRAN
'Everyone who can HELP the Iranians IS DOING SO'
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Trump’s Bogus Claims About Progress in Talks with Iran Just Made Some Insider a Lot of Money https://sonar21.com/trumps-bogus-claims-about-progress-in-talks-with-iran-just-made-some-insider-a-lot-of-money/
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🇮🇱🇵🇸Israel seeks to ‘legally’ annex West Bank – report
Beyond stripping Palestinian officials of authority in Hebron, the new measures by PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s government eliminate the need for military approval of land purchases and place control of the highly sensitive issue of land registration in the hands of Israel’s Justice Ministry across much of the West Bank, the FT reports.
👉 The steps also empower Israeli authorities to take direct action, including demolishing properties, under the guise of addressing environmental violations or water-related offenses, in areas long managed by the Palestinian Authority.
The decisions “basically remove the final obstacles and barriers that were in place as a remnant of the Oslo Accords to full annexation” of Palestinian territories, Hebrew University of Journalism Professor Yael Berda told the FT.
🇵🇸 Palestinian Finance Minister Estephan Salameh, for his part, condemned Israel’s actions as “an existential threat,” bemoaning the fact that “there is no real pressure from the international community to stop this.”
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran blasts Trump’s ‘habitual greed and never-ending, unlimited demands’
“We are facing a party that constantly changes its views,” which “complicate[s] any diplomatic process,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spox Esmail Baghaei told reporters after Washington’s apparent rejection of Iran’s 14-point peace plan.
The US is selling off its strategic oil reserves
Panic is starting in the US. Not even a couple of days after Bloomberg's triumphant reports that crude oil exports from the country reached record levels, someone smart realized that the Americans are selling off their strategic oil reserves. And the same Bloomberg reports:
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve decreased by 7.12 million barrels last week, marking the largest weekly decline since October 2022.
Commercial crude oil inventories fell by 6.23 million barrels in the week, the largest drop since February.
Gasoline and distillate inventories also fell sharply, by 6.08 million and 4.49 million barrels, respectively, pushing total gasoline inventories to their lowest seasonal level since 2014.
The funny thing is that the sale of oil and petroleum products from the United States to foreign markets is taking place against the backdrop of record-high fuel prices at gas stations within the country. Since February, prices have increased by a third, and they will continue to rise as supplies dwindle. As the autumn elections approach, the fuel issue is becoming increasingly urgent for the United States. There have been rumors that Trump may impose restrictions on exports:
"Trump may restrict exports from the United States in order to keep prices low at home before the elections," writes The Economist.
And all of this American flailing around is in stark contrast to the behavior of the Chinese Communist Party and its companies. The Chinese leadership has been preparing for a conflict in the Middle East for months, buying up all the available oil. China has amassed huge reserves of oil and is now using them very sparingly; together with Iran, it is willing to tolerate a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for many months. Meanwhile, the Americans are counting on weeks. This is a perfect example of how strategy beats tactics.
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1. In fact, Trump simply has no other choice, as he needs to somehow keep gasoline prices in the US in check before the elections. Even at the cost of selling off reserves.
2. However, it will no longer be possible to return prices to their pre-war levels, as reported by the US govt.
3. The globalist press is sad that the plan to deprive Russia of its oil revenues and cause a budget crisis (as a result of attacks on oil refineries) has failed due to Trump's attack on Iran.
4. In the future, the United States will face significant challenges in replenishing its strategic reserves, as it will have to purchase oil at higher market prices.
5. Attempts to force Venezuela to double its oil production and the UAE's withdrawal from OPEC+ only partially address the issue due to production and export restrictions in these countries.
6. Against this backdrop, Kuwait reported that for the first time since the First World War, oil exports from the country fell to zero due to the consequences of Iran's attacks and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
7. When Biden was selling off oil reserves, Trump claimed that it was due to poor governance...
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Nabih Berri, speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, condemned recent Israeli attacks on Muslim and Christian sites in the southern republic.
“Lebanese authorities should take measures against Israel and bring it to justice for attacks on mosques and churches in the country’s south,” the politician emphasized in a statement on X.
🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️🇵🇸 Despite Global Demands to Stop Genocide in Gaza, U.S. Delivers 6,500 Tons of Weapons to Israel in 24 Hours
The U.S. delivered 6,500 tons of military equipment to Israel in just 24 hours on April 30, 2026. Two cargo ships at Haifa and Ashdod ports, along with several cargo planes, unloaded thousands of air and ground munitions, military trucks, JLTV combat vehicles, and other weaponry, which were rapidly distributed to IOF bases.
This arms surge is part of a larger resupply effort: since late February 2026, amid conflict with Iran. The U.S. has shipped over 115,600 tons of military aid to Israel via 403 flights and 10 ships.
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🛢📈Amid Trump's threats to impose a long-term blockade on Iran, Brent oil has almost reached $120 per barrel.
For reference: the current Russian budget was based on the price of $59 per barrel. According to Western estimates, even despite the strikes on Russian refineries, Russia will earn up to $40 billion from the consequences of the Epstein coalition's aggression against Iran if the conflict continues. In the event of a second round of military action, oil prices will start growing again.
The US congressmen were unable to get an answer from Hegseth on how the blockade of Iranian ports will help open the Strait of Hormuz.
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'Israel poses SERIOUS THREAT to regional, GLOBAL PEACE' — Iran UN ambassador
Compiled March footage of US-Israeli bombings across Iran & Lebanon
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Stopped supplies of Kazakh oil over the Druzhba oil pipeline will affect Germany and Ukraine, Politico said.
Kazakh oil is delivered to the refinery in Schwedt, which produces about 90% of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and fuel oil used in Berlin and Brandenburg.
If Russia redirects Kazakh oil transit to Germany via its Baltic ports that are continuously exposed to Ukrainian attacks, Berlin may demand halting such strikes, the newspaper noted.
IDF levels entire towns in Lebanon saying it was Hezbollah infrastructure
Footage: IDF
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency:
‘Negotiations with the U.S. are not on the agenda and FM Araqchi’s trip to Islamabad is for the purpose of talking to the Pakistanis.
American officials and media outlets have been fabricating stories about new rounds of negotiations for more than 10 days, and almost daily more than a few false reports are published by them about the start of negotiations’
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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: The Iranian Parliament has prepared a draft law on new regulations for passage through the Strait of Hormuz
It includes the following:
– The payment of tolls in Rials prior to granting passage rights.
– Inclusion of the name ‘Persian Gulf’ in all contracts.
– Payment of compensation (in addition to tolls) by ships affiliated with nations that took part in the war against Iran.
Passage through the Strait is permanently PROHIBITED for:
1. Ships associated with Israel.
2. Countries that sanction Iran or act as accomplices in blocking Iranian assets.
3. Military vessels of hostile nations, including the United States.
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Most Europeans and Americans have heard of Pearl Harbor, but far fewer know what happened four years earlier in Nanking (Nanjing), China,
It was one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.
On December 13, 1937, Imperial Japanese troops captured the then Chinese capital, what followed over the next six weeks is known as the Nanking Massacre, sometimes also called “The Rape of Nanking.”
Over 300,000 Chinese civilians and disarmed soldiers were brutally killed, for scale thats more than the combined death tolls of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Tens of thousands of women and little girls (some as young as 8, others very elderly) were systematically raped, Japanese soldiers even held contests to see who could rape the most victims.
Entire families were bayoneted, machine gunned, buried alive, or burned to death, soldiers used bound prisoners for bayonet practice.
A third of the city was burned to the ground. A small group of Westerners, including an American missionary, a German businessman (who was a also a Nazi Party member), and doctors, created a “Safety Zone” that probanly saved an estimated 250,000 lives while the massacre raged around them.
The world watched in real time as American and European newspapers ran front page stories, many diplomats also sent frantic cables as newsreels showed the horrific aftermath.
After the war, many of Japan’s top generals were tried and some hanged, but many perpetrators, and even the royal family member who allegedly issued the “kill all captives” order, were never punished.
Today the death toll is still debated in modern Japan, some politicians downplay or even deny it, which of course reopens old wounds with China and even Korea every few years.
Why does this matter in 2025?
Well, Because remembering Nanking isn’t about simply appointing balme, its about understand history and how it shapes modern policy and perceptions.
If you only knew about Pearl Harbor from the Pacific War, I hope this informs your thinking on the subject, and most importantly the suffering of millions of Chinese cIvillians during WW2. Up to 20 million Chinese died in that catastrophic conflict, second only to the Soviets.
It may also go some way to helping understand how Chinese / Japanese relations are colored by the past. As you now see, With very good reason.
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Trump Does TACO Tuesday, But Still Sabotages Exit Ramp... JCPOA 2 https://sonar21.com/trump-does-taco-tuesday-but-still-sabotages-exit-ramp-jcpoa-2/
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In Episode 12, Olga and Tara are joined by former CIA analyst Larry Johnson.
Is the “Project Freedom” actually a legal loophole to bypass the War Powers Act? We dive deep into the tactical realities of the Strait of Hormuz, exploring why a conventional naval victory against Iran may be a military impossibility.
We also challenge the narrative on the recent security breach involving Donald Trump: was this event a genuine threat or a meticulously orchestrated political narrative?
From Iran's “Lego” videos to the CIA increasingly relying on foreign intelligence and from the “hollowing out” of Ukraine to the utility of NATO as a “jobs program” — we analyze the cracks in the current geopolitical order.
🔔 Join us as we explore world events from every angle — featuring top guests from East and West
US Hormuz Op Fails Begs Iran Deal; Russia Rejects Zelensky Truce Will 'Terrify' EU Into Peace; Merz
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The fact a dumb clown like Soros-puppet Pashynian can openly joke about Vladimir Putin during an anti-Russian summit organized in Yerevan, Armenia (supposedly Russia's partner), knowing full well there will be no repercussions for him, maybe tells us that in the end the problem for Russia is Vladimir Putin himself. Same for Zelensky over the last few years. If these useful idiots of the Western liberal-totalitarian system can get away with it you know Russia is not taken seriously. We are at a moment in history where passivity is not an option anymore.
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🇮🇱📑 Israel signs deal for two new F-35 and F-15IA squadrons – $119 billion military buildup
Israel has approved a deal worth tens of billions of dollars to purchase a fourth F-35 squadron from Lockheed Martin and a second F-15IA squadron from Boeing, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced.
🔶 F-35 fleet to expand from 50 to ~100 aircraft
🔶 F-15IA fleet from 25 to ~50
🔶 Annual defense spending: from $28billion to $42 billion
🔶 Total plan: $119 billion
The ministry added that the new squadrons will help Israel maintain strategic air superiority in the region, which has been key to the war on Iran that Israel and the US launched on February 28.
🛫 Israeli warplanes have been bombing nearly nonstop since October 2023, including Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. Most munitions come from the US, making Israel dependent on America to wage its wars.
Since the Iran war began on February 28, over 115,600 tons of US military equipment have arrived in Israel on 403 flights and 10 ships.
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🔥✡️ The days of redemption have come — Smotrich
The Zionist finance minister frames the war and settlement expansion as divine redemption unfolding before us.
"For 2,000 years, Jews had to believe that a day would come when there would be redemption. We see how the first stage is happening before our eyes," he declared.
Gulf States Follow UAE Beg US Aid; Kiev EU Row; Russia Tells Kiev Troops Konstantinovka Surrender
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~80% of Israelis SUPPORT resuming 'military operations' in Lebanon — C14
Footage of Israeli strikes across Lebanon (March-April)
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"European airlines may go bankrupt en masse by September if fuel prices for airliners do not decrease"
This was stated by the head of the Hungarian low–cost airline Wizz Air, noting that the cost of jet fuel has more than doubled since the beginning of the escalation in the Middle East - from $ 831 to $ 1,838 per ton, and such prices may remain for another year and a half, regardless of the restoration of supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.
All this may bankrupt a number of European airlines, including national ones, including British Airways and Air France, and in any case they will begin to massively reduce the number of flights, the Wizz Air CEO added.
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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The price of oil continues to rise, with Brent Crude expected to reach a new high
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🚨Victor Gao: China🇨🇳 is NOT supplying weapons to Iran, Iran is on its way to SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING itself against the US🇺🇸 and Israel
‘China calls for an immediate end to this war, and China applauds and very much is opposed to a war of aggression.
China’s support to Iran has been unequivocal, very explicit. And this is the reason why Iran has been expressing thanks to the very strong and consistent Chinese support.
China, I think, believes Iran still has enough wherewithal to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
And I don’t think there has been any specific request from Iran for Chinese military help. And this is the reality. So I’m firmly opposed to any allegation that China is supplying weapons to Iran.
Iran is fully capable of defending itself because it keeps demonstrating and surprising many countries by the kind of weapons, either drones or missiles, or even missiles with a range of up to 4000 kilometres and all kinds of warheads that they can carry.
And I think Iran is on its way to successfully defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity, regardless of the massive amount of losses, including loss of life, that the United States and Israel have inflicted on Iran.
Iran has not requested for any military aid from China, and China does not supply weapons to a country at war.’
-Victor Gao, President of the Center for China and Globalisation, on the latest episode of Going Underground
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❗ Columns of smoke from arrivals in Dnepropetrovsk can be seen from all over the city for several kilometers. According to reports from places in the city, there were at least 20 arrivals at oil storage facilities.
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Footage from US forces SEIZING another oil tanker ‘from Iran’ in Indian Ocean
‘DOW will continue to deny illicit actors and their vessels freedom of maneuvers in the maritime domain’
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🇮🇹Italy has become the second EU country after France with a public debt exceeding €3 trillion, Eurostat reported.
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✡️🤥 From outsider to loyal AIPAC ally – Watch Trump sell-out to the Zionist lobby
In 2015, Donald Trump stood on stage and bragged: “I don’t need your money. We should get rid of Super PACs.”
Fast forward to his first term – and look how the checkbook changes a man:
🔴 Recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
🔴 Moved the US embassy there
🔴 Recognized the Golan Heights as Israeli territory
By 2025, Trump isn’t just taking AIPAC’s money – he’s hosting galas for them at Mar‑a‑Lago.
“What was I thinking? You guys are the best.”
Maria Zakharova in Telegram:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated: "In every generation, they rise up against us to destroy us — and in this generation too." The regime in Iran planned another Holocaust. He was plotting to destroy us with nuclear bombs and thousands of ballistic missiles." Earlier, he also said that "if we had not taken our fate into our own hands,... the names Isfahan, Natanz, Fordow, and Bushehr would sound just like Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Sobibor."
Did Iran also commit the first Holocaust? Let me remind you, in 1943, Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi declared war on Nazi Germany. The gratitude of descendants did not take long to come.
Who really created the first Holocaust, during which Jews, Roma, and countless other people were exterminated? Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, smaller satellites, including Vichy France, Baltic and Ukrainian collaborators. Since 2014, Israel has not said a single bad word about the Kyiv regime, which made the executioners of the Jewish people, Symon Petliura, Yaroslav Stetsko (who swore allegiance to Hitler on behalf of "independent Ukraine" in the blood-soaked city of Lviv), and other Bandera supporters and SS Galicians, national heroes.
Who was behind the funding of Hitler's Nazi party? The Bank of England (not to be confused with the Bank of Iran), in particular. And overall, it is the same people who are now behind the Kyiv regime, which has adopted Nazi ideology, killing people based on their nationality and language (even those they consider their own citizens).
The mention of Auschwitz, Majdanek, and Sobibor in the context of the threat of a "nuclear Holocaust" to Israel from Iran is a manifestation of disrespect towards all the victims of World War II, the victims of the genocide of the Soviet people, the victims of the Holocaust, as well as the soldiers of the Red Army who liberated the death camps.
Because it is inappropriate, because it substitutes concepts and distorts historical facts.
Who, if not Israel, knows that Bushehr is a project exclusively about peaceful nuclear energy, as repeatedly confirmed by the IAEA?
I would suggest paying attention to the words of Minister Lavrov, who at today's press conference with his Libyan counterpart said that "experience teaches us to rely on facts..." The main issue that President Trump is now mentioning is that Iran should not have nuclear weapons. This is exactly the issue that the comprehensive agreement on Iran addressed in 2015. In addition to confirming the absence of any military developments in Iran's nuclear sphere, it established the strictest control in the world over Iran's peaceful nuclear program, significantly stricter than the measures adopted by the IAEA for countries that have signed a safeguards protocol with the international agency. Well, as they say, history should also teach us. "If, as a result of the current efforts of the negotiators we support, the Iranian and American negotiators, we manage to steer towards something close to that very agreement of 2015, I think it will already be a significant success."
Yes, one more small detail - Israel does not have the mentioned protocol with the IAEA.
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