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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 48 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

"Saudi Arabia has captured two Mossad agents, and Qatar has also captured some; they are now in custody. They wanted to carry out an attack in the country so that Saudi Arabia and Qatar would join the aggression against Iran."

Saudi political analyst Ahmed Al-Ibrahim asserts that several Mossad agents were captured in Saudi Arabia and Qatar while attempting to carry out an attack against the civilian population.

"Israel" is waging a dirty war and attacking countries while impersonating Iran. Today, it attacked Azerbaijan's airport with repurposed Iranian drones to provoke a world war.

Video link -> https://xcancel.com/DaniMayakovski/status/2029781394411360680#m

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 46 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Over $805,000,000,000 wiped from US stock market today.

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Swinging6917@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 3 weeks ago

Inshallah please!!!

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

🇮🇷| Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya (Armed Forces) Spox:

The Islamic Republic of Iran respects the interests and national sovereignty of neighboring countries and, up to now, has committed no aggression against them.

Anywhere that serves as the source of aggression against Iran is a legitimate target, and in the face of the United States and the Zionist regime, there will be absolutely no retreat.

Countries that have not provided airspace or facilities to the United States and the Zionist regime have not been our target up to this moment, and will not be our target going forward either (Azerbaijan, Oman & Turkey).

However, all bases that serve as the point of origin for aggression against dear Iran will, as before, be struck heavily on land, at sea, and in the air (Persian Gulf countries).

We say this explicitly: we strike them and destroy them so that it may serve as a lesson to anyone who dares aggress against our nation.

And know this: From now on, anything built again in the name of the enemy, similar to these bases, facilities, and equipment, will be destroyed again and again with crushing blows.

The Islamic Republic of Iran strongly welcomes the escorting of oil tankers and the claim of an American military presence for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and we are definitely waiting for them…

We recommend that before making any decision, the Americans remember the burning of the supertanker Bridgeton in 1987, and the tankers that were recently targeted.

In this battle, after making a vertical entry into the region, there is no guarantee that your exit will also be vertical.

The same applies to your ships, with this difference: you may intend to enter afloat, but it is far from impossible that you will go down vertically to the bottom of the Persian Gulf…

(Speaks english) A reminder to the corrupted Island-man: The ground and the map of the war are in our hands. This will continue…

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19403

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[–] allende2001@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 3 weeks ago

🇮🇱🇮🇷| An academic inside Israel debunks the lies of the IDF claiming Iranian missiles hit “open area” and says they impact.

“Just had an Iranian missile barrage land in Israel… then you see images from hits in Tel Aviv suburbs.”

@FotrosResistancee

Source: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19267

[–] Marat@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Genuinely can't believe it's only been 8 days. Genuinely has felt like it's been a month

[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

🇮🇷🇷🇺❌🇺🇸— According to U.S. officials told Washington Post that Russia is giving Iran intelligence on the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, helping Tehran target U.S. forces.

The information reportedly includes positions of ships, aircraft, and radar systems.

Officials say the support suggests Russia is indirectly involved in the conflict, although Moscow has not commented and is not directly fighting.

⚜️@TheSimurgh313

https://t.me/TheSimurgh313/62821

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 weeks ago

❗️Cypriots have taken full advantage of the Iranian missile strikes against local British RAF bases demanding that the British leave their island for good!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/07/uk-faces-growing-calls-from-locals-to-remove-cyprus-military-bases

[–] Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

https://xcancel.com/drhossamsamy65/status/2030730559693930783 Protests in Bahrain are getting bigger, The king has apparently fled.

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[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/10864542

LINK TO FIRST MEGATHREAD

For anyone that needs to see it.

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

🇹🇷🇮🇶🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Kaka Hama, leader of the Kurdistan Socialist Party:

I ask Kurdish parties and sides not to be deceived by America's words, because America has never stood by the Kurds throughout history!

⚜️@TheSimurgh313

https://t.me/TheSimurgh313/63235

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 3 weeks ago

🇮🇷| IRGC Spox:

Iran strongly welcomes US’ willingness to escort oil tankers and the claim of the presence of US forces for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, and in fact, the IRGC is waiting for their presence.

IRGC says it recommends that before making any decision, the Americans should remember the burning of the American supertanker Bridgeton in 1987 and the oil tankers that were recently targeted.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19344

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 3 weeks ago

🤥 Trump is in big trouble: US & Israeli military have been blinded by Iran – ex-CIA analyst

Donald Trump demands Iran’s “unconditional surrender” while the Pentagon insists it controls the skies — but that’s nonsense, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson tells retired Judge Andrew Napolitano.

💬 "This is just sheer madness on Trump's part. He is in trouble – and the US military effort – despite all the propaganda being spun out. The reality is the opposite," Johnson warns.

🌏 Iran has destroyed five top level American radars, which cost between $0.5B and $1B a piece, in the region

🌏 Those radars are designed to detect the launches of missiles — and provide early warning – being integrated with THAAD and Patriot air defense systems

🌏 "The US and Israel are now blinded," Johnson stresses. "Iran has accomplished that"

US military claims that they are shooting down 90% of Iranian missiles is nothing but BS, according to the CIA veteran.

💬 "Same guys that were in Ukraine 'shooting down all the Russian missiles' are now doing the same work for the US Department of Defense."

2 minute video and source in https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/66236

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷 On the topic of attacks on freshwater supply:

Today Iranian FM Araghchi said that the Epstein Coalition attacked the freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm and warned that the criminal move could have “grave consequences.”

Water infrastructure is an extremely sensitive target in the region. Israel receives roughly 75–86% of its potable water from desalination and aims to reach about 90% of total supply. Five major Mediterranean plants produce around 600–700 million cubic meters per year.

The Gulf states are even more dependent. Saudi Arabia gets about 70% of its drinking water from desalination, producing roughly 5 billion cubic meters annually. In the UAE, desalination provides about 42% of total water supply and more than 90% of potable water. Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain rely on desalination for roughly 70–90% of their water.

Iran is in a very different position. The country produces roughly 120 million cubic meters of desalinated water annually out of total water use near 100 billion cubic meters, meaning well under 1% nationally. Desalination is concentrated mainly along the southern coast, especially in Hormozgan province, while around 90% of Iran’s water consumption is tied to agriculture.

In other words, Iran has limited dependence on desalination. Israel and the Gulf states do not.

This could get really ugly.

🔴 @DDGeopolitics

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/176200

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

🇮🇷| Iran’s armed forces have announced that they have pledged allegiance to Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei as the new leader chosen by the Assembly of Experts.

They say they will obey his command fully and defend Iran and the Islamic Republic’s interests “to the last breath and last drop of blood.”

The statement says the armed forces are ready to act even more forcefully against Iran’s enemies.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19528

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago

🇺🇸⚔🇮🇷 Trump: “Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran.”

This is how Trump yesterday commented on the strike on the school in Minab.

Pictured is the Tomahawk missile that hit the school.

And everyone is silent.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/176406

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

3 hrs for things to turn around.

Life comes at you hard.

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[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Arraghchi responds "We are ready for them" when asked about the possibility of a ground invasion.

Worth looking and sharing this video, as it perfectly breaks the propaganda air that Israel and US are trying to cultivate about how much they are winning, and how impotent Iran is. All it took was a calm grin.

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

🇺🇸🇮🇶🇮🇷| NEW: Drone images show the compound housing offices and warehouses used by US Halliburton company completely destroyed by Iranian drone attacks in Basra, Iraq.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19401

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

🇮🇷🇮🇶🇺🇸| An Iraqi source told Farsnews that an Iranian drone hit and disabled a major vital US radar at al-Harir air base in Iraq last night.

The radar reportedly burned for over an hour. The source says the drone seemed to be from a new generation Iranian drones.

Hitting this radar damages US early-warning system at the base.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19491

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

🇮🇷| Iran’s Armed Forces Spox:

The Americans are censoring their casualties and wounded.

‌Ambulances are constantly transporting bodies and wounded from the sites hit by Iranian missiles and drones, especially in Bahrain.

If we separate civilian places and people from the war, our military sites have suffered LESS damage compared to the Americans, and the number of our military martyrs and wounded is significantly less than the casualties and wounded of the US and the Zionist regime.

@FotrosResistancee

Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19336

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[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

🇮🇷| GREAT NEWS

Iran will confiscate assets of diaspora Iranians guilty of actively cooperating with Israel/US.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19508

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago

The intelligence failure of the Zionist regime in Iraq

🔺Five Zionist spies were arrested in Iraq

🔹The Iraqi National Security Service identified and arrested a spy cell consisting of five Zionists with Polish passports.

@sarbazane_g (https://t.me/sarbazane_g)

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago

🇮🇷🇰🇼🇺🇸| WATCH: American army soldier filmed moment when an Iranian Shahed-136 hit a radome tower at a US military base in Ali Al Salem AirBase in Kuwait.

This confirms that American soldiers are still present inside the bases in large numbers and that the US casualty number is higher.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19459

[–] ChristchurchAsshole@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago

06 March 2026 14:18 GMT

Trump has taken to social media to demand “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” from Iran before any deal can be secured.

In a post on Truth Social, the US president went on to call for new Iranian leaders he deems “acceptable,” after which he said the US and its allies would work to help Iran recover.

14:07 GMT

The RT team in Iran has witnessed preparations for Ali Khamenei's funeral at the Imam Khomeini Prayer Grounds.

The funeral has yet to be held as the US and Israel continue their bombing of Iranian cities.

Due to stringent restrictions, no other media were allowed to film the inside of Tehran’s Mosalla and preparations.

13:59 GMT

The UAE’s Defence Ministry has said it has intercepted nine ballistic missiles and 109 drones today, with three other drones falling on Emirati territory.

This brings the total number of intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles in the UAE during the conflict to 190 and the total number of intercepted drones to 1,110, according to the ministry.

13:22 GMT

Basra International Airport has been targeted by a drone, an Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera.

It was unclear who was responsible for launching the drone or if there were any casualties or damage at the facility.

12:34 GMT

Iranian worshipers, many holding portraits of the late assassinated Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, have gathered across Iran for the first Friday prayers since the US-Israeli strikes began seven days ago.

People chanted anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans as they gathered for midday prayers, undeterred by the ferocious ongoing bombing campaign.

Footage shared by Iranian media showed crowds of men and women dressed in black streaming to mosques all across the country.

People are also waving flags in a sign of support for the Iranian government amid the ongoing strikes.

https://www.rt.com/news/633831-us-israeli-war-on-iran-live-updates/

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

🇮🇷🇮🇱| Israel warns its citizens not to spread videos of Iranian missile attacks on social media.

@FotrosResistancee

Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19340

[–] nathanboleshevik@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago

You know everything’s going well when they do this

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

🎥 BBC reveals the escalation of censorship in Israel; media are not allowed to broadcast during Iranian attacks!

Kasra Naji, BBC reporter in Israel:

▪️The new news censorship has forbidden us from live broadcasting during Iranian airstrikes and even showing images of the city; this level of censorship is unprecedented!

Video of the BBC in https://t.me/sarbazane_g/122063

[–] o_d@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

not allowed to broadcast during Iranian attacks!

So basically never. The less news we see from "Israel" the better!

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

🇮🇷🇰🇼🇺🇸| New satellite images published by Iran shows Iranian impacts at the Arifjan US base in Kuwait destroying 6 communication radomes along with several buildings and warehouses.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19292

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

🇮🇷🇺🇸| MORE US soldiers deaths that CENTCOM is being silent about.

An American soldier, US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kevin Melendez, has died in Saudi Arabia allegedly in a “non-hostile” incident.

Like Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, had said, the US is gradually announcing US soldier deaths due to “accidents”.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19462

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

🇮🇱❌🇱🇧 — BREAKING | The Israeli enemy attempted to carry out a landing operation on the outskirts of the Eastern Mountain Range in the Beqaa, but failed to execute the operation. — Al-Manar

⚜️@TheSimurgh313

https://t.me/TheSimurgh313/62961

[–] soekarnoenjoyer@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

Damn,from what i see, Hezbollah is Kickin' ass Againsts the IOF

Hope They can Hold on

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 49 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Only an iota of what Gaza went through and the zionists are already folding. You settler ghouls put Palestinian through ten times worse than this for several decades, and they've remained steadfast in their resistance.

Reap what you sow I say

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

❗️🇮🇷🇺🇸🇦🇪| Iran succesfully destroyed an American Patriot anti-missile system site in the UAE.

Photo credit: Ryan Grim.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19325?single

[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — All the martyred students of Minab.

⚜️@TheSimurgh313

https://t.me/TheSimurgh313/63087

[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

🇮🇱🇱🇧| Israeli army admits that Hezbollah has killed 2 Israeli soldiers with an ATGM (or mortar) attack.

@FotrosResistancee

https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/19490

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[–] rainpizza@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Very interesting essay from Brian Berletic. Let me know your thoughts

Brief teaser:

🇺🇸🇮🇱The US is not Fighting Iran "For Israel"

Western empire going back to Roman times sought control of the Middle East in pursuit of greater primacy.

The British Empire sought control over the region in pursuit of GLOBAL primacy - and the US has simply picked up where the British left off.

The US seeks primacy over the ENTIRE planet - the Middle East is part of the planet - thus the US seeks primacy over the Middle East as well as the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Israel was a joint US-British creation as a means of facilitating this regional control just as both nations have created proxies around the globe throughout history up to and including now with nations like Ukraine, the island province of Taiwan, etc.

spoiler


The US seeks control over the Middle East to control its oil - specifically to deny it to China. This is a stated objective spanning years of policy papers. It also seeks to topple Iran as a member of the multipolar world as a means of whittling it down.

If/When the US topples Iran it will then pivot to further encircling Russia and China.

ALL of these conflicts are connected - including through the US strategy of using regional proxies to advance its interests.

In Europe it is Ukraine, in the Middle East is it Israel, Jordan, and the Persian Gulf states, in Asia-Pacific it is the island province of Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines.

For those citing munition shortages and other symptoms of US imperial overreach during this current conflict as "proof" it is suffering instead at the expense of "Israel" - munition shortages and energy crises began with the US proxy war in Ukraine years earlier.

Some other facts:

AIPAC spending is dwarfed by US arms manufacturing lobbying alone saying nothing of big-oil, big-pharma, big-tech etc.;

Israel is entirely dependent on US arms, munitions, joint military industrial production, air and missile defenses, ISR, and both political and financial support - support that Israel would blow away in the wind without;

Last year the US literally used Israel to trigger its war on Iran to absorb the blame and retaliation in full from the resulting conflict - as per US policy papers proposing doing so as early as 2009;

This year Israel again absorbs the brunt of the retaliation - and thanks to useful idiots - sole blame for the conflict instead of Wall Street and Washington;

IMPORTANT: Pointing this out does not somehow "defend Israel" or negate Israel's crimes any more than Ukraine being a US proxy negates its many and multiplying crimes.

The US and its proxies are all guilty.

It is important to hold EVERYONE involved in injustice accountable.

It is most important to deal with a global threat at its root and that root lies in Wall Street and Washington - not an artificially created country completely dependent on both.

I would really be like saying:

"Ukraine controls the US! Look at how the US is running out of missiles to fight for Ukraine! Look at how many Ukrainians come to Washington! Zelensky spoke to Congress!!!"

The US is backing Ukraine to cripple Russia the same way it backs Israel to cripple targeted nations in the Middle East the same way it is building up proxies in Asia-Pacific to target China.

Source -> https://xcancel.com/BrianJBerletic/status/2029494771585372603#m

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

🔴— Satellite imagery provider Planet has imposed a mandatory 96-hour delay on new images of Gulf states to prevent their exploitation against allies or US forces, while images of Iran continue to be published without delay.

⚜️@TheSimurgh313

https://t.me/TheSimurgh313/63101

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