Iran's FM Araghchi: US soldiers using Gulf Cooperation Council citizens as 'HUMAN SHIELDS'
'Hiding in hotels and offices' after 'FLEEING military bases'
GCC hotels should 'DENY booking to officers who may endanger customers'
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🔺 95% Drop in Ship Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz 📉
According to real-time data from MarineTraffic, during the fourth week of the war, fewer than five ships per day received permission from Tehran to cross the vital Strait of Hormuz—a shift that clearly illustrates Iran’s role in reshaping the flow of global trade.
Source tells me that Naval Special Warfare teams were also given deployment orders yesterday, as well as a bunch of Tier 1 operators.
That plus the 82nd Airborne deployment plus Netanyahu's obvious feint that he expects a ceasefire agreement this weekend suggests all the pieces are in place for a ground operation within day.
• Ryan Grim, DropSite News
It will happen on either Friday or Saturday, after the Markets close.
They really, really are just that stupid aren't they? Like there is no overestimating their stupidity. Like wtf?
Didn't Iran already say they are waiting? like wasnt there the whole thing where it shocked the reporter Iran was not quaking in their boots the US military might put boots on the ground?
It makes sense that these rats would plan this shit for a weekend. They always do for the precious Business Cycle. I hope they're all toast by Monday. Let the markets feast their eyes on THAT.
The United Arab Emirates is facing an existential crisis. Under a barrage of Iranian drones, the petro-state’s illusion of stability is disintegrating, and its status as a global hub for finance and tourism is eroding.
Yet, even as its own survival is tested, the UAE’s commitment to the destruction of Sudan remains unshakeable. While the UAE faces a domestic food crisis due to collapsing imports, it continues to export weapons fueling the g*nocide in Sudan, perpetrated by its proxy, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia.
Complete analysis:
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As reported by Le Monde, the UAE is developing new supply routes. On Sudan's eastern border, UAE-linked cargo planes are making repeated flights to Ethiopia, where according to a Reuters article a secret RSF training camp has been established. Meanwhile, alleged "infrastructure" investments in the Central African Republic seem to serve as a strategic cover for a supply base in western Sudan.
Even as its own home burns, the UAE persists in this campaign because g*nocide is a business model, and the blood of Sudanese people is a low price to pay.
Firstly, despite having no mines of its own, the UAE seeks to dominate the global gold trade, even as it is unable to export the gold looted by its proxy militia.
Secondly, despite a lack of rain, the UAE seeks to dominate the global food trade by turning Sudan’s fertile banks into a private breadbasket. Yet its own supermarket shelves are rapidly emptying, amid supply challenges facing a state that imports 90% of its food.
Thirdly, the UAE aims to establish a maritime empire through Sudan’s strategic ports, despite currently being unable to defend its own coastline.
By fueling a massacre while its own territory comes under fire, the UAE is once again showing its commitment to g*nocide in Sudan.
It is still too early to know whether the war on Iran has disrupted the UAE’s supply lines to the RSF. However, the wider impact on aviation is already significant. If airspace closures, flight cancellations, and security risks continue to ground or severely restrict flights in and out of the UAE for a sustained period, then the flow of weapons being transported onward to Sudan would also be reduced.
Investigation from Soverign Media -> https://xcancel.com/sov_media/status/2036469127271887026
Quite conveniently snuck in the 'Ukrainian drone' and omitted the mention of their cooperation with Israel's Elbit Systems and their AI-driven military tech.
Perfect political food for the liberals.
Israelis are so pathetic at actual combat! They only know how to drop bombs and white phosphorus on children.
❗️The fuel crisis in Australia is escalating to catastrophic levels.
Trucks all over regional South Australia and Victoria have simply stopped due to widespread diesel shortages.
Video in https://t.me/AussieCossack/47359
This is just a brief teaser to what is coming to EVERY US BOOTLICKER that depends on the Hormuz
From Sony Thang:
Let's be honest about what the American bases in the Gulf actually protect.
They protect the governments.
From their own populations.
This is not an accusation.
This is the stated architecture of the security relationships.
The American security umbrella is explicitly extended to protect the governments from external threats and, crucially, from internal instability.
Meaning from the possibility that the population might decide it wants a different government.
The deal is simple:
You give us basing rights, access, intelligence cooperation, and compliant foreign policy, and we make sure you stay in power regardless of what your people want.
This is why the Arab Spring was contained where it was contained and not where it wasn't.
This is why certain governments survived 2011 and others didn't.
This is why the American military footprint in the Gulf expanded, not contracted, in the years after popular uprisings showed what populations actually wanted.
The bases protect governments from democracy.
And those same governments, protected from democracy by American power, are using those bases to argue that Iran is the threat to regional security.
The threat to regional security is the idea that Muslim populations should have a say in whether their governments normalize with Israel.
The threat is the idea that the ummah's resources should be used for the ummah.
The threat is the example of a government that said no to the arrangement and is still standing.
That is the threat.
Iran is the threat.
Not to the people.
To the arrangement.
And the arrangement is using the people's land, and the people's resources, and the people's Islam, to protect itself from the threat.
Source -> https://xcancel.com/nxt888
🇺🇸 Surprise, Surprise... Trump lied.
Bloomberg tanker data shows no evidence of the eight oil tankers Trump claimed were in the Strait of Hormuz.
Only two Iran-linked LPG carriers were observed leaving the Persian Gulf on Thursday—likely the “extra two” he mentioned.
While some vessels disable tracking for security reasons, most ships recently transiting Hormuz have kept their signals on.
In total, just four vessels—a pair of bulk carriers, one container ship, and one LPG carrier—were confirmed exiting in recent days.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179389
🇾🇪The leader of Ansar Allah, Sayyed Abdulmalik Badreddin al-Houthi:
(Brief teaser)
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Iran achieves its goals by targeting American bases and Israeli objectives.
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Cooperation at this stage is in the interest of the Palestinian cause, the Lebanese people, preventing the continued aggression against Syria, and repelling the danger from Egypt, Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Regarding our situation in Yemen, we are not neutral. We are with Islam and the Islamic nation. We are within the framework of the right position.
Complete summary
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Our position in Yemen is within the framework of jihad for the sake of Allah against the Zionist plan and against the enemies of Muslims and of all of human society.
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Our position in Yemen is against the American-Israeli aggression aimed at implementing the Zionist, satanic plan targeting our nation.
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Our Yemeni people reciprocate loyalty with loyalty. Iran was the only country - officially - that stood in solidarity with us against the aggression on our country.
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Our Muslim Yemeni people are aware of their responsibility and cannot accept the implementation of the Zionist plan targeting us in our Islam, our world, our homelands, our freedom, our dignity, and our independence.
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We are with the freedom and dignity of our Islamic nation, and this is a principled position.
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I declare that we will never hesitate to fulfill our Islamic duty in jihad for the sake of Allah against the tyrant of our time, the Jews and Zionists, and their American arm.
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Any developments in the battle requiring a military response, we will initiate it with full confidence in Allah and reliance on Him, as in previous rounds.
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Our position is clear and explicit against America and Israel, and we do not harbor any hostile intentions against any Muslim country.
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We call on all countries of the Islamic world to cooperate as one to put an end to the Zionist debauchery and American tyranny targeting the entire nation.
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We are confident that the fruit of steadfastness and perseverance based on reliance on Allah and adherence to the right is the promised victory.
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I call on our dear, steadfast Yemeni people to participate in the great million-strong march tomorrow, Friday, God willing.
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The Israeli enemy has not implemented the agreements, neither in withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, nor in stopping its crimes of killing, siege, torture, and violating the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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The Saudi regime should stop its hostile actions against our people and focus on addressing its own problems instead of targeting our people.
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The Saudi regime is not obliged to be hostile towards our people, as our people are our allies and partners in the struggle against the Zionist project.
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The Saudi regime is not serving its own interests by targeting our people, as this will only lead to further instability and insecurity in the region.
Trucks from The Netherlands are forming long ass lines at Belgian border gas stations because of cheaper gas. So much that special traffic routes have to be made now.
And these stations have now run out of gas even.
It truly is a war of attrition. It's only a matter of time before the entire Western empire collapses and has to contend with pissed working class people. The US will go through with the ground invasion because it has no choice but to while in its death throes and the attempt is going to be a complete blunder. Talk about decades (nearly a century, really) in a span of four weeks!
🇮🇷🛢Iran's oil sales revenue has sharply increased, and it remains the only exporter through the Strait of Hormuz, — Bloomberg
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Iran's exports in March remained close to pre-war levels — about 1.6 million barrels per day.
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Tankers with Iranian oil continue to be loaded at the Kharg terminal and exit the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz.
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At the same time, oil prices have risen, and the discount on Iranian oil relative to the international benchmark Brent has dropped to $2.10 per barrel — this is the lowest level in almost a year.
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Iran has likely earned hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue from oil sales since the beginning of the war.
A ballistic missile in Iran costs 200k-800k, btw
Iran can sustain this war indefinitely.
❗️ European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius:
"During the first five days, both Gulf countries and Americans used 800 Patriot missiles.
The whole production at the moment in United States is 750 per year."
Video link in https://t.me/AussieCossack/47351
From Tajikistan to Iran! Solidarity keeps pouring for the Iranian comrades!
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷 The US is considering redirecting military aid intended for Ukraine to the Middle East - WP
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The war in Iran is depleting the US military's stocks of the most critical munitions.
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Although a final decision on redirecting equipment has not yet been made, this step will highlight the growing compromises necessary to sustain the war with Iran.
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Sources of the publication report that the focus is primarily on air defense systems and missiles for them.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159912
If the empire doesn't abandon you or try to assassinate you, are you really living the full puppet experience?
🇺🇸🇮🇷 "I am the opposite of desperate; I don’t care" - Trump
Video in https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179375
Fucking clown
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🇮🇷 Iran claims mass US casualties
"More than a hundred ambulances, air and ground, were in continuous operation over a single day and night, solely to transport the dead and wounded."
Iranian Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi claims US forces have suffered 400–600 killed and approximately 1,200 wounded, stressing these are conservative estimates based on local intelligence.
"There should be no doubt about that going forward."
Video of the interview -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/179379
Here’s an Iranian voice from inside the country, not zionists or bots that talk hasbara about Iran
Sara is answering the question Zionists keep obsessing over: “What about the internet shutdown? “
Video link -> https://xcancel.com/aldnmarki/status/2037239113754038737#m
We, the Handala Hack , have today initiated a new phase of Operation Lockheed Martin.
We now possess the complete data of 28 senior American engineers based in the occupied territories and involved in military projects—including names, identification numbers, passports, places of residence, and service bases. All of this information has been leaked .
These engineers, who have worked for years in key technical roles for the occupier’s military, were engaged in critical projects such as the maintenance of F-35 and F-22 fighter jets and the THAAD defense system. The veil of technical secrecy has now been lifted.
In recent hours, we have established contact with some of them to demonstrate just how fragile digital barriers can be. From conversations about their daily interests to ordinary details of their lives, all was done to show that “privacy” is merely a word in a book, not a reality.
We called them and told them where they live, the names of their children, their favorite foods, their weekend activities, and the locations of their families’ residences in the United States.
They were told they have a limited time to change course and leave an area that is no longer safe. We warned that delaying their decision means entrusting their fate to a storm that has already begun—a storm made not of smoke and fire, but of data and exposure.
They were given 48 hours to cease cooperation with the Zionist regime and leave the occupied territories immediately. Otherwise, their homes would become missile targets. We also have friends in the United States who care more for their families than they do themselves, and if they do not return home, these friends will visit their families.
Go home right now.
Files in https://handala-team.to/lockheed-martin-employees-given-48-hours-to-respond-a-tight-deadline-looms/
Well, this IS praxis
❗️Israeli military sources announce that an Israeli soldier was killed during an exchange of fire with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon overnight.
The Israeli soldier was identified as Staff Sgt. Ori Greenberg, 21, of the Golani Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit, from Petah Tikva.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/55621
SETTLER DOWN
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❗️Israeli chief of staff warns that Israeli forces as 'on course to collapse'
According to a report from Ynet, Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir issued a stark warning during a cabinet meeting, declaring that Israel forces are “on course to collapse into themselves" under mounting internal and operational strain. Zamir cautioned that force requirements are rapidly expanding while the army remains overstretched across multiple active fronts, from Gaza and Lebanon to Syria and the occupied West Bank.
The warning came as the government pressed ahead with expanding illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank, further burdening an already depleted military. Zamir highlighted a surge in Israeli settler violence, forcing the redeployment of additional battalions, while stressing that the growing demands on manpower are incompatible with current capabilities. At the same time, the government has failed to pass legislation addressing recruitment shortages, including laws on ultra-Orthodox conscription, reserve service, and extending mandatory military service.
According to Zamir, the situation is approaching a breaking point. “The reservists will not hold,” he warned, raising “10 red flags” over the army’s sustainability. He added that, at this pace, Israeli forces may soon be unable to maintain even routine operational readiness.
Israeli chief of staff warns army on verge of 'collapse' amid troop shortage
Netanyahu’s government has been unable to force the ultra-Orthodox into military service despite the multiple ongoing wars
When you create a society of the most narcissistic, self centered people that hold no loyalty to anything but themselves, and happily dehumanize others.... And are shocked when they only care about saving themselves, and dehumanize their "fellow" "countrymen."
🇱🇧🇱🇧 HEZBOLLAH USES NEW WARHEAD
Hezbollah used a cluster munition rocket on Kiryat Shmona today, confirmed by Israeli police and Israel Hayom.
Al Jazeera reporter noting this appears to be the first time Israelis have reported this type of weapon from Hezbollah.
The ticker: 24 targets struck across the Israeli home front: Haifa bay, Western Galilee, Acre and surroundings.
Hezbollah is still in the war. And it's upgrading.
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❗️White phosphorus strikes by Israel devastate southern Lebanon, forcing mass displacement
Human Rights Watch and independent researchers have documented the use of white phosphorus by Israeli forces over agricultural and residential areas in southern Lebanon, confirming the chemical weapon’s deployment during the early days of the recent Israeli assault on Lebanon. Satellite imagery and photos verified that M825 155mm shells released white phosphorus over residential areas in south Lebanon, forcibly displacing roughly 800,000 people.
Experts warn that Israel may be using white phosphorus to create a scorched-earth “buffer zone” along the border, clearing fields and forests to expose Hezbollah fighters. According to a report from Al Mayadeen, between October 2023 and November 2024, nearly 250 instances were recorded, with 39 percent striking residential areas, 17 percent agricultural lands, and 44 percent forests or open terrain. The strikes produced intense fires, thick smoke, and chemical contamination, endangering anyone returning to the region.
Environmental and agricultural damage is severe. More than 2,000 hectares of southern Lebanese countryside were burned, including nearly 900 hectares of dense forest. Phosphorus contamination in soil, combined with heavy metals, threatens crop fertility, reduces microbial diversity, and leaves the land hazardous for farmers and residents long after the attacks.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/55660
🇮🇷| Iranian taxi drivers and their opinions on the Iran-US war:
I drove with about 20 different taxi drivers so far. Mostly Kurds, Fars and Azeri Iranians.
About 19 of them fully supported the armed forces of Iran. Out of the 19, 16 were very politically aware of the situation, felt proud of their country’s military success so far, completely supported the new Iranian leader and none of them watched “Iran International” and acknowledged it’s a Mossad-affiliated propaganda outlet.
One of them was even so excited, that he proudly told me about that one anonymous IRGC pilot he saw talking on Iranian TV, explaining Iranian strikes against “Israel”. You could literally hear the excitement in his voice, it actually made me proud.
The other 3 supported the armed forces but believed in some weird conspiracy theories, and had doubts about the success rate of Iran’s military strikes, un-interestingly when I asked them, all 3 watched “Iran International” regularly.
The remaining one person was very angry about US/Israeli attacks, especially on civilians, but wasn’t politically aware and believed Iran was finished. Believed in a lot of fake news (“zadan hamechio ba khaak yek saan kardan & dige hichi namoonde”) and had no hope. When I asked what he watched, he said “Iran International” and BBC. He said he doesn’t watch Iranian news outlets at all, and didn’t care a lot when I said that “Iran International” is Mossad-affiliated.
Note: Iranian taxi drivers are among one of the lowest classes of the society, in terms of financial income.
@FotrosResistancee
❗️UAE ambassador warns Iran must be defeated to end regional threat to US interests
The UAE ambassador to the US, Yousef Al Otaiba, wrote in an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal that the US-Israeli war on Iran must end with a clear and decisive outcome that removes what he describes as Tehran’s long-term 'threat' to regional stability. His comments echo increasingly public statements from some Gulf states expressing concern about Iranian missile and drone strikes on infrastructure and facilities linked to US interests in the region, which have been used in attacks on Iran.
Otaiba warned that a premature ceasefire could leave Iran with what he describes as substantial regional influence. He insisted that any resolution address the issues he identifies, including Iran’s so-called 'nuclear program', ballistic missile capabilities, support for resistance factions in the region, and disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz—claims that widely form the core of US and Gulf interests.
Bootlickers scared.
EXCLUSIVE: Iran plans escalation against UAE over ‘active role’ in US-Israeli war
A senior Iranian official tells The Cradle that Abu Dhabi has given Washington access to its air bases and is using its AI infrastructure to help target the Islamic Republic
❗️Statement by Hezbollah:
"On Thursday, 26 March 2026, forces from the 7th Brigade of the 36th Division of the Israeli army advanced using a remote-controlled D9 bulldozer from the Mahbasat area toward the zone between Taybeh and the town of Qantara, with the aim of reconnaissance and exposing Islamic Resistance positions. The fighters confronted the move and lured the force into a well-prepared ambush.
At 18:50 on Wednesday evening, an Israeli armored column advanced in formation from the Mahbasat direction toward Qantara in an attempt to establish control. Resistance fighters, who had been closely monitoring the movement, allowed the force to fully enter the kill zone. Upon command, under the call “Ya Rasul Allah,” guided missiles were launched at the lead unit, consisting of 4 Merkava tanks and a D9 bulldozer, striking them with precision and destroying them.
At the same time, the rear unit, also composed of 4 Merkava tanks, attempted to deploy heavy covering fire to conceal movement. Fighters immediately engaged it with guided missiles, destroying it completely, with the tanks visibly burning. Concurrently, resistance artillery units targeted Israeli command centers and support positions in the Taybeh project area, Rab al-Thalathine, and Shuqayf, as well as reinforcement units attempting to evacuate casualties.
The advancing unit then attempted to push toward the entrance of Qantara, but was again engaged with direct missile fire, resulting in the destruction of another Merkava tank and a D9 bulldozer near the town’s reservoir. This forced Israeli forces to abandon remaining vehicles and attempt to withdraw on foot toward Mahbasat while evacuating casualties.
Resistance fighters successfully repelled the maneuver, inflicting losses estimated at 10 tanks and bulldozers. They also confirmed the failure of a similar attempt two days earlier advancing from Taybeh toward Deir Siryan, during which 8 Merkava tanks were destroyed."
Minecraft the shit out of them Iran.
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