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If any ‘resistance axis’ member attacked expect a response: Iran official

Iran’s attack on Israel in defence of Lebanon isn’t merely a military response but an “official declaration of a strategic doctrine”, says the head of Iran’s expediency discernment council.

Amoli Larijani said the strikes are a “clear message” that should any part of the “axis of resistance” – which includes Hezbollah – be attacked it will be met with a “response transcending geographical borders” and “alter the regional equations”.

“At the same time, Iran made it evident that any escalation of the conflict or assault on the country’s critical infrastructure would face a comprehensive and deterrent response – one whose scope could encompass all actors supporting this confrontation,” said Larijani.

“Thus, Tehran has ushered in a new chapter in its defence policy – a chapter in which safeguarding regional power is pursued not in anticipation of threats, but through proactive initiative and offensive strength.”

Peruvian Elections Update Reloaded:

93.00 % of the Vote Counted

• KEIKO FUJIMORI (FAR-RIGHT): 50.08 % (- 0.02%) - 8.752.752 votes
• ROBERTO SANCHEZ (LEFTIST): 49.92% (+ 0.02%) - 8.724.815 votes

Sanchez needs 27.937 votes + one vote to pass Keiko.

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Peruvian Elections Update Reloaded:

92.92 % of the Vote Counted

• KEIKO FUJIMORI (FAR-RIGHT): 50.10 % (- 0.08%) - 8.745.833 votes
• ROBERTO SANCHEZ (LEFTIST): 49.90% (+ 0.09%) - 8.709.615 votes

Sanchez needs 36.218 votes + one vote to pass Keiko.

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Peruvian Elections Update Reloaded:

92 % of the Vote Counted

• KEIKO FUJIMORI (FAR-RIGHT): 50.20 % (- 0.12%)
• ROBERTO SANCHEZ (LEFTIST): 49.80% (+ 0.43%)

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Sánchez narrows the gap with Fujimori in the presidential election vote count in Peru.

With 91.711% of the ballots counted, Roberto Helbert Sánchez Palomino is closing in on Keiko Fujimori.

Keiko Fujimori, of Fuerza Popular, has 50.311% of the votes, totaling 8,699,624.

Roberto Helbert Sánchez Palomino, of Juntos por el Perú, has 49.689% with 8,591,937 votes.

The difference between the two candidates is 107,687 votes.

6.669% of the ballots remain to be processed, and 1.620% are pending submission to the Special Electoral Tribunal (JEE).

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Peruvian Elections Update Reloaded:

90 % of the Vote Counted

• KEIKO FUJIMORI (FAR-RIGHT): 50.32 % (- 2.37%)
• ROBERTO SANCHEZ (LEFTIST): 49.37% (+ 2.37%)

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AJ - Large blast heard in Tehran as strikes continue

The sound of explosions is being heard in Tehran, the Tasnim news agency reports.

“It seems that some of the sounds were caused by the activation of air defences in Tehran,” the agency said.

The Guardian - Yemen announced that it had joined the war for the first time since the 8 April ceasefire. The Houthi leadership fired missiles towards Jaffa Israel and said Israeli linked commercial shipping would be blocked entering the Red Sea, a decision that will unnerve other shipping. Iranian officials had earlier suggested the revival of the blockade of Bab al-Mandab strait for Israeli linked shipping was being considered by the Houthi leadership.

In a statement Yemen’s Houthi leadership also known as Ansar Allah Yemen said

“We declare a complete and absolute ban on maritime navigation for the Israeli enemy in the Red Sea and believe that any enemy movement from the moment this statement is announced will be a military target for our armed forces."

“We will respond to escalation with escalation, and our military operations will be increasingly coordinated with events, battles, and participation in the axis of jihad and resistance”.

The Houthis for internal reasons has been reluctant to join the US-Iran conflict preferring to hold talks with Saudi Arabia about reuniting Yemen. Aliakbar Velayati adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei had earlier warned “today’s security of the Ban al-Mandan strait should not cause the enemy to make a miscalculation; the resistance rings have the power to close both waterways

“The choice is yours; stop the folly or enter into a regulated balance of the two straits”.

The joint closure of the strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab has the capacity to sabotage the flow of East West flow of commercial naval traffic. Iranian officials admitted Israeli strikes hit the Karun Petrochemical Company in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone. Iran said the attacks did not result in any casualties, but “the extent of damage and possible injuries is under investigation.”

Abbas Araghchi the foreign minister through the night was in contact with fellow diplomats to explain Iran’s decision to restart its assault on Israel. He spoke with the Uk foreign minister Yvette Cooper and the Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan as well as the Saudi foreign minister

CNN - All flights at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport have been cancelled, according to Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency on Monday. The airport is a major transport hub in Iran and operates both domestic and international routes. Israel and Iran are trading strikes in the worst escalation since the April truce. Explosions have been reported in several Iranian cities, including Tehran.

Israel retaliated by striking the Karun petrochemical complex, in response, Iran launched several waves of missiles with impacts

Iranian AD is operating in Kermanshah

Israelis believe this will lead to multiple days of consistent warfare at least

AnsarAllah to release a statement very soon

Peruvian Elections Update Reloaded:

82 % of the Vote Counted

• KEIKO FUJIMORI (FAR-RIGHT): 51.52% (-1.18%)
• ROBERTO SANCHEZ (LEFTIST): 48.48% (+1.18%)

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when one poster falls, another picks up the Peruvian election vote count

Donald Trump humiliating himself by insisting he's in charge while Israel openly defies him is pretty funny.

It's all just theatre, but I hope it isn't.

Al Jazeera - Sirens blare across central Israel. The Channel 12 broadcaster is reporting sirens across central Israel, including Gush Dan and Jerusalem. It said Israeli airspace has been closed temporarily

Al Jazeera - Israel says missile fired from direction of Yemen. Israel’s military says it has detected a missile launched from the direction of Yemen towards Israeli territory. “Defense systems are operating to intercept the threat.”

Visual data reveals extent of systematic Israeli [sic] white phosphorus attacks on south Lebanon: Report | The Cradle

Lebanon's Ministry of Environment has formally accused the Israeli [sic] military of committing 'an act of ecocide,' resulting in an estimated $25 billion in damages

Since 2012, elections in Latin America have literally become a choice between a vaguely left-leaning candidate and Hitler 2.0. I could never have imagined something like this happening in the late 1990s and 2000s, the neoliberal parties literally imploded, and a bunch of far-right politicians took control of their electoral base.

The only two countries where this is not happening are Uruguay (where traditional liberal and conservative parties are very popular, the left is very organized, and the far right holds fewer than five seats in Congress and received only 4% of the vote) and Paraguay (which is a right-wing civil-military dictatorship, the Colorados do not allow the far-right to organize and crackdown hard on them).

AP - Israel launched airstrikes early on Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war. Iranian state TV reported the sound of explosions being heard in Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz and Tehran, without immediately elaborating. A witness in Tehran described hearing at least one large blast somewhere to the west of the country’s capital city.

Iran closed the airspace around Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International airport – the main airfield in the country – after the Israeli attack. Iranian officials offered no details on what had been struck, nor any damage information. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in its attack, without elaborating.

The Israeli military at dawn in Iran issued a short statement as the strikes started: “A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran.” It did not elaborate. The White House did not respond to messages about the strikes and whether they were done in coordination with the US.

As reported earlier, US officials said Donald Trump earlier spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu and urged the Israeli prime minister not to immediately retaliate over Iran’s missile launches against Israel, which upended the fragile ceasefire in place since April.

Related article: https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-ceasefire-hezbollah-israel-c16dc4917512f7436a3921a4b044b98b

CNN - Iranian state-run media reported on Sunday that Tehran is threatening to block Bab al-Mandab, another vital maritime corridor in the Middle East, if Israel escalates its attack, citing a senior adviser to Iran’s supreme leader. Bab al-Mandab is located at the southern end of the Red Sea and is a critical gateway to the Suez Canal, linking Europe and Asia through one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. Just 29 kilometers (18 miles) across at its narrowest point.

It is where ships have previously come under attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. In late 2023, Houthi militants began attacking commercial vessels passing through the strait in retaliation for Israel’s war in Gaza. The attacks prompted shipping companies to use a longer route, adding weeks onto journeys and forcing them to spend more on fuel, insurance, and seafarers’ wages.

Nearly 15% of global maritime trade passes Bab al-Mandab. The previous disruptions to shipping between 2023 and 2025 probably cost some $20 billion a year, according to industry estimates. The strait has, however, remained largely navigable throughout the current war, preserving a critical export route for Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, after Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz.

The Guardian - Saudi Arabia’s civil defence is saying an warning has been issued in the Al-Kharj governorate to alert of potential danger. The area is home to the Prince Sultan air base that hosts US forces.

Keiko Fujimori stated that there is still “no winner” and that “there will be long days ahead.” She also explained that every single ballot needs to be counted. “Whatever the result, we will recognize it,” she added.

Translation: We'll start the machinery of fraud. If that doesn't work, we'll start with impeachment.

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Peruvian Elections Update Reloaded:

61 % of the Vote Counted

• KEIKO FUJIMORI (FAR-RIGHT): 52.69% (+ 0.01%)
• ROBERTO SANCHEZ (LEFTIST): 47.30% (- 0.01%)

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ok this is the last update before i go to sleep

“I call on the international community to stand with us until the very end” —>Trump, save me!!

“The work of the officials is more important than ever now” —> Reject all votes that are not helping me, damn it!

With Keiko Fujimori, everything is déjà vu, authentic interpretation, and translation.

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🚨 Israel Strikes Targets Across Iran

The Israeli Air Force has struck sites in western and central Iran, with explosions reported across multiple cities.

➤ The IDF said in an initial statement that it had struck “military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” adding that details would follow.

➤ Iranian state broadcasting confirmed multiple explosions in Tehran, Tabriz, and Isfahan. The scale and impact of the strikes remain unclear.

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