Traitor Communist Party of Iran calls for overthrowing the Islamic Republic while the US is preparing three aircraft carrier strike groups off the coast and the zionist entity is killing entire families in Tehran.

Yes its real. Link to official statement.

It's crazy how much following the news around modern warfare is akin to divination. We all draw different conclusions from these kind of hazy rumours and images and try to predict the future. Maybe Iran is closing the strait as a sort of preemptive strike against imminent American involvement? Maybe Israel struck some Iranian tankers? We've really got no idea.

Unconfirmed reports of three oil tankers burning in the strait of hormuz.

While all this has been going on, Russia just bombed Kyiv, with lots of Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MSM and Tu-160 strategic bombers. They can be seen deploying flares before striking in this video

In US politics, the NYT effectively endorses Andrew Cuomo for NY mayor by telling its readers not to vote for Mamdani and that the race will come down to the two of them, so just suck it up and vote for the sex pest.

Readers may recognize this as the strategy used by Democrats in the last presidential election.

The closest gay bar to the Pentagon, Freddie's Beach Bar, is currently reporting below average activity.

Dominos being high and the bar being low is the classic indicator that something is indeed afoot at the Pentagon.

President Trump wants J.D. Vance and Steve Witkoff to meet with Iranian officials later this week

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Is JD going to kill Khamenei?

if you have USA as an Ally you get 25 Air Tankers on the way to support you 3 days into your war X´th war of aggression , while doing genocide.

If you have china , i think its jasmine tea.

The Guardian

Donald Trump has encouraged vice president JD Vance and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to offer to meet the Iranians this week, the New York Times has reported, citing a US official.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had earlier indicated that Tehran was open to negotiations, also suggesting Trump could stop the war with “one phone call” to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu. In a post on X he wrote:

If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential. Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue.

It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu. That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.

Rant. Guardian needs to use correct formatting for quotes.

Still no video of impacts. Just reports that they were the biggest explosions so far.

I don't know if we'll get video at all tbh.

It may have just been a collision between ships in the strait

Looks like there was another launch of about 3 ballistic missiles at Haifa, no impacts reported. At first I thought such low numbers were unlikely, I'd think at least 10 missiles minimum, but that seems to be what's happening right now.

Unconfirmed, but Im seeing stuff about ships in the strait of hormuz on fire

Edit: there is something??? on the NASA fire map: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@56.77,25.26,10.43z

For anyone looking into the potential fire I the strait, here is a map of oil tankers. About a 40min delay: https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/2013/02/tanker-track.html

Idk why the date in the link is 2013, it's showing tankers locations from 40 min ago

Is that Samson Doctrine publication post from Iran have any weight of truth to it? I know that Israel has it but I just thought it was a boogeyman that Israel let circulate

I am having flashbacks to 2003. If you are not old enough or not American… I wish I could be more articulate on this. It’s a feeling of foreboding because events are in motion and there is nothing in the universe that can or will stop it. From the perspective of the mainstream media and US politicians, it’s like they’ve learned nothing. Everyone just agrees “this is what we have to do”, and there is no questioning how we move forward.

But one thing is very, very different; and this is what I’m hanging my hopes on. The bloodlust from the American people just isn’t there like it was in 2003. I know there were some people who were against it but really, pretty much everyone was. All the Barbaras and Debbies (as Hasan says) were on board. All your “apolitical” folks were for it. Everyone had an opinion that was all of 3 minutes old and it was always the company line. The manufacturing consent machine said it had to be done, and the people bought it.

Before Iraq, Americans viewed actual hot, boots-on-the-ground war in the way we view sanctions today: why not do it, it’s easy our military is great we’ll be in and out easy. Saddam is bad and scary and maybe he has WMDs and maybe he doesn’t but probably a good idea to invade, just to be sure. I do think the one enduring legacy of Iraq on the American psyche is that we are now snake bitten on invading other countries (this is ofc a good thing).

That is not the case at all right now, the people don’t buy it, and honestly things could not be more different. No one wants intervention. Obviously what the people want won’t stop this train if it’s hell bent on attacking Iran, but I do think it’s something.

Today’s Operation True Promise III videos.

Iranian missile wave passing over the West Bank: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/06/16/1436730.html

Another Iranian missile wave, plus a close hit: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_8680.mp4

Some of the recent Iranian strikes on the Haifa power plant: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_8678.mp4

Zionist air defense struck itself: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/arrow.mp4

Another Zionist air defense missile struck the ground in Tel Aviv: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/06/16/1436930.html

Expanding on my comment earlier it isn't much of a surprise that the escalation has reached this point. The next couple of days will undoubtedly result in the unnecessary loss of lives and infrastructure as I believe that the current western actions are meant to further shock and awe the Iranians back onto the negotiating table as a nuclear Iran is existential in nature to the Israeli project.

However, this will not go nuclear as some commentators are fearing for the main reason that it would be self defeating for both the US and Israel as a whole. The nature of nuclear deterrence is paradoxical almost. If you want a solid threat of nuclear deterrence than the #1 thing you cannot do is show that you are actually willing to go nuclear in a non retaliatory way. Doing so would change the calculus for any opposition that you wish to engage in militarily in the future. In this case nuking Iran who is on the cusp of nuclear capabilities is in practice no different from first striking an actually nuclear capable state as it indicates you are willing to attempt to decapitate them before they can retaliate. The use of nukes would thereby actually encourage opposition to first strike you first if they believe you wish to engage on them in the future. A dark forest scenario if you will. This is both important to Israel as it would encourage everyone in the region to move first at some point in the future to avoid nukes and perhaps more importantly would greatly affect the US's ability to credibly go against China and Russia.

In total, the absolute worse case scenario going forward from a leftist perspective is if Iran is more of a paper tiger than the US is. If the leadership collapses and their ability to complete the bomb in a timely manner is compromised then they will likely be forced into a disadvantageous agreement and cease to be eventually. If they've dragged their feet in their development of nukes this could also result in a very uncomfortable time for Iran. I am not an expert on the ME but based off of other commentators I do not see them as that weak. Optimistically outside of this worse case scenario this will be a severe blow towards US imperial ambitions going forward.

If this level of bombing and attacks do not work to dissuade the development of the nuke in Iranian research sites deep underground and the Iranians refuse to comply with the NPT than the only card the US has left is to either acquiesce to Iran who will at this point all but certainly complete the bomb or go boots to the ground. Such an operation would come at a high price and would not even be guaranteed to succeed. Staging for even the Iraq war at what was arguably the height of American power took several months and occurred when support for such actions from the public were at an all time high. One may argue that leadership would force the issue but military manpower is currently at an all time low. Any delays and any time given to the Iranians is time they will use to develop their nuclear capabilities which will result in a strategic defeat for the west.

In all, this is now a race against time for both sides. My hope is that in the face of such destruction that the spirit if the Iranian people may persevere even in the face of such evil.

https://xcancel.com/sentdefender/status/1934795792046272750

Photos are currently circulating which appear to show three ships on fire off the coast of Iran in the Gulf of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz. NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) Map appearing to confirm three fires in the Gulf of Oman.

Hard to tell what exactly is on fire right now but likely to be Iranian naval vessels as I don't believe Iran has begun shutting down the strait. However, this could easily start to escalate towards a blockade of the Strait if Iran feels that it is in their interest to pull that lever in light of today's events. Oil has already spiked nearly 14% in price in the past week so for everyone not directly involved in the actual conflict this sort of disruption will certainly cause economic hardship for the average person as energy and shipping costs go up.

Posted about ten min ago, don't see anything from anywhere else though

Fed accounts say US will launch an attack in the next 72 hours.

I would believe it, Trump isn't bluffing, he does what he says he'll do.

I know Trump calling up Fox News and telling them (and them only) what he's doing is old news. Still - in context - holy fuck.

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump has requested that the national security council be prepared in the situation room as he returns early from the G7 summit in Canada Monday night, the co-host of Fox News' "FOX & Friends" program Lawrence Jones said on X.

UK Maritime Agency 'Ambrey' Confirms: 'We are aware of an incident occurring 22 nautical miles East of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman'