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🇺🇸| +600 US navy soldiers on the USS Gerald R Ford have to sleep… on the floor!
They lost their beds to “laundry room fires.”
Imagine the morale there …
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20194
Another source on the topic:
🇺🇸 SHOCKER!! CENTCOM LIED AGAIN!!!
The fire aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford last week burned for more than 30 hours, sailors say, not the contained incident CENTCOM described in its statement.
Over 600 sailors lost their bunks and have been sleeping on floors and tables ever since. Dozens suffered smoke inhalation, though Central Command reported only two non-life-threatening injuries. The ship's laundry has been offline since the fire started in a dryer vent.
The Ford is now in its 10th month of deployment. It was in the Mediterranean last October when Hegseth ordered it to the Caribbean for Trump's Venezuela pressure campaign, then rushed it to the Middle East for the Iran war. Crew have been told their deployment will likely extend into May, this would be a full year at sea, twice the normal length. If still deployed by mid-April it breaks the post-Vietnam War record.
The carrier has been conducting around-the-clock flight operations throughout. A major maintenance and refitting period scheduled for early this year at Newport News has been indefinitely postponed.
The USS George H.W. Bush is reportedly preparing to deploy as relief.
Ten months at sea. Broken toilets. Sailors sleeping on floors. A 30-hour fire. Around-the-clock combat operations. Trump says the war is won.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/177970
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱| Iran-US/Israeli war casualties in Iran:
• Over 18,000 civilians injured.
• 204 children killed by US/Israel, including 53 under age 5.
• Over 70,000 civilian sites were damaged — homes, shops, schools, 251 medical centers, 498 schools, and 17 Red Crescent centers.
• More than 3,200 women injured.
• 2 pregnant women killed.
🇮🇱🇬🇧🇱🇧| Moment when Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.
Israel has a longstanding record of targeting journalists.
The impact was literally 1-2 meters away from Steve. Hope he’s okay, he’s wounded in the hospital right now.
🇬🇧🇺🇸❌🇮🇷The Times: The United Kingdom has agreed to allow the United States to use the British air bases at Fairford and Diego Garcia to launch strikes against Iranian missile sites targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of collective defense.
❗️Senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi:
• "If they attack Kharg Island, we will turn the oil and gas facilities of the aggressor country into ashes."
• "The world witnesses that Iran has powerfully dealt very heavy blows to the US and the Zionists."
• "US officials and the US military keep repeating that they want to attack Kharg Island."
• "We warn that if the criminal US commits aggression and attacks Kharg Island, its facilities, and its oil terminal, we will decisively turn all the oil and gas facilities of the country of origin of the aggression into ashes."
🏁🇮🇶 According to our source from NAYA, there is a push for negotiations, through intermediaries, between the Iraqi Resistance and NATO regarding troop presence in Baghdad. The request reportedly comes from NATO.
We reported a few days ago that NATO is “adjusting” its mission in Iraq.
The current situation appears to be as follows: there are no US troops at Victoria Base, while around 60 US troops remain at the Embassy.
US and German troops previously stationed in Baghdad have relocated to Erbil.
The Iraqi Resistance is demanding that the remaining NATO troops withdraw from Victoria Base and Union III base in the Green Zone.
There are also Spanish and Danish troops in southern Iraq operating radar systems, along with Danish and British troops elsewhere, who are being asked to withdraw. NATO is reportedly requesting a one-day ceasefire on strikes targeting Victoria Base to facilitate some of these withdrawals.
Spanish forces are reportedly already withdrawing 99 soldiers, and Romanian troops are also pulling out. We posted a video the other day showing Polish soldiers returning home. There are even around 10 Estonian soldiers currently in Iraq.
🇾🇪🇸🇦🇦🇪 Ansar Allah senior political bureau member Mohammed Al-Farah calls on Saudi Arabia and the UAE to abandon the US-Israel alliance and return to the Arab fold.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/178328
🇰🇼 According to Clash Report, a Turkish outlet citing sources, three Kuwaiti Eurofighter jets were destroyed in a recent drone and missile attack on Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, while two Italian aircraft were damaged.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸🇰🇼| Remember 15 days ago when I said I received intel that some interesting things were destroyed at the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait?
Now more outlets are reporting what I wrote 2 weeks ago.
3 Eurofighter jets were destroyed & 2 damaged at the Ali Al Salem Air Base, in Kuwait.
@FotrosResistancee
https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20430
I've seen many posts on social media about how some people believe they are largely unaffected because they own an electric vehicle. However one must bear in mind a lack of diesel in particular affects everyone from the food delivered to the supermarket, public transport, through to the deliveries to the power stations. Not to mention the inflation that increasing energy costs permeate throughout all of society from the coffee you buy, to wage inflation to cover the coffee "growth". A vicious self reinforcing cycle. Especially so when a lot of the western world is currently experiencing a level of stagflation.
Shit could go bad pretty quick if this continues for months.
Trump doesn't seem too worried, although I bet there are quite a few people currently holding his feet to the fire over this monumental fuck up.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159117
US and Israeli officials are reportedly coordinating the technical details of a risky operation to land special forces and subsequently seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, which amounts to 460 kg.
Presumably, the Iranians are privately willing to transfer these reserves to a third country, but the US is likely not satisfied with any country other than itself.
There is no final decision on the operation yet, but there is a suggestion that it could take place simultaneously with a landing on Khark Island. In a way, the transfer of a group of marines and a ground operation in this area would be needed to briefly distract Iran's attention from nuclear facilities. This temporary "window" is planned to be used by the special forces of Israel and the US.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159003
This is where Americans/Israel will learn for real the difference between Hollywood/Call of Duty and REALITY!!!!
Wouldn't Iran merely not keeping all their uranium in one single place be enough to fold this plan? Or do these bozos plan to send multiple teams, one for each place uranium is kept?
How do they plan to transport it if they somehow do get to it? Do they bring special containers for radioactive materials for the operation? Are they hoping Iran would conveniently decide to store all of their uranium in containers with convenient handles that they can tie to their helicopters? Will the spec ops team just all wear hazmat suits and pray that will be enough to not die from the half ton of actively decaying fissile materials they plan to carry un-shielded on board?
How likely is it really that this figure of 460 kg is accurate, let alone that they know where all of it is kept, given that they have a fuzzy at best idea of Iran's tunnels network? I find it extremely hard to believe that the US or Israel could even manage to get those informations. Are they just going with estimates hoping for the best?
There are so many things wrong with this lunacy.
Given the scale of the shock, many people are understandably surprised that the price of oil hasn’t gone even higher. The oil market’s idiosyncrasies is arguably obscuring the distress.
The two main and commonly quoted crude oil price benchmarks, Brent and WTI blends. So, when people say “oil is at X or Y”, what they’re usually talking about is the per-barrel price of a futures contract for delivery of Brent crude oil in the coming month.
However, the jumps in Brent and WTI — while large and alarming — actually understate the degree of dislocation
Just to hammer home the point, here are charts of the long-term prices of the Dubai and Omani oil, which have now exploded higher than even the infamous 2008 spike. The Oman benchmark has hit a record $173.24 today.
Unfortunately, JPMorgan’s analysts therefore reckon that those wild Oman and Dubai oil prices are likely to prove a harbinger for the larger oil price benchmarks if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t reopened pronto.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 An acute gas shortage has begun in South Asia due to the war in the Middle East, — FT
In India, crematoriums have stopped using gas to incinerate the bodies of the deceased, and restaurants have stopped deep-frying food.
The government has allowed the use of more "polluting" fuels — coal, firewood, and kerosene.
In Mumbai, about a fifth of restaurants have already closed, and up to half of establishments may cease operations if the situation does not improve.
In Pakistan, government employees have switched to a 4-day workweek, schools are closed until the end of the month, and university classes are being held online.
In Bangladesh, a supply shock has triggered large-scale gas rationing across the economy. Universities have closed, exams have been canceled, and all government institutions are conserving electricity.
In Sri Lanka, long queues have formed at gas stations, and the country can only store a supply of LNG for about a week.
Source -> https://t.me/c/1567469683/3007124
🇮🇶🇮🇶— The Secretary-General of Kataib Hezbollah has issued orders to halt attacks on the US Embassy in Baghdad for five days, subject to the following conditions:
- The Zionist entity must cease its displacement and bombing of the southern suburbs of Beirut.
- Residential areas in Baghdad and the provinces must not be bombed.
- CIA operatives must be withdrawn from their stations and confined to the embassy, with the exception of the Masoud region.
- If the enemy fails to comply, the response will be direct and focused, with an escalation of strikes after the deadline.
- We urge government officials and our sons in the security services to protect diplomatic missions and economic entities as long as their countries remain committed to non-involvement in this war. This protection does not extend to Zionist entity operatives and the criminal US occupation forces, as they are considered espionage and war groups.
@SimurghRes
The videos of the Iranian missile hits on Dimona are incredible!
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159358
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159359
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/159360
Dimona is getting rocked 🎆
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran has published footage showing the exact moment when Iranian air defenses tracked & intercepted the American F-35 over central Iran, at 2:50 AM (midnight).
The IRGC says it locked & hit the F-35 over central Iran and severly damaged it.
@FotrosResistancee
🇺🇸 This Financial Times opinion article argues that Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz show the reality of multipolar economic warfare. For decades, the US dominated sanctions and used financial pressure as a strategic weapon. Now other powers, including Iran and China, can use similar tools in response to escalation.
The article says sanctions are increasingly less effective as countries adapt by diversifying trade, strengthening domestic industries, and building alternative partnerships. Economic coercion is no longer a safe substitute for conflict. Prolonged sanctions raise global costs, disrupt energy markets, and increase the risk of military escalation.
In short, economic weapons are no longer one-sided and carry growing global consequences.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/178074
🇮🇷Iran has started charging fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, organizing a "safe corridor" for approved carriers, according to Lloyd's List. According to the publication's sources, one operator paid about £2 million for the transit of his tanker.
A total of at least nine ships have already passed through the strait under this scheme. However, it is not known how many of them paid for the transit permit, because in some cases the parties limited themselves to diplomatic intervention. The mechanism of making payments given the current sanctions against Iran also remains unclear
In the absence of US capabilities to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, this is quite a viable scheme.
❗️Statement by Hamas:
"The terrorist occupation (israel) authorities' continued closure of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque for the 19th consecutive day under flimsy pretexts, preventing prayers, including the Taraweeh and night prayers inside it, and repeatedly assaulting worshippers attempting to pray in its proximity, represents an ongoing series of systematic attacks on freedom of worship, and a blatant escalation in attempts to impose a dangerous Judaizing reality, aimed at altering the status quo in Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
We in the Hamas Movement warn of the repercussions of the fascist occupation's measures against the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which coincide with increasing terrorist incitement campaigns by so-called extremist "Temple" groups. We affirm that all these decisions and measures are null and void, issued by an illegitimate occupation authority, and they will not succeed in changing the Islamic identity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The continued closure of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque necessitates urgent and decisive action by the Islamic Ummah, with all its components, to prevent the occupation's encroachment on the first Qibla of Muslims and the third holiest site, intervene to halt the extensive violations against it, stop the restrictions on worshippers, and thwart its malicious plans against Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
We call upon the international community to condemn the occupation's violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Palestine, as well as all the aggressive and provocative measures taken by the fascist occupation government, which further ignite tension in the region and the world."
🇺🇸🇮🇷Another couple of weeks of operations in Iran will cost the US more than a year of the invasion of Iraq, — Newsweek
The Pentagon has appealed to Congress to allocate it $200 billion. This figure already exceeds the amount spent annually at the "peak" of the invasion of Iraq, when there were 170,000 military personnel there, and now the US is not even conducting a ground operation.
The reason for the huge expenses is modern expensive weapons.
At the beginning of the campaign, the US actively used Tomahawk missiles, costing more than $3.5 million each.
Earlier, the Times newspaper wrote that American military personnel are using expensive Patriot air defense systems, consuming several missiles for each Iranian drone.
🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸| Israel denies involvement in the attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, says attack was carried out by the US.
🇮🇷| Iran’s IRGC has issued another warning to US-affiliated industries in the region and calls on workers to evacuate.
The IRGC says it will attack these industries in the coming hours.
The evacuation warning is meant for civilians not to get hurt, something Iranian industry workers did not get.
@FotrosResistancee
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20153
🇺🇸 "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."
Video in https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/178050
Consumers are distinct from US economy? Wtf... 💀
The Warmongers Will Never Admit They Were Wrong And Will Never Learn From Their Mistakes
Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton has a tweet that’s got me absolutely fuming right now.
“In 2018–2019, I made the case for regime change in Iran as often as I could. Voices in Trump’s orbit often cited Iran’s capacity to close the Strait of Hormuz as a reason against regime change. Trump has been fully aware this is a possibility, and yet did not prepare,” Bolton posted.
Can you believe this shit? Dude’s like “Hey, Trump should have known this war would be hard because people tried to warn him not to listen to me!”
Motherfucker THIS WAS YOUR WAR. You were THE “bomb Iran” guy! You made it your entire personality for DECADES. Over the years I’ve used your name God knows how many times whenever I needed an example of a Beltway swamp monster who’s got a throbbing hard-on for war with Iran. Now you’ve finally got it and it’s going exactly as badly as everyone said it would, and you’re like “Yeah well he should’ve known better, people tried to warn him about the Strait of Hormuz”? Fuck you.
These professional warmongers never, ever learn from their errors. Many years after the Iraq invasion turned out to be a disaster, John Bolton was still out there telling the media he believed it was a “resounding success,” conceding only “mistakes that were made subsequently” to the ousting of Saddam Hussein.
They never admit they were wrong. They never admit that their war was a bad idea. They only ever acknowledge that it didn’t happen in exactly the way they imagined it happening in their minds. They live in this fantasy world where all their war agendas would unfold beautifully so long as they could personally control every molecule of matter involved in how it happens, completely ignoring that this is impossible and any war is always going to have an unfathomable number of moving parts you can’t control.
In their eyes the wars are never wrong, they’re only ever executed incorrectly. US military interventionism can never fail, it can only be failed.
Bolton doesn’t even seem to have any idea what Trump could have done differently to stop Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz. I listened to an NPR interview the other day where he slammed Trump for not having “done the planning in advance” to prevent the Iranian blockade, but he never at any time outlined what Trump could have done to accomplish this. He just said there was “a huge hole in the planning” and that “they apparently didn’t take as seriously as they should have the potential to mine the Strait of Hormuz,” without ever saying what they could have done.
He doesn’t know. He himself, Mister Iran War, had no plan for how to carry out this war without disastrous consequences for the US and its allies. He’s spent his entire blood-soaked career pushing for a war he never had any idea how to actually carry out.
These are the kinds of minds they have spearheading the US empire’s wars.
All the worst people are getting exactly what they want, and it turns out they don’t even want it, like Elon Musk tweeting “Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ really knew what they were talking about” last month. They’re getting everything they asked for and it’s making everyone miserable, and it’s not even making THEM happy.
The imperial status quo elevates the worst among us. The least wise. The least insightful. The least compassionate. The least deserving. The least qualified.
We need drastic revolutionary change, and we need it now.
Another great piece by Caitlin Johnston.
🛢🇷🇺PRIME: Indonesia is discussing oil purchases with Russia
RTRS: China has asked Russia to resume oil supplies for the first time since November
Thairath: Thailand has started consultations on Russian oil supplies
TASS: The Russian ambassador did not rule out an increase in Russian oil purchases by Pakistan after the lifting of sanctions
Bloomberg: India has increased its imports of Russian oil
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/178029
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued waivers temporarily lifting nearly all sanctions imposed on tankers originating from or carrying oil from the Islamic Republic of Iran, dubbed “Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Iranian-Origin Loaded on Vessels as of March 20, 2026” effective for vessels loaded on or before 12:01a.m. EST, March 20, 2026 through 12:01a.m. EST, April 19, 2026
I think this moment is going to be what cements the era of US humiliation. To start a brutal war against and adversary they has choked for nearly 50 years only to wave off sanctions due to the capitalist world system the US themselves constructed, all while still engaged in the war.
There is no spin for this. It's clear to everyone that the US was completely incapable of achieving anything against Iran, and literally could only save itself by walking back half a century's worth of imperial policies after 3 weeks.
Also, I believe myself and other comrades in the US may need to reconfigure our analysis of revolutionary potential within the US. For quite some time now, we've held the position that imperial super profits have created a near insurmountable inertia against class consciousness within the US, compounded by decades of anti-communist infiltration. These factors have ked us to conclude that conditions in the US aren't yet at a stage where there's any chance of a revolution. However, perhaps we must reanalyze our conditions and that conclusion.
Iran has caused the empire to draw blood and it's now desperate to patch up the consequences of its miscalculation, but that has got me thinking a bit. Why is the US so clearly humiliating itself? Could it potentially be that the US ruling class views it's situation as more precarious domestically then we'd assumed? Why not just let the proles suffer if unorganized mass outrage doesn't yet come close to threatening the domination of the US capitalist class?
Perhaps the ruling class in the US sees rapidly developing organizational skills within the masses. This is only really my ramblings but I think it's something worth ruminating about.
Trump: “No one expected them[Iran] to attack the gulf states. We were shocked”
Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033604200513343489/vid/avc1/1920x1080/r6ysBLUYtGUR99hd.mp4
Source -> https://xcancel.com/s_m_marandi/status/2033641217204924686#m
From Sony Thang:
If you want to understand why Washington panics at the word petroyuan, stop thinking like an economist and start thinking like a gangster.
A gangster does not fear the first lost dollar.
He fears the first open act of disobedience.
He fears the moment the neighborhood realizes the tribute was never sacred.
It was enforced.
And what is enforced can be outwaited, bypassed, negotiated around, or one day ignored.
Hormuz is dangerous to the United States because it dramatizes that possibility.
A toll booth at the center of global energy where the old collector no longer controls every lane.
That is why the rhetoric gets so frantic.
The empire is not hearing a different currency.
It is hearing the sound of tribute becoming optional.
Source -> https://xcancel.com/nxt888/status/2034254162469494809#m
🇮🇳: 🇮🇷 | There are reports of a massive wave of donations from Iran supporters in India, led by Kashmir, which has been at the forefront of contributions totaling millions of dollars. Across other states, cities, and villages, people are pouring whatever they can to support Iran, saying it is only a portion of their burning hearts, yet they act upon the guidance of Imam Khamenei. A report from a correspondent confirms that in the village of Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, families in Gauri Khalsa village have donated bronze dowries, heirlooms, and jewelry inherited from their mothers for Iran’s cause. There are reports of hundreds of thousands of rupees being transferred to the Iranian embassy from across the country, with contributions coming from people of all religions, alongside Shia movements. Record donations include selling jewelry, land plots, bikes, mobile phones, and other valuable items.
Al Jazeera: Qatar says Iran attack caused ‘extensive damage’ at Ras Laffan gas facility
Qatar’s energy giant QatarEnergy has said Iranian missile attacks on the Ras Laffan Industrial City, the country’s main gas facility, have caused “extensive damage”.
❗️Tight domestic diesel supplies due to limited stockpiles and far-flung distribution networks are rattling Australia's farming and mining sectors, the main users of the transport fuel, as the Iran war disrupts global oil supplies.
With the war squeezing fuel availability, China banned exports of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel last week, heightening fears of fuel shortages. Australia, Bangladesh and the Philippines are especially reliant on Chinese fuel supply.
Australia holds stockpiles far below global standards and last year imported 84% of its petroleum product needs, government statistics show.
🤡PS. The whole world including Reuters accepts that Australia is in a fuel crisis but energy minister Chris Bowen says there is nothing to worry about. Go figure?
Khatm al-Anbiya HQ has a message for Trump in English.
“The outcome of war cannot be determined by tweets, the results of war is determined in the field. The very place where you and your forces do not dare to approach.”
“It’s better to name this war “Epic fear” instead of “Epic fury.”
Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033594955168354304/vid/avc1/1280x720/hUVFkGgBDDm7pyJD.mp4
Source -> https://xcancel.com/iwasnevrhere_/status/2033595009060970770#m
🇮🇷🇸🇦 IRGC Spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaqari:
"The Zionist regime intends to attack energy infrastructure in the region, including Aramco facilities — the regime's history of malicious acts to frame Iran confirms this evil intention."
Iran officially warning that Israel is planning a false flag on Saudi oil facilities to blame Tehran.
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Ending the war does not mean ending the crisis. We have countries that literally shut down production because their storage is full. To bring back that oil to a pre-crisis level takes time. For [liquified natural gas] in particular, it takes a very long time.”
• Ana Alhaji
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/158853
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Military source for Tasnim:
Promises a major surprise for Trump if he makes a grave mistake, and warns UAE coasts could burn if US crosses red line.
“It is obvious that any ground attack on Iranian soil is one of our red lines, and just as we had a surprise in response to every enemy operation, this time too it will be the same.”
He said: “In response to the start of war against the nation and the assassination of the martyred leader of the Revolution, a regional war broke out. When our energy infrastructure was hit, all of the region’s energy infrastructure went offline.”
He added: “This time as well, we are ready, so that if the terrorist Trump commits any mistake in this regard, we will create a surprise for him such that he will not even be able to take the coffins of his soldiers out of our land.”
@FotrosResistancee
One of the most controversial parameters discussed in the context of an attack on Iran remains the reduction in the number of ballistic missile and drone launches.
📢 Even major and well-known analysts, observing a decrease in the number of launches, conclude that Iran is supposedly running out of missiles. However, in such conflicts, a reduction in the volume of strikes often means a change in tactics, not an exhaustion of resources. Supplies do not disappear overnight. The scheme of attacks changes.
📡 This may indicate a transition from demonstrative and intensive strikes to a more selective use of strike means. At the first stage of the conflict, missiles and drones are often used to overload air defense systems and test the enemy's reaction. When the main parameters of defense become clear, strikes may become less frequent, but more accurate and targeted. Satellite data, which Iran, obviously, receives from somewhere, also play a significant role in this.
📍In addition, another possibility cannot be ruled out. Iran may deliberately accumulate strike means for a more large-scale phase of the campaign or to synchronize strikes with the actions of allied formations in the region. In this case, pauses between waves of attacks become part of the planning, not a sign of weakening.
Moreover, Iran's opponents, primarily the USA, have a limited number of modern interception systems in the region. Each interceptor missile costs orders of magnitude more than the launched drones and missiles. Therefore, less frequent but combined strikes may be more economically and tactically advantageous than constant mass launches.
📝 In other words, a reduction in the number of launches in itself says almost nothing about the real state of the arsenals. It is much more important to observe the change in the structure of strikes, the choice of targets, and how these attacks fit into the overall strategy of the conflict. In such wars, it is often the evolution of tactics that is more indicative than the statistics of launches.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/158766
🇨🇭🇺🇸 Switzerland has suspended all new arms exports to the U.S. over the war in Iran, invoking its neutrality and the War Material Act.
Existing licenses and other exports are being reviewed by a government-appointed expert group.
In practice, the move targets Washington—Israel and Iran have not received approvals for years. No new licenses have been issued since U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran began on February 28.
VIDEO | Israeli police suppressed worshipers and fire stun grenades at them near Bab al-Sahira in occupied Jerusalem, as they attempted to reach the closest point to the closed Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, in what is described as a historic and unprecedented full closure—the first time since the 1967 war that Eid prayers were not held at the site.
In response to Israel/US attacking Iran’s South Pars gas field, Iran has issued evacuation orders for:
🇸🇦 Samref Refinery – Saudi Arabia.
🇦🇪 Al Hosn Gas Field – United Arab Emirates.
🇸🇦 Jubail Petrochemical Complex – Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
🇶🇦 Mesaieed Petrochemical Complex and Mesaieed Holding Company (affiliated with Chevron) – Qatar.
🇶🇦 Ras Laffan Refinery (Phases 1 and 2) – Qatar.
🇮🇱 Haifa refinery.
These sites have become legitimate targets and will be targeted in the coming hours.
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20318
John Mearsheimer on what the Strait of Hormuz closure actually means:
"It's not only oil. One third of the world's fertilizer comes through the Strait of Hormuz. This is going to create major league inflation, which is going to slow down growth and result in the deaths of many people all around the world."
Everyone is watching the oil price. Almost nobody is talking about fertilizer.
One third of global fertilizer supply moves through a strait that has been closed for three weeks. The food shock from this war hasn't hit yet.
Video in https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/178515
Pakistan is suspending its military operation against Afghanistan for five days in connection with the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the country's information minister announced.
It is reported that this was done at the request of the Gulf countries.
No, it's most likely caused by lack of fuel for Pakistani military operation and they needed their fuel reserves for their other domestic needs, while their military would have to keep their allotted fuel reserves in case of war with India.
❗️NEW: According to the WP, more than 200 US Army soldiers/personnel have been injured from Iranian attacks, with some in serious condition.
Injuries from Iranian attacks in:
• Israel.
• Iraq.
• Bahrain.
• Jordan.
• Kuwait.
• Saudi Arabia.
• UAE.
The fact that US soldiers have been injured in ‘ISRAEL’ is a clear indication that there have been succesful hits on sites and locations that have NO footage and NO visual confirmation with full censorship.
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20186
❗️The Supreme Leader of Iran, Mohammad Taqi al-Khameini, called on the countries of the Middle East to "not fall for Zionist provocations":
The attacks that occurred in Turkey and Oman, with which we have good relations, on certain facilities in these countries, were in no way carried out by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic or other forces of the Resistance Front. This is a deception on the part of the Zionist enemy, using false flag tactics to sow discord between the Islamic Republic and its neighbors, and this could also happen in some other countries.
Following the downing of the first US Air Force F-35A, it was revealed that it was shot down, presumably, by the Majid (AD-08) short-range air defense system. The successful attack on the F-35 calls into question the invulnerability of American and Israeli stealth fighters and may force the Iranian military to reconsider its tactics for strikes deep into Iranian territory.
The Majid is an Iranian short-range air defense system (SAM) designed to intercept low-flying targets such as cruise missiles, drones, and tactical aircraft. The system is characterized by exceptional mobility (usually mounted on the chassis of an Iveco Daily 4x4 SUV or similar light trucks) and a high degree of stealth.
Unlike traditional SAM systems, it does not use radar to guide missiles, making it virtually invisible to the radar warning systems (RWS) of aircraft like the F-35. The system is equipped with a high-resolution electro-optical system with a thermal imaging channel. It scans the sky for thermal contrast, such as hot engines or airframe friction.
The AD-08 missile is equipped with an uncooled infrared seeker (IR seeker), enabling a "fire and forget" approach.
