Saw an interesting theory from Middle East Spectator Telegram channel in regard to Pezeshkian's latest comments on Iran stopping their attacks on certain countries that I will share below:

So what happened? Here's my own theory: Two days ago, Iran struck Azerbaijan (according to Aliyev). Aliyev then says Iran must apologize or face retaliation. The IRGC at the time already denied the strike, saying it was not carried out by them.

Today, after detecting signs of an imminent Azerbaijani attack, President Pezeshkian issued this statement of 'apology' to reassure Azerbaijan that Iran will not strike neighbourly countries (like itself) unless facing attacks from them. The Armed Forces Spokesman quickly confirmed and repeated this, and also added that this refers to countries 'we have not attacked AND will not attack' (again reiterating that Iran did not strike Azerbaijan).

This is clearly not about the Gulf, because we took responsibility for those strikes. Pezeshkian's wording was confusing and should have been better. But it was regarding Azerbaijan, NOT the Persian Gulf states.

This theory seems to be backed by the fact that Iran is still sending missiles and drones into the gulf states in the last few hours.

To recap, Iranian state media have confirmed the killing of the following state officials in the last 24 hours:

• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader

• Ali Shamkhani, Khamenei’s security adviser

• General Abdul Rahim Mousavi, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff

• Aziz Nasirzadeh, defence minister

• Mohammad Pakpour, IRGC commander-in-chief

The Islamic Republic News Agency have stated more commanders of the armed forces have also been killed and that their names will be announced later.

As to how Iran has handled the command structure since Khamenei's martyrdom, there is currently a three-member temporary leadership council chosen by the Expediency Discernment Council (who in turn were all appointed by the Supreme Leader as a sort of supreme advisory council) that have been granted the legal powers of the Supreme Leader to govern the country.

The three members of said leadership council are:

• Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, a Cleric that is also part of the Guardian Council, which is another council that oversees the legislature and the electoral system.
• President Masoud Pezeshkian (yes, he's still alive lol)
• Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, another Cleric who is also the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Iran. He is also reportedly a hardliner.

As for how the next Supreme Leader will be chosen, this duty officially lies with the Assembly of Experts, yet another powerful council that advises the Supreme Leader and whose members were approved by the Guardian Council, and the Supreme Leader, AND chosen by direct elections every 8 years.

Don't ask me how this works and which branch/ council has more power than the other, the entire political system of the Islamic Republic is quite confusing for me and I'm still learning.

Iranian Foreign Minister claims he's still alive. Schrodinger's Khamenei I guess.

Edit: Cat Box opened, Khamenei found dead RIP.

According to the Fars news agency, Iran has targeted:

• Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar
• Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait
• Al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE
• The US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain

Not an exhaustive list ofc, but this is what's been officially reported from Iranian media.

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency has also reported that an Israeli strike hit an elementary girl’s school in Minab, a city in southern Iran, killing at least 5.

Perhaps most strikingly, in late February 2019, Epstein represented to an associate that he had gotten advice from Chomsky over how to navigate “the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public”.

“The best way to proceed is to ignore it,” Chomsky wrote, according to text signed under his first name that Epstein sent to a lawyer and publicist. “That’s particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder.”

How did anyone ever consider this guy an intellectual giant of the Western left is beyond me.

Another angle of the recent ICE execution in Minneapolis shows one of the agents clapping. You don't see the victim or what they're shooting at but still NSFW.

I don't think this was seen from the other two publicly available recordings as they were taken from vertical vantage points relative to the scene, whereas this video was shot from a horizontal POV just a few metres down the street.

We already know that ICE agents are fully on board ideologically with the fascist state's subjugation and terrorizing of the masses, but I think this event will completely dispel the notion for the vast majority of Americans that these people are "just following orders" or that they were forced to do it because they're poor or some military vet with 'PTSD' who could only find honest work with the American Gestapo (cough Graham Platner cough).

Make no mistake, these people enjoy doing this, they are your class enemy, and don't let any lib tell you otherwise.

So I’ve been seeing reports from Western media that “thousands” of Iranians have been killed in the recent protests. What I don’t understand is how any Western outlet could possibly know this when there is still a total internet blackout in Iran which prevents almost no info coming out. Can anyone here verify the accuracy of these claims? Is it just CIA/ Mossad assets spreading misinformation to manufacture consent for a potential US/ Israel attack?

There is currently a memorial service being held at Bondi Beach for the recent mass shooting being attended by Australian politicians and Jewish community leaders.

What shocked me was just how quickly local Zionists have capitalized on the whole thing. I'm watching this on live TV right now and many people in the crowd are wearing Israeli flags. One of the speakers, a guy named David Ossip who is the president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, just said "Am Yisrael Chai" on stage after talking about fighting against anti-Semitism. When the Australian Prime Minister arrived to the vigil, he was getting boos from the crowd. In contrast, the NSW Premier (who ironically is from the same party) was getting cheers, no doubt because he has historically been way more of a hardliner in regards to suppressing anti-zionist activism.

Meanwhile, an anti-immigration rally led by the far right One Nation party is being held in Sydney at the same time and is also attended by Zionists calling for pro-palestine individuals to be deported. All without any pushback from the government.

I love the outfits of these female soldiers in the parade, they look like Communist Cowgirls haha.

Don’t know where else to talk about this so forgive me for this not bring news, but I was watching Hasan’s latest vid about the ongoing escalation between Iran and the US/ Israel and many of the comments were criticizing people in there defending Iran’s right to national sovereignty and self-defence by saying stuff like “but Iran is aUtOritaRiaN unlike the free and democratic US!” and “but Iran doesn’t have gay rights and oppresses women!”.

It’s the usual liberal moralistic platitudes that get thrown around whenever consent is being manufactured for war against a US designated enemy in the Global South, but the fact that so many supposed progressives are still trying to justify the imperialization of Iran WHILE they are actively protesting against repression and the destruction of civil rights in the US of A just astounds me.

Just goes to show how deep the neoliberal brain worms still run in westerners, and it also revealed to me how many of Hasan’s own fanbase are still very much liberals.

The German Chancellor of all world leaders not understanding the goal of genocide, leading a country that prides itself on being the biggest understanders of genocidal dictators because "we did it before, so we know it best", is just pure schadenfreude.

Further proof that Tankie is just the liberal version of "SJW" or "Woke"; a meaningless buzzword to describe anything left of them.