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🇮🇶🦵🇺🇸 The US military withdrawal from Iraq is continuing through the border with Jordan.
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🇺🇸🇦🇺🇨🇳🇭🇰⚡️ — BREAKING: China is in possession of sensitive F-35 stealth fighter components after a UPS shipment from Australia to the U.S. was unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong, according to Bloomberg.
The shipment contained a cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door from an Australian F-35, which were being sent to the U.S. in late May for inspection and possible repair or disposal.
The Pentagon says it is working to recover the components.
oops!
This reminds me of the various Allied tricks against the Nazis so they might be doing this on purpose to leak fake secrets to the enemy or whatever.
Agreed, this sounds pretty bogus to me. I doubt UPS would send two packages that large and that sensitive to the wrong country entirely by accident, especially given how tightly the US military tends to control the supply chain of weaponry it sells to allied countries.
Think of how much money it would cost UPS in wasted fuel and time if that kind of mistake happened routinely.
🇮🇷❌🇺🇸— The Pentagon quietly added 29 Navy sailors and eight Marines to the Iran war casualty count.
**The only way USN sailors could have been injured is if the unconfirmed local fishermen eyewitness reports of a successful Iranian ASM strike on a US destroyer are correct.
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NATO Secretary: 5,000 NATO aircraft supported the operation “Epic Fury” against Iran.
**And still failed??? So Iran has in fact single handedly won a world war.
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Video: https://t.me/SimurghRes/10306
Got a chuckle out of me.
So the US escalation against the Houthis as well as against Iran didn’t materialize over night by the looks of it. I’d say this is good news despite everything, if we currently are at a point where intervention is too costly that will hopefully continue until and and after midterms.
Do you guys think the US november election will have much of an impact? I personally think the theories of “Trump is showing restraint because of midterms, after those he will escalate again” seems counter to how he would operate.
I don’t know but personally I’ll be watching to see how far the Trump regime is willing to go with interfering in the election. We’ve already seen significant intervention from the billionaire class with their traditional avenue of massive donations and influence operations. The next question will be do we see new channels open up and how far do they go. Sufficiently open and provocative interventions would open new possibilities for US based organizers and could materially impact the war.
I personally think the theories of “Trump is showing restraint because of midterms, after those he will escalate again” seems counter to how he would operate.
I’m with you on this.
❗️Araghchi urges Europe to abandon its destructive approach towards Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on European governments to abandon their “destructive and irresponsible” approach towards Iran and regional developments during a meeting with UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
According to a statement from Araghchi’s office, the two ministers discussed bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments.
Araghchi attributed insecurity in the region and the Strait of Hormuz to “military aggression” by the US and Israel, with the support and complicity of some European governments, which he said had inflicted significant damage on Iran, the region and the world.
Araghchi said lasting regional security depends on ending the Israeli occupation and realizing the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights, particularly their right to self-determination.
BREAKING: France’s fuel shortage is surging, with 16% of the country’s stations now out of petrol or diesel, one in six, up from 11% on Saturday, and 18% in Île-de-France around Paris, per government figures published this morning.
Pays de la Loire is at 20%, Grand Est at 19%, and Centre-Val de Loire and Normandie at 18%, with every region except Corsica above 13%. The official count only registers a station as short if it has no petrol at all or no diesel at all, so the real shortage is much larger.
French diesel now averages €2.42 a litre, about $10.52 a gallon, a new all-time high. Petrol is also above its previous peaks.
Europe’s worst-ever energy crisis is getting worse.
Although I sympathize somewhat with the french working class, there is immense poetic justice in whats to come for the UK, Germany and France.
Where possible the workers should have electrified as much as possible. Get an EV, battery and solar system. If possible and you dpnt live in anapartment that is
Easier said than done. Too many people are living paycheck to paycheck and EVs are still expensive.
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Former IRGC Chief, General Safavi:
“We have 10 million trained Basij forces who can protect every region in Iran during a ground attack.”
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Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23911
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇦🇪🇶🇦| General Safavi:
“The US will eventually leave the region. We will remain, and so will the Arab countries.
Our goal is to permanently remove the threat to the Iranian people and to ensure lasting security for the region without the presence of the US. We have no intention of expanding our territory or overthrowing governments in Arab countries.
We can even provide their security.”
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Video: https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23912
🇮🇷🇨🇳🇷🇺| General Safavi:
“Russia & China, alongside their political support, are also helping Iran in other areas, albeit to a limited extent.”
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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇳/🇺🇸 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, has arrived in New York for the UNGA
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brave man considering they kidnapped the president of another country who the US wasn’t even at war with
In his case, being kidnapped would probably be a good thing for Iran considering it will be a big blow to the Reformists faction
🇮🇷❌️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇮🇶 Iranian Armed Forces have reportedly again pummelled the CIA/MI6/Mossad-backed terrorist elements who conduct attacks against Iran from the lawless regions of Iraq.
Numerous casualties have been reported following the strikes on the positions of anti-Iranian separatist groups in Erbil, Iraq.
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🇮🇷❌️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇮🇶 Another Shahed-136 UAV strike just hit in Soran, Erbil Governorate, Iraq’s lawless Kurdistan region.
Baghdad has next to no control over the region, allowing dozens of Western & Zionist-backed terrorist outfits to operate against Iran from Iraqi soil.
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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Ansarallah have captured Jabal Rasin (Rasin Mountain), a strategic position just 15km west of Al-Turbah, a major town on the Taizz–Aden road
If Ansarallah forces push through to Al-Turbah, the last remaining road into Taizz will be cut off & the city will be officially encircled.
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https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/36939
🇨🇳🇮🇷❌️🇺🇸 China:
Beijing continues to authorize Iranian flights to land on its territory. Our position is firm, and we oppose unilateral and illegal sanctions.
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🇮🇷— The spokesman for the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament:
Ships violating the regulations that cross the Strait of Hormuz will face, in addition to paying a fine equivalent to 20% of the value of their cargo, a procedure that entails the temporary seizure of the ship until the fine is paid.
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This will be great. They have so many ways to really make these people pay for going against Iran.
🇮🇶🇮🇷| Secretary-General of the Iraqi Hezbollah al-Nujaba movement, Akram al-Kaabi, issued a statement urging Iraqi people to hold sit-ins at Iraqi airports if air travel between Iraq and Iran is not resumed.
Previously Iraqi government banned Iranian planes at Baghdad airport, and yesterday it has banned them at Najaf airport as well.
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https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/23966
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Contrary to Pezeshkian’s comments yesterday, Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran will not compromise on its nuclear program, even if a deal is reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
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