Iran Crisis & the 2026 War between Iran and the United States, Gulf States, and Israel - Please focus on news and coverage, not argumentation.

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Mr.Bucket said:
Some people, like @MikeyNohMore, have publicly stated that they don't like the .gov posting memes because it's not just straight boring information that people will easily ignore.

I, on the other hand, fucking love this shit.
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I guess I'm glad they found a job for brain rotted zoomers to do. Making meme edits for the .gov
 
you guys wonder if the QTE has expired to take over Cuba cause we got hardstuck on the iran mission for like 10 frames to long?
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IRGC and Basij forces hide under Tehran bridges to evade U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. That's cute, we'll still find you.

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US/Israeli airstrikes against Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran.

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Renewed airstrikes on Borazjan, southern Iran.

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US/Israeli arrivals in Garmdareh, in between Karaj and Tehran.

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Several US/Israeli airstrikes on the south and southeast of Tehran.



Scenes from Garmdareh, in between Karaj and Tehran. Tousi TV is playing this right now on his stream.



At least 15 different locations in Tehran have been hit by the IDF.
 
gaysexenjoyer said:
Pretty sure the cardboard cutout and voice-only calls are doing the heavy lifting on that one, man.

It's not like if they show him sitting at a desk in front of a flag the CIA will crawl out of the camera and nuke him, his complete absence is incredibly weird unless he's either A) severely injured and showing him would fuck up the regimes resolve, or B) dead.
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Governments probably assume (esp. Iran and it's history with Stuxnet) that digital systems are inherently prone to security breaches, and treat them as such with regard to the personal safety of VIPs and other sensitive information. Netanyahu personally travelled to meet with Trump face-to-face before the last two rounds of war broke out, it's probably related.

Also, if Mojtaba was really dead then Trump would have already bragged about it on Truth Social just like he did with Ali.

gaysexenjoyer said:
If you're getting your thuper cereal reporting from fucking Kiwifarms of all places and feel the need to take it so seriously that people simply joking around and speculating makes you MATI then you gotta relax.
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With AI slop videos and algorithmic censorship prevailing over the mainstream platforms, I was hoping that the 'farms might actually be somewhat consistent and/or have good insights on this happening. It's worth a read, but it goes without saying that those expectations weren't exactly met.
 
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StudMccool said:
its like the nato of fuel reserves so we are coming together to dump 400 million barrels into the western supply. 170 million barrels will come from us or about 40% of our total stockpile
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We've never seen the IEA dump more than 2million barrels per day, and this will be against a loss of 20-30m barrel per day in the global market with Hormuz closed. We've had so many refinery and wells close and declare force majeure that I'm not even certain on the 20-30m a day figure any longer, it may be as high as 50m a day. We haven't seen much discussion about the Haifa plants getting hit several days ago because Israel has instituted wartime censorship to obscure damage reports so Iran can't easily determine how effective its targeting was. The closures are for routes that don't pass through Hormuz so that wasn't the singular yardstick to measure loss any longer.
 
gaysexenjoyer said:
It's not like if they show him sitting at a desk in front of a flag the CIA will crawl out of the camera and nuke him
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My brother in Christ, a loose group of anonymous retards on 4chan was able to find a flag based on con trails, background noise and the position of the sun in a video. Nothing is safe from internet autists, let alone the most highly funded spy agency in the world.
 

IRIB military correspondent Younes Shadlou explains how Iran is controlling the Strait of Hormuz:
Iran uses upgraded Ashura-class fast attack boats to control the Strait of Hormuz.

These boats are armed with IRGC-made heat-seeking Qadr missiles with a range of about 25 km, which are very accurate to hit their targets precisely without relying on optical systems and even without relying on GPS, instead they use thermal guidance systems. No electronic warfare system can prevent them from striking their target.

The boats can travel over 90 km/h and US naval forces are weak against it. They can also carry anti-drone and anti-helicopter missiles.

According to Shadloo, these boats have not yet been used in combat, the IRGC Navy is so far relying more on attack drones and some cruise missiles.
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It's...a speed boat with some missile tubes and a DShK on the bow.



Scenes from east Tehran.

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Vahdat Town, Karaj, just west of Tehran.
 
Maori Kiwifruit Growers said:
Congrats, Iran, you reinvented the PT Boat.

(also why don't we have the PT boats anymore? I have an extended family who served on them during WW2.
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My guess is high losses and really not needed anymore. They're only good at defending coastal waters and aren't built to survive the open ocean. And nobody's slinging large amounts of torpedos at things anymore. There's the coast guard plus local law enforcement boats.

Also helicopters.
 
Mr.Bucket said:
My guess is high losses and really not needed anymore. They're only good at defending coastal waters and aren't built to survive the open ocean.
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Couldn't they cruise in the open ocean? Or are you saying they would be easily picked off by the enemy in open ocean?

Mr.Bucket said:
And nobody's slinging large amounts of torpedos at things anymore. There's the coast guard plus local law enforcement boats.

Also helicopters.
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Makes sense. But not even for the Islands? My family member was in the Pacific blowing up Japanese between islands.
 
cowbells said:
With AI slop videos and algorithmic censorship prevailing over the mainstream platforms, I was hoping that the 'farms might actually be somewhat consistent and/or have good insights on this happening. It's worth a read, but it goes without saying that those expectations weren't exactly met.
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I trust @Mr.Racewar1488 more than any TV or internet news, second only to foreigners on telegram channels.
 
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt admitted that the Trump Admin never believed Iran posed a threat to the US homeland.

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Scenes from Borazjan, southern Iran.



A single Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted over central Israel moments ago. No debris reported.
 
Maori Kiwifruit Growers said:
Couldn't they cruise in the open ocean? Or are you saying they would be easily picked off by the enemy in open ocean?


Makes sense. But not even for the Islands? My family member was in the Pacific blowing up Japanese between islands.
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The WW2 ones just weren't set up for it. They were basically 80 foot speed boats with a couple of machineguns and torpedo launchers bolted on.

We do still have patrol boats like these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_VI_patrol_boat Probably closest to a modern navy PT boat.
 
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