Iran Bombs Arab Neighbours Again & Threatens the U.S. Homeland

The Islamic Republic’s collapsing economic and military resources are becoming catastrophic for its proxy network, with Hezbollah now reportedly asking Iran for cash that has yet to arrive.

Trump calls media ‘treasonous scum’ over reports of low Iran war munitions

In a post on his Truth Social account, Trump said the military was producing munitions at “levels never seen before” and has “far more than we could ever use”.  He also again took aim at media outlets that have reported on US shortages of both offensive and defensive weapons, calling them “treasonous scum” who refuse to “accurately report” on the war with Iran.

Iran Bombs Its Neighbours Again, Claims U.S. Pilots Killed

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said strikes against IRGC targets began around 12:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, in response to “recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.”

  • CANADA GAVE MILLIONS IN CONTRACTS TO SON OF IRAN’S FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
  • US Vice President JD Vance says all options remain on the table against Iran and rules out talks unless Tehran halts commercial shipping attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran’s first vice president says the US has changed Tehran’s calculations, warning its response to US attacks will be “asymmetrical” and “multi-layered”.
  • The death toll from the US strike on an Iranian wedding party in the city of Sirik has risen to five.
  • South Korea is reviewing practical options, including military measures, for supporting freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, and says claims that Seoul had provided no assistance on the issue were “not true”, a presidential official has said.
  • Trump is increasingly signaling that regime change, not another deal, is his preferred outcome for the Islamic Republic. His rhetoric has shifted. Trump says he “couldn’t care less” whether the Islamic Republic signs another agreement…
  • The IRGC have taken significant personnel losses in the latest U.S. strikes, as more names of those killed continue to emerge. Seven more military personnel were killed Tuesday night in strikes on targets in Ahvaz and Aghajari in Khuzestan Province.

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Iran: “the children, the children…”

Qatar is the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood & Al Jazeera, the propaganda arm of the MuBros. Knowing full well that Western people care about children, they keep flogging the “children” schtick until the cows come home:

Dozens of Iranian children, women among the wounded after US strikes

Next to “children” are “wedding parties”. Everybody loves weddings. What could be more dastardly than bombing a wedding party. Mohammedans know exactly how much impact that has among Westerners.

But Muhammad could not care less. When he raided a town and children were killed, he said “they are from them”.

Iran Red Crescent urges ICC probe into deadly US strike on wedding party

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate a missile attack by the United States that hit a wedding party in the southern town of Kuhestak, killing at least four people and wounding dozens.

  • President Donald Trump says renewed fighting with Iran will not last “too long” while threatening the US military is ready to strike the Islamic Republic “any time we want”.
  • Kuwait’s military says air defences are responding to new missile-and-drone attacks that it blamed on Iran.
  • Iranian state television confirms Tehran is targeting US bases in the Gulf state of Kuwait “in response to America’s crimes against the Iranian people”.
  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright vows a US plan for expanded sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s economic partners will deliver “absolutely maximum pressure”.

US-Iran war escalates after spate of deadly tit-for-tat strikes

  • Concerns rise again throughout the Middle East after the US military launched a series of deadly attacks on Iran and it retaliated with drone-and-missile strikes against Gulf nations and Jordan.
  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says four soldiers died in a US attack on Kermanshah province while at least five civilians were also killed during a wedding ceremony in southern Sirik.
  • US President Donald Trump says he “couldn’t care less” if Iran returns to negotiations to end the six-month war, vowing it “will be hit again at a much harder and higher level“.
  • Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Iran’s armed forces have “unforgettable lessons” in store for the United States in his first message since fighting resumed after a month of relative calm.

The US’s CENTCOM said it struck dozens of military targets along Iran’s southern coast on Tuesday.

Trump said Iran will be “totally wiped out” if it retaliates.

Iran responded by firing ballistic missiles towards Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Tehran has accused the US of hitting a wedding party, killing at least four people.

Here is the latest in the war on Iran.

Trump Hits Kharg Island, Calls Iran a “Failed Nation”

Crude price passes $90 a barrel after tit-for-tat US-Iran strikes

Oil prices continue to rise after the resumption of fighting in the Middle East.

Big setback for Iran

Kharg Island has reportedly suffered severe destruction in fresh US strikes.

9 missile launchers, underground missile & drone storage, a command center, runways and an ammunition dump were destroyed, with dozens of IRGC officials reportedly killed.

Iran’s Pezeshkian Gets Red Carpet Treatment Alongside Putin, Xi, Modi & Erdogan At Eurasian Summit

Not quite the isolation Washington was hoping for…

Xi Jinping, Putin, and Modi Show Support for Iran in Meetings with President Masoud Pezeshkian

Xi Jinping, Putin, and Modi Show Support for Iran in Meetings with President Masoud Pezeshkian

India, Russia, Pakistan, China, North Korea increase trade with Iran, calling the US sanctions meaningless.

Iran has formed its cordial relations with powerful countries.

Iran says it’ll ‘immediately’ reciprocate if US abides by deal

  • Iran will “immediately” reciprocate if ⁠the US fulfils its commitments under ‌an interim deal signed in June to end the six-month war and open the Strait of Hormuz, its president ⁠says.
  • US President Donald Trump pledges to respond to Iranian strikes on US military personnel in Jordan vowing “we’re going to hit them hard“.
  • Trump says the strait is in “extremely good shape” while claiming Iran’s financial system, military, and leadership have been largely degraded, but added “it doesn’t mean we won’t smack them to see what happens”.
  • UK Maritime Trade Operations reports a tanker was struck by three unknown projectiles near Khasab, Oman, while exiting Hormuz.
  • An advisor to the UAE president says Iran made a mistake targeting Gulf states, and the only way out of the war is to work with those countries
  • Treasury Secretary Bessent says Iran’s leadership is admitting the pressure is working, pointing to Pezeshkian’s remark that the war must end and parliamentary speaker Ghalibaf’s warning that Iran can’t endure without financial circulation and economic growth. Bessent says Treasury will keep severing every economic lifeline sustaining the regime until Tehran stands alone.

Iran in Deep Shiite

The key to the downfall of the Islamic Republic is when it can no longer afford to pay its repressive forces and mercenaries.

The regime has survived economic collapse and repeated nationwide uprisings because it has kept the IRGC, Basij and security apparatus paid, armed and loyal, while also relying on foreign and proxy forces during periods of severe unrest.

That is why the collapse in oil exports matters so much. The IRGC had grown to control as much as half of Iran’s oil trade, tying the regime’s most important source of revenue directly to the machinery that protects it. Iranian oil loadings have reportedly plunged from roughly 1.7–2.2 million barrels per day before the war to around 250,000 in August.

The Islamic Republic can survive an impoverished population if it can still finance repression. But when it can no longer pay the forces it depends on to crush dissent, the foundations of the regime begin to crack.

Trump Declares Iran a ‘Failed Nation’: ‘Leadership Is In Total Disarray’

U.S. Strikes Iranian Launchers Set to Mine Hormuz, IRGC Vows ‘Severe Repercussions’

Iran: Trump isn’t playing the “commitment” game

US ‘hasn’t fulfilled its commitments’, says Pezeshkian after attack on Iran

One of the oldest tricks in the Mohammedan handbook of deception is to accuse disbelievers of not ‘playing by the rules’ or not ‘fulfilling their commitments’, which never means the Mohammedans must keep up their side of the bargain.

The decrepit Obama regime fell for it, willingly, when it handed the mullahs billions without getting anything in return. Trump isn’t that foolish. He wants to see the mullahs play ball.

Trump Vows US Will Respond To Iranian Attacks After Ballistic Missile Strikes On Jordan

Trump teasing potential assault on Kharg Island…

  • Trump vows retaliation after Iran’s own ‘retaliatory’ missile attacks on US bases in Jordan.
  • Eight Iranian missiles were intercepted by Jordan amid the first major tit-for-tat military strikes in a month.
  • US forces struck Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island, reportedly killing two people.
  • Iran threatens further retaliation, while regional tensions reignite across UAE, Qatar and Red Sea.

 

From Al Jazeera:

  • In a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit with India’s PM Narendra Modi, Iran’s president insisted that “Iran never welcomes war” but the US “has not fulfilled its commitments”.
  • Iran says it has attacked US bases in Jordan and US military targets at the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island.

 

US Launches Surprise Attack on Iran – Senior IRGC Official DROPS DEAD on Live TV at Regime’s Nightly Rally! (VIDEO)

  • Iran says it has attacked US bases in Jordan and US military targets at the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island.
  • UAE’s Defence Ministry rejects Iranian claims that al-Minhad Air Base targeted.
  • The IRGC says the US ⁠attack on Larak ⁠Island killed and wounded ‌several Iranian fighters and civilians, according to Iran’s ⁠state broadcaster IRIB.
  • Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that Tehran “is not looking for war”, but would “never sit still in the face of any aggression”.

Iran is becoming North Korea.

Unironically. In the islamic regime’s latest law being passed at this moment, they’re banning all scholarships, studies and work in other countries that aren’t approved by the Ministry of Intelligence.

They’re also banning all contact with “hostile entities”, which at this point is basically the entire outside world. In addition to this, the law applies to Iranians already studying and working abroad too.

What does this mean? It means almost everyone in Iran is banned from moving out the country for work or studies unless they are regime-linked.

This locks down the entire younger generation from ever emigrating. It also means millions of Iranians abroad will be arrested if they dare travel back, even if they have no activist or political history, because they probably work or study in “unapproved” institutions.

Step by step, the islamic regime is locking down the country and turning Iran into a true open air prison. Hell on Earth.

Long bus lines are forming at Iranian fuel stations as gasoline and diesel run short. – Iran Wire.

After bombing his neighbours, Iran’s Mojito mufti calls for “unity & friendship”, or else…!

After bombing his neighbours, the Mojito mufti calls for “unity & friendship”…

Iranian officials have also repeatedly threatened neighboring governments against cooperating with President Donald Trump’s escalating economic campaign against Tehran.

Or else…!

Earlier this month, former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohsen Rezaei warned countries in the region that Tehran would consider them enemies if they joined Washington’s economic campaign and would strike their interests if they cooperated with the United States.

U.S. Strikes Iranian Launchers Set to Mine Hormuz

IRGC Vows ‘Severe Repercussions’

Ships remain anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran. Neg

U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers Sunday after the military observed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces preparing to fire rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, prompting Tehran to vow retaliation in the first known American strike inside Iran since late July.

Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ Khamenei Calls for Gulf Unity, Confront ‘Real Enemy’ U.S., Israel

Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called on Gulf states to unite against the United States and Israel as their “real enemy” in a written message Sunday, an overture to neighbors Tehran has spent months attacking and threatening as the Islamic Republic faces mounting military and economic pressure.

‘No End In Sight’: Democrats Make Trump Foreign Policy A Central Issue After 6-Months Of Iran War

Though most Democrats have all along shared the same hawkish attitudes & rhetoric when it comes to Iran…

Iran continued:

“We tell all the countries around us not to join the United States in its economic war, otherwise we will consider them enemies,” Rezaei said. Iranian officials subsequently warned that participation in the U.S. economic offensive could amount to an “act of war.”

The confrontation has also cost Tehran economic ties with its neighbors. The United Arab Emirates, historically one of Iran’s most important commercial links to the outside world, suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran earlier this month after accusing Tehran of renewed missile fire toward the country. Iran denied launching the missiles.

Hosting US bases ‘an asset’ as well as ‘a liability’ for Jordan

Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride says Jordan has been “very much on the front line of the fighting” since February, with missiles exchanged between Israel and Iran crossing its airspace, and some intercepted over its territory.

Trump reiterates that Iran must not be allowed a nuclear weapon

Trump has repeated his position that Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon in an interview with Fox News.

“You cannot let them have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon,” he said, describing Iran’s leadership as “very violent, evil people”.

Iran: US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz

US forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, the first attack in over a month, as Iran‘s Revolutionary Guards warn of a ‘retaliatory response’.

In a statement shared by Iranian news agencies, the IRGC said the combined missile and drone operation, which it called “Punishment of the Aggressor”, hit the King Hussein and Al Azraq bases.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says several soldiers and civilians were killed and injured in a US attack on Larak Island, state media reports, adding that it will be met with a “response and punishment.”

  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it has attacked US bases in Jordan after US forces bombed two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island.
  • In a statement shared by Iranian news agencies, the IRGC said the combined missile and drone operation, which it called “Punishment of the Aggressor”, hit the King Hussein and Al Azraq bases.
  • ⁠The IRGC says the US ⁠attack on Larak ⁠Island killed and wounded ‌several Iranian fighters and civilians, according to Iran’s ⁠state broadcaster IRIB.
  • In a written statement, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Muslim heads of state to “recognise their real enemy, understand its plans and confront it”.

  • In a written statement, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has urged Muslim heads of state to “recognise their real enemy, understand its plans and confront it”.
  • Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, says the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Iran is in no hurry to reopen it.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it maintains firm control of the strait, accusing US leaders of spreading false statements about it to sway energy prices.
  • Iraq is seeking to “be a bridge” between Tehran and Washington, the Iraqi prime minister’s security adviser, Qasim al-Araji, has told Al Jazeera.

Trump can squeeze Iran economically.

But a deal is not the same thing as peace.

Golda Meir understood what too many Western leaders still refuse to admit, you cannot negotiate lasting peace with someone who has come to kill you.

The Iranian people are not the enemy. The regime is.

And that regime has shown the world, over and over again, that ideology comes first, human life comes second, and every deal is just another delay.

Obama’s Iran deal did not solve the problem. It kicked the can down the road.

The question is whether America is finally ready to stop pretending paper agreements can change the nature of a regime built on hatred.

Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran’s Larak Island

Oil ⁠prices ⁠jumped more than 2 percent, ⁠with Brent back above $90 a ⁠barrel, after US forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s ‌Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday.

U.S. FORCES TAKING THE LEAD AGAINST IRANIAN FIRE

Fox’s Trey Yingst says the latest attacks on U.S. bases are being treated “extremely seriously,” with more responsibility for stopping incoming missiles shifting directly to American forces on the ground.
CENTCOM is increasingly relying on U.S. soldiers operating air-defense systems to intercept the incoming fire. Yingst recalled Trump describing watching American troops respond to an earlier Iranian attack in real time as “amazing to watch,” impressed by how quickly they reacted and successfully intercepted incoming missiles.
The stakes are obvious. Previous Iranian barrages have penetrated defenses and killed U.S. troops in Jordan, prompting direct American retaliation.

Iran: “the route is now blocked, and goods are not coming in”

  • The Iranian government mullah regime is pledging to stand firm against US sanctions and what it calls US-Israeli “conspiracies”.
  • Not a conspiracy: Iran is running out of gasoline

‘Goods Are Not Coming In’: Tehran Braces for Unrest as Trump Intensifies Economic Offensive

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged Friday that the U.S. blockade has slashed Iran’s trade and left critical imports — including gasoline — unable to enter the country, as the Trump administration intensifies an economic offensive aimed at isolating a regime already confronting mounting hardship and the threat of renewed unrest.

Pezeshkian said Iranian imports and exports have fallen between 25 and 35 percent under U.S. sanctions and the blockade, with his government now considering doubling the price of gasoline purchased beyond subsidized quotas as supplies tighten.

“The route is now blocked, and goods are not coming in,” he conceded during a televised interview Friday night. “One of those goods is gasoline.”

Iran feels the pinch, but bitches:

  • Iran’s government says it will stand ⁠firm against US sanctions, and rely equally on diplomacy ‌and defence to protect its interests.
  • The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) claims that it maintains firm control over the Strait of Hormuz, accusing US leaders of spreading false statements regarding the passage to sway energy prices.
  • The White House has told Al Jazeera that the US naval blockade remains fully active, reiterating that the strait is open and cleared of mines while Washington holds no talks with Iran.

Iran’s president says sanctions have cut the country’s trade by up to 35% Pezeshkian told a Government Week interview that exports and imports have fallen 25 to 35 percent under the American sanctions and blockade, and that prices will keep climbing because importers face steeper transport costs.

He said Iran sold roughly 90 million barrels of oil during the June memorandum with Washington, and that Tehran will not honor its commitments if the U.S. and Israel do not honor theirs, naming the banking sanctions and petrochemical embargo that were supposed to lift.

He also demanded Washington force Israel to halt its campaign in Lebanon. Notice what he chose to talk about next: energy conservation, and the claim that a 10 percent savings equals 900,000 barrels a day. A president reduced to selling efficiency at home is a president without much else to offer, which is the clearest confirmation yet that the pressure could actually be landing. What it has not produced is a change in Iran’s terms.

Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Daniel

Iran’s Basij paramilitary force calls for national unity

The Basij volunteer paramilitary force is praising government efforts to counter what it described as plots by Iran’s enemies and urged it to continue pursuing what the organisation characterised as a measured approach.

No need to wish them good luck with their efforts. The Iranians will hang them from lamp posts soon enough.

Sanctions Bite, Mullah Regime Warns Iran Against Any Action That Disrupts “Social Cohesion

Won’t be long before the truth is revealed.

‘We will not endure’ — Top Iranian leaders signal they are running out of time as economy crumbles ahead of Trump’s next sanctions onslaught

A split in Iran’s leadership has grown sharper recently, revealing increased impatience with the current stalemate as the economy continues to crash.

Iran Returns to ‘Diplomacy’ Talk as Economy Collapses

US urges allies and China to join latest economic campaign to ‘collapse’ Iran

Iran is dismissing Donald Trump’s latest threat as “economic terrorism”.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday that he had “creative discussions” with the leader of Qatar and “putting diplomacy back on track isn’t impossible” — a noticeable change in tune from Iran’s previous belligerence as the Iranian economy begins to collapse under the weight of U.S. sanctions.

“Putting diplomacy back on track isn’t impossible. It hinges on U.S. understanding of one simple fact: pressure doesn’t work. The U.S. should build trust, speak respectfully, acknowledge our rights, and uphold commitments,” Araghchi wrote on X.

The US has no ‘commitments’ to the terror state of the mad mullahs. And pressure clearly does work, as we can see the cracks in the regime.

The Iranian foreign ministry was insisting prior to these statements this month that it had no desire to resume contacts with the United States and the only item on its diplomatic agenda was bilateral negotiations with Oman to seize permanent control of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Omanis never seemed to get around to signing on the dotted line for Iran’s scheme to control the strait and extort “fees” from international shipping. On Friday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Bradley Cooper made a surprise announcementthat the U.S. Navy has cleansed all of Iran’s mines from the strait, leaving American forces in undisputed control of the vital waterway.

“The circumstances were challenging and dangerous, to say the least, but we got the job done,” Cooper said. “Bottom line: today, international shipping lanes are open, and momentum is building.”

Cooper said the U.S. has now escorted almost 1,500 commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, carrying some 750 million barrels of crude oil between them, while Iran has exported “zero oil from its shores” since the U.S. blockade was reimposed in mid-July.

Meanwhile, the regime in Iran runs on BS propaganda & bluster:

  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has retained “decisive control” over the Strait of Hormuz, and that US officials continue to “lie” about the status of the waterway to influence energy prices.
  • White House spokesman, meanwhile, tells Al Jazeera Strait of Hormuz is de-mined and safe for transit, reiterating US government line that no talks with Iran are taking place or scheduled.
  • Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojatba Khamenei warns nation against any action that disrupts “social cohesion”; sentiment echoed by Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.

Iran’s Leadership ‘Panicking’ Under Trump Economic Offensive

President Trump: “There is a Zero Tolerance policy on mine placement in full force and effect”

Bessent: Iran’s Leadership ‘Panicking’ Under Trump Economic Offensive — Vows to Sever ‘Ev

Bessent: Iran’s Leadership ‘Panicking’ Under Trump Economic Offensive — Vows to Sever ‘Every Economic Lifeline’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared Tuesday that Iran’s leadership is already “panicking” under President Donald Trump’s mounting economic offensive — pointing to stark warnings from Tehran’s own president and parliament speaker about the country’s deteriorating economy while vowing to continue severing the regime’s financial lifelines until it “stands alone.”

“Iran’s leadership is admitting what the world can now see: the pressure is working,” Bessent wrote on X, one day after the administration launched Operation Economic Outcast.

Bessent highlighted recent remarks made before Monday’s rollout from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who acknowledged the country’s mounting economic shortages while declaring that “the war must come to an end at some point.”

  • Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, says new “temporary” route through Strait of Hormuz agreed to with Oman, but US must “return to its commitments” under memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the waterway to be opened.
  • That won’t happen unless Iran surrenders…..

Iranian army top dog promises $30,000 to anyone who captures or kills an American

Double if it is a woman. But knowing Trump, he has it coming. T

  • US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of an unprecedented “crushing economic operation” against Iran after the two countries failed to reach a deal, warning that any country offering Tehran a lifeline will face severe financial retaliation.
  • Earlier, Trump said Washington may resume talks with Tehran at “some point”, stating that US demands remain focused strictly on preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
  • Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the US is seeking an “honourable exit” from the Middle East while promoting a “new regional order”.

Trump is sending 20 more warships to the Middle East.

Iran’s inflation is at record highs.

The regime is starving its own people for some “eternal reward.”

The IRGC doesn’t care. They just want to take down the Great Satan. Sanctions only go so far. The only way this ends is by destroying the regime.

UAE Suspends All Trade with Fellow BRICS Member Iran After Latest Missile Attack