Category: Iran

‘Israel-Lebanon deal not possible without Hezbollah’s consent’

That means there won’t be a deal. Hezbollah will not disarm, Iran will keep the supply lines open and Israel will keep bombing them until there’s nothing left to bomb.

The agreement between Lebanon and Israel is an “existential threat” to Hezbollah’s presence, Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem says.

Despite that, the agreement, which includes disarming Hezbollah, can’t be enforced without the group’s consent.

“Without Hezbollah’s consent, this is not going to happen,” Hashem said in Al Jazeera’s Doha studio. “This is going to be another recipe for another confrontation. The Lebanese government isn’t capable of imposing this deal. It’s not the de facto force on the ground.”

The deal, signed earlier today, is about “putting Hezbollah in the corner,” Hashem said.

The Trump administration has said Iran’s unfrozen money will be used to buy US agricultural products, which will then be provided to Iran.

Read more about that here.

The US rejects any nation’s claim over Hormuz, says Rubio in Bahrain

The US will not accept that Hormuz belongs to any nation-state, Rubio says while meeting with Bahraini leaders in Manama.

“We want a deal with Iran, we don’t want a deal at any price,” he added.

  • US Secretary of State Rubio tells Bahraini leaders in Manama that the US wants to ensure agreement with Iran takes into account the “interest of allies“.
  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has rejected a new shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that any vessel using it will be in danger.
  • The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says visits to Iran’s nuclear sites will take place, but Tehran says inspections will only happen once a final deal is reached with the US.

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Israel attacks Hezbollah as Netanyahu says troops to stay

  • Israel continues to attack southern Lebanon as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israeli military is “not going to withdraw” from occupied areas.
  • Lebanese group Hezbollah has accused Israel of targeting civilians trying to return to their homes in Lebanon’s south, killing two people and wounding a third.
  • After a meeting in Bahrain, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington and its Gulf allies have rejected any Iranian fees or restrictions on transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned against any crossings of the strait without authorisation, as the critical waterway remains a major source of tension.

Bahrain FM welcomes Oman corridor for safe passage through Hormuz

Bahrain’s ⁠Foreign ⁠Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ⁠Zayani has welcomed Oman’s announcement of a corridor for the ‌safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says any ships taking the new route will be in danger.

Tehran Friday sermon: Muslim cleric says that Iran has defeated U.S. and Israel, crowd screams ‘Death to America’

‘The only thing the U.S. has to show in return is a document that amounts to an unconditional surrender’
 
When Trump said that he would only accept unconditional surrender from the Islamic Republic of Iran, nobody thought that he meant that the U.S. would surrender unconditionally to Iran. But that is what his “deal” amounts to. And it all comes from poor planning on the part of his slapdash administration.

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“Australia is facing a complex mix of threats, thread level ‘too complex’, spooks need more powers, resources & laws to keep Australians safe”

Trusting government spooks with ever more power over Australians instead of targeting Islam with the full force of existing laws is self-defeating. Al Bozo & Burka Tony have already derailed the Royal Commission looking into the Bondi Massacre  by excluding Islam from their findings, which is a disgrace.

The Albanese government has been accused of a “complete mismanagement” of the ISIS brides cohort after the nation’s top spy addressed the ongoing terror threat against Australia.

The Coalition has claimed there is “little prospect” of a reduction in Australia’s terror threat from “probable” to “possible”, with the party accusing the Albanese government of a “complete mismanagement” of the ISIS brides cohort.

On Wednesday, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Director-General Mike Burgess warned the nation faced a more volatile security environment marked by rising social tensions, espionage and politically motivated violence.

The nation’s terror threat remains at “probable”, with knowledge of a specific planned attack needed to escalate it further to “expected”.

In his address, Mr Burgess stressed: “I do not believe the system was designed for a situation like the one we now face”.

On Wednesday, Mr Burgess warned the nation faced a more volatile security environment marked by rising social tensions. Picture: NewsWire/Martin Ollman
On Wednesday, Mr Burgess warned the nation faced a more volatile security environment marked by rising social tensions. Picture: NewsWire/Martin Ollman Shadow home affairs minister Jonathon Duniam has demanded the Albanese government ensure ASIO’s warnings are “taken extremely seriously”.

“It is fair to say that Australia is facing a complex mix of threats – including from foreign interference, espionage, online radicalisation, and antisemitic violence,” he told SkyNews.com.au.

“Religiously motivated violent extremism, including Islamist extremism, clearly remains one of the most serious and most enduring of these threats.

“The Albanese government’s complete mismanagement of the ISIS Brides’ returns to Australia has trained a very clear spotlight on the need for far better prioritisation of community safety. Continue reading “Australia is facing a complex mix of threats, thread level ‘too complex’, spooks need more powers, resources & laws to keep Australians safe”

Negotiating With Iran is a Humiliation Ritual

You can’t negotiate with Islamic terrorists. All you can do is be taken hostage by them.

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Dr. Seyed Abbas Araghchi

Negotiating with Islamic terrorists in general is a humiliation ritual. The moment you agree, you’ve lost face, shown weakness and it is now their mandate to humiliate you as much possible in order to extract maximum advantage while failing to keep any promises that they make.

Our leaders still haven’t learned this most basic fact from history. Including American history. (In two recent articles, “The Truth About the First Muslim Country to Recognize America” and “America Has Been Fighting Islamic Attacks for 242 Years”, I discuss how Adams and Jefferson learned this the hard way, trying to make treaties with Muslims in Algiers and Morocco, only to have them demand tribute and attack us anyway.)

So Iran is now doing exactly what I and anyone who knows anything about Islam and geopolitics predicted it would do, closing and opening the strait and demanding more. Currently Iran is demanding that the United States stop Israel from fighting back against Hezbollah attacks in Lebanon.

Assuming that J.D. Vance secures a blank check for Iran’s terrorists in Lebanon, there will be more demands, more closures and the humiliation rituals will go on until we wake up and stop jumping every time the terrorists shout… or until Iran’s ‘Death to America’ motto has been achieved.

You can’t negotiate with Islamic terrorists. All you can do is be taken hostage by them. Choosing to negotiate with them is choosing to be taken hostage. The moment we stop negotiating, the hostage crisis ends.

U.N. Nuclear Chief Rafael Grossi: Iran Inspections ‘Will Indeed Take Place’

Rafael Grossi, the head of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters on Wednesday that his agency would “indeed” conduct inspections of Iranian nuclear sites, as the Iranian terror regime agreed to allow such inspections in its peace deal with America.

Iran and Oman Agree to Form ‘Strait of Hormuz Committee’

Poll: Trump Approval Increases as Peace Talks Advance in Iran

Iran defiant, ignores US claims of victory

“Iran has no plans to allow IAEA inspectors to enter nuclear sites that were damaged during the war.”

Vance claims Islamic Republic of Iran will allow nuclear inspectors, Iran denies that inspections will be allowed

Tehran Friday sermon: Muslim cleric says that Iran has defeated U.S. and Israel, crowd screams ‘Death to America’

We have a strange spectacle. The war, or whatever it was, between the U.S. and Iran is over, and peace has dawned. Trump is touting his peace deal, while the Iranians are refusing to play along, and are instead making new demands, seeing Trump’s weakness and hoping he will promise that Israel will not retaliate against Hizballah’s jihad attacks in Lebanon before they give him his chimerical peace. Meanwhile, both Trump and the Iranian leadership are claiming victory. Which one has the more convincing case? Well, the Islamic Republic is still in power in Tehran. It is still screaming “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” It is refusing to give up its nuclear program, or, indeed, give an inch on anything else. Victory? Really, Mr. President?

This is a CNN story. CNN is known to be fake news.

US F-15 Pilot Shot Down Over Iran Recalls Being Swarmed by Iranian Drones in Terrifying ‘Jellyfish’ Formation

A US fighter pilot rescued after his plane was shot down in Iran has given a bone-chilling account of the moments before he was forced to eject, describing how he was swarmed by Iranian drones moving together in unison like some nightmarish jellyfish from hell.

“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN.

“Real alien sh*t,” the source added, recounting the pilot’s stunned reaction during his intelligence debriefing. Continue reading Iran defiant, ignores US claims of victory

Hezbollah Occupies Lebanon, Not Israel

Lebanese President to Iran: ‘This is not your country.’

Hezbollah doesn’t represent Lebanon, it’s an Iranian proxy holding the Lebanese people hostage. It’s time to free Lebanon from Iran’s grip.

 

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Looks familiar? You’re right. We have seen this before:

Secretary of State John Kerry apologized for suggesting that Israel risks becoming an Apartheid state but this did not satisfy Israel’s distrust of the peace process after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a new unity agreement with Hamas, which the U.S. recognizes as a terrorist organization.

THE U.N. SAYS ISRAEL “DELIBERATELY TARGETED CHILDREN.”

Al Jazeera “journalist” meets virgins:

Hezbollah Leader: Israel is Censoring the Quran

Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem gave an Ashura speech on Sunday where he came up with a new Jewish conspiracy theory.
He stated, “Israel, through its presence and influence, has imposed in some countries that verses that speak about the Jews should not be taught so that future generations do not learn the history of the Jews and remain ignorant of historical facts.”
Essentially he is saying that some Muslim countries, under Israel influence, are not teaching the verses of the Quran that are negative towards Jews.
Which means that the head of Hezbollah just admitted that the Quran is antisemitic.

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Iran says US to unfreeze $12bn in funds

That can’t be. That is simply not happening.

  • Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says an agreement has been reached with the United States to release $12bn in frozen Iranian funds.
  • Trump says Tehran agreed to allow international nuclear inspections and any released Iranian assets will be solely used to buy US agricultural products.

Tankers Continue Moving Through Strait of Hormuz Despite Iranian Threats

US and Iran can work together to reopen Strait of Hormuz, Ghalibaf says

Iran’s chief negotiator says the strait will never return to the way it was before the war but Iran will fully comply with international law.

Ghalibaf says US to release $12bn in frozen Iranian funds

So far, there has not been any direct statement from Iran on whether inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will be let back into the country.

  • Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says an agreement has been reached with the US to release $12bn in frozen Iranian funds.
  • This comes after the US announced a temporary easing of sanctions to allow the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals until August 21.
  • US President Donald Trump says Tehran has agreed to allow international nuclear inspections and that any released Iranian assets will be used to buy US agricultural products.
  • Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will continue to occupy southern Lebanon and “demolish” Hezbollah infrastructure.

Lebanon

A new round of US-mediated negotiations between Israel and Lebanon begins today in Washington and is due to last until Thursday.

Here’s what you need to know:

  • Lebanon is represented by Ambassador Nada Moawad, while the Israeli delegation is headed by Ambassador Yechiel Leiter. US officials are also participating in the talks.
  • The negotiations mark the fifth round between the two sides.
  • The latest discussions come after US-Iran negotiations resulted in a ceasefire agreement on June 19 and the creation of a “Lebanon de-confliction cell” tasked with supporting efforts to end Israeli attacks in the country. The ceasefire has largely held.
  • Lebanon is seeking Israel’s withdrawal from the south of the country, where the Israeli military have established a so-called “buffer zone” that encompasses about 6 percent of Lebanese territory.
  • Israel says it is seeking the “disarmament” of Hezbollah.
  • Hezbollah says the talks should be limited to “mutual security” and that its weapons must be kept off the table.

Here’s what happened overnight:

  • Iran says technical talks in Switzerland with the US have successfully concluded, and that the next phase of negotiations will involve the high-level political committee overseeing the mediation.
  • Iran’s Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has defended the decision to hold talks with the US, saying Iranian delegates went to Switzerland to end the bloodshed in Lebanon.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir say Israeli troops will continue to occupy southern Lebanon.
  • The UN says Sunday marked the first time its peacekeepers detected no air attacks in Lebanon since March 2.
  • Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi reaffirms commitment to “toll-free passage” in the Strait of Hormuz after talks with Iranian diplomats in Muscat.

Trump: if Iran closes the straight again they won’t have a country anymore

The problem in Iran is Islam.
Until that ends, there will be no change.

“There was a little bit of threatening, there was a little bit of whining. But at the end of the day, the talks continued and we made great progress.”- J.D. Vance

Iran Celebrates ‘Positive Developments’ After Switzerland Talks with U.S.

Nolte: Trump Threatens Iran — Close the Strait ‘and You Won’t Have a Country’

Trump Threatens Iran — Close the Strait ‘and You Won’t Have a Country’

After reports surfaced that Iran had closed the vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump told the Iranians who are meeting in Switzerland with Vice President JD Vance, “You close it, and you won’t have a country.  You won’t even make it back to your fucking country.”

On Saturday, Iran announced it was closing the Strait, claiming Israel’s retaliatory attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon violated the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed last week to end the war. Trump also threatened to take full control of the Strait and “blow the shit” out of Iran.

From here, things get murky (as they always do in the Middle East).

Our military says the Strait was never closed, that ships continued through without incident.

There are reports that Trump’s threat caused a walkout of the peace talks in Switzerland, but Vance says that the talks went well.

What we do know is that Hezbollah fired on Israel first. We also know that Hezbollah is a proxy of Iran and is funded by the IRGC. And every decent person knows Israel has every right to defend itself, so it was not Israel or the U.S. that first violated the precious MOU; it was the sociopaths in charge of Iran, or the sociopaths in Hezbollah.

Using his Truth Social account, Trump addressed this issue directly. “Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble, wrote Trump on Sunday. “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!”

JD Vance Calls Lebanese President for Talks on Ending Israeli Invasion

Trump obviously wants to put an end to this war. Democrats and the media successfully turned public opinion against it. Gas prices turned public opinion against it. Worse still for the president, due to the sudden and unexpected opportunity to take out most of Iran’s leadership four months ago, there was no opportunity to sell the public on the need to go to war with Iran before the war started. Continue reading Trump: if Iran closes the straight again they won’t have a country anymore

Conflicting Reports About the Iran Negotiations

JUST IN: Iranian delegation was about to leave the US-Iran peace talks in Switzerland, but at the very last minute they returned to the negotiating table at Pakistan’s request.

US, Iran agree roadmap for final deal as mediators hail ‘progress’ in talks

  • Mediators Pakistan and Qatar say the US and Iran have made “encouraging progress” on the first day of high-level talks in Switzerland.
  • They say the US and Iran have agreed on “a roadmap for a final deal to be reached within 60 days”, as well as a “de-confliction cell” to ensure an end to “military operations in Lebanon”.
  • Earlier, US President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran over its support of Hezbollah, but Tehran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said the US should be careful with its rhetoric.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it was closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israel launching airstrikes on Lebanon, according to multiple reports.

US, Iran agree roadmap for final deal as mediators hail ‘progress’ in talks

Senator Lindsey Graham discusses potential U.S. military action regarding the Hormuz Strait if the Iran nuclear deal fails.

Lindsey Graham Says If Iran Deal Fails, Trump Will Take Strait of Hormuz “By Force” and U.S. Will “Control” It (VIDEO)

Two men in business suits engaged in a discussion while reviewing information on a smartphone in a modern office setting.

UPDATE: Iranian FM Says “Major Progress” as Day One of Iran Negotiations Conclude – Pakistan and Qatar Release Statement Announcing “Encouraging Progress”

Participants at the Lucerne Summit engage in discussion, featuring a speaker addressing the audience with various national flags in the background.

JD Vance Arrives in Switzerland for Negotiations – Trump Threatens to “Take Over” Iran, “Blow the Sh*t Out of Them” and Take 20% of Oil in the Strait (VIDEO)

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is closed over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon

  • Iran’s IRGC says the Strait of Hormuz is closed over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 people since dawn.
  • Iran’s deputy foreign minister has told Al Jazeera Tehran is “ready to move forward” on diplomacy with Washington, but the US must ensure Israel abides by the terms of the deal to end the war.
Hezbollah just killed 4 Israeli soldiers.
 
Israel left the Sinai, left southern Lebanon, offered up the Golan, left Gaza.
Got shot at from the Sinai, shot at from Lebanon, invaded from Gaza and shot at from the Golan.
See how that works?

IRGC says Strait of Hormuz closed; technical Iran-US talks to start Sunday

  • Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on Lebanon. But the US military claimed 55 merchant ships transited the waterway despite Iran’s closure.
  • US President Donald Trump says there will be no tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, unless they are collected by his own country.

Israel keeps bombing Hezbollah in Lebanon

Judea and Samaria: Nine Israelis wounded as ‘Palestinians’ attack with rocks and metal bar

Vance blames Israel for breaking ceasefire, both he and Trump falsely claim Israelis strike indiscriminately

Journalistic terrorism: AP omits mention of Hizballah strikes on Israel in its report on breaking of ‘ceasefire’

Iran says US must pressure Israel as deadly attacks on Lebanon test deal

  • Iran’s deputy foreign minister has told Al Jazeera Tehran is “ready to move forward” on diplomacy with Washington, but the United States must ensure Israel abides by the terms of the deal to end the war.
  • A US official tells the Reuters news agency that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon after Israeli attacks killed at least 47 people.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the US has a “commitment and responsibility” to end the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, as the deal stipulates.
THE USEFUL IDIOTS
A useful idiot is a political term for someone who is used to advance an agenda without understanding that they are being used.
 
Want to see useful idiots in action?
 
Just read the comment sections whenever Israel, Jews, Iran, or Palestine are mentioned.
 
People convinced they are standing for peace and justice, while unknowingly promoting agendas that would gladly silence the very freedoms they enjoy.
 
That is what the term “useful idiot” was created to describe
 

The Israeli army has issued a forced displacement order for residents of eight towns and villages in southern Lebanon.

Netanyahu Tells IDF to ‘Step on the Gas’ Against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Whatever happens in the deal to be made — or not made — between Iran and the United States, Israel will not allow itself to be blocked in pursuit of its aim to destroy Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Here’s a quick look at the latest developments:

  • A senior spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces has warned that any resumption of US and Israeli air strikes on the country would meet a “heavier” and “stronger” retaliation.
  • Israel has launched intensified attacks on Lebanon, striking Khirbet Selm in the country’s south as well as the town of Mashghara, in the eastern Bekaa region, after rounds of forced evacuation orders.
  • Israel’s PM Netanyahu has doubled down on his threat to hit Hezbollah and Lebanon harder after a meeting of his security cabinet.
  • Hezbollah says it has attacked Israeli troops and military vehicles in southern Lebanon, as the Israeli army pushes deeper into Lebanese territory.
  • Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref confirms the country has taken the “first step” towards restoring full internet access after a weeks-long shutdown amid the war.

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