This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
🇾🇪❌🇾🇪🇸🇦 — Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah) announced that they struck Saudi troop concentrations, weapons depots, and command centers in the Mokha area and at Tadaween camp in Marib with a large-scale barrage of ballistic missiles and drones, leaving dozens killed or wounded, including Saudi personnel.
The group says it will continue targeting Saudi military buildups that are intended to escalate the conflict.
It also renewed its warning to Yemenis fighting alongside Saudi-backed forces, urging them to withdraw “before it is too late.”
I’m going to be honest, I’m extremely tired today for no reason. I doubt I’ll make many comments on the posts because of this. Just one of those “gray days” as I call them.
We’re not going to pass judgment on you for lack of participation, you already do a ton of free labour for us keeping us informed.
Please, take care of yourself.Thank you, just felt the need to explain, as it was a relatively slow day. I’m feeling a little better, but I should be back to normal tomorrow. Though, I won’t be able to provide updates at the usual time due to a prior obligation.
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Appreciate it.
🇺🇸 U.S. STRATEGIC OIL RESERVES FALL BELOW 300 MILLION BARRELS AS OIL PRICES SURGE AGAIN
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve has now fallen below 300 million barrels for the first time since the early 1980s, after months of emergency releases intended to suppress fuel prices and offset disruptions caused by the war.
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❗️Iran pursues bilateral, trilateral monetary cooperation with BRICS members
Speaking at the BRICS summit in India, Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati praised New Delhi’s leadership of the group and said Iran and India had begun strengthening cooperation in monetary, banking and digital economy sectors.
Hemmati said the summit offered a key opportunity to meet officials from BRICS member states with which Iran has the most significant monetary and banking ties.
He said Tehran believed BRICS members could conduct trade using their national currencies and was pursuing bilateral and trilateral monetary cooperation with other members of the bloc.
(Mehr News Agency)
Iran to soon join BRICS New Development Bank
Tehran is pursuing bilateral and trilateral monetary cooperation within the bloc as members push trade in national currencies
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66061
❗️Iran says it will soon join BRICS Development Bank
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▪️Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati announced that Iran will soon become a member of the New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the BRICS Bank, while attending the BRICS summit in India. He described the NDB as the most significant achievement of BRICS cooperation, praised India’s presidency of the bloc, and said Iran and India have expanded cooperation in the monetary, banking, and digital economy sectors, as reported by Tasnim News Agency.
▪️Hemmati said the BRICS summit provides an important opportunity to strengthen Iran’s monetary and banking ties with fellow member states. He added that BRICS countries are discussing greater monetary and financial cooperation, including conducting trade in their national currencies, and said Iran is seeking to establish bilateral and trilateral monetary cooperation with other BRICS members.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/66043
I personally think that this was one of the key reasons for the desperate attack by the US. Iran’s inclusion in the BRICS Development Bank may make the entire sanctions regime of the US largely useless.
I personally think that this was one of the key reasons for the desperate attack by the US. Iran’s inclusion in the BRICS Development Bank may make the entire sanctions regime of the US largely useless.
Agreed. US capital saw it as their last chance to recapture their fading hegemony, only to have it blow up spectacularly in their faces. The empire is not dead yet, but it will never recover from this wound either. The world is moving on without it, with India no less helping in that direction.
Inshallah
I personally think that this was one of the key reasons for the desperate attack by the US.
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may make the entire sanctions regime of the US largely useless.
Not that it really matters, I guess, but does anyone know if all the currencies are fiat or who has what backing their currencies? I read here recently that some state has decided to ditch fiat, but I can’t recall which, at the present. Maybe Burkina Faso. 🤔
Students, staff sue Columbia University for ‘discriminating against Palestinians’
Plaintiffs say Columbia not only failed to protect Palestinians but also joined in targeting them on racial, ethnic, and political grounds
— 🇮🇷/🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Iranian satellites are providing guidance to Yemeni ballistic missiles against Saudi-backed targets
In recent weeks, Iran has provided Yemen’s Armed Forces with GNSS guidance modules and anti-jamming capabilities for their ballistic missiles.
These 4-element GNSS modules use a combination of Russian and Iranian satellites to provide more accuracy in the terminal guidance phase.
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— 🇺🇸/🇰🇷/🇰🇵 NEW: President Trump says the U.S. will reduce joint military exercises with South Korea
Trump stated that he has a great relationship with Kim Jong Un and that North Korea has always been ‘unthreatening and respectful’.
Trump called previous U.S. military exercises ‘innapropriate and hostile’ to the People’s Republic of North Korea.
@Middle_East_Spectator
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Beyond the fact that this is just kinda hilarious, I post this because, I suspect this is just a thinly veiled way transfer of supplies from one US imperialist outpost (South Korea) to a more active zone.
Honestly, I am bewildered. This is absolutely awesome!
I suspect this is just a thinly veiled way transfer of supplies from one US imperialist outpost (South Korea) to a more active zone.
That seems very plausible, but if this goes through it is a proper material win for DPRK. What a time to be alive!
Oh it’s undeniably a good thing, I just felt it was worth saying. No amount of bandaid will be able to fix the fatal wound Iran has dealt to the Empire’s presence in West Asia.
While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!”
I can’t help but wonder if he’s doing this out of pettiness because the president of Occupied Korea didn’t go along with everything he wanted. But the material analysis is probably the more accurate one and his petulant stuff is more for show in this case.
I think the pettiness is a bone for him to throw at the MAGA base. When the US capitulates to Iran’s demands, this will likely be one of the reasons the fascist cult in the US will use as a reason.
“We could have won, but our allies abandoned us, therefore we need to put them under heel even more.”
That’s the narrative I expect at least.
Makes sense.
100% agree, I think the Kim Jong Un comments and general trolling is some deliberately inflammatory red meat for western media to latch on to so we don’t draw the correct conclusions.
It’s kinda like how zionists are learning their ideology is so toxic that the best thing you can do to sabotage political obstacles is to inflate Israel’s interactions on the global stage. This was attempted against Burkina Faso recently, however I don’t think it was very effective.
I think either Trump himself or one of his handlers, know that if he speaks about North Korea, Libs will just thoughtlessly parrot that the DPRK is a dystopian wasteland. At a time where it’s becoming more impossible to maintain that image of the DPRK, the US ruling elite are using the spectacle of their political theater to obfuscate the truth as long as possible.
Agreed. I think we can know for sure by observing how the Demonrats and talking heads react to this and what they’ll fixate on. If we get the re-heated “Trump’s licherally friends with autocratic dictators” (the stalest of microwaved nachos; we’ve seen this deployed for similar purposes for 10 fucking years now) then that basically proves it.
ANALYSIS OF ONE OF THE BASIRA PRESS ADMINS
🇨🇳 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 President Pezeshkian uses China as an example to justify negotiations with the US
Let’s engage in a constructive analysis of this viewpoint.
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China has atomic weapons, including hydrogen bombs which would wipe out most of North America
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Unlike the Iranian liberal presidents (Rafsanjani, Khatami, Rouhani) who seek to keep Iran’s economy weak and dependent on imports from the west (similar to the Lebanon model which has nearly zero domestic production), China has a robust domestic production economy and pioneers in knowledge based industries such as the development of advanced products, technologies, and more. They even develop their own technological infrastructure, such as computer chips, phones, and alternative operating systems (such as Harmony OS for Huawei). China is a global manufacturing hub and exports large amounts of consumer goods, which are no longer stereotyped as cheap quality but now includes high quality goods like cars (affordable price but luxury quality), phones, heavy machinery, etc. Neoliberal Iranian oligarchs have sought the opposite route for Iran via placing all of Iran’s hopes on the west removing sanctions and allowing Iran to import goods which would tank Iranian domestic production and increase its dependency on foreign countries.
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China jails and even executes corrupt officials. When Martyr Raisi found in a court of law that former president Hassan Rouhani’s brother was guilty of embezzlement, the former president threatened to cause trouble if his brother went to jail, obstructing justice in order to protect his brother instead of preferring justice over family ties.
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China doesn’t glamorize nor import western liberal values, unlike the liberal oligarchs of Iran. The US is not portrayed romantically. “Sissy boy” culture, which is popular in US vassal states like Japan and South Korea, is banned on Chinese television. Their relations with the US are based on utility, not an inferiority complex before the US.
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China uses its leverage of rare minerals to stifle the US tech market which needs them for computer hardware, while Iranian liberals are happy to sell away the leverage of the Strait of Hormuz because they have a soft spot in their heart for the US.
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Despite this, China’s dealings with the US routinely blow up in their faces. The US constantly harms China with trade wars, arresting of the Huawei CEO, banning Chinese cars and phones from the US, unleashing the Corona virus in Wuhan through Dr. Fauci, and more.
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The US hasn’t slaughtered Chinese in large amounts, unlike Iran, where they martyred our Leader and slaughtered countless civilians. Who would want to shake the hand of the Epstein regime?
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The US violated every agreement with Iran, no matter who was president. Simple common sense suggests that negotiations, especially in an active war, with the US don’t amount to anything. China is not in active war with the US. Even then, they’re not really “negotiating” in terms of reaching a deal in which they capitulate to their adversary.
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Islam clearly demands that we reject (do ‘kufr’) of taghut. China is not a Muslim country. This is a spiritual matter and the way of all the prophets of God. If China wants to have dealings with the dirtiest people on earth, that is their business. China also sells drones to Saudi Arabia which are used to kill Yemenis. Muslims are supposed to maintain their principles no matter the situation. This doesn’t mean being isolationist nor impractical, but no amount of pragmatism should cause us to sell out our values.
Besides, Iranian liberals usually are cursing China in order to show to their beloved west that they are pinning all their hopes on the west and will even forego relations with decent allies and partners such as Russia, China, African countries, and other regional powers in hopes of an eventual US-Iran bromance. They finally speak well of China only to justify the naivety of regurgitating ad nauseum the slogan of “negotiations.”
OK then: follow the good aspects of Chinese policies and make a strong Iran.
@BasiraPress
https://t.me/basirapress/15213
brief opinion
They touch on many valid points but as usual with many resistance channels, they unfortunately also have a bunch of weird esoteric drivel added in. I posted it because it was largely correct on its critique of Iranian liberals.
“Sissy boy” culture
I’m unsure what brainworms this is, maybe transphobia? Very odd to include on their part.
They’re just being homophobic. In my daily traversal of these channels I’ve learned to translate dogwhistles from them a lot better. This is a very annoying skillset to have.
It’s also a callback to something Xi said ages ago, but might have been mistranslated or taken out of context.
Just want to add a bit of notes on the Chinese diplomatic perspective with regards to the US. The way the Chinese leadership sees it, in the Korean War the US has shown its true colours, and all dealings with the US can refer back to that period of history to understand and predict the actions of the US, primarily in these few points:
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The US respects only military power, and can only be forced into concessions on the negotiating table when they have not only faced the prospect of, but have experienced real losses. All of their words about ideals and international agreement is lip service, to dress up the fact that they use their vassal states like a cudgel to enforce their will and minimize losses to American lives.
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The US will always wiggle and cheat on agreements they have made on the negotiating table, including with intimidation during negotiations such as flying fighter jets above the site of negotiations, white-glove actors to mask their involvement in agreement-breaking actions, and outright not talking about existing agreements as they push for acts of aggression. The only way to force them to acquesite to what they have agreed themselve is with force, either militarily, or economically.
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The cyclical nature of the US’s two party system means that the newly elected head of state will always think of their predecessors as not doing enough to enforce the US’s interests abroad, and will attempt the same ways of wiggling and cheating on agreements, sometimes with new fronts of masked aggression, typically starting with a liberal “international concern” project lead by a front group of the CIA, all over again. maintainance of forceful resistance against them is not only necessary, but constant.
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The US does not feel confortable when it doesn’t think it is the sole actor capable of complete domination in every region in the world, and they feel even less confortable when who they consider to be their enemy demonstrates capacity to inflict losses on them when they act to dominate. Therefore, US aggression, just like US infiltration and subversion always point to the same goal: submission by the local state into the system under US control, and they are not shy about switching over to using comprador and proxy powers to rule for them when direct confrontation would prove costly. The real way to deal with them is to resist against both ends. In this sense, I consider the general faction of Iranian liberals to be a comprador sector which the US considers to be useful in subversion.
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This is pure dogshit written by a reactionary. Our domestic production skyrocketed under Rouhani, and a lot of the people importing Chinese cars and destroying our economy are all buddy-buddy with the muh wholesome Beyte Rahbari. Especially Raisi’s disaster of a presidency.
بیا برو کسشعر تفت نده حاجی حوصله نداریم اقتصاد تخمی زمان رئیسی هم دیدیم.
A lot of current IKCO products for example happened because of Rouhani’s deal to allow technology transfer with the world.
I hate logging in here and watching mirror-world drivel that doesn’t match literally my IRL life in Iran.
The added homophobia and “muh kofr” are just cherry on top.
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🇮🇷🇨🇳— A military cargo plane from Iran, arriving from China, is preparing to land at Tehran airport.
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—❗️🇮🇷/🇱🇧/🇸🇾 BREAKING: Iran informed Syria through Turkey that 100s of locations would be targeted with drones and missiles throughout Syria, including the Presidential Palace, if the Syrian Army intervened in Lebanon against Hezbollah – Tasnim
Following the warning, which took place weeks ago, Syria tuned down its anti-Hezbollah rhetoric and privately reassured Tehran and Beirut that it would not intervene in Lebanon.
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Palestinians widely reject Hamas disarmament before full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza: Report
Over 70 percent of respondents believe Israel would resume its genocide in Gaza the moment the resistance lays down its weapons
—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 BREAKING: Ansarallah (Houthi) forces are rapidly advancing and surrounding the city of Marib, currently held by Saudi-backed forces
Sources on the ground report that an offensive to capture the city is possible within the coming hours and days, if Sayyed Abdul Malik Al-Houthi orders it.
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🇸🇾 KURDISH FORCES TORCH SYRIAN GOVERNMENT POSITION IN KOBANI
Footage of Kurdish forces setting fire to a headquarters used by forces loyal to al-Jolani in Ain al-Arab (Kobani), eastern Aleppo countryside.
The incident comes amid renewed tensions between Kurdish forces and Damascus.
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⚡️🇸🇾 The Syrian flag has been lowered from the headquarters of the Internal Security Forces in the city of Ayn al-Arab, east of Aleppo, Syria.
@wfwitness
Video: https://t.me/wfwitness/106594
Have the Kurds finally wised up to the understanding that the only way to achieve liberation is by fighting the US proxies instead of being the US proxy? Maybe, but if so, it’s a welcome development (unlikely as it is).
No, I think it’s more ethnic infighting - they want to be at the reigns, not the Al Qaeda cutout HTS-led gov’t.
🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The New York Times reports that the USS Abraham Lincoln’s supply crisis traces back to Iran’s opening strikes on the war’s first days, when Iranian missiles and attack drones heavily damaged the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, the fleet’s main logistics hub in the region for decades.
With that hub destroyed and other regional ports like Fujairah also within Iranian missile range, the Pentagon shifted its supply chain to the British-run base on Diego Garcia, 2,200 miles from where the Lincoln and a second carrier strike group operate in the Gulf of Oman. Then-UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer initially denied the Pentagon access to Diego Garcia, only relenting on March 1 for what he called a “specific and limited defensive purpose.” Iran later fired two medium-range ballistic missiles at the island; one fell short into the Indian Ocean and a U.S. warship intercepted the other.
The Lincoln has now spent nearly nine months at sea without a single liberty port, well past the point where its crew would be eligible for five “beer days” under Navy tradition. Trump dismissed Democratic senators’ concerns about the deployment on Friday, saying the ship is being replaced by the USS George Washington, and separately said the deployment was “not nearly long enough.” Hegseth said the U.S. can maintain the Hormuz blockade “indefinitely.”
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— 🇮🇷/🇵🇸 Hamas statement on Gaza being included in a future Iran-U.S. regional ceasefire:
‘The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has a very positive assessment of the statements of Mr. Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, on the necessity of ending the war in the entire region, including Lebanon and Gaza.
Stopping these wars is a great benefit for the region, its people and its future, and their continuation only serves the plans of the Zionist enemy, plans that are based on dividing the region, destabilizing it and exploiting its resources.’
@Middle_East_Spectator
I am hearing nothing but good things about Rezaei. Apparently he said that “Hormuz will stay closed until the wars are over in Lebanon and Palestine.”
🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: Text messages from a service member aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, obtained by journalist Aaron Parnas, highlight dire conditions during the carrier’s prolonged deployment linked to operations against Iran, including shortages of fresh food and basic supplies.
The sailor said they had not had milk in three months and that the ship had received virtually “nothing fresh but meat,” because it could be frozen. Fresh fruit and other food cannot survive the lengthy supply journey, with some shipments arriving “rotten.”
The service member described the deployment as “the worst one,” saying even sailors with extensive deployment experience considered it their worst “and believe it can get worse than this.” They also expressed frustration over repeatedly extended time at sea and being kept away from their family longer than expected.
The sailor said another crew member he met in the smoke pit had suggested the deployment is “an experiment” by the government to determine how far it could “push sailors’ limits of being out to sea with the worst experience.”
https://t.me/SimurghRes/8794?single
woof that is some rough prose.
