Iran vs Israel/US: 6/21 USA bombed 3 nuclear plants in Iran, ceasefire agreed 6/24(iran restocking and retooling)..Israel looking to attack again, smh
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there’s no lies in this post…
“The reason I'm not reporting on the 'U.S. getting ready to strike Fordow' stuff is because there are so many different statements from different news outlets.
We won't know what's actually true until it happens (or doesn't). Clearly, Trump's words don't matter, and nobody can estimate what he will decide. It's all theater.“
“The reason I'm not reporting on the 'U.S. getting ready to strike Fordow' stuff is because there are so many different statements from different news outlets.
We won't know what's actually true until it happens (or doesn't). Clearly, Trump's words don't matter, and nobody can estimate what he will decide. It's all theater.“
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Them Photon Torpedoes will wipe Iran off the map.
All of these folks be having info 
Trump wants to make sure attack on Iran is 'necessary' and won't drag US into protracted war in the region - Axios
The US is preparing to strike Iran in the coming days, Bloomberg reports.
The US may launch not one, but several strikes on the underground uranium enrichment plant in Fordow, ABC News reports.
Preparations are currently underway for such a possible attack if the US joins Israel's military actions, the source said, noting that Trump is "getting used to the idea."
And THAT my friends is what Mr Chomsky calls "creating a consent" for wars.
Trump wants to make sure attack on Iran is 'necessary' and won't drag US into protracted war in the region - Axios
The US is preparing to strike Iran in the coming days, Bloomberg reports.
The US may launch not one, but several strikes on the underground uranium enrichment plant in Fordow, ABC News reports.
Preparations are currently underway for such a possible attack if the US joins Israel's military actions, the source said, noting that Trump is "getting used to the idea."
And THAT my friends is what Mr Chomsky calls "creating a consent" for wars.
American Republican Senator Lindsey Graham:
President Trump has handled the Israel-Iran conflict brilliantly thus far. Israel dominates the skies and has destroyed Iran’s military and scientific leadership. They have also done great damage to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
However the one site left standing - the deep underground Fordow site - must be dealt with to achieve the common objective of making sure Iran’s nuclear enrichment program ends. The capabilities possessed by the United States for such a deep underground attack are unique to us and us alone. Overwhelmingly Americans view the Iran nuclear threat as existential to both the U.S. and Israel.”
President Trump has handled the Israel-Iran conflict brilliantly thus far. Israel dominates the skies and has destroyed Iran’s military and scientific leadership. They have also done great damage to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
However the one site left standing - the deep underground Fordow site - must be dealt with to achieve the common objective of making sure Iran’s nuclear enrichment program ends. The capabilities possessed by the United States for such a deep underground attack are unique to us and us alone. Overwhelmingly Americans view the Iran nuclear threat as existential to both the U.S. and Israel.”
“The assumption is always we can do whatever we want and we are the best and the strongest. A lot of people think like that in the past and failed miserably.”
@alekshernandez26 hours ago
“And they keep on failing.... last chicken run with Yemen proves how strong is the Navy against Missiles.”
@alekshernandez26 hours ago
“And they keep on failing.... last chicken run with Yemen proves how strong is the Navy against Missiles.”
Iran’s nuclear sites have not suffered damage since Friday, says energy chief
Rafael Grossi says while buildings above ground in Natanz have been destroyed, strategic locations underground have not been struckDan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
Mon 16 Jun 2025 13.13 EDT
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Iran’s key nuclear sites have not suffered any further damage since Friday, the first day of Israel’s attack on the country, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced at a governors’ meeting on Monday.
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the nuclear watchdog, said while buildings above ground at Iran’s principal uranium enrichment site at Natanz had been destroyed, strategic locations underground had not been struck.
“There has been no additional damage at the Natanz fuel enrichment plant site since the Friday attack,” Grossi said. “There has been no indication of a physical attack on the underground cascade hall containing part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant and the main fuel enrichment plant.”
That contrasts with claims made by Israel’s military on Friday after its air force bombed the Nantaz site that said the underground area of the site was damaged.
Experts from the Royal United Services Institute thinktank, Darya Dolzikova and Matthew Savill, said while it was not clear how much damage Israel had inflicted on Iran’s nuclear programme, “the attacks carried out thus far are not sufficient to deal a decisive blow”.
A second Iranian enrichment site, at Fordow, which is hidden 80 to 90 metres below a mountain, is not thought to have been affected, Grossi said in the update, though it had been attacked by Israel on Friday evening. “No damage has been seen,” the director general said.
Israel launched its attack on Iran on Friday to pre-empt a secret Iranian program to build a nuclear bomb, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said, which would require uranium to be enriched to 90% to produce warheads.
The country runs two principal enrichment sites, at Natanz and Fordow, and has already accumulated 408.6kg of 60%-enriched uranium – enough, the regulator said last week, to make nine nuclear bombs if the enrichment continued.
Another expert, David Albright from the Institute for Science and International Security, said on Sunday that if Fordow alone remained intact and Iran had access to its stock of 60%-enriched uranium, it may be possible to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for “nine nuclear weapons by the end of the first month” after production is stepped up.
The Fordow site is generally considered to have been built so deep below ground that it could be destroyed only by US GBU 57/B bunker buster bombs, which are so heavy they can only be launched from B-2 bombers.
There are two facilities at Natanz. The main site, the fuel enrichment plant, is estimated to be between 8 and 12 metres below ground. Military analysts believe it can withstand bombing with all but the heaviest weapons available to Israel, and to destroy it would likely require multiple strikes with the 1.8-tonne Rocks missile or 1.6-tonne Air Lora missiles.
A lesser site, the pilot fuel enrichment plant, was based partly overground and vulnerable to attack. Satellite imagery confirms there is serious damage to buildings overground, including the pilot fuel enrichment plant – but it is not possible to assess the impact to the underground hall from the imagery above.
Electricity infrastructure – a sub-station and power supplies had also been destroyed at the Natanz site, Grossi said, which is also confirmed by satellite imagery – and the resulting “loss of power to the cascade hall may have damaged the centrifuges there”.
Naturally occurring uranium contains only 0.7% of the fissile isotope uranium 235. It has to be enriched to 90% uranium 235 before it can be used in a warhead. Uranium is converted into a gas, uranium hexafluoride, and spun in centrifuges to separate the uranium-235 from the heavier, stable uranium-238.
There was also “both radiological and chemical contamination” at the Natanz site that could potentially include a dangerous uranium leak. Speculating, Grossi said it was possible that uranium isotopes were dispersed inside the facility.
If so, the radiation would consist primarily of alpha particles that would pose “a significant danger if uranium is inhaled or ingested” – but the IAEA chief said this risk could be effectively managed with respiratory devices or other protective measures.
Some other Iranian nuclear sites, such as the Bushehr civil nuclear reactor, had not been attacked, the IAEA said. Four buildings were damaged at a research site at Isfahan, including a central chemical laboratory and a conversion plant, which produces uranium hexafluoride for enrichment, it added.
Iran’s nuclear sites have not suffered damage since Friday, says energy chief
Rafael Grossi says while buildings above ground in Natanz have been destroyed, strategic locations underground have not been struck
Historical Example: Millennium Challenge 2002
This $250 million Pentagon war game simulated a war with a Gulf adversary (widely interpreted as Iran). The Iranian “Red Team” used unconventional tactics (small boats, missile swarms) and sank 16 U.S. ships in the first 24 hours—forcing the exercise to be reset. Key lesson: underestimating Iran’s asymmetric capabilities is dangerous.
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Expert Takeaways
• The U.S. would likely win militarily in terms of air and naval dominance.
• But Iran could inflict massive regional damage through missiles, proxies, cyberattacks, and disrupting oil markets.
• The war would not be short, and post-war occupation or regime change would be extremely costly and unstable.
• Many simulations recommend deterrence, containment, and diplomacy over direct conflict.
This $250 million Pentagon war game simulated a war with a Gulf adversary (widely interpreted as Iran). The Iranian “Red Team” used unconventional tactics (small boats, missile swarms) and sank 16 U.S. ships in the first 24 hours—forcing the exercise to be reset. Key lesson: underestimating Iran’s asymmetric capabilities is dangerous.
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Expert Takeaways
• The U.S. would likely win militarily in terms of air and naval dominance.
• But Iran could inflict massive regional damage through missiles, proxies, cyberattacks, and disrupting oil markets.
• The war would not be short, and post-war occupation or regime change would be extremely costly and unstable.
• Many simulations recommend deterrence, containment, and diplomacy over direct conflict.
Iran ain’t with the shits…
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An estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Iranians died in the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), depending on the source and what categories are included.
Iranian Casualty Breakdown (Approximate):
Iranians killed: ~500,000 (low) to 1,000,000 (high)
(Most common scholarly estimate: ~500,000 deaths total)
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An estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Iranians died in the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), depending on the source and what categories are included.
Iranian Casualty Breakdown (Approximate):
- Military deaths: ~200,000–250,000
- Wounded/injured soldiers: ~400,000–600,000
- Civilian deaths: ~50,000–100,000 (from missile strikes, chemical attacks, etc.)
- Iran never officially released full detailed casualty figures.
- Many estimates come from international organizations, journalists, and historians.
- The Martyrs Foundation of Iran has named over 200,000 fallen soldiers.
- The war also saw the use of chemical weapons by Iraq, causing long-term injuries and death to tens of thousands.
Iranians killed: ~500,000 (low) to 1,000,000 (high)
(Most common scholarly estimate: ~500,000 deaths total)
JUST IN:
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi regarding the War in the Middle East:
"Israel's actions violate international law. We cannot sit back and watch"
"The right and wrong in the current situation are clear, and Israel's actions violate international law.
We cannot sit back and watch the regional situation slide into an unknown abyss.
The international community, especially the countries of the region, should continue to unite to form an international voice against the war."
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi regarding the War in the Middle East:
"Israel's actions violate international law. We cannot sit back and watch"
"The right and wrong in the current situation are clear, and Israel's actions violate international law.
We cannot sit back and watch the regional situation slide into an unknown abyss.
The international community, especially the countries of the region, should continue to unite to form an international voice against the war."
China's FM: We cannot sit idly by amid Israel-Iran crisis
PoliticsChristian Baha / AC
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that China and other countries "cannot sit idly by and watch the regional situation slide into an unknown abyss," following back-and-forth strikes between Israel and Iran. In a phone call with Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi on Wednesday, Wang condemned Israel's actions as violations of international law and a threat to regional peace
He stressed that the strikes disrupted indirect nuclear talks and made Oman's mediation efforts "in vain." Wang called for an immediate ceasefire and urged Arab and Islamic nations to unite against war and promote dialogue.
Badr expressed deep concern over the escalation, especially the strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, warning of possible catastrophic consequences. He praised China’s position and welcomed its increased role in stabilizing the region.
China's FM: We cannot sit idly by amid Israel-Iran crisis
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday that China and other countries
plain and simple.
we're witnessing worldwide that Iran's ballistic missile program is no joke ! and they don't show everything !
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