As expected. Operation Epstein Fury was done to get a retaliatory strike from Iran so their weapon launch sites ca be tracked using satellite surveillance

Are these being intercepted by the iron dome?

No. Iron dome is for short range rockets, mostly from Lebanon and Gaza. These are intercepted by much larger and more expensive systems.

I hope, somehow, israel gets absolutely glassed over all this bullshit.

Im jewish and fully agree. Israel has done more harm to the Jewish diaspora than nearly anything else in modern history. I pray that the innocent are spared but there are exceedingly few innocents there.

In a way that leaves every Palestinian home untouched so they can finally return to their houses. God I hope this results in the death of Israel.

There are women and kids there, too.

I hope they're given more chance to evacuate than they gave the Palestinians.

I know what you mean I've gotten that angry about this stuff as well but I don't.

I appreciate you. Personally, I'm a payback oriented kind of dude lol. I've tried to work on it, but it aint going away.

Iran has a right to defend itself.

Fucking vaporise the aircraft carriers

Everyday we get closer to a US aircraft carrier touching the ocean floor



May God Almighty help Iran in its glorious attacks against the Epstein Alliance. Hope the US feels even just a tenth of the pain and misery it inflicts upon the world. Hope Iran has nukes and Kinzhal missiles and they use them. Hope they have sleeper cells in every NATO-city ready to go off.

Waiter! Waiter! An AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER please!

Israel intentionally puts military targets inside densely populated civilian areas.

Mossad, their intelligence agency, is one example…

When you hear Israel complaining that Iran has killed civilians, just know that it’s because Israel intentionally uses Israelis as human shields.

Doesn’t Israel have compulsive military service? The entire populace is military by design.

they're israelis, that's a bonus

I don’t support killing civilians. I’m just pointing out the fact that Israel intentionally has military infrastructure in the middle of densely populated areas.

Civilians supporting genocide and stealing land?
They can die ASAP, I do support that

As an example, in the USA where I live.

I don’t support racists who use their first amendment protections from the USA constitution to say dumb, stupid shit.

But I also don’t support killing them.

Please don’t support murder of civilians, even if they are dumb, racist, antisemitic, mother fuckers (as the Israeli settlers are in the West Bank).

I do feel your sentiments though. Israeli civilians are not looking their best on the world stage at the moment.

If you need someone to direct your ire at, look to politicians who support the Israeli government you can work to vote out of office.

Israel should not exist in the first place.

How can they be indigenous when they didn't live there before 1947? If I kick you out of your house, can I claim to have grown up in it, as long as a few days have passed? Can my children claim it as their ancestral house, even while you are still standing on the street asking to please have your home returned? What if I shoot you in front of your wife and children? Will it then be my ancestral home, in which I've lived for generations? Or should the home be given back to your wife and your kids who lived in it before I kicked you out?

They aren’t indigenous to Palestine anymore than the Bushs are indigenous to Texas.

Interestingly I have met Palestinian Jews whose families have lived there for hundreds of years but they all hate Israel, either left to avoid impressment into the IDF or went to jail to avoid it and wish the Zionist state would cease to exist and prefer a Palestinian government. Weird how that is only the white Europeans who moved there want this.

No, that's not how indigeneity works under international law, and key Zionist figures called themselves settlers and colonizers.

The audacity of the Zionist. This is a British colony and those fuck faces can eat my ass.

Yes, Ewwropeans are native to East Asia. Most people living in the settler entity are Russians, I guess that will change your mind since they are orcs or whatever you people believe.

I remember when I worked with kids and they'd throw a snowball at me and then run into the "no-snowfights-area". Takes me back.

Come on... This can't be true. The yanks must have known that Iran would strike back.

It would be very funny and I hope that it is true. I just don't think it.

It wouldn't be the first time the USA has employed the "Imma strike you, but if you strike back you're a peace hating savage" tactic. They've done it several times already. For any country that acts diplomatically in good faith, it puts you in quite a tough spot. If you strike back (especially if you strike back harder), then you're risking escalations, but if you do nothing, then your enemy has gotten a free strike in.

the fact they called it everywhere a "pre-emptive" attack says it all when Iran had not intention whatsoever of starting this conflict

Things going well, then

Any other sources for this?

One word: powerful.

Any troops in the area with any sense should defect.

I hope so but both sides engage in propaganda. The US probably would never confirm it even if true.

that would be great

OH SHIT SOMEONE TAKE OVER RN

Iranian drone strike on what seems to be a US radar system in Bahrain

I think this was the Iranian Shahed-136 hit, which is really funny

https://xcancel.com/pati_marins64/status/2027726185992470875 (video)

Iranian missiles continue to undermine years of propaganda about defense systems.

With targets in Israel being hit by Iranian missiles and other targets at American bases in the Gulf region, even in the face of numerous Patriot batteries that are now known to be firing with little success, given the numerous explosions in Kuwait, Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Kingdom (typo for UAE I'm sure), Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

I’m If the Iranian launches maintain the current pace, they should deplete the Patriot interceptor stockpiles protecting these bases within 48 hours, leaving only Riyadh, which possesses a large number of its own batteries with ammunition, including a THAAD battery.

In the case of Jordan, there is also coverage by batteries on Israeli territory. In the case of Israel, interceptions appear to have failed again, as several explosions have been heard in various cities. Iran appears to have used its most modern missiles in the initial attacks.

Despite the evident success of the Iranian missiles, it is still too early to discuss the degree of failure of the air defenses, not to mention that they exist.

On both sides, the attacks hit civilian targets, and in Tel Aviv, houses are burning, while in Iran, a school was hit, leaving at least 23 children dead and others trapped under rubble. To further complicate the security of patriotic supplies in the region, the Houthis announced the closure of traffic in the Red Sea and full support for Iranian retaliation, which should mean missiles targeting American and Israeli bases.

With the start of naval combat, it will be possible to see how prepared Iran is for a prolonged conflict, supporting bombings on its territory.

Loading screen tip: the explosion is the natural predator of the airplane, which will flee upon its approach.

Augh, something is just not clicking for some people. Yes, actually, this is a US boondoggle to maintain neocolonialism.

Reddit and twitter gonna be so quiet today

From the comments:

you can pinpoint the exact moment he realizes that he lives in the world

Zionists allege that they have murdered the Supreme Leader.

https://www.ft.com/content/c2cfb9e5-9ef7-4448-a5a1-414c996d7093

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https://archive.ph/ecAr2

Fuck your entire fake ass country you have got to be kidding me man

"pussy screams" more like it.
they were already whining like little bitches last time Iran slapped them lightly

Get it because the shah?? Get it?? This is sophisticated zionist humour

The 12 day war from past June, was called by Israel Operation Rising Lion.

They even referenced it at the bottom to make sure everyone got it 🤣

More like 'operation 4 the p3d0s!'

Why in the world would Iran want nuclear weapons ? That's definitely a mystery we will never be able to solve I'm sure!

Same reason people keep buying SUV: others have it so I feel more secure if I drive one as well.

I think it was satire

This is more a case of getting run over by SUV once a year, and then deciding to get one in order to not be ran over.

They never wanted it although they should

Wishing good luck for Iran.

The entire Levant, excepting the colonizer

In all honesty, neither party deserves any good luck.

I'd wish civilians don't suffer, but that's the only certain consequence in any war.

You in WW2:

"I just want both teams to have fun"

Let's be very clear here:

One party is the USA and Israel raining death on Iran, and the other party is innocent Iranians dying in said rain.

@gomp@lemmy.ml thinks "neither party deserves any good luck."

Wars are by definition conflicts between states, so the parties are obviously US and Israel on side and Iran on the other.

Of course you are free to use the term "war" with whatever made-up meaning best suits your narration (the US have been doing it at least since 9/11), but please respect the people who correctly use the dictionary meaning and don't put words in their mouth.

Also, you shouldn't jump to conclusions and accuse anyone of war crimes (or any other crime) unless there is proof. Yes, this also applies to people who have shown not to be above committing or supporting actual genocide.

If you allow yourself to throw around baseless accusations out of spite, then you can't complain when the MAGA imbeciles do the same (and you are better than they are, or aren't you?)

I can't see what that is (a tunnel entrance?)

Do you have a higher res picture?

Of course if you are able to express those thought in words (and.. a thought in the first place), that would also be ok and hopefully contribute to the discussion.

It's the Barbara Pit. Look it up.

So... you wanted to say I deserve to be killed but lacked the guts to do so.

Thanks for the explanation anyway.

PS: I reported your comment and I'm blocking you: I don't think you deserve death, but you most probably deserve a ban :)

You need to understand that the civilians will suffer if Iran can not fight off Israel here.

In all honesty, neither party deserves any good luck.

The Iranian government during the 12 day war focused on military targets, and when they struck targets in other countries in the Middle East they also focused on military targets, and this is why the civilian casualty rate was either nothing or next to nothing (not Iran's fault Israel stuck their military headquarters in cities to use their people as human shields), Israel struck at least five hospitals in Iran and apartment buildings, the literal only defense of the Iranian people is their government, the literal only body able to render help and protection is their own government

To echo avatar of vengeance, Fuck you

The Iranian government have killed thousands of their own people only in the last few months.

Think before you speak, and read before you think.

To echo avatar of vengeance, Fuck you

To echo the meme (but still not insult you or wish you go fuck yourself), are you fucking kidding me?

Listen to a wise word from someone who is (most probably) older than you (or waste it - I really don't care much): you don't have to find out who the least-inhumane party is in any conflict and support that party against the other, because at the end of the day you would still be supporting inhumane people.

PS: you'll notice I didn't even reply to the other user - they are clearly beyond salvation but maybe you aren't

Think before you speak, and read before you think.

Take your own advice.

John Measheimer, Jan. 20: The Tag Team Fails in Iran

The mainstream media in the West is committed to portraying the protests in Iran as strictly an internal affair. The people of Iran, so the argument goes, spontaneously rose up against their government because they were in desperate straits due to their leaders’ corruption and mismanagement of the economy, as well as their oppressive policies. Virtually all the protestors in this story were peaceful, but their protests were met with government violence. Outside forces had little to do with causing the protests.

This interpretation of what happened in Iran is wrong and contradicted by an abundance of evidence. None of this is to deny that there were many peaceful protestors who had legitimate grievances against the government, but that is only part of the story.

If fact, what happened in Iran is an attempt by the Israeli & American tag team to overthrow the government in Tehran and break apart Iran, much the way the US, Turkey, and Israel fractured Syria. The playbook in Iran is one we have seen before. It has four elements.

First, the US has long been working to wreck the Iranian economy with sanctions. Indeed, President Trump redoubled those efforts after moving into the White House last January (2025). His aim was to bring “maximum pressure” to bear on Iran’s economy and he did just that. There is no question that Iran’s leaders mismanaged their economy in certain ways, but Western sanctions did far more damage than government ineptitude. The ultimate goal of the sanctions, of course, is to inflict so much pain and punishment on the Iranian people that they rise up and overthrow their government.

Second, the tag team went to work in late December 2025 to foment and support violent protests that would precipitate a violent government response, which would hopefully set off a spiral of violence that the government could not control. To be more specific, there is clear evidence that Mossad agents were on the ground in Iran and surely there were CIA operatives working alongside them. They worked closely with local agitators — the rioters who were bent on destruction and assassination — to turn the peaceful protests into violent protests, which would then lead the government to turn to violence. There is abundant video footage of the agitators at work.

Moreover, the tag team sent many thousands of Starlink terminals into Iran before the protests began. Should the government shut down the internet and the phone system – as expected – the Starlink terminals would allow the protestors to communicate among themselves and with the outside forces helping them.

Unsurprisingly, Trump was cheering on the protestors, saying on 13 January 2026: “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!... HELP IS ON ITS WAY.” Trump’s first CIA director, Mike Pompeo, said on 2 January 2026: “Happy New Year to every Iranian in the streets. Also, to every Mossad agent walking beside them.” And just as the protests were beginning in late December 2025, Mossad sent a message in Farsi to Iranians saying: “Go out together into the streets. The time has come. We are with you. Not only from a distance and verbally. We are with you in the field.”

Third, the Western media played along with the tag team and purveyed the story that the protests were principally a response to the policies of an evil government in Tehran, not because of outside interference. Moreover, the protests were peaceful and it was the government that initiated the violence. Naturally, Israel and the US were portrayed as the good guys. This propaganda was not only designed to win over support for the protests in the West, but also to influence events inside Iran by fostering the narrative that the regime was brutal in the extreme, yet the protestors were destined to topple the government.

Fourth, the US military (and maybe the Israeli military) was primed to attack Iran once the protests had reached critical mass, finishing off the regime and creating chaos in Iran that would hopefully break the country apart. But the strategy failed, mainly because the Iranian government was able to shut down the protests quickly and decisively. A key element in the government’s success was shutting down Starlink, which made it extremely difficult for the protestors to communicate with each other and the outside world. Once that happened, the protests were doomed and both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Trump understood that the tag team could not use military force to deliver the coup de gras. The Iranian regime had survived.

I doubt you’re older than me, not that appeals to authority or seniority are worth a hill of beans.

Listen to a wise word from someone who is (most probably) older than you

Sure, and both parties in the war between America and Afghanistan don't deserve support and yet only one side lost hundreds of thousands if not a million people

And both parties in the war between America and Iraq don't deserve support and yet only one side lost hundreds of thousands if not a million people (on top of the million murdered via sanctions)

And both parties in the government overthrow of Libya by America don't deserve support and yet only one side had their infrastructure bombed, and went from being the most successful country in their continent to a failed state

I'm about forty and have no idea if you're older than me but clearly age doesn't guarantee wisdom

Also the people the Iranian government killed were literally armed, there's literally footage of them shooting people; I have zero faith in the sources claiming those numbers and the Iranian government is 100% justified in taking out violent, armed traitors, which even our own government said had mossad embedded between them

I'll absolutely talk smack about the Iranian government when their country is safe, like I would with comprador states, but in a time when Iran is fighting for its life I'll offer critical (only slightly critical) support; even the anti-government Iranians began seeking national unity after Israel literally bombed five hospitals and apartment buildings in the 12 day war; they're not stupid, they know what their enemies are going to do to them. You AREN'T supporting the Iranian people if you aren't supporting the ones fighting back and keeping the country safe; if not the Iranian government, who else in Iran is fighting Israel and America?

Go to hell

It's an imperialist war, of course we want the empire to lose. If Iran loses it will be disastrous, look at what happened to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria.

We don't give a shit about finding blameless victims because this is real life and real people are suffering.

Eat my entire ass

Fuck you

Username checks out, but also agreed that some thing need vengeance and retribution

EDIT TO CLARIFY: I meant that Iran is the only country in the middle east with a spine willing to stand against Israel for what they've been doing over the past 80 years

Nah we should keep tolerating intolerance, that will do the trick

I want to reduce suffering in the universe

To reduce suffering, a large source of it needs to have their international influence reduced.

EDIT: In case it isn't clear, I mean the Israeli government needs to be fucking dismantled, the billionaires need to be taxed to have their class be nonexistent, and free, non-biased education needs to be the norm.

The optimal solution to that is killing everyone.

Yeah, that's not what you meant. But the problem here is exactly that you don't think enough and talk out of your ass.

Lmao middle school philosopher here unironically posting a thought experiment as if it actually applies in the real world. No, the act of murdering everyone would create a near infinite rise in suffering as it progresses. Don’t post infantile takes on things that actually matter to the material world. Save it for your professor.

You just gotta take out the right people, as always. Just one more war bro /s

Who hurt you?

The goal of war is to kill ton of civilians intentionally. Get the hell out of here with the both side is bad in a war of agression started by two terrorists country israel and the united snakes

They bombed a effing school

https://www.trtworld.com/article/6647f610c6df

I thought all the imbeciles would be MAGA supporters but this discussion

You are the maga supporter by supporting this war

It’s not even clear if the genocide in Gaza has the goal of killing people (which is the precise reason why it’s not 100% sure the ICJ will end up ruling it’s a genocide *), and you say that “war” (doesn’t matter if you mean this specific one or war in general) has the goal of massacring people?

ICJ declared the genocide in Bosnia 12 years after it happened. Multiple genocide and holocaust expert agree that it is a genocide. Israeli leaders statements and damage on the ground shows that is a genocide

They bombed a effing school

Does that prove that "the goal of war is to kill ton of civilians intentionally"? How? Please explain.

You are the maga supporter by supporting this war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

PS: I'm blocking you - but others will still see your reply so do show them you are right (I am a lost cause anyway, aren't I?)

What is the strategic value in bombing schoolchildren intentionally? The goal is clearly to inflict harm on children, to bring death to children.

It’s not even clear if the genocide in Gaza has the goal of killing people

Gibberish.

This is awesome, I hope one of their newest missiles causes damage to the ship, even if it doesn't sink immediately after being struck.

I would like this too, but the annoying orange wouldn't take this easy. How can his peace mission be possibly retaliated?

Regardless of whether they damage the ship directly, it has a limited number of expensive (REALLY expensive) and slow to manufacture interceptor missiles that can only be restocked at port. As in they have to fuck off or die

https://xcancel.com/pati_marins64/status/2027686503451709784 (video of strike)

Iranian missiles hit dozens of targets in a short time with multiple impacts in Israel.

As I said weeks ago, all American bases in the region are being targeted. So far, Patriots and THADs have been unable to protect even the bases in Israel, which host a large portion of the American air force. These aircraft will have to disperse to various smaller airports.

With the current attacks, Iran has left the coalition without secure bases or safe ranges to retaliate through the air at this moment.

It is likely that several American and Israeli drones are trying to map Iranian launchers to target these locations in a second wave of attacks, which is a difficult task due to the mobility of these launchers.

The pace of attacks from both sides has already exceeded a hundred missile launches, and the number is set to increase.

In American bases alone, there have been dozens of explosions. At this rate, Tomahawks will be depleted in less than a week.

How will coalition forces proceed without secure bases within range for air operations?

As the airfields are taken out, damaging Iran is going to be difficult. Long flight already

Iran right now

unfortunately this is true and we will not see nearly as many of these as we'd like. use your imagination

Iran has hit US assets in Bahrain

Gracias alt media guy 🫡

It's nice to see favorite knowledgeable, thoughtful posters in the same thread educating and informing us. 💯😍🫡

I find your posts very informative as well thank you

You're too generous, my friend. Get some rest soon, if you can.

I like taking notes :D

I like reading your notes!

One day America and Israel will be nothing but bad memories for humanity as a whole. 😞

Are they gonna target satellites? That shit sounds like they're planning to

Cry ab it you fucking worms. Hope as soon as the US fucks off y'all get a slave revolt that makes Haiti's look like a parliamentary session.

My apologies for the quantity of processed Twitter posts, this is the fastest way for me to archive stuff. Rednote saves are too large, mostly videos, and links seem to work only temporarily. Whereas Twitter at least has https://libredirect.github.io/ and Android apps for FOSS usage.

Strongly encourage anyone to show us what you're seeing because we are getting to the point where a 5 minute break means missing stuff. Also I am not posting extra angles, etcetera

Israel targets elementary school in Iran; 5 martyred. The political, security, and social deputy governor of Hormozgan said: A girls’ elementary school was directly hit in today’s Israeli attacks on Minab County, and so far five students have been killed.

Looking at the situation like adults, we understand that schoolchildren have minimal tactical value. This is unclear to Israelis, who position their bases right next to preschools.

24 (update: at least 51) martyred 60 injured

"oh shit, oh fuck, oh shit"

  • some american

Me in Qatar, hearing the missiles and knowing the troops can hear it a lot louder but for a lot shorter of a period

ROFL I'm hard out rooting for the moolars right now.

We are SO close to Al Jazeera getting bombed you have no idea 😩🙏

Jewish Empire is certainly not geopolitically accurate phrasing and in fact runs cover for the US and has been used as a way to deceive Iran in negotiations, but I am the one playing catch up so I won't bother with that now

Fucking moron wants to raze tunnels "to the ground"

#US President #DonaldTrump said early Saturday morning the US forces are carrying out a "massive and ongoing" attack on #Iran to "destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground". #Israel https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202602/28/WS69a29ce1a310d6866eb3acc6.html

https://xcancel.com/ChinaDaily/status/2027670748345864342

https://xcancel.com/iwasnevrhere_/status/2027678452866843038

Statement of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran

Announcement No. 1 of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran

The brave nation of Iran this morning was targeted by a brutal air operation carried out by the ruthless American regime along with the corrupt Zionist regime against centers in the country. This occurred once again during negotiations, and the enemy imagines that the resilient Iranian nation will surrender to their petty demands through these cowardly actions.

The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have begun a crushing response to their malicious actions and will continuously keep the dear people informed. It is necessary to pay attention to the following points:

1- According to information obtained from these two corrupt regimes, their operations will continue in Tehran and some other cities. Therefore, as much as possible, while maintaining calm, travel to other centers and cities if possible to stay safe from the malice of these two regimes.

2- The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has already prepared all the community's needs, and there is no concern about the supply of public necessities. People should avoid crowding in shopping centers as it may pose risks to them.

3- Schools and universities will be closed until further notice.

4- Banks will continue to serve the dear nation of Iran.

5- Government offices will operate at 50% capacity for the time being.

Further reports will be announced subsequently.

Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran

https://xcancel.com/PressTV/status/2027675753949671429

True Promise IV End of the Storm versus Epic Fury has to be the most egregious hydrogen bomb versus coughing baby situation I have ever seen

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Good start

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Missile impact in Haifa (video)

Total hearsay, but there is good reason to consider it due to how we saw their air defense behave under saturation attacks. Iran probed their system really extensively and surely has a much better plan of attack for the increased firepower that is planned to be used in the coming days.

lol it's throttling my likes and everything they know this is the fun part

I surely did!

PressTV: Smoke rises following a possible Iranian airstrike in Haifa

Galilee

lol I actually have an entire book on this for you all later

even more 🤩

My eyes did the same thing ngl

They still say that BS after hearing the ambassador backing up a greater israel

Thread tune https://archive.org/details/Shadi.Borini.and.Qasim.Nagar

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