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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria says several killed in alleged Israeli airstrike on Aleppo area

2024-06-03

[IsraelTimes] Unverified report from monitor claims 12 members of pro-Iran militias slain in attack on copper plant in town north of Aleppo

Several people were killed in alleged Israeli ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s outside of Aleppo, Syria’s defense ministry said early Monday.

According to reports, the attack targeted a copper plant in the town of Hayyan, north of Aleppo in northern Syria.

Video purporting to show the aftermath of the apparent strike showed large flames shooting out of a building.

"The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the southeast of Aleppo, targeting some positions," Syria’s defense ministry said in a statement carried by state-run media shortly after the attack at about 12:20 a.m.

"The aggression led to a number of deaders and some material losses," it added.

No specific toll was given.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights,a Britannia-based opposition war monitor, claimed that attack killed at least 12 fighters belonging to pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
militias.

The watchdog, which says it maintains a vast network of sources inside Syria, has been accused in the past of inflating regime losses.

According to the Observatory, Hayyan is "controlled by pro-Iranian groups composed of Syrians and foreigners."

There was no comment on the strike from Israel, which has carried out hundreds of strikes inside Syria since the outbreak of that country’s civil war, mainly targeting attempts to transfer weapons to the Hezbollah terror group, an Iranian proxy, or to keep Iranian fighters themselves from gaining a foothold near Israel’s border.

Aleppo sits on the opposite side of Syria from Israel, and is further than most previous attacks attributed to Israel, though Jerusalem is thought to have ordered strikes in the region before.

The last alleged Israeli strike in Syria occurred on May 29, in an attack that was blamed for the death of a girl in the coastal city of Baniyas. According to the observatory, three Hezbollah members nearby were also killed in a concurrent strike. It blamed shrapnel from the Syrian interception of an Israeli missile for the girl’s killing.

Alleged Israeli strikes have ramped up since the Israel-Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
war in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip began on October 7.

Syrian State Media is claiming that the Explosion and resulting Fire at a Copper Smelting Plant near the City of Aleppo in Northwestern Syria earlier tonight, was caused by several Missile Strikes from the Israeli Air Force; there were No Casualties at the Plant besides a Guard… pic.twitter.com/XH6lDEieMW
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 2, 2024

…who suffered Minor Injuries. Some reports have suggested that the Plant as well as the Surrounding Area was being used by Hezbollah and Iranian-Backed Groups, who Operate in the Countryside of Northwestern Syria.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

ISIS kills 5 pro-Iran fighters in east Syria: monitor

2024-06-03

5/26/2024
[Rudaw] Five pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
fighters were killed in eastern Syria on Sunday by an improvised bomb (IED), a conflict monitor reported, blaming Islamic State

...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) murderous Moslems.

The ~~bandidos~~ murderous Moslems were driving through a checkpoint on the Deir ez-Zor - al-Sukhna road when the IED detonated, killing five fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor.

ISIS has increased its attacks in Syria in recent weeks, particularly in the vast expanses of desert where the group launches surprise attacks amid a security vacuum. On Tuesday, Death Eaters killed three Syrian army soldiers in the central province of Homs. On Saturday, they attacked a military checkpoint belonging to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), according to SOHR.

According to SOHR data, 380 people, including women and kiddies, have bit the dust in ISIS attacks since early 2024.

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-Great Cultural Revolution

Asian man is attacked by gang in DC who try to pull him from his car, punch him and hurl liquid on him while laughing

2024-06-03

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A motorist was viciously attacked in his car by a group of men who punched him in the head a dozen times before a woman poured liquid on him.

The man was ambushed on U Street in downtown Washington, D.C., as he was stuck in traffic on Wednesday night.

He was prevented from leaving by people standing in front of his car as one of the attackers pulled open the door and started punching him.

The assailant then grabbed his legs and tried to pull him out of the car so the whole group could bash him on the ground.

The driver held on to his upholstery for dear life and managed to resist being dragged out, so the attackers just started punching him again.

The first one was joined by a second, and he then leaned inside the car and ganged up on the driver who desperately tried to protect his face with his hands.

The video cut to a woman in a pink jumper pouring liquid on the driver, before another man landed another flurry of blows as he begged them to stop.

A man claimed on Instagram that the man was attacked because he was 'recording my little sister.'

However, he later made another post retracting her accusation and confirming the driver did nothing to deserve the beating.

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High-ranking general in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness, Iran's state TV reports

2024-06-02

[TWITTER]

A high-ranking general in #Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness, Iran’s state TV reports.https://t.co/9Pu7hQyscY
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) June 1, 2024

A high-ranking general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has died after an illness, Iran’s state TV reported Saturday.

Gen. Vajihollah Moradi was one of the commanders of the Guard’s foreign wing, TV said. He was also a comrade of Gen. Qassem Soleimani

, who was slain in a US dronezap in Baghdad in 2020.

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State TV said a funeral ceremony will be held in the northern city of Babolsar on Sunday.

Iran
Iran

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US sanctions target suppliers, enablers of Iran’s drone production program

2024-06-01

[IsraelTimes] 4 entities, aviation executive named over procurement of parts for UAV program; US lawmakers push to sanction Iranian officials over rapper’s death sentence

The US on Friday issued sanctions targeting entities it accused of enabling Iran’s drone program, in Washington’s latest action seeking to disrupt the production and proliferation of the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used by Russia against Ukraine and in attacks on US troops.

"Today’s action reinforces our commitment to disrupt Iran’s production and proliferation of deadly UAVs that continue to be used by Russia against Ukraine and by regional terrorist proxies against our troops," US Treasury Department Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Brian Nelson, said in a statement.

"Treasury will continue to impose costs on those who seek to procure the components Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
needs for its UAV programs and enable the shipment of these weapons to destabilizing actors around the world."

Iran has supplied thousands of Shahed kamikaze drones to Russia throughout its invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022.

They have been used to exhaust Ukrainian air defenses and hit infrastructure far from the front lines.

The US Treasury said it imposed sanctions on four entities that have procured critical parts for Iran’s drone program as well as an executive of Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), a subsidiary of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL).

The Treasury said Afshin Khajeh Fard, the chief of IAIO, oversees its efforts to produce drones and missiles.

Friday’s action freezes any of their US assets and generally bars Americans from dealing with them. Those that engage in certain transactions with them also risk being hit with sanctions.

Last month, Iran carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles.

US politicians push Iran sanctions over rapper death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
Also Friday, a bipartisan group of US politicians introduced legislation targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and death sentence of a rapper who came to fame for his lyrics about the 2022 death of an Iranian woman and his criticism of the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

The proposal would impose sanctions on the judges, prosecutors and Sherlocks of Iran’s Revolutionary Courts in response to Tehran’s continuing crackdown against dissenters — including rapper Toomaj Salehi — after years of mass protests in the country. It would also codify into law that the US views any judgments issued by Iran’s courts against political prisoners as violations of human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
"Toomaj Salehi has used his platform to give a voice to the voiceless and bravely speak out against the Iran regime’s torture, abuse, and crackdown against the free will of the Iranian people," Rep. Young Kim of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, one of the bill’s lead sponsors, said in a statement to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. "Unfortunately, he is just the latest victim of the regime’s cruelty."

She added that the bill — titled the TOOMAJ Act — will allow the US "to stand side by side with Toomaj and other peaceful protesters demanding basic human rights and take targeted action against the Iran regime."

It marks the latest congressional action against the Islamic Theocratic Republic in recent months as Democratic and Republican politicians have united in decrying the country’s human rights record as well as its role in the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including the Israel-Hamas
Hamas

..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
war. Leading the legislative effort with Kim are Reps. David Trone, Mike Lawler and Adam Schiff
>...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"...>
News of the death sentence ordered against 33-year-old Salehi by a Revolutionary Court in Isfahan, a central Iranian city, came down in late April. A lawyer for the rapper confirmed the sentence to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named as Iranian officials have yet to publicly announce it. Revolutionary Courts in Iran often involve closed-door hearings, secret evidence and few rights for those on trial.

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Europe

Mossad: Iran-backed criminal networks behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe

2024-05-31

[IsraelTimes] Swedish intelligence agency confirms that Tehran is using local organizations — including the Foxtrot and Rumba crime rings — to attack Israeli and Jewish targets

Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
is behind a string of terror attacks by criminal networks on Israeli embassies in Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
since October 7, the Mossad intelligence agency said in a rare statement on Thursday.

Sweden’s Säpo security service confirmed the report in a presser later in the day, saying that Iran has been for several years carrying out activities inside the country that threaten security. There is a significant risk that Iran will strike targets in Sweden again, according to Daniel Stenling, head of Säpo counterintelligence.

The Israeli spy agency opened up an investigation alongside European counterparts after an bomb, said to be a hand grenade, was found inside the grounds of the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm in January and destroyed by the Swedish national bomb squad.

After interrogating the suspects and examining forensic evidence, the Sherlocks concluded that the Foxtrot organized crime ring in Sweden was behind the attack, at Iran’s behest, according to the Mossad.

Foxtrot leader Rawa Majid — known as "the Kurdish Fox" — has been working with Iran for months, Israel alleged. He was recruited by Iranian agents after he fled to Iran from ~~The Sick Man of Europe~~ Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
in September of last year, pursued by international law enforcement and Iraqi security forces. He was arrested by Iran and recruited to plan a string of attacks in Europe against Jewish and Israeli targets, according to the Mossad.

There have been dozens of Iran-backed terror plots against Jewish and Israeli targets uncovered in recent months, said the Israeli agency, many of which use small-time Mister Big networks.

On May 17, Swedish police heard gunshots late at night near the Israeli embassy. They detained a 14-year-old boy in connection to the shooting and made known that the Israeli embassy was the target. That shooting was carried out by the Rumba crime group, said the Mossad, headed by Majid’s rival Ismail Abdo and also directed by Iran.

"Iran operates many criminal organizations in Sweden and Europe in general, while taking advantage of the relative advantage of each and sometimes the rivalry between them," said the Israeli statement.

Foxtrot and Rumba receive funding and direction directly from Iran, the Mossad alleged, and are closely monitored by European intelligence. The spy agency also accused Iran of trying to take advantage of rising antisemitism in Europe while avoiding direct responsibility for attacks.

"Iran has previously used violence in other countries in Europe with the aim of silencing critical voices and perceived threats to its own regime," said a statement released by Säpo. "To carry out these security-threatening activities, the Iranian regime has on occasion made use of criminal networks."

Säpo, the Swedish agency, said in its statement: "The security police can confirm that this also happens in Sweden. In Sweden, the Security Police has in recent years dealt with several concrete cases where liquidation plans linked to Iranian security services were averted, where, among other things, criminal networks were used as proxies."

"Sweden must not be a platform for the security-threatening activities of Iran or other states," warned the agency.

Swedish police have strengthened security measures to protect Israeli and Jewish sites in Sweden, said Hampus Nygårds, deputy chief of the Swedish police’s National Operations Department.

A Mossad official said that previous travel warnings to Europe remain unchanged.

"Countermeasures continue all the time wherever necessary," the official continued.

The Mossad said that Iranian-backed criminals were also behind last week’s attack on Israel’s embassy in Belgium in which two airsoft grenades were thrown.

The statement did not mention the armed man who set fire to a synagogue in the northern French city of Rouen earlier this month and was later killed by police. With the Gay Paree Olympics two months away — and the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
likely to continue beyond the summer — French security services are on high alert for possible terror attacks.

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Syria reports young girl killed, 10 other people hurt in alleged Israeli strikes

2024-05-30

[IsraelTimes] Syrian defense ministry says the airstrikes targeted ‘a central site and residential building’ in Baniyas; 3 pro-Hezbollah fighters in region said killed in parallel attack
"The first casualty of war......"
Syria’s defense ministry said an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday killed a girl and wounded 10 civilians.

“The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of Lebanon, targeting a central site and a residential building in Baniyas city in the coastal region, killing a girl and wounding 10 civilians,” a ministry statement said.

A war monitor said a parallel strike in the same region killed three pro-Hezbollah Syrian fighters.

State news agency SANA said, citing a military source, said Israeli fighter jets launched their missiles from the direction of Lebanon, targeting a residential building in Baniyas, just south of Latakia.

It said Syria’s air defenses confronted the incoming strikes but also that the strike caused “some material losses.”

Unverified reports on social media claimed a strike targeted a convoy of trucks heading to Iran-backed militias.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor of unclear funding that has previously been accused of inflating tolls and false reporting, said the girl was killed after an Israeli missile and Syrian air defense missile exploded and then fell on the coast.

“Two explosions resonated… in the coastal city of Baniyas, killing a girl,” said the monitor, which put the number of civilians wounded higher at 20.

The alleged Israeli strikes targeted “at least one military site… in the eastern countryside of Homs, causing plumes of smoke to rise,” it added.

The monitor, which has a network of sources inside Syria, said the area also housed members of Iran-backed groups including Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah terror group.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor of unclear funding that has previously been accused of inflating tolls and false reporting, said the girl was killed after an Israeli missile and Syrian air defense missile exploded and then fell on the coast.

“Two explosions resonated… in the coastal city of Baniyas, killing a girl,” said the monitor, which put the number of civilians wounded higher at 20.

The alleged Israeli strikes targeted “at least one military site… in the eastern countryside of Homs, causing plumes of smoke to rise,” it added.

The monitor, which has a network of sources inside Syria, said the area also housed members of Iran-backed groups including Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah terror group.

It said a second strike on central Syria killed three Syrian fighters working with Lebanon’s Hezbollah group.

“Three Syrian fighters working with the Lebanese Hezbollah group were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a military site… in the eastern countryside of Homs,” said the Observatory.

According to the war monitor, the strike was the 42nd apparent Israeli attack on Syria since the beginning of the year.

There was no immediate comment from Israel. Israel rarely acknowledges its strikes in Syria, but when it does it says it aims to counter Iranian influence in the country, which is a key conduit for weapons shipments from Iran to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. The city of Homs is roughly 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the border with Lebanon.

On Saturday, an alleged Israeli drone strike in central Syria, near the border with Lebanon, killed two Hezbollah fighters, the Observatory had said at the time.

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UN nuclear watchdog says Iran expanding stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium

2024-05-28

[IsraelTimes] Tehran has not reconsidered barring of IAEA’s most experienced inspectors, confidential report says, as talks with Islamic Republic falter after president’s fatal crash

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Iran

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Britain

4 hurt, 1 arrested after Iranian regime supporters clash with opponents in London

2024-05-26

[IsraelTimes] Police investigating if additional offenses committed after skirmishes outside event commemorating Raisi

British police say four people were hurt and one was arrested when supporters of Iran’s authorities clashed with anti-government protesters at a London event marking the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.

The Metropolitan Police force said officers were called Friday evening to "reports of disorder" at a venue in the west London area of Wembley, where an event was being held to mark Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Protesters had gathered outside the venue and festivities broke out, police said.

The force said one person was arrested on suspicion of ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful disorder. Four people were treated by paramedics for injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing.

Police ordered those gathered to disperse and said Saturday that detectives would examine social media footage and other evidence to see whether more offenses had been committed.

Footage from the scene posted on X shows an argument breaking out between pro-regime men and regime opponents, and one of the men from the pro-regime group is seen yelling curses at the dissidents. Then, a group of men is seen running at and pushing away men holding the flag of the Pahlavi dynasty, which ruled Iran
Iran

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US said to oppose IAEA resolution condemning Iran’s ‘unprecedented’ nuclear breaches

2024-05-26

[IsraelTimes] European diplomat says Washington at odds with London, Paris and Berlin on confronting Tehran at UN watchdog, warns that Islamic Republic has ‘no real goodwill’ to cooperate

The United States and its three top European allies are divided over whether to confront Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
at the UN nuclear watchdog by seeking a resolution against it and thereby risk further escalation, with the Europeans in favor, diplomats say.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

IAF fighter jets down three drones launched at Israel by Iran-backed Iraqi militia

2024-05-26

[IsraelTimes] Two UAVs shot down near southernmost city Eilat; third intercepted in north, causing shrapnel to strike Safed area; no injuries

Three drones launched at Israel by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq were shot down by Israeli fighter jets on Thursday night and early Friday morning, the military said.

The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq — a loose formation of gangs affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces, itself a coalition of former paramilitary forces integrated into Iraq’s regular armed forces — has claimed dozens of drone attacks on Israel amid the ongoing war, with the IDF reporting downing many of them. Many of the militia’s claims have been exaggerated, but in one case it managed to hit an Israeli Navy base in Eilat, causing damage.

In one incident, on Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces said two "suspicious aerial targets" — later confirmed to be drones — that were heading toward Eilat from the "eastern direction" were downed by fighter jets. No sirens sounded, as the suspected drones were downed outside Israeli airspace, according to the IDF.

Shortly after the incident, the militia took credit for the attack, claiming to have launched two drones at a "vital target" in Israel’s southernmost city.

Then in the pre-dawn hours of Friday, the military said that fighter jets shot down another unmanned aircraft approaching northern Israel from the east. The third drone also did not enter Israeli airspace, according to the IDF.

Part of an interceptor missile used to down the drone, impacted in the northern city of Safed, sparking a fire. The IDF said the incident was under investigation. There were no injuries.

Shortly after the IDF said it had downed a third drone, the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq took responsibility, saying it launched a drone at the Haifa port. The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq said the attacks were in support of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, given Israel’s war there against the Hamas
Hamas

..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
terror group.

On Monday, three drones launched by the militia were downed by fighter jets and a Sa’ar 4.5-class missile ship, according to the IDF.

Amid the ongoing war, Iran-backed groups in Iraq, Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, and Syria, have claimed to have launched dozens of drones at Israel. Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
itself also carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel last month with hundreds of drones and missiles.

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Tens of thousands in attendance as Raisi is buried in Iran’s Imam Reza shrine

2024-05-25

Expanding on an item mentioned in passing in this story from yesterday.

[IsraelTimes] Services fail to draw same crowds as those seen at funeral for Soleimani in 2020, in possible sign of country’s feelings; Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis meet on sidelines

Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
on Thursday interred its late president Ebrahim Raisi at the holiest site for Shiite Moslems in the Islamic Theocratic Republic, a final sign of respect after he was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week along with foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others.

Raisi’s coffin was flown to Mashhad in northeast Iran after a funeral procession was held for him on Thursday morning in the city of Birjand, in Iran’s South Khorasan province along the Afghan border, where thousands in black gathered along a main boulevard in the city.

A semi truck bore his casket down the street, with mourners reaching out to touch it and tossing scarves and other items to be placed against it for a blessing. A sign on the truck read: "This is the shrine."

Hours later, the plane carrying Raisi’s coffin arrived in Mashhad, his hometown, where he was laid to rest at the gold-domed Imam Reza shrine, the holiest Islamic site in Iran, revered by Shiite Moslems as the resting place of the 9th-century imam Ali al-Reza.

In 2016, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Raisi to run the Imam Reza charity foundation, which manages a vast conglomerate of businesses and endowments in Iran, as well as oversees the shrine. It is one of many bonyads, or charitable foundations, fueled by donations or assets seized after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

These foundations offer no public accounting of their spending and answer only to Iran’s supreme leader. The Imam Reza charity, known as "Astan-e Quds-e Razavi" in Farsi, is believed to be one of the biggest in the country. Analysts estimate its worth at tens of billions of dollars as it owns almost half the land in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city.

Raisi is the first top politician in the country to be buried at the shrine, which represents a major honor for the holy man.

However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
the services across the country did not draw the same crowds as those who gathered for services for Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani

in 2020, slain by a US dronezap in Baghdad.

It was a potential sign of the public’s feelings about Raisi’s presidency during which the government harshly cracked down on all dissent during protests over the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who died in police custody after she was arrested for allegedly not wearing her mandatory headscarf to authorities’ liking.

That crackdown, as well as Iran’s struggling economy, went unmentioned in the hours of coverage provided by state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
and in newspapers. Also never discussed was Raisi’s involvement in the mass execution of an estimated 5,000 dissidents at the end of the Iran-Iraq war, which had earned him the moniker "the Butcher of Tehran."

Prosecutors warned people against showing any public signs of celebrating Raisi’s death and a heavy security force presence has been seen in Tehran since the crash.

Raisi, 63, was widely seen as a candidate to succeed 85-year-old Khamenei, who wields ultimate power in Iran. Mohammad Mokhber, who had been first vice president, is serving as interim president until a June election. For now, though, there’s no clear favorite for the position among Iran’s political elite — particularly no one who is a Shiite holy man, like Raisi.

Acting president Mokhber, a relatively unknown first vice president until Sunday’s crash, stepped into Raisi’s role following his death and even attended a meeting between Khamenei and Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
leader Ismail Haniyeh
...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank...
on Wednesday.

In Tehran, meanwhile, former Iranian foreign ministers Mohammed Javad Zarif
...Persian foreign minister, Mouthpiece of Mullahs, good friend of John Kerry and similar exemplars of Merkin values...
and Ali Akbar Salehi and other officials and foreign dignitaries paid respects to Amir-Abdollahian at the Foreign Ministry, where his casket was put on display.

His body was later interred in Shahr-e Rey just outside of Tehran at the Abdol Azim shrine, another final resting place for those famed in Persian history.

"Give Soleimani our greetings," a religious singer said as Amir-Abdollahian’s body was placed inside its final resting place, referring to the slain general.

Ahead of Raisi’s funeral, the representatives of some 60 countries took part in a ceremony paying their final respects on Wednesday afternoon. Among those in attendance were Tunisian President Kais Saied and Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, as well as representatives from Belarus and Serbia, while countries of the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
declined to attend.

Khamenei declared five days of national mourning in the wake of the helicopter crash.

Iran says no signs of foul play in wreckage of helicopter crash that killed Raisi

[IsraelTimes] Report by Iranian military says ‘no bullet holes or similar impacts’ found at crash site to indicate Iranian helicopter was attacked, flight did not sway from pre-designated route?

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