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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran, US hold fresh nuclear talks as enrichment concerns grow

2025-05-12

[GEO.TV] Iran
Iran

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Climber leaves Iran after competing without hijab at height of protests

2025-03-14

[IsraelTimes] Elnaz Rekabi largely vanished from public view after declining to cover her hair at 2022 event overseas as demonstrations raged against the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women

An Iranian sports climber, widely praised in 2022 for competing without a hijab at the height of nationwide protests, has left the country, her brother and an Iranian official said.

Elnaz Rekabi gained global attention in October 2022 when she took part in championships in South Korea without wearing the headscarf required for women in the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside 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...
reporting she had been placed under house arrest and banned from competing abroad.

The protests erupted in September 2022 after the death in jug of Mahsa Amini who had been arrested for allegedly flouting the obligatory headscarf rule. The movement lasted for months before fading in the face of a deadly crackdown.

Rekabi has left Iran, her brother Davood wrote in an Instagram story quoted by the IranWire website and Iran International television channel, which also expressed hope she could return in the future.

Iran International also shared another Instagram post by a fellow climber showing Rekabi training on an indoor wall in a vest and without a headscarf. It said that according to its information she had moved to Spain.

In Iran, the ISNA news agency also said that she had moved to Spain and quoted the head of Iran’s National Olympic Committee Mehdi Alinejad as saying he was aware of Davood Rekabi’s Instagram post.

"If they want to pursue their professional sports, they should be in Iran. The National Olympic Committee has supported Rekabi for the past two years, and she herself will acknowledge this," he told news hounds on Tuesday.

But he added: "Everyone has the choice over where to live."

It is not clear when and under what circumstances Elnaz Rekabi left Iran.

In another development, the International Federation for Sport Climbing announced last month that Rekabi has been appointed as the "athlete role model" for sport climbing in the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in 2026.

It said her role was confirmed in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
between the climber herself, IFSC president Marco Scolaris and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach.

IranWire and other outlets have reported previously that the IOC had been closely watching her case and were deeply concerned over her inability to travel outside of Iran.

At the time of the incident, she had issued an apology on Instagram and insisted her bare-headed appearance had been "unintentional."

Some reports suggested she had been pressured by Iranian officials while in South Korea, although this was vehemently denied by Iran’s Seoul embassy.

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Home Front: WoT

Biden briefed on plans for potential US strikes if Iran makes nuclear move — report

2025-01-03

[IsraelTimes] Source tells US news site that presentation by Jake Sullivan was part of ‘prudent scenario planning,’ in case Tehran attempts dash for bomb before Trump takes office

“The president took the information like a trooper. He was very lifelike,” the unnamed, anonymous source added.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan recently presented US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The man who made Barack Obama and Jimmy Carter look competent, if only by comparison....
with options for potential American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites if Tehran decides to move toward a nuclear weapon before the inauguration of Donald Trump
...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down...
later this month, according to a report on Thursday.

The presentation was made in a secret briefing several weeks ago, the Axios news site reported, citing three officials.

One of the officials said the meeting was not sparked by new intelligence and that Biden did not make a final decision.

The source said the meeting was part of "prudent scenario planning."

Another source said Biden was focused on the question of whether 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...
had taken nuclear steps that create an urgent situation that would justify such a dramatic military strike a few weeks before a new president takes office.

The news site highlighted comments Sullivan made at a conference last month on Iran’s nuclear program, in which he noted the "strategic blows" the Islamic Theocratic Republic has suffered with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, Israeli attacks on its soil and the battering of Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
’s Hezbollah and Hamas
Hamas

..always the voice of sweet reason...
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 a rusty 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...
"You can look at the public statements of Iranian officials, which have changed in the last few months as they have been dealt these strategic blows, to raise the question: Do we have to change our doctrine at some point? The fact that that’s coming out publicly is something that has to be looked at extremely carefully," he said at the time.

The Axios report came weeks before Trump’s return to the White House, where during his first term in office he waged a "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran that included the withdrawal of the US from Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact with six major powers and reimposed harsh sanctions on Tehran. Iran, in turn, violated the pact’s nuclear limits, with moves such as rebuilding stockpiles of enriched uranium, refining it to higher fissile purity and installing advanced centrifuges to speed up output.

Indirect talks between Biden’s administration and Tehran to try to revive the pact have failed, but Trump said during his election campaign in September: "We have to make a deal because the consequences are impossible. We have to make a deal."

On Wednesday, the semi-official ISNA news agency cited Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying that the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and three European countries will take place on January 13 in Geneva.

Iran held talks about its disputed nuclear program in November 2024 with Britannia, La Belle France and Germany.

Those discussions, the first since the US election, came after Tehran was angered by a European-backed resolution that accused Iran of poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.

Tehran reacted to the resolution by informing the IAEA watchdog that it plans to install more uranium-enriching centrifuges at its enrichment plants.

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi told Rooters in December that Iran is "dramatically" accelerating its enrichment of uranium to up to 60 percent purity, closer to the roughly 90% level that is weapons-grade. While Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
ostensibly opposes the manufacturing of a nuclear weapon, Iran is enriching uranium at levels that are only relevant for the assembly of such bombs. The Islamic Theocratic Republic is dedicated to the destruction of Israel, with Jerusalem vowing not to allow the regime to build a bomb.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian authorities have arrested 35 people in a raid on a 'satanist network gathering'

2024-06-02

[TWITTER]

Iranian authorities have arrested 35 people in a raid on a “satanist network gathering” in the southwestern province of #Khuzestan, local media report.#Iran https://t.co/bjfAB1YTIT
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) June 1, 2024

Iranian authorities have arrested 35 people in a raid on a "satanist network gathering" in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, local media reported Saturday.

The raid took place after police had "identified the location" of the gathering, which featured "signs and symbols of satanism, alcohol and drugs," ISNA news agency said.

Raids on so-called "satanist" gatherings are not uncommon in the deeply conservative country, often targeting parties or concerts with alcohol consumption, which is largely banned in Iran.

A total of "31 men and four women at the venue" were taken into custody and referred to judicial authorities, ISNA said quoting Ruhollah Yaarizadeh, police chief in Khuzestan’s Dezful city.

In May, police arrested more than 250 people including three Europeans west of the capital Tehran over similar charges.

A 2007 raid on an unauthorized rock concert near Tehran saw some 230 people arrested.

Authorities in the Shia Moslem-dominated country have in the past branded rock and heavy metal music concerts as "satanist" gatherings.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Chronicle: Iran's war against Israel, 14 April 2024

2024-04-15

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:30 Air attack by Iran on the night of April 14 is a “declaration of war” on Israel. This was stated by the country's President Isaac Herzog. He noted that Israel is now “considering all options” for responding to the attack, but is not looking for war. According to him, the Iranian attack was another example of how Tehran is spreading chaos, terror and instability throughout the world.

It should be noted that in Israel the president is really nothing more than an elected constitutional monarch. All the power resides with the prime minister, so President Herzog ought to be voicing Bibi’s decisions here, not his own. But given that the Biden administration, among others, is being pissy about Prime Minister Netanyahu, it makes sense that the president was tapped to speak out.

13:44 In Iran, two capital airports in Tehran, as well as in cities in the west of the country, stopped operating. The pause in their work will last until 6:00 on Monday, April 15, the ISNA agency reported.

12:12 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Western politicians strongly condemned Iran's massive attack against Israel. They are unanimous that Iran's actions are completely unacceptable and pose the risk of an unprecedented further escalation of the situation in the Middle East.

10:54 Iran’s massive strike on Israel was allegedly “successful” and led to the fulfillment of the goals set by the Iranian command. This statement was made by the Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, IRNA reports. According to him, the strike was concentrated on a “major information center”, as well as on the Nevatim air base, where F-35 aircraft are based. “Both of these centers were largely destroyed and became inactive,” says Bagheri.

It sure looks that way if you mistake a real fire in Chile for an imaginary one in Israel. That’s as bad as posting tweets from wargames based in imaginary Chernarus with the claim that they were taken in Ukraine.

10:22 The US military intercepted dozens of missiles and drones attacking Israel from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. This statement was made by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin. He called on Iran to immediately stop further attacks, including by its proxy forces, and reduce tensions.

10:00 The Israel Airports Authority announced the opening of Israeli airspace from 7:30 a.m. the week after the Iranian attack. However, the flight schedule at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv may change. Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon also opened their airspace.

09:00 On the night of the week, Iran fired about 300 drones and a missile at Israel. 99% of them were intercepted. This was announced by the official representative of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.

According to him, Iran launched 170 drones into Israel, and none of them invaded Israeli airspace. Iran also fired 30 cruise missiles, 25 of which were shot down by the Israeli Air Force. In addition, Iran fired 120 ballistic missiles. Some missiles managed to penetrate Israeli defenses and hit the Nevatim airbase in southern Israel. Its infrastructure suffered minor damage, but "capabilities were not blunted."

08:08 US President Joe Biden had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House press service reported. The American leader announced a meeting of G7 leaders "to coordinate a common diplomatic response to Iran's brazen attack."

05:15 The US Congress will consider a bill to support Israel next week. This was announced by Republican Majority Leader in the House of Representatives Steve Scalise. Perhaps this will be the same bill that also provides for $60 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Scalise said "additional information... will be provided."

03:05 As a result of Iran's night attack on Israel, 99% of Iranian drones were shot down. This was reported by the Ynet portal with reference to anonymous Israeli officials. They also promised a "strong response to Iran" soon.

At the same time, the Times of Israel, citing a representative of the Israeli defense department, reported that more than a hundred Iranian UAVs were intercepted by the US and British military outside Israeli airspace.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

ISNA: Nine types of Iranian missiles are capable of reaching targets in Israel

2024-04-08

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

[Regnum] Iran produces nine types of missiles with a range sufficient to reach targets in Israel, ISNA reported.

"After the crime of the Zionist regime, which was the attack on the Iranian consulate building in Damascus, Iran’s response to this crime will cast a shadow on Israel," the journalists said.
Iran is the place where embassies are liable to be "occupied" or otherwise by government street gangs.
The publication provided an infographic depicting nine missiles produced in Iran. The list includes ballistic missiles "Sajil", "Kheibar", "Emad", "Shahab-3", "Ghadr", "Pave", "Fattah-2", "Kheibar Shekan" and "Haj Qassem".

As Regnum reported, on the evening of April 1, the Israeli Air Force launched a missile attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. One of the leaders of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, was among those killed in the strike. Tasnim news agency reported that five people were killed and 12 injured in an Israeli airstrike on the consulate.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry warned that Tehran reserves the right to take countermeasures and respond to the attack. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei addressed Israel in Hebrew, threatening retaliation for the attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria.

The Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, said on April 2 that Russia requested an open meeting of the UN Security Council after the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, in turn, said that the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus is a violation of international law and an act of aggression. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that it would be interesting to see what would happen if Iran hypothetically attacked the American embassy in Israel.

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Iran executes four accused of plotting to blow up missile plant for Mossad

2024-01-30

We only have one report of arrests in Isfahan at that time. See here. A number of other arrests of what were claimed to be Mossad-instigated attacks on military infrastructure over the next year — apparently anti-revolutionary Iranian-Kurdish groups, like Komola, exiled to bases in Iraq, happily lend themselves to sinister Mossad plots (or clever ones, depending on one’s perspective).

[IsraelTimes] Tehran claims defendants were sent to Africa for training, crossed over from Iraqi Kurdistan to bomb military site in Isfahan, in operation overseen by spy chief David Barnea

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...
executed four men at dawn on Monday after they were convicted of collaborating with the country’s arch-foe Israel on a plan to sabotage an Iranian defense site, according to the judiciary.

The four defendants, identified as Mohammad Faramarzi, Mohsen Mazloum, Wafa Azarbar, Pejman Fatehi, were arrested in July 2022 and accused of plotting to carry out an operation against an Iranian Defense Ministry center in the central province of Isfahan after illegally crossing into the country from Iraq’s Kurdistan, according to the judiciary’s Mizan Online website.

"The death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
of four members of a group affiliated with the Zionist spy organization, who were arrested... for plotting a bombing operation in Isfahan, was carried out this morning," Mizan Online reported.

According to Iran, the men had been recruited by Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service, "about a year and a half before the operation."

They were sent to African countries for "training courses in the military centers" where Mossad officers were present, the judiciary added.

According to a report by state-run news outlet ISNA, the plot, which involved 16 different bombs, had been personally overseen by Mossad head David Barnea.

The men were sentenced to death in September 2023.

In August 2023, Iran claimed to have foiled a "very complex" Mossad-initiated project to "sabotage" its ballistic missile industry. A few months earlier, in February, Teheran accused Israel of being responsible for a drone attack on a military site in Isfahan.

Iran and Israel are longtime foes and are currently locked in a row over Iran’s nuclear program. Israel accuses Iran of backing terrorist attacks against it, while Iran says Israel has carried out a number of killings of Iranian officials and scientists. Israel does not confirm nor deny such actions.

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Arabia

Iran: US to face ‘extraordinary problems’ if it forms multinational Red Sea force

2023-12-15

[IsraelTimes] 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...
warns of the consequences of a multinational force being set up in the Red Sea to protect against attacks on ships by the Tehran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels off the coast of 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...
The White House said last week that the US may establish a naval task force to escort fat merchantmen in the Red Sea, following repeated and escalating attacks by the Houthis on ships with alleged ties to Israel or sailing to it, allegedly in response to the Israel-Hamas
Hamas

...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
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...
Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani tells the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s official ISNA news agency that "if they make such an irrational move, they will be faced with extraordinary problems," according to Rooters.

"Nobody can make a move in a region where we have predominance," he claims, while not detailing what Tehran may do if such a step is taken.

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan

IDF Golani Brigade Inside Hamas Parliment

2023-11-14

[IsraelTimes] An image circulating on social media showed troops of the IDF’s Golani Brigade inside Hamas’s parliament building in Gaza City, after capturing the site.

The military also said it had killed a group of gunmen who had fired on troops from another Gaza City hospital, publishing footage of the incident. It announced that it had killed a number of Hamas commanders in airstrikes over the past day, and provided details on its efforts to eliminate field commanders and disrupt the terror group's operations in the Gaza Strip over the past few weeks.

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Arab, Muslim nations react to Hamas attack on Israel

2023-10-09

[GEO.TV] Leaders of Arab and Moslem nations reacted to the deadly Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, attack on Israel on Saturday, advising caution, criticising Israel, and asking for a ceasefire.

The early morning Hamas offensive by air, land, and sea was met by Israeli air strikes on the blockaded coastal enclave, in the bloodiest escalation since May 2021.

Here is a roundup of reactions from the region:

EGYPT

The foreign ministry appealed to "both the Paleostinian and Israeli sides to exercise the utmost restraint", warning of the "dire danger of ongoing escalation".

Cairo has historically been a key mediator in conflicts between the two sides.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry made a series of calls to regional and international leaders, including his Jordanian, UAE, ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish, German, and French counterparts, and to European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell.

A foreign ministry statement said Shoukry sought to rally "international actors" to "intervene immediately".

SODDY ARABIA
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...

"The Kingdom calls for an immediate halt to the escalation between the two sides, protection of civilians, and self-control," a foreign ministry statement said.

Riyadh echoed statements by other regional states — including Kuwait, Iraq, 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...
, and Oman — that Saturday's attack was "a result of the continued occupation and deprivation of the Paleostinian people of their legitimate rights".

The violence comes amid growing speculation about the impending normalisation of ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, after Riyadh and Washington held talks on certain Saudi conditions, according to people briefed on the meetings.

SYRIA
The foreign ministry called the Hamas operation an "honourable achievement that proves the only way for Paleostinians to obtain their legitimate rights is resistance in all its forms".

Syria also expressed its "support" for the Paleostinian people and the forces "fighting against Zionist terrorism".

IRAN
A senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
expressed support for the attack, calling it a "proud operation".

"We support this operation," Yahya Rahim Safavi said, quoted by ISNA news agency.

Safavi backed the Paleostinian murderous Moslems "until the liberation of Paleostine and Jerusalem".

At a parliament session, politicians chanted "Down with Israel", "Down with America" and "Welcome Paleostine", according to a video published by the Tasnim news agency.

UAE
The United Arab Emirates called for "an immediate ceasefire" and "exercising the utmost restraint," state news agency WAM reported.

"The UAE has expressed its sincere condolences to all the victims of the recent crisis," a foreign ministry statement said, stressing the importance of protecting civilians.

Abu Dhabi normalised relations with Israel in 2020 under the US-backed Abraham Accords, along with Bahrain and Morocco.

MOROCCO
"The Kingdom of Morocco expresses its deep concern at the deterioration of the situation and the outbreak of military action 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 Hamaswith 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, and condemns attacks against civilians wherever they may be," a foreign ministry statement said.

ARAB LEAGUE
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...

Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit called for "an immediate halt to military operations in Gaza" and "the cycle of armed confrontation between the two sides".

He said, "Israel's continued implementation of ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful and Death Eater policies is a time bomb depriving the region of any serious opportunity for stability in the foreseeable future."

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...

Iran's Houthi sock puppets

...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels who control the capital Sanaa said they supported "the heroic jihadist operation".

In a statement published on the website of the Houthi-controlled SABA news agency, the Iran-aligned group said the attack "revealed the weakness, fragility and impotence" of Israel.

It called the operation "a battle of dignity, pride, and defence".

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Iraq

Three Billion Dollar Windfall: Frozen Iranian Assets in Iraq Unfrozen

2023-06-11

[Shafaq News] Iranian authorities announced today, Saturday, the unfreezing of nearly three billion dollars

... about ~~1.5~~ 2.79 billion euros... (my apologies for the error. I copied the number without checking — tw at 10:50 a.m. ET)

of their financial assets domiciled in Iraq; a move that is deemed a substantial financial windfall for the Iranian economy, which has long been contending with the burden of international sanctions.

This development was made public by several Iranian media outlets, who quoted Yahya al-Eshaq, the head of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce.

Al-Eshaq noted that "a portion of our outstanding debts owed by Iraq has been liquidated. Some of it is allocated to address the needs of Iranian pilgrims, while another part has been diverted towards the procurement of essential commodities."
and boodle for the ayatollahs
"According to incoming reports, the amount paid stands close to three billion dollars."

"These funds, hitherto frozen in Iraq due to US sanctions, will be released through Iraqi banks," as per al-Jazeera's breaking news Twitter account.

Iran
Iran

Rudaw’s take on the story:

Iran says $2.7 billion of frozen assets released from Iraq

Iraq has released $2.7 billion of frozen Iranian assets, the chairman of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce said on Saturday, two days after Iraq’s foreign minister discussed the issue with his American counterpart.

According to chairman Yahya al-e Es’hagh, part of the funds released will be used to cover expenses for Iranian Hajj pilgrims and part will be used to buy basic staples, Tasnim news reported.

Al-e Es’hagh said the release of the funds will have a positive impact on Iran’s economy, helping to stabilize the currency and provide basic goods.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh on Thursday, raised the matter of difficulties paying funds owed to Iran for purchases of gas and electricity given strict US sanctions on financial transactions with Iran.

Hussein "stressed the need to find a solution to this problem, as it directly affects the electrical sector of Iraq. From this standpoint, he thanked the American side for allowing the issue of financial payments to Iranian pilgrims and for Iranian money in Iraqi banks to be resolved," read a statement from the foreign ministry.

An American readout of their meeting does not mention releasing Iranian funds, but said, "The Secretary encouraged the Government of Iraq on its efforts to become energy independent and to increase innovation in its energy sector."

Iraq’s electrical grid is dependent on gas imports from Iran to run its power generation plants.

Last week, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported that $24 billion of frozen Iranian assets would be released from Iraq and South Korea in the near future after the sultan of Oman visited Tehran. Oman is a frequent mediator between Iran and Western nations, including brokering a recent prisoner swap.

Oman’s foreign minister was involved in discussions about the release of funds, Iraq’s foreign ministry tweeted on Saturday.

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Iraq

Iran warns of further attacks unless Iraq, KRG secure border

2023-05-22

[Rudaw] The Iranian intelligence ministry renewed their threats against Iraq and the Kurdistan Region on Sunday, warning that unless the border areas are secured and Kurdish opposition groups in the Region are disarmed, they will continue their military attacks on the Region.

"With the cooperation of the new Iraqi government and the guarantees given, we hope to witness security in the western borders and the non-repetition [of attacks], and to remind the responsibility of the Iraqi [Kurdistan] Region," the semi-official ISNA news agency cited Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib as saying.

Khatib was referring to the arrest of four Iranian-Kurdish Komala party members who were branded "Mossad-related agents" and arrested near Isfahan last summer. Their confessions were aired in December, raising fears that they may have been executed. The four man team allegedly entered Iran

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