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2025-11-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Another Israel-Iran war increasingly seen as just a matter of time, NYT reports; Iran sent $1 billion to Hezbollah this year
[IsraelTimes] Tehran said aiming to be able to fire 2,000 missiles at once

Another Israel-Iran war is "only a matter of time," according to a report by The New York Times, which says Iran still has a stockpile of enriched uranium and is racing to build thousands of missiles.
And has shipped rockets/missiles to Hezbollah and whatever support they’re sending to Hamas.
The piece, published Sunday, casts doubt on the idea that the 12-day war between the countries in June eliminated the threat of Iran’s nuclear program. Rather, it says that Middle East officials and experts increasingly believe Israeli and US strikes caused less damage to Tehran’s nuclear facilities than previously thought, and that both countries are preparing for the prospect of another round of conflict.

"Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, enough to make 11 nuclear weapons, is either buried under rubble, as Iran claims, or has been spirited away to a safe place, as Israeli officials believe," the report said.
The ayatollahs have nothing to lose.
Sure they do. But they have to believe that Allah will intervene on their side against Israel, even though he’s allowed Israel to run roughshod over them thus far.


US official: Iran funneled some $1 billion to Hezbollah this year, despite sanctions

[IsraelTimes] Undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence says Washington wants to cut Tehran’s funding to terror group so ‘the Lebanese people could get their country back’

The United States seeks to take advantage of a "moment" in Leb
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
in which it can cut Iranian funding to Hezbollah and press the terror group to disarm, the US Treasury Department’s top sanctions official said.

In a late Friday interview, John Hurley, the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said 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...
has managed to funnel about $1 billion to Hezbollah this year despite a raft of Western sanctions that have battered its economy.

The US has adopted a "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran meant to curb its uranium enrichment and regional influence, including in Lebanon where the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah is also weakened after Israel shattered its military power in a 2023-24 war.

Late last week Washington sanctioned two individuals accused of using money exchanges to help fund Hezbollah.

"There’s a moment in Lebanon now. If we could get Hezbollah to disarm, the Lebanese people could get their country back," Hurley said.

"The key to that is to drive out the Iranian influence and control that starts with all the money that they are pumping into Hezbollah," he told Rooters in Istanbul as part of a tour of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Israel meant to raise pressure on Iran.

Tehran has leaned on closer ties with China, Russia and regional states including the UAE since September, when talks to curb its nuclear activity and missile program broke down, prompting the reinstatement of United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
sanctions.

Western powers accuse Tehran of secretly developing nuclear weapons capability, having enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities — actions that led to the June war between Israel and Iran.

Tehran, whose economy now risks hyperinflation and a severe recession, claims its nuclear program is wholly for civilian power purposes.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
Israel says Hezbollah is trying to rebuild its capabilities and is carrying out Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s at an apparently growing pace on what it says are sites and operatives from the terror group.

Lebanon’s government has committed to disarming all non-state groups, including Hezbollah, which was founded in 1982 by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Hezbollah spearheaded the Iran-backed "Axis of Resistance®" and began firing at Israel on October 8, 2023, the day after Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
carried out its devastating attack.

While Hezbollah, which is also a political force in Beirut, has apparently not directly obstructed Lebanese troops confiscating its weapons caches in the country’s south, it has rejected disarming in full.

Hurley, in his first trip to the Middle East since taking office under US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
’s administration, has pressed the case against Iran in meetings with government officials, bankers and private sector executives.

"Even with everything Iran has been through, even with the economy not in great shape, they’re still pumping a lot of money to their terrorist proxies," he said. # id) ?>
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-11-10 00:53|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1840 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

1 Should have spent some of that $ on water infrastructure.
Posted by Mercutio 2025-11-10 08:17||   2025-11-10 08:17|| Front Page Top

2 ^like California they should have invested in water infrastructure decades ago.
Posted by magpie 2025-11-10 16:16||   2025-11-10 16:16|| Front Page Top

3 Sounds like they have several dams, probably from the Shah's time, but they've pumped out all the groundwater. They can't fix that with a wet spring.

Also, some locals promoted cloud-theft conspiracy theories. Does Halliburton have a department for that?
Posted by Bobby 2025-11-10 17:58||   2025-11-10 17:58|| Front Page Top

4 they've pumped out all the groundwater. They can't fix that with a wet spring.

"That's why we deserve Heavy Water. It's condensed"
Posted by Frank G 2025-11-10 19:36||   2025-11-10 19:36|| Front Page Top

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