Breaking News: Major Combat Operations in Iran 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇮🇷

[ExploringReality]

" We are the inheritors of a historical dysfunctional relationship".                     -Terence McKenna 

[Elliott]

The greatest deal maker. Maybe all his false confidence is from dominating little girls.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/uae-kuwait-bahrain-report-attacks-despite-iran-us-ceasefire

1 hour ago- UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain report attacks despite Iran-US ceasefire

Several strikes reported across the Gulf region hours after the US and Iran announce a ceasefire for two weeks.

Edited yesterday at 12:04 PM by Elliott

[Elliott]

The U.S. won the Iran war, its over. Good job, Team.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/08/iranian-attacks-continue-in-the-gulf-raising-questions-about-ceasefire

Iranian attacks continue in the Gulf, raising questions about ceasefire

4 hours ago — The renewed attacks come after a night of Iranian strikes, which damaged houses in the Sitra area, injuring two people from shrapnel falling

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 02:02 PM by Elliott

[Elliott]

Fox News sourpusses

Fox News

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Iran reveals 10-point plan for peace with the US – here's what's in it

52 minutes ago — Tehran demands end to all sanctions, control of Strait of Hormuz and right to enrich uranium in its 10-point proposal.

 

 

Winninggggg

 

Edited 21 hours ago by Elliott

[Jirh]

10 hours ago, danniel said:

@Jirh But clearly this way of responding is the Iranian regime's conscious choice after much thinking, and they are still choosing to keep this terrorist act every day.  So what should be the proper response according to you if another country bombs your schools, universities, civilian infrastructure like bridges, and further threatens to invade  your country and also bomb critical energy infrastructure. And if I am not mistaken, didn't USA hit Tehran's biggest oil depot or something a week ago? Like what would be valid response to all this? According to you. And again, the Strait was opened and the ships were passing from the Strait with no problem whatsoever prior to February 28th. I do not disagree with you on the strait being closed on purpose, as a preplan. 

A proper response would be targeting and attacking the source of the attacks, like military bases and airfields and aircraft carriers. And that's not far from the Iranian capabilities. But it's too direct and too risky for them, and they are cowards.

The focus should only and solely be on those military targets. Anything else is terrorism and cowardice.

It's clear that Iran's strategy is mainly terrorism against civilian infrastructure while they sprinkle some missiles on military targets.

They were forced into war, and they chose war of attrition because it's their best chance at surviving.

10 hours ago, danniel said:

And again, I want to reiterate how every nation does not support USA's action, aside from Israel of course. So the fact the Strait was closed as a reaction against the action of USA. And when i say "survival instincts", it much more as taking over resources of other tribe, which would take lot of planning and strategy, rather than "fight or flight" situation which describes your example of facing a tiger, aka knee jerk reaction.

It's understandable, as terrorism, and never justifiable.

10 hours ago, danniel said:

Why now? Because it's perceived as the best time to do it.  I would like to know According to who? Which government? And Which intelligence agency? Even the Generals of USA army do not agree with the war itself. Even the right wing speakers of USA do not agree with it. Example 

Iran always seemed to be few weeks from getting their hands on Nuclear weapons according to one guy lol

I am not disagreeing on the fact that strait being closed is wrong, but when question, why did it get closed? Because USA and Israel  govts decided consider Iran an urgent threat. Which is something I do wish to understand why. And if I read your reply
"Ultimately the goal is to eliminate Iran's projection of power outside its borders."
one can think of the Nuclear power talks which were planned to take place in Middle East (in Oman i believe) between the two parties, and the case was the same last year when Israel govt decided to launch missiles first, which caused 2 weeks of war bw them. 

Nuclear threat may be a fake front, but the ballistic threat is real. We are experiencing it in real time.

Why does Iran need long range ballistic missiles? For what defensive purposes exactly?

You can say the same about Israel. I have no problem with that. It's just as terrible.

[Elliott]

4 minutes ago, Jirh said:

A proper response would be targeting and attacking the source of the attacks, like military bases and airfields and aircraft carriers. And that's not far from the Iranian capabilities. But it's too direct and too risky for them, and they are cowards.

The focus should only and solely be on those military targets. Anything else is terrorism and cowardice.

It's clear that Iran's strategy is mainly terrorism against civilian infrastructure while they sprinkle some missiles on military targets.

They were forced into war, and they chose war of attrition because it's their best chance at surviving.

It's understandable, as terrorism, and never justifiable.

Nuclear threat may be a fake front, but the ballistic threat is real. We are experiencing it in real time.

Why does Iran need long range ballistic missiles? For what defensive purposes exactly?

You can say the same about Israel. I have no problem with that. It's just as terrible.

Iran was attacked first, by long range ballistic missiles...... try to keep up. And on a girl's school. This proves their need for them. Why does u.s. need them then?

Edited 21 hours ago by Elliott

[Jirh]

1 minute ago, Elliott said:

Iran was attacked first, by long range ballistic missiles...... try to keep up.

Exactly.

Long range ballistic missiles are an offensive weapon, not defensive. Iran is a threat to the entire world, because of its radical extremist ideology.

[Elliott]

8 minutes ago, Jirh said:

Exactly.

U.S. is a threat to the entire world, because of its radical extremist ideology.

FIFY

Edited 21 hours ago by Elliott

[zazen]

@Elliott We got some calls right early on in Jan. Trickery (attacked during negotiations) + the need to keep any war short due to interceptor stock piles running low.

US weren't expecting Iran to shut Hormuz or spread the war to the region as way to impose economic costs. They ran of out military options and had to resort to civilian infrastructure / industrial capacity. But any further hits would be highly escalatory and risk the gulf countries which have reached their limit of tolerance. They expected Iranians to coup the regime but instead they rallied around the flag.

US got more desperate from Iran not bending + the economic pressure mounting from the cascading affects of a oil supply shock (oil hitting 140 yesterday) = so Trump had to heat up the rhetoric threatening Iran after which he taco'd a few times. In the latest threat against the power grid / more bridges - Iranians instead made a human chain around the power plants in protest.

They flirted with a lowkey ground op on the weekend which also failed and that they tried covering up with attention diverted to the pilot rescue. That means they won't try a proper ground invasion in the future.

Had little choice but to find a off ramp and Pakistan helped midwife it. Israel is still acting rogue and hitting Lebanon hard despite it. Not sure if that will flop the negotiations which seem to be difficult already.

Iran has gained more leverage after this confrontation instead of less as they still have de facto control over Hormuz which will only make their bargaining position demand even more.

On 1/16/2026 at 11:28 AM, zazen said:

Great breakdown of events. Everyone seems to be bracing for something to happen but who knows when - most of the US assets (ships etc) are around Venezuela in the Caribbean so maybe they need to move more into the region before doing anything as Elliot says. Also 25% of interceptors being depleted in the last 12 day war against Israel is worrying - these are expensive and take time to procure.

The only way the US would do something is if it can guarantee a short shock and awe campaign - get in and get out sort of thing. They aren't prepared for prolonged war as Israel would be without any air defense within 30 days. The only reason Venezuela was done was because they obviously had military insiders bought off allowing for heli's to fly in low without even any attempt at shooting them down which a simple RPG could do let alone other means. Short engagement is what their after rather than entanglement like a Vietnam / Afghanistan.

Saying that - deception and trickery is a hallmark of the current admin like we've seen. So Iran is still on high alert - if those assets are moving in like Elliot says then anything is possible over the weekend. It could be that the protests got cracked down on very quickly shortening the time horizon for them to act upon a distracted state - starlink was shut down (prob via Chinese or Russian tech). I'd be very surprised if anything were to happen though.

 

[Jirh]

@Elliott USA is not radical nor extremist.

But I get your point about the double standard.

[Elliott]

11 minutes ago, Jirh said:

@Elliott USA is not radical nor extremist.

I disagree

 

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[Jirh]

@Elliott

I don't even disagree with you or most of what you said. But you can't really compare USA with Iran. Sure, they may share some similarities, but they are so far apart on the level of freedom and extremity.

[Elliott]

12 minutes ago, Jirh said:

@Elliott

I don't even disagree with you or most of what you said. But you can't really compare USA with Iran. Sure, they may share some similarities, but they are so far apart on the level of freedom and extremity.

In terms of who should have missiles? I see no logical grounds for that determination.

 

Do you know that a Tomahawk cruise missiles can target a car from 500 miles away, the U.S. used that on a girl's school last month

 

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Elliott

[Jirh]

15 minutes ago, Elliott said:

In terms of who should have missiles? I see no logical grounds for that determination.

Well, me neither. But reality doesn't work on pure logic. Power and politics are not logical.

15 minutes ago, Elliott said:

Do you know that a Tomahawk cruise missiles can target a car from 500 miles away, the U.S. used that on a girl's school last month

Last time I checked, the mistake was due to outdated intelligence data. It was not intentional. You can call it careless, but it's not intentional like Iran's attacks.

[Elliott]

1 hour ago, Jirh said:

Well, me neither. But reality doesn't work on pure logic. Power and politics are not logical.

Uhh, Iran has - missiles....

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Last time I checked, the mistake was due to outdated intelligence data. It was not intentional. You can call it careless, but it's not intentional like Iran's attacks.

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More than 20 attacks on Iranian healthcare facilities since March 1

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During the 1980s Iran-Iraq War, the U.S. government, particularly under the Reagan administration, provided significant financial, military, and intelligence support to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq to prevent an Iranian victory. This included billions "

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Edited 18 hours ago by Elliott

[Elliott]

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BREAKING: Iran says Strait of Hormuz is closed due to Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Reports from Iranian state media say the Strait of Hormuz is not open because Iran is responding to the continued Israeli airstrikes into Lebanon

 

 

Iran must not understand what "we won" means, dumbass goat herders.

 

Hey, Socialists, would Hilary or Harris have bombed Iran, or is not calling Gaza a genocide the same anyway? They're the same party, right?

Edited 17 hours ago by Elliott

[Elliott]

Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia’s Crucial East-West Oil Pipeline Hit by Drone Hours after ceasfire

By Salma El Wardany and Anthony Di Paola

April 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM EDT

Updated on April 8, 2026 at 9:24 AM EDT

 

 

AP NEWS

Israel has bombed locations across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, in devastating attacks that authorities say have killed at least 254 people and wounded more than 1,165.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-beirut-strikes-9402965418687c634d4a157c966ec6ea

 

 

Israel out here remodeling for middle east blood-thirsty ex-pats

 

 

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It's a good music video

 

Iran is calling it TACO Tuesday 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

Edited 16 hours ago by Elliott

[Elliott]

What's trumps distraction from this going to be? I bet a health scare. I bet he resigns within a year.

 

Iran may have saved the U.S. alot 🍻 🇮🇷 

 

U.S. has violated ceasefire agreement, Iran parliamentary speaker says. The violations are Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon, ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/ceasefire-iran-war-lebanon.html

Ship traffic through the strait has not picked up beyond the slow trickle observed during most of the war, freight and oil analysts have told CNBC.

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Elliott

[Elliott]

Trump's moving onto Greenland now with his "conquest", as he calls it. Those Nazis deserve it. NATOs Rutte held Trump's testicles for the meeting.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/9/trump-slams-nato-over-iran-after-meeting-rutte-renews-greenland-threat

Trump slams NATO over Iran after meeting Rutte, renews Greenland threat...

7 hours ago — 

"revive his threat to seize Greenland from NATO member Denmark – .....

 

Rutte also rejected the notion that NATO members considered the war on Iran “illegal”, arguing that there was widespread support in Europe"

Edited 43 minutes ago by Elliott