so from what I can understand it’s very difficult to get any information as to whether the protests are still happening.
What is available does seem to suggest the protests have been suppressed for now.
Unfortunately it seems like currently each round of protests is stronger its going to take several more to topple the regime and each time the bodycount mounts.
I hope I am wrong but I think it is really dependant on someone charismatic and respected enough in the military/police to stand up and hence get them to switch sides.
Even then its likely to end in civil war since the mullahs were clever enough to have the true loyalists in the IRCG. Maybe we will get lucky enough they go Praetorian guard although given what generally happened with the Praetorians maybe not.
There’s talk online now of 20,000 dead, many of them mown down with heavy machine guns.
soo looks like netenyahu has convinced Trump to go for regime change & our government lawyers think thats ilegal
https://bsky.app/profile/bcfinucane.bsky.social/post/3mf7uzkvspc2b
I can't see this ending well. Trump doesn't seem to have any clearly articulated goals, explanation of how he will achieve those goals, and metric by which he can judge whether those goals have been achieved. This just seems to be bomb and hope he lucks out. Hopefully he'll get bored with it quickly and get back to UFO or Greenland or something.
This did make me chuckle, though.
https://twitter.com/AsaadHannaa/status/2027500127825416329
I wonder how smug those expat millionaire patriots in Dubai feel now?
Watch trump try an invoke article 5. The general public of the middle east really don't stand a chance sometimes.
I did see an Israeli spokesperson bemoning the fact that Iran has responded.
shahed drones hitting American base in Bahrain
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mfwb47g3tc26
Oh dear, killing a religious leader has never gone down well.
khamenei apparently killed
Assuming that's confirmed:
1. There will be a succession protocol.
2. The successor will be motivated to be more extreme, not less extreme.
Killing Khamenei is not the easy win that Trump is looking for.
Who gave the order to start a war ?
Not Congress
Not the American people.
Iran cannot strike the US directly, nor the UK
Dropping bombs on schools again.
War criminal seam to be a badge of honor.
What are the chances of sleeper cells in the US getting activated.
Supreme leader gone?
yeah Iran are happy to expand this across the region
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mfwngu5utk22
https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3mfwooggymk2j
Wonder if Isabel Tice Oakshot Tice will have to back to come to the UK.
there's likely a lot of casualties already
tens of 1000s of Europeans & others there for the high life and low tax, 50,000 russians in UAE alone
im assuming american bases were either empty or well protected but air defences are not invulnerable, could see US casualties too
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mfwpjfamgk2r
cant help thinking by that the only winner from this is s netenyahu, whi has played trump again
there's likely a lot of casualties already
tens of 1000s of Europeans & others there for the high life and low tax, 50,000 russians in UAE alone
I find it hard to believe that Iran is bombing the UAE deliberately. There are half a million Iranians in the UAE, Iranian schools, Iranian diplomatic missions, Iranian banks and a load of Iranian assets. Neither would Iran target Russians in the UAE when the Russia and Iran are allies and close collaborators around drone and energy technology. It seems more likely these are drones flying overhead that have been shot down or knocked off course by intercepting missiles - countries neighbouring Ukraine have experienced this.
Perhaps I will be proven wrong. It would hardly be the first time
allegedly a shahed drone
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mfwkkvfoys2h
trump doesn't own any hotels there does he?
something like 20 million tourists a year visit Dubai, seems ideal place to hit if you want maximum disruption in the region
apparently trump has a golf course nearby
https://bsky.app/profile/actusnonstop.bsky.social/post/3mfwsgqlcpc26
Of course Iran is a militarised Islamic extremist state with ambitions across the Middle East, so I have no idea what the inner circle is thinking, but: starting a war with the UAE would be brave.
The UAE is 150km-ish from Bandar Abbas (a major oil export port) and completely capable of striking any vessel in the Gulf (while it has Fujairah as direct access to the Indian Ocean). It could immediately open up more facilities for use by the US and Israel, too (meaning Iran would be dealing with missiles etc travelling faster over shorter distances).
The UAE is aggressive (see its wars in Libya, Sudan, Yemen), ambitious (maybe overambitous) and loaded with money. Iran has tons of assets sitting the in the UAE and a decent chunk of Iranian exports covertly or overtly transit the UAE - the opposite is not true. The temperature was dropping in the UAE-Saudi vs Iran-Hamas-Iran conflict over the last couple of years, but it won't take much to reignite it.
But maybe Iran's elite has designed this is the last showdown and it's time to throw all the fuel on the fire. Who knows?
Civilians will pay the biggest price, obviously. And meanwhile ****stan and Afghanistan have gone to war too.
**** a duck...
i think the goal for Iran is simply maximum disruption across the region & to global trade
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mfwwigqu2c22
the airbase is largely American, but some British RAF based there
Meanwhile oil prices will inevitably rise, which aids Putin. Who of course is the one holding Tronald Dump's strings.
There’s plenty to criticise Trump for but I’m yet to see a shred of credible evidence that’s he’s some kind of Russian asset.
Wonder if Isabel Tice Oakshot Tice will have to back to come to the UK.
fire her into Iran, the mullahs will soon run away screaming for help
Just watching C4 news- the Saudis denounce Iran’s blatant aggression and former Israeli PM Naftalie Bennet describes Iran as a genocidal regime. This is through the looking glass stuff but if anyone can spot a genocidal regime then I imagine Naftalie Bennet has a head start on the rest of the world
Israel claims that the Minister of Defence and the head of the Revolutionary Guard are all dead. If true (and they seem to briefings on the record), then that's certainly decapitating the regime.
There are also off the record claims that Khamenei is dead - but that's exactly the rumour I would want to spread on the first night if I wanted to confuse and demoralise my enemy. It doesn't mean it's true.
But in any case the regime is not a one man dictatorship, and I seem to remember there's an old Greek story about what happens when you decapitate a scary monster...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-february-28-2026/
But in any case the regime is not a one man dictatorship, and I seem to remember there's an old Greek story about what happens when you decapitate a scary monster...
An eternal war is the one thing that Netanyahu is wishing for, as he'll (and trump) avoid spending time in court and possibly jail
There’s plenty to criticise Trump for but I’m yet to see a shred of credible evidence that’s he’s some kind of Russian asset.
His peace plan for Ukraine being that Ukraine should basically give Russia everything they wanted and if they don't he would cease support for Ukraine was fairly convincing.
Rumours are that a lot of the girls Epstein was using were Russian (fact) and provided by Putin and associates (rumour) which is the hold Putin has over him (speculation) Ten years ago something like that would have been wild conspiracy theory, nowadays it's totally plausible.
Anyway, back to Iran...
his son (and probable successor apparently killed too)
meanwhile in tel aviv
https://bsky.app/profile/shihabi.bsky.social/post/3mfx4uk7a5k2n
former Israeli PM Naftalie Bennet describes Iran as a genocidal regime.
Yeah those pesky Iranians, eh, Naftali? Always bloody interfering in Lebanon, sending troops into Syria, brutalising civilians, assassinating their enemies left right and centre...
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killing khamenei doesn't seem to have stopped them retaliating, apparently American soldiers killed
https://bsky.app/profile/alexjungle.bsky.social/post/3mfxaco2hy22h
they are really going after Dubai
a lot of very vulnerable skyscrapers it seems
https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3mfxa4ptmok2n
There’s plenty to criticise Trump for but I’m yet to see a shred of credible evidence that’s he’s some kind of Russian asset.
You're trolling with the wrong word, I think you mean "agent" 😉
they are really going after Dubai
a lot of very vulnerable skyscrapers it seems
This might be a record turnaround for me being proved wrong.
The fire protections on those tower blocks are terrible - many Grenfell-style cladding problems have already happened. Add to that the notorious partitioning of dormitories into smaller cells (ie without inspection or fire suppression or fire detection) and the general levels of bullshit and incompetence, and many buildings in rhe UAE are deathtraps.
There’s plenty to criticise Trump for but I’m yet to see a shred of credible evidence that’s he’s some kind of Russian asset.
Methinks I should wear a corset, for fear my sides should split!
Son, you should start actually paying attention to credible news sources; God knows there’s enough of them out there.
It appears that the Americans are using reverse engineered kamikaze drones based on the Shaheed drones, but lighter, with better range and a bigger explosive load than a Hellfire missile.
they are really going after Dubai
a lot of very vulnerable skyscrapers it seems
All skyscrapers are vulnerable, by definition! Wake up at the back! Do you have to be reminded of 9/11?
Or weren’t you around then?
There’s plenty to criticise Trump for but I’m yet to see a shred of credible evidence that’s he’s some kind of Russian asset.
Or he's supporting Israel bc Epstein was under Mossad control and Israel has everything Trump doesn't want released. IDK .. plausible among all the other crackpot theories. Maybe Trump is a crackpot and that's all there is to it.
Will Congress have the balls to call him out for going to war without their approval? Especially if there are American and other western casualties?
I doubt it. It does seem like a desperate gamble for Trump.
Will Congress have the balls to call him out for going to war without their approval? Especially if there are American and other western casualties?
I doubt it. It does seem like a desperate gamble for Trump.
Mo it will vote along party lines and the republicans will prevail
there will be nore of this i suspect
https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3mfykifj5os2c
on a global note, i can see oil prices rising and inflation edgeing up
Binnerette number 2 was meant to be flying to Malaysia at 6 this morning, via Qatar.
While this has buggered up her travelling plans (#first world problems and all that) were all just very relieved she wasn’t flying out at the same time yesterday morning instead
Getting back to Iran, have the Americans learnt nothing from Iraq? It would appear not. Again they’ve instigated regime change without the remotest clue what will replace it and without even the outline of a plan.
They’ll just cross their fingers and hope for the best, that somehow, magically, a democracy will emerge. In all likelihood what they’ll get is a repeat of Iraq… civil war, chaos and a huge death toll
Morons!
At least we won’t be up to our necks in it with them this time around
Looks the post of Supreme Leader has been filled already. It's an impressive title at the bottom of his emails.
