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Iranian Regime tv Channel One hacked while it was airing Khamenie speech
various | 10-8-22

Posted on 10/08/2022 1:05:38 PM PDT by nuconvert

Iranian Regime national tv Channel One hacked about an hour ago. During a broadcast of Khamenie speech, a red crosshair appeared over his face and chanting of Women. Life. Freedom. There was writing to the side saying "Rise up. Join us". Also 4 photos at the bottom of the screen of young people killed and additional writing: "The blood of our youth is dropping from your paws".

Also, there was a huge banner in the middle of Tehran highway today that read: We are no longer afraid of you. We will fight.

Also, attempted attack on IRI ambassador in Denmark. Her bodyguard was stabbed. Diplomatic Security intervened before the attacker could stab the ambassador.


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Hamas is seeking Russian support in pressuring the Palestinian Authority (PA) to negotiate over a national unity government with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.[1] Hamas Political Bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk met with Deputy Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in Moscow on October 23 to request that Russia pressure PA President Mahmoud Abbas to negotiate with Hamas over a national unity government.

Hamas is likely responding to the Emirati-proposed plan for post-war governance in the Gaza Strip.[2] The plan would involve appointing a reformed PA led by an independent prime minister to administer the Gaza Strip, leaving Hamas excluded from post-war governance. Negotiating a national unity government with the PA, on the other hand, would allow Hamas to retain a role in post-war governance. Hamas would likely exploit the establishment of a national unity government to gradually expand its control and influence in the Gaza Strip.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-24-2024

1,121 posted on 10/25/2024 5:02:09 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 25, 2024

Four unspecified Iranian officials outlined to Western media how Tehran could retaliate in response to an Israeli strike on Iran.[1] These comments were likely an information operation meant to coerce Israel into limiting its strike on Iran. The Iranian officials, which included two Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officers, told the New York Times that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered the Iranian armed forces to develop multiple retaliatory options.[2] The officials claimed that if Israel inflicts “major harm,” such as by targeting energy and nuclear infrastructure or senior Iranian officials, the retaliatory options would include firing as many as 1,000 ballistic missiles at Israel, increasing Iranian-backed militia attacks across the Middle East, and disrupting commercial traffic in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.[3] The threat against global shipping comes as Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have threatened to start an “energy war” in the Middle East.[4] The Iranian officials also claimed that Tehran could refrain from retaliating if Israel only strikes military targets—rather than energy or nuclear infrastructure or senior Iranian officials.[5]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-25-2024

They said this because they knew (were informed) that only military targets would be attacked.

1,122 posted on 10/26/2024 2:26:02 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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“We thank God that our defense missiles performed well, and kudos to our armed forces who produced these systems themselves,” said Ahmadreza Pourkhaghan, head of the Judicial Organization of Iran’s Armed Forces, on Saturday following the Israeli overnight attack.

https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/1850082503375073718

LOL!


1,123 posted on 10/26/2024 2:34:03 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 26, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted three waves of strikes into Iran on October 25. The strikes were in response to the large-scale ballistic missile attack that Iran launched against Israel on October 1.

A new Iranian-backed militia claiming to operate in Saudi Arabia announced its existence on October 25.[12] The Islamic Resistance in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques claimed that it launched a drone attack targeting an unspecified ”vital site” in Israel. The naming of the group appears inspired by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which is a coalition of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias that has conducted regular drone and missile attacks on Israel in recent months. The IDF has not commented on the claimed drone attack at the time of this writing.

more + maps https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-26-2024


1,124 posted on 10/27/2024 7:13:07 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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More and more details are seething out from the Israeli operation in Iran. Apparently, Israeli fighter jets were operating hours in Syrian and Iraqi air space without a single loss. The Russian-made air defense systems such as the S-300/S-400 completely failed in detecting those aerial vehicles, let alone fending them of. The following targets were destroyed:

- 12 “planetary mixers” used to produce solid fuel for long-range ballistic missiles, which make up the bulk of Iran's missile arsenal.
- Four air defense positions in the Tehran area
- At least one drone factory
- The research and development center in Parchin which has been used in the past for nuclear technology

It paraphrases once again how low Russian technology is compared to Western technology.

Source: Axios

https://x.com/Tendar/status/1850475933800468779

1,125 posted on 10/28/2024 2:22:18 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Greg Bagwell:

A short🧵 on the Israeli air raids into Iran yesterday. This was more than a precision strike, it was a clear demonstration of capability, intent and will. [This replaces a previous thread that mistakenly reposted a misleading video - thank you to all who rightly corrected me]

The raid demonstrates a level of co-ordination and execution that is way more precise, sophisticated and devastating than the salvo firing of some less-than-successful drones or missiles - which is Iran’s only viable conventional means to strike Israel.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1850511236556820929.html


1,126 posted on 10/28/2024 2:25:53 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 27, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inflicted serious damage to the Iranian integrated air defense network during its strikes on Iran on October 25.

more + maps https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-27-2024-0


1,127 posted on 10/28/2024 2:27:43 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 28, 2024

Senior Israeli officials stated that Israel's retaliatory strikes on Iran on October 25 “severely damaged” Iran's air defense capabilities, which would make Iran more vulnerable to future attacks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strikes “severely damaged” Iran's air defense and missile production capabilities.[1] Unspecified sources within the Israeli defense establishment reported that Israel's attack destroyed all of Iran's long-range surface-to-air missile batteries and long-range detection radars, leaving Iran with only domestically produced short-range defense batteries.[2] Western reporting has confirmed damage at a storage unit within the Abadan oil refinery in Khuzestan province and a TIECO oil and gas machinery factory in Tehran province, among others, following the IDF strikes.[3] Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called the strikes on Iran the most significant IDF Air Force operation since the Six-Day War in 1967, emphasizing that their impact represents “a change in the balance of power.”[4] Gallant stated that the damage from the strikes puts Iran at a “huge disadvantage” when it comes to future Israeli attacks.[5]

Unspecified Iranian sources told Israeli media that Israel also targeted and breached Iranian radar systems in Syria before launching its attack on Iran.[6] The sources noted that the radar screens in Iran's defense systems “froze“ before the IDF strikes.[7] CTP-ISW previously reported that the IDF likely targeted Iran's early detection network in Syria and Iraq that would have given Iran advanced notice of the incoming Israeli attack.[8]

Constrained Russian manufacturing capacity for new ground-based air defense systems and Russia's demand for these systems in Ukraine may limit Iran's ability to acquire new S-300s in the near term. CTP-ISW previously reported that Israeli strikes in Iran have targeted four S-300 air defense systems in Iran.[9] Israeli sources reported that Iran had only four S-300 batteries, suggesting that Iran does not have any functional S-300 batteries right now.[10] The Russian-made S-300 is the most advanced air defense system that Iran operates.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-28-2024

1,128 posted on 10/29/2024 2:35:32 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Hezbollah names its deputy secretary-general Naim Qassem as successor to slain leader Hassan Nasrallah.

After Nasrallah largely disappeared from public view in the aftermath of Hezbollah’s 2006 war with Israel, Qassem remained the most visible senior figure of the group and has often acted as a spokesman for Hezbollah. Qassem has been involved in organizing Hezbollah’s election campaigns for Lebanon’s parliament since the group first participated in elections in 1992.

https://www.rferl.org/a/hezbollah-new-leader-qassem-replacing-nasrallah/33177419.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naim_Qassem


1,129 posted on 10/29/2024 2:40:51 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 29, 2024

The precise nature of the recent Israeli strikes into Iran has partially obscured the serious damage these strikes inflicted on critical Iranian defense and military infrastructure. These strikes could disrupt Iranian ballistic missile production and leave Iran more vulnerable to future strikes, however. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted precise and calculated strikes targeting Iranian military and defense industrial infrastructure to avoid collateral damage and casualties. The result of these precise strikes is that the damage to Iranian military infrastructure appears minimal. The Israeli strikes could disrupt Iran’s ability to manufacture advanced ballistic missiles and leave Iran more vulnerable to future strikes, however.[1] Commercially available satellite imagery published on October 28 shows that the IDF likely struck a Ghadir radar site approximately 15 kilometers north of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province.[2] The Ghadir radar system, along with the Russian-made S-300, is an important component of the Iranian integrated air defense system.[3] The Ghadir radar system can reportedly detect ballistic missiles from a distance of 1,100 kilometers and aircraft from a distance of 600 kilometers.[4]

Commercially available satellite imagery published on October 29 separately shows damage to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Shahroud Missile Facility in Semnan Province, which is used to build solid-propellant ballistic missiles and launch Space Launch Vehicles (SLV) into orbit.[5] The IRGC previously launched the Soraya and Chamran-1 satellites into orbit from the Shahroud Missile Facility using the Ghaem-100 SLV in January and September 2024, respectively.[6] A missile expert told AP News on October 29 that the IRGC Shahroud Missile Facility is likely involved in “solid propellant mixing and casting operations.”[7] The same missile expert reported on October 28 that the Taksaz Industrial Innovators Engineering Company (TIECO) factory that Israel struck on October 25 in Tehran has designed and developed “mixers for high-viscosity materials” since the early 1990s.[8] The expert noted that the company could use this technology to produce solid-propellant mixers. The fact that Israel targeted mixing equipment used to make solid fuel highlights that Israel sought to degrade Iran’s ability to produce advanced ballistic missiles, such as those that Tehran has used to attack Israel directly. Unspecified Israeli sources previously told Axios that Iran will likely need at least a year to acquire new mixing equipment.[9]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-29-2024


1,130 posted on 10/31/2024 8:57:40 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 30, 2024

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant assessed that IDF operations have destroyed around 80 percent of Hezbollah's pre-October 7 rocket capabilities.[43] Gallant said that Hezbollah is not currently organized in a way that would allow it to fire large barrages of rockets at northern Israel.[44] Pre-war IDF estimates from 2016 suggested that Hezbollah may launch up to 1,500 rockets and missiles daily into northern Israel in the event of an Israel-Hezbollah war.[45] Hezbollah's volume of rocket fire does not approach pre-war estimates of Hezbollah's capabilities, although Israeli estimates have reported that Hezbollah's daily average of fire into Israel is four times greater than the daily average before Israel's ground operations.[46] CTP-ISW estimates that Hezbollah has launched a daily average of 75 rockets into northern Israel between October 22 and October 29.[47] This suggests that Israeli operations degraded Hezbollah's rocket assets, which is a necessary step to remove the threat that Hezbollah poses to northern Israeli towns. An Israeli think tank estimated on October 28 that Hezbollah still likely retains up to 25,000 short-range rockets and up to 2,000 rockets and medium-range missiles.[48]

A Russian warship evacuated a senior Iranian IRGC Quds Force commander Brigadier General Abdolreza Shahlai from Hudaydah, Yemen, on an unspecified date in April 2024, according to the Wall Street Journal.[120] Shahlai is an IRGC commander responsible for Iran's support to the Houthis in Yemen.[121] Shahlai directed the initial Houthi attacks targeting vessels around the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in October 2023, according to a Bloomberg report in March 2024.[122] The Wall Street Journal report did not specify when Russia supported Shahlai‘s evacuation from Yemen in April. Iran launched a drone and missile attack on Israel on April 13, and Israel in turn vowed to retaliate for the attack.[123] Shahlai may have fled Yemen after April 13 to avoid Israeli targeting.

Shahlai is a very senior IRGC Quds Force commander responsible for the deaths of US servicemembers and planning terrorist attacks on US soil. Shahlai planned an attack targeting a US base in Karbala, Iraq, in 2007 in which Asaib Ahl al Haq fighters kidnapped and executed four US servicemembers.[124] Shahlai was also sanctioned for providing weapons to Iranian-backed Iraqi militias to conduct attacks targeting US and Iraqi forces throughout Iraq.[125] Shahlai, as the commander of the IRGC Quds Force's external operations wing, also planned a terrorist attack in Washington, DC, in 2011 that attempted to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States.[126]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-30-2024

1,131 posted on 10/31/2024 9:05:46 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, October 31, 2024

The IDF will establish a new division to counter threats around the Israel-Jordan border.[19] The division will include a quick reaction force to counter anti-Israel militancy in the Jordan Valley and to interdict weapons smuggling. The division will be subordinate to the IDF Central Command and cooperate with the Jordanian Army to secure the border region.[20] The establishment of this new division comes amid IDF concerns about Iran trying to smuggle weapons into Israel and the West Bank via Jordan.[21]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-31-2024


1,132 posted on 11/01/2024 12:10:57 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Germany will close all three Iranian consulates on its soil in response to Iran's execution of a German-Iranian dual national, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on Thursday. “We have repeatedly and unequivocally made it clear to Tehran that the execution of a German citizen will have serious consequences,” Baerbock said in a televised speech announcing the closures.

Germany recalled its ambassador to Iran for consultations over the execution and summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires to voice Berlin's protest, according to the German foreign office. On Thursday, Baerbock said Germany would seek European Union-wide sanctions against those involved in Sharmahd’s execution and called on the EU to add Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to its list of terrorist groups.

The top German diplomat also accused Iran of trying to use Germany's support for Israel in the ongoing Middle East conflict to justify Sharmahd’s killing. Araghchi referenced German support for Israel in his tweet earlier this week in an apparent attempt to say Berlin was being hypocritical on the issue of human rights.

During her speech, Baerbock noted that more Germans are currently detained and slammed Iran for using hostages for political gain. “Further Germans are also being unfairly held. We are also deeply committed to them and continue to work tirelessly for their release,” she said.

https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/10/31/germany-orders-shutdown-iranian-consulates-execution-diplomatic-relations-more-than-low-point/

1,133 posted on 11/01/2024 12:19:35 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, November 1, 2024

That Khamenei ordered retaliation against Israel corroborates CTP-ISW’s assessment that the recent IDF strikes on Iran inflicted significant damage to Iranian military and defense infrastructure. Three Iranian officials told the New York Times on November 1 that Khamenei ordered retaliation after he reviewed a “detailed report. . . on the extent of the damage” of the IDF strikes.[15] The sources added that Khamenei determined that the scope of the strikes was “too large to ignore” and that failing to retaliate “would mean admitting defeat.”[16] Senior US and Israeli officials recently confirmed that the IDF strikes rendered Iran’s S-300 air defense systems inoperable.[17] The S-300 is Russian-made and the most advanced air defense system that Iran operates. The IDF strikes also successfully targeted two Iranian Ghadir passive array detection radar sites, advertised as being capable of detecting ballistic missiles and stealth aircraft.[18] CTP-ISW previously assessed that the damage to the air defenses has likely seriously degraded the Iranian ability to defend against further Israeli attacks.[19] The IDF strikes also inflicted significant damage on facilities tied to the Iranian drone and missile programs, which CTP-ISW previously assessed could disrupt Iran’s ability to manufacture drones and ballistic missiles for itself and its partners, such as Russia.[20]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-1-2024


1,134 posted on 11/03/2024 2:55:53 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, November 2, 2024

The Iranian regime is continuing to signal that it will respond to the recent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strikes into Iran on October 25, although the regime does not appear to have decided how it will respond. Western officials believe that the regime is debating how and whether it should respond to the strikes, according to the Wall Street Journal.[1] Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on November 2 that Iran will give a “tooth-breaking response” to Israel and the United States.[2] This warning comes after Khamenei issued an order on October 29 to the Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), which is Iran’s highest defense and foreign policy body, instructing the SNSC to prepare a retaliatory attack on Israel, according to the New York Times.[3] Former Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officer and Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee member Esmail Kowsari claimed on November 2 that the SNSC agreed on a “military response” to Israel that will involve Iran and its Axis of Resistance.[4] It is more likely that Kowsari would have insight into the SNSC’s decision-making due to his deep personal relationships with top IRGC commanders rather than due to his position in the Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee.[5] Kowsari’s claim is consistent with Western media reports that Iran’s retaliation could include Iranian-backed Iraqi militia drone and ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel.[6] Unspecified Iranian sources speaking to Qatari-owned, London-based al Araby al Jadeed denied on November 2 that Iran will launch an attack from Iraq, instead insisting that Iran will respond from Iranian territory.[7] These differing statements from Iranian officials likely reflect current debates within the regime about how the regime should respond to the Israeli strikes.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-2-2024


1,135 posted on 11/03/2024 2:57:37 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: nuconvert
A brave female student at Tehran’s Science and Research University protested by stripping after being harassed over her hijab. Her powerful act calls attention to the fight for women's rights in Iran. She's been arrested.

https://x.com/bahugunadalai/status/1852893792472293451
video

1,136 posted on 11/03/2024 3:29:29 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, November 3, 2024

The Israeli Defense Minister emphasized that Iran is “pouring everything [it] can” into the West Bank, indicating that Iran will very likely attempt to pursue a different strategy when rebuilding Palestinian militias to fight Israel again.[1] Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Iran is looking for additional routes to destabilize Israel and incite terrorism, particularly utilizing the West Bank, due to the IDF’s degradation of Iran's Axis of Resistance. Iran and Hamas have observed the military degradation of Hamas’ units in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, however, is likely trying to reconstitute regardless of how badly the IDF defeated it as defeat is a temporary condition.[2] It does not follow that Iran and Hamas will decide to rebuild Hamas and other Palestinian militias in the same way again. Iran and Hamas have almost certainly learned many lessons from the October 7 War, including the difficulty of rearming and rebuilding militias in an area that can be easily isolated, such as the Gaza Strip. Hamas’ severe degradation in the Gaza Strip and the difficulty in rebuilding Hamas’ military wing isolated there could cause Iran and Hamas to redouble their efforts to strengthen Hamas and Palestinian military organizations elsewhere, including in the West Bank. Iran has increased its efforts to smuggle weapons and other materiel into the West Bank in recent years.[3] Iran's efforts have so far had only limited success.

The IDF captured a Syrian man who was collecting intelligence on Israeli border arrangements during a ground raid in southern Syria. This Iranian-led intelligence effort is likely an attempt to gather information on Israeli border security that Iranian-backed militias could use to undertake small-scale infiltrations into the Golan Heights.[4] The IDF said on November 3 that the Egoz Unit captured Ali Suleiman al Asi in Saida, Daraa Province, in recent months.[5] The IDF said that al Asi collected intelligence on Israeli operations along the Syrian border with the Golan Heights for “future terror activity” on behalf of Iran.[6] The IDF “closely monitor[ed]” al Asi before his capture.[7] The IDF did not specify when the raids took place, but Israeli special operations forces (SOF) have conducted numerous covert raids into Lebanon to disrupt Hezbollah border infrastructure since October 2023.[8] The IDF said that Aadi’s capture prevented a future attack and exposed Iranian attempts to gather intelligence on the Syria-Golan Heights border.[9]

Iran's intelligence collection about Israeli border movements on the Syrian-Golan Heights border is consistent with previous Iranian-backed efforts to gather intelligence to inform future ground attacks. Hamas undertook similar intelligence-gathering exercises ahead of the October 7 attacks.[10] Hezbollah observers on the Israel-Lebanon border likely monitored Israeli border patrols and movements in planning Hezbollah's ground infiltration into Israel.[11] The intelligence collection effort on the Syrian border could support future ground attacks or small-scale incursions, including the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-3-2024

1,137 posted on 11/04/2024 4:43:05 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran has lost its strategic defense with its S 300 radars destroyed. It cannot replenish its long range ballistic missiles. Its most important proxy, Hezbollah, has been decisively weakened. And yet it speaks of crushing responses. Does Ali Khamenei know how vulnerable Iran is?

https://x.com/AmbDennisRoss/status/1853361799711629580


1,138 posted on 11/04/2024 4:47:17 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Iran Update, November 4, 2024

Iran reportedly warned some Arab countries that it will conduct a complex attack on Israel in retaliation for the recent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) strikes on Iran.[1] Unspecified Arab and Iranian officials told the Wall Street Journal that the upcoming Iranian attack will include drones and missiles and that some will have heavier payloads than those which Iran has previously fired at Israel. Western and Iranian analysts have noted that Iran could use the Khorramshahr-4 liquid-fueled, medium-range ballistic missile, which purportedly carries a payload of 1,500 kilograms and has a range of 2,000 kilometers.[2] The Arab and Iranian officials also told the Wall Street Journal that Iran will use other weapons beyond drones and missiles and will include the conventional Iranian military, known as the Artesh, in the attack. The inclusion of the Artesh would mark the first time that it has attacked Israel; the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has taken lead on attacking Israel up until this point. The Artesh would participate presumably because the IDF killed four Artesh officers in its recent strikes on Iran.[3] Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly told senior regime officials that the IDF strikes were ”too large to ignore.”[4] The Artesh has some means of supporting an attack on Israel, such as one-way attack drones, decades-old combat aircraft, and ship-launched missiles, though it remains far from clear that these systems would perform well against Israeli defenses.[5]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-4-2024

1,139 posted on 11/05/2024 3:14:06 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: nuconvert
A female Iranian student removed some of her clothing in protest after being reportedly harassed and assaulted by regime security forces on campus.[10] The student, named Ahoo Daryaei, was targeted for improperly adhering to the mandatory hijab law. Some Iranian sources stated that Daryaei removed her clothing after security forces tore it.[11] Security forces arrested Daryaei, and Iranian media later reported that she has been hospitalized for being mentally ill.[12] This incident is one of several in which the regime has labeled women mentally ill for protesting the hijab requirement.[13] Human rights organizations called for the immediate and unconditional release of Daryaei.[14] She has rapidly become an online symbol of the Iranian protest movement standing against regime oppression and efforts to enforce behavioral standards on the Iranian population. This protest movement has a long legacy of strong female icons, especially following the regime killing Mahsa Amini in September 2022.[15]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-4-2024

1,140 posted on 11/05/2024 3:15:57 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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