Posted on 07/19/2026 4:27:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Tehran has spent decades preparing for — and welcoming — a U.S. ground invasion, a senior Iranian official has claimed, as fresh explosions rocked the region on the eighth day of renewed U.S.-Iran strikes.
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian American academic identified as a regime "Tehran had just launched a "new missile" while decentralizing and burying its arsenal deep underground to withstand sustained American air campaigns.
"The Americans are planning an invasion. I'm not saying it will necessarily happen. I'm not saying it will necessarily happen in the next few days. But they have plans for an invasion," Marandi, a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team, said in an interview with political analyst Glenn Diesen.
"Whether they carry them out or not, we'll see. But the Iranians, as you pointed out, the focus of Iranian strikes is on Bahrain and Kuwait, and that's because that's where most American assets have been placed for a ground invasion," Diesen said.
Marandi’s comments came as the conflict expanded across western and southern Iran in the run-up to Saturday.
Jordanian officials confirmed they intercepted 10 missiles early Saturday, while authorities in Kuwait reported casualties and severe damage to a domestic power and desalination plant.
In response, U.S. airstrikes struck bridges, a key road tunnel, surveillance outposts and reinforced underground weapons storage facilities.
Multiple explosions also rocked the city of Khorramabad in Iran's Lorestan province. Iranian state media claimed the blasts were caused by U.S. missiles launched from regional bases in Kuwait, according to reports.
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I hope they're right, but I'm reminded of the left-wing commentator saying after Trump won, "How could he win? I don't know a single person who voted for him".
They tried that, funneling weapons into Iran through the Kurds. The Kurds just kept the weapons for themselves.
“Defeating Afghanistan was a piece of cake”
What are you talking about? We got our ass handed to us.
Trump will have a successor(s). Just 2 years left.
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That was my point.
You really aren’t smart enough to detect sarcasm without a laugh track?
OK, you got me. Thanks for the compliment.
Between 70% and 88% of the Iranian population opposes the current regime and wishes to transition away from the Islamic Republic. LINK
But you want to kill them too.
The Iran rebels need a figure to rally behind—The CIA should organize an army for the Shah’s son. and an air force and land him in southern Iran. Support him and his march on the capital. Many would rally without a fight. They need a symbol to focus upon. That would put a fork in Iran.
Mission creep...
2 years is enough time to demolish Iran’s nuclear facilities completely. Trump has mountain busting B-2 bombers, Iran has no defense for American air power.
Sorry - mine was the voice of frustration. 47 years of not doing anything, but letting them build up strength until they are a living missile fest. Should have invaded the day after they took US hostages (back in Carter’s day) but everyone did just a little and kept pushing the problem out. And all that while, the cancer got stronger, whereas it would have been easy to remove when it first started.
On 9/12/2001, I was pretty much ready to drop the big one and wipe out the entire fake religion though.
The fork would be right thru the Shah because there is no reason to believe that anyone there, even Persians, want the Shah again.
Seems we have some romanticized version of what it is like there.
What is the myth about some divine character coming out of a well?
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