Iranian Regime tv Channel One hacked while it was airing Khamenie speech

various | 10-8-22

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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.

[AdmSmith]

BBC: Israel Iran attack: Damage seen at air base in Isfahan

Satellite imagery released over the past 24 hours has revealed evidence of probable damage at an Iranian air base following an Israeli strike in the early hours of Friday morning.

BBC Verify has analysed two images showing part of an air-defence system at an airfield in Isfahan was damaged.

Optical imagery will be familiar to anyone who regularly uses tools like Google Earth - essentially a photograph of the land below. SAR technology uses radio waves to build an image of the Earth's surface. One advantage it has over more conventional satellite technology is its ability to capture images at night or through cloud.

The imagery it collects is rendered in black and white but at high resolution. It therefore cannot detect changes in colouration on the ground - such as burn marks - but can display material damage to structures, vehicles etc.

One such image captured by Umbra Space on 15 April shows an S-300 air defence system located at the north-western corner of the Shikari air base. The system comprises several vehicles equipped with radar, distinctive missile launchers and other equipment.

An Umbra Space image captured after Friday's strike shows damage and debris around one component - probably a radar - which has also shifted position slightly. Other vehicles have been moved away from the site.

This assessment was confirmed by an optical satellite image captured by Planet which, despite low resolution, shows a scorch mark at the same location.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68866548

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, April 21, 2024



https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-21-2024

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, April 22, 2024

Hardline Iranian parliamentarian and member of Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Javad Karimi Ghodousi tweeted on April 22 implying that if granted permission, Iran could test its first nuclear weapon within one week.[17] Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Deputy Chairman Shahriar Heydari stated on April 22 in response to Karimi Ghodousi’s tweet that Iran has no ”intention” to build or use nuclear weapons.[18] Heydari cited Khamenei’s 2003 fatwa as the reason Iran is not seeking to acquire or use nuclear weapons. Heydari stated that Karimi Ghodousi’s tweet may have been taken out of context.

Some Iranian regime hardliners have similarly begun openly discussing Iran's ability to procure a nuclear weapon. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Nuclear Security and Protection Corps Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Haghtalab announced on April 18 that Iran will change its “nuclear doctrine and policies” if an Israeli strike targeted Iran's nuclear facilities.[19] Haghtalab made these comments prior to the Israeli strike on April 19 that targeted a TOMB STONE radar at an Artesh base in Esfahan, 112 km south of Natanz Nuclear Complex. A former head of Iran's nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, implied during a televised interview in February 2024 that Iran could develop a nuclear bomb.[20] Unspecified officials and experts told the Washington Post on April 10 that Iran is closer to nuclear weapons capability now than at any prior time in Iranian history.[21] CTP-ISW noted in December 2023 that Iran's decision to increase its enrichment rate of 60 percent purity uranium was consistent with the long-standing CTP-ISW assessment that Iran has developed a nuclear program that it intends to use to produce a nuclear arsenal.[22]

The Iranian hardliners’ statements contradict Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s 2003 fatwa against the acquisition, development, and use of nuclear weapons.[23]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-22-2024

[AdmSmith]

After being silent for a day with tons of comments on the tweet, https://twitter.com/Jkarimi_ir/status/1782314854377824618 Javad Karimi Ghodousi tweeted and changed the content to:
“If the permission is issued, it will take one week to conduct the first test of increasing the missile range to 12,000 km” nhttps://twitter.com/Jkarimi_ir/status/1782682696180695173

[Rockingham]

Iran is now informally claiming to be a so-called "virtual nuclear power" able to quickly whip up a clutch of bombs when and if they choose to do so. In theory, that means that Iran will get the benefit of being considered a nuclear power without the expense of building and maintaining a full nuclear arsenal and delivery systems.

Yet, like those sales pitches for lite beer that promise all the taste but fewer calories than a traditional beer, being a virtual nuclear power may not work out in practice. Existing sanctions may be enforced with new rigor, and it is hard to imagine the Israelis not taking Iran at their word and attacking before Persia's Muslim crazies decide they want to try their nuclear fangs.

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ping

[Cen-Tejas]

..the pic of him raising his foot up waist high and kicking that little girl in the head and severely injuring her when all she was doing was working and trying to earn a little money just makes my blood boil!

[AdmSmith]

This https://twitter.com/Theblackfemini3/status/1782892633863409994

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Iran Update, April 23, 2024

Hardline Iranian parliamentarian Javad Karimi Ghodousi tweeted on April 23 that Iran would test a 12,000 km-range missile within one week if Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei grants permission.[71] This tweet followed Ghodousi’s previous tweet on April 22 that implied that Iran could test a nuclear bomb, rather than a missile, within one week.[72] International Atomic Energy Agency Director Rafael Grossi stated on April 23 that the normalization of talk about nuclear weapons is “absolutely deplorable.”[73]

The Iranian regime has reemphasized its commitment to enforcing its mandatory hijab law domestically. The Iranian Law Enforcement Command (LEC) unveiled a new plan on April 13 that would further compel Iranian women to adhere to the hijab requirement.[74] The plan, called Tarah-e Nour, includes the activation of a “new enforcement body” to confront unveiled women in public in “a more serious manner.”[75] The plan also further enables Iranian authorities to fine and arrest unveiled women.[76] Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei instructed the judiciary to “help” the LEC implement Tarah-e Nour on April 22.[77] Law Enforcement Commander Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan affirmed on April 23 that the LEC will continue to implement Tarah-e Nour with “strength, precision, and intelligence” and with support from the Iranian parliament, judiciary, and the Raisi administration.[78] Radan also stated that Tarah-e Nour is moving towards “intelligentization,” referring to the Iranian regime's efforts to use advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition, for enforcement activities.[79] Iranian social media users recently reported that some Iranian universities are using facial recognition technology to identify unveiled female students.[80]

Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Akbar Ahmadian traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, on April 23 to attend the 12th Russian International Security Summit.[58] Ahmadian met with Iraqi National Security Adviser, Qasem Araji, on the sidelines of the summit on April 23.[59] Araji emphasized the importance of expelling US and international coalition forces from Iraq. Ahmadian and Araji also discussed the March 2023 security agreement between Iran and Iraq that requires Iraqi authorities to disarm and relocate members of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups away from Iran's borders.[60] Ahmadian will also meet with his Brazilian, Chinese, Indian, Russian, and South African counterparts during his visit to Russia.[61]

Full report https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-23-2024

[Cen-Tejas]

Wow!..........did the guy survive?

[AdmSmith]

Who knows, but don’t you already have to be brain dead if you are an MMA fighter and fight for the Iranian regime?

[Cen-Tejas]

......and kicking a woman in the butt who was just doing her job obviously didn’t exactly endear him to certain folks in the crowd either............

In my long life, I’ve watched all, or nearly all, of the Gunsmoke series. Reason? Like the guys in the video you sent me, I love it when Dillon dispenses instant justice! It always went something like...........”smack!!!” (upside the head) and then ....”get out of Dodge!!!”

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, April 24, 2024

Iran is continuing to collaborate with other revisionist countries, such as Russia and North Korea, to advance their mutual agendas and undermine the West. Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Rear Adm. Ali Akbar Ahmadian met with Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev, on April 24 while attending the 12th Russian International Security Summit in St. Petersburg.[7] Ahmadian and Patrushev signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deepen bilateral security cooperation during their meeting.[8] Iran separately hosted a state delegation from North Korea on April 23, marking the first to visit Tehran since 2019.[9] North Korean External Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho led the delegation, which is particularly noteworthy given his prominent involvement in North Korean cooperation with Russia.[10] Yun Jong Ho met with a Russian delegation in Pyongyang in December 2023 and later traveled to Moscow in March 2024.[11] This flurry of meetings highlights the extent to which Iran, Russia, and North Korea are cooperating on several fronts in pursuit of their revisionist ambitions.

Iranian officials could discuss military and nuclear cooperation, among other things, with the North Korean delegation in Tehran. Iran and North Korea have a long history of such cooperation that began in the 1990s with the Iranian purchase of North Korean missile technologies.[12] Some Western analysts have hypothesized that Iran could provide drones and/or energy products to North Korea in exchange for help with the Iranian missile and nuclear programs.[13] Pyongyang could furthermore seek to learn from the recent Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel and the performance of Iranian systems against US and partner air defenses.

Iran and North Korea are separately aligned in their military support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Iran has provided drones and other forms of support to Russia, as CTP-ISW has reported extensively.[14] North Korea has similarly given ballistic missiles to Russian forces to use against Ukrainian targets. Russia had fired around 50 North Korean-sourced missiles as of March 2024, according to Ukrainian officials.[15]

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

[AdmSmith]

Argentina has asked Interpol to issue an arrest notice for the Iranian interior minister, Ahmad Vahidi.

The request comes less than two weeks after a court in Argentina held Iran responsible for the 1994 attack on a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed. Mr Vahidi was in Pakistan earlier this week as part of an Iranian delegation which is now in Sri Lanka. Argentina said it had also asked the two countries to detain Mr Vahidi.

The attack on the cultural centre was the deadliest in Argentina's history. Three hundred people were injured in the explosion, which killed 85.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68888587

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, April 25, 2024

Hamas and Palestinian factions are targeting and threatening to target the humanitarian pier in the central Gaza Strip that is meant to distribute aid to the northern Strip. Israeli media report that unspecified Palestinian fighters mortared construction facilities for the US-built pier in the central Gaza Strip on April 25.[1] The mortars struck engineering equipment close to the pier. The World Health Organization (WHO) director general said on April 22 that WHO aid missions to hospitals in northern Gaza have been only “partly successful” due to delays at checkpoints and ongoing fighting in the Gaza Strip.[2] Hamas Political Bureau Deputy Chairman Khalil al Hayya separately implied that Hamas would attack any non-Palestinian presence in the Gaza Strip “at sea or on land.”[3] The US-built pier will be off the coast of the Gaza Strip.[4] The decision by Hamas and other Palestinian militia factions to target the pier will further constrict international aid organizations’ ability to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip.[5]

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

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, April 26, 2024

Iran is attempting to expand Iran's economic influence in Africa by increasing its economic ties with non-Western partners. Iran likely aims to use these economic ties to circumvent sanctions. Iran held its second annual Iran-Africa Trade Summit in Tehran, Iran, on April 26. Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade organized the event.[18] Iranian media reported that officials from over 30 African Union member states attended the summit.[19] It is unclear how many African Union member state officials attended the inaugural event in 2023. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gave a speech at the summit stressing the need to strengthen trade between Iran and African nations.[20]

The Raisi administration has long sought to expand Iran's economic influence in Africa as part of its “neighborhood policy.”[21] Raisi focused his July 2023 trips to Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe—then marking the first Iranian presidential visit to Africa in 11 years—on improving economic ties with these countries.[22] Increased Iranian economic cooperation with African states will not enable the regime to fix the structural flaws in its economy, however. Greater bilateral trade with foreign countries would enable Iran to increase its capital inflows but will not solve the problems that cause Iran's economic instability. Fundamental economic reforms—such as reducing the dominance of parastatal organizations in Iran's economy and combatting corruption and nepotism—would be necessary to meaningfully improve Iran's economy.[23]

Raisi held separate and private meetings about improving economic ties with Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Burkinabe Prime Minister Apollinaire J. Kyélem de Tambèla on the sidelines of the trade summit.[24] The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and regime-affiliated outlets have previously encouraged increased economic engagement with Africa to obtain gold payments that Iran can use to evade sanctions.[25] Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe are among the top ten gold producers on the continent, making Raisi’s meetings with officials from these countries particularly noteworthy.[26] Israeli media reported that Zimbabwe signed a uranium deal with Iran in 2013, which Zimbabwe has since denied.[27]

Iran may seek to export arms to some African Union member states like Burkina Faso as part of its effort to improve ties with African states. Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed interest in using arms sales to generate revenue for the economy, particularly following Iran's success in supplying Russia drones to use in Ukraine.[28] The Burkinabe, Malian, and Nigerien juntas could be amenable to such sales to combat the growing Salafi-jihadi threat in their countries. Weapons sales from Tehran could address their needs while aligning with their anti-Western and aggressively militarized counterinsurgency outlooks.[29] Iran has sent Ababil-3 multi-role and Mohajer-6 multi-role drones to Ethiopia, Sudan, and Western Sahara since 2021, setting a potential precedent for future shipments to the Sahel.[30] Turkey currently supplies drones to Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. However, Burkina Faso has purchased Turkish drones as recently as April 8.[31]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-26-2024

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Yemen:
In early April, a surprise Houthi attack killed 11 southern [separatist] fighters in Lahj. The Houthi attempted advance was foiled after five hours of fighting. The Houthi attack occurred despite a lull in fighting that has continued in Yemen since April 2022.

Southern separatist fighters handed over their positions to pro-government forces on Saturday in Lahj province to the south of Yemen, a move displaying a preparation for a fresh potential battle with the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group.

https://shebaintelligence.uk/pro-government-forces-deployed-in-yemens-lahj

Interesting

[AdmSmith]

Iran Update, April 27, 2024
nothing special
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-27-2024

Iran Update, April 28, 2024

ditto

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

[AdmSmith]

Unbelievable but it really happened. A hospital (Mohebbe Mehr) in #Tehran was sealed by the police of the Islamic regime of #Iran due to the non-observance of the Islamic hijab by the patients! Dozens of patients, doctors and nurses were imprisoned there. In the past year, hundreds of restaurants, shopping centers, medical centers, etc. have been sealed by the police due to the presence of women who did not cover their hair!

https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1784598832069697880

Check the video !

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WTH?!