Posted on 06/23/2025 7:36:15 AM PDT by jerod
Within Israel, explosions are heard in Jerusalem but no immediate reports of damage
Iran's underground enrichment site at Fordow was hit again Monday while Iran fired a salvo of missiles and drones at Israel and warned the United States that its military now has a "free hand" to attack American targets in the wake of the Trump administration's massive strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
The Israeli military also confirmed it struck roads around the Fordow facility to obstruct access to the site.
The Fordow facility was one of those hit in the initial attack over the weekend, and the subsequent Monday strike was first reported by Iranian state television. There was no immediate word on damage.
Rafael Grossi, the head of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that "given the explosive payload utilized," the UN nuclear watchdog expected "very significant damage" occurred in the initial strikes there.
With the strikes on Sunday on Iranian nuclear sites, the United States inserted itself into Israel's war, prompting fears of a wider regional conflict. Iran said the U.S. had crossed "a very big red line" with its risky gambit to strike the three sites with missiles and 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs.
In Iran, witnesses reported Israeli airstrikes hit areas around Iran's capital, Tehran, around midday.
One strike hit the gate of Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran, Iranian state television reported. The report shared what appeared to be black-and-white-surveillance footage of the strike.
Israel's Defence Ministry confirmed it hit targets including prison and the security headquarters of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guards.
The prison is known for holding dual nationals and Westerners often used by Iran as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West.
Evin also has specialized units for political prisoners and those with Western ties, run by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which answers only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The facility is the target of both U.S. and European Union sanctions...
“There is virtually nothing left, except to temporarily only close the straights of Hormuz.”
The US has been VERY RESTRAINED in the straights of Hormuz.
THAT time is OVER! Approach a US ship, KABOOM! You are SUNK! (and so are the docks they left from and the boat building factory where they were made).
Send a missile in the direction of US or Merchant Marine Ships, KABOOM on your launch site (and any and all missile storage facilities).
The straights of Hormuz will soon become the SAFEST shipping shipping lane in the world.
We are pretty sure that material was removed from the site....or maybe it was a ruse. I’m sure Israel has boots on the ground. Time to go silent. Trump and his team are surely pondering how best to protect the world from this monster.
More like $$$ lust.
> More like $$$ lust. <
Good point. Eisenhower wasn’t kidding when he warned the country about the military-industrial complex.
Awesomeness. “now bomb the craters” was my first thought but I choose to STFU when operations are ongoing. Impolite and all.
The military industrial complex no more wants Iran defeated than Pfizer wants to cure cancer.
Too much money to be made by the Iranian continuing threat.
Trump and Israel actually defeating Iran is a financial disaster to the MIC.
Just like Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, right? And what car are driving, Toyota or Honda?
“The State Department urged Americans in Iraq to exit Iraq as Israel neared its missile attack on Iran’s nuclear facility Thursday. Israeli missiles flew over Iraq and into Iran, then Iranian missiles flew over Iraq and into Israel. The good news is, for the first time in history, Iraq is celebrating Passover. “
“Israelis not kidding around about their aversion to pork. They launched a major attack to kill Salami. “
I don’t think the regime will fall, either. The best to hope for is a weaker, greedier leadership that likes selling oil better than exporting terrorism.
“> More like $$$ lust. <
Good point. Eisenhower wasn’t kidding when he warned”
Can’t have ppl making money in a capitalist economy can we?
East European thought detected!
Best move to Venezuela or Cuba to be amongst Socially-Justified compatriots
> Best move to Venezuela or Cuba to be amongst Socially-Justified compatriots <
Your beef isn’t with me. It’s with Eisenhower, a two-term Republican president and a five-star general. When someone like that talks, I tend to listen.
Oh, so that explains the French strategy for losing wars.
So they can come back strong a thousand years later !
Very crafty !
CLAW BACK THE BILLIONS OBAMA SENT THEM IN PALLETS OF CASH
CLAW BACK THE BILLIONS OBAMA SENT THEM IN PALLETS OF CASH
SURE WOULD BE FUN IF THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THOSE BILLS WERE KNOWN & THE US TREASURY COULD DECLARE THEM COUNTERFEIT!!!!
THE 11th COMMANDMENT
PENALTIES FOR “TAUNTING”
🤣
“The Israeli military also confirmed it struck roads around the Fordow facility to obstruct access to the site.”
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I would hope that they would do the same - repeatedly - to all runways in Iran capable of handling airliners or cargo jets, to keep the CCP and Pakistan from landing with nukes for these theocratic gangsters.
SOME SALAMI IS ALL BEEF....
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