Iran

[p0rtia]

Thanks, all, for the updates.



Except you, fuckhead.

[Volkonski]

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

US air defense systems in the Middle East have intercepted some Iranian drones, according to two US officials.

The sources did not specify how the US intercepted the drones and where.

The Israel Defense Forces has instructed residents of several parts of northern Israel to stay near protected spaces.

“In accordance with the situational assessment, residents of the northern Golan Heights, the area of Nevatim, Dimona, and Eilat are required to stay near protective spaces until further notice," the IDF said.
“Upon the activation of sirens, it is required to enter into a protected space," the statement continued. "If there is no protected space, it is required to find the most protected area possible. In any case, it is required to wait ten minutes, and no less.”

[Volkonski]

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

US air defense systems in the Middle East have intercepted some Iranian drones, according to two US officials.

The sources did not specify how the US intercepted the drones and where.

The Israel Defense Forces has instructed residents of several parts of northern Israel to stay near protected spaces.

“In accordance with the situational assessment, residents of the northern Golan Heights, the area of Nevatim, Dimona, and Eilat are required to stay near protective spaces until further notice," the IDF said.
“Upon the activation of sirens, it is required to enter into a protected space," the statement continued. "If there is no protected space, it is required to find the most protected area possible. In any case, it is required to wait ten minutes, and no less.”

[Volkonski]

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

The UK is not actively deploying assets for the purpose of intercepting Iranian drones, but is providing backfill for US assets that have been redeployed from counter-ISIS operations in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, according to a source familiar.

If an Iranian drone or missile went straight into that territory, UK would operate there, but the source said this shouldn’t be seen as a joint operation.

[Volkonski]

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-new ... index.html

Iran says its attack on Israel is a response to Israel's strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, and "the matter can be deemed concluded."

Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York said the early Sunday attack was a response to Israeli "aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus."

[raison de arizona]

More than 100 unmanned aerial vehicles were launched toward Israel, the IDF confirmed to NBC News.

Maybe ya shouldn't blow up embassies in countries that aren't yours?

[Suranis]

"Hey we launched hundreds of explosive ordinance at you, so we can now go back to normal as though nothing has happened."

[Suranis]

Maybe ya shouldn't blow up embassies in countries that aren't yours?

Its just a shitty excuse for something Iran was going to do anyway, and don't mention the Hezbollah.

There's about a zillion "Justifications" that could be used for anything at this point.

[Suranis]

Seems to be a lot of sirens in the West Bank, which technically isn't Israel but hey.

[John Thomas8]

Its just a shitty excuse for something Iran was going to do anyway, and don't mention the Hezbollah.

There's about a zillion "Justifications" that could be used for anything at this point.

Giving your enemy a valid reason to fire back is intensely stupid. Israel loses more of whatever moral high ground they have left.

[Suranis]

Giving your enemy a valid reason to fire back is intensely stupid. Israel loses more of whatever moral high ground they have left.

That's probably what someone in Iran said about whatever it was that Israel used as a justification for hitting the Embassy.

Speaking of hitting Embassies...

[John Thomas8]

I'm gonna skip the part where we start guessing what's going on in other's head, it's nonsensical.

[Suranis]

I'm gonna skip the part where we start guessing what's going on in other's head, it's nonsensical.

That wins the prize for the most truthful statement on the forum for today.

Anyway,

[Suranis]

[Suranis]

Source is a Correspondent living in Jerusalem.

Israel has been attacked so much that their air defense is the best in the world at this point out of sheer practice.

[Suranis]

AAAAnnnnddd speaking of taking away moral authority and giving X reasons to do shit.

[MN-Skeptic]

Check your sources before you post anything. There is this -

Shayan Sardarizadeh
@Shayan86

This video, viewed nearly 400,000 times, falsely claims to show Palestinians at Al-Aqsa mosque celebrate Iranian retaliatory strikes against Israel tonight.

The video is from last week, and shows Palestinians praying at Al-Aqsa on the last Friday of Ramadan.

[John Thomas8]

I have found that X, like Tiktok, is as reliable as a republican in congress.

[Suranis]

Check your sources before you post anything. There is this -

Thanks for letting me know. I riposted that where I got that Titter link.

With the amount of misinformation flying around on Twitter and Ticktok its amazing that we have an accurate picture of anything. AND, to be fair, That was Twitter intentionally boosting that false link.

[raison de arizona]

Check your sources before you post anything. There is this -

Thanks for letting me know. I riposted that where I got that Titter link.

With the amount of misinformation flying around on Twitter and Ticktok its amazing that we have an accurate picture of anything. AND, to be fair, That was Twitter intentionally boosting that false link.

That’s the thing. You don’t.

[MN-Skeptic]

When you know you’re not going to be fact checked -

Ghoncheh Habibiazad | غنچه
@GhonchehAzad

A video broadcast by Iran's state TV tonight claiming to show the impact of Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel “minutes ago” is old. In fact, it shows fire in Texas and was published in March.

[RTH10260]

Interesting side effect of the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy annex in Syria: Iran has launched a myriad of drones and missiles that they could have sold to Russia. Ukraine will thank Israel for that support. Also the US will get to evaluate the effectivness of their Patriot systems against Iranian missiles in a real life scenario. While the Israeli Iron Dome in the north is fairly limited to the Lebanon border it will be interesting to see how it copes with a larger number of incoming drones. If the density is less than the massive scale of Hamas rockets on October 7, they ought not to have any major problems.

[RTH10260]

Seems that some objects reached their intended target:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/ ... 742af97eca

54m ago03.20 CEST
Injuries at IDF base in south of Israel

A few injuries were reported at a military base in the south of Israel where there was minor damage to infrastructure, Israeli army spokesperson Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said in a statement.

He said the vast majority of the missiles launched from Iran were intercepted outside the borders of Israel.

The air defense fighters successfully intercepted using the “Arrow” system and, together with the strategic partner countries, most of the launches before they crossed the territory of the country.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/ ... 61ba5a8c4e

1h ago03.14 CEST
Summary

It’s 4.15am in Jerusalem, 4.45am in Tehran and 9.15pm in Washington. Here’s what we know about the attack taking place against Israel.

Iran has launched dozens of drones as well as cruise missiles towards Israel, the Islamic Republic’s first ever direct attack on the Jewish state in response to the 1 April strike on an Iranian diplomatic building in the Syrian capital of Damascus which killed a senior figure in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, and eight other officers.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp has said that it launched ballistic missiles at “specific targets” in Israel as part of what it called “Operation True Promise”.

The first wave reached Israel at around 2am local time (midnight BST), with sirens blaring across the country and explosions visible and audible in the sky in several places. Commercial capital Tel Aviv, the disputed city of Jerusalem, and Dimona, the desert city home to Israel’s nuclear plant, all appeared to have been targeted.

Iranian strikes caused “minor damage” to an Israeli base, army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said Sunday, after Iran’s state media reported “heavy blows” to the base from its missiles. “Only a few missiles fell in the territory of the state of Israel with slight damage to a military base in the south, with only slight damage to the infrastructure,” Hagari said in a statement.

Most of the missiles launched by Iran were intercepted outside Israel’s borders, while a limited number fell inside the country’s territory, IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee has said. He said that the total number of aerial units launched from Iran was about 200 and there were reports that one child had been injured.

US president Joe Biden cut short a weekend stay at his Delaware beach house and returned to the White House to meet his national security team and monitor the situation shortly before the attack was announced.

The US and UK reportedly helped Israel shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Iraq and Syria in an effort to blunt the attack and prevent an uncontrollable escalation. “US forces in the region continue to shoot down Iranian-launched drones targeting Israel,” a senior US defence official told reporters.

Royal Air Force fighter jets and refuelling aircraft were also involved, taking off from bases in Cyprus. Their role, according to the UK Ministry of Defence, was to fill in for the US air force in the sorties against the Islamic State normally carried out over Iraq and north-eastern Syria, but also to intercept Iranian drones if they came into the UK area of operations.

Reuters quoted two regional security sources as saying Jordanian jets had downed dozens of Iranian drones flying across northern and central Jordan heading towards Israel.

World leaders have condemned Iran’s attack with regional powers including Saudi Arabia and Egypt called for restraint. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said he is deeply alarmed about the very real danger of a devastating region-wide escalation.

[Rolodex]

The Middle East is such a confusing and complicated place that I tend to zone it out. Add to that all the disinfo as exemplified in posts above.

Did Israel give a reason as to why they attacked the embassy?

[Suranis]

The Middle East is such a confusing and complicated place that I tend to zone it out. Add to that all the disinfo as exemplified in posts above.

Did Israel give a reason as to why they attacked the embassy?

Not especially

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_b ... n_Damascus

On 1 April 2024, an airstrike allegedly by Israel according to Iran destroyed the Iranian consulate annex building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria,[2][6] killing 16 people, including a senior Quds Force commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and seven other IRGC officers. Two civilians were killed in the attack.[4][5]



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Iran: Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, vowed a harsh response to the attack. Khamenei's political advisor Ali Shamkhani, said that the United States "remains directly responsible whether or not it was aware of the intention to carry out this attack".[34] Iran also sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council, saying it "reserves its legitimate and inherent right to respond decisively".[35]

Israel: Daniel Hagari, the IDF spokesman, told reporters: "According to our intelligence, this is neither a consulate nor an embassy." He further added that the target struck was a "military building of Quds forces disguised as a civilian structure in Damascus".[36] Yoav Gallant, the Minister of Defense, said that "Israel is working to make it clear to everyone who acts against us, all over the Middle East, that the price for acting against Israel will be a heavy price."[37] Israel told the U.S. that if Iran were to launch an attack from its territory against Israel in retaliation, it would prompt a robust response from Israel, potentially escalating the current conflict to a higher intensity.[38][39]