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Barrels of crude oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz per day:
– 1st week of October: ~ 17 million b/pd
– 2nd week of October: ~ 9.1 b/pd
– 3rd week of October: ~ 6.5 b/pd
And it continues to decline. The short-lived era of U.S. Navy escorts has come to a pathetic and silent end.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸| IRGC Spokesman:
• We do not dismiss the possibility of war, this time, the US will face very serious problems, and the world will experience a major energy crisis, should war renew.
• 7 major cables run beneath the Strait of Hormoz, on which all the world’s internet and commercial data depend. We are reminding the enemy of this so that they are aware.
@FotrosResistancee
Amendments to New Syrian School Curricula Include Veiling Girls, Dressing Statues, and Removing All References to Democracy
After statues were hidden from public places in #Aleppo and #Damascus under flimsy pretexts, the #STG moved on to images of archaeological statues in school textbooks, dressing them in clothing despite them being statues of men.
Young girls have not escaped the grip of the regime’s rigid, afflicted mindset either, with the hijab forced upon them.
This ideological interference has also extended to topics on democratic participation, as well as lessons on political life, citizenship, and media, which have been removed or altered to serve the agenda of “Islamic dictatorship”
It is worth noting that the attached images are from the social studies textbook for sixth grade, for 12-year-olds, after it was altered by STG this year.
Images: https://t.me/syriajusticearchive/9956?single
Not a peep about forced Hijab from the western powers.
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: After the failure of Pakistani and Qatari mediation efforts, oil skyrockets back to $110 per barrel within just a few hours
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https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37881
They’re running out of artificial options to keep the oil prices down. Months ago this same tactic worked for significantly longer stretches. We’re witnessing the nullification of US soft power in real time.
And yet the US continues to drive itself off a cliff.
It’s really fascinating seeing the empire stubbornly double down on making the same mistakes, when it could, arguably, mitigate some of the damage by just accepting Iranian demands.
Someone please explain Pakistan to me. Are they just playing all sides hoping one wins more for them than the others lose?
I was actually watching the podcast “The Southern Question” whose hosts are Pakistani Marxists, and they delved into it a bit.
Personally, I think Pakistan kinda follows a similiar doctrine and Türkiye, as in, they’re western aligned, but not entirely self sabotaging. The biggest difference I’d say is that Pakistan has less capabilities to project power, and more explicitly sovereign factions inside of it (like Imran Khan) who’d rather chart a path outside of the West’s interests.
This US just my basic reading of Pakistan though, and I think Pakistani comrades would provide a much better answer. Considering there’s a good amount of theory from Pakistani Marxists, I’d suggest looking for that, as it’s probably very enlightening. I’ve not had the chance to peruse it myself unfortunately.
Thank you. What reading would you suggest?
As I’ve said, I’m not familiar enough to give you anything unfortunately.
My b, long day, tired eyes. Thanks anyway.
The East is a Podcast and The Southern Question had a really good talk about Pakistan not that long ago.
In part Pakistan is playing all the sides but it is also that there are many different groups all doing their own thing.
Thanks, hopefully I’ll get a chance to watch it later.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱| An Iranian senior security official in Tehran told Fars that Iran has instructed its various operational units that, should another round of large-scale war occur, including a wave of assassinations targeting officials and the killing of civilians, Iran will consider political targets associated with the US and other participants in the war, as well as their infrastructure, legitimate targets.
@FotrosResistancee
I thought they were already considering those legitimate targets? Maybe I missed something …
The US hasn’t responded in full force so Iran tends to show restraint. They’re reiterating that if the US escalates then so will they.
Oh got it. Thanks for answering.
—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 NEW: Heavy Israeli Air Force activity in the skies of Syria and Iraq
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Videos: https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37843?single
—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: IRIAF jets took off, patrolling western Iran; F-5s, Kowsar, and F-14 Tomcats are airborne
@Middle_East_Spectator https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37844
—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian jets enter eastern Iraqi airspace occasionally, conducting assertive patrols to spot enemy fighter jet formations
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37848
NOTE: About half a dozen domestic ‘Kowsar’ fighter jets that had not yet been officially commissioned or passed all safety tests have been entered into service with the IRIAF as part of an accelerated process in recent weeks.
VIDEO | Palestinian farmers launch collective olive harvest in occupied West Bank to counter Israeli settler attacks
Farmers in the occupied West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum have launched a collective olive harvest campaign, the Olive Solidarity Collective, to confront Israeli settler militias and protect local agricultural lands.
Organized to prevent settlers from isolating and terrorizing landowners, the community-wide effort brings residents together to harvest their crops safely amid escalating settler violence and ongoing land annexation pressures across the occupied territory.
— 🇮🇷 NEW: Freshly produced Dey-9 short-range air defense systems were seen in northern Iran today
Iran has been rebuilding its air defense systems, and designing the network in a way that is more resistant to a U.S.-Israeli attack.
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37847?single
Thank goodness
—❗️🇵🇰/🇮🇷 President Pezeshkian to Field Marshal Assim Muneer:
‘The Americans must first lift all pressure, threats of force, and sanctions before any negotiations can take place.
Because today, the entire Iranian nation believes that if we negotiate, they’ll simply attack us again.
You [Pakistan] as our Muslim brothers must convince the U.S. they cannot treat Muslims in this way. We have never sought to bully anyone, but we won’t submit to bullying.’
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https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/37873
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s top security chief told the US, through Asim Munir, that Iran rejects nuclear talks & transfer of nuclear materials without its 7 conditions being met.
But most importantly:
“From Iran’s perspective, lifting the blockade and releasing its frozen assets no longer constitute meaningful concessions to Tehran.”
@FotrosResistancee
Iran isn’t the only nation with a nuclear medicine program, i wonder if Australia will be invaded next as america claims we have enriched uranium too
🇺🇸 Pentagon and Lockheed Martin agree on a 10-year plan to build 850 F-35s
The deal covers at least 850 jets for the US military between 2027 and 2036, plus spare parts, upgrade kits, maintenance and international orders. Lockheed plans to keep production at 156 aircraft per year.
It isn’t a contract yet. Congress still has to approve multi-year funding before prices and schedules are finalized.
Lockheed will put up at least $7 billion of its own money to expand capacity and fix its supply chain, and claims the program will support 317,000 US jobs.
The F-35 makes up close to 40% of Lockheed’s aeronautics revenue. With wars in Ukraine and West Asia driving arms spending, the US weapons industry is locking in a decade of guaranteed profits.
🔴 @DDGeopolitics
https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/196083
We all know this is going to be a resounding failure for actual production and a resounding success for filling the pockets at Lockheed.
Not looking good for the ole US with China’s current production of 5th gen fighters being around double that with least 300 J-20s plus J-35s being built a year. Then you also have the J-20 being superior for air-to-air combat, and the US having to distribute it’s supply among it’s many vassals and theaters of war while China gets to pocket every jet it produces for itself for it’s much less overextended needs.
This is just, i mean capital has the…
But even if they cost more F35 can…
Line go up monkye cerebellum hours, profit is god. 🙄
Nearly half of all US active-duty troops oppose war on Iran: Poll
The findings mirror a broader collapse in support for the war, as Trump’s approval falls to a record low ahead of the midterms
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/69741
War criminals against war crimes. Regardless I guess it’s a good thing.
War criminals against war crimes.
They still want to do them, just not against someone who can hit back.
❗️Iran reports US strike on Konarak naval base in Sistan and Baluchestan, leaving two wounded
The Iranian Navy announced that US forces launched an early morning attack against the Konarak naval base, located within a military complex in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
According to naval authorities, the facility was struck by “two light projectiles” targeting a 35mm artillery piece. The strike wounded two Iranian service members at the coastal installation.
The incident marks a direct escalation along Iran’s southern maritime perimeter.
🇮🇷| The IRGC-Navy published footage of a supertanker carrying over 2 million barrels of crude oil that caught fire after hitting a naval mine in the illegal southern Strait of Hormoz route.
The tanker had turned off AIS radar systems, and ignored warnings.
@FotrosResistancee
Got what it deserved didnt it?
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱| A high-ranking Iranian security official told Al-Mayadeen:
“Tehran will not differentiate between Netanyahu and Trump in any military escalation. It has been proven to us and to the entire world that Netanyahu has a significant influence on Trump’s positions and decisions.”
@FotrosResistancee
🇮🇷❗️🚢🇺🇸 Several OSINT sources report an intense explosion in the Strait of Hormuz.
The blast occurred in the vicinity of areas where tankers in violation of regulations are typically targeted.
Iran is continuing its actions against non-compliant oil tankers, seemingly not intimidated by the Epsteinist regimes’ posturing.
Oil prices are fluctuating around the $110 mark.
@SimurghRes
