Celebration and Mourning: Inside an Iran at War
Some Iranians revel in Khomeini’s death, while others mourn. There doesn’t seem to be a rebellion or a revolution yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMYwMquPUo
Tag: Middle East
How Trump decided to strike Iran
“A last chance to avert war with Iran played out Thursday in Geneva, where Trump administration officials told Iranian counterparts they must not take certain steps needed to build a nuclear bomb.
It didn’t go well.
As the U.S. delegation laid out its position that Iran couldn’t enrich uranium for the next 10 years, the Iranian side balked, said a senior Trump administration official who described the meeting on condition of anonymity.
Iran has an “inalienable right” to enrich uranium, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, told the Americans. And the U.S. has an “inalienable right” to stop you, Steve Witkoff, a member of the U.S. delegation, replied.
After having heard the U.S. demands, Araghchi started yelling at Witkoff, who was accompanied at the meeting by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, among others, said the senior official.
“If you prefer, I can leave,” Witkoff said.
Araghchi’s representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Afterward, the American delegation reported back to Trump what had happened. Trump was “nonplussed,” the senior official said.
By Saturday morning, the U.S. was at war.
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“They weren’t willing to stop their nuclear research,” Trump said. “They weren’t willing to say they will not have a nuclear weapon. Very simple.””
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-decided-strike-iran-021729090.html
At least 22 people killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate
“Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday
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The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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In addition, 12 people were killed and over 80 wounded in clashes with police in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region when thousands of protesters angered by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran attacked the offices of the U.N. Military Observer Group and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP)”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/least-6-killed-shiites-storm-080203718.html
Ships Stranded at Hormuz: 1 March 2026 Update | Is the Strait Open or Closed?
Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is limited, but not closed. In the Red Sea, shipping could go a longer way around, but there is no alternative route for shipping in and out of the Persian gulf. This will likely increase the price of oil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcdNGlbep1M
How the US is striking Iran.
How the US is striking Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OjOJMLabSw
Could Iran hit US Air and Naval forces?
Could Iran hit US Air and Naval forces?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiv3QkQIYZs
“Heroic!” Historians Won’t Tell You THIS About The Crusades – Raymond Ibrahim
Europe was the second-fiddle Christian land until Muslims conquered the heart of Christianity. The Crusades were a delayed response to these invasions as well as continued invasions of lands controlled by Christians.
Muslims from where Algeria is now, raided and enslaved Europeans for hundreds of years. Algeria demands reparations for French colonialism, but hypocritically ignores 300 years of Algerians raiding and enslaving Europeans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld668oa9b_w
Why Iranians Are Increasingly Willing to Settle for Reza Pahlavi
“Pahlavi allies have crafted a hefty plan for a post-Islamist Iran, called the Iran Prosperity Project. It envisions an emergency phase in the wake of the regime’s fall during which Pahlavi and his aides say keeping the country stable will be crucial. But that emergency phase plan also gives the leader of the transition — presumably Pahlavi — significant power that makes some activists nervous.
While Pahlavi has long called for a secular democracy in Iran, he has also said Iranians should decide what type of government they want. The Prosperity Project envisions Iranians eventually having a choice between a “democratic monarchy” and a “democratic republic.””
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/24/reza-pahlavi-iran-trump-00793877?ICID=ref_fark
Former CIA Officer Says Iran Can Sink a U.S. Carrier — Is He Right?
Iran could hit a US carrier with a hypersonic missile, but hitting a moving carrier and not getting shot down while the missile itself it moving and partially blinded by the plasma created by its extreme speeds…is very difficult, and it’s not clear how many of these missiles Iran has, or if they work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcCqcSrIn9g
The US is seriously preparing to attack Iran, with important assets in the region.
The US is seriously preparing to attack Iran, with important assets in the region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yc3dL3_ihg