Mehrdad Afshari

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IRGC: From now on, for every assassination, one American company will be destroyed. The list of companies: Cisco, HP, Intel, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Dell, Palantir, Nvidia, J.P. Morgan, Tesla, GE, Spire Solutions, G42, and Boeing Full statement: Warning from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the ruling body of the aggressor America: You ignored our repeated warnings regarding the necessity of stopping terrorist operations, and today, both in your terrorist attacks and those of your "israeli" allies, a number of Iranian citizens were martyred. Since the main element in designing and tracking assassination targets is American ICT and AI companies, in response to these terrorist operations, from now on, the main institutions involved in terrorist operations will be our legitimate targets. We advise the employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to save their lives. Residents around these terrorist companies in all countries of the region should also leave their locations within a one-kilometer radius and move to a safe place. Companies that are actively involved in terrorist designs will be subject to reciprocal action for every assassination. They are announced as follows: 1. Cisco 2. HP 3. Intel 4. Oracle 5. Microsoft 6. Apple 7. Google 8. Meta 9. IBM 10. Dell 11. Palantir 12. Nvidia 13. J.P. Morgan 14. Tesla 15. GE 16. Spire Solutions 17. G42 18. Boeing These companies should expect the destruction of their relevant units in exchange for every assassination in Iran, starting from 8:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1st, Tehran time.

It’s easy to dunk on Geoffrey Hinton for his 2016 declaration that it was “completely obvious” that radiologists would have no jobs within 5 years, while in fact, the number of radiologists has grown. But this prediction was more than a simple mistake. It’s a synedoche for the entire discourse of AI timelines and doom.

The NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, BBC, CBS 60 Minutes, etc. all make it sound like the war against the Islamic regime of Iran is floundering, at best, or is a failure, at worst. This is so wrong that I'm gobsmacked that the media has misled so many people. Here's the facts: As of this morning, U.S. and Israel have completely decapitated the Islamic regime (see image below). Its navy sits on the bottom of the sea with over a 100 ships sunk. It is no longer able to fire more than 1-2 ballistic missiles per day, and soon it will be zero. The Basijii thugs who slaughtered 1000s of innocent Iranians two months ago are themselves being wiped out and are running away at the faintest sound of a drone (these are hilarious videos). Islamic regime foreign diplomats are requesting asylum in mutiple countries. There are reports of regime troops refusing to show up for duty in Iran. The war is succeeding in the goals of its phases. It will ultimately remove the greatest source of global terrorism and an imminent nuclear threat to all Western countries, including the U.S. and Israel. What comes next? Hopefully something better. The future is never 100% certain. But the Allies had no idea in WW2 what would come next after the surrender of the Nazis and Imperial Japan, and today these countries are some of the closest allies of the U.S. There are significant signs from the Shah and Iranians themselves that they could do the same. Let us hope, but whatever happens, the elimination of the 47-year holy war against the West is a good thing. And just about anything is better than a nuclear-armed religious regime that explicitly seeks an apocalypse with the U.S. and Israel.

Let me ask you a question… Imagine there is no war in Iran right now, life is going on as is, nothing at all. The women’s Iranian football (soccer) players are in Australia for a tournament. The national anthem comes on and they refuse to sing it as a sign of protest against the country for what they’re doing to women over there. They then get threatened by politicians and national television. Some of their family members get taken into custody, and they get told that if they don’t return to the country, something bad will happen to them. That’s exactly what just happened to the Iranian women’s team. They were barricaded into a hotel in Australia by IRGC members in the ground, five of them ran away through the hotel’s garage while the rest begged for help. The world watched, human rights and feminist organizations around the world were silent. Do you think it’s okay? Is that a free country to you? Is the Islamic Regime worth defending?

2025: ~2,000 executions (Amnesty/HRW/IHR/HRANA: 1,900-2,200 total; ~38/week avg, mostly drug/murder). Shootings minimal until Dec 30. Jan 2026 crackdown: 3,400-7,000+ civilians killed by security gunfire (IHR: 3.4k by mid-Jan; HRANA: 7k verified). Peak weekly during protests: ~400-900+. Pre-war total dwarfs war claims.

🚨 CHINA : "We are not providing military support to Iran. We only offer moral backing"