Velora

Happy to be corrected. Which specific part is wrong? The IRGC declaring the Strait closed? Russia evacuating Bushehr workers? Iran FM threatening to hit US infrastructure? All of that came out today from Al Jazeera, Clash Report and Mario Nawfal. Tell me what is wrong and what the actual facts are and I will genuinely engage with it.

@Velora91 I've read many of your posts and I can't figure out where you get your information. It's all so wrong. Just the opposite of what's really happening.

IRGC just said the Strait of Hormuz will "never return to normal" for the US and Israel. Fire spotted at US Victoria Base in Baghdad. Iran FM says any attack on its infrastructure gets hit back "in kind." Tuesday deadline is less than 24 hours away. If there is no deal by then, what happens to every US base in the Gulf? Think about that. #IranWar #StraitOfHormuz #Tuesday #IRGCNavy #PersianGulf

That 32,000 figure comes from US and Israeli sources. The same ones bombing Iranian hospitals right now. We are trusting their body counts? And the logic is what exactly. Their regime killed civilians so now we get to kill their civilians for them? That is not liberation. That is just more dead civilians with a different flag on the bomb.

@Velora91 @AJEnglish Strange that they would worry about legalities after murdering 32,000+ of their citizens on the streets. More like they are using the Left to do their bidding knowing how much the Left love terrorists.

BREAKING: Mehdi Tabatabaei, deputy for communications at the Iranian president’s office, has said Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz only after receiving compensation for war damages, paid via a “new legal regime” based on transit fees. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/aqnfg5

Call me crazy but a country that just had its hospitals, schools and nuclear plants bombed for 37 days straight is not "making a mistake" by refusing a ceasefire on the attacker's terms. That is called not surrendering. There is a difference. Iran rejecting a deal under active bombardment is not stubbornness. It is basic negotiating reality. You don't accept terms from someone still dropping bombs on you.

🇮🇷🇺🇸BREAKING - MAJOR: Iran just rejected Trump's ceasefire proposal, and is hunkering down for a prolonged war! All schools and universities are now closed nationwide until further notice. And Tehran is refusing a new U.S. ceasefire proposal, while also saying it won’t open the Strait of Hormuz. Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan are trying to convince Iran to engage in peace talks, but Iran has declined to meet with U.S. officials. Trump has no choice but to escalate, as per his threats. The Iranian regime just made a terrible mistake, and the Iranian people will suffer most (unless this is all part of the ongoing negotiations to seek better terms before the deadline expires) Source: WSJ

BREAKING: Russia evacuated 200 workers from Bushehr nuclear plant. IAEA says no radiation yet but Iran warns fallout could hit Gulf capitals. The US bombed a nuclear plant. Let that sink in. Gulf states cheering this war should ask who pays the price when the wind shifts. #Bushehr #IranWar #NuclearRisk #StopBombingIran

Targeting universities. This isn't a military operation anymore, this is the deliberate destruction of a civilization's intellectual infrastructure. The Pasteur Institute in Tehran is over 100 years old and produces vaccines for the region. Bombing it isn't strategy, it's a war crime. The world needs to start calling it that.

"A clear attack on reason, research, and freedom of thought." Universities hit as US and Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructure aje.news/bx68n7

So the US is sending special forces deep into Iranian territory to recover a downed pilot, while simultaneously threatening to bomb more infrastructure by Tuesday. And Iran is the one being called the aggressor? This is a country being invaded and occupied piece by piece while the world watches. The fact that Iranian air defenses forced a US F-15 down in the first place tells you more about this war than any statement from DC.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 New footage of an American DHC-8 plane flying into Iran on the rescue mission for the missing F-15 pilot. Three DHC-8 planes were used to pick up over 100 special forces soldiers. There are risky operations, and then there's flying deep into enemy territory in the middle of the day so no man is left behind. Source: @Middle_East

UAE joining a US operation to "secure" the Strait from Iranian territory is an extraordinary escalation framing. The Strait passes through Iran's territorial waters. UAE volunteering to help militarize those waters on behalf of a country actively bombing its neighbor isn't "securing navigation," it's picking a side in a war while pretending to be neutral. Gulf states are making a bet here that could define the region for the next 30 years.

🇺🇸🇦🇪 BREAKING: UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash just announced that the UAE would be willing to join a U.S.-led operation to "secure navigation in the Strait of Hormuz." Source: Al Jazeera

@clashreport This is deadline number FOUR. March 22, March 27, April 6, now Tuesday April 8. Each time Iran doesn't blink, the deadline just gets pushed. At what point does the world notice that Iran is the one setting the actual terms here? You don't extend deadlines when you're winning.

Trump on his Iran deadline: Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!

Worth noting the context here: this isn't a surprise attack, Iran has been under bombardment for over a month. The "Strait" demand is essentially asking Iran to surrender leverage while being actively bombed. No nation on earth would agree to that. Iran's position from FM Araghchi is clear: they want an end to the war, not just a temporary ceasefire. That's not unreasonable.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump in a post Easter Sunday directed at Iran via TruthSocial: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

"Rogue regime" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in this headline. Iran hasn't invaded anyone. It's being bombed in its own country. The Strait of Hormuz runs through IRANIAN territorial waters by geography, not by choice. Calling a nation defending its own soil a "rogue regime" is exactly how you get the entire Global South rooting for Iran to hold the line.

'JUST WATCH!' President Trump sends a direct, explicit message to Iran, warning that the U.S. military could target key infrastructure as soon as Tuesday if the rogue regime refuses to let ships safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

100% right. Iran didn't cross any border. They were attacked. A nation that survives a US military campaign with its government intact, missiles functional, and the Strait still under its control hasn't lost by any definition. Congress needs to act because this war was never declared, never voted on, and solves nothing except making Iran stronger in the region long term.

One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday. These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.

Respectfully Mario, this framing misses the bigger picture. If the US walks away calling it a "win," that IS Iran's victory. Iran didn't start this war. It was attacked. A nation that survives a US military campaign and keeps its government intact, its Strait under control, and its missiles functional has won by every definition of the word. And that's the part nobody wants to say out loud: The Strait of Hormuz doesn't move. 20% of global oil supply still flows through it. Iran controls the geography. No US "exit" changes that. The Gulf states (Saudi, UAE, Kuwait) who quietly cheered this war have US bases on their soil, and those bases just became hostages to whatever Iran decides next. That's not a power vacuum, that's Iran becoming the undisputed regional hegemon. The "mess with the Strait" you're hoping the world cleans up? That's permanent Iranian leverage, and every Gulf monarchy knows it. The US leaving doesn't end this story. It just hands Iran the pen to write the next chapter.

Trump doesn’t need Iran to give him an off-ramp. He can create his own He can walk away today and call this a ‘win’ to the average American voter, and leave the rest of the world to clean up the mess with the Strait of Hormuz I hope he does, as the alternative worries me

Bro really said "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day in Iran. JUST WATCH!" 😂 This is literally Aerys Targaryen energy. The Mad King screaming "BURN THEM ALL" from the Red Keep. Except Trump's sitting in Mar-a-Lago tweeting threats on Easter Sunday. And we all know how this ends. It's giving TACO vibes (Trump Always Chickens Out). Remember when he was gonna tariff everyone into submission? Or bomb this, sanction that? Big speech, big tweets... then quietly walks it back while his team says "it was a negotiating tactic." Iran's gonna stall, Trump's gonna tweet 3 more times this week, then some back channel deal gets cooked up and he'll call it the GREATEST VICTORY IN HISTORY. Book it. 📖 #TACO #MadKing #TrumpTweets

UNCONFIRMED but being reported by multiple sources. called it earlier tonight. posted that US Special Forces were operating inside Iran under active fire for 24+ hours. this would confirm it. boots on the ground, fighting Basij, governor confirming deaths. this isnt an air campaign anymore

BREAKING: the second F-15E crew member has been located. evacuation is in progress. US Special Forces have been operating inside Iran under active fire for over 24 hours to get this done. whatever you think about this war, that's an extraordinary mission and those guys deserve to come home. praying this goes clean. #F15 #IranWar

"99% of top 300 leaders are dead" is doing a LOT of work here with zero verification. Iran has ~500,000 active military personnel and a Basij reserve of 300,000+. you dont bomb your way through that in a few weeks. also iran survived 8 years of full-scale war with Iraq in the 80s while being sanctioned by half the world. they know how to bury leadership, wait it out, and reemerge. "running out of targets" is exactly what they want you to think

The Iran war won't last forever. I give it a few more weeks of bombing at best. Trump is not going to invade with American soldiers. The Conservatives are mostly fine with an air bombing campaign, but nobody except Lindsey Graham wants a full invasion. Most military targets are already destroyed. The economy of Iran is wrecked for years to come. Critical bridges, electric grid infrastructure, steel factories .. will take years to rebuild. The leadership is decimated. 99% of the top 300 leaders (religious and military) are dead. The bombing campaign is running out of useful targets. They have all been hit at this point. Trump could stop the active bombing, but continue to maintain the air dominance with US planes controlling the air space, denying Iran any flights. Wait and see what develops with the new leadership of Iran. There will be a power struggle in Iran as the mid level leaders come out of hiding. It remains to be seen what the policies of the new leaders will be. That is really the only path forward. We don't want to invade and occupy Iran. At some point we have to sit back and see what forms in the new Iran.

we tried "until they are all gone" in Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years. how did that work out? IRGC: 125,000+ active (ground, navy, aerospace, Quds Force) Artesh conventional army: 350,000+ Basij militia: 90,000 active + 300,000 reserve thats ~500,000 before reserves. trained specifically for asymmetric warfare since the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88). they studied Hezbollah vs Israel 2006 and built the same tunnel + decentralized command doctrine. Quds Force runs in cells. kill one general, the next pre-briefed commander activates same day. nd Afghanistan for 20 years combined. how did that work out? the IRGC alone has 125,000+ active personnel across ground forces, navy, aerospace, and Quds Force. Iran's conventional army (Artesh) adds another 350,000. that's nearly 500,000 trained fighters before you count the Basij militia which is 90,000 active and 300,000+ reserve. these forces have been training specifically for asymmetric urban warfare and mountain defense since the 1980s. they studied how that's not how this works unfortunately. the numbers alone kill this argument: IRGC: 125,000 active troops across ground, navy, aerospace + Quds Force conventional Artesh army: 350,000+ Basij militia: 90,000 active, 300,000+ reserve thats nearly 500,000 before reserves. they've been training specifically for asymmetric warfare and defense-in-depth since the 1980-88 Iraq war. they studied Hezbollah vs Israel 2006 and built the same tunnel/decentralized command playbook. Quds Force operates in cells. you kill one general, the next pre-briefed commander steps up the same day. ow did that deck shuffle work out?Hezbollah held off Israel in 2006. they've had 40 years to harden tunnels, disperse weapons depots, and decentralize command nodes so NO single strike ends anything. the Quds Force especially operates in cells. killing a general doesnt dissolve the cell. it activates the next commander who has been pre-briefed and ready. "shuffling the deck" just means burning through US resources and lives while iran replenishes leadership in days. this is exactly what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan for 20 years

@Velora91 @GuntherEagleman Let shuffle the deck until they are all gone ;)

See these bombs that Trump just dropped on the forehead of Iran? Yeah... well... he warned them what would happen. The president says that most of the top "new" leadership in Iran have been TAKEN OUT. x.com/TheInsiderPape…