This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
🏴☠️Netanyahu: I have ordered an escalation of attacks against Hezbollah.
🇮🇷| IRGC specialists in Iran’s Lorestan neutralized an unexploded 1,000-pound MK-series bunker-buster bomb in Chegeni.
The bomb (dropped by the yankees) fell near a hospital & a medical center, disrupting their activities. Thankfully it was successfully detonated.
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Iran’s MFA spokesman:
• “We do not collect tolls; one must be careful in the use of words. We are not seeking to collect tolls. The actions of Iran & Oman to draft a protocol for the safe passage of ships are responsible measures. Naturally, in this process, the services that we’ll provide [for the passage of ships], as well as the protection of the environment, require the collection of fees.”
• Q: “Why don’t you respond to Trump’s tweets?” Baqaei: “We have much more important work to do than responding to tweets with AI caricatures.”
• No nuclear talks at this stage
• Messages between Iran-US are taking place through Pakistan.
• My advice to American officials is not to talk about international norm-setting.
• China 🇨🇳 has a very good relationship with us, and we have a strategic partnership; it has played a constructive role in all processes to stop the war.
• The President of China announced a 4-point plan for security in the region, which was valuable to us.
• Lebanon must be one of the elements in the MoU.
• Negotiations have made progress, but the imminence of an agreement depends on the Americans.
• It is true that we have reached a consensus on many issues [with the US], but no one can claim that the signing of the agreement is imminent.
• Politics in the US has become somewhat chaotic. Facing contradictory views from their officials within hours disrupts the course of any negotiation.
A Zionist warplane is flying low in the sky over the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
🏴☠️An opinion poll conducted by Channel 13 in Hebrew:
58% believe that the agreement with Iran, according to what has been published, harms “Israel”.
51% oppose this agreement.
39% believe that the security situation of “Israel” has not changed due to the war, while 34% believe it has worsened.
And 49% support the continuation of the war in the north.This just tells me that the Israelis need to be bombed more.
Majority of the Israeli population that still has more humanity than bloodlust has already either left country, been too impoverished to voice opinions, or been dealt with by their own state. The genocidal state needs to be erased.
🇮🇷| BREAKING: Alleged footages of air defense activity in Qom.
Videos in https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/21707
🇮🇷🇺🇸| It looks like we’re facing attacks by the US on areas in Bandar Abbas.
Waiting for official announcements.
🏴☠️⚔️ Hezbollah pro
All Hezbollah clips are documented in one place, and this clip is in another place; the clip indicates that Hezbollah is starting to adapt to the circumstances of the battle and is developing drones that were previously criticized for being unable to carry out night strikes, as cameras and clips have proven that they are not thermal cameras and do not have night vision capabilities; after this clip, the so-called Israeli Defense Army is facing a real dilemma of moving and maintaining the positions occupied in the previous round in southern Lebanon, which have now become killing zones and a war of attrition from which it is difficult to exit; we are living in the exact circumstances of the Russian-Ukrainian war in terms of the nature of the confrontation, but Hezbollah started from where the war of the Slavic races on the cold continent ended. It used optical fibers to a player about 25 km away from the target, smoked “Tobacco Menthol”, which is the favorite bait in Lebanon, and caught its targets through a TV screen…
https://t.me/naya_foriraq/76058
🌟🏴☠️Scenes from the targeting operation of the Islamic Resistance on Saturday, 23-05-2026. Israeli enemy soldiers gathered in the town of Al-Bayada in southern Lebanon, using their Ababil attack drones.
Video in https://t.me/naya_foriraq/76057
❗️🇮🇷| NEW: Iran shot down 3 MQ-9 drones
What happened in chronological order:
• Yesterday, the US entered the Strait of Hormoz to attack IRGC speedboats & fisher boats, Iran’s air defenses countered the threat & shot down MQ-9 drones.
2 of these drones were shot down by the IRGC & one by the Army’s air defense.
• The downing of these drones in less than 20 minutes caused the US to become confused and disorganized, and unable to locate the air defense site, they attacked several points on Qeshm and Jask islands.
• US attacked Iranian boats again
• The IRGC responded against US navy vessels tonight.
This also explains why Trump posted the AI image yesterday.
Does this mean the war is restarting?
I don’t think so. The americans are cowards. If they were going to restart the war they would send everything they have all at once.
More likely this was just testing and probing. My guess is the us military was proving to trump that going back to war would be a massacre. This was the airforce saying “Ok look, we’ll send some drones over to test things out and if it goes well we’ll consider doing some more strikes” and now they are tying to push the “but if it goes badly we are not bombing Iran.”
I think there is a serious divide between the us military vs. trump and the bourgeoisie. The spoiled rich people are making unrealistic demands and the military are trying to show them and explain how stupid their demands are.
How does Iran react though? This seems like another escalation during negotiations and ceasefire. I hope they have a suitable retaliation in mind. I see senior officials have flown to Moscow im hoping this is preemptive to avoid their assassination whilst they plot a suitable response. Way I see it they have a free hit now. If they can’t hit a us target there’s a giant bullseye just south of Lebanon.
Shooting them down is a pretty reasonable retaliation for invading their airspace.
There is no cease fire and never was. usa never held up to its side of the agreement. usa fled and Iran chose to stop firing because they had done all they needed to to the bases in the area.
Fighting isn’t in Iran’s interests. They have won as much as they can militarily. All they want is usa to leave them alone. Their best weapon to get that is choking the gcc and usa by not letting them transit the strait.
I don’t fully know what occured yesterday, but what I saw was multiple boats blown up and missile systems on the coast. Is that not your understanding? If all that happened was some drones invaded their air space and got downed then I’d be inclined to agree with you.
Allowing themselves to be consistently attacked during negotiations is also not in Irans interest. Appetite for war in the US has never been lower (ever), so the opportunity is there to retaliate.
Yes it’s obvious to anyone with eyes Iran just wants to be left alone. And also the same for Lebanon. Thing is that doesn’t appear to be happening does it.
Iran doesn’t need to escalate because what they are doing is working. The american drone incursion did not achieve any strategic success. Why would Iran change tack?
usa sent those drones because the strait is still closed, gas prices are rising, and trump looks like a loser. This was not a show of strength by usa. This was a desperate attempt to change the situation because they are losing.
Maybe usa destroyed some boats, there aren’t any reports of martyrs that I have seen but MQ-9 reapers cost well over $30 million each.
Even if Iran wanted to hit back what could they do? There are no more american targets in range.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzzn4y1n8o
What you’re claiming does not accurately reflect what I’m seeing on telegram. Hell even my corrupt Zionist media is acknowledging what happened.
Honestly feels a bit like talking to a wall here but let me restate the same points again if it helps.
Why would they change tack? As previously stated once again aggressed upon during ceasefire and negotiations.
Even if Iran want to hit back what could they do " If they can’t hit a us target there’s a giant bullseye just south of Lebanon."
These were all in my comments. It would be nice to engage with points, rather than restate the same things over and over again. Feels like a serious waste of both our time.
This has the exact same energy as when I was treated like an idiot for pointing out a non aggression pact with Saudi did very little for Iran. I was told how incredible it was and I was an idiot for thinking it provided very little because US needs a close geographical location to conduct strikes from. Never minding the other 10 countries in the area still completely on the table.
Whatever man, agree to disagree.
Telegram channels are going loco on the reporting, calm down. There are many conflicting and unconfirmed reports being thrown as “news”.
There are no new explosions in Bandar Abbas, new reports are related to the explosions from earlier.
The situation right now is calm.
Unconfirmed reports say a couple speedboats were hit, although we’re waiting for more confirmation.
🇮🇷 Documentation showing the Iranian AD-08 Majid short-range air defense system, which was displayed during the Yerevan exercises on May 25 in Armenia.
🇺🇸 The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has informed sailors and pilots in the area north of the Musandam Peninsula (Oman) in the Strait of Hormuz of imminent dangerous military activities to deal with Iranian mines, according to a notice issued by the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center.
Eleven Lebanese children killed, injured every day by Israeli military: UN
Tehran insists that any peace agreement with Washington must include an end to Israel’s brutal war in Lebanon
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/60697
Mag Bar Israel. Mag Bar Amerika.
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA):
‘The U.S. Treasury recently imposed sanctions on the Persian Gulf Strait Authority.
While condemning this action, the PGSA considers being sanctioned by a country like the United States, which engages in piracy, as a sign of its own positive performance so far.’
@Middle_East_Spectator
