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⭕️ The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported on Sunday, 9 August that 2 Palestinians were killed over the past 24 hours, including one newly killed victim and one body recovered from the rubble, while 8 others were wounded. Since the 11 October 2025 so-called ceasefire, the ministry says 1,258 Palestinians have been killed, 4,139 wounded, and 807 bodies recovered, adding that more victims remain trapped beneath the rubble and in areas inaccessible to ambulance and civil defense crews.
I pray I live to see the heel of communism crush the many heads of the Hydra.
Who is winning
climate change.
trvth
❗️Saudi oil tankers cross Bab al-Mandab amid Ansarallah blockade
Shipping data released today showed that two tankers carrying Saudi oil crossed the Bab al-Mandab Strait over the weekend. This movement came as maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed following recent vessel attacks.
According to figures from analytics firm Kpler, the number of cargo vessels passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait dropped to 18 on Sunday, down from 27 on Saturday and 28 on Friday.
The slowdown follows a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia declared by Yemen’s Ansarallah on 20 July, which extended the scope of targeting oil tankers and regional shipping lanes beyond Persian Gulf waters.
🇮🇷🇮🇶Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army:
Our special forces conducted 14 ground operations against armed opposition groups in the cities of Sulaymaniyah and Erbil. During these operations, a number of individuals from these groups were killed, and others were captured. The NOHED 23rd Brigade returned to its base without sustaining any casualties
@SimurghRes
Sulaymaniyah and Erbil
So the Iranian army is on the ground in Iraq?
Khomeini did say the “The road to Al-Quds passes through Karbala”
🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — A court in Israel has prohibited National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to use crocodiles to secure terrorists in prisons, The Jerusalem Post reported.
According to the newspaper, the Jerusalem District Court issued this ruling based on a motion from the animal rights organization Let the Animals Live.
Meanwhile, Ben-Gvir accused the judged of siding with terrorists.
“Once again, in a time of war, the legal system sides with the terrorists, thwarting important steps for Israeli deterrence,” he was quoted as sahying. “We know that the terrorists are worried about the arrival of the crocodiles, but today the court came to their aid.”
@IntelSlava
Average Israeli political debate.
❗️Iran in talks with Oman over Hormuz, denies reports of negotiations with US
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Iran is actively engaged in discussions with Oman regarding a temporary safe transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei announced earlier today, explicitly denying that any negotiations are taking place with the United States.
Baghaei noted that ongoing diplomatic efforts over the past week have yielded some progress alongside parallel consultations with regional and international officials.
However, Tehran emphasized that reaching an agreement with Muscat alone will not suffice to fully reopen the vital waterway. According to Iranian officials, normal navigation will remain frozen as long as hostile actions and aggression by the US persist in the region.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/65471
I should probably go to sleep but who fucking cares
❗️CENTCOM calls on troops to offer ‘creative’ ways to ‘punish’ Iran
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According to an exclusive CNN report, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has launched an internal brainstorming blitz last week, instructing military analysts to pitch untraditional tactics to intensify pressure on Iran.
“We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in the intelligence branch of CENTCOM wrote in an email sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source familiar with the message.
The broad digital appeal highlights mounting anxiety within Pentagon ranks as planners struggle to break a strategic stalemate under the weight of narrowing options. The initiative underscores the friction facing Washington as conventional military measures fail to force Tehran into submission.
"At the end of the day, POTUS will want a deal, so he’ll continually look for ways to get tough and get out of this,” one of CNN’s sources said.
“You need creative minds at times — especially if you’re running out of conventional options.”
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/65472
Sounds to me like asking for suggestions on how to sell the defeat of the US, but idk.
From HB news mega (post body, “Trump Yet Again Pauses “Planned” Strikes On Iran / Ukraine Tries To Become Priority For US Again, Fails”)
spoiler
My weekly preamble is in spoiler tags below.
preamble
For the weekend of August 1-2, Trump had once again promised major strikes on Iran, which would have included crossing the critical red line of striking their energy infrastructure. In response, Iran once again essentially promised to end the possibility of modern civilization as we know it throughout much of the Gulf States and, to a certain extent, the Zionist entity, with the economic impacts radiating outwards around the world from there. The frustrating part about these threats from Trump is that while he’s reneged on them before, the consequences of them actually occurring are so dire that it’s difficult to ignore them; rolling a dice with even a 5% chance for complete catastrophe will always be nerve-wracking.
Anyway, as we all know, these strikes did not occur, with the excuse this time being much the same as the previous times: our regional allies begged us not to (potentially true) and Iran called us and said they were willing to negotiate/surrender (untrue). The point of these threat displays is at least twofold: first, to see if Iran is genuinely going to flinch, or, at least, if internal elements that may or may not exist will be spooked into action against the IRGC; and second, to manipulate oil prices downwards by creating constant cycles of “relief” out of an otherwise relatively constant downward trend as Hormuz stays closed and oil reserves continue to ebb. I do say “relatively”, of course, given that Ansarallah now appears to be delivering a boot up the ass of Saudi Arabia by taking offline quite a lot of its refinery infrastructure.
It is into this situation that Ukraine seems to want in. For those out of the loop, the situation over in Ukraine has largely the same overall attritional dynamics as previous years, but with a few added wrinkles. Ukraine started striking Russian infrastructure a while ago, and while their effectiveness is hotly debated and I don’t want to dismiss them as totally ineffectual, it’s clear that the psychological effects - such as they are - are greater than the material effects. Russia’s retaliation strikes have been considerably more impactful, including strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea ports and vessels, and a campaign explicitly against gas stations across Ukraine, as well as some rather impressive and disruptive explosions at Ukrainian military fairs and production sites. Zelensky has admitted publicly that they are now basically out of Patriot missiles and that Russian missiles are now landing entirely unopposed (beforehand, they were just landing largely unopposed, given the lackluster performance of Western air defences in general). He seems to have considered a possible way out: linking together the Ukraine and Iran Wars to a united front against Russia and Iran, which would then grant Ukraine more munitions to keep fighting on.
Now, for all the fear I’ve seen of this occurring (and, don’t get me wrong, the US and Russia being in non-proxy, direct conflict is a genuinely frightening prospect for continued life on Earth) how linking together two wars which the West is quite decisively losing into a single war would help at all is beyond me. At this moment, at least, US military planners appear to agree with me. Ukraine hit a Caspian Sea vessel going to Iran a while ago, but then seems to have quickly apologised after being given a stern talking to by the US. This shows just how willing the US is to grant Ukraine more aid, as their own interceptor stockpile is running very low due to Iranian strikes. One would almost feel sympathy for Zelensky if is wasn’t for… well, everything that’s happened. The path of Ngô Đình Diệm is a tough one to walk.
Source: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/12401757 (post body)
🇮🇷| Iran’s Assembly of Experts issued a statement on the occasion of Arbaeen and following reports of negotiations
The Board reaffirmed its full support for the Leader of the Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, and called upon all officials to demonstrate practical adherence to his guidance.
The statement:
“The wise, insightful, hopeful and dignified messages of the Leader of the Revolution provide direction and guidance for the honourable people of Iran and the Islamic nation, and must remain at the forefront of the country’s officials’ considerations.”
Referring to repeated violations of the MoU by the US:
“Trusting this arrogant government is nothing more than a mirage. Placing hope in reaching an understanding or agreement with this bullying regime will lead nowhere. Any action aimed at securing the nation’s rights must be carried out within the framework of the Leader’s views, guidance and strategic decisions.”
The Assembly of Experts also referred to calls for surrender by alarmists and conspirators made under the guise of defending peace. It described such as an unforgivable betrayal and stressed that legally confronting such actions is an unquestionable duty of the responsible authorities.
@FotrosResistancee
OPINION OF ONE OF THE SIMURG ADMINS
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The statement by the Presidium of the Assembly of Experts in Iran is both timely and interesting.
It basically tells everyone to fall in line or else.
It means that the establishment has put behind the chaos of the likes of Ghalibaf and Pezeshkian doing whatever that they wanted on Zarif’s advice and claiming force majeure -including twice accepting ceasefires without consultation with the Leader Imam Mojtaba Khamenei.
The political establishment of the Islamic Republic received a major wake-up call when more than 43 million people attended the martyred Leader Seyed Ali Hossieni Khamenei’s funeral procession.
It was reminded that the Revolution is and remains of the people and without their support, they would be history.
Just as the late Leader predicted before his martrydom, the fitna (conspiracy) of certain authorities is being unravelled by the populace.
All signs are pointing at a consolidation of powers by the Jurisprudence under the leadership of Imam Mojtaba Khamenei, to once again lead the nation and reinvigorate the forces of the Resistance.
The Ghalibaf slander needs to stop. He is not a reformer or an appeaser. The project to build multiple underground “Missile Cities” was pushed for and overseen by Ghalibaf when he was Aerospace commander of the IRGC. He is a major part of why Iran is doing so well.
He has said negotiations are a tool that is used to solidify the gains made on the battle field and that both war and words need to be used to secure peace and each needs to be used at the right time. This is just realism. Every war ends with negotiations.
Some quotes: “Our experience of negotiations with the Americans has always been met with failure and breach of promise”. “Based on our experiences from the past two conflicts, we have no trust in the opposing side” “If you do not have the will or the ability to fulfill your commitments, then there is no point in talking about continuing down this path” “only those who are prepared for war can engage in negotiation with Washington”
It seems to me that words can’t change anything. They merely reflect reality, they do not create it.
It’s war, and other material realities, that determine the words.
🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️ — On 07/08/2026, Israeli forces opened fire on residential areas in Maariya and Kuwayya in western Daraa after two vehicles advanced from al-Jazira barracks before withdrawing. Moreover, they advances with five vehicles into Ain Zivan in southern Quneitra countryside and set up a checkpoint inside the village.
BREAKING | A large number of Palestinian youth are confronting an Israeli settler attack on the eastern area of the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
BREAKING | Coinciding with a sweeping operation from Haddatha toward the Aita al-Jabal outskirts in south Lebanon, Israeli occupation forces advanced to the area’s perimeter before retreating into Haddatha.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/65738
BREAKING | Israeli occupation forces drop incendiary bombs on Mansouri in southern Lebanon, following an earlier attack that injured a Lebanese Army soldier as troops attempted to clear debris in the town.
Video: https://t.me/thecradlemedia/65755
VIDEO | During an incursion into a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Sharqiya, an Israeli occupation army bulldozer overturned, prompting occupation forces to deploy another vehicle to tow it away amid heavy troop deployment.
Proposed Iran-Oman deal for Hormuz ‘unfeasible’ for intl shipping firms: Report
US sanctions on the Persian Gulf Strait Authority create major ‘compliance issues’ for international firms seeking to traverse the key waterway under the developing framework
Well, then I guess you won’t be traversing the strait.
Going to show my ignorance, but how feasible is it for these firms to quietly remove money from Western banks and bank where sanctions can’t touch them? Is this even possible?
My understanding of these sanctions is that they place people and institutions on the OFAC list. No bank or financial institution would knowingly transfer money to them, since it can come with big penalties.
ETA: confirmed in a linked article
Since the establishment of the PGSA, a growing number of countries have registered their commercial ships and established direct channels with the Iranian body, utilizing the mechanism to secure their much-needed commercial trade, including India, Russia, China, Iraq, and many more.
Then I guess open defiance is the only way and states are deciding it’s worth it. The marauders will maraude, anyway. It’s time for them to be the pariahs they always should have been.
Yep, open defiance it is, and we love to see it!
❗️Lebanon-Israel talks end without breakthrough on south Lebanon pilot zones
Israel refused to expand its withdrawal from southern Lebanon during Thursday’s talks unless the Lebanese army first gained full control over two initial “pilot zones,” according to a Lebanese presidential source who spoke to AFP.
The Lebanese source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the talks had “not yielded definitive results regarding the pilot zones.”
