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🇮🇷🇧🇭🇺🇸| Iran retaliates against US attack on Sirik last night
The IRGC has announced it targeted and destroyed US military’s early-warning radar on an island of Bahrain, in response to a US airstrike on a telecommunications tower in Sirik.
The IRGC says this is a serious warning to the aggressor to put an end to its aerial provocations and oil smuggling in the Strait of Hormoz. Should these violations and acts of aggression continue, the IRGC remains on full alert and is prepared to respond without geographical limitations.
Companies that violate regulations and allow themselves to be deceived by the aggressor enemy will face even harsher punitive measures.
@FotrosResistancee
Apologies everyone for posting later then usual. I had some prior arrangements to attend to, and if all goes well, I will be quite happy.
no need to apologise ! <3
Don’t apologize for taking care of your life outside. We love and support our greatest news aggregator.
We care about you and appreciate you keeping is updated. Nonetheless, your happiness and well-being take primacy.
I do not think anyone will complain about you being slightly late, considering what you do here lol.
🇾🇪🇾🇪⚔️🇸🇦 The Yemeni Ansarullah armed forces have reached the coast from the direction of Lahj, completing the encirclement of the Saudi-aligned militias.
The Dhubab pocket has lost its only logistics and reinforcements route.
So surrendering or swimming back to Aden are their only options.
@SimurghRes
🇷🇺 🇦🇫 Afghanistan is interested in importing Russian cars and agricultural products.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexei Overchuk, announced this before departing for Kabul, where he arrived on an official visit. According to him, the Afghan side is also interested in Russian grain, food products, medicines, and medical devices.
The Russian delegation included more than 70 representatives of the business community, including representatives of dozens of companies interested in operating in the Afghan market.
Overchuk stated that the main goal of the visit is to create conditions for direct interaction between the business communities of the two countries and to develop the necessary infrastructure for this.
🔴@DDGeopolitics
Evidence presented by the coalition shows that Israel could not have carried out its genocide in Gaza without Trump and Rubio’s direct support
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/70923
Although I’ve got no faith in the ICC, I do think efforts like this are overall good, purely for the fact that it continues to make obvious that imperialists do not care to abid by the legal weaponry they dangle over their victim’s heads.
Israel’s lesser-known agencies running their own spies
Israel’s intelligence network reaches into the defense industry, diplomatic missions, and research institutions, where lesser-known security agencies operate beyond the familiar Mossad, Shin Bet, and Aman.
Iraq, Turkiye, Pakistan defy US pressure, refuse to seal borders with Iran: Report
Tehran’s neighbors remain heavily reliant on Iranian energy and trade, while analysts warn that the US has become an increasingly ‘unreliable ally’
❗️UK jury convicts two Iranian men of allegedly spying for Tehran
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A UK jury on Thursday convicted two Iranian men, Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Manesh, of allegedly spying for Iran’s intelligence service by surveilling government critics in Britain between August 2024 and March 2025. Their targets included two journalists working for London-based Persian-language media outlet Iran International, a lawyer and a media professional. Prosecutors said Sepahvand was also allegedly prepared to carry out physical attacks, describing the case as supposed evidence of Tehran’s willingness to use “proxies” to target critics abroad. A third defendant, Shapoor Noori, was acquitted.
Iran International has been heavily condemned as a geopolitical propaganda tool disguised as a news outlet. Originally funded through multi-million dollar ties linked to Saudi leadership, its editorial strategy has increasingly aligned with Israeli interests, operating as an information warfare vehicle for Israeli intelligence. By promoting a hawkish, pro-war narrative and platforming extremist opposition groups like the MEK, the network relies on manufactured consent to actively destabilize Iran from abroad.
o7 Braver than the troops.
❗️️️️️️️Eric Trump-linked company in talks with Israel about sending armed humanoid robots into Gaza’s resistance tunnels
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A US robotics company backed by President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, has reportedly explored supplying Israel with up to 1,000 combat-capable humanoid robots for deployment inside Gaza’s resistance tunnels.
According to the Financial Times, Foundation Future Industries, where Eric Trump holds an equity stake and was appointed chief strategic adviser in March, has discussed deploying its Phantom MK1 robots, each costing approximately $150,000, to patrol underground tunnels, detect trip wires, neutralize booby traps, and potentially engage in combat.
Mike LeBlanc, the company’s co-founder and president, told the Financial Times: “We’re in direct talks with the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces.”
Defending the military applications of the technology, LeBlanc insisted there was “no question… of building a ‘Terminator’,” while arguing that robots could spare soldiers from entering potentially deadly confrontations.
The company, founded in 2024, has reportedly secured more than $70 million in US military contracts and previously sent two Phantom MK1 units to Ukraine for battlefield evaluation.
The revelations raise disturbing questions about the growing use of autonomous and combat-capable machines in warfare, particularly their potential deployment in Gaza, where Israel continues to wage a devastating genocidal war.
They also raise conflict-of-interest concerns surrounding the Trump family’s financial ties to military technology.
Eric Trump’s spokesperson denied that he had any involvement in government contract negotiations, while LeBlanc maintained that his connection to the president’s son played no role in securing contracts.
Crucially, Foundation Future Industries subsequently disputed the reported Israeli deal, stating that it has no contract or agreement with the Israeli military, has neither supplied nor deployed robots to its forces, and is not currently negotiating such a sale. The company characterized any previous discussions as preliminary and exploratory.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/70921
I’m sure giving the resistance access to advanced technology won’t backfire on the imperialists at all.
The core issue of Gaza remains for the imperialists. The zionists can’t steal the land if they can’t even occupy it, and no amount of overpriced death machinery is going to stop the resistance when the IDF gas failed to do so with everything at their disposal.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if an escalation in Gaza would trigger a response from Iran.
Clashes break out between Palestinian resistance, Israeli-backed militias in central Gaza
Israeli-backed militants reportedly crossed the Yellow Line east of Bureij camp under air cover from Tel Aviv’s forces
❗️Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton in a social media post on Instagram:
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"The past three years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza is appalling. It’s an injustice for people to being denied their freedom, their safety and their dignity. No human being should be treated as though their life matters less.
I saw walls stretching for miles, built to keep them in. Standing there, outside what felt like an open-air prison, all I could think about was getting in to help.
At Rafah border, I saw food trucks lined up ready to go, but they’re regularly not allowed in or face major delays. The first driver in line that I spoke to had already been waiting over 12 hours. At the nearby logistics centre, I saw the hard work of the aid workers, but I also saw what gets rejected for crazy reasons. Sleeping bags, first aid kits, medical equipment, wheelchairs, even footballs for kids.
Israel needs to fulfil its obligations under the ceasefire and let the aid trucks in. No excuse.
I know so many people feel that same helplessness. That same need to do something rather than just watch. I don’t want us to get used to their suffering. I don’t want us to look away."
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/70912?single
I don’t know anything about F1, but I know people who enjoy it greatly.
This is what the people in Entertainment and Arts can do for humanity. Like fuck F1 and every other “motor sport”, but if it gets people to demand an end to genocide I can look past the wasteful and environmental damage that they do.
❗️️IMF warns oil prices could surge to $130 per barrel in 2027 if war in West Asia persists
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that oil prices could climb to $130 per barrel in 2027 if the war in West Asia continues to disrupt energy production and trade.
Speaking during the presentation of the IMF’s regional economic outlook, Roberto Cardarelli, deputy director of its Middle East and Central Asia Department, said a prolonged war could reduce global oil production by an additional four million barrels per day.
Under its baseline scenario, which assumes the war eases and Gulf energy supplies gradually normalize, the IMF projects average oil prices of $96 per barrel in 2026 and $86 in 2027.
Cardarelli warned that prolonged supply disruptions would have severe consequences for regional and global economies, particularly oil-importing countries facing higher energy costs and inflation potentially one percentage point above baseline projections.
He also outlined an alternative risk: a major correction in the US artificial intelligence sector could weaken global demand and drive oil prices 30% below baseline forecasts, hurting oil-exporting economies while providing some relief to importers.
Death, death to the ZOF!
❗️Turkiye signs deal with Canada to study new nuclear power plant
Canada’s AtkinsRealis has signed an agreement with Turkish state-owned nuclear energy company TUNAS to study a potential six-reactor, 4.5-gigawatt nuclear power plant in Turkiye, with a feasibility study expected by the end of 2027 and engineering work targeted for completion in 2028.
The project forms part of Ankara’s efforts to expand nuclear capacity beyond the Russian-built Akkuyu plant, with Sinop and the Thrace region considered potential sites. Turkiye aims to raise nuclear capacity to 10 gigawatts by 2040, meeting 11% of electricity demand.
Inspections by, and compliance with IAEA when?
⭕️ Oil prices edged lower on Thursday after recovering from earlier declines. Brent crude futures fell 37 cents, or 0.4%, to $92.39 a barrel at 09:46 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 37 cents, or 0.43%, to $86.16. Both benchmarks had lost more than $1 per barrel during early Asian trading and remained on track for a weekly decline.
❗️Yemeni Armed Forces announces six operations targeting Saudi airport, oil infrastructure, & military positions
Yemeni Armed Forces (Ansarallah) spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Wednesday, 11 November, that Ansarallah had carried out six military operations targeting Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed military positions in Yemen, using cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones.
The announcement came amid continued Saudi airstrikes on Yemen. Saree said Saudi warplanes had conducted 93 airstrikes over the previous 24 hours, targeting civilian sites across Lahj, Taiz, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, Marib, and Dhamar governorates. The strikes, carried out by F-15 and Typhoon aircraft operating from Khamis Mushait and Taif airbases, reportedly killed and wounded civilians. The total number of Saudi attacks since the escalation began had reached 4,765 airstrikes and missile strikes.
The six operations were as follows:
• The first targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with three cruise missiles.
• The second targeted pumping station No. 11 in the Yanbu area using a drone.
• The third targeted Saudi military concentrations at Khuraz camp and Ras al-Arah, under the supervision of Saudi officer Badr al-Harbi, with several ballistic missiles. The attack reportedly caused a large number of casualties.
• The fourth and fifth operations targeted Saudi military concentrations overseen by Saudi officer Fares al-Shammari in Al-Jawf governorate and east of Ragwan district in the Marib governorate. Two ballistic missiles were used.
• The sixth targeted the Saudi command headquarters and operations room in the Al-Burayqah area, which Saree said oversees Saudi military concentrations across active fronts in Lahj, Al-Dhale, Taiz, and other governorates.
Saree also rejected Saudi claims that a drone had been intercepted over Mecca, calling the allegations fabricated. He accused Riyadh of spreading false claims while Yemen’s operations targeted Saudi oil infrastructure and military bases, and criticized the Saudi leadership over its relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
