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Iran 🇮🇷 | Iran's 10-point peace plan brokered by Pakistan, agreed to in principle by Donald Trump and supported by his instigator Netanyahu. The plan - which Donald Trump hurriedly announced - clearly gives leverage to Iran which has since declared victory.

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United States 🇺🇸 | 55 members of the US House of Representatives and two US senators have called for activating the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution to remove Trump from power.

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United States 🇺🇸 | Donald Trump's latest threat of his intention to wipe out an entire Iranian civilisation if Iran does not make a deal has received widespread condemnation. Meanwhile, Iran has responded by cancelling all forms of indirect messaging through 3rd parties.

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Iran 🇮🇷 | Iranian Army Spokesperson:

"The US is negotiating with itself. It's impossible for people like us to reach an agreement with people like you; neither now nor later.

Your investments in the region will be gone, and you won't see the old prices for energy and oil again.

Until you understand this: stability in the region is achieved through the strong hand of our armed forces. Stability is achieved through strength."

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Iran 🇮🇷 | In a tightly structured 12-minute address, Ayatollah Imam Sayyed Mojtaba Khamenei moved from familiar rhetoric into something far more consequential. The opening half followed the expected script; revisiting decades of U.S. warmongering rhetoric: sanctions, assassinations, regional conflicts.

But midway through, the tone shifted from retrospective to strategic.

Sayyed Khamenei outlined three concrete demands, each with a defined timeline: a rapid U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle East, a full rollback of sanctions within 60 days, and long-term financial compensation for economic damages.

Then came the ultimatum. Fail to comply, and Iran escalates, economically, militarily, and potentially nuclearly. Not hypothetically, but operationally: closing the Strait of Hormuz, formalizing defense ties with Russia and China, and moving from ambiguity to declared nuclear deterrence.

The timing of external reactions was just as telling. Within hours, both Beijing and Moscow issued statements aligning, carefully but unmistakably, with Tehran's framing. This definitely looked coordinated.

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Israel 🇮🇱 | A greater section of Tel Aviv's industrial area has been razed to the ground by relentless Iranian missile attacks. Attached is the current picture after last night's missile barrage.

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US 🇺🇸 | Tactical retreat: After realizing no country has heeded his call, Trump changes course and says;

"Maybe we shouldn't be there at all. We have a lot of oil."

This, after starting a war and disrupting logistics in global oil supply. He is now asking why the US is even there.

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Iran 🇮🇷 | Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Statement: For the first time in an operation – we launched a Sejjil missile toward Israel.

The Sejjil (also spelled Sajil) is a two-stage solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) developed by Iran. It is considered one of the most advanced missiles in Iran’s arsenal.

Key facts
• Range: about 2,000–2,500 km
• Fuel: solid fuel (much faster to launch than liquid-fuel missiles)
• Warhead: roughly 650–1,000 kg
• Type: two-stage ballistic missile
• Launch platform: road-mobile TEL (transporter erector launcher)

Why it matters
The Sejjil is strategically important because solid-fuel missiles can be launched much more quickly than liquid-fuel ones. Liquid-fuel missiles require fueling before launch, which can take hours and makes them easier to detect.

With the Sejjil, Iran can:
Launch faster
Move launchers frequently
Reduce warning time for targets

Range impact
With a ~2,000 km range, the missile can reach:
🔸Israel
🔸Saudi Arabia
🔸Turkey
🔸U.S. bases across the Middle East.

The missile was first tested in 2008 and later improved as Sejjil-2, which has better guidance and range.

Strategic role
The Sejjil is seen as a next-generation replacement for older liquid-fuel missiles like the Shahab-3, giving Iran a more survivable and rapid-response missile capability.

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US 🇺🇸 | In it's war against Iran, the US has so far deployed almost everything in their arsenal. Here is the list of what they have availed:

→ B-1 Lancers
→ B-2 Spirit stealth bombers
→ B-52 Stratofortresses
→ F-15s, F-16s, F-18s, F-35s
→ Nuclear submarines
→ Guided missile destroyers
→ Aircraft carriers
→ HIMARS rocket systems
→ Patriot air defense systems
→ THAAD missile defense systems

This constitutes around 80% of American arsenal, almost every tier of air power, every naval asset in the region and every missile defense system the US owns.

After 15 days of throwing ALL of that at Iran, it's government is still intact. Here is what Iran has been up to:

🔸Iran is still firing ballistic missiles at Israel every hour
🔸Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz - it's still closed
🔸Iran destroyed a $300 MILLION US radar with a $20,000 drone
🔸Iran hit Al Dhafra base in UAE - satellite images show half the barracks gone
🔸Iran hit 5 US refueling planes at Prince Sultan base in Saudi Arabia
🔸Iran claims the USS Abraham Lincoln has been "disabled" and left the region
🔸Iran just told the entire UAE to evacuate areas near US military sites
🔸Iran is demanding oil tankers pay in Chinese Yuan to pass through Hormuz

The US has shown almost every card in its hand on Day 1. B-2s. F-35s. Tomahawks. Carrier strike groups. The most expensive military hardware ever built has already been deployed with much of it expended. Will the US continue fighting? The next 10 days will be quite telling.

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@campozshark The list of demands was made before the strikes that led to his rumored demise.

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Iran 🇮🇷 | Iran's IRGC has presented a list of demands to the US for a ceasefire to be considered and refused moving an inch till they are all met.

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@Johanson1899390 Pic may be different but the shooting downing of the aircraft confirmed by the US.

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Iraq 🇮🇶 | IRGC-backed Iraq forces in western Iraq have claimed responsibility for shooting down a US KC-135 refueling aircraft despite western media calling it a crash. Four American crew members were found dead.

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Iran 🇮🇷 | This is the Khorramshahr hypersonic missile that Iran has been launching mostly into Tel Aviv over the past 5 days. Media is gagged from reporting and a 5-year jail term awaits anyone that records and sends out images of the destruction being inflicted by Iran.

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Iran | Funeral ceremony of Iranian military commanders who were killed in targeted strikes by Israel was held in Tehran today. Israel and the US, on the other hand, have been suppressing publication of the numbers of senior commanders, Mossad and CIA operatives that have been killed.

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Israel 🇮🇱 | SHIFTING GOAL POSTS:
Israeli officials are now changing their expectations for the outcome of attacking Iran, with regime change slowly being pulled off the table for both Israel and the US, where both nations have started to realize that the Iranian regime is far more entrenched than previously thought.

US officials have been inconsistent in explaining war goals and expectations, originally suggesting Iranian freedom and regime change were the targets, before settling on military neutralization.

Other reports have suggested that, if hostilities cease, Iran would be able to recover enriched nuclear material and rebuild their military, suggesting the potential need for US troops or repeat attacks.

The persistence and solidarity shown by the Iranian people, specifically the urban population centers, show that Iran is unlikely to change pace, with many prior dissidents now supporting the regime as a result of brutal Israeli and US attacks.

The outcome, which remains unclear, has the potential to leave the US and Israel with a far more bellicose, calculating, and hateful opponent, potentially requiring frequent military operations or an occupation of sorts.

Some officials in the Trump admin, like Witkoff, have said they have no clue what the outcome will be.

The Trump admin has been criticized for their lack of planning for domestic and global oil shocks, as well as their naivety regarding the political situation in Iran.

Report credit: @AFpost

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Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 | Intelligence Report: Zimbabwe justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, ZANU PF former legal secretary Paul Mnangagwa and Patrick Chinamasa (as advised by Lewis Uriri) are at the centre of engineering the term extension drive to succeed. They provide daily briefing to Emmerson Mnangagwa on the progress regarding the extension of the Octagenarian's tenure of office to year 2030. A hefty package has been set aside for Supreme Court judges.

There are daily caucuses - and even vodoo rituals sponsored by benefactors - between Statehouse and Mnangagwa's Precabe farm aimed at ensuring that everything goes according to plan. Blood sacrifices are held weekly amid song and dance in the dead of night at the farm.

To ensure nothing is left to chance, the entire military hierarchy has been given hefty monetary packages too good to decline. The lawyer who has just pulled out of the case challenging the constitutional amendments is believed to have been initially threatened and later paid a handsome figure by ZANU PF benefactors who fancy no opposition to the planned constitutional assault.

On the regional front, after failing to eliminate Savior Kasukuwere - as originally planned - social media activists and commentators with a large following were identified and hired to incessantly smear him by falsely associating him with Kudakwashe Tagwirei. Within ZANU PF, it is known that Mnangagwa fears Kasukuwere whom he views as an extremely potent black mamba in the grass, hence the need to have his image completely battered.

In order to stay in power, the unpopular Mnangagwa who lost the 2023 elections to opposition leader @nelsonchamisa by a 30% margin had to depend on lobbying by a group of technocrats led by Kudakwashe Tagwirei who managed to broker a deal with the now compromised opposition leader.

In the deal, Chamisa had to prevent mass protests countrywide by managing public emotions in exchange with a respectable monetary reward. From the traditional leaders' side, Chief Charumbira played a central role in counselling Chamisa ordering him to respect his elders and promising him that his crowning moment would come.

Nelson Chamisa has since invested a significant portion of the money he received into mining and real estate where most of the businesses are run by proxies. There are also a number of offshore accounts where part of the money was deposited.

Meanwhile, Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Wicknell Chivhayo have each promised to bankroll Chamisa's announced political comeback in which the public will be swayed to believe that his is an authentic opposition.

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Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 | Tomorrow we bring you an INTELLIGENCE-BASED special report at 1300hrs. Switch notifications on.

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Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Anti-2030 Hit List |

THIS IS A ZIMBABWEAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE-BASED REPORT:

With the full participation and political approval of their grandmaster, benefactors and proponents of the 2030 agenda drew up a TIER 1 hit list of those they labeled troublesome impediments to the achievement of their 2030 capitalist goal.

The hit list was carefully drafted following months of intense political discomfort as a result of the late Blessed Geza's cutthroat activism that knocked on doors, immediately resonated with the ordinary populace and rattled the innermost corridors of power in Zimbabwe.

While they politically dismissed Geza publicly by day, they tasked the system's most lethal operatives to hunt him down till they served him the dose that would fast-track his exit from this world. The late Blessed Geza had cancer yes, but the carefree system was desperate for something that would trigger his sudden departure before medically stipulated time.

As daggers were drawn against the late Geza, benefactors immediately called for a series of caucuses where they discussed the need for quick elimination of all of his perceived accomplices as well. Hefty budgets were drawn and intelligence operatives quickly drafted into the mix for actuation of the "urgent security measures."

Amongst the most wanted were those in the regional diaspora where teams could easily be deployed to carry out the extra-territorial assignments. Former cabinet minister Saviour @aHon_Kasukuwere, Tabeth aka Chimhamaha (now late), Job @JobSikhala1, (Kudzai Weston Saruwaka (now late), Majaira Jairos, Nyokayemabhunu and five more who requested not to be named when consulted before this publication.

As of Monday last week, Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) Director Internal and Miga despatched teams tasked with the responsibility of tracking down, luring and eliminating the targeted contingent. There is a heavy price on @Hon_Kasukuwere's head as the system believes he was the leading political architect behind late Blessed Geza's activities.

As of the incarcerated former cabinet minister - and Kasukuwere ally - Walter @waltermzembi, a decision was made that he should be poisoned while in prison and set free when the toxic substance has already gone nuclear in his body.