ImanTulen

Retired senior.
*Culling mode is ON*
-Dislike Smart-alecs/Ego-seeking/Patronising/Condescending/Arrogant individuals.
-Views are my own/RTs are not endorsements

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

Trump is playing with nationalist fire by striking civilian targets in Iran

With millions demanding revenge at the Supreme Leader’s funeral, Trump just handed the regime a clear trigger for major retaliation

The entire world economy is now at risk

[HealthRanger @HealthRanger]

The U.S. is about to get a lesson in the real use of force amplified by geography. It's going to be brutal and costly. The American people are going to suffer tremendously as Trump continues to operate in a complete delusional state that has zero chance of succeeding in the real world.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Israeli officials have told a number of news outlets that Israel did not take part in tonight’s U.S. strikes against Iran. Israeli officials, speaking to Saudi news outlet Al Arabiya, also warned Iran against targeting Israel during the now ongoing Iranian retaliatory strikes.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Picture that is not from tonight’s U.S. strikes against Southern Iran posted by an account on X and then reposted by President Trump and the White House. This is how quickly misidentified or entirely fake pictures, videos, and stories can spread on social media, especially X.

[Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 @Alex_Oloyede2]

🇺🇸🇷🇺 "The Russians are finding it more difficult to defend their own airspace, and what we hope that means is that's going to create the space now to negotiate the end of this war"

– Marco Rubio

Okay, try to Moscow = more devastating attacks on Kiev and watch casualties rise. Since it's about escalation let's see how far Kiev can escalate before the Kremlin declares war and wipes half the country.

Again, I don't know why the Kremlin will call these liars to want to negotiate with when they have constantly backstabbed us.

Just imagine you are American, and Russia says it supports the bombing of Washington because that will bring Trump to the negotiating table with Iran. Will it, really?? But you say that to Russia because you believe the bear won't escalate as the Americans would.

Do you think it's impossible to flatten Kiev? It takes just one push and you keep justifying when that day will come. Do not cry warcrimes because I believe the west was warned for far too long. Zelensky will be to blame for his recklessness and no one will dare intervene when the Kremlin lashes out.

[The Noura @The_Noura_]

@TheFigen_ Everything was normal, then boom! 😭 The timing is 10/10. Replaying this because I still can't believe it happened. 😂

[S p r i n t e r @SprinterPress]

A new video from Iran warns that data centres helping America execute attacks against Iranian targets, will themselves become a target, as is the case for the Firebird data centre in Armenia.

[Diana Panchenko 🇺🇦 @Panchenko_X]

Anti-Zelensky revolt in Ukraine!

Young people are protesting, blocking roads, and trying to free men forcibly sent to war by Zelensky.

Ukrainians are prisoners of the regime!

Why wasn’t this even mentioned at the NATO summit?

[The Iranian Letter @TheIranianzg3z]

BREAKING: Iran declares the Islamabad Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding terminated, saying the framework has officially collapsed after President Trump’s remarks.

Tehran says the development gives it a broader mandate to confront the United States, Israel, and what it describes as their regional and global proxies.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: Iran just called. They want to make a deal very badly. I just don’t know if they’re worthy of making the deal.

Reporter: If they want to make a deal, why did they attack commercial vessels?

Trump: Because… they’re sort of crazy. But they want to make a deal badly.

[Hamidreza Azizi @HamidRezaAz]

New U.S. Strikes on #Iran and the Risk of Return to the Full-Scale War

🔹CENTCOM says it has begun conducting additional strikes against Iran to further degrade its ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

🔹Reports from Iran indicate that the strikes are both intense and geographically widespread, covering much of Iran’s southern coastal regions along the Persian Gulf as well as the islands overlooking the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks have reportedly included areas around Chabahar and Bushehr, which had not been targeted since the ceasefire was reached in April.

🔹Apart from their scale, another notable aspect of this wave of strikes is that, unlike the previous day, they occurred without any new Iranian provocation in the form of attacks on shipping in the Strait. They should therefore be seen as a continuation of the campaign that CENTCOM began the previous day. From this perspective, the objective is not simply to retaliate or deter further Iranian attacks, but to systematically degrade Iran’s capability to continue targeting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

🔹For this reason, the strikes may continue over the coming days, although the trajectory will also depend on Iran’s response. At the moment, one factor that has probably contributed to Iran’s relative restraint is that the ceremonies related to Khamenei’s funeral are still ongoing. Once they conclude, Iran may opt for a larger-scale retaliatory campaign.

🔹Even so, the limitations of Iran’s current strategy of targeting U.S. bases in the region have become increasingly apparent, as these strikes have not deterred further U.S. attacks. As a result, Iran may instead consider once again fully closing the Strait of Hormuz, although such a move would likely trigger even more intensive U.S. strikes.

🔹Another possibility is that Iran could encourage the Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandab Strait simultaneously, thereby increasing pressure on the global economy and seeking to strengthen deterrence against the United States.

🔹Depending on how far the United States goes in targeting Iran, strikes against regional energy infrastructure have also been discussed within Iran’s strategic community as a possible option.

🔹The risk now is no longer limited to the possible collapse of the memorandum of understanding, but extends to the possibility of a return to full-scale war between the two sides.

🔹In any case, it is difficult to imagine that Trump could achieve through another round of aerial operations what was not achieved during the 40 days of intensive warfare against Iran in the spring.

🔹The concern in Tehran is that the current campaign may in fact be a prelude to a new phase of the war involving the deployment of ground forces to occupy Iranian islands around the Strait of Hormuz or parts of Iran’s southern coastline. This is another factor that could contribute to a disproportionate and larger-scale Iranian response aimed at preventing such a scenario from materializing.

🔹That, in turn, could lead to a further escalation of the conflict.

[SilencedSirs◼️ @SilentlySirs]

Iranian air defenses have shot down an U.S. drone

The MoU is DEAD

The CEASEFIRE is DEAD

You can’t have a ceasefire when Netanyahu wants war. He orders Trump and gets what he wants

[Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil @ivan_8848]

The US is again striking Iranian military targets in the Strait of Hormuz. The targets include IRGC positions, air defense systems, coastal radars, and anti-ship missiles. Explosions have been heard in Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, and the Bushehr region.

US Central Command confirmed the start of a new series of strikes, stating that the operation is intended to further weaken Iran's ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington also blamed Tehran for recent attacks on commercial vessels and civilian crews. According to Axios, the current operation is larger in scale than the previous one.

Iranian media outlets are reporting at least seven powerful explosions in Chabahar, with some sources reporting as many as twenty. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Imam Ali Air Base was preliminarily hit. An attack on an air defense system near the Bushehr nuclear power plant was also reported.

[Laurence (Larry) Boorstein @LarryBoorstein]

China is the world's number 1 economy. President Xi Jinping was first elected in 2013 with China's GDP PPP 95% of US. China was in the passing lane. China overtook the United States the following year.

Today, China’s GDP PPP is $44.3 trillion, 37% larger than US GDP of $32.38 trillion in 2026, according to IMF. China is No. 1 and the US is No. 2. China's GDP represents 19.89% of the world total. The United States' GDP represents 14.54%. The real GDP growth rate of China is 4.4% per year. The real GDP growth rate of the United States is 2.3% per year.

The ruling party in China is the Communist Party of China. Additionally, there are 8 democratic parties, which are minor but play an advisory role.

China does not have a communist economic system. No country in the world does. China officially calls its political and economic system "socialism with Chinese characteristics". Originally coined by Deng Xiaoping in 1982, the term describes a Socialist market economy that combines state-owned enterprises with private enterprise and market-driven growth.

[Brett Erickson @BrettErickson28]

The United States is playing with fire in Iran. Continued escalation, instead of rational diplomacy, has risks that could become catastrophic.

The only reason why we have not seen the US/Iran War turn in to an economic catastrophe is because Iran has CHOSEN to allow it to be so.

Iran has ALWAYS had immense escalation dominance. The Bab al-Mandeb. Undersea cables. Gulf infrastructure. Each one of these would send the global economy off a cliff.

Is that in Iran's best interest right now? No, because they believe they are winning.

... But what happens if they determine they are losing?

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: The US has begun striking bridges, hitting the Aq Tekeh Khan Bridge, in the Golestan Province of Northern Iran, and the Gorgan railway line, per Fars.

This is the deepest US strike into Iran since March and the first US strike on Iranian transportation infrastructure since the April ceasefire.

[HealthRanger @HealthRanger]

If Iran takes out more LNG trains in Qatar, they could set the world back TEN YEARS in terms of energy. With guaranteed global famine and economic collapse. And there's literally nothing the Pentagon can do to stop it.

[Kite🪁 @MayMayln]

The US has become Trump's absolute monarchy with incompetent rulers & stupid sheep🐑
This war isn't b/c Iran has nukes, but b/c Iran possess resources like oil, natural gas, copper, etc., US billionaires want to control all of them.
Also, MIC must have endless wars to stay alive.

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: A source close to Iran's chief negotiator says Iran is preparing a massive, coordinated strike on Israel—hundreds of drones and missiles, including new, never-before-seen weapons—following intelligence that Israel could attack as early as today, per some Iranian outlets.

The source pointed to Hegseth's abrupt Israel trip cancellation and Trump's warning — "I will probably hit them hard again tonight" — as confirmation that escalation is imminent.

The source also emphasized Netanyahu's political calculus: facing October elections, he needs a show of strength — and a strike on Iran would boost his standing. Israel's refusal to withdraw from Lebanon and its willingness to act alone has convinced Tehran that an attack is coming. Iran is preparing accordingly.

[S p r i n t e r @SprinterPress]

🇮🇷A security source told Press TV: Iran's new strategy is to completely close the Strait of Hormuz and deliver a crushing response to any American attack.

A well-informed source told Press TV that the events of the last 48 hours show that Iran will not give up control of the Strait of Hormuz and is ready to fight for it.

The source stressed that Iran's new strategy is as follows: after any strike, firstly, the Strait of Hormuz will be completely closed, and secondly, a strike will be delivered against the opponent involving at least twice as many targets as the number of Iranian facilities hit.

The source stated: "The memorandum of understanding signed on this issue explicitly stipulates that Iran will reopen the strait in accordance with the conditions it has set itself. Therefore, Iran will not allow the formation of any new routes outside the order it has defined."

Commenting on Trump's recent threats, he said: "Any threat will receive a powerful response. Iran does not distinguish between the US and its regional allies. Trump will achieve nothing with his latest threats, but he will definitely lose the Strait of Hormuz and the negotiations on a final agreement. The choice is now his."