ISRAEL NUCLEAR CITY EXPLODING: Iran's Missile HITS Dimona ON CAM; Massive Strike Shocks Israel? WLA Mar 21, 2026 #Dimona #Nuclear #Natanz
A missile struck the southern Israeli town of Dimona near the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, injuring at least 20 people including a 10-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman. Footage captured the impact and a possible interception attempt. Separately, Iran's Tasnim reported that the Natanz enrichment facility was struck again in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike, with Iran's atomic energy organization saying no radioactive leakage was detected. High-resolution Airbus satellite imagery confirmed a projectile landed just 350 meters from the Bushehr nuclear power reactor, with the Institute for Science and International Security reporting the debris pattern pointed north. IAEA Director General Grossi warned that attacks near nuclear plants violate critical safety principles and should never take place. The incidents mark the first time in the conflict that nuclear-linked sites on both sides have simultaneously become active flashpoints.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. There are targets in a war that change the rules when they are hit. Deona is one of them. Footage circulating online captured the moment a missile struck the ground in the southern Israeli town with a second angle suggesting a possible interception attempt before impact. Emergency teams were deployed to multiple locations. Megan David Adam said at least people were injured, including a -year-old boy and a -year-old woman. Additional patients were treated for minor injuries and trauma. The strike drew immediate attention not because of the casualty count, which by the standards of this war is not the highest in a single incident, but because of what sits on the edge of that town, the Shiman Paris NGV nuclear research center. The facility that is widely believed to be the core of Israel's undeclared nuclear program. A missile just hit Deona, the city tied in every serious discussion to Israel's nuclear center. The nuclear dimension of this war is no longer implied. It is visible. Deona's nuclear facility has never been officially acknowledged as a weapons site by Israel, but it is widely understood to house a plutonium production reactor and related infrastructure that forms the backbone of Israel's nuclear deterrent. The facility sits in the Negev desert, surrounded by restricted airspace and layers of security that make it one of the most defended installations in the country. Striking near Deona is not the same as striking near Hifa or Tel Aviv. It is a strike in the shadow of a nuclear facility. What matters is not a distance this script cannot verify, but the fact that a missile hit the city most closely associated with Israel's nuclear center. Israel has never confirmed or denied possessing nuclear weapons. But the facility at Deona is the reason every intelligence agency in the world assumes it does. The human cost is specific. A -year-old boy, a -year-old woman, at least people treated at the scene or transported to hospitals. The injuries ranged from shrapnel wounds to trauma symptoms. Deona is a smaller desert city than Tel Aviv, which makes even one missile impact feel immediate across the whole community. When a missile hits a town that size, the entire population feels it. Every family knows someone who was near the impact. The boy who was injured is not a statistic. He is someone's son in a town that exists because a nuclear facility was built next to it decades ago. The facility brought the town into existence. And now the facility has brought the war to its doorstep. The Deona strike arrived against a backdrop of nuclear sites being hit on both sides. Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that the Natan's uranium enrichment facility was targeted again in a USIsraeli air strike. Iranian authorities condemned the strike as criminal and accused the United States and Israel of violating international law and commitments surrounding nuclear safety. Iran's atomic energy organization said no leakage of radioactive material was detected at the complex and that there was no immediate danger to nearby residents. Natans is Iran's primary enrichment site located about km southeast of Thrron. It was struck in the early days of the war with satellite imagery showing significant damage to several buildings. The UN nuclear watchdog reported no radiological consequences from that earlier strike. But each time Natans is hit, the question of whether the next strike breaches containment becomes harder to dismiss. Then came the image that alarmed nuclear authorities worldwide. Analysis by the Institute for Science and International Security using Airbus imagery identified an impact site about meters from the Bushair nuclear power plant reactor. An impact crater is clearly visible. The Institute for Science and International Security reported the strike occurred on a Tuesday evening. Iran informed the IAEA about the incident. Thrron said the projectile destroyed a structure near the reactor, but that the reactor itself was undamaged and no injuries were reported. m. That is the distance between a crater and a nuclear disaster. The Busher air plant is an operational power reactor. A direct hit on an operating reactor could trigger a severe regional radiological emergency. The strike missed, but the margin was measured in a distance most people can walk in s. The analysis of the Busher impact raised an unexpected question. The debris pattern, according to the Institute for Science and International Security, pointed north, away from the Persian Gulf. The debris pattern led the Institute for Science and International Security to say the projectile may have approached from the north, but responsibility remains unconfirmed. Satellite imagery from a week before the incident showed an unidentified object approximately m long sitting in an open field at the same location. The nature of that object remains unclear. Responsibility for the Bushair impact has not been officially claimed or assigned, but the proximity to a live reactor and the ambiguity of the origin have made this one of the most scrutinized incidents of the entire war. IAEA director, General Rafael Grossce, issued a warning that was as close to an ultimatum as a UN nuclear official can deliver. He said any attack at or near nuclear power plants violates critical safety principles and should never take place under any circumstances. He urged all sides to exercise maximum restraint, called for transparency and communication, and pushed for strict avoidance of nuclear targets. There have also been growing calls for coordination with Russia to prevent further escalation around nuclear sites. Graci's language was not diplomatic boilerplate. It was a direct statement that the war has reached a threshold that the international nuclear safety framework was not designed to absorb. The system that prevents nuclear accidents depends on the assumption that no one bombs reactors. That assumption is now being tested in real time. Two nuclear facilities, two countries, both hit or nearly hit in the same conflict. Deona, where a missile wounded dozens in the city linked to Israel's nuclear center, and Busher, where a crater sits about m from an operating reactor. The symmetry [music] is hard to miss, even if this script cannot prove intent. Iran has been striking deeper into Israeli territory with every wave. Israel and the United States have been striking Iranian nuclear infrastructure since the opening night. The escalation ladder that both sides have been climbing for weeks just reached the rung where the word nuclear stops being a metaphor for severity and starts being a literal description of what is at risk. What makes this moment different from every previous escalation is the irreversibility. A destroyed airfield can be rebuilt. A sunken ship can be replaced. A damaged radar station can be repaired. A breached nuclear reactor cannot be undone. The contamination lasts decades. The exclusion zone lasts generations. And the decision to strike near one, whether intentional or accidental, carries consequences that outlast the war itself by centuries. Natans has now been struck at least twice. The first strike in the opening phase caused visible damage to buildings on the complex. The IAEA reported no radiological release. The second strike reported by Tasnim suggests that the enrichment facility remains on the target list despite international warnings. Iran has condemned each strike as a violation of nuclear safety norms. But the strikes continue and each one raises the probability that a future impact breaches a containment structure, releases enriched material, or triggers a chain of events that no military planner intended. [music] The margin for error at a nuclear site is not the same as at an airfield. At an airfield, a near miss is a miss. At a nuclear facility, a near miss is a crisis that was avoided by luck, not by design. The war has created a new category of target that did not exist in this form before. Nuclear facilities under active bombardment. Deona is not officially a weapons site. Busher is a civilian power plant. Natans is an enrichment facility that Iran says is for peaceful purposes. None of them were supposed to be on anyone's target list during an armed conflict. Natans has been struck. Busher has suffered a near miss on its premises. And Deona has shown how close this war has moved to Israel's nuclear center. The norms that were supposed to protect nuclear sites, the IAEA framework, the Geneva adjacent expectations of restraint are being eroded. Not by a single dramatic breach, but by a pattern of near misses that moved the threshold closer to disaster with each wave. A -year-old boy injured in Deona, a crater m from a reactor in Bushair. A m object on satellite imagery that no one has explained. An enrichment facility struck twice. An IAEA chief issuing warnings that sound more like please. and a war that has now reached the point where the distance between a missile impact and a nuclear catastrophe is measured in the length of a football field. The conventional war is three weeks old. The nuclear dimension of this war, the one no one wanted to name, is now visible on satellite imagery. It is visible in the debris pattern at Busher. It is visible in the shrapnel wounds of a child in Deona. And it is visible in the silence of every government that knows what happens if the next missile lands m closer. The war started with airfields. It moved to cities. It reached energy infrastructure. It hit holy sites. And now it has arrived at the perimeter of nuclear facilities on both sides. Each escalation seemed impossible until it happened. The next one, the one that crosses from near miss to direct hit on a reactor, is the one that the entire international nuclear safety framework was built to prevent. That framework is now being tested by missiles, not by diplomats. And the missiles do not read IAEA guidelines.
US NUCLEAR SITES AT RISK? Iran Declares ‘Most Strategic Sites Will Be Hit’ Amid Natanz Revenge Times Of India Mar 21, 2026 #iran #infrastructure #warning
As the Iran war entered its 22nd day, Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters issued its most direct infrastructure threat yet: "Strike our infrastructure, and we will strike more important infrastructure than you." The statement is deliberately open-ended placing every critical installation in the region under implicit threat without naming a single target, forcing adversaries to defend everything simultaneously. Iran has already struck refineries in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Haifa. The US and Israel have hit Iran's defence factories, power grid and Kharg Island. Israeli Defence Minister Katz has now said attacks will "increase significantly" this week. Both sides are escalating simultaneously.
Iran has issued a direct and unambiguous warning to the United States and Israel on Saturday. Strike Iranian infrastructure and Iran will hit infrastructure that matters more. The statement comes as the conflict enters its nd day with both sides having already demonstrated the willingness and capability to strike economic and industrial targets well beyond the battlefield. Iran has struck oil refineries in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. gas terminals in Qatar, the Bison refinery in Hifa, and energy infrastructure across the Gulf. The US and Israel have systematically targeted Iranian defense manufacturing, power generation, communications networks, and in the most recent escalation, facilities on Carg Island, Iran's primary oil export terminal. In this war, we are striving for a policy of lasting security for our country and our nation. You are desperately seeking an escape route because your initial aggression was nothing but a path of foolishness and self-destruction. Today, Iran fights not only in its own defense but also for the security of the entire region and all Muslims. I say Iran is demonstrating its power in the strait of Hormuz. Our focus has been on ensuring the security of our land and the region and now you can see the result. We speak to you with the language of our authority. Iran is the creator of security in the region and epics can be written about the valor of our nation and armed forces. Aaza today you have no credibility or standing in the region. The intelligent authority of our armed forces and the skies above you are under our control. We have proven this. If you strike our infrastructure, we will strike more and more critical infrastructure of yours. We remain powerful and will continue to be powerful by the will of God. The phrase more important infrastructure is deliberately open-ended. And that openness is the point. It places every critical installation in the region and potentially beyond under implicit threat without Tehran having to specify which targets it has in its sights. It forces adversaries to defend everything simultaneously. the most resource inensive and ultimately unsustainable defensive posture a military can be placed in. The statement also lands the day after Israel struck regime infrastructure across Thran in retaliatory overnight strikes following the Hifa refinery damage and the Rahavote residential hit. This week, the intensity of the attacks carried up by the IDF and the United States military against the Iranian terror regime and the infrastructure it relies on will significantly escalate and the campaign led by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will continue. We are determined to intensify and lead the offensive against the Iranian terror regime to destroy its main headquarters and neutralize its strategic capabilities until every security threat is removed from the state of Israel and from the interest of the United States in the region. Iran targeted Israel's capital, Tel Aviv, with ballistic missiles, setting off sirens across the city. According to media reports, multiple explosions were heard in the Israeli capital as there was reportedly no interception of the missiles. Iranian missiles and the cluster munitions targeted Israeli territory, sparking panic among civilians. Iran has been relentlessly attacking energy sites related to US, Israel, and their allies in the Middle East in response to USIsraeli aggression. The death toll has risen to more than,people in Iran, more than people in Lebanon, in Israel, and US military members in the region. The Associated Press reported US President Donald Trump said Iran from a military standpoint are finished, but they're clogging up the Strait of Hormuz. Mr. Mr. President, I wanted to ask you Iran executed three people this week. Terrible. You have vowed strong action in the past. What message would you say? Well, we've been hitting them awfully hard. I mean, uh, I don't know if you can possibly get hit harder, but these are thugs and animals and horrible people, but you can't hit anybody harder than we've hit them. But I'm not surprised. They executed three young people for protesting. And do you plan to escort those ships through the straight of or without allies? We're doing very well there. We're doing very well overall. U you know, we don't use the straight. We don't. The United States, we don't need it. Europe needs it. Korea, Japan, China, a lot of other people. So, they'll have to get involved a little bit on that one. I don't know if you can possibly get hit harder, but these are thugs, animals, horrible people. Do you think Israel will be ready to end the war when you're writing? I think so. Mr. President, the relationship's a very good one. I think so. uh we want more or less similar things. You know what we want? We want victory, both of us. And that's what we've got. Mr. Well, you know, I may have a plan or I may not, but how would I ever say that to a reporter? If I said that to a reporter, Mark would say, "Please, sir, let's bring you over to the helicopter immediately." Right? I I can't I can't tell you that. It's certainly a place that's people are talking about, but I can't say would say, "Please, sir, let's bring you over to the helicopter immediately." That he said the war was militarily won in Iran. What did he mean by that? Oh, I think we've won. We've knocked out their navy, their air force. We've knocked out their anti-aircraft. We've knocked out everything. We're roaming free. From a military standpoint, all they're doing is clogging up the straight. But from a milit military standpoint, they're finished. So how much longer the American people expect? You said you said opening straight up for road is a simple military maneuver. Very simple. Yeah. But what did you mean by that? It's a simple military maneuver. It's relatively safe, but you need a lot of uh help in the sense of you need ships, you need volume. And uh NATO could help us, but they so far haven't had the courage to do so. And others could help us, but you know, we don't use it. You know, at a certain point, it'll open itself at a certain point. But we've defeated the enemy. And they are an enemy. They're a sick group of people. The leadership is gone. The Navy is gone. The Air Force is gone. The anti-aircraft equipment that they have, the radar they have is all gone. Everything's gone. Uh the straight itself, the actual straight, how are you? The straight itself is uh we're doing a good job, but it would be nice if the countries, including China, if the countries that use it, China uses it % of their energy. Uh Japan is % of the energy. It would be nice if those countries would get involved. I really thought I thought that oil prices would go much higher when I did this. We just set every record every record in the book with Dow with the S&P Dow at S&P at and at levels at at speed like nobody's ever seen before. But I said I have to go off in that path and I have to take a little journey. We have to get the and he would agree, but he's not going to say it. I And this is not St. Patrick's Day, by the way. What are you doing with that tie? But we had to go off on a secous path and take care of business. And we have we are in the process of doing it. And I'll tell you, I think we're weeks ahead of schedule. Iran, on the other hand, said it unleashed what it called the th wave of Operation True Promise claiming it targeted more than targets linked to the US and Israel. A new wave of fire and fury has erupted across the Middle East. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has unleashed what it calls the th wave of Operation True Promise Explosions, flames, and towering columns of smoke lit up the skies across multiple countries. The IRGC claims more than targets linked to the United States and Israel were struck in a coordinated barrage. This is not just another escalation. This is a calculated message of power, precision, and persistence. The timing is symbolic and chilling. The strikes came on the eve of Eid ala marking the end of Ramadan. According to the IRGC, this moment signals what it calls a new dawn of regional order. A statement that suggests the conflict is no longer just military, but deeply ideological. Five major US military installations were reportedly targeted in this latest wave. These include al-Haj in Saudi Arabia, al- Dafra in the United Arab Emirates, and Ali al-S Salm in Kuwait. In addition, Iranian missiles also hit the US presence in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan and the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, a critical naval command center. Iran says it used a combination of Kiam and Imad missile systems. Alongside them, attack drones were deployed in what is described as a strategy of gradual attrition. But the strikes did not stop at US- linked targets inside Israeli held territories. The situation appears to have intensified dramatically. The IRGC's aerospace force focused on strategic zones in Hifur and Tel Aviv. Multiple urban and industrial areas were reportedly hit. Among them, Hadera, Kiryat, Ono, Savon, and Benami. Names now echoing amid sirens, destruction, and uncertainty. Iran claims it deployed its advanced Haramshar missiles as well as multi-warhead Carter systems designed for maximum impact. According to the IRGC, the results exceeded enemy expectations, a statement that points to both tactical success and psychological pressure. The message from Thran is clear and uncompromising. Any aggression against Iran will be met with even more devastating force. The IRGC has warned that future strikes will go beyond anything seen before, a direct signal of escalation that raises fears of a wider regional war. Iran says its armed forces are fully prepared for this stage of confrontation, suggesting that what we are witnessing may only be the beginning. Just hours earlier, the IRGC launched its th wave, a precursor that set the stage for this latest escalation. That wave focused on Israeli military-lin industries as well as US facilities supporting operations in the region. Targets included areas in Tel Aviv, Aka, and the Hifer Bay region, critical nodes of industry, communication, and defense. Iran says it struck combat support companies. Facilities tied to telecommunications and radar systems were also hit. US bases were again in the crosshairs, including Ali Salm in Uwait and Alhaj in Saudi Arabia. These sites play a crucial role in supporting advanced war plananes including F-and F-fighter jets. The th wave saw the deployment of multiple missile systems including Carter, Kabar Sha, Zilogar, and Kiam missiles. Attack drones were also used to maximize reach and precision, creating a layered and relentless assault strategy. Now with the th wave underway, the stakes have risen sharply. Each strike appears to be part of a broader long-term campaign. A campaign designed to wear down defenses and shift the balance of power. One that is unfolding across borders and beyond conventional battle lines. The region stands at a critical crossroads. With every passing hour, the risk of fullscale conflict grows. What began as retaliation is now evolving into sustained confrontation. And the world is watching as the next moves unfold.
Mohammad Marandi: 'BOUNTY on My Head', Iran WIPES OUT Israel & Gulf Oil if US Invades Kharg Island Danny Haiphong Mar 21, 2026 #iran #iranwar #trump
The US is planning an invasion of Kharg Island, and Mohammad Marandi goes off on the bounty on his head placed by Israel for exposing the truth and discusses why the planned invasion will end in catastrophe.
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Professor Mirandi, I wanted to get started though immediately with the situation. Actually, you've been targeted by a shady organization on X that had a paid partnership. Actually, they were able to get advertised for a bounty on your head. Now, I looked into this organization called Terror Alarm. It's very non-transparent, but there are those who have shown that it's Ukrainian affiliated and Israeli affiliated. Shocker there. The dangers are very real in Iran right now. Uh but the war is also going in a very particular direction. Yes, the post is still there and they are gathering money to do whatever it is they want to do uh to me. But um what other expect what else should we expect in today's world when the United States is openly supporting a a holocaust in Gaza? It's it's uh helping the Israeli regime carry out massacres in Lebanon. It's engaging in uh war after war against Iran unprovoked. And uh it's slaughtering women and children. It targets schools, murders under the little kit in at an elementary school, which was not a mistake. That was the first wave of attacks. It was those first targets are always well planned. Maybe, you know, after two, three weeks, an officer would in in be under pressure to find new targets and he'd make a mistake. But this this was no mistake. this was to uh to hit where it hurts. And uh why should it be a mistake? They've been bombing hospitals. They've been bombing other schools. They've been bombing ambulances on highways. They've been bombing gymnasiums where young women play volleyball and they massacred them, too. They bombed stadiums. They've they bombed squares in Tehran. Uh today it's it was the new year in Iran and as people were on the streets celebrating they bombed them. They bombed uh demonstrations against the war and in support of uh the armed forces and the leader on Friday where I was present and they murdered a woman. They bomb protests. They bomb demonstrations and the western media looks away. Never in human history I don't I think such a thing has happened. They bombed another um a funeral in Ramadan a few days ago. LA last night they bombed a gathering of people at night a very large gathering in Anzeli city. This is this is the dystopia that the western regimes have imposed on the world. So why wouldn't they target me? Why wouldn't X help them target me? But just as Iranian people are not intimidated and they stand their ground and we saw and you've seen footage of Iranians being when on the streets demonstrating and then missiles hit and they stand their ground. They don't budge in Thran and elsewhere. So how can I do anything different? We have to do what we have to do regardless what the consequences are. And I will continue to give my opinions and say the facts until the end of the war assuming that I'm alive. But uh the masks have been removed. I think across the world, across the global majority, people see what the West is. They see it's the Epstein class. They see that the Epstein class really runs everything. The the media, whether it's the so-called left or the right or the liberals, the the mainstream media is is theirs. It's that belongs to the Zionists and the oligarchy and so does the government. So that is a good thing. I think it's a good thing that people see the reality. It's no longer uh uh we're no longer living in an environment where many people continue to be ignorant and many others are naive and they're able to manipulate public opinion. The only people left to manipulate are for the most part in the west and even that's becoming increasingly difficult. There's lots of reports about a coming US invasion of Iran. Uh there are detailed preparations being made to deploy US ground forces. There's two now meus these uh marine expeditionary units uh coming from various parts of the world San Diego and uh Japan or Okinawa I should say. And there's plans being considered first. I want your reaction to this to blockade Car Island to pressure the opening of the straight of Hormuz, meaning that they would have to of course uh occupy Car Island through a military operation. Well, an escalation will basically mean that the oil and gas installations uh the infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, West Asia and the caucuses will be destroyed. We already saw a couple of days ago when the Israeli regime with full coordination uh attacked Iran's vital gas infrastructure, Iran struck back very hard. Iran said it will do so on day one and it forced Trump to back down for now. He pretended that he had no idea or he pretended that the Americans had no idea. Maybe he didn't have any idea because he's he's utterly ignorant. But he said that the Israeli regime will no longer do this. So he he he came to this recognition that the Iranians are dead serious. And the Iranians during the last three weeks, they failed to stop Iranian missiles or drones. They have not touched any of their underground missile or drone bases or their underground factories that produce them. Iranian people are resilient. They are on the streets every night. So, how are they going to defeat Iran? Iran so has shown it's capable. It's shown it's united. And it's shown that it's serious about its threats. That's exactly what happened. They destroyed a significant segment of the gas installations in Katar because of those bases in that country and because Iranian vital gas infrastructure was targeted. So Trump knows Iran is serious. If they bring in troops, that escalation will bring about much greater destruction. It will fail. Ultimately, the United States will fail in this war. The Israeli regime will fail in this war. The longer it lasts, the worse it is going to be for the global economy. And I think it is going to be catastrophic for the American people. Yeah. I mean, Iranians will suffer, but we are victims. We're defending ourselves. This is a war for survival and we will make sure that our enemy is defeated. What explains the obsession with Car Island? Uh, Professor Mandi, uh, you know, the the the Trump administration, the Western mainstream media, they talk about it as a uh, you know, the crown jewel of Iran's oil exporting. Uh, they talk about it as almost like a checkmate. If uh the United States occupies Car Island, if it takes it over uh then the straight of Hormuz will have to reopen because uh Iran will no longer be able to exert leverage over this uh key waterway. What what's your reaction to this? Because um it's a it's a very treacherous and perilous potential operation. It will come with losses. Uh but at the same time, it seems that the Trump administration is saying that the strategic importance of Carag Island trumps uh for lack of a better term uh any other considerations. It's flat island. It doesn't actually have any oil. That's where the oil is transport transported to so that they could loaded on uh ships on tankers. But a couple of things are important. First of all, if Iran's oil exports are halted, that would only make the because they won't have access to Iran's oil. This is just a place where the the oil is loaded onto ships. So if they cut Iran's exports, that will only add to the crisis because uh Iran's oil exports of course are smaller compared to uh the other side, much smaller compared to the Arab family dictatorships on the other side of the Persian Gulf because of sanctions for all the over all these years. But it'll only make things worse if Iran's exports are cut. And uh Iran has been sanctioned for all these years. We've we've gone through periods where we've been exporting almost nothing due to the maximum pressure sanctions. We've already been there. We can take the hit much more easily than Europeans and Americans. Europeans and Americans when they find out that the price of energy has gone through the roof and it was done by Trump for nothing just for the sake of Israel, just for the sake of the Z the genocidal Zionists who are slaughtering the Palestinians in Gaza and and the Lebanese in Beirut and elsewhere. I don't think it's going to end well in the United States. I think it's going to create political instability uh in in the United States. So Iran's um ability to absorb pain is much greater than the United States, especially since we're the victim. We did not start this war. We did not invade the United States. We never threatened the United States. And of course, um, Kent's Joe Kent's resignation basically proves that everything Iran said was true. Iran was not seeking a nuclear weapon. Iran was not a threat toi to the United States. This war was in order to please the Israeli regime and to please the Zionist oligarchy and the Zionist lobby in the United States. That's what we all knew. But now someone from inside and near the very top associated with Trump has admitted the fact. It seems like the US and Israel, we saw Benjamin Netanyahu, I think supposedly it appears that he was uh live at a press conference, although social media is still very much uh on fire about what is or his whereabouts and his status. I think that says a lot about people's view of Israel at this point. But more to the point person is this uh Israel and the United States are pushing for a further escalation. And so I'm wondering then why why do this if as Donald Trump says everything has been militarily destroyed. He was just he says this almost every time he's on camera. He says that Iran's air defenses are destroyed. He says Iran's missile systems are destroyed. He says the military has been weakened. all the leaders. Of course, they have been decapitating and and striking leaders and killing leaders. But um then why do this? And uh what do you make of how the war has been going up until this point given that now the US and Israel are choosing this path of potentially potentially definitely a catastrophic escalation because they've lost the war? because he's lying. Because Iran's navy, the navy, the naval assets that are useful for war are all in tunnels deep underground alongside the Persian Gulf Coast and alongside the Gulf of Oman, waiting for the time to attack. And these speedboats have missiles, anti-ship missiles, they have surf uh sea to surface missiles, sea to sea missiles. They have everything they need to destroy their antagonists. So the navy is very much there. The US has not been able to touch Iran's missile and drone capabilities. Iran is hammering US assets across the board. That's why the price of u energy has gone up so much because the United States is unable to to stop Iran. It's unable to stop its missiles or drones nor is the Israeli regime able to do so. Remember during the first few days they kept lying and saying that Iran's uh you know they're running out of missiles, they're running out of drones, they're running out of launchers, we've destroyed everything was three weeks now and the the the strikes the Iranian strikes are growing stronger and more devastating by the day over the last few days in particular and we're seeing less and less anti-missile activity across the for because they've all been wiped out. So, it's not going well and Trump is desperate. But instead of doing the smart thing and walking away and pretending he won like he did with Yemen, remember he had a sevenw week war with the people of Yemen and he carried out all sorts of atrocities. And Hegath like him kept claiming great victories and kept saying how they're slaughtering everyone and and defeating the enemy and the enemy's on their knees and then after seven weeks Trump said they capitulated and he walked away. He was the one who had capitulated. But this war is something different. Iran's capabilities are infinitely larger. And by the way, Yemen is going to enter the war soon as well. And Iran hasn't escalated. Over the overwhelming majority of Iranian assets have not been used yet. Its latest technology has not been used. You and I have discussed this many times. This is nothing new. Anyone can go to your our discussions from last year or just a few months ago, but they can go back over a year, maybe two years back, and I've been saying the same thing throughout everything that's happening now. I've explained in detail multiple times just on your show, so there's no surprise. And it's clear that it's going that the Iranian capabilities are much greater than what they're using right now. And the resistance in Iraq, their capabilities are much greater than what they're using now. The escalation ladder is something that we will use wisely. But Iran and the axis of resistance can go far higher than we where we are now. If Yemen enters the war now, if they go after Saudi key assets and installations and they shut the Red Sea and the Iraqi resistance expands its operations and destroys US assets in northern Iraq and perhaps in hakes, Kuwait. And then if Iran begins to fire its more advanced weapons and if the United States tries to take this island, it's a flat island. The Iranians will just hammer it and hammer it and kill more and more Americans. And what will happen while all this is happening? The global economy will collapse. Right? So, and the world will know who did it. They'll say it was Donald Trump, but more importantly, it was all because of Zionism. And who are the Zionists? They're the genocidal maniacs who slaughtering Gaza. They're the genocidal maniacs who bomb apartment blocks in Lebanon. And Western journalists based in Lebanon call these Hezbollah strongholds. Why? Because they're foot soldiers of the Epstein class. Because they're too cowardly to tell the truth that they're just slaughtering civilians. So while the the western media is trying to pretend that this is a everything is going well, if it was going well, Trump wouldn't need all these uh countries to join him and help him to open the straight of Hormos. If Iran was obliterated and destroyed and it if it was collapsing, then why why is he so angry? And why does he need more troops? It's obvious he's lost the war and he will continue to lose the war and he's digging himself deeper in a hole and it will not end well for him. It will not end well for the world, but it will not end well for him and it will not end well for Zionism because the world knows who is behind this. Well, Donald Trump has just come out and lambasted NATO, calling it a paper tiger and basically calling uh it and and ironically it being the United States given that uh the as he said as he has also said the NATO is nothing without the United States. He has grown very angry over the fact that there are no other countries coming in line with his overall um objective of opening quote unquote the straight of Hormuz which uh to me personally seems to be a fantasy at this point uh given that uh a lot of what Iran does has done already seems to be irreversible unless Iran decides to uh change its course. But uh a lot of this uh what we've seen I think is uh Iran's capabilities can even if it had smaller levels of capabilities lower levels of capabilities it would still be able to effectively shut this down uh shut this straight down. So, it's a it is a big uh uh problem right now, Professor Morandi. And then you have reports, I don't know if you saw them. There are reports now that uh the missile fire uh that Iran is conducting against Israel is causing uh social calamity. Uh there are people saying that they haven't slept in days and days and days because they are constantly hearing sirens. uh they're going off every several hours if not uh even more per day and uh reports are that Iran is actually increasing the volume of its strikes steadily and it's obvious that there's a strategy here. Can you comment on this because a lot of a lot of reports have said in the west that Iran's capabilities have been as you have noted uh eradicated but now more and more are coming to the realization that Iran has far more in far more to go and is carrying out a plan and I don't think the US and Israel were planning for that. A couple of things, Danny. First of all, opening the straight of homos, even if it was possible, and I don't think that the Americans can do it, but even if it was possible, if there are no if there's no more oil and gas, if the infrastructure has been destroyed, if there are no more tankers, what's the use? If they take Khark Island and everything is destroyed, then what what what victory is there? The the Americans will have to withdraw not just from this region but from across the world because the economy will collapse. All those hundreds of bases will have to be emptied. I think a lot of soldiers across the world will be stranded because the United States simply will not have the ability to take them home. I don't think that Trump and his the his gang understand what a global economic collapse would actually mean. I don't think they fully comprehend what is at stake here, especially at a time when the global economy is not doing well at all. And people have been discussing how uh we are on the threshold the global economy is on the threshold of disaster anyhow before this crisis before the price of energy has been going up and up and up. So that aside, but that aside, and of course the caucuses won't remain uh capable of exporting oil or gas either if push comes to shove. But um but all that aside, I think that if you look at the situation right now in Iraq, if you look at the situation in Yemen, if you look at the situation across West Asia, across the region, people are outraged and for the first time they're seeing the EMP empire being punished. No one no one except for these corrupt elites are sympathizing with Qatar. No one is sympathizing with the Saudi regime or the UAE despite the the the the propaganda of their media outlets. People don't like them. People hate them. People see them for what they are. People see their statement, the statement that Erdogan and Cece and Abdullah and these dictators in the Persian Gulf put together against Iran without even condemning the the war that the US and Israeli regime carried out. And they condemned Iran for striking US assets in these regimes even though their territory is being used by against Iran. They're fing firing high missiles. Their airplanes are flying from these areas. Their bases are being used against Iran. They are waging war against Iran. They're part of the war effort. I mean, to say that they are neutral is an insult to our intelligence. So when the and and the Iranians are actually being very very uh wise and humane when when the when they strike Iran, they don't they don't tell anyone beforehand what they're going to do. When the carpet bombing starts, we sit at home. We sit at our place of work. We sit wherever we are waiting to see if we're going to be killed or not. Mhm. But when the Iranians when they retaliated against they told everyone and the Emirates they told everyone to leave these areas. Yeah. Yeah. They released they released a whole outline of the where they were going to actually strike as well. And the and the and many Iranians were upset. They said, "Well, this is going to help them down drones and missiles." But the Iranians did it anyway. And they succeeded in destroying all the things that they meant to destroy. Yeah. So the region is you know has changed. People see us Trump the Trump regime as vulnerable as incapable of winning a war against Iran and axis of resistance. And this is something that people across the global south are seeing as well. So people are seeing that the the emperor actually has no close. The emperor is is not the the you know the the the the power that no one can confront or no one can resist. It is actually quite vulnerable and weak and that will have huge implications. Again, this is without going in going into the issue of economic collapse because when economic collapse happens, it's going to have consequences that are beyond anyone's imagination. Tens of millions of people, if not more, will be on the move from Africa, from Asia, from Latin America, and they'll be going to places that are collapsing themselves. That's what economic collapse means. Nowhere will be spared, but everyone will blame will everyone will know who to blame. How Trump has lashed out on allies. What it says. Yeah. I mean, it just shows how it just shows how weak he is. It just shows how how how how he's failed. And it says it doesn't, you know, it just shows how either US intelligence and Zionist intelligence, Musad intelligence is much uh is is uh overrated or that the people around Trump are lying to him or that Trump is lying. All of these things were predictable. You and I have been discussing this for couple of years. Your audience knows this quite well. everyone can go over uh our discussions and of you know months ago and it's we we've we've gone over all of this. All of this was predictable. It was clear as day that this would happen. It was clear as day that the United States would fail. But whenever I would say this, these mainstream western journalists and think tankers would call me a mouthpiece of the regime. And they're still pulling out the hair for you. President, there's a target now on you. according to these um Israeli Ukrainian Zionist uh you know uh shadow entities uh because you've been on mainstream media in the UK and elsewhere. I know that you are on I think you are on Newsmax recently too. Uh yes and uh they're still pulling out their hair every time you speak despite the fact that the reality there have been people sharing what you said in literally exactly what Iran was going to do not because you had insider knowledge but because you had been following what Iran was already doing. You you've been following uh what Iran was saying. You know, Ray McGovern, a friend of this show, says all the time, you know, when he was an when he was a CI in the CIA as an analyst, a briefer briefing the president, he would say, "Hey, how about you read what the Soviet Union is saying about things and maybe you'll learn something." And that is kind of what you've been doing. And now still, it's hard for them to believe that what you said as far back as Yes. on this program to Sky News. Uh they pulled out their hair when you said it, but what has happened is exactly what you said. I actually said this before Corona. I once said it on Press TV and it went somewhat viral a few years ago and people in the Persian Gulf were saying, "Well, why would Iran do this?" And they said, "Well, if you attack Iran with all the if the US attacks Iran with all those bases in the Persian Gulf that you've given to them and you pay for it's not just that they they don't they pay for those bases. They give them the land and all the costs are paid for by the Kataris and others. And they allowed them during the -day war to use those bases to help the Israeli regime just like Turkey did as well. They those drones that murdered General Solmani they came from Doha from Kata from the US base there. They flew from there to Iraq and murdered him. So what they've been doing to Iran is not nothing new. The Iranians have tolerated this during the s when the West encouraged Saddam Hussein to invade Iran and they gave him chemical weapons especially the Germans but the West the collective West was behind it. These Arab family dictatorships gave him to$ billion dollars back then. And dollars back then were worth a a lot more than today. But after the war ended, Iran forgave them. When Saddam went into Kuwait, they they changed their policy. Iran forgave them. or when Kata which uh supported ISIS and al-Qaeda in Syria and supported the Saudi genocide in Yemen alongside Erdogan. Erdogan supported the genocide in Yemen and he supported ISIS and al-Qaeda in in uh in Syria. Uh and of course now we see from Joe Kent, he too is saying this was all done by the Americans. ISIS, al-Qaeda, this was all our our thing and General Solmani was fighting against them. And then and things got out of hand. And interestingly, Ken still thanks Trump for for for for murdering General Solmani. The fool. No, no, no moral compass there. But the point is supported the genocide in Yemen. They supported the these genocidal monsters in uh Syria which you know great benefit the Katar and Erdogan did to the Israeli regime. I mean the the treachery is just unbelievable. But when the Saudis and the Emiratis turned against, Iran saved it without getting any concessions, without saying, "Okay, you have to do this for us. You have to give this, you know, you have to nothing." And then again after the -day war, Iran didn't go after them. After the murder of General Sonmani, Iran didn't do anything. So, but now it's not going to be the same anymore. Iran will not accept uh in future these regimes if they survive uh to do to behave the way they did they did over the past years. No. And the results are already there. Uh I mean we we just in a a brief -hour less than -hour period, Iran essentially crippled uh Qatar's capacity to uh pump gas uh for years now because Qatar Energy, which was hit um some analysts are saying it's going to take months just to get it operable again and then for it to be able to do what it was doing prior to the war, years, three to five years. So and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Just the tip of the iceberg. Exactly. So if the Americans expand the war, if they try to take Iranian territory, Iran can wipe out everything and that is finished. Then they no longer need this trade of foremost and the US economy will collapse and the US armed forces will collapse. But Trump in his whether I don't know what they have on him, what he did to little what he's done to little girls or or it's you know Miriam Adlesen or the money or his son-in-law or his daughter or uh they've convinced him that he is uh I don't know some who what role he is to play. I have no idea. Or maybe it's a combination of all the all these things. I have no idea what goes on in this mad man's mind. This derang the deranged mind of this uh this uh this uh this fool. But uh he is pushing the he is pushing the world towards disaster. And a lot of people Danny are saying let him do it. Let him do it. that the system is so corrupt that people across the world, you can see it in social media and their responses to some of my interviews and I'm sure in other interviews, they're saying, "Let it collapse. This system is so bankrupt, so horrible." I mean, I personally don't want to see the global economy collapse because people will die of hunger across the world. But but I understand why people would say this. people in Iran and across the world would say they say look this system that the west has created is so horrific so unjust so corrupt so you know everything's in this the hands of the eps clan I understand why they would want or they would be prepared or to accept a collapse I understand why they would say that obviously there's US interests in trying to weaken trying to destroy Iran we've covered that together we've covered that separately for so long now there are no US interests Danny, there are no US. US interests aren't having good relations with Iran. Zionist interests are for the United States to confront Iran. That's all there is to it. There is no reason whatsoever for the United States to be antagonistic towards Iran or Russia. There there's no reason whatsoever. There's no logical reason. No, definitely. But it is the Zionist lobby, the Zionist regime that wants remember what the US ambassador said to to the the the regime in Tel Aviv. He said if they take the whole region that's fine and they are of course the most moral army in the world too. So they can take the whole region and just slaughter everyone. That is unofficial unofficial US policy. That is the policy of the west. The unofficial policy. So this is this is where we are right now. And uh but this is not these are not none of this is in the interest of the United States. The US ambassador to the Israeli regime is not looking for the not looking out for the interest of the United States. He's an enemy of the United States. He's a traitor to the United States. He's an asset for the Israeli regime.
‘Run For Your Life!’: Iran’s Huge EMERGENCY ALERT For UAE City Before Bloodbath | Ras Al Khaimah Times Of India Mar 21, 2026 #Iran #UAE #RasAlKhaimah
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued an urgent evacuation warning for Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE, signalling a possible imminent strike. The IRGC claims the city was used to launch attacks on Iranian territory and has released evacuation routes for residents. The threat is part of a broader escalation strategy, with Iran also warning of strikes on major UAE ports and regional energy hubs. As tensions rise across the Gulf, fears of a wider conflict and disruption to global trade and energy markets are intensifying rapidly.
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A chilling warning has just been issued in the Gulf. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened a direct strike on a major UAE city with over residents. Ross Alqaa is now in the crosshairs and residents are being told to leave immediately. The IRGC claims the city has been used as a launch point for attacks targeting Iranian islands. Now Thrron says retaliation is imminent and the warning is not just verbal. An annotated evacuation map has been released. Routes marked, instructions clear, urgency unmistakable. This is no routine alert. It is a signal of a possible incoming missile or drone assault. And this is not the first time such warnings have been issued. Iran has previously named critical energy and industrial sites across the region. In Saudi Arabia, the Samref Refinery and Jubel prochemical complex were flagged. In the UAE, the Alhosen gas field was placed under threat. Qatar has also been on the list with Maseed Facilities and Ross Leafon refinery identified as targets. Each warning followed a similar pattern. Evacuate now or risk being caught in the strike zone. But the scope is now expanding. Iran has also warned of potential strikes on major UAE ports. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Fujera have all been named critical hubs that drive global trade and energy flows. The accusation is clear. Iran claims these facilities were used by the United States, specifically to support air strikes on Carg Island, a vital hub for Iran's oil exports. Now the threat is shifting from defense to deterrence, from retaliation to what experts call horizontal escalation. Unable to stop direct attacks on its own territory, Iran appears to be widening the battlefield, targeting economic lifelines of its adversaries and their allies, raising the stakes far beyond military confrontation. A strike on Ross Alqaa would send shock waves across the region. Not just politically, but economically and strategically. Global markets would feel the impact instantly. Energy flows, shipping routes, and investor confidence all at risk. For now, the warning stands. Clear, direct, and deeply alarming. Residents told to leave, targets identified, and the clock may already be ticking. World stares at energy apocalypse as Iran pounds US allies in Gulf. Huge strike on Qatar's Ross Lefon. Gulf's LNG nerve center burns. % global gas in crosshairs. Qatar begs Iran, "Please don't." As the war between the US, Israel, and Iran intensifies, Thran holds the global energy supply hostage by striking energy facilities in nations it accuses of supporting America's war. The recent big casualty was Qatar's Raslafan, the world's biggest liqufied natural gas or LNG hub. On March Iran unleashed its fury on the Qatari LNG facility. With the missile attack, Iran avenged Israel's strike on Thran's South Pars gas site located in the Persian Gulf and shared between Iran and Qatar. On March Israeli missiles caused significant damage to a Southpar gas to liquids facility. And a day later, Qatar Energy reported sizable fires and extensive further damage to multiple LNG facilities. These attacks have marked a major escalation in the conflict raging in the Middle East with specific energy infrastructure now being targeted, raising prolonged risks of supply disruption. In its response, Qatar slammed what it called a dangerous escalation by the Iranian side. We touched on the attack that took place yesterday at the Raslafon energy facility. Unfortunately, this act of sabotage reflects nothing but an aggressive and irresponsible policy and a dangerous escalation by the Iranian side. This is despite the fact that Qatar from the very first hour after the Israeli attack on the Iranian energy facility and infrastructure condemned that attack. Yet Iran's response to the Israeli attack was to directly target the state of Qatar. Earlier a fuming Qatar condemned the attacks as a direct threat to national security and declared Iranian military and security attaches persona non grata ordering them to leave the country within hours. The Qatari facility handles approximately to million tons of LNG exports annually, accounting for nearly % of global LNG trade. The hub includes two worldclass refineries, LFON and which process field condensate into refined products, including aviation fuel. The merged facility established in and consolidated in has a total processing capacity of barrels per stream day. Following the attack on Raslafan, the price of international oil benchmark Brent, which was already at a little over $per barrel this week, has now hit around $ It is now over % higher than the pre-Mel conflict levels. Natural gas prices also shot up significantly. While the attack on the Qatari facility has rattled the world, Asia and Europe in particular have been gearing up to face the brunt. A significant portion of Raslafan's output serves Asia and Europe. India alone imports around % of its LNG from Qatar. Any disruption at Ras Leafan therefore has immediate implications for energy security across multiple regions. In a sign of the importance the site holds for the world, US President Donald Trump was seen shrugging off responsibility for the Israeli attack on Iran's South Pars, which triggered the strike on Raslafan. In a post on Truth Social, Trump warned Iran that further attacks on Raslafan could trigger the destruction of Iran's South Pars field while stressing that Israel had struck South Pars, but stated the United States had quote knew nothing unquote of the operation. separately. When asked if Trump has spoken to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu about the attack on Iran's South Pars, the US president assured Israel, quote, "Won't do that" unquote. Yeah, I did. I did. I told him, "Don't do that." And he won't do that. We didn't discuss, you know, we do uh we're independent. We get along great. uh it's coordinated, but on occasion he'll do something and if I don't like it and so we're not doing that anymore. Following Trump's rebuke, Netanyahu clarified that Israel acted alone in its attack on Iran's gas field. Israel acted alone against the Sloia uh gas compound. Fact number two, President Trump asked us to uh hold off on future attacks and we're holding out. Soon after the missile strike on Roslafan, Iran released a statement that it would also target other facilities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, triggering panic across the region and the world. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Kuwait too said they intercepted missiles and drones from Iran in the early hours of March Riyad also said a drone hit its RAM refinery in the port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea. Meanwhile, one of Kuwait's largest oil refineries were also hit, forcing neighboring nations to brace for similar strikes.