Iran LEVELS Israel, Trump PANICS as US Marines Target Kharg & Hormuz | Larry Johnson
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Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson comes on to discuss Iran's retaliation intensifying with coordinated attacks alongside Yemen as Trump panics his way into a ground operation. The war is reaching a point of no return, and we break it all down.
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Welcome everyone. Welcome back to the show. It's your host Danny Hiong. As you can see, I am joined by former CIA
analyst and geopolitical analyst and commentator Larry Johnson. Larry, good to see you again. Hey, I'm back.
Yeah, you're back and better than ever. Well,
well, I don't know about that, but you know, I'm still still on the right side of the grass. Hey, that's that's what counts. Well,
let's get to it. Larry, I first wanted to get to uh covering what's happened um overnight in Operation True Promise
Uh Iran has been absolutely pounding Israel uh in conjunction with Hezbollah and now Yemen uh as Israel's
interceptors are are virtually um either ineffective or not firing at all. I just want to pull this up because there have
been some very notable strikes especially in the uh Ramat Hov chemical complex near Dimona here a Turkish
journalist uh was there and he uh gave a report I won't play it because it is entirely in that language but here's the
summary from DDJ politics uh this was a massive blaze at this chemical complex some are speculating that there was also
a pharmaceutical company hit uh that there were multiple sites in the NGEV area where this is located also hit. And
then the big uh also uh news Larry is that Hifa was just smashed by an Iranian
missile or multiple missiles and that has uh uh you know caused stocks for this oil refinery in particular to go down % in just a matter of .
Larry, um I wanted to ask you about where you see uh the shape of this war now. uh you know, Iran hitting the Dimona area seems like a pretty big uh message.
The NGV area uh this uh complex, but it's not just this. Every single day now, and we're getting reports that the
interceptors for the entirety of the Gulf countries could be ranging now just in the hundreds left for the entire US stockpile. Where are we in this war? As
the uh threats keep coming from the US and the war continues, but uh these strikes seem to suggest it's not going very well. What's your thoughts?
Okay, so let's say you have a territory that's square miles or let's say let's give you a square miles.
Uh I have a territory that's uh square miles.
You're going to launch missiles at me a day and I'm going to launch missiles at you a day.
Who gets saturated first? We know it's uh the smaller one.
Yeah. Okay. Good. Yeah. So, we're all agreed. That's what's going to go on here. Uh you know, uh I'm not sure if
Iran is size the times the size of Israel or times the size of Israel,
but it's a lot lot bigger than Israel.
Uh Israel really only has two major cities, three major cities, Jerusalem,
Haifa, Tel Aviv. They've got other smaller places, but % of the population are in two of those cities.
It's not like they've got a dozen power plants scattered around the the country or a dozen oil refineries.
So, just from the standpoint of if each side keeps, you know, delivering roughly about the same amount of firepower on the other, the smaller ones going to run
out a lot sooner and not be able to continue the fight. That's what's going on. That's about as simple as I can put
it. Um, Israel, it hurts Israel more to
take out its one chemical factory than it does to take out one of chemical factories in Iran.
Iran's got more, let's call it,
strategic depth. Now, I'm not saying that Iran's not suffering, you know,
terrific damage and that it's awful, but let let's just be clear that
um the uh Israel's ability to withstand pain is a lot less than Iran's.
And then when you add in that the the the literal ass kicking that Israel is getting from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon,
you know, and and you've already had two one former Israeli chief of staff of the army and one current say, you know,
saying, "Hey, alarm bell. We got a three alarm fire here. We can't keep this up.
We're running out. We can't sustain this."
Uh, so when when your own military guys are blowing the whistle and raising the red flag, it lets you know you got trouble.
Yeah. The IDF chief of staff has recently sounded the alarm that uh it will it's on the verge of collapse in
the coming weeks uh if all of this continues. Right. I mean in this same uh salvo in the same uh wave of strikes by
Iran there was also reports that both Hezbollah and Onsarala were coordinating in various areas uh the Tel Aviv area,
northern Israel with Hezbollah and then in the Deona area and more south of Israel uh with Yemen. I mean uh there
was even reports that Yemen used the Palestine hypersonic missile which is an incredibly impressive uh weapon which
travels incredibly long distance in just about to hit Israel. Well, what's your thoughts? Yeah.
Yeah. The key is, you know, a lot of stuff gets labeled labeled hypersonic and it's not, you know, the the a true hypersonic missile is one that travels
in excess of Mach and and this is the key part can be maneuvered while in
flight. In other words, can fire additional engines and such to change its direction. Let me just, you know,
give a give a plug to Alistister Crook and his wife Alley. Uh Alyn's quite the
linguist and uh uh she she goes in and reads the Hebrew the Hebrew language press in Israel because they say a lot
of different things in Hebrew like talking amongst themselves as opposed to the English side and in her in her
latest piece she wrote of quoting from one of the articles former Israeli defense for Israeli Defense Force
Obudsman General Yets Brick said, quote, "What awaits Israel in the next round of the war is frightening."
Then uh the the current chief of staff of the Israeli army stood up and said,
"The IDF is collapsing." Now th those are not outside critics.
Those are men who either headed up the army played played a very senior role or
uh the um the current guy who's saying look this is this is dangerous we're we
can't keep this up and you know the sign of that is coming out of uh Lebanon.
In fact here's what the chief of staff told the security cabinet. He says, "The Israeli Defense Force is going to
implode. I'm raising red flags to you. The IDF now needs a conscription law, a reserve law, compulsory service
extension law. In a short time, the IDF will not be ready for its routine missions, and the reserve system will
not last." Now, just in the last week, I for which day it was. It may have been
last Friday or Saturday, uh, Hezbollah hit a column of Marava tanks. Those are
the big the big bad boys for the Israeli army and knocked out of them in one day. Uh, previously they had knocked out
eight on another day. Uh I I've consistently heard from multiple sources that since Israel started this offensive
into southern Lebanon, more than tanks have been uh destroyed or
rendered inert by Hezbollah. And you know, if you're if you're blowing up a tank, you got a crew inside that tank
and that crew, you know, suffers wounds or or even death. So Israel has got itself
They they've been unable to defeat Hamas. Hamas is still intact. And Israel,
despite having, you know, every conceivable military advantage in terms of numbers and quality of weapons and
types of weapon systems, has been unable to defeat Hamas.
And then they're now caught into another battle. It's it's it's it's worse than what happened in In they
lost. They were forced to retreat. Now they're suffering even greater losses against Hezbollah. And then they've
started this war with uh Iran and as we've seen in recent report, I think it was out of the Financial Times that %
of the Iranian missiles are getting through the the Israeli muchhood air
defense system is crap. Uh Iron Dome is uh is cracked as is uh uh David Sling.
The they're getting beaten.
Yeah. And Larry, what what effect is this having in the war in particular uh on the Israeli side, but maybe the
entire war effort as well? Because you know it is difficult to get good images.
there's been a lot of uh uh surveillance repression of these uh censorship of these images. Uh but every single day
this is happening as you said now it's uh you know eight of of these strikes are coming in uh that you know Iran always reports that there are millions
of Israelis going into shelters every single day. What impact is this actually having especially given that Iran is
getting more targeted and uh escalating the t escalating what they're striking?
Um literally I don't know nobody knows exactly where Iran where Israel's nuclear weapons are but they're hitting the area where many believe they are. Uh and and that's a big deal.
Yeah. The the karma is a terrible thing and Israel bought itself some bad karma
by killing all the children that is killed in Gaza and then by starting this war of aggression
uh the same kind of thing that Adolf Hitler did to Poland but starting a war of aggression against the people of Iran
and and now Iran is uh able to basically hit any target of once in Israel with little chance of it being stopped. And
so the you know maybe get used to let's not underestimate the ability of people to endure suffering.
Um you know from I'll just draw the parallel with the siege of the city of Vixsburg during the American Civil War.
There you took all a lot of these refined highclass southern ladies and they were living in caves dug into the
sight of the Mississippi Riverbank enduring months of shelling and attacks and and you know they stuck it out. So,
you can't dismiss the that the Israelis are going to try to tough it out, but uh is Israel's economy crumbles in the
process and they're they're not going to attract more immigrants coming into the
country uh because of the nature of the war. And then on top of it, just uh the the government of Netanyahu is so clumsy, so stupid when they shut down.
You know, it's one thing to uh anger the Muslims. We already know that they hate them. But then they did the same to the Christians, shutting access to the
Church of the Holy Supper during Holy Week from stretching from Palm Sunday,
which was yesterday, forward to Easter Sunday upcoming.
And uh so now they've got the Vatican mad at him, Italy mad at him, Catholics mad at him. Uh so uh Israel is uh
writing the you know the opposite book you know the one the one that was it Dale Carnegie wrote how to win friends
friends and influence people uh Israel's doing how to how to lose friends and have no influence with anybody.
Yeah. And uh Larry, I wanted to now ask you about the other side of the um
strikes that Iran is conducting in retaliation to the US and Israeli war regression. Now, this is on the Gulf side. Uh you know, Donald Trump said
that he wants Gulf countries to pay for uh the US war effort. Um uh he just said
this, but what's so it seems like it's going to be the Gulf that's going to need uh uh help paying for the aftermath
of what's been happening. According to Iranian sources, it says precision missiles uh just in the last as we speak
have hit the UAE, US command and control site. Uh the fifth US fifth fleet was struck by drones and of course Israel continues to get hit in various areas.
an Israeli owned container ship uh was just hit as well. But you know, the Gulf has been getting a beating and you know,
I can pull up the interceptor numbers now as you comment, Larry, but it's bad.
Uh interceptors fired in just a month uh supposedly in the Gulf uh re in the Gulf countries.
Yeah, you got to and stop and ask the question, what are they firing? Yeah,
because because there were only at the start, you know, at the end of
the total number of Pack missiles that had been produced for the Patriot was
maximum. Well, they used up a good number of those uh in, you know, at
least a thousand in Ukraine and then another thousand at least,last June during the -day war. So,
right off the bat, the United States entered this war with only, let's say,
of of PAC missiles, and those are capable of shooting down missiles.
So what what are they launching?
What I'm what I'm suggesting to you is there's some lying going on here and they they are gaslighting.
Yeah. And that's and gaslighting. This is from Bloomberg re uh re shared by DDJ politics uh talking about uh these
numbers that are being just officially uh reported used total in the stockpile. I mean that's that's bad in
and of itself Larry. I mean, that's bad in of itself. And I I'm curious, even at just those numbers, how long can this go on? Because Israel in the UAE, the Gulf
countries, they seem to be I see the videos, they seem to be using these in high numbers every single day. I mean, a dozen here, there. You just see it in one video. There's six to So,
what how long can this actually go? What happens then? It seems like the Trump administration,
Israel, they're not too concerned about it. At least in the public facing PR image. Well, they won't have they're I would argue right now they've exhausted.
They're out. There are no more Patriot Pack Three missiles to shoot. So,
they're probably d dipping into old stocks pack the pack two. I think they may even had a pack one. But those, you
know, all those do is make a nice pretty sight in the sky as they shoot forward uh lighting up the sky, but they're not necessarily going to be effective at intercepting.
And you know, Ted Pa has maintained all along that the number of people, the number of interceptions that have been claimed in previous uh wars or previous
attacks like this have been grossly exaggerated.
So, you know, the reality is none of the Gulf countries have an effective air defense anymore, and Iran
can hit them at will with what it wants and is doing so. the uh um the what one
of the Iranian spokesman said the other day in response to Trump's claim that he said that if you know if Iran doesn't
open the straight of Hormuz, US forces will target Iranian uh power plants.
Well, he he said uh the strait is only restricted to hostile traffic and it remains under Iran's control. Safe passage continues under strict rules.
But he says if the US strikes Iranian power plants, Iran's going to fully close the straight of Hormuz until damaged facilities are rebuilt. It'll
target all Israeli energy ICT and infrastructure assets.
It will destroy regional companies with US shareholders and it'll target power plants in countries hosting hosting US bases. And
that's exactly what it's doing. And after those the power plants were hit in Iran. So, you know, Iran Iran hasn't,
you know, they're not playing around and and they're not making like Trump making idle threats. They do what they say. If
you're going to bomb our desalinization plant, we're taking yours out. They took one out in Kuwait yesterday. % of the country's fresh water comes out of that plant. no longer.
So, um I think the first it's it's a race to see which which country in the Gulf falls, collapses first, disappears
into history. Will it be the United Arab Emirates or will it be Bahrain?
Uh right now I my my bet would be on Bahrain simply because is it is smaller. its one
ruler has abandoned the country and they have the largest contingent of Shia Muslims there. But uh Dubai is not far
behind. The United Arab Emirates doesn't really have a viable path forward to continue to exist as a country.
Yeah. And yet uh Larry uh again there's all I guess we say let's say let's divide into two uh Israel and the Gulf
countries they keep pressing forward. I mean, despite the the alarm bells being sounded by the chief of staff uh himself
in Israel, uh despite the massive damage uh I'm hearing tens of billions of dollars already across the Gulf uh in infrastructure,
uh despite this, countries like the UAE,
Saudi Arabia, they're all saying push forward and be sure that Iran can never do this again. And that's what they're
supposedly telling the United States. I see it as they're more getting told to say that so by the United States. But I'm curious on what your thoughts about
this is because unlike the -day war uh uh they they it seems like they keep going down further and further up the
escalation ladder regardless of the pain that they are uh experiencing.
So let let let's be clear about what kind of societies we're talking about.
Let's start with the United Arab Emirates.
They've got these massive skyscraper buildings, you know, some of the tallest in the world, very elaborately designed,
seemingly modern. Yet, every morning,
trucks have to pull into the basement of those buildings and fill up with human [ __ ] because they don't have a sewer system.
Okay, think about this. This highly modern, very supposedly modern, very advanced country has got a sewage system
that rivals that of India's where, you know, a car will come down the road every day and people will pile their feces into the back.
That's not a serious country.
And it the United Arab Emirates right now is without % of its income. income that came in from the export of oil, uh
the trade with the the free port and Jeabel Ali,
tourism, real estate, the um construction industry, financial industry,
it's all basically shut down. So, you know, and as as a consequence, you know,
Iran has been joking about it, saying that, well, they've at least eliminated prostitution from one of the major uh
Gulf Arab countries because once, you know, once the blockade was on and then and the very wealthy started getting the
hell out of there, uh all the hookers said, "Well, no more money to be made here." They, you know, headed back north to Ukraine where a lot of them are from.
So, um, UAE is right now is like an angry little Chihuahua, you know,
toothless, loud, vicious, but, you know,
doesn't have much of a bite. And, you know, you know, six weeks ago, it was prepared to go to war with uh Saudi Arabia. Now, the Saudis are crying on
each other's shoulders about big bad Iran.
And, you know, they shouldn't have picked the fight. In fact, Saudi Arabia had pledged it wasn't going to allow the US to use its territory and they did exactly that.
None of these countries have an organic political base.
They're all these, you know, from one tribe that happened to dominate the other tribes and then they establish like the Saudis establish themselves as,
oh, we're the royal house of Sad, we're the monarchy. Yeah, give me a break. You know, you guys were a bunch of you're
just camping out in the desert for your until you found oil and all of a sudden oil made you smart, made you
intelligent. I don't think so. So, uh the the power the power of the dollar is
becoming weaker for them. M and and this is where you know think of it there there are only two countries there in
that whole Gulf region that elect their political leaders. One is Iraq the other is Iran.
Yeah, great points, Larry. And uh you know, now this gets into I think what we are seeing uh from the Trump administration, which is uh panic masked as aggression, as increasing aggression,
especially on the front of a potential ground operation or multiple operations. Of course, you have Israel, Channel
uh they seem to often be the megaphone for what's going to happen uh for the United States's uh military front. They
say the US has set for a ground invasion to quote unquote open the straight of hormuz with Israeli intelligence
intelligence support. And the Wall Street Journal, Larry, is reporting that uh Trump is weighing the uh a military
operation on the ground of Iran to extract pounds of uranium from Iran. And this comes as you probably saw
these comments from Trump uh before we came on this program, Larry, where he is now making uh very contradictory claims
as he often does. He's talking to a new and better regime right now. Regime change has already happened according to
him. And that if the deal isn't going to be uh made soon between Iran and the US that he is going to end the lovely stay
in Iran by obliterating all of their electron electric plants, oil wells, Car Island, on and on. So Larry, what do you
make of this uh these flurry of developments on the ground operation side? because there's been a lot of buildup to this, many days of reports of the forces arriving, the Marines,
paratroopers. Now, um your thoughts about this?
Well, what's the point? I mean, what Okay. Um let's go with the Car Island scenario
now. Recall what Donald Trump and his Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessant,
did uh three weeks ago. They lifted all of the oil sanctions on Iran.
Okay, Danny, here's your chance. Why did they do that? You tell me, Larry.
Well, did did did did they want to cut the supply of oil or increase the supply of oil?
They close it straight over Hormuz, you mean?
No. No. So, when they lifted the sanctions on Yeah. They wanted to increase the supply of oil.
Okay. So let's I want you to follow through the logic here. So and and they wanted to increase the supply of oil
because they wanted to try to keep the price of oil low recognizing that if rising prices of oil are going to cost
everybody more money. All right. So now what is he proposing to do with Car Island? He's going to blow up their oil
wells and basically reduce the supply of oil. Oh, okay.
I get it. I think it's completely contradictory or they're Larry, before you before you
go on, I was just going to say he's already said he was going to do that and it already had a massively negative effect on oil prices in the sense that they went up, but continued.
Yeah. So,
um that's the objective to inflict as much damage on Car Island so it can't pump any more oil. Or he's also said,
"No, no, no. I want to get control. I want to control all the Iranian oil."
Okay, great. You got all that control up there in Card. How do you get it out of the straight of Hormuz? How do you get it out of the Persian Gulf?
You know, uh, attach,
you know, bags of oil to dolphins and have them swimming out. Uh so um it does
nothing to open the straight of Hormuz which then brings you back say okay so you're going to have to account a ground force to somehow take the straight of
Hormuz except how does a ground force take the straight of Hormuse? Answer is it doesn't
what to open the straight of Hormuz basically you're going to have to ensure that there are no mines. So, you're going to sweep up all the mines.
That there are no underwater mini submarines with torpedoes.
That there are no underwater marine drones that can be maneuvered and crash into your ships and blow them out of the
water. That there are no regular drones above ground that can be launched and reached the straight of Hormuse.
that there are no artillery pieces and shore guns that can reach out and hit ships in the in that region
and that there are no missiles that can hit. So explain to me how
putting guys into this chemish island how that stops any of that. It doesn't.
That's the point.
So you got to step back and say okay what is the mission you know you know you don't have to be Clausowitz or SunSu
or some advanced military strategist to figure this stuff out just just ask yourself the simple question what is it
we're trying to accomplish other than just look good and say hey we're you know like Douglas MacArthur
did in his landings at Lee Golf where they filmed takes, you know, they wanted to get
him coming off the shore and he he he made sure they they reshot it over and over and over until they had the right take. Well, this is not, you know, this
is not a PR stunt is what is the actual military consequence. Uh and I draw the
parallel with the US war in the Pacific where the very first war battle we
fought on land where we use ground forces was Guad Canal and the reason they se the mission was seize this island,
prevent the Japanese from being able to use it to launch air strikes on any ships in the region because this is near
New Zealand and Australia. And it was to get control, if you will, of the air by using that that island as an aircraft
carrier. So that was that was the military objective. And we did we achieved that. That was clear. That's what you're trying to do.
But you step back here and say, "Okay,
what the hell are we trying to do on the ground? What's the military objective?"
You know, piss off the Iranians because that's really what it's going to do. Oh,
and put put our soldiers in harms away so they're more likely to be killed and wounded. Yeah, that's going to happen,
too. So, uh, do I think Donald Trump is going to do this? Yes, I do. I I I think
he's got a he's got enough crazy people around him encourage who don't understand a damn thing about logistics
and military capabilities and that they're going to go ahead and encourage him to do this. And then it's going to be some unfortunate uh sailors, marines,
uh or army personnel that are going to pay the price. Yeah. Iran is saying uh come closer.
They're releasing Lego videos. They're releasing statements to their own media.
The Iranian military is videos of soldiers on the shores of the Gulf, Persian Gulf, saying come, you know,
come closer. We're waiting for you. I mean I mean there's there's no it doesn't seem like there's any fear at least from what we can gather of
anything like this and the idea Larry of of of seizing a thousand what is that a thousand pounds of uranium from Iran I
mean how does it even happen without how does it even happen I don't know how well
um I actually worked on an exercise to do that very thing but it's been about years ago so first of All you got to
look at to get there. It these the sites where the uranium enriched uranium is
stored is in the interior of Iran. So your first challenge is how to get
there. These helicopters like the Shinook or the Blackhawk, those would be the two most likely ones that would
be used. or uh if you you could use a a Caircraft, but again that's assuming
you can fly over Iran without getting shot down. And we've already seen that that's not possible.
Uh so one of the to you know particularly if you have to go miles inside Iran to get one of to get to one
of these sites well a plane has to go in in advance to drop off fuel bladders.
You know these are like big giant trash bags only huge trash huge bags filled
with aviation fuel so that the plane helicopters can land get refilled and then take off to get to the site. So
once you get to the site and as we saw with the you know even the raid the to get bin Laden in Pakistan I mean that
thing was cooked from the inside. We had we had pre-coordinated with the Pakistanis what we're going to do. They turned off lights in the valley. They
basically made sure that there was no uh no chance that the United States would
face opposition. Well, uh and even with that, there were problems. One of the helicopters had a catastrophic uh
accident and and you know, crashed into a wall. So, but let's say you get there
and you know places are going to be heavily defended and you try to fight your way through. Let's say you can fight your way through, but you're going to take enormous losses. United States is going to take significant casualties.
That was the lesson we, you know, that was uh the outcome of the exercise I worked on. It was unacceptable losses.
But then once you get that, then you've got to package up that thousand pounds and maybe of of uranium in something that's shielded,
which you know that may add another lb to lb. All of a sudden, you're talking with some real weight and then
you got to make sure you got the helicopter that can handle it. And so you're going to have to have an additional helicopter just to haul something like that. So I mean it's
just, you know, the raid to recover nuclear material. It it's a great Hollywood script as long as you sus
suspend all reality with respect to the air requirements for aircraft to get from point A to point B and assume that
you don't have any accidents and that uh you know we we've had too many of these experiences over the years where
you know the the hostage rescue attempt in uh for to get the US hostages out of Iran that was called Eagle claw
that one of the planes ran into one of the helicopters out in the desert, you know, caught on fire, killed uh I I
think it killed six people. U and a friend of mine, good friend of mine was one of the young army rangers on that
mission. He was providing perimeter security uh when that happened. Um then we jump ahead to the Benaden thing.
You know, one of the helicopters crashed.
So the the odds you're going to have perfect functioning equipment, great weather, nobody does anything stupid
pretty low. Uh so you always plan for you know there's going to be a screw up here somewhere
and and then at the end so you take a thousand pounds of enriched uranium then what? Because you got to shield it in
such a way so you don't radiation sick get you know irradiate all your team members. Very good.
Yeah. This this just Are they coming in with hazmat suits? I mean I I mean well they'd have to not just a h you
know hazmat suits not going to protect you against radiation?
You know you got to have shielding that pre prevents that radiation from penetrating. And that's why you've got to get it into containers that are
protected that you can but then you can move with three or four guys.
U you know uh lb four guys ain't moving.
Um you know that's over uh you know
lb a piece or lb a piece.
Yeah. But so it's just yeah doesn't make sense.
And then you know Larry is Iran waiting for this? I I assume that there's been major preparations given how Iran is
talking given how long I mean it takes a while for all all these forces to have gotten to the Middle East and now they have to prepare for an operation. So
this has been many many weeks in the making. Not to mention that I'm sure Iran has been in their videos, in their statements, they constantly say that they've been preparing for this for
years for a US ground attack. So, what happens then when Iran responds? Because I assume that uh they will be very aware
when uh US paratroopers or Marines or whoever is uh making landing on their soil.
Uh well, it depends on who's telling the story. Uh if it's the American briefer saying, "Oh, you know, the Iranians are weak.
They're a bunch of wimps. They're they're terrible at fighting. They'll run away, so we won't expect any opposition."
Or the Iranians will say, "Yeah, we're waiting for them. They'll they'll they'll set up and and ambush us." Uh so
you know that's that's the danger here that we we've talked so much about it
and it's been so much out in the open that you know you you've eliminated the element of
surprise whatsoever. Now I I can't you know you should always keep in mind that perhaps the discussions about Car Island
and uh Kamesh Island and or going after a nuclear site maybe those are deliberately being put out there in
order to disguise some other op. that I for the life of me can't imagine what that other op would be uh in terms of if
you come back to say what is it we're trying to accomplish if we're trying to accomplish the
decapitation of the Iranian regime um that still doesn't guarantee that there
is a regime replacement the the depth of support for the Iranian the Islamic Republic appears to be quite deep and
quite broad What are they going to do? Take an island, bond Abos or a port, bond Abos,
you know. So, it's just these guys are so worried about the propaganda aspect
of this for domestic political control that they they toss operational security
for potential miss people going on such missions out the window.
Yeah. Yeah. And uh I imagine that a lot of of the push to uh um you know
speed up a a ground attack, a ground assault on Iran has a lot to do, as we've been hearing day after day, Larry,
on the energy markets and what's been going on there.
Yeah. Uh well uh Bloomberg just reported uh and concluded that not only is Iran's grip on the straight of Hormuz tighter
even after a month of the war, but that this is marks the biggest strategic victory in the war thus far. And I
wanted to show a a a graph that kind of gets to a a major I think uh reality
that's not being acknowledged of by the mainstream media by the west by the Trump administration of course is that
Iranian oil sales are not only up but uh they are if we look at this this is uh uh China and where the oil is going to
China it's both Iranian oil Russian oil and Venezuelan oil uh that's being stored uh you know in the south China
eastern China Sea going uh to China I I mean in effect Iran has been making more money and they forced the United States
to relieve sanctions. what has been the true impact of the closure of the straight of horm because every time Donald Trump talks about it we we don't
have it there's nothing um you know there's we don't trade in that much through the straight of hor so it
doesn't really affect us but it seems like it's having a major effect on the markets and we haven't even gotten to Yemen yet which has the ability at any
point to close the Baband straight which I imagine would uh make things even worse for the oil markets but your your assessment Larry of this so So, you you're you're an urban kid,
right? You don't have a car or do you have a car?
No. My Well, my wife has a car. I don't have a car, but we uh we're both city kids, but she does have a car.
Yeah. Okay. But And has she been having to pay more gas to fill that thing up?
Yeah. Well, we were just in California and the gas was $a uh a gallon. Lucky we didn't have to we didn't have to do
family and they uh you know, we drove a little bit with them, but Yeah. No. Really bad. really bad.
So, did you drive cross country to California?
No, no, we flew but um and are really expensive, but when we were in California, we drove. Yeah,
we rented a car. Okay. Um so that's that's the number one thing that's hitting Americans right now is that that
price of oil has gone up and so the price of gas as as does the price of diesel. Diesel's up. Like, you know, if
gas has gone up a dollar, diesel's gone up twice that, $
Well, then you look around you at everything that hauls food, hauls all
the essentials of life, those are trucks running on diesel. Right now, we haven't gotten to the age where uh Elon Musk
electronic electric trucks are running the, you know, ruling the roads.
But uh with that kind of uh impact on the economy, it's only going to get
worse. The the inflation is going to go up, not down. And then we're we're stuck
in a situation where the economy is slowing, people are losing jobs,
but the prices are going up. That's called stagflation. Last time we had a major battle with this was in the s
back when I was in college and just starting out in life. Uh so it's something that we haven't seen for well
over years. Uh is is going to be hitting us and and and it's also it's hitting globally.
So you know the price of fuel is going up, the price of transportation dramatically going up. uh fertilizer
prices dramatically going up and uh you know this this is not
costfree. It means the country is going to be doing without certain things and then you got
shortages in the supply chain on top of it. So this what what Iran achieved in
tightening putting controls on the products that come out of the Persian Gulf was it essentially set off a bomb.
It's like setting off a bomb on board a plane. It's exploded it. The plane's going to crash because it it's not just
affecting the oil sector. It's affecting the lit liquid natural gas sector which
that has secondary tertiary effects into other activities
and then um you know it's affected the fertilizer market uh by raising costs dramatically for
fertilizer uh because ura is processed out of some of the petrochemical uh plants. Helium
apparently critical for the production of uh computer chips. I didn't know that but now I do. Um
and sulfuric acid which is you know that that's a major let's call it a precursor chemical that's involved with uh you
know generating uh uh nuclear fuel out of uranium. So the the lot of secondary
tertiary consequences from this decision to close the Gulf that nobody really thought through or you know I'm sure you
had never read an article on it. Uh but now that it's happening all of a sudden people are realizing how dependent they
are upon that Persian Gulf to handle the flow of oil and everything else.
Yeah. And uh Larry, what does the entrance of Yemen now into the war?
There's not a lot of panic about Yemen's capabilities adding on to Iran's and the let's say the missile arena and uh
attacks on Israel and perhaps even the Gulf if it gets to that point, but more so it's all focused on all across Axios,
Bloomberg, they're all talking about uh the Baba Mendum Strait. Uh so uh what does Yemen's entrance in the war mean
for uh you know the coming days and weeks and uh uh what do you expect?
Well, actually not a lot from the standpoint of number one uh the freedom of navigation in the Red Sea has not not been reestablished since December of
So it's been limited. So no ships going to Israel uh and no Israeli ships allowed to pass. Uh the the Houthies
have been willing to allow other ships to sail in and out, but a lot of those ships have declined and they'll go down around the Horn of Africa simply because
their insurance companies tell you if you go through the Red Sea, we're not covering you. Too dangerous.
So, um it's I think what what you're seeing right now is more of a symbolic gesture by the Houthies. Hey, we're, you
know, we're in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Iran and elsewhere. Um, now if you get them, um,
if they get a big fat juicy target,
they'll take it and then they've already launched some missiles. But it it's not going to dramatically change the face of
the war because the key the vital sector is u, you know, Red Sea's already
basically closed. The one that is got everybody going crazy is the straight of Hormuz.
Yeah. Yeah. And uh I've been asking everyone this, Larry, what have you made of the uh overall regional picture on
the side of the axis of resistance now that we are over a month into this war? Because we touched briefly on Hezbollah.
I believe the number now is between to uh Israeli marava tanks destroyed. But there's heavy fighting all across uh they're firing advanced
missiles. They're confronting uh the Israeli occupation army uh uh directly as well. And then uh the Iraqi
resistance has been a major force in in Iraq during this time. Uh and then of course we have Ensar, we have uh and of
course the big one Iran who uh was forced to defend itself from the aggression immediately and initially. So
what has been your uh uh take on on this moment now that we've seen how it's transpired especially regionally on the side of the ISIS of resistance?
Well um number one the Gulf Gulf Arabs are dying. Uh I I think is a real question whether United Arab Emirates
and uh the government in Bahrain will exist in a year. uh they may be gone
within in months uh because there's no there there
um populations like uh Qatar uh Kuwait uh I I anticipate that uh Iraq
will take control of Kuwait within the year as this war progresses because I don't see this war slackening off and I
think the alliance between Iran and Iraq will continue to grow stronger not weaker. Um,
so the when you look at like Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of the Sauds,
um, about % of the people that quote live there, they're indentured servants.
They're not they're not living there because they're going, "Damn, is this Saudi Arabia a cool place to live or what?"
you know, with the the restrictions they have on alcohol, the restrictions they have on women, what women can do, what women can't do. Uh Iran, by contrast, is
far far more open and and lacks on those issues compared to the Saudis.
U so the the Saudis because all of these countries lack a political constituency.
They they lack uh the concept of national identity.
because you know whether they bring in a soccer team or whatever, they're always hiring outsiders to come do their [ __ ]
for them because they can't do anything on their own.
So this uh what what Iran is doing is basically restructuring
the political power setup there in the Persian Gulf. And it would not surprise
me to see uh Turkeykey's Erdogan want to work closely with the Iranians in doing that.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and and then uh finally, Larry, we get into the bigger uh picture here. Um what have you made?
You know, not only has China made out very well uh with regards to uh Iranian
sources are showing that uh they're saying that uh they are letting ships through the straight of Hormuz. It's just that they're Chinese tankers,
affiliated tankers and they're and they're paying the toll. Yes. Yeah. Which Marco Rubio said never is going to happen, but
Larry, I think it's already happening from what I've seen. So um how does this affect over all this push toward the multipolar world the dollar? Uh there
was one graph I saw that showed that uh the percentage of reserves held in the dollar as of had already been plum
plummeting and it's getting worse. Does this make things worse? Uh the energy crisis that we're seeing um and uh what
is it what does it mean for the changing world order? Well, let's say worse for who? Okay. Mhm.
Uh it is going to put us create an inflationary spike across the board. Uh
it will then the price will be so high for oil it will increase and in incentivize people to buy electric vehicles.
Uh and the number one country on that front that makes electric vehicles is China.
So you got a shift uh to electric vehicles at least in a lot of the urban areas. I'm not sure it'll be it'll make sense for some of the rural or remote
areas. Um it is going to uh enrich as you said both Iran and Russia and and I
would expect other other OPEC countries that also produce oil like u uh Nigeria.
uh there may be um you know it'll be bene it'll be a boon for Venezuela but again they're limited because their
infrastructure is such they can only get out let's say a million barrels a day so they're not drawing out huge quant quantities
um th this is um what what I argue
we're witnessing the emergence of an entirely new economic political ical order.
In the same way that uh uh your your father or mother or grandmother,
grandfather witnessed the emergence of the United Nations, the merchants of the Breton the
emergence of the Breton Woods financial system and uh that that basically teed up the
United States to be the dominant power in the world followed by Russia and it but it wasn't until too that when
Nixon opened China with uh uh his initiative that China came out of the cultural revolution days and started in
on the capitalist revolution days and just in a incredible incredible
transformation of society in years China has become the most modern most industrialized society in the world and
they're running rings around the United States in terms using robots to produce a whole variety
of things. So this um this war in Iran is sort of a natural outcome of that because Iran is going to play a critical
role in this new economy and particularly in solidifying the north south corridor that runs from Russia to
the Caspian Sea all the way down through Iran through Tehran down to Chavahar.
So this is um we are witnessing something consequential. Remember the the League of Nations which was set up
to be you know to try to keep nations from going to war.
I think its last day in existence was like April something of
I mean it was completely irrelevant during the war. And we and that's what we're seeing now that uh the United Nations is completely irrelevant.
You know, you get UN personnel care killed, who cares? UN Security Council passes a resolution and you know, the
countries if they don't like it, they just wipe their ass with it and move on.
So, you've got uh you've got that breakdown. And then we've also got
a a a I'll call it a a scientific and cultural gap that's there's both an economic and a military dimension.
U and so the the question is this what do skyscraping office buildings have in common with US aircraft carriers?
What? They're they're both they're both irrelevant for the st century.
I mean, think of it this way. You've got a hundredstory office building, but your people can all work from home. They don't need to go to the office.
So, why have that building then? So,
that's why so many of these buildings now are sitting empty.
They were built during an era when the model was, hey, go to the office and you know, you know, you have your office
Christmas parties and people people get blackmail material on each other. Um,
the the same with an aircraft carrier that, you know, seemed seemed like a great idea in the th century when
there weren't hypersonic missiles. And so you could you could sail in fairly close to a coast of a country and then launch your air missions and intimidate the hell out of them by bombing them.
But now you got to stay maybe a thousand miles offshore to to avoid getting hit with a hypersonic missile, which then sort of
defeats the the idea of carrying those airplanes because the airplanes only have a mile range. So if you're a
thousand miles off, they can't even get halfway to the mainland where you want them to go without getting refueled.
So that's we're living in a changing world. The technology is changing it. AI is changing it. The Russia and China,
the rise is as genuine military powers now change the whole equation. Yeah. Yeah,
definitely. And uh we didn't even get to uh the fact that uh these aircraft carriers, Larry, we have one of them
that has been completely taken out of service uh in this war, the Gerald Ford, which you were on this show, I believe, with our friend uh Colonel Wilkerson.
And we were talking about the plumbing problems that were happening there. And then suddenly there's a massive so-called laundry fire, which then
Donald Trump said, "This isn't a laundry fire. This is We were actually fired upon many times." He said this to his
financier buddies. So this is um you know this is indeed a crisis. Larry,
anything you want to close with now as we uh end the program? Anything we didn't cover? Uh I'll leave it to you.
Well, we'll watch you know watching Donald Trump is like watching a Wimbledon tennis match where the same player plays himself
back and forth, back and forth, back and it's on both sides of the net. Uh and it's not going to get any better. Uh, I worry. Um,
you know, I I I I received signs out of Moscow. I was supposed to go there middle of April and and with Pepe
Escobar, we were both told that this meeting, the session we were going to have had been cancelled because there's
a there's a expectation out of the Kremlin that there's going to be a dramatic escalation of this war with Iran.
So, we'll see.
Yeah. Yeah, we will see. Well, we'll head out of here together. I want to thank everybody who gave a super chat um and became members. So many of you. I
really appreciate it. Hit the like button before you go. Be sure to follow Larry at sonarcom.
I'll be back tomorrow, noon Eastern time with our friend uh Stas Privik. And until then, everybody, bye-bye.
See you. Bye-bye.
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The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately “Open for Business,” we will conclude our lovely “stay” in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet “touched.” This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year “Reign of Terror.” Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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IRGC targets hideout of US Fifth Fleet commanders in Bahrain
Monday, 30 March 2026 7:29 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 30 March 2026 7:29 PM ]
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/3 ... in-Bahrain
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Smoke rising from Bapco Energies, Sitra Island, Bahrain. (Photo by Reuters)
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted the hideout of commanders of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain as part of a fresh wave of Operation True Promise 4.
In a statement released on Monday, the IRGC’s Public Relations Department said the elite force’s Navy managed to destroy four gathering sites and facilities belonging to the US and the Israeli regime with strong and rapid strikes as part of the 87th wave of the operation.
In a joint undertaking, the IRGC’s intelligence and operational fighters using precision missiles also demolished the control and command center of the US terrorist forces set up outside the Minhad base in the United Arab Emirates, the statement said.
More than 200 middle-rank American commanders and officers were present at the center, it said.
In another combined operation, it added, the hideout of commanders of the Fifth Fleet outside the main compound in Bahrain was accurately hit by drones when commanders were holding a meeting.
Meanwhile, an Israeli-owned container ship, called Express Room, was also struck in missile strikes by the IRGC Navy, according to the statement.
Iranian forces also hit warning radars belonging to US terrorist forces, which were used for guiding F-16 warplanes and were stationed outside a base in Saudi Arabia.
The IRGC dedicated its successful operation to Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, who was martyred in US-Israeli strikes.
The criminal US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders.
The Iranian armed forces have responded decisively by launching daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.
Monday, 30 March 2026 7:29 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 30 March 2026 7:29 PM ]
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/3 ... in-Bahrain
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Smoke rising from Bapco Energies, Sitra Island, Bahrain. (Photo by Reuters)
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has targeted the hideout of commanders of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain as part of a fresh wave of Operation True Promise 4.
In a statement released on Monday, the IRGC’s Public Relations Department said the elite force’s Navy managed to destroy four gathering sites and facilities belonging to the US and the Israeli regime with strong and rapid strikes as part of the 87th wave of the operation.
In a joint undertaking, the IRGC’s intelligence and operational fighters using precision missiles also demolished the control and command center of the US terrorist forces set up outside the Minhad base in the United Arab Emirates, the statement said.
More than 200 middle-rank American commanders and officers were present at the center, it said.
In another combined operation, it added, the hideout of commanders of the Fifth Fleet outside the main compound in Bahrain was accurately hit by drones when commanders were holding a meeting.
Meanwhile, an Israeli-owned container ship, called Express Room, was also struck in missile strikes by the IRGC Navy, according to the statement.
Iranian forces also hit warning radars belonging to US terrorist forces, which were used for guiding F-16 warplanes and were stationed outside a base in Saudi Arabia.
The IRGC dedicated its successful operation to Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, who was martyred in US-Israeli strikes.
The criminal US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders.
The Iranian armed forces have responded decisively by launching daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.
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If you set all of the oil that is on kharg Island in Iran on fire, what effect will that have on the seas around it, and in the Strait of Hormuz? There are currently 756 million gallons of oil on kharg Island.
Gemini said
Setting fire to the oil reserves on Kharg Island—which currently holds approximately 18 to 25 million barrels (roughly 750 million to 1 billion gallons) of crude—would trigger one of the most severe environmental and economic catastrophes in modern history.
While the island is roughly 200 km (125 miles) northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, the interconnected nature of the Persian Gulf means the effects would be immediate and devastating for the entire region.
1. Atmospheric Impact: The "Black Rain"
Burning 756 million gallons of crude would create a massive, toxic smoke plume visible from space.
Toxic Clouds: The fire would release millions of tons of black carbon (soot), sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Because Iranian crude is often "sour" (high sulfur content), this would likely result in toxic acid rain falling across southern Iran, Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Regional Cooling: Similar to the 1991 Kuwaiti oil fires, the density of the smoke could block enough sunlight to temporarily lower ground temperatures by several degrees in the immediate region, disrupting local agriculture.
2. Marine Impact: Destruction of the Gulf Ecosystem
The Persian Gulf is a shallow, semi-enclosed sea with a slow water exchange rate (taking 3–5 years to flush out to the Arabian Sea).
Oil Spillage: A fire of this magnitude rarely burns 100% of the fuel. Hundreds of millions of gallons of unburnt, partially combusted, and "weathered" oil would leak into the surrounding waters.
Mass Die-offs: The slick would devastate the region’s coral reefs, mangrove forests (critical for fish nurseries), and endangered species like the Hawksbill turtle and Dugong.
The "Silent" Killer: As the oil breaks down, it releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are lethal to fish larvae and shrimp, potentially collapsing the Gulf's multi-billion dollar fishing industry for a generation.
3. Impact on the Strait of Hormuz
Though Kharg is not in the Strait, the disaster would effectively "close" it through physical and economic hazards:
Navigation Hazards: Massive smoke plumes would reduce visibility for tankers to near-zero, making the narrow transit through the Strait of Hormuz impossible without advanced military-grade sensors.
Desalination Crisis: Most Gulf nations (UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) rely on desalination plants for nearly all their drinking water. An oil slick spreading from Kharg could clog the intake valves of these plants, potentially cutting off the water supply for millions of people.
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Global Oil Shock: Kharg Island handles 90% of Iran's oil exports. Its destruction, combined with the environmental hazard, would likely send global oil prices well beyond the current $113 per barrel, as insurers would refuse to cover any vessel entering the Gulf.
Summary of the "Kharg Fire" Scenario
Factor Immediate Effect (1-7 Days) Long-Term Effect (1-10 Years)
Air Quality Respiratory emergencies in Bushehr & Kuwait. Increased rates of chronic lung disease/cancer.
Water Supply Emergency shutdown of desalination plants. Persistent chemical contamination of coastal soil.
Marine Life Instant death of birds and surface mammals. Permanent loss of sensitive coral reef systems.
Economy Oil prices spike to historic highs. Total collapse of Gulf regional fishing and tourism.
Would you like more details on the specific desalination plants at risk or a comparison to the scale of the 1991 Kuwaiti oil fires?
If you set all of the oil that is on kharg Island in Iran on fire, what effect will that have on the seas around it, and in the Strait of Hormuz? There are currently 756 million gallons of oil on kharg Island.
Gemini said
Setting fire to the oil reserves on Kharg Island—which currently holds approximately 18 to 25 million barrels (roughly 750 million to 1 billion gallons) of crude—would trigger one of the most severe environmental and economic catastrophes in modern history.
While the island is roughly 200 km (125 miles) northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, the interconnected nature of the Persian Gulf means the effects would be immediate and devastating for the entire region.
1. Atmospheric Impact: The "Black Rain"
Burning 756 million gallons of crude would create a massive, toxic smoke plume visible from space.
Toxic Clouds: The fire would release millions of tons of black carbon (soot), sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. Because Iranian crude is often "sour" (high sulfur content), this would likely result in toxic acid rain falling across southern Iran, Kuwait, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.
Regional Cooling: Similar to the 1991 Kuwaiti oil fires, the density of the smoke could block enough sunlight to temporarily lower ground temperatures by several degrees in the immediate region, disrupting local agriculture.
2. Marine Impact: Destruction of the Gulf Ecosystem
The Persian Gulf is a shallow, semi-enclosed sea with a slow water exchange rate (taking 3–5 years to flush out to the Arabian Sea).
Oil Spillage: A fire of this magnitude rarely burns 100% of the fuel. Hundreds of millions of gallons of unburnt, partially combusted, and "weathered" oil would leak into the surrounding waters.
Mass Die-offs: The slick would devastate the region’s coral reefs, mangrove forests (critical for fish nurseries), and endangered species like the Hawksbill turtle and Dugong.
The "Silent" Killer: As the oil breaks down, it releases polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are lethal to fish larvae and shrimp, potentially collapsing the Gulf's multi-billion dollar fishing industry for a generation.
3. Impact on the Strait of Hormuz
Though Kharg is not in the Strait, the disaster would effectively "close" it through physical and economic hazards:
Navigation Hazards: Massive smoke plumes would reduce visibility for tankers to near-zero, making the narrow transit through the Strait of Hormuz impossible without advanced military-grade sensors.
Desalination Crisis: Most Gulf nations (UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) rely on desalination plants for nearly all their drinking water. An oil slick spreading from Kharg could clog the intake valves of these plants, potentially cutting off the water supply for millions of people.
+1
Global Oil Shock: Kharg Island handles 90% of Iran's oil exports. Its destruction, combined with the environmental hazard, would likely send global oil prices well beyond the current $113 per barrel, as insurers would refuse to cover any vessel entering the Gulf.
Summary of the "Kharg Fire" Scenario
Factor Immediate Effect (1-7 Days) Long-Term Effect (1-10 Years)
Air Quality Respiratory emergencies in Bushehr & Kuwait. Increased rates of chronic lung disease/cancer.
Water Supply Emergency shutdown of desalination plants. Persistent chemical contamination of coastal soil.
Marine Life Instant death of birds and surface mammals. Permanent loss of sensitive coral reef systems.
Economy Oil prices spike to historic highs. Total collapse of Gulf regional fishing and tourism.
Would you like more details on the specific desalination plants at risk or a comparison to the scale of the 1991 Kuwaiti oil fires?
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The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory. France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the “Butcher of Iran,” who has been successfully eliminated! The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!! President DJT
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All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil! President DJT
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The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory. France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the “Butcher of Iran,” who has been successfully eliminated! The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!! President DJT
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All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil! President DJT
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Iran denies responsibility for 'depraved' attack on Kuwait desalination plant. Iranian forces have repeatedly accused Washington and Tel Aviv of carrying out false flags since the US-Israeli war against the Islamic Republic began
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The Iranian military denied on 30 March the recent attack, which hit a desalination plant in Kuwait, labeling the strike a US-Israeli false-flag operation aimed at “destabilizing and destroying the region.”
“The brutal aggression by the Zionist regime against the desalination facility in Kuwait, carried out in recent hours under the pretext of accusing the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a sign of the vileness and depravity of the Zionist occupiers,” the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian army said in a statement.
“We declare that US bases, personnel, and their interests in the region, as well as the military, security, and economic infrastructure of the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, remain powerful targets for us,” it added.
The Iranian military went on to urge “countries of West Asia must remain vigilant against the sedition of the US–Zionist axis aimed at destabilizing and destroying the region.”
Regional states “must put an end to the presence of the criminal US army and occupying Zionists in the region,” it stressed.
The attack on the desalination plant took place on Sunday.
“A service building at a power and water desalination plant was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to the building,” said a spokesperson for the Kuwaiti Electricity Ministry.
This is not the first attack Tehran has labeled a false flag.
Iran has also denied recent strikes on fuel tankers in Oman and a refinery in Iraq’s Erbil, as well as one that targeted an Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia at the start of the month.
US journalist Tucker Carlson reported earlier in March that Mossad agents were detained in Gulf states for planning bombings.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 15 March that the US has been using its new Lucas drone – modeled after the Iranian Shahed – to carry out false-flag attacks in the region and attribute them to the Islamic Republic.
Tehran has said only US and Israeli-linked military and economic assets in the Gulf will be struck by its forces.
Iran is warning Gulf governments against allowing Washington to use their bases for attacks on the Islamic Republic.
Iranian drone and missile strikes targeted the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on 27 March, wounding at least 12 US troops and damaging aircraft and buildings.
A senior Iranian intelligence official told The Cradle on 26 March that the Islamic Republic is preparing a “strong response” against the UAE due to the “active role” it has played in the US-Israeli war on it.
“A decision has been made at the leadership level to end the weeks-long tolerance toward this country. In addition to US military barracks and bases in the UAE, which were targeted in Iran’s defensive attacks, the Emiratis also provided some of their own air bases to the US to be used in attacking Iran,” the intelligence officials went on to say, citing security reports.
“The UAE is considered a foothold for Israel in the region,” the source continued, adding that Abu Dhabi has “carried out misleading operations against Oman and other countries” – likely a reference to false-flag operations pinned on Iran.
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https://thecradle.co/articles/iran-deni ... tion-plant
(Photo credit: AFP)
The Iranian military denied on 30 March the recent attack, which hit a desalination plant in Kuwait, labeling the strike a US-Israeli false-flag operation aimed at “destabilizing and destroying the region.”
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Iran denies attack on Kuwait’s desalination plant.
The spokesperson of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya (Armed Forces) says the brutal aggression of the Zionist regime against Kuwait's desalination plant under the pretext of accusing Iran, which occurred in recent hours, is a sign of the depravity.
Says countries in West Asia must be vigilant against the provocations of the American-Zionists aimed at destabilizing and destroying the region and must put an end to the presence of the criminal American army and Zionist occupiers in the region.Arya Yadeghaar
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Mar 29
Kuwait says Iran struck a service building at a power station & one of Kuwait’s water distillation facilities.
Note: Kuwait has been a common launching pad for attacks on Iran, however Iran has not yet taken responsibility for this claimed attack. x.com/kuna_en/status…
5:13 AM · Mar 30, 2026
“The brutal aggression by the Zionist regime against the desalination facility in Kuwait, carried out in recent hours under the pretext of accusing the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a sign of the vileness and depravity of the Zionist occupiers,” the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian army said in a statement.
“We declare that US bases, personnel, and their interests in the region, as well as the military, security, and economic infrastructure of the Zionist regime in the occupied Palestinian territories, remain powerful targets for us,” it added.
The Iranian military went on to urge “countries of West Asia must remain vigilant against the sedition of the US–Zionist axis aimed at destabilizing and destroying the region.”
Regional states “must put an end to the presence of the criminal US army and occupying Zionists in the region,” it stressed.
The attack on the desalination plant took place on Sunday.
“A service building at a power and water desalination plant was attacked as part of the Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, resulting in the death of an Indian worker and significant material damage to the building,” said a spokesperson for the Kuwaiti Electricity Ministry.
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BREAKING!! KUWAIT DESALINATION HIT
NASA FIRMS satellite data detects an active fire today at the Doha West Power and Water Desalination Station in Kuwait.
Imagery shows burn marks and smoke trails across the central section of the facility, with NASA's heat detection extending to the coastal storage tank area.
Doha West is Kuwait's largest combined power and desalination facility: 2,400MW of power generation capacity and 110 million gallons of water per day, accounting for 38.5% of Kuwait's entire desalination output.
Kuwait depends on desalination for 90% of its drinking water.
5:51 PM · Mar 29, 2026
This is not the first attack Tehran has labeled a false flag.
Iran has also denied recent strikes on fuel tankers in Oman and a refinery in Iraq’s Erbil, as well as one that targeted an Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia at the start of the month.
US journalist Tucker Carlson reported earlier in March that Mossad agents were detained in Gulf states for planning bombings.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 15 March that the US has been using its new Lucas drone – modeled after the Iranian Shahed – to carry out false-flag attacks in the region and attribute them to the Islamic Republic.
Tehran has said only US and Israeli-linked military and economic assets in the Gulf will be struck by its forces.
Iran is warning Gulf governments against allowing Washington to use their bases for attacks on the Islamic Republic.
Iranian drone and missile strikes targeted the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on 27 March, wounding at least 12 US troops and damaging aircraft and buildings.
A senior Iranian intelligence official told The Cradle on 26 March that the Islamic Republic is preparing a “strong response” against the UAE due to the “active role” it has played in the US-Israeli war on it.
“A decision has been made at the leadership level to end the weeks-long tolerance toward this country. In addition to US military barracks and bases in the UAE, which were targeted in Iran’s defensive attacks, the Emiratis also provided some of their own air bases to the US to be used in attacking Iran,” the intelligence officials went on to say, citing security reports.
“The UAE is considered a foothold for Israel in the region,” the source continued, adding that Abu Dhabi has “carried out misleading operations against Oman and other countries” – likely a reference to false-flag operations pinned on Iran.
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'GO GET YOUR OWN OIL': Trump’s MOST EMBARRASSING Meltdown As NATO Allies Ditch US On Hormuz
Times Of India
Mar 31, 2026 #donaldtrump #unitedkingdom #france
Is the United States-led NATO nearing its end? Donald Trump on Tuesday hit out at European allies France and the United Kingdom over their refusal to actively participate in the ongoing Iran conflict. In a scathing post on Truth Social, Trump singled out the two NATO allies, saying that the "USA will remember". Besides UK and France, European nations including Italy and Spain have also refused to help Washington DC and Israel in their military offensive against Iran.
Transcript
US President Donald Trump is now signaling that he is ready to end the US military campaign against Iran.
A bombshell report by the Wall Street Journal citing officials within the Trump administration says the president has told aids he is willing to end the war even if the strategic straight of Hormuz remains largely closed. The comments mark a stunning shift in Trump's strategy as he now appears to view reopening the world's most critical oil artery as no longer essential to ending the war. According to the report, Trump and his aids assessed that a mission to reopen the choke point would extend the conflict beyond his preferred timeline of to weeks. With Iran showing no willingness to halt its attacks, Trump has decided that the US should focus on achieving its primary goals, weakening Iran's navy and reducing its missile capabilities before winding down hostilities and applying diplomatic pressure on Thran to restore the free flow of trade. If that effort fails, officials told the publication that Washington is expected to push allies in Europe and the Gulf to take the lead in reopening the strait. Nearly % of global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which is now effectively under Iran's control. The longer the strait remains closed, the greater the disruption to the global economy.
With rising fuel prices and supply shortages already impacting multiple countries, including key US
allies, industries dependent on materials like fertilizer and helium are also beginning to feel the strain.
Over the past month, Trump has delivered conflicting messages on the issue. At times he has taken a hardline stance,
threatening to strike civilian energy infrastructure if the strait is not reopened by a set deadline. At other
times, however, he has downplayed its importance to the United States,
suggesting that its closure is a problem for other nations to resolve.
Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert and vice president at the Brookings Institution, called ending military operations before reopening the strait "unbelievably irresponsible." She warned that the US and Israel cannot walk away from the consequences, adding that energy markets are global and the economic damage will worsen significantly if the closure continues.
Meanwhile, Trump's push to end the war quickly appears to contrast with recent military movements. The USS Tripoli and the st Marine Expeditionary Unit have entered the Middle East, while elements of the nd Airborne have been ordered
to deploy. The administration is also reportedly considering sending an additional ground troops. On
March th, White House press secretary Caroline Levit said the US was working towards restoring normal operations in
the strait, though she did not list it among the core military objectives, which include targeting Iran's navy,
missile capabilities, defense industry, and nuclear program.
Um, on Iran,
I know it's tough to engage in hypotheticals, but I feel like this is one that you could engage in. If the president does seek Probably not, but we'll see.
If the president does seek or the United States seeks a ground war, does he intend to get congressional authorization of that march?
Look, the president has been asked about boots on the ground or alleged ground operations various times. He's obviously
declined to rule them out. Uh, it's the Pentagon's job to provide maximum optionality to the president. does not mean he's made a decision, nor would he
ever notify the media of such decision as not to tip off our enemy. With respect to abiding by Congress and the rule of law, that's something the administration will of course always do.
Um and it's something that we have we have great respect for Congress. The president does with with um military operations. In fact, uh when prior to
the launch of Operation Epic Fury, as you know, the administration gave a courtesy notice to Congress in the Gang of Eight. Uh and top level administration officials and cabinet
secretaries have gone to Congress multiple times over the past days to provide those courtesy uh briefings to Congress when requested. President
continues to say the US is in conversations with a more reasonable regime, but there are now hundreds of US special operations forces, including
Navy Seals and Army Rangers in the Middle East, as well as thousands of other troops already deployed. So, is he trying to end or intensify the conflict?
The president is focused on achieving the objectives of Operation Epic Fury u with respect to forces that are on the ground in the Middle East. It's the job
of the Pentagon to create maximum op optionality for the commander-in-chief.
It does not mean the president has made any additional decisions. Again, he remains focused on ensuring that the Pentagon continues to achieve the
objectives uh of the operation that was launched days ago and we're well on our way to doing that.
So, if an American sitting at home hearing him say, "I want to talk," but I keep seeing them send troops to that region. What are they to make of what's going on?
There's two tracks here. The president has always said that diplomacy um is his number one option in priority. Again, he
tried earnestly in good faith to engage in diplomacy uh with the Iranian regime prior to this operation being launched
in the first place. Uh he wanted to strike a deal and he sent uh his top negotiators to do so. They spent extensive amount of uh time and effort
trying to strike a deal and unfortunately the previous regime again many of those leaders no longer with us here on earth because they p faced the
consequences of the United States military. So if there's ever a chance uh for a deal again the president is open to listening but it does not deter him
from focusing on the military objectives that he set out days ago and that our military is continuing to achieve day by day. and and on Iran, uh, if Iran is
kind of cherrypicking what tankers get to go through the straight now and and contemplating big tolls on those tankers, is that consistent or how is
that consistent really with the president's message about really wanting the straight to be fully open? Uh, does the administration support a regime or system where Iran is is effectively
charging tolls on these vessels to access?
That's not something we support and I would reject that they are cherrypicking. In fact, as you know, these tankers that are moving through, the that were previously announced,
and now the new the announcement of of additional tankers, which we expect to see over the coming days, are a result of the direct and indirect
talks that are taking place between the United States and Iran. So, you wouldn't have seen those tankers if not for the president's diplomacy and his team engaging on this matter. Uh, which we
expect that compliance moving forward and it's again something that we're working on very closely. Um, on the time frame, President Trump initially said about four weeks. Secretary of State
Rubio on Friday reportedly said it might be another two to four. Is to four the current ballpark that the administration is thinking? Uh, with respect to the timeline, again,
the president, commander-in-chief, the Pentagon has always stated four to weeks estimated timeline for Operation Epic Fury. We're on day today. Um, so
again, you do the math uh on how much longer uh we the Pentagon needs to fully achieve the objectives of Operation Epic Fury, which I will reiterate, destroy
the Iranian Navy, destroy their ballistic missiles, dismantle their dis uh missile and drone uh production infrastructure, significantly weaken
their pro uh their proxies throughout the course of this operation, and then of course preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Where are you?
Times Of India
Mar 31, 2026 #donaldtrump #unitedkingdom #france
Is the United States-led NATO nearing its end? Donald Trump on Tuesday hit out at European allies France and the United Kingdom over their refusal to actively participate in the ongoing Iran conflict. In a scathing post on Truth Social, Trump singled out the two NATO allies, saying that the "USA will remember". Besides UK and France, European nations including Italy and Spain have also refused to help Washington DC and Israel in their military offensive against Iran.
Transcript
US President Donald Trump is now signaling that he is ready to end the US military campaign against Iran.
A bombshell report by the Wall Street Journal citing officials within the Trump administration says the president has told aids he is willing to end the war even if the strategic straight of Hormuz remains largely closed. The comments mark a stunning shift in Trump's strategy as he now appears to view reopening the world's most critical oil artery as no longer essential to ending the war. According to the report, Trump and his aids assessed that a mission to reopen the choke point would extend the conflict beyond his preferred timeline of to weeks. With Iran showing no willingness to halt its attacks, Trump has decided that the US should focus on achieving its primary goals, weakening Iran's navy and reducing its missile capabilities before winding down hostilities and applying diplomatic pressure on Thran to restore the free flow of trade. If that effort fails, officials told the publication that Washington is expected to push allies in Europe and the Gulf to take the lead in reopening the strait. Nearly % of global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which is now effectively under Iran's control. The longer the strait remains closed, the greater the disruption to the global economy.
With rising fuel prices and supply shortages already impacting multiple countries, including key US
allies, industries dependent on materials like fertilizer and helium are also beginning to feel the strain.
Over the past month, Trump has delivered conflicting messages on the issue. At times he has taken a hardline stance,
threatening to strike civilian energy infrastructure if the strait is not reopened by a set deadline. At other
times, however, he has downplayed its importance to the United States,
suggesting that its closure is a problem for other nations to resolve.
Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert and vice president at the Brookings Institution, called ending military operations before reopening the strait "unbelievably irresponsible." She warned that the US and Israel cannot walk away from the consequences, adding that energy markets are global and the economic damage will worsen significantly if the closure continues.
Meanwhile, Trump's push to end the war quickly appears to contrast with recent military movements. The USS Tripoli and the st Marine Expeditionary Unit have entered the Middle East, while elements of the nd Airborne have been ordered
to deploy. The administration is also reportedly considering sending an additional ground troops. On
March th, White House press secretary Caroline Levit said the US was working towards restoring normal operations in
the strait, though she did not list it among the core military objectives, which include targeting Iran's navy,
missile capabilities, defense industry, and nuclear program.
Um, on Iran,
I know it's tough to engage in hypotheticals, but I feel like this is one that you could engage in. If the president does seek Probably not, but we'll see.
If the president does seek or the United States seeks a ground war, does he intend to get congressional authorization of that march?
Look, the president has been asked about boots on the ground or alleged ground operations various times. He's obviously
declined to rule them out. Uh, it's the Pentagon's job to provide maximum optionality to the president. does not mean he's made a decision, nor would he
ever notify the media of such decision as not to tip off our enemy. With respect to abiding by Congress and the rule of law, that's something the administration will of course always do.
Um and it's something that we have we have great respect for Congress. The president does with with um military operations. In fact, uh when prior to
the launch of Operation Epic Fury, as you know, the administration gave a courtesy notice to Congress in the Gang of Eight. Uh and top level administration officials and cabinet
secretaries have gone to Congress multiple times over the past days to provide those courtesy uh briefings to Congress when requested. President
continues to say the US is in conversations with a more reasonable regime, but there are now hundreds of US special operations forces, including
Navy Seals and Army Rangers in the Middle East, as well as thousands of other troops already deployed. So, is he trying to end or intensify the conflict?
The president is focused on achieving the objectives of Operation Epic Fury u with respect to forces that are on the ground in the Middle East. It's the job
of the Pentagon to create maximum op optionality for the commander-in-chief.
It does not mean the president has made any additional decisions. Again, he remains focused on ensuring that the Pentagon continues to achieve the
objectives uh of the operation that was launched days ago and we're well on our way to doing that.
So, if an American sitting at home hearing him say, "I want to talk," but I keep seeing them send troops to that region. What are they to make of what's going on?
There's two tracks here. The president has always said that diplomacy um is his number one option in priority. Again, he
tried earnestly in good faith to engage in diplomacy uh with the Iranian regime prior to this operation being launched
in the first place. Uh he wanted to strike a deal and he sent uh his top negotiators to do so. They spent extensive amount of uh time and effort
trying to strike a deal and unfortunately the previous regime again many of those leaders no longer with us here on earth because they p faced the
consequences of the United States military. So if there's ever a chance uh for a deal again the president is open to listening but it does not deter him
from focusing on the military objectives that he set out days ago and that our military is continuing to achieve day by day. and and on Iran, uh, if Iran is
kind of cherrypicking what tankers get to go through the straight now and and contemplating big tolls on those tankers, is that consistent or how is
that consistent really with the president's message about really wanting the straight to be fully open? Uh, does the administration support a regime or system where Iran is is effectively
charging tolls on these vessels to access?
That's not something we support and I would reject that they are cherrypicking. In fact, as you know, these tankers that are moving through, the that were previously announced,
and now the new the announcement of of additional tankers, which we expect to see over the coming days, are a result of the direct and indirect
talks that are taking place between the United States and Iran. So, you wouldn't have seen those tankers if not for the president's diplomacy and his team engaging on this matter. Uh, which we
expect that compliance moving forward and it's again something that we're working on very closely. Um, on the time frame, President Trump initially said about four weeks. Secretary of State
Rubio on Friday reportedly said it might be another two to four. Is to four the current ballpark that the administration is thinking? Uh, with respect to the timeline, again,
the president, commander-in-chief, the Pentagon has always stated four to weeks estimated timeline for Operation Epic Fury. We're on day today. Um, so
again, you do the math uh on how much longer uh we the Pentagon needs to fully achieve the objectives of Operation Epic Fury, which I will reiterate, destroy
the Iranian Navy, destroy their ballistic missiles, dismantle their dis uh missile and drone uh production infrastructure, significantly weaken
their pro uh their proxies throughout the course of this operation, and then of course preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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Re: Part 2 Anti-Anti-Nazi Barbarian Hordes are Knocking Down
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Theodore Postol: Iran's Missiles & Drones Were Underestimated
Glenn Diesen
Mar 31, 2026
MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol explains the extent to which the quantity and quality of Iranian missiles and drones were underestimated, and the consequences of this miscalculation.
Glenn Diesen
Mar 31, 2026
MIT Professor and Pentagon advisor Ted Postol explains the extent to which the quantity and quality of Iranian missiles and drones were underestimated, and the consequences of this miscalculation.
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True Promise 4: Iran and resistance axis ops. against US-Israeli assets on Mar. 31
by Press TV Website Staff
Tuesday, 31 March 2026 9:07 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 9:07 PM ]
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Iranian armed forces and resistance groups across the region continue to carry out retaliatory military operations against the United States and the Israeli regime.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2027, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army conducted multiple operations as part of Operation True Promise 4, which was launched immediately after the US-Israeli coalition carried out an unprovoked act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28.
Iranian armed forces have so far carried out 88 waves of missile and drone strikes with advanced weaponry targeting Israeli military facilities in the occupied territories, as well as US occupation bases and assets scattered across the West Asia region.
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have also joined the front against the external aggressors, inflicting heavy blows on the enemy.
Hezbollah’s operations have been primarily focused on Israeli military sites in the occupied territories. Its operations are both in response to the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the relentless ceasefire violations by the Israeli regime over the past year.
Iraqi resistance groups have also been carrying out daily operations, primarily against American military assets in Iraq and other Arab countries.
Below is a list of operations carried out by the Iranian armed forces, as well as resistance movements in Lebanon and Iraq, against the US and the Zionist regime on March 31:
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC):
• An "MQ9" drone belonging to the American-Israeli coalition was intercepted and successfully targeted by the Army Air Defense system in Isfahan and destroyed. With this one, the total number of drones destroyed by the integrated network of the country's Joint Air Defense Headquarters has reached 146.
• The IRGC Navy, in the 88th wave of Operation True Promise, under the blessed code name "O Fatimah Al-Zahra (PBUH)," launched a heavy assault against targets of the US and Israeli regime, delivering lethal blows to them.
• A container ship belonging to the Israeli regime, named "Halfong Express," was struck by ballistic missiles in the central waters of the Persian Gulf.
• A gathering point of American Marines on the coast of the United Arab Emirates, which had been hidden in a covered location outside a military base for fear of IRGC missiles, was precisely struck by attack drones.
• The anti-drone system (HAWK) of the American Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, which was deployed outside the base and around Manama Airport, was destroyed by attack drones. Two early warning advanced aerial radars at the American "Jaber Al-Ahmad" base were struck by a barrage of drones.
• The operation involved Emad, Khorramshahr-4, and Ghadr solid- and liquid-fueled super-heavy missile systems.
• The achievements of this major operation are dedicated to the martyred IRGC Navy commander Rear Admiral Martyr Alireza Tangsiri and other martyrs of the IRGC Navy.
• Two "Lucas" drones were intercepted and destroyed in the skies of Bandar Abbas and Minab by the IRGC's new advanced air defense system, under the control of the integrated defense network.
Iranian Army:
• An American-Israeli spy drone, "Lucas," was intercepted and successfully fired upon by the Iranian Army Air Defense Force system in the Qeshm region.
• With this one, the number of drones shot down by the integrated network of the country's Joint Air Defense Headquarters has reached 147.
• Targeted important and strategic communication, telecommunication, and industrial centers affiliated with the Israeli military in the occupied territories with a barrage of drone attacks.
• The industrial centers of Siemens, Telecom, and AT&T of the regime's army in Ben Gurion and Haifa were targeted with attack drones.
• The Siemens industrial software center in the central regions of the occupied territories (near "Ben Gurion" airport) focuses on advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and industrial automation for the Israeli military, and is used to optimize weapons production lines and design military systems.
• The AT&T telecommunication center, located in Haifa, is one of the American research and development centers that operates in the fields of advanced networking, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence technologies for the occupying regime.
Hezbollah:
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a "Merkava" tank on the road between the towns of Al-Qantara and Al-Taybeh in southern Lebanon with a guided missile.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a military checkpoint in the "Misgav Am" settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the air defense system in the "Ma'alot Tarshiha" settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Metulla" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Adamit" barracks with a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank at Tillet Friez in the town of Ainata with an attack drone.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at the Al-Sadr-Friz triangle in the town of Ainata with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted communication and surveillance equipment at a newly established position of the Israeli army east of the town of Taybeh with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Tallet Friez in the town of Ainata with artillery shells.
• Targeted two Israeli troop carriers and a Humvee vehicle in the town of Al-Bayada, southern Lebanon, with attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with rocket barrages.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Al-Farez Hill in the town of Ainata with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a high-ranking Israeli military command convoy on Al-Owayda Hill with rocket barrages and artillery shells.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an armored personnel carrier in the town of Taybeh with an attack drone.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters ambushed an armored force belonging to the Israeli military during its advance in the town of Beit Lif. Upon the force's arrival at the kill point, the fighters detonated explosive devices and engaged its personnel using light and medium weapons, simultaneously targeting it with rocket fire and artillery shells, achieving direct hits. The fighters then targeted the reinforcement force that arrived at the scene with guided and direct missiles, which led to its personnel being killed and wounded, including a battalion commander in the Nahal Brigade.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli force positioned inside a house in the town of Al-Qawzah with a guided missile.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in shelling civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli army in "Krayot," north of the occupied city of Haifa, with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at the newly established Balat site with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Yaroun with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operations series, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Stella Maris" base (a strategic base for maritime monitoring and surveillance on the northern coast) with a barrage of qualitative missiles.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in shelling civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operation wave, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Nesher" base, southeast of the city of Haifa, with a barrage of qualitative missiles and a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's continued bombardment of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operations series, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli army in the "Krayot" area north of the occupied city of Haifa with a barrage of qualitative missiles.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's persistence in bombing civilians, displacing them, and destroying homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Tefen" base east of the occupied city of Akka with a barrage of qualitative missiles and a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's continued bombing of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, in the "Khaybar 2" operation wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to the occupied city of "Nahariya" in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted it with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's continued bombing of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, in the "Khaybar 2" operation wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to the occupied city of "Nahariya" in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted it with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's persistence in bombing civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, as part of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Zar'it" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in bombing civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, and as part of the "Khaybar 2" series of operations, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Shlomi" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, as part of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Shomera" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a "Merkava" tank in the town of Rshaf with a guided missile, which led to its destruction.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Deir Sirian with appropriate weapons and artillery shells.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Israeli army soldiers and a Humvee vehicle in the town of Al-Qantara with an attack drone.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in shelling civilians, displacement, and the destruction of homes, and within the framework of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Meron" base for air surveillance and operations management in northern occupied Palestine.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, and within the framework of the Khaybar 2 operations series, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Birya" base (the main air defense and missile base belonging to the Northern Command) north of the occupied city of Safad with a rocket barrage.
Islamic Resistance in Iraq:
• Launched a barrage of drones at the Haris base of US occupation forces in Erbil.
• Launched a barrage of drones at the Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base of US forces in Kuwait.
by Press TV Website Staff
Tuesday, 31 March 2026 9:07 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 9:07 PM ]
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/3 ... ts-march31
Iranian armed forces and resistance groups across the region continue to carry out retaliatory military operations against the United States and the Israeli regime.
On Tuesday, March 31, 2027, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Iranian Army conducted multiple operations as part of Operation True Promise 4, which was launched immediately after the US-Israeli coalition carried out an unprovoked act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28.
Iranian armed forces have so far carried out 88 waves of missile and drone strikes with advanced weaponry targeting Israeli military facilities in the occupied territories, as well as US occupation bases and assets scattered across the West Asia region.
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have also joined the front against the external aggressors, inflicting heavy blows on the enemy.
Hezbollah’s operations have been primarily focused on Israeli military sites in the occupied territories. Its operations are both in response to the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the relentless ceasefire violations by the Israeli regime over the past year.
Iraqi resistance groups have also been carrying out daily operations, primarily against American military assets in Iraq and other Arab countries.
Below is a list of operations carried out by the Iranian armed forces, as well as resistance movements in Lebanon and Iraq, against the US and the Zionist regime on March 31:
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC):
• An "MQ9" drone belonging to the American-Israeli coalition was intercepted and successfully targeted by the Army Air Defense system in Isfahan and destroyed. With this one, the total number of drones destroyed by the integrated network of the country's Joint Air Defense Headquarters has reached 146.
• The IRGC Navy, in the 88th wave of Operation True Promise, under the blessed code name "O Fatimah Al-Zahra (PBUH)," launched a heavy assault against targets of the US and Israeli regime, delivering lethal blows to them.
• A container ship belonging to the Israeli regime, named "Halfong Express," was struck by ballistic missiles in the central waters of the Persian Gulf.
• A gathering point of American Marines on the coast of the United Arab Emirates, which had been hidden in a covered location outside a military base for fear of IRGC missiles, was precisely struck by attack drones.
• The anti-drone system (HAWK) of the American Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, which was deployed outside the base and around Manama Airport, was destroyed by attack drones. Two early warning advanced aerial radars at the American "Jaber Al-Ahmad" base were struck by a barrage of drones.
• The operation involved Emad, Khorramshahr-4, and Ghadr solid- and liquid-fueled super-heavy missile systems.
• The achievements of this major operation are dedicated to the martyred IRGC Navy commander Rear Admiral Martyr Alireza Tangsiri and other martyrs of the IRGC Navy.
• Two "Lucas" drones were intercepted and destroyed in the skies of Bandar Abbas and Minab by the IRGC's new advanced air defense system, under the control of the integrated defense network.
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Iranian Army:
• An American-Israeli spy drone, "Lucas," was intercepted and successfully fired upon by the Iranian Army Air Defense Force system in the Qeshm region.
• With this one, the number of drones shot down by the integrated network of the country's Joint Air Defense Headquarters has reached 147.
• Targeted important and strategic communication, telecommunication, and industrial centers affiliated with the Israeli military in the occupied territories with a barrage of drone attacks.
• The industrial centers of Siemens, Telecom, and AT&T of the regime's army in Ben Gurion and Haifa were targeted with attack drones.
• The Siemens industrial software center in the central regions of the occupied territories (near "Ben Gurion" airport) focuses on advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and industrial automation for the Israeli military, and is used to optimize weapons production lines and design military systems.
• The AT&T telecommunication center, located in Haifa, is one of the American research and development centers that operates in the fields of advanced networking, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence technologies for the occupying regime.
Hezbollah:
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a "Merkava" tank on the road between the towns of Al-Qantara and Al-Taybeh in southern Lebanon with a guided missile.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a military checkpoint in the "Misgav Am" settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the air defense system in the "Ma'alot Tarshiha" settlement with a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Metulla" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Adamit" barracks with a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank at Tillet Friez in the town of Ainata with an attack drone.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at the Al-Sadr-Friz triangle in the town of Ainata with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted communication and surveillance equipment at a newly established position of the Israeli army east of the town of Taybeh with a rocket barrage.
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• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Tallet Friez in the town of Ainata with artillery shells.
• Targeted two Israeli troop carriers and a Humvee vehicle in the town of Al-Bayada, southern Lebanon, with attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with rocket barrages.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at Al-Farez Hill in the town of Ainata with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a high-ranking Israeli military command convoy on Al-Owayda Hill with rocket barrages and artillery shells.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an armored personnel carrier in the town of Taybeh with an attack drone.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the "Avivim" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters ambushed an armored force belonging to the Israeli military during its advance in the town of Beit Lif. Upon the force's arrival at the kill point, the fighters detonated explosive devices and engaged its personnel using light and medium weapons, simultaneously targeting it with rocket fire and artillery shells, achieving direct hits. The fighters then targeted the reinforcement force that arrived at the scene with guided and direct missiles, which led to its personnel being killed and wounded, including a battalion commander in the Nahal Brigade.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli force positioned inside a house in the town of Al-Qawzah with a guided missile.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in shelling civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli army in "Krayot," north of the occupied city of Haifa, with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles at the newly established Balat site with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Yaroun with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operations series, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Stella Maris" base (a strategic base for maritime monitoring and surveillance on the northern coast) with a barrage of qualitative missiles.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in shelling civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operation wave, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Nesher" base, southeast of the city of Haifa, with a barrage of qualitative missiles and a swarm of attack drones.
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2:52 PM · Mar 31, 2026
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's continued bombardment of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operations series, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted infrastructure belonging to the Israeli army in the "Krayot" area north of the occupied city of Haifa with a barrage of qualitative missiles.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's persistence in bombing civilians, displacing them, and destroying homes, and as part of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Tefen" base east of the occupied city of Akka with a barrage of qualitative missiles and a swarm of attack drones.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's continued bombing of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, in the "Khaybar 2" operation wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to the occupied city of "Nahariya" in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted it with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's continued bombing of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, in the "Khaybar 2" operation wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to the occupied city of "Nahariya" in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted it with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's persistence in bombing civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, as part of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Zar'it" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in bombing civilians, displacing them, and demolishing homes, and as part of the "Khaybar 2" series of operations, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Shlomi" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the enemy's continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, as part of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Shomera" settlement with a rocket barrage.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a "Merkava" tank in the town of Rshaf with a guided missile, which led to its destruction.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their vehicles in the town of Deir Sirian with appropriate weapons and artillery shells.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Israeli army soldiers and a Humvee vehicle in the town of Al-Qantara with an attack drone.
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2:22 PM · Mar 31, 2026
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's persistence in shelling civilians, displacement, and the destruction of homes, and within the framework of the Khaybar 2 operations wave, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Meron" base for air surveillance and operations management in northern occupied Palestine.
• In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the enemy's continued shelling of civilians, displacement, and demolition of homes, and within the framework of the Khaybar 2 operations series, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the "Birya" base (the main air defense and missile base belonging to the Northern Command) north of the occupied city of Safad with a rocket barrage.
Islamic Resistance in Iraq:
• Launched a barrage of drones at the Haris base of US occupation forces in Erbil.
• Launched a barrage of drones at the Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base of US forces in Kuwait.
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