Iran unites in mourning, honors martyrs in mass funeral

from al Mayadeen English

Tens of thousands of Iranians filled Tehran’s Enghelab (Revolution) Square on Saturday to participate in the funeral procession of 60 martyrs killed during the recent Israeli aggression. Among the mourners were President Masoud Pezeshkian, Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as well as former Iranian Presidential Advisor Mohammad Javad Zarif, in addition to official delegations from Bahrain, Iraq, and other Arab nations, standing in solidarity with the Islamic Republic. 

Ali Shamkhani, the Senior Advisor to Iranian Leader Sayyed Ali, also attended the massive funeral procession in Tehran. The Israeli occupation had claimed it had assassinated Shamkhani at the beginning of the Israeli war on Iran; however, the top advisor sustained injuries in the failed Israeli attempt... 

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Iran’s top military command vows ‘more forceful’ response if Israel repeats aggression

from PressTV

Iran’s highest operational command unit warns that the Armed Forces will give a “more forceful” response to the Israeli regime if it carries out another act of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

“The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran are monitoring all actions of enemies with complete vigilance and are fully prepared to counter any aggression. In the event of repeated aggression, they will respond even more forcefully,” the commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Military Headquarters said in a statement on Sunday.

The Zionist enemy and the United States have repeatedly proved that they are not committed to any legal, moral, and international regulations and that they are not trustworthy, the statement said.

It noted that historic unity and cohesion of the courageous Iranian people during the 12 days of the Israeli aggression and their subsequent massive presence at the funeral of the martyrs “have once again disrupted the dreams of the Zionist enemy and its criminal master, the US.”...

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In New Assessment, C.I.A. Chief Says U.S. Strikes ‘Severely Damaged’ Iranian Program

from the New York Times

Classified intelligence about the damage to Iran’s nuclear program from U.S. strikes was at the center of a political tempest on Wednesday as spy chiefs pushed out new assessments and President Trump continued to defend his assertion that Iran’s key facilities had been “obliterated.”

The C.I.A. director, John Ratcliffe, said the strikes had “severely damaged” Iran’s nuclear program, and the administration suggested that the initial report, by the Defense Intelligence Agency, was based on preliminary assessments and was already outdated.

The damage was also being assessed by other U.S. spy agencies. No information that has become public from those assessments has supported Mr. Trump’s description of the level of destruction from the U.S. attack, though they all confirmed that the damage had been substantial.

The D.I.A. report was based on information from little more than 24 hours after the American attacks on three of Iran’s nuclear sites...

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Iranian armed forces' general staff rejects claims of new missile launches at Zionist entity

from PressTV

Iran has firmly denied reports about any new missile launches from the Islamic Republic toward the occupied territories after the regime ceased its aggression early on Tuesday.

In a statement on Tuesday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces denied any missile launches from Iran toward the occupied territories after the regime was forced to halt its aggression against the Islamic Republic after 12 days.

The statement noted that some sources affiliated with the Zionist regime claimed that Iranian missiles had been fired at the regime's territory, but it wasn’t true.

Hours after the regime was forced to halt its aggression against Iran as part of a deal with US President Donald Trump, Israeli war affairs minister Israel Katz said he had instructed the Israeli military to “respond forcefully” to what he claimed to be Iran’s violation of the "truce."

A well-informed source told Press TV that the claim was just a pretext to initiate the breach of the so-called "truce" agreement reached between the Israeli regime and Washington...

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Trump ‘annoyed’ with Netanyahu for breaking ceasefire

from al Jazeera

Trump is feeling “quite annoyed” at and perhaps “betrayed” by Netanyahu after Israel launched attacks on Iran, violating the ceasefire, says Al Jazeera’s US correspondent Phil Lavelle.

As the US president prepared to fly to Europe for a NATO summit, he told reporters of his frustration that both Israel and Iran had violated the terms of their ceasefire agreement, just hours after it was announced.

Before his departure, Trump also swore while making comments about Israel and Iran.

“He was angry with both Israel and Iran. But you could really tell some of the extra anger there, the extra fury was aimed at Israel,” Lavelle noted.

He added that Trump “obviously feels quite annoyed, and betrayed, perhaps, by Benjamin Netanyahu”.

Trump spoke to Netanyahu on Monday to get his backing for the ceasefire, before enlisting the help of Qatar to get Iranian support for the proposal.

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Trump warns Israel not to attack Iran, says both sides broke truce

from al Jazeera

US President Donald Trump says Israel and Iran have both violated the ceasefire, but that he was “really unhappy” with Israel. He called on Israel to stop dropping bombs and to “Bring your pilots home, now!”

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says he has ordered “intense strikes” on Tehran, accusing Iran of violating the truce brokered by the US and Qatar.

Iran denies the claim, and its top security body warns its forces stand ready to respond decisively to any Israeli violations.

 

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Iran confirms ceasefire with Israel

from RT

Iran has agreed to a ceasefire with Israel since Tehran’s military objectives have been achieved, the Iranian Supreme National Security Council has announced.

US President Donald Trump announced earlier that there would be a truce after nearly two weeks of tit-for-tat strikes. Trump claimed that Israel and Iran had approached him “almost simultaneously, and said, ‘PEACE!’, adding that the Middle East and the whole world would be “winners” in a cessation of hostilities.

Iran’s top security body announced “the national decision to impose the cessation of war on the Zionist enemy [Israel] and its vile supporters” in a statement on Tuesday.

The Iranian military “without any trust to the words of the enemy and with their hands on the trigger, are ready to deliver a decisive and deterring response to any violating act by the enemy,” it warned...

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Israeli war minister orders ‘intense strikes’ on Iran shortly after regime halted aggression

from PressTV

Israel’s minister for military affairs, Israel Katz, says he has ordered “intense strikes” against Iran, immediately after the cessation of aggression after 12 days.

Hours after the regime said it would cease its aggression against Iran as part of a deal it reached with US President Donald Trump, Katz said on Tuesday morning that he had instructed the Israeli military to “respond forcefully” to what he claimed to be Iran’s violation of the ceasefire with strikes against targets in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

The claim that Iran breached the ceasefire has already been debunked by Iranian sources.

It came hours after Iranian armed forces fired almost a dozen missiles towards different targets in the occupied territories as part of retaliatory strikes just before the cessation of Israeli aggression, as announced by Trump...

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Israeli war minister's claim of fresh Iranian strikes pretext to continue aggression

from PressTV

The reports of fresh Iranian missile strikes towards the occupied Palestinian territories following the cessation of hostilities by the Zionist regime are not true, sources told Press TV.

Hours after the regime said it would cease its aggression against Iran as part of a deal it reached with US President Donald Trump, Katz said on Tuesday morning that he had instructed the Israeli military to “respond forcefully” to what he claimed to be Iran’s violation of the "truce."

A well-informed source told Press TV that the claim is just a pretext to initiate the breach of the so-called "truce" agreement reached between the Israeli regime and Washington.

He said Iran is still in the process of assessing the evolving situation and whether or not the Israeli regime will adhere to the agreement it reached with Trump on halting its aggression.

The source said it was the Israeli regime that approached Trump with an offer to halt its attacks against the Islamic Republic after the American president hinted that the US would stay away from the war following Iranian missile strikes on a US base in Qatar...

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No justification for attack on Iran – Putin

from RT

Israeli and US hostilities against Iran are groundless and unjustifiable, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The top Iranian diplomat, who landed in Moscow and met with the Russian president on Monday, said earlier that the visit was needed for “closer, more precise, and more serious consultations” with Russia, in the wake of the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

During the meeting at the Kremlin, Putin described the attacks on Iran as “an unprovoked aggression,” for which “there can be no justification.”

The actions of Israel and the US are “illegitimate” and violate international norms, he added.

The Russian leader noted that he was glad to see Araghchi in Moscow, saying that his visit would allow Russia and Iran “to discuss these pressing issues and jointly think about a way out of the current situation.”...

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Moscow blasts US redo of ‘Iraqi weapons of mass destruction’ stunt

from RT

Russia has condemned the United States for its airstrikes and missile attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, calling them “irresponsible, provocative and dangerous,” and warning that they risk pushing the Middle East toward a large-scale war with potentially catastrophic nuclear consequences.

Speaking at an emergency session of the UN Security Council on Sunday, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Washington of violating the UN Charter, international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

“The United States has opened a Pandora’s box, and no one knows what consequences may follow,” Nebenzia said, noting that by targeting IAEA-supervised nuclear sites, Washington has “once again demonstrated total disregard for the position of the international community.”...

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Iran tells UN emergency meeting that US has 'waged a war' under 'absurd pretext'

 from the AP

 

Key players tangle at UNSC at ‘perilous turn’ of US-Israel-Iran conflict

from al Jazeera

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has convened an emergency session after the US-led strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, prompting sharp rebukes from several member states and renewed calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East, while allies Israel and the US lauded the attack.

Russia, China and Pakistan have proposed a resolution demanding an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire”, according to diplomats familiar with the draft circulated on Sunday. While the proposal does not explicitly name the United States or Israel, it condemns the attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities. A vote has not yet been scheduled. 

To pass, the resolution requires the backing of at least nine members and no vetoes from the five permanent members – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the US. This makes it a non-starter since the US will not censure itself.

Speaking to the UNSC, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the region was standing “on the brink of a deadly downward spiral”.

“The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States marks a perilous turn in a region that is already reeling,” Guterres said. “We now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation. We must act – immediately and decisively – to halt the fighting and return to serious, sustained negotiations on the Iran nuclear programme.”

Acting US Ambassador Dorothy Shea defended the military action, saying that Washington had moved to dismantle Iran’s enrichment capacity to protect both US citizens and allies...

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The Road to Blowback: Notes on Kata’ib Hezbollah and a Potential FF Attack in Iraq

by Scott Creighton

Supposedly the Kata'ib Hezbollah group are opposed to the United States being in Iraq and have been attacking our troops since their foundation. However... they were part of Nouri al Maliki's security forces and the PMUs that were carrying out our Salvador Option in Iraq killing and disappearing dissidents... those opposed to U.S. occupation. Nouri was OUR GUY and Kata'ib Hezbollah protected him.

'Both during and after the American-led occupation of Iraq (2003–2011), al-Maliki worked closely with the Multi-National Force (MNF–I), and continued to cooperate with the United States following the withdrawal from Iraq.' Wikipedia

Remember... we created the mujahideen to destabilize Soviet Union involvement with Afghanistan and afterward they became al Qaeda (or 'the list' of mercenaries we could count on to destabilize other nations... run by bin Laden)... a former member of has now been installed as the leader of Syria. 

' The Mujahideen were a collection of various, often fragmented, Afghan rebel groups that fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. They received significant support, including weapons and funding, from the United States, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other countries.' Google AI

Why would an institution that has done nothing to hinder our continued occupation of Iraq for all these years, a group who were then used to help destabilize Syria, all of a sudden start attacking U.S. military bases as the U.S. and Israel seek to regime change Iran? 

Ideologically, the GMCIR is staunchly anti-Maliki and anti-Iranian. It opposes the significant role played by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-organized militias such as Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Kata’ib Hezbollah in the Iraqi security forces. [4] The GMCIR’s first public declaration on January 15 outlined its political program. This declaration emphasized that the GMCIR is an Iraqi nationalist, non-sectarian movement that is drawn from Iraq’s tribes and that it seeks the removal of Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister of Iraq. The GMCIR also seeks support from the people of southern Iraq (i.e. Shi’a Arab tribesmen) to help remove al-Maliki from power. [5] GMCIR members assert that the second-in-command of the organization is a Shi’a from southern Iraq and that the GMCIR is actively seeking the assistance of southern Iraqi Shi’a tribes in Basra, Dhi Qar and Maysan, which they claim are as disenfranchised by al-Maliki’s government as they are. [6]

According to GMCIR members and media produced by the organization, the rank-and-file of the GMCIR consists of predominately Arab and Sunni tribal fighters, including a significant number of Sahwa (Awakening) council veterans mobilized as part of the “Sons of Iraq” and Iraqi military officers that served in the Iraqi Army prior to its May 2003 disbandment by Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2. [7] GMCIR members state that the majority of its first cohort of fighters were local protestors, mainly from Anbar governorate, that actively demonstrated against the al-Maliki government and decided to join an armed uprising against the Iraqi government following the December 2013 arrest of popular Anbari MP and member of the Iraqiya bloc, Ahmad al-Awlani, and the ongoing Iraqi security force operations that resulted in Anbari protestors being fired on (Reuters, December 28, 2013). [8]...' Jamestown Foundation

None of this makes any sense until you understand how irregular warfare works. Proxy armies can carry out activities that regular forces can't and in some cases won't do. And if there is enough distance between the puppets and their controllers almost anything can be justified in the wake of their actions.

Does 9/11 ring any bells?

Iranian-backed militias threaten US amid rising tensions in Iraq over Iran-Israel conflict (June 20 2025)

(The day before Trump launched an unprovoked attack on Iran (on behalf of the defense of another nation) a meeting was held with various proxy army leaders who promised to attack U.S. service men and women in the event of... Trump launching an unprovoked attack on Iran (on behalf of another nation))

(Commenters out there are saying 'no false flag was needed' to kick TrumpyBear into gear when it comes to starting WWIII. Well, maybe not or maybe this is the false flag. FF only work if you can create a plausible narrative as to what set the attack in motion. Trump's people have now given them that.) 

from Long War Journal

The Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia in Iraq has threatened to target “US interests” in the Middle East if the US intervenes in the Israel-Iran conflict, according to several regional Arabic reports. The New Arab reported on June 15 that the pro-Iranian group has also called for the “closure of the US Embassy in Baghdad,” which “comes as a state of anticipation and fear prevails in Iraq that the country could be dragged into a war.” CNN Arabic noted that Kataib Hezbollah commander Abu al Askari made the group’s threat.

Kataib Hezbollah and its commanders have been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department as a terrorist group. It is one of a number of powerful Iranian-backed militias in Iraq that are also part of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the official state paramilitary organization that ostensibly reports to Iraq’s prime minister.

Akram al Kaabi, the leader of Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, another pro-Iranian militia that is part of the PMF, also issued a statement threatening the US. Kaabi made the threat in reference to reports that the US might attempt to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “At that point, not a single soldier or diplomat of yours will be safe. Everyone holding your nationality in our region—and all your direct and indirect interests—will become legitimate targets for us, as long as we live in this vile world,” he said.

Threats against the US are increasing in Iraq as clashes between Israel and Iran have grown over the past week. Days before Israel initially attacked Iran on June 13, the US considered evacuating some of its non-essential State Department personnel from Iraq. More recently, US President Donald Trump said he is weighing US intervention in the conflict...

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Trump Says He Attacked 3 Sites in Iran

After giving the Iranians two weeks to come to the table and discuss the situation just yesterday, Donald Trump launched an illegal and pre-emptive war of aggression against them in order to save Benjamin Netanyahu's political career and the Greater Israel project. American First my ass. Now that we have attacked Iran I wonder if our proxy army in Iraq will live up to their threat and kill U.S. service men and women stationed over there in retaliation. 

Why Did TrumpyBear Attack Iran Now?

by Scott Creighton

Here are my guesses:

1. They understand that a bipartisan group in both the House and Senate are making progress on passing a bill that would prevent him from attacking Iran in this unprovoked way. 
2. They also understand that according to recent polling, Trump's plan to attack Iran was wildly unpopular even among those who voted for him and it was undoubtedly bound to get even worse. 
3. An attack like this is exactly what that 'Iranian backed militia' in Iraq said would be a red line for them triggering them to attack U.S. military bases in retaliation. In truth, we run those groups and have since the Salvador Option in Iraq. This gives them the perfect pretext to have a FF event take place which some might think will galvanize U.S. popular support for the war.
4. Netanyahu knows he is not going to survive politically if they keep getting hammered by Iran and that means the Greater Israel project will crumble right before their eyes. They don't have enough stockpiles of interceptor missiles to stop the hypersonic ones from Iran and they are fucked. They are about to lose the war of aggression they themselves started. 

Did  Miriam Adleson pay TrumpyBear to do this?

Did they promise him and his family a large plot of land off the Gaza coast for their 'Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea'? 

Were videos from Little St. James Island and the Lolita Express flights involved?

Trump shouldn't be impeached for this, he should be hung for it because it's treason, plain as day.

Iran did nothing to us. Posed no threat. His chief advisor says our intelligence agencies say they are not making a nuclear weapon and they were ready to make a deal until Netanyahu scrubbed the chances of that by launching a war of aggression.  

Trump is siding with a genocidal maniac who kills children and bombs refugees so a couple rich Israelis can steal their land.

And in doing so, Trump has put thousands of U.S. service men and women in harms way. Directly in harms way.

Trump is a traitor. 

Period. 

U.S. Enters War Against Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites

from the NYT

The United States has entered Israel’s war against Iran.

American warplanes dropped bombs on three nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump announced on Saturday night, bringing the U.S. military directly into the war after days of uncertainty about whether he would intervene.

“All planes are now outside of Iran air space,” he said in a post on social media, adding that a “full payload” of bombs had been dropped on Fordo, the heavily fortified underground facility in Iran that is critical to its nuclear program. “All planes are safely on their way home.”

The three sites that Mr. Trump said were hit on Sunday morning included Iran’s two major uranium enrichment centers: the mountain facility at Fordo and a larger enrichment plant at Natanz, which Israel struck several days ago with smaller weapons. The third site, near the ancient city of Isfahan, is where Iran is believed to keep its near-bomb-grade enriched uranium, which inspectors saw just two weeks ago...

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Putin says Russia supports Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy amid US threats

from RT

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reaffirmed his country’s support for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s right to develop and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

In an interview with Sky News Arabia on Saturday, Putin asserted that Moscow supports Iran’s right to use nuclear energy peacefully and is prepared to provide the necessary assistance in this regard.

His remarks came amid the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic, backed by the United States, which came amid the Iran-US indirect nuclear negotiations.

The Trump administration in Washington has used the pretext of Iran’s nuclear energy program to threaten Iran and its leadership with military aggression.

Iran, while maintaining that its nuclear energy is peaceful and solely for energy purposes, has warned against American direct intervention in the Israeli terrorist aggression.

Russia has traditionally supported Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy and it has been involved in Bussher nuclear power plant, which is operated by Russia’s Rosatom.

Putin said the concerns regarding Iran’s nuclear program should be resolved through dialogue and mutual agreement, in a clear rejection of US war rhetoric...

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Operation Rising Lion: Return of the Brutal Dictator the Shah of Iran

Operation Rising Lion: Return of the Brutal Dictator the Shah of Iran