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Why Iran is so hard to defeat​

Aug 25, 2024 #Iran

#Iran has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to withstand invasions, making it almost impossible to subjugate. But why is that? What makes Iran so tough?


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Report to Congress on Iran and U.S. Policy​

September 10, 2024 9:25 AM

The following is the Sept. 8, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Background and U.S. Policy.

From the report​

Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have been largely antagonistic since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, with tensions spiking since 2023. Of particular concern for U.S. policymakers in 2024 are Iran’s regional activities and those of its partners, including the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel; ongoing attacks against U.S. forces and additional targets in the region by other Iran-backed groups such as the Houthis; and increasingly open direct military conflict between Iran and Israel. The Iranian government’s human rights violations, its nuclear program, and its deepening ties with Russia and China also pose challenges for the United States. Congress has played a major role in shaping U.S. policy toward Iran, including by authorizing extensive U.S. sanctions, seeking to influence diplomatic engagement with Iran, and funding support to U.S. partners facing Iranian threats. Selected issues of potential congressional engagement or interest include:

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searcher said:

Report to Congress on Iran and U.S. Policy​

September 10, 2024 9:25 AM

The following is the Sept. 8, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Iran: Background and U.S. Policy.

From the report​

Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have been largely antagonistic since the Iranian Revolution of 1979, with tensions spiking since 2023. Of particular concern for U.S. policymakers in 2024 are Iran’s regional activities and those of its partners, including the October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel; ongoing attacks against U.S. forces and additional targets in the region by other Iran-backed groups such as the Houthis; and increasingly open direct military conflict between Iran and Israel. The Iranian government’s human rights violations, its nuclear program, and its deepening ties with Russia and China also pose challenges for the United States. Congress has played a major role in shaping U.S. policy toward Iran, including by authorizing extensive U.S. sanctions, seeking to influence diplomatic engagement with Iran, and funding support to U.S. partners facing Iranian threats. Selected issues of potential congressional engagement or interest include:

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I love how we forget the CIA allowed Savak, the Iranian secret police to back the dictator to torture and murder the Iranian people, and how we overthrew the elected government to install the dictator....we are sooo forgetful.
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Fatrat said:
This war will be so nice, I hope they get to it soon...last I heard, our fleet which protects israel was starting to move away, this seems to be an effort to make it stay.
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Moved away because Iran can take the fleet out with missiles.

But I'm right there with you Fat... let's get this show on the road!
 
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Iranian Naval Forces Go Dark

As befits a nation with pretensions to being a global power, Iran has two navies - whereas most other nations have just the one.The regular Islamic R...
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Some history here. Can't vouch for the veracity of the info but I did find it interesting. Take it fwiw and dyodd.

 
Some history here.

Mark Felton - Wikipedia

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Iran's Top Guns - The Last F-14 Tomcat Squadrons​

Oct 3, 2024

Iran is the only nation still using the F-14 Tomcat, the fighter made famous by the 1986 movie 'Top Gun'. Find out how Iran obtained these US planes and why they are still in service 50 years later in 2024.


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What happens if Iran gets nuclear weapons?​

Oct 18, 2024 #Iran #nuclear #ad

It looks increasingly likely that #Iran will get its hands on #nuclear weapons. If not this year, then in the years following. What would happen the day after?


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We can't or won't control israeli nukes either...we need to go away.
 
Why don't any of the politicians simply say if Iran gets nukes it will cause a nuclear arms race in the Middle East which could be catastrophic.
 
searcher said:
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Trump and the Storm of the Century - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity

The fear in many nations’ capitals is that President Donald Trump’s return to Washington might make Israel feel more confident in attacking Iran. According to Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem, “There is no world leader Trump respects more than Netanyahu.” The...
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Zionists bankers hold Trumps debt, no great surprise he must obey and remember he was friends with Epstein early on...
 

Trump says he's given advisers instructions for Iran to be 'obliterated' if it assassinates him​

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him.

“If they did that they would be obliterated,” Trump said in an exchange with reporters while signing an executive order calling for the U.S. government to impose maximum pressure on Tehran. "I’ve left instructions if they do it, they get obliterated, there won’t be anything left.”

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Of course, the moment he is gone, all orders are null and void, but I suspect his vice president would retaliate as soon as he was sworn in. Cool thing is Israel would finally die in a series of small mushroom clouds.
 
Probably just a rumor but I heard LG rubbed one out when he heard this.

Oil rises as Trump says Iran will be held responsible for any future Houthi attacks​

  • President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hold Iran responsible for any future attacks by the Houthis.
  • Trump’s threat comes after the U.S. launched a new wave of airstrikes against the Houthis over the weekend.
  • The Houthis have launched repeated attacks on shipping passing through the Red Sea. The militant group is allied with the Islamic Republic and Hamas.
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UPDATED: Houthis Attempt Attack on Carrier Harry S. Truman After U.S. Strikes in Yemen​

This post has been updated with additional details on the attempted Houthi attack on the Truman carrier strike group and statements from the Houthis.

The Houthis attempted an attack on aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) and its escorts in response to a series of Saturday U.S. attacks on targets in Yemen, according to the group.

In a post on X, Houthi spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Sare’e claimed the Iran-backed group used 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as one drone, to attack the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group in the northern Red Sea. U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the attacks from USNI News.

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Our masters say we must die for them, so we must...but if Iran can take out Israel, it will be worth it.
 
A nuclear armed Iran would start a nuclear.arms.race that would.end badly.
 
nickndfl said:
A nuclear armed Iran would start a nuclear.arms.race that would.end badly.
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You are missing something, Israel is nuclear armed already, that's why ALL Muslim countries want nukes, not just iran...
 
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