Image is one of many rallies in Iran in support of the government and the leadership.
short summary here, longish summary in spoiler tags below: Western standoff munition stockpiles now substantially depleted, therefore Western aircraft activity directly over Iran increasing (as is footage of attempted and actual hits against them) as the US attempts to transition more to using bombs dropped directly onto targets, Iran is increasingly in the driver’s seat and controlling the conflict, world economy is fucked and yet could still get much worse very soon, if you require a car to live (especially if it’s not electric) and cannot work from home then you have my sincere condolences
longish summary here
While I’ve seen several estimates on the current stockpiles of US and Zionist missiles and interceptors - somewhere in the realm of a third depleted, perhaps even up to half - it seems like we’re reaching the point at which the US does not want to commit even more standoff munitions and is trying their luck against the Iranian air defense network directly.
We have already seen footage of Iran attempting to shoot down, and sometimes actually striking Western fifth generation planes like the F-35, and more footage along those lines is appearing for other plane models (with one side claiming that they evaded interception and the other claiming they hit it, etc etc, propaganda is everywhere, you know the drill). How much the US is willing to test their planes against Iranian air defense is a matter of debate. Strictly speaking, a few fighter jets and bombers shot down would be no catastrophic loss in the grand scheme of things, as the US has hundreds. However, the narrative of such a thing would be quite bad for the US - “You’re telling me an OBLITERATED Iranian military can shoot down some of our most advanced equipment?? What are we gonna do against China?!” - and given Trump’s deranged jingoistic rhetoric aimed to buoy markets, it’s clear that he cares very deeply about narratives. Additionally, with Chinese exports of several critical metals to the US banned, the prospect of replacing these aircraft (and indeed the standoff munitions and the interceptors and the ground radars etc) is looking questionable.
All the while, Iran continues its strikes across the Middle East. Missile and drone strikes are reportedly on the uptick again, demonstrating that Iranian military capabilities have by no means been “destroyed” as Western propaganda claim, though it’s impossible to sure there was ever a significant downtick due to Western censorship and outright fabrications. People around the world are gradually realizing the magnitude of the economic disaster that is occurring and may yet occur. Refineries and factories which deal with oil and gas directly are starting to slow down or stop production, and those who make products downstream of those are starting to follow them like dominoes. Outrage at gas station prices is rising, and many countries are considering limiting civilian driving and implementing work-from-home policies akin to the coronavirus pandemic. And now, threats are being made by Trump against both Kharg Island (where most Iranian oil is shipped from) and the Iranian electrical grid - which is highly decentralized and would require a prolonged bombing campaign to completely take out -and the promised Iranian reprisal would be apocalyptic to the Middle East. It would make oil prices rise to previously unfathomable heights as oil infrastructure turned off and remained off for months, perhaps years, and set in motion one of the world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophes as the desalination necessary for tens of millions of people is shut down. It would also not be a symmetrical problem, as Iran does not rely on desalination for its water supply.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on the Zionists’ destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Italy is denying use of airbases to US military
NATO IS COMING APART FOR REAL Y’ALL, THANK YOU ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, THANK YOU MARTYR SINWAR, THANK YOU BRAVE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE AND LEBANON
DEATH TO ISRAEL DEATH TO AMERICA DEATH TO IMPERIALISM
⚡️⭕️ A member of the presidency of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Ahmad Naderi:
- Any commercial ship that wants to pass through the Strait of Hormuz must pay tolls
- The time of completely free passage through the Strait of Hormuz is over
- We have presented a new bill to the Iranian parliament to organize traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
- This law aims to protect the strait militarily and manage its economy
- The tolls will not be paid in dollars, but only in Iranian rials
- This law will be a strong blow to the global dominance of the dollar
- Any ship that violates environmental and security laws will be stopped immediately by our forces and in accordance with the law
The polls they are showing this guy omg we are cooked. What was this a poll of Raytheon shareholders?
TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY
Footage reportedly captures the moment an Iranian ballistic missile explodes right next to us troops as they take cover at a us base on March 30th. As a reminder, if you see a missile, or other projectile and it looks like it’s not moving, it is in fact coming straight for you. Also remember to due with your pants on, for dignity. (Although if you are in the us military you have already abandoned any dignity you might have had)
Genocidal Child-killing Yankee forces bomb steel plants (again) and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
(Sorry only screenshots very busy)
Something worth noting: those spreading narrative that the US is de-escalating or trying to de-escalate are spreading Yankee-israeli-nazi propaganda whether they know it or not.
It is the US continuing to escalate while Iran is engaging in self defense to match. Dont get it turned around
The US Air Force is deploying 18x A-10C aircraft for close air support to the Middle East for close air support for whatever ground operations thry have planned in Iran.
This is really going to happen, isn’t it?
Iraqi resistance forces warned Washington not to use Kuwait or Syria as proxies against the regional resistance movements:
Either such misuse of the Kuwaiti territory or the regime in Syria’s trying to target Lebanon’s Hezbollah’s resistance movement would be considered a “breaking down of borders,” Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada said on Tuesday.
“In that case, Iraqi resistance will respond by taking reciprocal measures to break down regional borders,” added the group, a member of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/31/766148/Iraq-warning-attack-United-States-Kuwait-Iran
The IRGC conducted more retaliatory strikes on the US-controlled airbase in al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia:
“Today, we attacked the accommodation site of American pilots and flight personnel in al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia, using drones and missiles, and struck a gathering of 200 people,” Commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Force, Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.
“Now, in addition to the AWACS aircraft, tankers, and fuel storage facilities, a list of casualties and injuries among flight crews has also been added to [US President Donald] Trump and [War Secretary Pete] Hegseth’s toll of losses and damages,” he added.
- No negotiations, only messages. Araghchi says what is happening now is not negotiations, but an exchange of messages, sometimes directly with Steve Witkoff and sometimes through regional intermediaries. Iran has not responded to the 15 U.S. proposals and has not submitted any counter-proposal.
- Iran rejects a simple ceasefire. Tehran says it will not accept a ceasefire, insisting instead on a complete end to the war across the region, with guarantees that attacks will not be repeated and compensation for damages.
- Deterrence and regional messaging. Iran says Hormuz remains open, except to those “fighting Iran,” and insists it targets only U.S. bases and assets, not Gulf states. Araghchi also warned Iran is prepared for a ground confrontation if enemies miscalculate.
