This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
❗️US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib to force vote on ending military support for Israel’s invasion and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon
“Tomorrow, I will force another vote to end U.S. participation in the Israeli apartheid regime’s campaign of ethnic cleansing and territorial expansion in Lebanon.”
“Over 4,250 people have been massacred. Twelve children are killed or maimed every day as these U.S.-backed war crimes continue.”
“Congress must vote to end U.S. support for these atrocities and force an end to Israel’s invasion and illegal military occupation of Lebanese territory.”
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/63083
The one single even halfway decent US federal representative.
❗️Activists organize New York protests as Ben-Gvir prepares to attend UN policing summit
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is scheduled to travel to New York next month to address the United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit on 7 and 8 July. The Israeli minister will lead an official delegation from Israel’s national security ministry to the annual convention at the UN headquarters.
The visit marks a rare appearance for Ben-Gvir in the US, where his policies have drawn heavy international criticism. In response to his upcoming arrival, human rights advocates and activist groups have launched a coordinated campaign to protest his presence.
Organizers are circulating an open letter addressed to New York Attorney General Letitia James calling for legal accountability. The mobilization also includes plans for a mass demonstration directly outside the conference venue to confront the minister in person.
The planned protests come amid expanding legal challenges against the Israeli official in international and domestic forums. Rights groups recently filed a formal complaint with the US Justice Department accusing Ben-Gvir of overseeing systemic abuse against Palestinian detainees.
Israeli officials have reportedly expressed concern over the scale of the upcoming demonstrations in New York City during the summit.
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I’m sure revolutionary comrade Zohran will definitely do something about this right? I jest of course, usually I don’t like being so mean-spirited to baby leftists, (not Zohran but his supporters), however I do feel it is at least a little valid. Inshahallah I’m proven wrong, and the activists are able to succeed unabaited but I’m not confident.
Mr. “I’ll arrest Netanyahu” has the chance to fulfill something adjacent to a campaign promise. I’ll love to see how the righist section of DSA defends his inaction.
I’m sure he’ll proudly annoince his decision to “skip this event” like he did with the recent zionazi parade in NYC. It’s like the one time Biden showed up on a picket line instead of, you know, actually using his power to do something.
— 🇮🇷/🏴 NEW: The first image of the coffin belonging to Martyr Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, the second Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, and the coffins of his family members
@Middle_East_Spectator
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RIP
as strange as it sounds, it’s honestly relieving how little impact his death had on the conflict, especially for a yankkkee propaganda war. he died so early, and the war has forged on and barely anyone in the usa celebrated and nobody sees an end to the war despite his assassination, and most certainly iranians haven’t lay down and given up. rest in peace to his family. i remember his nephew or something of the like died—he must have been only three.
I think he was well aware of the effect his death would have and that’s why he refused to move to a more secure location.
I think the quotes revealed by the Indian delegation of Ali Khamenei’s office did a lot to ingratiate him after death.
It’s hard not to respect a man who was told to move and espined with “I’ll move to saftey when you can move the entire population to safety.” and, “I’ll hide in a bunker as soon as you can ensure the entire population can hide in a bunker.”
Speeches and quotes of his and from his work have flooded the Shia side of the internet. Many have become more mournful months after his death, as if they came to know the man post mortem.
I guess the winds of history were able to remove all the rubbish piled onto his image in life.
❗️British Museum colludes with pro-Israel lobby to erase Palestine from historical exhibits
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An investigation by Middle East Eye has exposed the British Museum for covertly removing the terms “Palestine,” “Palestinian,” and “Israeli occupation” from its historical displays following intensive lobbying by pro-Israel activists. Internal emails obtained via a freedom of information request reveal that the London institution rapidly altered descriptions of artifacts dating back to 7,500 BCE to appease political pressure groups, including the Board of Deputies of British Jews and high-profile figures.
While museum director Nick Cullinan publicly claimed the changes were part of a standard curation refresh and backed by audience testing, the newly released disclosures confirm that no visitor research regarding the term “Palestine” was ever conducted.
The internal correspondence details a frantic effort by museum staff to pacify complaints lodged between October and December 2024, with one directive explicitly ordering curators to remain hyper-conscious of the anniversary of 7 October. In one instance, a panel describing ancient rulers of “Palestinian descent” was scrubbed and changed to “Canaanite origin” within five hours of receiving a complaint from the Board of Deputies.
Middle East Eye cross-referenced the redacted emails to identify key lobbyists, including right-wing commentators and historians who weaponized access to the museum’s leadership to argue that historical references to an ancient Israelite occupation would stoke modern antisemitism.
The targeted erasure has sparked a severe diplomatic and cultural backlash, with Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zumlot accusing the public institution of betraying its historical integrity to serve political ends. Cultural figures and human rights defenders have condemned the museum for complicity in what the United Nations classifies as an ongoing genocide in Gaza, noting that the bureaucratic deletion of Palestinian history in London directly mirrors the physical destruction of heritage sites on the ground.
Despite photographic evidence showing that references to “modern Palestine” were replaced with “Gaza and the West Bank” at gallery entrances, the British Museum has refused to answer specific inquiries, issuing a blanket denial to Middle East Eye that any erasure took place.
Horrible. But the nazis planned to erase the term ‚Russia‘ and ‚Poland‘ as well. So they are in good company.
And will fall as hard as their progenitors did.
❗️Iran has issued a sharp rebuke to the United Kingdom and France following their announcement of a planned multinational military mission in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi took to social media to denounce the move, asserting that the strategic waterway is not a domain for the projection of force by external actors.
“The Strait of Hormuz is not a theatre for the military display of extra-regional powers,” Gharibabadi wrote in a post on X. He further cautioned that regional stability remains the mandate of local coastal states, explicitly warning that “the crisis-makers will be held accountable for the consequences of their adventurism; this is a serious warning.”
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/63378
🇮🇷| A statue of the clenched fist, a famously known symbol of the martyred leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei, is going to be installed at Enghelab Sq in Tehran.
@FotrosResistancee
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Based on this famous clenched fist of Martyr Imam Khamenei.
Quranic inscription on the ring says:
قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ
“Absolutely not! My God is with me.”
@FotrosResistancee
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Badass. I wonder what material it’s made of
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🇮🇶 ⚡️The Iranian opposition party, the Freedom Party, which is based in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, announces that its headquarters in Erbil province has been targeted by a missile.
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🇮🇷🇮🇶We reported earlier on heavy deployments of Sepah (IRGC) hardware toward Iran’s western and northwestern borders.
The CIA/Mossad/MI6-sponsored Kurdish militant concentrations and HQs in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil have just been targeted with multiple missile/drone strikes. Iran’s response follows days of incursions and fatal terrorist activity by the militants on Iranian soil.
@SimurghReshttps://t.me/SimurghRes/6578
🇮🇷🇮🇶The Kurdish militants have confirmed that their HQ was levelled by an Iranian ballistic missile.
There are also reports of several other strikes from drones on their encampments. The large presence of foreign-backed terrorist outfits on Iraqi soil (Iraqi Kurdistan) has been a bone of contention between Tehran and Baghdad.
@SimurghRes
🇮🇷🇮🇶The Iranian strikes on Kurdish militants were much more extensive than initially believed.
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They involved Fath-360 short-range guided ballistic missiles
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Shahed-136 UAV
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Hadid jet UAV
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Kaman-12 reconnaissance UAV
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Mohajer-6 reconnaissance-combat UAV
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According to published reports, one of the reconnaissance-combat UAVs (Mohajer-6?) likely crashed while returning, either due to a technical malfunction or interception.
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https://t.me/SimurghRes/6588?single
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❗️Committee to Protect Journalists removes board member after she opposed stripping protections from Palestinian media
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Dr. Nika Soon-Shiong announced her removal from the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) following her intense internal opposition to a controversial new policy proposal. In an email sent to the board and later shared publicly on X (formerly Twitter), Soon-Shiong challenged an initiative aimed at stripping advocacy protections from journalists affiliated with what the organization labels “state-backed propaganda” or “terror-affiliated” organizations.
According to her letter, the internal friction intensified after right-wing media targeted Soon-Shiong for being vocal against Israeli apartheid and the genocide in Gaza.
Soon-Shiong warned the board that the new criteria selectively penalizes Palestinian media workers while ignoring major Western outlets whose reporters or editors have direct ties to the Israeli military, asking, “What should happen to outlets like The Atlantic, LA Times, or BBC where editors served in the IDF directly?”
She argued that redefining who qualifies as a legitimate journalist under political pressure “is a betrayal to our colleagues in Gaza who have faced the deadliest conflict for journalists ever recorded.”
Soon-Shiong concluded that the press freedom watchdog risks destroying its own credibility by adopting politicized definitions, asserting that CPJ “cannot credibly position itself as an objective judge of who is a legitimate journalist and what merits protection.”
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/63086
Western “freedom of press” everyone.
Soon-Shiong warned the board that the new criteria selectively penalizes Palestinian media workers while ignoring major Western outlets whose reporters or editors have direct ties to the Israeli military, asking, “What should happen to outlets like The Atlantic, LA Times, or BBC where editors served in the IDF directly?”
i at least appreciate when they argue so well and cogently that it shows these organizations betray their silly idealist logic at the drop of a hat. props to her
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Status of the end-of-war MoU — Day 13
• Iran’s oil sanction relief has been implemented, and part of the money from oil sales has been transferred to Iran’s central banks.
• Iranian ships are passing through the naval blockade.
• None of Iran’s frozen funds have been released so far. (Violation of clause 11)
• The Omani-US corridor in the Strait of Hormoz is active. (Violation of clause 5)
• US forces & equipment in the region are increasing, and the USS Boxer has also been sent toward West Asia. (Violation of clauses 2 and 9)
• US officials continue to threaten Iran. (Violation of clauses 1 and 2)
• War & occupation in Lebanon are continuing intensely. (Violation of clauses 1 and 13)
• The US Vice President (JD Vance) described the goal of the MoU not as ending the war, but as preparing for what will happen next (war). (Violation of clauses 1, 2, 13, and 14)
• The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council denied any investment for Iran’s reconstruction. (Violation of clause 6)
@FotrosResistancee
🇮🇷🇺🇸| Status of the end-of-war MoU — Day 12
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War & occupation in Lebanon continue. (Violation of clauses 1 and 13)
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US forces & equipment are increasing in the region. (Violation of clause 9)
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The Omani-American corridor in the Strait of Hormoz is active (not yet dismissed). (Violation of clause 5)
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Iran’s economic team went to Qatar to hand over the purchase list using Iran’s frozen assets.
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Iranian ships are passing through the naval blockade, and so far around 50 million barrels of oil have been exported.
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The suspension of Iran’s oil sanctions has been announced, but has not yet been implemented.
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Threats against Iran by American and Israeli officials continue. (Violation of clauses 1 and 2)
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Investment for the reconstruction of Iran was officially denied. (Violation of clause 6)
@FotrosResistancee
what’s the upshot of all this? rather, what will conditions look like if the MoU falls through? can we reliably predict anything right now, besides that this is likely to be the first nail in the coffin for the empire?
I think the war will resume, Israel will be the main target since so much of the Gulf infrastructure has been destroyed, and the Bab Al-Mandeb straight will be closed.
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🇮🇷The Iranian government has just received another sharp rebuke from the Assembly of Experts.
This, despite the grovelling impromptu trip by President Pezeshkian to members of the Assembly of Experts who’d made clear in an official statement, that the duty of the government is not to deviate from the Leadership line on the MoU with the US. Where as before the Pezeshkian trip, 63 members had signed onto the statement, immediately following his trip, 7 more members signed onto the pledge.
The Assembly is made up of 88 members. Four have passed away from natural causes and have yet to be replaced. The count for members who publicly support the statement has now increased to 70: up from 63.
Many among the Iranian political scene attribute Pezeshkian’s pathetic attempts to behind the scenes efforts by former president Fereydoon (aka Rouhani) and former FM Zarif’s conspiratorial efforts to buy the Assembly’s loyalty.
In any case, and despite an open letter from the Assembly’s Secretariat criticising the mode of the members’ announcement, the odds have suddenly become insurmountable for the “coup plotters”. Another howling miscalculation on their behalf is that through the USraeli process of elimination of Sepah and Army top brass loyal to the leadership, younger, more dynamic and far more capable officers have risen through the ranks, whose adherence to the Revolution is unwavering: the exact opposite of what was expected.
@SimurghRes
interesting
🇮🇷| Countries & groups that attended the funeral ceremony of Iran’s leader today
Collected by me, so it’s not official.
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🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Taliban, Afghan resistance delegation, Fatemiyoun delegation
🇦🇲 Armenia: PM
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan: Parliament speaker
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: Parliament speaker
🇧🇾 Belarus: Parliament speaker
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Parliament/political representatives
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: FM
🇧🇴 Bolivia: Cultural/Religious delegation
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Religious leaders
🇨🇳 China: Vice-chair of the National People’s Congress
🇨🇩 DR Congo: FM
🇨🇺 Cuba: Higher-education minister/special representative
🇪🇬 Egypt: Senate speaker
🇪🇨 Ecuador: Cultural/Religious delegation
🇬🇪 Georgia: President + Muslim delegation
(🇩🇪) Germany: Shia community delegation
🇭🇺 Hungary: Religious leaders
🇮🇳 India: Special government envoy, Deputy foreign minister level + Hindu leaders
🇮🇶 Iraq: President + Parliament speaker + Several officials + Hashd al-Shaabi delegation + Kataib Hezbollah delegation
🇮🇩 Indonesia: no official delegation, Islamic delegation only
🇮🇶 Kurdistan Region president: President
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: FM
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: Parliament speaker
🇱🇧 Lebanon: Defense minister + Hezbollah high political delegation + Amal high delegation
🇲🇾 Malaysia: Agriculture minister
🇲🇲 Myanmar: Special envoy / minister
🇳🇦 Namibia: Cabinet minister
🇳🇮 Nicaragua: FM
🇴🇲 Oman: State Council / Council of State speaker + Omani delegation
🇵🇰 Pakistan: PM + Army Chief + Senate speaker + Shia leaders + Delegation
🇵🇸 Palestine: Hamas leadership + Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader + other scholars delegation
🇶🇦 Qatar: Parliament Speaker
🇷🇺 Russia: Special presidential representative/Dep Security Council chairman (Medvedev) + scholars + cleric delegation
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: DepFM + MFA delegation
🇷🇸 Serbia: Communications minister + gov delegation
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Parliament speaker + delegation
🇪🇸 Spain: Cultural/Religious delegation
🇰🇷 South Korea: Delegation
🇰🇵 North Korea: Delegation
🇹🇯 Tajikistan: President
🇹🇿 Tanzania: Special gov representative
🇹🇭 Thailand: Deputy PM + Shia community delegation
🇹🇳 Tunisia: Gov representative + religious/scholarly representatives
🇹🇷 Türkiye: Vice president + party/political delegations
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan: National Leader/Chairman of People’s Council
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: Parliament speaker
🇾🇪 Yemen: Vice president + AnsarAllah delegation
🌊 Persian Gulf countries: Various Shia delegations from Persian Gulf countries
⚖️ Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO): Secretary-general
⚖️ Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC): Deputy secretary-general
⚖️ D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation: Secretary-general
⚖️ Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): Secretary-general
@FotrosResistancee
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Updated with:
🇪🇸 Spain: Cultural/Religious delegation
🇪🇨 Ecuador: Cultural/Religious delegation
🇧🇴 Bolivia: Cultural/Religious delegation
🇭🇺 Hungary: Religious leaders
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Religious leaders
Noteworthy absentees:
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- Vatican (even though Iran sent a delegation for their funeral ceremony)
- Jordan
- Japan
- Nigeria
- South Africa
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🇺🇸🇮🇷| Now it makes sense.
The US dissuaded (=bullied) several countries, through Rubio & US embassies, to NOT participate in the funeral ceremony of Iran’s leader.
13 countries caved in.
3 Eastern-EU, 5 African, 2 Persian Gulf, and 2 East Asian countries withdrew from participating in the funeral.
This might explain why South Africa, Maldives, and perhaps Algeria didn’t attend. They feared it would worsen their relationship with the US.
@FotrosResistancee
https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/22531?single
— 🇮🇷 NEW: In an interesting turn of events, Iran’s Chief Negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf was cut off during a live TV interview where he was promoting the current MoU
The exact same thing happened two weeks ago to MP Mahmoud Nabavian, but for criticising the MoU.
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/33998
— 🇮🇷 WATCH: The moment Qalibaf’s live interview was cut off on IRIB
He was trying to justify why Iran will use the $6 billion in released assets to buy American wheat and grain.
@Middle_East_Spectator
Fucking punk loser. Like if you are going to buy grain from usa using seized funds do it through a 3rd party after you get the cash. You don’t agree to it before they give you the cash. Iran needs a revolutionary refresher, a top up on its cup of purged of traitors.
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇴🇲| Iran has completely closed the US-Omani designated maritime corridor that was used to bypass Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormoz.
The constant USAF aerial presence did not stop Iran it seems.
@FotrosResistancee
https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/22559
o7
VIDEO | “If no one tells us what happened to him, I’ll go to the south myself and search for my father.”
A Lebanese child, Yasmine Hassan, appeals for information on her father, Mohammad Hassan, who disappeared after heading to south Lebanon three weeks ago. Local reports indicate he was likely abducted by Israeli occupation forces.
Fuck the Israelis
