Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #3

[bigheadfred]

Zard si Gana
@ZardSi
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2h
🇮🇷 Iranian state media has released an AI-generated troll clip of Trump being captured and interrogated by an IRGC spokesperson over truth and lies questions.

This troll video is currently going viral across Iran.

https://twitter.com/ZardSi/status/2037419713115173093

[bigheadfred]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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7h
White House officials believe that taking Kharg Island in particular would “totally bankrupt” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), one official told CNN, potentially paving the way for a definitive end to the Iran War.

[bigheadfred]

🇺🇸JKCMO77🇺🇸
@TheIdealExit77
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8h
Imagine avoiding pork your entire life and then getting smited by a warthog. 😀😂

[bigheadfred]

Mossad Commentary
@MOSSADil
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1h
THE FEELING IN ISRAEL: TRUMP MAY BE BUYING TIME
There’s a growing assessment that the current posture is a strategic play — pressure the Iranian regime publicly while quietly positioning additional U.S. forces in the region.
At the same time, there’s real concern:
Could he declare “victory” and walk away before the mission is complete — as seen in June 2025?
That concern is even stronger across the Gulf.
Arab states understand the risk clearly: a wounded but still breathing Islamic Republic may come back far more dangerous.
(Israel Today)

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/Thebestfigen/status/2037326233080398045

[bigheadfred]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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12m
🇮🇷 One of the main people responsible for suppressing Iranian protests was targeted last night.

It's unknown at present whether Hassan Karmi, deputy operational commander of the police command, was killed in the strike.

Source: Yediot News

[bigheadfred]

Iran Military Media
@IRMilitaryMedia
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2h
To the Hollywood army of the U.S.!

We’ve been waiting for this moment for years. Come on, we’re ready for you!

What’s coming for you will make Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq look like nothing, something you can’t even imagine!

Better not forget your diapers!!!

[Kamaji]

Iran Military Media
@IRMilitaryMedia
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2h
To the Hollywood army of the U.S.!

We’ve been waiting for this moment for years. Come on, we’re ready for you!

What’s coming for you will make Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq look like nothing, something you can’t even imagine!

Better not forget your diapers!!!

Bahgdad Bob 2.0

[bigheadfred]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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35m
🇮🇷🇰🇼 Iranian drones struck Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port in Kuwait, reportedly causing extensive damage.

Source: Yediot News

[bigheadfred]

Faytuks Network
@FaytuksNetwork
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19m
Israeli security official says Iran can sustain its current rate of fire for weeks, adding that Tehran has enough launchers and teams to spread attacks over time. — N12

[ScottinVA]

That, until the missile and drone launch units are neutralized.  The regime is down to just a handful of launchers and can muster only a few scattered attacks anymore.  Meanwhile, with the U.S. and Israel enjoying air supremacy over the entire country, CAS aircraft will continue to attrit what’s left of Iran’s military.

[BobfromWB]

I wonder how many Iranian military personnel realize that Kharg Island is an island. As the US demonstrated in the Pacific in WW2, an island can be neutralized by invading it or by isolating it.

Azar, how long can you tread water?

As demonstrated in the Ukrainian war, FPV drones can hunt down and wipe out dozens or more troops a day. Especially when those drones are operated by combat experienced Russian drone operators, now in theater. Many will be fiber-optic guided, so jamming will have no effect.

[BobfromWB]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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25m
🚨🇮🇷 Iran hardliners are now openly calling for a nuclear bomb

In the middle of an active war, right as negotiations are barely hanging on...

Not exactly calming signals.

@DeItaone
, RTRS

"negotiations" are a media/public relations gimmick, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing ...

[BobfromWB]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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1h
U.S. President Donald J. Trump appears to be leaning toward ordering a “major ground operation” against Iran, involving the seizure of Iran’s Kharg Island in the Northern Persian Gulf, with Washington convinced Tehran will buckle under such military pressure, an official from one of the countries mediating between the U.S. and Iran tells The Times of Israel.

Any ground operation will not happen where everyone expects it.

[mystery-ak]

Pentagon reportedly looking at diverting weapons from Ukraine to Middle East
March 27, 2026 | Vivek Saxena

As the war in Iran heats up, the Trump administration is considering diverting weapons away from Ukraine and to the Middle East.

The war has reportedly depleted the administration’s stock of “critical munitions,” making it necessary to procure more from elsewhere.

In a statement, a Pentagon spokesperson told The Washington Post that the War Department will “ensure that U.S. forces and those of our allies and partners have what they need to fight and win.”

Well, except for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who’d seemingly get the short end of the stick were this plan to move forward.

President Donald Trump nevertheless defended this plan to reporters on Wednesday, telling them that “we have tremendous amounts of ammunition” to spare, including for Zelenskyy up north.

more
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/27/pentagon-reportedly-looking-at-diverting-weapons-from-ukraine-to-middle-east-1629543/

[BobfromWB]

Can napalm be set up with smart bomb tech and dropped down air vents? Enquiring minds wanna know....

DuPont no longer makes napalm.

Thermobaric bombs suck all the oxygen out of an area or feature like a cave, instantly killing all inside, then the vacuum sucks in the flame, incinerating the corpses.

[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/2037060576132616682

More Iranian AI videos

[BobfromWB]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 26, 2026

Excerpt:

Russia continues to expand its military cooperation with Iran to facilitate Iranian strikes on US and Israeli forces in the Middle East. The Financial Times (FT) reported on March 25, citing Western intelligence reports, that Russia is close to completing a phased shipment of unspecified drones, medicine, and food to Iran.

2 officials briefed on the intelligence told FT that Russia and Iran began discussing drone delivering soon after the US-Israeli campaign began, and that subsequent deliveries started processing in early March. The officials stated that they expect Russia to complete the deliveries by the end of March.

A Western security official told FT that the specific drone type that Russia agreed to send to Iran is unclear, but that Russia is likely only in a position to deliver models such as the Geran-2. Current and former Western officials told FT that Russia denied Iran's request for S-400 air defense systems. Russia has reportedly already been providing Iran with modified Shahed drone components and satellite imagery to assist recent Iranian strikes on US forces in the Middle East and US allies in the region.

ISW continues to assess that Russia sees aiding Iran's strike campaign as an effort to weaken the United States, as Russia has self-defined the United States as one of its primary geopolitical adversaries.



https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-26-2026/

[libertybele]

"The war has reportedly depleted the administration’s stock of “critical munitions,” making it necessary to procure more from elsewhere."

Great!  That isn't exactly a good thing and was one of my concerns awhile ago.

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2037478802062799200

[catfish1957]

https://twitter.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2037478802062799200

There are a lot of stealth, almost guerilla warfare type tactics the Iranian folks can and should use.  I hope they start soon in earnest.

I'd start with psych warfare, like sending them boxes of pagers.   

[bigheadfred]

Faytuks Network
@FaytuksNetwork
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1h
BREAKING: U.S. officials tell Reuters that roughly a third of Iran’s missile and drone stockpiles have been destroyed in the nearly one-month-long U.S.-Israeli campaign. Another third is likely damaged, destroyed, or buried in underground tunnels and bunkers, while the status of the rest remains uncertain, according to sources familiar with U.S. intelligence.

[bigheadfred]

Mossad Commentary
@MOSSADil
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1h
🚨 BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has not agreed to negotiations, Axios reports.

Amid ongoing backchannel efforts, Tehran’s top leadership remains unwilling to engage diplomatically as the conflict escalates.  

Stay updated—follow
@MOSSADil
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[BobfromWB]

https://twitter.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2037478802062799200

The technicals seem to be operated by women.

[Smokin Joe]

The technicals seem to be operated by women.

Maybe all the guys went out and got bombed the night before...

[BobfromWB]

That, until the missile and drone launch units are neutralized.  The regime is down to just a handful of launchers and can muster only a few scattered attacks anymore.  Meanwhile, with the U.S. and Israel enjoying air supremacy over the entire country, CAS aircraft will continue to attrit what’s left of Iran’s military.

Since the launchers are kept in tunnels until use, and since there are hundreds of tunnels per site - each with hundreds of launchers, there is no way to know how many launchers remain.

The current series of attacks may be a Command&Communication problem, not a launcher or missile problem.

[BobfromWB]

There are a lot of stealth, almost guerilla warfare type tactics the Iranian folks can and should use.  I hope they start soon in earnest.

I'd start with psych warfare, like sending them boxes of pagers.

Or boxes of canned fish, or boxes of exploding fiber-optic cables ...

[BobfromWB]

Faytuks Network
@FaytuksNetwork
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1h
BREAKING: U.S. officials tell Reuters that roughly a third of Iran’s missile and drone stockpiles have been destroyed in the nearly one-month-long U.S.-Israeli campaign. Another third is likely damaged, destroyed, or buried in underground tunnels and bunkers, while the status of the rest remains uncertain, according to sources familiar with U.S. intelligence.

US intel assumes it knows how many missiles and launchers there were to begin with to come up with those numbers. Like it assumed Iran had no IRBMs ...

How many missiles and launchers can you build in 47 years, if money is no problem?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/BuzzPatterson/status/2037342413849854225

[bigheadfred]

OSINTdefender
@sentdefender
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6m
The Iranian state-backed “Handala Hack Team” is claiming to have breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email, posting an apparent resume and several old photos of Patel.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/Defence_Index/status/2036483422022201731


Fozon Capital
@FozonCapital
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Mar 24
It should be obvious to anyone with a brain.

The aircraft carrier was damaged by Iran.

But we're supposed to believe that a simple laundry fire can take out an entire American supercarrier for up to 2 years?

If you believe that, I have a great deal on plastic bags for you.

[mystery-ak]

The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
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2h
BREAKING: US intelligence has determined that just ~33% of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed as the Iran War nears its 1-month mark, per Reuters.

Details include:

1. The intelligence assessment shows Iran still has "significant missile inventory"

2. The status of around another third is less clear but bombings likely "damaged, destroyed, or buried" those missiles in underground tunnels and bunkers

3. Sources say US intelligence was similar for Iran's drone capability

4. Iran is expected to recover some buried or ‌damaged missiles once fighting stops

Tomorrow is the 1-month mark of the war.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/TonyLaneNV/status/2037529544950006062

[Wingnut]

https://twitter.com/TonyLaneNV/status/2037529544950006062

AI?  C'm, if this had happened CNN would gleefully be showing it.

[bigheadfred]

OSINTtechnical
@Osinttechnical
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18m
Israel reportedly struck Iran’s Khondab Heavy Water Nuclear Complex this evening.

[PeteS in CA]

https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/2037060576132616682

Iranian propaganda, poorly done. The F/A-18 got hit by the missile and its flight trajectory is utterly unchanged? That's not how SAMs work. If I can spot this absurdity in 5 seconds or less, the un-I AI "video" is really poorly done.

[bigheadfred]

Mario Nawfal

@MarioNawfal
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28m
THE DEAL ON THE TABLE

🇺🇸 U.S. asks Iran to:

- Dismantle Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan
- Zero enrichment. Forever. Hand all uranium to IAEA
- Cap ballistic missiles in range and quantity
- Cut off Hezbollah, Houthis and Hamas completely
- Reopen the Strait. Fully. Now.
- 30-day ceasefire to start

In return: Sanctions relief and possible civilian nuclear cooperation.

🇮🇷 Iran asks the U.S. to:

- Stop all strikes and assassinations immediately
- Provide binding guarantees never to attack again
- Pay war reparations
- Recognize Iran's sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz
- Touch nothing: nuclear program, missiles, proxies. All off the table

These are two sides describing completely different wars.

The U.S. wants Iran defanged. Iran wants the U.S. gone and billed for the visit.

Source: NY Times, Al Jazeera, The Guardian