Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4

[Hoodat]

Mossad Commentary
@MOSSADil

NEW DEVELOPMENTS—Iran is preparing counterproposals after President Trump reportedly toughened the latest deal draft. Tehran says it will not accept the new terms as final and warns it is prepared for war if negotiations collapse over uranium enrichment, frozen assets, and control of the Strait of Hormuz

The IRGC counter:

- Unfreeze assets
- End blockade
- Pay for damages inflicted
- Recognize Iran’s right to control traffic through the strait, including the collection of tolls
- Make Israel stop its attacks on Hezbollah and Hamas

And Iran will agree not to build a nuke over the next ten years.

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://twitter.com/MOSSADil/status/2061198533823197308

Why did you choose to lose this war, Mr. President?

[Hoodat]

Why did you choose to lose this war, Mr. President?

Maybe the President should listen to Bibi instead.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Maybe the President should listen to Bibi instead.

It's more likely the President already did .... and he's wishing he hadn't ...

[Smokin Joe]

Sounds to me like they need to be hit again.

Yep. Just putting them back on the target list.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Middle East crisis: Netanyahu hails capture of castle in Lebanon as nominal ceasefire left in tatters – as it happened
The Guardian/UK, May 31, 2026

Some Israeli analysts and military experts downplayed the capture of Beaufort castle and its strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, describing it as a largely symbolic victory – one that delivered a public relations boost more than a meaningful strategic gain.

Professor Yagil Levy, the Head of The Open University Institute for the Study of Civil-Military Relations, said: “It is doubtful that capturing the Beaufort outpost is militarily necessary. Israel controls southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has retreated northward, and the main threat now comes from drones.

But in truth, debate already existed in 1982 over how necessary capturing Beaufort really was. The conclusion then, too, was that taking Beaufort was a kind of victory image.'’

“The capture of Beaufort seeks to recreate the achievement of 1982 and to project a victory image in the absence of other such images,” Levy added. “It attempts to present an accomplishment within a public discourse that increasingly assumes Israel is not winning: protests are growing in the northern communities, criticism is emerging from within the military over soldiers’ vulnerability to drone attacks, Hezbollah remains intact, and there is no realistic plan for its disarmament.”

Netanyahu is also presenting this symbol in an attempt to invest it with the meaning of a unifying national symbol. Yet in 1982 Beaufort became a symbol of controversy, as it helped galvanise the protest of bereaved families. It later became a symbol of the army’s helplessness during the years preceding the 2000 withdrawal.”

“In sum,” he added, “there is a strong likelihood that this is a mistake and that the capture of Beaufort will only deepen the controversy surrounding Israel’s operations in southern Lebanon.”
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US secretary of state Marco Rubio is expected to announce a new ceasefire deal between Lebanon and Israel following political track negotiations in Washington Tuesday, the Lebanon Broadcasting Corporation International reported, citing sources.

Talks are due to take place on 2 and 3 June in Washington. A ceasefire has been in place since 17 April, however both sides have repeatedly broken it, accusing each other of aggression actions provoking response.

 . Don't waste your time and energy with this, Marco.  Pull a James Baker and leave the WH phone number with a note to call when they're serious about peace.

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More:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/31/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-lebanon-beaufort-castle-us-iran-nuclear-deal-hormuz-oil-latest-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6a1c15008f08cf8299b18776#block-6a1c15008f08cf8299b18776

[mystery-ak]

Kazakhstan has indicated it is open to taking Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium if Washington and Tehran reach a nuclear agreement, according to U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi.

Grossi told the Financial Times that Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev showed willingness to take the material during talks in Astana.

He also told the outlet that because the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a “bank” for low-enriched uranium in Kazakhstan, the country has a "place where this could be stored safely."

Iran’s enriched uranium is a key issue in talks between the U.S. and Iran, with President Donald Trump calling for the stockpile to be removed.

The enriched uranium is thought to be buried underneath Iran’s main nuclear sites that were struck in 2025
Posted by Emma Bussey

[libertybele]

Maybe the President should listen to Bibi instead.

 

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Sounds to me like they need to be hit again.

Hit it while the excavation equipment there.

That equipment will eventually be hard to replace.

[Right_in_Virginia]

He already did @libertybele .... And on Feb 11, 2026, Trump even gave Netanyahu carte blanche access to present his wet dream uninterrupted to the US war cabinet.

Netanyahu and Kushner won the day and set the strategy.  There's a growing opinion that Trump regrets it.

[Hoodat]

He already did @libertybele .... And on Feb 11, 2026, Trump even gave Netanyahu carte blanche access to present his wet dream uninterrupted to the US war cabinet.

Netanyahu and Kushner won the day and set the strategy.  There's a growing opinion that Trump regrets it.

Yet Netanyahu is saying to keep attacking, while Trump is doing the opposite.  This again shows the pitfalls of blurting out the first thing that pops in your head, no matter how detached from reality it is.

[240B]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8yeyYNIu8k

[Right_in_Virginia]

Yet Netanyahu is saying to keep attacking, while Trump is doing the opposite.  This again shows the pitfalls of blurting out the first thing that pops in your head, no matter how detached from reality it is.

Well, maybe. 

But, Netanyahu and Mossad presented a scenario that included a desperately weakened Iran who wouldn't survive mere days of an Israeli-US onslaught and an Iranian population just waiting to rise up and remove the remains of the mullah regime. And, according to Israel, Iran would have no say over the Strait of Hormuz.  This war would be quick and triumphant, according to Israel.

US intelligence strongly disagreed with the Israeli projections.. 

I think it's possible Netanyahu's lost much of his credibility with Trump ---- and that may not entirely be a bad thing since the Iran war Netanyahu's now pushing is longer than presented and will need more than air power.  And the operation of the Strait of Hormuz would remain front and center.

[Right_in_Virginia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8yeyYNIu8k

 

[Smokin Joe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8yeyYNIu8k

Sure are a lot of anchor lines out for vessels supposedly under weigh.

Aside from speedboats, I don't see any wakes, not even little ones.

[verga]

Someday soon, Pres. Trump will look into the camera and say to the world:

"Look!  We gave them every opportunity to abandon their quest of nuclear weapons.  They chose poorly!"

@DCPatriot The time for that comment is LONG F%^KING past. We are 47 yeas past the time we should have turned them into a memory.

[verga]

Sounds to me like they need to be hit again.

@Hoodat my only thought is that he is waiting for them to open up to send in an invasion/ assault force to destroy them once and for all. I do notlike that idea, but it is a possibility.

[DCPatriot]

@DCPatriot The time for that comment is LONG F%^KING past. We are 47 yeas past the time we should have turned them into a memory.

@verga

Understand and agree with you.

However, IMO the posturing by POTUS...going the last mile?  It's because our global adversaries, China and Russia depend upon Middle Eastern oil, as well as India and Japan.

It appears to me that's the only reason he's not attacked the rail and refinery infrastructure is to NOT inconvenience the entire Eastern hemisphere.

Iran's war capabilities were destroyed in less than a month, so...what's the big hurry??  

[mystery-ak]

U.S. Strikes Iran Military Sites as Kuwait Hit by Drone and Missile Fire

The United States bombed radar and drone sites across Iran over the weekend after Tehran brought down an American MQ-1 drone. Iran further claimed a strike of its own as Kuwait reported drawing incoming fire.

The U.S. military’s Central Command said it carried out the strikes in Iran on Saturday and Sunday around the city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island, AP reports.

“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred … in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” Central Command said.

“U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters.”

The AP report notes Kuwait said its air defenses opened fire early Monday morning to intercept incoming drone and missile fire.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/06/01/u-s-strikes-iran-military-sites-as-kuwait-hit-by-drone-and-missile-fire/

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257

[corbe]

    Ceasefire:

[Idiot]

https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2061419519705223257

And yet the ceasefire continues....lolol.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2061438168449130827

[Timber Rattler]

They better hope peace talks don't fall apart this week.

Or else what, Eric?   

[mystery-ak]

Iran to halt message exchanges with US over Israel's strikes on Lebanon, Iranian media says

Iran is halting its indirect talks with U.S. negotiators in protest against Israel's attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iranian state-linked media reported Monday.

Iran's Tasnim news agency, linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that Tehran is cutting off talks due to the "continued crimes of the Zionist regime in Lebanon."

The report comes after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted to social media saying Lebanon must be included in the ongoing ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran.

"The United States and Israel bear responsibility for the consequences of any breach of the truce," Araghchi wrote.
Posted by Anders Hagstrom

[mystery-ak]

Mojtaba Khamenei touts new anti-US alliance as Gulf backchannels seep into Tehran: analyst

Iran's supreme leader has launched a sweeping counteroffensive against President Donald Trump, attempting to rally Middle Eastern nations into an anti-American alliance, an analyst warned Sunday.

The aggressive maneuvering came hours after Trump pitched an expansion of the Abraham Accords, as an analyst said Tehran is seeking to position itself as the region’s "new sheriff" while forcing Gulf states with backchannels to Iran to choose between Washington’s security umbrella and a "New Islamic Civilization."

On Sunday, negotiations between Iran and the United States appeared to be ongoing, with Trump not yet signing off on a potential peace agreement.

Trump recently held a phone call with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain to discuss expanding the 2020 Abraham Accords, followed by a May 25 post on Truth Social.

Mojtaba Khamenei issued a direct counter-response on X on May 26, issuing a call for a "New Islamic Civilization" aimed at those same regional capitals.

"I, with sincerity and purity of intention, invite all Islamic countries and governments to friendship and cooperation in goodness, so that by working together we may take steps toward the advancement of the Islamic Ummah and the resolution of the Islamic world's problems," Khamenei posted.

Highlighting "the nations of the region" and "common interests that will shape the new order and the future architecture of the region and the world," he spoke of "the Islamic Ummah and the #New_Islamic_Civilization."

"The United States will no longer have a safe haven for its mischief and for establishing military bases in West Asia," he also warned.

"Mojtaba Khamenei's statement is that the Muslim world should consolidate under Iran's leadership — the 'Ummah,' the 'new Islamic civilization' — against the American-led order," Dr. Omar Mohammed told Fox News Digital.
Posted by Anders Hagstrom

[Timber Rattler]

I'm pretty sure that the Sunni governments are going to take a hard pass on that.

[mystery-ak]

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The Kobeissi Letter
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BREAKING: Iran announces it is ending all negotiations with the US and vows to "completely" block the Strait of Hormuz, per CNBC.

Iran says it is ending negotiations due to repeated ceasefire violations including Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Iran also threatens to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

[mystery-ak]

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The Kobeissi Letter
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Talk about a turn of events.

Exactly 9 days ago, President Trump said a deal with Iran was coming “shortly.”

Today, Iran has officially backed out of all negations with the US and is threatening to block both the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.

It’s going to be an eventful month.

[Idiot]

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The Kobeissi Letter
@KobeissiLetter
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Talk about a turn of events.

Exactly 9 days ago, President Trump said a deal with Iran was coming “shortly.”

Today, Iran has officially backed out of all negations with the US and is threatening to block both the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.

It’s going to be an eventful month.

Didn't his daughter or daughter in law say that this could be wrapped up in hours?  Seems like things are blowing up, which may not be a bad thing.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/2061446606398832876

[mystery-ak]

The Hormuz Letter
@HormuzLetter
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BREAKING: Iran says it has now decided to execute the full blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as the next operational step following the announcement of ending all negotiations and communication with the US, per Tasnim.

Oil is surging over 8%, now at $94.

[BobfromWB]

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Talk about a turn of events.

Exactly 9 days ago, President Trump said a deal with Iran was coming “shortly.”

Today, Iran has officially backed out of all negations with the US and is threatening to block both the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.

It’s going to be an eventful month.

Not to worry, the US self-imposed cease fire will continue to hold, no matter how many Iranian attacks.

 

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/2061461257002070468

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2061455454367080533

[rangerrebew]

War With Iran
US military attacks Iran in 'self-defense strikes' over weekend
CENTCOM asserted it 'will continue to protect U.S. assets and interests in response to unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire'
 By Alex Nitzberg Fox News

Published June 1, 2026 5:44am EDT | Updated June 1, 2026 7:36am EDT
 
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it carried out "self-defense strikes" against Iran over the weekend.

"U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island this weekend," a press release noted.

"The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters. U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters," CENTCOM continued.

 

Adm. Brad Cooper
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens as Adm. Brad Cooper, Commander of U.S. Central Command, speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on April 16, 2026 in Arlington, Va.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

"No American service members were harmed. CENTCOM will continue to protect U.S. assets and interests in response to unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire," the release added.
 
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-military-attacks-iran-self-defense-strikes-over-weekend

[rangerrebew]

Wow!  Adm. Cooper must walk with a hard list to port wearing all those ribbons!  He didn't get those by being a commissary officer.

[rangerrebew]

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-navy/2026/06/01/us-military-continues-self-defense-strikes-against-iran-intercepts-missiles/

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2061472986599764471

[mystery-ak]

Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial
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🇮🇷 🇮🇱 BREAKING: IRGC has issued an evacuation order to civilians in northern Israel

Meanwhile, the Islamic Republic has ended talks with the United States as the IDF prepare to resume war in Beirut.

[mystery-ak]

Mark Penn
@Mark_Penn
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Iranian Logic

Hezbollah opened fire with scores of rockets and  drones on Northern Israel making it uninhabitable.

Israel is responding to the Hezbollah attacks which Hezbollah could stop and ask for a ceasefire at virtually anytime but instead continues to fire at Israel with escalating attacks and more sophisticated drones sent against civilians at night.

And Iran has been firing on ships in the Strait and at Kuwait and elsewhere. And they are walking away over Lebanon? More incredible double talk from the world’s most evil regime.

[BobfromWB]

Wow!  Adm. Cooper must walk with a hard list to port wearing all those ribbons!  He didn't get those by being a commissary officer.

These ribbons recognize specific acts of merit, leadership, and valor:
    Defense Distinguished Service Medal: Awarded for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility, specifically his high-level command roles within CENTCOM.

    Navy Distinguished Service Medal: Recognizes exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility, such as his command of the Fifth Fleet.

    Defense Superior Service Medal: Awarded for superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility, often in joint duty assignments.

    Legion of Merit: Received multiple times (indicated by award stars) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services, including his command of the USS Gettysburg and Naval Forces Korea.

    Bronze Star Medal: Awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in a combat zone, notably during his deployments in Afghanistan and the Middle East. [ Note: no Oak Leaf Cluster - likely just an achievement award ].

    Meritorious Service Medal: Recognizes outstanding non-combat meritorious achievement or service.

    Joint Service Commendation/Achievement Medals: Awarded for sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service performed while assigned to a joint activity.

    Navy and Marine Corps Commendation/Achievement Medals: Recognize sustained acts of heroism or meritorious service specifically within the Navy and Marine Corps.

    Admiral Elmo Zumwalt Award for Visionary Leadership: A special award recognizing his innovative leadership within the Surface Navy.

Unit and Special Awards
    Joint Meritorious Unit Award & Navy Unit Commendation: Recognize the collective outstanding performance of the units he commanded.

    Navy "E" Ribbon (Battle E): Awarded for battle efficiency, indicating his ships or squadrons were the best in their class.

    Presidential Service Badge & Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge: Worn by officers who serve on the staff of the President or the Secretary of Defense.

    Command at Sea Insignia: Denotes his qualification and experience as a commanding officer of a warship.

    Foreign Awards: Includes the Order of National Security Merit, Cheonsu Medal (Republic of Korea) and the Defence Cooperation Medal (Japan) for strengthening alliances in the Pacific.

[ No combat awards ]

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2061455454367080533

Just Ivanka or have other members of his family, including Trump himself been targeted??

Maybe this is why the hold up?

[DCPatriot]

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2061455454367080533

GRRRRR....not my Ivanka!  Give me 5 minutes with him!       

[mystery-ak]

Trump insists Iran talks 'are continuing, at a rapid pace'

President Donald Trump says peace talks are continuing with Iran at a "rapid pace" on Monday after a weekend of stalled negotiations.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that progress is being made after Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a truce in separate phone calls with the president.

"Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter," Trump wrote.

Earlier Monday, Trump begrudgingly praised Iran's negotiators, saying telling NBC News in an interview that their representatives are "better negotiators than they are fighters."
Posted by Anders Hagstrom

[mystery-ak]

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah will observe a new ceasefire after he spoke with both parties on Monday.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and received assurances that Israeli forces will not enter Lebanon's capital of Beirut.

"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back," Trump wrote.

"Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel," he added.

The statement comes after Iranian media says Tehran officials refused to participate in peace talks with the U.S. while Israel continued its attacks on Hezbollah.
Posted by Anders Hagstrom

[libertybele]

GRRRRR....not my Ivanka!  Give me 5 minutes with him!       

She's safe and she is smart not to accompany Jared to the ME. 

[libertybele]

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah will observe a new ceasefire after he spoke with both parties on Monday.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and received assurances that Israeli forces will not enter Lebanon's capital of Beirut.

"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back," Trump wrote.

"Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel," he added.

The statement comes after Iranian media says Tehran officials refused to participate in peace talks with the U.S. while Israel continued its attacks on Hezbollah.
Posted by Anders Hagstrom

Sure, Israel and Hezbollah are a concern ... but I am much more interested in what Trump is going to do with Iran.

[BobfromWB]

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah will observe a new ceasefire after he spoke with both parties on Monday.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and received assurances that Israeli forces will not enter Lebanon's capital of Beirut.

"I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back," Trump wrote.

"Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel," he added.

The statement comes after Iranian media says Tehran officials refused to participate in peace talks with the U.S. while Israel continued its attacks on Hezbollah.
Posted by Anders Hagstrom

47 seems to believe anything a muslim tells him. We are in trouble, if that's true.

[DCPatriot]

She's safe and she is smart not to accompany Jared to the ME.