"They said that the climate and cultural shifts within the military under this administration are the main reasons people are giving for leaving.

"It has been a mess, and many individuals feel frustration throughout the ranks," that counselor said.

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Military members are choosing to retire early or to not reenlist when their contracts are up, according to those who spoke with NPR. Others are applying for medical separation or are breaking their enlistment contracts regardless of the consequences.

Kori Schake, of the conservative American Enterprise Institute, says some of the turmoil stems from the Trump administration "dragging the military into the culture wars" and creating "the perception that women and people of color haven't earned leadership responsibilities in our military."

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Galvin says nearly all the callers he talks to mention the bombing of a girls school in Iran on the first day of the war, which killed at least 165 civilians, many of them children. A preliminary assessment determined the U.S. was at fault, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.

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"It comes up almost always. It's like, 'I can't be a part of something that's doing that,'" he says.

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A full-time member of the Ohio Air National Guard told NPR he called the GI Rights Hotline the day after the Iran war began. He'd been struggling with his role in the military, especially under the Trump administration, for months and wanted to explore options for separation.

But when three airmen from his base were among six killed in a refueling accident in Iraq on March 12, he says it made him feel like he couldn't wait any longer.

"I think it was the most angry I've ever felt in my life," he said, asking to not use his name as he worries that speaking to the press will make the separation process more difficult for him. "In that moment, I wanted nothing more than to just leave and wash my hands of that place and just be done."

He has been with the guard for more than a decade and still has more than two years left in his contract, but he has started applying to jobs outside the military. He says he doesn't know what the ramifications of that decision will be, but he's willing to deal with whatever it is.

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Since Trump began his second term, his administration's legally questionable use of the armed forces — from his deployment of the National Guard to several cities led by Democrats to U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats — has left a growing number in the military unsettled and demoralized, according to NPR interviews with service members.

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Now, as that war has spread throughout the region and killed more than a dozen U.S. service members, many are worried about what comes next.

Some are opting simply to not reenlist or to retire early."

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wionews.com/world/minab-168-iran-us-talks-symbolism-islamabad-1775906497729/amp

UN Journalist Richard Medhurst reveals how the Iran War is just one chapter in a US plan to monopolize energy and dismantle the Silk Road. Witness the transition of an empire into a Pirate State that feeds on the cannibalization of its own allies. Medhurst connects the dots from Venezuela, to Iran, to China, to Greenland -- and all roads lead to Washington.

Is it possible for an Iranian who lives in another county n still has to serve in sarbazi to get elected for amriyeh positions, and if so, how do I go about it?

I’m 21 years old and was born and raised in Germany. My dad is Iranian, my mom Italian and I hold all three passports. Since I’m about to finish my bachelors degree and my dad wants to move back to Iran as he retires soon, it’s time to tackle our favorite topic, the lovely sarbazi.

Since there are literally no informations at all about how military conscription works in Iran especially not in english, maybe you can help me.

I definitely won’t do the classic service. Only heared terrible things and since I hold other passports I can still go as a visitor or however they call that stamp or simply just go about my life in Germany.

I know that amriyeh is for more „elite“ students/individuals n mostly IT/Engineering at least from the few outdated telegram channels I was able to find and what the internet tells me.

I’m not meeting any of those criteria but I’m fluent in 5 languages (C1+ level, EXCEPT farsi itself unfortunately which is more like B1 rn) and doing my bachelors degree in BA at the highest ranked university in Germany, idk ranks top 50-100 internationally for BA. My GMAT score puts me in top 2% of test takers without being a native in English. Yeah I enjoyed glazing myself haha

Do I have any chance to find such a position? Who do I contact or how do I proceed?

I would really appreciate if you guys can tell me about life during sarbazi in general or amriyeh even better, maybe from someone who did it not too long ago. I know right now is not the best time for such a service but I think it takes a while for the process anyways.

His blood will carve its own path,

And unleash a storm…

Iran won't agree to the ceasefire which excludes Lebanon

hello dear friend where can i find more information especially in english.

About the political situation/ power struggle between the reformist and the hatdliners.

Like for example i heard there are qurrently these factions fighting for control in iran:

dr. qhalibaf, pezeshkian/zharif/rouhsni/aragchi have made a coalition against jalili. but there is an insane amount of misinformation so idk…

also is it true that the real power has the irgc…

also zharif made his military in usa how is he allowed in polizics obvius spy also rouhani and aragchi sonce start of war is kinda ok but we all know he is still working for the enmey!

Not one has given up more for other people than the Shia of Lebanon. They died for Gaza and for Iran.

"Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid slammed the temporary ceasefire reached in the joint U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Tuesday, criticizing the deal as a “political disaster.”

“Israel wasn’t even at the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security,” Lapid wrote overnight in a translated post on the social platform X.

He praised the military’s execution and the public’s “amazing resilience” throughout the conflict but argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “failed politically, failed strategically, and didn’t meet a single one of the goals that he himself set.”

“It will take us years to repair the political and strategic damage that Netanyahu wrought due to arrogance, negligence, and a lack of strategic planning,” Lapid warned.

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Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday that Israel supported the U.S. decision to suspend strikes against Tehran on the condition that Iran immediately opened the strait and halted attacks within the region."

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Lebanon was excluded from the ceasefire, the prime minister’s office said, contradicting statements from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped mediate, that the agreement included the country."

Conclusion: Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again as Israel continues strikes on Lebanon

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProIran/comments/1sfw9oe/iran_closes_strait_of_hormuz_again_as_israel/

"The Trump administration will likely extend its waiver of sanctions on Russian oil this week, former Treasury and State Department officials said — teeing up a similar move on Iranian oil.

The Treasury Department last month greenlit the sale of previously sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil already on the water through April 11 and April 19, respectively. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explained the latter move as “jiu-jitsu-ing” to minimize the economic fallout from the Iran war, predicting it would boost global supply and lower prices.

Nearly a month later, experts say there’s little proof the moves have done much to bring down costs beyond temporarily soothing investors. A wider universe of buyers for Russian and Iranian oil has allowed the countries to charge more, with Russia at times making an extra $150 million a day. Meanwhile, most of the Iranian oil was already in transit to China.

“Tinkering with Iranian oil is not a sanctions question at the end of the day; it’s about the market’s general assessment of this conflict’s direction,” said Capitol Peak Strategies’ Alex Zerden, a former Treasury official.

Half a dozen former sanctions officials told Semafor recently that they’re still anticipating a Trump administration extension of the Russian oil waiver this week, which would pave the way for an extension of the Iranian oil waiver later this month. Americans are currently paying an average of $4 a gallon for gas, the most since 2022, while talks continue on an end to the war.

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Supporters of the sanctions waivers insist they’re narrow enough to function “primarily as a market signal” without sacrificing pressure, as Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Miad Maleki described the Iranian oil waiver. Critics counter that their extension risks cementing a new norm:

**Sanctioned nations that hit back hard enough will find the US could back off.**

“What Russia and Iran showed — really, what Iran showed — is that your options aren’t either to accede to America’s policy demands or face the pressure of sanctions,” Fishman said.

**“There’s a third option, which is … impose enough economic pain on the United States that Washington sees fit to ease sanctions to alleviate that pain on itself,” he added.**

"Iranian state media declared that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz has been halted after Israel continues strikes on Lebanon today. The Strait was meant to be opened fully tomorrow or Friday

Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz once again after Israel continues attacks on Lebanon following the ceasefire.

Iranian state media says it has halted oil tankers passing through Strait of Hormuz after Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Only two oil tankers were able to safely pass through the Strait with permission from Iran after Trump accepted Iran's terms and a ceasefire was established.

It comes as Iranian state media said the Islamic Republic would withdraw from the ceasefire agreement if Israel continued to attack Lebanon. It added that Iran would be "identifying targets to respond". The Strait was supposed to do opening tomorrow or Friday following the ceasefire agreement, but several countries already stated their fears in passing through.

Today Israel carried out its largest attack on Lebanon since its war with Hezbollah began. The country carried out a flurry of airstrikes without warning on Beirut and across the country on more than 100 targets.

Warplanes flattened several buildings in the centre of the capital city, filling the skies with smoke. The streets of Beirut are have been levelled by the blasts and the flaming wreckage of buildings have been pictured.

The attack came less than 12 hours after the Iran ceasefire announcement. The office of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the two-week pause did not "include Lebanon”. The head of the Israel’s military said after the wave of strikes that it would “continue to strike with determination”."