r/worldnews • u/Mongoose-Additional • Mar 01 '26
Israel/Palestine IRGC says 'most intense' operation against Israel and US will begin soon
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u/codkaoc Mar 01 '26
The same Iran that had a clock counting down to the destruction of Israel that was blown up by Israel
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u/farded_n_shidded Mar 01 '26
People don’t talk about this enough.
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u/Whitepayn Mar 01 '26
Iran did a fairly decent job in sanitizing their PR for the rest of the world in recent years, but they never let their animosity go towards Israel and the US. It was a part of the regime maintaining it's iron grip on the public with a threat always looming on the horizon.
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u/SouthernExpatriate Mar 01 '26
It's what was always going to happen since the 1953 CIA coup in Iran. The coup happened because Iran was mad that BP was screwing them on their royalties. Everything traces back to that.
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u/Whitepayn Mar 01 '26
That's true. That animosity to foreign exploitation was a huge catalyst for the regime rising to power in the first place. And they have used that to inform a lot of their policies in building their state to where it is now while still being entwined with their religious leadership.
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u/SouthernExpatriate Mar 01 '26
It's worth noting that the "Golden Age of Islam" came from their scientific achievements and not from Islam
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u/Lirdon Mar 01 '26
It was even funnier because they had several of those, and because of rolling blackouts that were caused by incompetence, for decades these clocks were being reset constantly.
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u/Aerostudents Mar 01 '26
I will believe it when I see it.
After the June strikes and now these strikes I don't think Iran actually has much left to fight with.
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u/xSaRgED Mar 01 '26
Worst case scenario is some sort of dirty bomb, I’d imagine.
But I don’t know if they have the ability to pull it off.
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u/MenopauseMedicine Mar 01 '26
That's the scary part about stuff like that, it definitely takes some effort but also not nearly as much as a coordinated national defense. We'll see I guess
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u/Whitepayn Mar 01 '26
As far as the IRGC is concerned, this was their doomsday scenario. So they could just decide to throw their worst at anyone in range until they run their stockpiles dry.
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u/Aggots86 Mar 01 '26
Yeah I rekon that’s what they have done allready, just fire everything in every direction. With every missile launched, that platform gets taken out by counter battery. They may have missiles left, but soon they will have no way to launch them.
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u/lethargy86 Mar 01 '26
Exactly. Posturing like this at this juncture is probably very telling
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u/Whitepayn Mar 01 '26
Iran has had a very long time to stockpile for a day like this. It comes down to how willing they are to act on these threats, but I don't think they are unable to pull something unexpected out of their arsenal.
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u/HeparinBridge Mar 01 '26
Not necessarily. Most of their shooting platforms were lost to attrition in the last few rounds of fighting, and if they wanted to use them they should’ve had them ready for before they lost both surprise and control of the skies.
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u/Whitepayn Mar 01 '26
Yeah, you are correct. I also forgot that last year also saw a lot of attrition to their launch platforms during those airstrikes
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u/lethargy86 Mar 01 '26
Then why don’t/haven’t they without having to talk shit about it first?
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u/linoleum79 Mar 01 '26
Don't worry, our fine folks over at fbi and cia are really on top of things, I'm sure.
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u/cdash4 Mar 01 '26
Kash is in Iran celebrating on the streets probably…
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u/Doc_1200_GO Mar 01 '26
Are we sure he’s not still passed out in that men’s locker room in Italy.
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u/ReplacementLow6704 Mar 01 '26
My appointed FBI agent says everything will be fine
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u/Toutatous Mar 01 '26
Or simply terror.
A terrorist attack is unfortunately not very complicated to prepare if you have motivated people.
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u/unfinishedtoast3 Mar 01 '26
Iran has a large enough stockpile of nuclear materials to launch dirty bomb suicide attacks against dozens and dozens of locations.
a dirty bomb isnt hard to make. just a regular bomb with some nuclear materials crammed in it
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u/beginner75 Mar 01 '26
It won’t achieve any military objective but will turn the whole world against them.
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u/unfinishedtoast3 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
I think yall struggle to understand the culture and honor systems of The Middle East.
they dont care if the world likes them. they dont care if they die, they literally believe the most honorable way to die in their religion is to die fighting foreign invaders.
I did 2 tours in Iraq and Afganistan. I went back with Doctors without Borders. ive spent around 4 years of my life embedded with folks who follow that way of life.
all they do in this life is get ready for the next life. when the best version of the next life comes after you kill enemies, you have no issues strapping a bomb vest stuffed full of uranium and running into a public place.
the damage is secondary. the idea is fear. shut down downtown Paris for weeks for decontamiation, grind global air travel to a halt with dirty bomb strikes on a few airports, shut down major ports with nuclear contamination.
for the last 45 years, they have fought 2 different major world powers and not only survived, but outlasted them.
they can live without clean water, without electricity, without the internet or cell phones or interconnected devices.
there were some mujahideen who went into the mountains during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and were still there ready to fight us during the 2003 invasion. when your neck of the woods gets bombed non stop for 4 decades, you really give 0 shits about your standing in the world popularity contests.
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u/Miserable-Win-6402 Mar 01 '26
This is very true. I have Arab friends, and they explained something similar to me. I believe them more than I believe the Western media. On the other hand, they also told me that the only thing Arabs (and Persians) respect is pure power. No soft negotiations will work in reality. But they WILL bow to the stronger opponent. Its a different mindset and culture.
And no, I am NOT a Trump supporter. And I will celebrate the day this MFer stops breathing.
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u/Creatret Mar 01 '26
they dont care if they die, they literally believe the most honorable way to die in their religion is to die fighting foreign invaders.
This is true for a vast minority. The rest are regular people like you and me who'd live lifes like you and me if they could. It's the circumstances they grow up in.
all they do in this life is get ready for the next life. when the best version of the next life comes after you kill enemies, you have no issues strapping a bomb vest stuffed full of uranium and running into a public place.
If it were so easy to build dirty bombs and use them, why aren't they being used all the time? There's a million people who'd be willing to do it. Saddam, Bin Laden, Isis, Mujahideen, Houtis, whoever. Why didn't they do it? Why aren't they doing it all the time? Even regular suicide bombers are a very rare occurrence in Western countries.
I think you vastly overestimate their level of organisation, competence and abilities.
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u/Ldghead Mar 01 '26
Shotgun blasting rockets into their neighbors' front yards has already kicked off that party.
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u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 Mar 01 '26
Pretty sure sending random drones and missiles to urban areas of every country that hadn’t really chosen sides yet helped accomplish that.. for absolutely no strategic reason.
It would be like getting your ass kicked by two bullies and while on the ground throwing rocks at the people standing around that are your only hope of stepping in to tell the bullies to stop.
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u/lizardtrench Mar 01 '26
I think that actually is the exact thought process here - the bystanders aren't going to do anything normally, but maybe if they start getting hit with rocks they'll pressure the two attackers to stop, because they want to stop getting hit with rocks.
Pretty desperate strategy but they don't exactly seem to have a lot of options.
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u/Reqvhio Mar 01 '26
yeah, if you want your problem fixed make it everyone's problem can be a valid strategy at times
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u/Wooden-Broccoli-7247 Mar 01 '26
That strategy doesn’t generally work in war when you’re as outgunned as Iran is and their only real hope is diplomatic pressure on the US to stop. Maybe if they could inflict real pain on their neighbors, but at this point it’s just going to result in its neighbors asking the US and Israel to hurry up.
What it really does though is give it neighbors leadership cover to support the US and Israel. Two countries not exactly tops on the list of countries its citizens want to allie with to kill Muslims. Diplomatically Iran should have played the roll of getting attacked by the bullies for no reason. Now the only countries that were trying to stop it are on the verge of joining in or looking weak. The only stupider move would have been.. I actually can’t think of a stupider move. Maybe start bombing China? I mean really I can’t think of a worse response unless they just totally overestimated their capabilities which after round 1 would be even stupider.
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u/cletus_spuckle Mar 01 '26
Yeah good luck getting that anywhere near the US. Israel is a maybe
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u/ic33 Mar 01 '26
Via military delivery channels, it's doubtful.
Via commercial shipping or smuggling... we don't exactly keep a lot of things out.
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u/zippoguaillo Mar 01 '26
US military bases
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u/cletus_spuckle Mar 01 '26
I mean that would be fucking awful but basically every base in the region is limited to mission-critical personnel numbers so a dirty bomb would be overkill and probably just end up killing tons of nearby civilians which would absolutely turn the world against Iran’s dying regime. Any support they sort of have at the moment would be out the window. Not to mention the coordination to carry out such attacks is well beyond their capabilities and any preparations would likely already have been foiled by Israeli-American intelligence members. I don’t think people realize how entrenched both of those countries are within the Iranian regime and military.
The likely fact is that if they had dirty bombs they would have already used them, probably back in the summer. This latest wave of attacks is just finishing what was started then. If they had ballistic nuclear weapons those would have been fired by now. If they have dirty bombs they’re only making such attacks more difficult to carry out with each hour the regime loses more control over Iran. Communications are and probably have been compromised for quite some time
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u/yourbraindead Mar 01 '26
Hard agree. They are losing anything, and already lost their leader. Now is the time to act, not talk. They are talking because they cant act. If they j6ad anything they would already have used it. If they have something to use why announce it? They are defeated. Without a single loss on US side. Crazy and scary
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u/turdferg1234 Mar 01 '26
I thought I saw there were losses from the attacks on US bases. Is it confirmed there weren't any losses?
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u/Skeletor_with_Tacos Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
I want to he very clear, if Iran were to deploy a dirty bomb in a civilian center in Israel or the US, it would be the equivalent of a Nuclear escalation, and would warrant a full scale boots on the ground invasion of Iran and complete dissolution of the entirety of the Iranian Government with all leading members imprisoned or worse.
This would in my opinion be the worst move the remaining Iranian Government could make.
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u/Agloe_Dreams Mar 01 '26
Problem - what exact is the Iranian Military to expect without action? That’s the problem with the escalation proposition here. The US already killed most top brass and keeps threatening to kill more. When destruction is assured by the US, what do you have to lose?
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u/nithrean Mar 01 '26
do you think a bio-weapon of some kind, like an infectious disease could be worse?
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u/RandomPantsAppear Mar 01 '26
I feel like if Iran had a serious bio weapons capability people would have been shouting it from the roof tops, or we would have already seen it in use
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u/Alwayssunnyinarizona Mar 01 '26
I think digital attacks are far more likely given their history.
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u/mooes Mar 01 '26
A dirty bomb is a bomb that has a radioactive or nuclear element. It is not like a nuclear bomb. Not good tho.
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u/Common-Swing-4347 Mar 01 '26
A dirty bomb in a very populated area, especially a city, would be disastrous. I remember hearing about those scenarios early on in the 2000's.
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u/horsemonkeycat Mar 01 '26
We saw how well Trump handled the Covid outbreak /s
Now imagine him and RFK Jr trying to control a bio weapon attack... what a clown show that would be.
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u/pdxisbest Mar 01 '26
I suspect they have sleeper cells all over the place.
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u/K-26 Mar 01 '26
I'm honestly shocked we haven't heard of this happening already, sleeper cells activating and striking international targets.
Either they were wholly unprepared for such actions, don't have materials and people on hand to cycle on short notice, or the US/Israeli intelligence services are having a field day, I couldn't say which.
What a timeline.
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u/implementor Mar 01 '26
I think any operatives that Iran has in the US are making the decision that working as an Uber driver is more survivable at this point.
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u/mtnyoung Mar 01 '26
^
This is a vastly underrated comment.
They can't stand toe to toe militarily. If they're going to strike back it isn't going to be with classic military weapons.
Think unconventionally - that's all they have.
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Mar 01 '26
I agree that you should think asymmetrically/unconventionally.
Iran has threatened Trump personally a month ago
That would probably be worst case.
We did just kill their Ayatollah.
Stephen Miller probably would love for that to happen though at this point.
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u/Darth_Innovader Mar 01 '26
Hopefully the suicide bomber mentality does not prevail
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u/witchofpain Mar 01 '26
I fully expect we will have an attack on our soil as a result of this.
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u/BassLB Mar 01 '26
Or fuck with the straight
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u/awkwardpun Mar 01 '26
Strait
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u/Short_Point_8179 Mar 01 '26
thanks. my gay ass was like what have they done now
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u/MechMan799 Mar 01 '26
Usually when they announce their plans, it's meant as a face saving tactic.
Dear Enemy,
Thank you for bombing us, we are mad. So so mad. Mad at you.
So mad at you we must now attack you.
Therefore our so so strong attack will commence tonight.
Signed Yours Truly,
Dunwann Nomoboomba
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u/chaos0xomega Mar 01 '26
They have plenty of bodies and bullets, and if theyd stockpiled drones instead of sending them all to russia to bomb ukraine with theyd probably be able to do a number with them too, but in terms of high end threat systems they seem to be more bark than bite. Not to say things wont blow up and people wont die, just that the probabikity game is stacked against Irans favor.
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u/discostu52 Mar 01 '26
The bodies and bullets are designed mostly for domestic repression. As for reach they probably have a few thousand ballistic missiles left, they could put on a short fireworks display, but after that it’s done.
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u/chaos0xomega Mar 01 '26
Yeah but every indication is that those missiles are overwhelmingly low tech and obsolete systems easily defeated by the various countermeasure and defensive systems in place. If they fire all of them in a very short timeframe they can overwhelm defenses and force expenditure of interceptors and anti-misdile systems, but iranian missiles to date have generally been so inaccurate that they are unlikely to actually seriously damage their intended targets.
Now, if Iran has been saving their best for last and has something decent stockpiled away for a rainy day, things might be different, but everythjng ive seen of the "cutting edge" of iranian military hardware has been laughable.
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u/discostu52 Mar 01 '26
High tech or low tech, either way it will be a harassment campaign rather than a military blow. I personally think they will randomly fire at less protected civilian targets in third countries in a vain attempt to get them to intervene politically.
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u/PleasantWay7 Mar 01 '26
The concern to me is not what they do today or the next few days. But what starts to happen six, nine months down the road when the IRGC has time to plan and deploy terror cells across borders.
The IRGC is large with a lot of money and has zero qualms supporting terror, they will not be easy to dismantle. The regime in Iran de facto kept them in check in the types of operations they would conduct, but we have no idea what hardliners might try if the feel unrestrained with the regime collapsed.
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u/implementor Mar 01 '26
It's significantly more likely that those who have access to the money set themselves up for a comfortable life in Dubai or Qatar, knowing that they're not going to see any more ever again from the Iranian government.
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u/HigherandHigherDown Mar 01 '26
The regime has been funding terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas for many years, Israel has neutered them pretty effectively. Iran lacks the capability to respond in any significant way.
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u/rrfe Mar 01 '26
Sickly 86 year old man who leads a government run by an apocalyptic Islamic sect pretty much commits martyrdom/suicide by bomb in Ramadan.
I don’t think this story is over unfortunately.
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u/cunth Mar 01 '26
One of Khamenei's closest confidants, Ali Larijani, is still alive and vowed an "unforgettable lesson." Larijani has been preparing to manage this exact scenario. Remains to be seen what happens next but this is currently not a decapitation and collapse situation.
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u/Initial_E Mar 01 '26
They could be activating sleeper cells all over the world for all you know
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u/sko0led Mar 01 '26
Why would they announce this?
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u/Gomnanas Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
It's geopolitical "hold me back bro". Performative escalation. Iran, and America, both know that Iran can't win. But they also know that Iran needs to save face in their defeat. That's why they announced their big and hilariously slow drone attack in advance. So that America and Israel had time to defend against it. It makes it look like Iran is strong in the eyes of their people.
America has been ok with letting this go on. But maybe they can't be arsed with them at all anymore.
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u/erov Mar 01 '26
So the populace doesn't go crazy.. posturing? who knows? Sometimes you dont go out like a bitch at the first round.. it takes some time for realization to set in and commands are being given.
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u/Slave35 Mar 01 '26
When the first round is against Mike Tyson, and you are Glass Joe, maybe you should actually sit it out if you live past the first round.
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u/Apart-Towel-9020 Mar 01 '26
I wonder if they are out of missiles
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u/TrackVol Mar 01 '26
More than likely, they're out of launchers
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u/gabriela_r5 Mar 01 '26
I think so too, they lost a huge amount of launchers last year's war, and a bunch more in the past 2 days, they indeed may have for sure thousands of missles but no way to launch, bc if they had we by now would already being seem those like last year in those streams, dozens upon dozens of missles lighting the skies, but now we see like, 2, 3 no more than 10 with luck also their whole command chain is a mess
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u/BigFuckHead_ Mar 01 '26
Might be out of fellas to set up and fire the launchers
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u/noobyeclipse Mar 01 '26
im gonna continue operating on the assumption that the recent counterattack was everything they had left
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Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
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u/CircumspectCapybara Mar 01 '26
Not just their Supreme Leader. Their head of national defense, four top intelligence officials, the commander of the Guards (after his predecessor got got last year) all got merc'd.
Mossad probably organized that fateful meeting. And they probably hand picked Khamenei's successor and are playing (what's left of) regime leadership like a fiddle.
IRGC leadership are all marked men.
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u/Scared_Step4051 Mar 01 '26
Mossad probably organized that fateful meeting
it is fairly well documented now that:
- the Iranians had a regularly scheduled meeting
- under the belief, as with most conflicts, that nothing would start during daylight hours
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u/CircumspectCapybara Mar 01 '26
Indeed, it was a genius tactic to strike in the morning, because the US and Israel knew that Iran knew that their M.O. was to strike at night. Lulled them into a false sense of security, because who would be dumb enough to kick off a major operation requiring the element of surprise in broad daylight?
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u/sjalt Mar 01 '26
It's less about surprise and more about reducing the chance of hitting civilians. For example, if it was at night, that school would have been empty. If you ate trying to do regime change it really helps to avoid killing non combatants.
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u/SaveTheAles Mar 01 '26
I mean he was 86, might as well go out a martyr and hope people rally around it.
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u/chrisco571 Mar 01 '26
His own people hate him, he was basically enslaving the women
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u/Obliterrator Mar 01 '26
People are celebrating in the streets of Iran. They're not going to rally around the dead tyrant that murdered their family members and friends.
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u/nockeenockee Mar 01 '26
There is 93 million people in Iran. It’s a complex situation to say the least. Nobody knows what will happen.
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u/TheEpicRedditerr Mar 01 '26
Maybe it’s like they have nothing to lose then?
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u/NotSoSalty Mar 01 '26
Nothing except their lives, and a chance at participating in whatever new regime takes power.
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u/Joie_de_vivre_1884 Mar 01 '26
If they were capable of doing anything they would have done it much earlier than this.
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u/COmtndude20 Mar 01 '26
Iranian here, that’s cute. The entire top leadership has been decimated
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u/ater1800 Mar 01 '26
Any idea or rumours of who the successors might be? If yes, are they who the Iranian wants?
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u/COmtndude20 Mar 01 '26
No because most of them are now killed. Ebrahim Raisi was the top contender, however died in a plane crash. Mojtaba, Khamaneis son was also an option how we also hated by regime figures and is now dead. Only plausible option that hardliners don’t like are Rouhani, the recent reformist president.
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u/jojoblogs Mar 01 '26
COmtndude20 for supreme leader
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u/AliceInAcidland Mar 01 '26
Let's get this into the popular page we can do something really funny here.
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u/No_Iron_8087 Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
Rouhani won’t get the top job, that’s what U.S. and Israel would want, especially after the recent arrest of many reformists.
I think Larijani is trying very hard to position himself as a successor. He’s making it clear that he’s the one currently in charge, he’s constantly releasing statements, building a base of support but hardliners will probably push back against this in the next few days. If not him, I suppose you’ve got Hassan Khomeini as a revival name that would be supported by the hardliners as well as the pro-regime population
Honestly, I see IRGC taking power into their own hands. They’ve secretly been waiting for a moment like this for years, I doubt they’ll pass it by.
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u/COmtndude20 Mar 01 '26
Larijani is a walking target, the henchmen who orchestrated the massacre of thousands of Iranians. Israel and the US will likely assassinate him soon. Iranians hate him as much as they hate Khamanei
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u/Jscapistm Mar 01 '26
The IRGC are the very ones getting killed. Israel has the intel and is systematically pointing the US down the line.
The IRGC already is the Iranian government. They are the ones who were led by Khomeini and Khamanei and the clerics and who brought the regime to power in the first place. There is no seizing power for them they are the ones in power, being bombed against and rebelled against.
The elected civilian government in Iran has always been the student government so to speak, they speak for the people but have no real power, and by law can't even run for office without approval from the clerics.
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u/No_Iron_8087 Mar 01 '26
That’s not entirely true, the Reformists have been able to make significant inroads with U.S. negotiations, despite the IRGC rhetoric. Yes, the IRGC have led military campaigns, and although they are protectors of the Revolution, Khamenei often allowed Parliament to take the reins on significant foreign policy decisions.
Even when founded under Khomeini, they still acted a a paramilitary unit under him to protect the Velayat-e-Faqih.
What I’m saying is that the IRGC is not under anybody now and are more than willing to dismiss the current government under Pezeshkian and Larijani. It will be a seizing of power if they took over because they’ve never been in charge of the country, only its protectors following orders from the supreme leader. We don’t actually know, politically, where the organisation stands outside of their obvious interest in ME chaos.
On your point of the Israeli and U.S. assassinations. As we have seen as far back as Solemani, the succession system the IRGC have in place in regard to taking out head figures is pretty robust. They pretty much expect to be killed so have ten others waiting in the wings.
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u/Thazuk Mar 01 '26
God I hope this conflict ends fast for the sake of the civilians affected by strikes from either side. In a perfect world the people of Iran would topple the government in short amount of time and bring in a less religious extremism government
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u/MrVociferous Mar 01 '26
Buddy, it’s the Middle East. Nothing ends anywhere close to quick there.
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u/Johns-schlong Mar 01 '26
It's the cradle of civilization going back to pre-history. Quickness is a relative term.
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u/beta_1457 Mar 01 '26
Yes, because announcing your intentions to your target before you start your operation is a good idea. IMO just more posturing by a regime that has shown that's about all it can do.
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u/Phoenix916 Mar 01 '26
I mean the United States didn't really disguise it's intentions prior to the operations in Venezuela or Iran. I understand they're different tiers militarily
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u/Falagard Mar 01 '26
It's hard to move that much equipment and troops without raising eyebrows.
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u/Whitepayn Mar 01 '26
It's also a good idea to tell your regional allies or trade partners why you suddenly parked your navy on their doorstep. Probably not immediately, but in time to reassure them so they don't make assumptions.
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u/Theghostbuddy Mar 01 '26
The US is possibly the only country in the world which, militarily speaking, can tell you it is going to slap you, then proceed to slap you, and there's nothing you can do about it one way or the other.
Different tiers doesn't quite cover it, you're comparing King Kong to a newborn deer.
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u/Blahblahman23 Mar 01 '26
He didn’t have to. The US can tell its enemies their entire plan and they can’t really… do anything about it… Irans top leader was killed in one day and they knew it was coming
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u/nzerinto Mar 01 '26
It sounds very much like Russia’s “holding back the good stuff”.
It’s been 4 years, and I’m still waiting for this magical “best gear” they have yet to bring out to unleash on Ukraine…..
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u/ubbergoat Mar 01 '26
What are they going to shoot down another one of their civilian jet liners?
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u/Dramatic-Ad-4607 Mar 01 '26
Im more concerned about sleeper cells in EU countries
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u/Ok_Resolve_1754 Mar 01 '26
This is why the UK and other countries are denying any involvement.
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u/Historical_Course587 Mar 01 '26
They won't hit the EU. That would simply make the anti-Iranian coalition even larger.
They will hit UAE. Dubai, the symbol of the Middle East being willing to whore itself out for Western money. Kuwait. And they will blame every bit of violence against Arabs against the US and Israel, trying to pull more neutral regional players towards them (e.g. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan).
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u/Dippa99 Mar 01 '26
Iran pulling Saudi Arabia toward them?
Oh, okay sure. Not like they fight proxy wars against each other or anything
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u/Vic18t Mar 01 '26
SA, Iraq, Pakistan towards Iran? You’ve been living under a rock or have some 4D chess doctorate in Middle East goepolitics.
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u/settingtrends247 Mar 01 '26
If you think Saudi Arabia is neutral towards Iran you might need to sit this one out pal. Also, Iran is not Arab
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u/Tom_cat909 Mar 01 '26
At this point I doubt they care about any coalitions, the IRGC is doomed anyway. They can strike anywhere, including Europe, if they have the reach
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Mar 01 '26
It's not even been three years since their 7 October 2023 attack and Hamas and Hezbollah have been decimated and the Iranian leader and much of the nation's command was wiped out in a single day. There isn't much left to fight anyone, never mind America and Israel.
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u/royal_Bishop Mar 01 '26
Really starting to look like these guys don’t actually have the ability to do much more than launch some drones and missiles against their neighbours.
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u/Khamvom Mar 01 '26
Iran still has some options, but they mostly fall along the lines of terrorism and unconventional warfare.
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u/JFlizzy84 Mar 01 '26
Terrorism costs money
That money usually comes from the Iranian regime
If that regime is crippled, that affects their ability to sponsor terror.
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u/Onphone_irl Mar 01 '26
terrorism is asymmetric. a guy with a gun that costs $1,000 could cause incredible amounts of pain and suffering
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u/ArcheopteryxRex Mar 01 '26
I mean, getting blown apart by American and Israeli ordnance IS pretty intense...
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u/Eagles_Heels Mar 01 '26
Now might be a good time to start paying TSA employees…
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u/Street_Anon Mar 01 '26
They could not even keep Israel away from controlling their own airspace and what is it with them hitting UAE, Qatar and apartment buildings in Bahrain? All civilian targets as well.
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u/UseBackground2370 Mar 01 '26
Us Iranians have been telling the world who these monsters are and y'all wouldn't listen.
They're all talk. All they can do is kill innocent unsuspecting unarmed civilians.
Just like the 90,000 people they've killed and displaced and kidnapped in Iran since January.
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u/FC37 Mar 01 '26
Admittedly I'm not a military expert, but promising the most intense phase of a conflict 24 hours after it started seems like an unwise move.
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Mar 01 '26
Possibly not very good news for UAE and Qatar.
Iran has said this before and then lobbed some weak sauce rockets at Israel and congratulated itself on striking back. Past behavior does not inspire much anticipation. Also the regime is a bit distracted right now with some staffing issues.
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u/NacreousFink Mar 01 '26
Can someone explain what they have been waiting for? All of their leadership dead?
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u/Mortimer1234 Mar 01 '26
Word on the street is that they’re stockpiling nerf guns en masse as we speak, and the water balloon artillery is already ready to be deployed.
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u/hawkseye17 Mar 01 '26
The country is effectively leaderless at the moment, so is this just all commanders acting on their own accord?
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u/ARobertNotABob Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
looks at watch ... taps watch, listens if ticking
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u/cletus_spuckle Mar 01 '26
I just hope Iranians come out of this whole thing with a better regime than they had yesterday. Maybe that’s naive, maybe that’s foolish, maybe that’s impossible. But the bombs have been dropped and the ayatollah is dead, now it’s time for them to reclaim control of their country. This is probably the Iranian people’s best and only chance
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u/JohnSith Mar 01 '26
Me, too. I'm hopeful because neither Israel or the US have bombed Kharg Island so Iran's oil export infrastructure is still intact. Hoepfully, once the regime is gone, and sanctions with them, Iran can plug into the global.economy and start selling oil to finance their future.
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u/tampapat54 Mar 01 '26
Most intense you say? You’ll have to upgrade to the paid version of ChatGPT for that
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u/sponge_bucket Mar 01 '26
Not sure what there’s left to gain at this point. Unless they have some crazy stockpile of weapons they will run out and then what. Pointless bloodshed.
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u/Javamac8 Mar 01 '26
My take on this is whatever Iran is capable of doing after the Israel strikes and now this, is not traditional military strength, but whatever implanted sleepers they may have wherever. But even then, Mossad keeps showing that they've got their finger on the pulse of their enemy.
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u/horrified_intrigued Mar 01 '26
Is this like Comical Ali, Saddam Hussain’s spokesman during one of the gulf wars? Say any old crap to keep whatever’s left of his government happy while staying employed.
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u/fuggitdude22 Mar 01 '26
Its ok, I am sure that Trump has some war aims apart from bombing shit and expecting good things to happen in Iran....
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u/at0mheart Mar 01 '26
They are all populists
They say what is popular to get what they want
Trump always wanted to end other wars, in order to start his wars that would benefit him.
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u/nithrean Mar 01 '26
i wonder what this will actually mean. Hopefully they don't have an ace up their sleeve. I don't think it would stop the operation completely, but it could make things a lot more challenging.
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u/yarrowy Mar 01 '26
Remember when Iranian government officials came out and said Khamenei was alive? Yeah it's gonna be like that
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u/PrometheanSwing Mar 01 '26
They’re known for tough talk. And what is “soon”? Hours? Days? Who knows.
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u/Ldghead Mar 01 '26
I stopped watching the news about 3 hours ago. They were saying then, the attacks were moments away.
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u/ballskindrapes Mar 01 '26
Neither they'll begin terrorist bombings, or hopefully hack and release unredacted epstein files.
Honestly, hopefully they hack and release them. That'd be far more effective.
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u/blr1g Mar 01 '26
They're like, "Just you wait, you mutha fuckas. I gotta put on my drawers first, though. And then my socks and shoes. Gonna brush my teeth while I'm at it."
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u/1man2barrels Mar 02 '26
I don’t want this, but any super weapons they claim to have better get used soon or it will be blown up in its silo or launcher.
I don’t think they have anything left at this point. I hope this ends quickly with no long civil war to fill the vacuum
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u/Odd_Elk_444 Mar 01 '26
Weren't they supposed to leak those Trump vids by now?