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🚨 Nothing shows the huge difference between Obama and Trump more clearly than this: Under Obama: IRGC seized U.S. sailors at gunpoint, humiliated them on camera - then got $1.7B in cash days later. Under Trump: U.S. forces seized Iranian ships, disabled them, boarded by force - and refuses to release assets without full surrender. One projects weakness and full capitulation, while the other projects strength and supremacy.

🚨 Nothing shows the huge difference between Obama and Trump more clearly than this: Under Obama: IRGC seized U.S. sailors at gunpoint, humiliated them on camera - then got $1.7B in cash days later. Under Trump: U.S. forces seized Iranian ships, disabled them, boarded by force - and refuses to release assets without full surrender. One projects weakness and full capitulation, while the other projects strength and supremacy.

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Someone needs to take AI away from the regime. This is embarrassing. 🤦‍♂️

Someone needs to take AI away from the regime. This is embarrassing. 🤦‍♂️

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🚨 “Nowadays, people like me are ashamed to go out in military uniform.” An Iranian army soldier says that he and many other Iranian soldiers feel ashamed wearing the uniform of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces. The remarks come amid growing reports of deepening tensions and divisions between Iran’s regular army (Artesh) and the IRGC. Observers point to resentment over unequal funding, preferential treatment for IRGC personnel, poorer support and medical care for wounded Artesh soldiers, and increasing friction between the two forces. Longstanding institutional rivalries inside Iran’s military establishment appear to be intensifying under mounting political, economic, and regional pressures.

🚨 “Nowadays, people like me are ashamed to go out in military uniform.” An Iranian army soldier says that he and many other Iranian soldiers feel ashamed wearing the uniform of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces. The remarks come amid growing reports of deepening tensions and divisions between Iran’s regular army (Artesh) and the IRGC. Observers point to resentment over unequal funding, preferential treatment for IRGC personnel, poorer support and medical care for wounded Artesh soldiers, and increasing friction between the two forces. Longstanding institutional rivalries inside Iran’s military establishment appear to be intensifying under mounting political, economic, and regional pressures.

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🚨 Two IRGC members were gunned down at a Nobaran checkpoint! A group calling itself the “Organization of Homeland Defenders” reportedly carried out the attack in Saveh last night targeting terrorist regime forces. Before opening fire, they declared: ‘My life is for Iran.’” You may see more Iranians resort to taking matters into their own hands against regime forces, as pressure builds and people feel they have nothing to lose.

🚨 Two IRGC members were gunned down at a Nobaran checkpoint! A group calling itself the “Organization of Homeland Defenders” reportedly carried out the attack in Saveh last night targeting terrorist regime forces. Before opening fire, they declared: ‘My life is for Iran.’” You may see more Iranians resort to taking matters into their own hands against regime forces, as pressure builds and people feel they have nothing to lose.

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🚨 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MINAB SCHOOL IS EXPOSED! The Islamic Republic converted a school in Minab into a barracks, where over 120 schoolchildren were killed as human shields. A brave citizen from Minab shared this video and photos after finally gaining internet access following 46 days of blackout. The regime built a guard tower and converted parts of Shajareh Tayyebeh School into a military position. An IRGC Navy guard tower stands in the middle of the school courtyard. Does this look like a place of education or a military barracks? The child-killing Islamic Republic regime is solely responsible for the slaughter of these children. Will undercover Islamic Republic supporters now condemn this brazen use of human shields?

🚨 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MINAB SCHOOL IS EXPOSED! The Islamic Republic converted a school in Minab into a barracks, where over 120 schoolchildren were killed as human shields. A brave citizen from Minab shared this video and photos after finally gaining internet access following 46 days of blackout. The regime built a guard tower and converted parts of Shajareh Tayyebeh School into a military position. An IRGC Navy guard tower stands in the middle of the school courtyard. Does this look like a place of education or a military barracks? The child-killing Islamic Republic regime is solely responsible for the slaughter of these children. Will undercover Islamic Republic supporters now condemn this brazen use of human shields?

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🚨 “I don’t even know what an agreement is!” Senior Islamic Republic military officials are increasingly dismissive of the United States and the proposed MOU, with Habibollah Sayyari effectively suggesting that compromise and peace agreements are not even part of his vocabulary. The acting Chief of Staff of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces made the remark when reporters asked him about ongoing negotiations and reports of a possible agreement between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic.

🚨 “I don’t even know what an agreement is!” Senior Islamic Republic military officials are increasingly dismissive of the United States and the proposed MOU, with Habibollah Sayyari effectively suggesting that compromise and peace agreements are not even part of his vocabulary. The acting Chief of Staff of the Islamic Republic’s armed forces made the remark when reporters asked him about ongoing negotiations and reports of a possible agreement between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic.

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🚨 JUST IN! "Just now, a massive explosion was heard. Not even 5 seconds ago. For now, only smoke is visible. The sound of another explosion followed shortly after." Locals are speculating that air defense systems may be being targeted, as they are positioned near the sites of these explosions, including around Parchin, an Iranian military complex near Tehran.

🚨 JUST IN! "Just now, a massive explosion was heard. Not even 5 seconds ago. For now, only smoke is visible. The sound of another explosion followed shortly after." Locals are speculating that air defense systems may be being targeted, as they are positioned near the sites of these explosions, including around Parchin, an Iranian military complex near Tehran.

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🚨 After Reza Pahlavi activated the Immortal Guard to carry out strategic campaigns, a message from one of the youths involved: “We will fight for Iran to the last drop of blood.” Two Basij militia members were killed yesterday in Isfahan - not by UAV strikes, but by shotgun fire. Local reports say the incident happened after Basij forces entered a park and began inspecting people. An unidentified individual allegedly opened fire and fled. It is not known whether the attacker was connected to the Immortal Guard.

🚨 After Reza Pahlavi activated the Immortal Guard to carry out strategic campaigns, a message from one of the youths involved: “We will fight for Iran to the last drop of blood.” Two Basij militia members were killed yesterday in Isfahan - not by UAV strikes, but by shotgun fire. Local reports say the incident happened after Basij forces entered a park and began inspecting people. An unidentified individual allegedly opened fire and fled. It is not known whether the attacker was connected to the Immortal Guard.

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🚨 "I am profiting off your (Iranians) pain!" President Trump was right - Kurdish groups in the region have been stealing Starlink terminals and weapons intended for Iranian protesters, then selling them for enormous profits on the black market. Ebrahim Oveysi, one of the commanders of PAK (Kurdistan Freedom Party), led by Hussein Yazdanpanah, is openly selling these same Starlinks on Instagram. In this voice message, he says he is selling “our Iranian share” and that each Starlink terminal costs $1,000. Clarissa Ward also reported that Iranian Kurdish militia members entered his dealership and purchased 50 Toyota Land Cruisers, highlighting the opaque and questionable financial networks behind these groups and where their funding originates. These Kurdish political groups, many of them separatist in nature, have increasingly operated like profiteers, smugglers, and predatory militias feeding off instability, conflict, and chaos. Over 45,000 unarmed Iranians were killed by this regime, and these weapons could have helped them better level the playing field against a heavily armed state.

🚨 "I am profiting off your (Iranians) pain!" President Trump was right - Kurdish groups in the region have been stealing Starlink terminals and weapons intended for Iranian protesters, then selling them for enormous profits on the black market. Ebrahim Oveysi, one of the commanders of PAK (Kurdistan Freedom Party), led by Hussein Yazdanpanah, is openly selling these same Starlinks on Instagram. In this voice message, he says he is selling “our Iranian share” and that each Starlink terminal costs $1,000. Clarissa Ward also reported that Iranian Kurdish militia members entered his dealership and purchased 50 Toyota Land Cruisers, highlighting the opaque and questionable financial networks behind these groups and where their funding originates. These Kurdish political groups, many of them separatist in nature, have increasingly operated like profiteers, smugglers, and predatory militias feeding off instability, conflict, and chaos. Over 45,000 unarmed Iranians were killed by this regime, and these weapons could have helped them better level the playing field against a heavily armed state.

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🚨 A Basij member records himself abandoning his post, saying the Islamic Republic is finished. "This is the Basij barracks, which until recently was a school. Everyone has left and is leaving. I'm going home too. It seems to me that the regime's work is finished and we should surrender. I just hope that the people don't take revenge on us."

🚨 A Basij member records himself abandoning his post, saying the Islamic Republic is finished. "This is the Basij barracks, which until recently was a school. Everyone has left and is leaving. I'm going home too. It seems to me that the regime's work is finished and we should surrender. I just hope that the people don't take revenge on us."

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🚨 The IRGC is struggling to feed and pay its own forces, as personnel openly complain on camera. In this video, an officer complains about being served little more than potatoes and pickles while also saying salaries are not being paid. This comes as the Islamic Republic faces mounting economic pressure from mismanagement, corruption, war-related costs, and years of massive spending on proxy militias, regional operations, and security networks across the Middle East. Despite the regime’s public messaging, moments like this are important indicators of growing internal financial strain and worsening liquidity problems under the U.S.-led naval blockade and broader economic pressure campaign.

🚨 The IRGC is struggling to feed and pay its own forces, as personnel openly complain on camera. In this video, an officer complains about being served little more than potatoes and pickles while also saying salaries are not being paid. This comes as the Islamic Republic faces mounting economic pressure from mismanagement, corruption, war-related costs, and years of massive spending on proxy militias, regional operations, and security networks across the Middle East. Despite the regime’s public messaging, moments like this are important indicators of growing internal financial strain and worsening liquidity problems under the U.S.-led naval blockade and broader economic pressure campaign.

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🚨 The U.S. strategic airlift into the Persian Gulf continues uninterrupted despite the fragile ceasefire and negotiations. Military airlift missions have surged into the region, carrying ammunition, equipment, and critical supplies. This is not de-escalation, this is preparation.

🚨 The U.S. strategic airlift into the Persian Gulf continues uninterrupted despite the fragile ceasefire and negotiations. Military airlift missions have surged into the region, carrying ammunition, equipment, and critical supplies. This is not de-escalation, this is preparation.

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🚨 Anti-regime militancy is rising inside Iran. A group calling themselves the “Wolves of Iran” has released a video manifesto. The masked group says the regime’s violence during the January protests left them no choice but to abandon peaceful protest. It is not yet clear whether the members are from the IRGC or the army, but in the video they swear loyalty to Reza Pahlavi while concealing their identities to avoid arrest.

🚨 Anti-regime militancy is rising inside Iran. A group calling themselves the “Wolves of Iran” has released a video manifesto. The masked group says the regime’s violence during the January protests left them no choice but to abandon peaceful protest. It is not yet clear whether the members are from the IRGC or the army, but in the video they swear loyalty to Reza Pahlavi while concealing their identities to avoid arrest.

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🚨 IRGC commanders are abandoning their posts, ordering younger members to sacrifice themselves. More videos show IRGC forces saying their commanders fled while ordering them to stay as checkpoints are hit by air and drone strikes. Some checkpoints are already abandoned. Senior officials are preserving themselves, leaving their own units to be sacrificed.

🚨 IRGC commanders are abandoning their posts, ordering younger members to sacrifice themselves. More videos show IRGC forces saying their commanders fled while ordering them to stay as checkpoints are hit by air and drone strikes. Some checkpoints are already abandoned. Senior officials are preserving themselves, leaving their own units to be sacrificed.

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🚨 JUST IN: In the city of Dehloran, not only were government symbols, including Basij commanders, toppled - the governor’s office has reportedly fallen as well.

🚨 JUST IN: In the city of Dehloran, not only were government symbols, including Basij commanders, toppled - the governor’s office has reportedly fallen as well.

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🚨 An IRGC technical vehicle destroyed with four occupants inside by Israel. A signature IRGC Toyota Hilux with a heavy weapons platform in the bed was struck in Fars province. The reinforced mount is designed for a heavy machine gun, a setup commonly used by IRGC-backed forces. These vehicles are often deployed for rapid movement and visible street presence.

🚨 An IRGC technical vehicle destroyed with four occupants inside by Israel. A signature IRGC Toyota Hilux with a heavy weapons platform in the bed was struck in Fars province. The reinforced mount is designed for a heavy machine gun, a setup commonly used by IRGC-backed forces. These vehicles are often deployed for rapid movement and visible street presence.

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The regime staged a death in Iran to hide a massive scandal, now he’s turned up alive in Germany. Mohammad Mehdi Sedighi, son of Tehran’s Friday Prayer leader Kazem Sedighi, was implicated in a $20 million land grab tied to the seizure of a 4,200 sqm property in northern Tehran. After corruption and fraud allegations surfaced, the Islamic Republic suddenly announced he had "suffered a stroke" and died. Now he’s been photographed in Germany - alive, well, and staying in a luxury hotel. The regime even staged a funeral, with his father publicly weeping over what now appears to have been an empty coffin.

The regime staged a death in Iran to hide a massive scandal, now he’s turned up alive in Germany. Mohammad Mehdi Sedighi, son of Tehran’s Friday Prayer leader Kazem Sedighi, was implicated in a $20 million land grab tied to the seizure of a 4,200 sqm property in northern Tehran. After corruption and fraud allegations surfaced, the Islamic Republic suddenly announced he had "suffered a stroke" and died. Now he’s been photographed in Germany - alive, well, and staying in a luxury hotel. The regime even staged a funeral, with his father publicly weeping over what now appears to have been an empty coffin.

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🚨 JUST IN! Thick black smoke billows over Tehran’s mountainside.

🚨 JUST IN! Thick black smoke billows over Tehran’s mountainside.

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The first widely reported targets in Israel’s strikes on Iran included Tehran’s Pasteur Street area - near key government and leadership institutions - and areas around the Interior Ministry.

The first widely reported targets in Israel’s strikes on Iran included Tehran’s Pasteur Street area - near key government and leadership institutions - and areas around the Interior Ministry.

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🚨 The Islamic Republic exposed its own lie on state TV, this time around the Minab elementary school bombing. An IRGC officer who was at the scene went on air and described what happened that day. He says they witnessed a number of drones heading toward the school, and he specifically refers to them as drones. He then describes how they first tried to shoot them down with small arms. After failing, they went to get a DShK 12.7mm heavy machine gun, set it up, engaged the targets, hit them, and brought them down. The problem with his account is that it directly contradicts the regime’s narrative of a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile strike. That does not match the physics or timing. A Tomahawk travels at roughly 900 to 950 km/h, about 250 meters per second, often at low altitude. From the moment it is seen or heard, impact follows within seconds. You do not have time to: • Recognize the threat • Stop a vehicle • Exit, coordinate, and aim • Retrieve a heavy weapon • Set up a tripod-mounted DShK • Then open fire That sequence takes minutes, not seconds. There is another issue. You do not take down a high-speed cruise missile with small arms or even a DShK. These systems are not designed to intercept fast, low-flying cruise missiles. By the time you engage, the missile has already reached its target. The scenario described only makes sense against a slower, trackable aerial platform, such as a drone. You cannot reconcile both claims. Either it was a high-speed cruise missile with almost no reaction window, or it was something that allowed time to react and engage, like a drone as the IRGC officer described. The timeline described makes one of those impossible. The Minab story has been central to the war’s narrative, as the regime used it to generate international sympathy and condemnation while attempting to frame the U.S. as responsible. At the same time, eyewitness accounts have claimed the IRGC had placed watchtowers and military assets in and around the school.

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🚨 The Iranian regime’s underground missile cities, built while millions of Iranians faced poverty and water shortages, have come at a devastating cost. While ordinary Iranians struggled with inflation, economic decline, and collapsing living standards, the Islamic Republic spent decades pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into underground missile cities, tunnels, drones, and military infrastructure. This was never truly about defending the Iranian people. It was about exporting ideology, threatening Israel, funding regional militias, and pursuing endless confrontation at the expense of Iran’s future. For years, the regime openly centered its foreign policy around the destruction of Israel while simultaneously constructing vast underground missile networks beneath mountains across the country. According to estimates outlined in the analysis, the cost of excavation and missile infrastructure alone may range from tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. Meanwhile, millions of Iranians faced: ⚪ Economic collapse and inflation ⚪ Severe water shortages and environmental destruction ⚪ Underfunded hospitals and schools ⚪ International isolation and sanctions ⚪ A collapsing currency and shrinking opportunities The regime chose missile tunnels over modern infrastructure, regional conflict over national prosperity, and ideological extremism over the well-being of its own people. An entire generation of Iranians grew up under sanctions, economic pressure, corruption, repression, and instability while the regime diverted national wealth into missiles, proxy groups, and underground military projects. Missile cities may symbolize power for the Islamic Republic. But for many Iranians, they symbolize decades of misplaced priorities and a regime that repeatedly placed ideological warfare ahead of its own people.

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