Iran ; explosions across Tehran following Israeli and US strikes, 28 February 2026

[Skigh]

Iran’s women’s team decline to sing national anthem before Asian Cup tie

Iran’s women’s football team declined to sing their national anthem before their opening match of the Asian Cup

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[imstilla.grandma]

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[nhmemorymaker]

That is ridiculous. You can speak to any American on the street, Americans are ready to call Iranians friends once the Regime is gone. Americans know full well that it is the Regime and Revolutionary Guard that is evil, not the Iranian people. There is no wholesale bombing of civilian areas in the last few days, these attacks are as targeted as they can be.

who said otherwise, on being friends later.........

THIS will not be slow or easy. The poor Iranian people are there NOW.
Would be glad to think what you think about them NOW.... not after regime change.

Hope everone can remember all the recent successful "regime changes".

moo

 

[nhmemorymaker]

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[nhmemorymaker]

This has good maps and great photos of today’s attacks in Iran. Interactive map at end of article.

Airstrikes have hit the building in Qom used by the Assembly of Experts, the council of senior clerics (90 members) responsible for electing Iran’s next Supreme Leader

Looks pretty damaged, to me.


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Explore Iran local news alerts & today's headlines geolocated on live map on website or application. Focus on Iran protests, politics, military news and security alerts

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thanks for this one....

 

[nhmemorymaker]

This has good maps and great photos of today’s attacks in Iran. Interactive map at end of article.

Airstrikes have hit the building in Qom used by the Assembly of Experts, the council of senior clerics (90 members) responsible for electing Iran’s next Supreme Leader

Looks pretty damaged, to me.


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This source is also very good.

Interactive Map: U.S. and Israeli Strikes on Iran

This interactive map complements the daily conflict coverage that the combined ISW-CTP team produces for conflicts in the Middle East.

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[justtrish]

Maybe now people will believe President Trump and his administration when they say Iran was clearly close to obtaining nuke weapons capabilities

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028832288243433818

That is very optimistic of you! I'm sure plenty will still refuse to see that this threat was there. I'm sure the UN will pass a resolution though that won't do anything to stop Iran. I was disgusted to listen to their meeting the other day where the representative from Iran was allowed to speak and also the reps from China and Russia as if they have some moral high ground they can stand on in this situation. It's a slap in the face and appalling.

I think many always think the best time to act is LATER or after we have been hit first. Then you know there is still criticism because the narrative would be well why did we wait so long and if we knew Iran was going to do X then why didn't we do something first? When we do something first, the narrative shifts to the time to do something was later and we should have talked it out more.

There is never a perfect time and there is never a good time, and nothing will ever go off without something going wrong, but we can't just sit and wait. This time while we waited and "talked" the Iranian people were being killed for standing up to their government. In the month that we waited and talked Iran built 100 more missiles. We all would prefer that Iran agreed to a deal and actually followed through on their end, but they have shown us that is not who they are and not what they were ever going to do, so how long should we have waited? How many more missiles should they have built? Should we have waited for that uranium to be ready? What if it already was? They refused to let anyone in to see.

IMO

 

[Skigh]

'Not Winston Churchill we're dealing with': Trump renews attack on PM

The US President took a fresh swipe at Sir Keir as he continued to fume at the PM's initial refusal to allow American bombers to use British bases to strike Iran.

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[imstilla.grandma]

This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor taken and released on March 2, 2026, shows damage at the Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery

Saudi Arabia suffered a drone strike on its main Saudi Ras Tanura refinery, causing a fire and forcing some operations to be shut down. Qatar also shut off energy supplies after Iranian attacks.

The attacks on Arab countries lie at the heart of Iran’s strategy to survive the war against two far more capable military powers, according to analysts. Unable to defeat either the US or Israeli militarily, it is raising the costs of the war’s continuation for the region and beyond in hopes that pressure builds on the US, and thus on Israel, to agree to a ceasefire.

Hoping to pressure end to war, Iran aims fire at Arab neighbors. It hasn’t worked, yet

Tehran is betting raising the costs of fighting for the stability-hungry region will lead to Trump backing off strikes, but the Gulf's defiance has foiled the strategy. Will it last?

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[Momoffourboys]

Reporter: “Mr. President, did Israel force your hand to launch these strikes against Iran?”

President Trump: “No. No, I might have forced their hand. You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics, and it was my opinion that they were going to attack first. They were going to attack. If we didn't do it, they were going to attack first. I felt strongly about that. great negotiators, great people, people that do this very successfully and have done it all their lives very successfully. And based on the way the negotiation was going, I think they were going to attack first. And I didn't want that to happen. So, if anything, I might have forced Israel’s hand. But Israel was ready and we were ready. And we've had a very, very powerful impact because virtually everything they have has been knocked out now.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028877972241858859

 

[Skigh]

who said otherwise, on being friends later.........

THIS will not be slow or easy. The poor Iranian people are there NOW.
Would be glad to think what you think about them NOW.... not after regime change.

Hope everone can remember all the recent successful "regime changes".

moo

I thought the Iranian people on the street had been begging for the support of the USA.

 

[PrairieWind]

who said otherwise, on being friends later.........

THIS will not be slow or easy. The poor Iranian people are there NOW.
Would be glad to think what you think about them NOW.... not after regime change.

Hope everone can remember all the recent successful "regime changes".

moo

I feel for the good iranian people and pray for their safety. But they have no chance of freeing themselves from the regime until the IRG is degraded. They, us, the world knows this.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

I'm thinking of the poor innocent Iranians who will be killed and have already been killed by these attacks. It's all so senseless. Striking a school?!

Not sure we know who bombed the school, but we do know one country has form.

Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began | The United Nations Office at Geneva

www.ungeneva.org

 

[PrairieWind]

This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor taken and released on March 2, 2026, shows damage at the Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura refinery

Saudi Arabia suffered a drone strike on its main Saudi Ras Tanura refinery, causing a fire and forcing some operations to be shut down. Qatar also shut off energy supplies after Iranian attacks.

The attacks on Arab countries lie at the heart of Iran’s strategy to survive the war against two far more capable military powers, according to analysts. Unable to defeat either the US or Israeli militarily, it is raising the costs of the war’s continuation for the region and beyond in hopes that pressure builds on the US, and thus on Israel, to agree to a ceasefire.

Hoping to pressure end to war, Iran aims fire at Arab neighbors. It hasn’t worked, yet

Tehran is betting raising the costs of fighting for the stability-hungry region will lead to Trump backing off strikes, but the Gulf's defiance has foiled the strategy. Will it last?

www.timesofisrael.com

Iran's plan to attack neighboring nations in an effort to force them to pressure the US to end the bombing appears to have backfired on the Iranian regime. It has only increased Arab anger at Iran. This morning Qatar conducted its first offensive operation into Iran. I suspect the Saudis will follow soon and likely move against Yemen again to end the Houthi threat once and for all.

 

[CSIDreamer]

It is our shared national tragedy.... many many of us had connections of some sort or another...
I was working in Boston, and had colleagues with relatives who were on the planes.
We have all stayed tight over all these years, becauseof that pain.
BUT the nation obviously did not experience it first hand. But you in New York City did.

The affects were long lasting.
But the attack was not.

We are still a country of no internal attacks that lasted time and ruined people and their way of life.

I now know people and am reading journalists talking about many wonderful Iranians that they know.
I sense we are to think of Iran, and by inclusion, all Iranians as one big grey block of a desert.

If we see long lasting bombing and blasting of Iranian civilians, the US and I should be considered barbarians.

That's really thought provoking, thank you.

I remember saying to someone "gosh, the US was a no fly zone for awhile". Our government acted swiftly to protect us.

When we recall all the emotions, the fear, the sadness, the OUTRAGE of "how dare they" we must remember that MILLIONS of innocent Iranians have lived under this brutal regime of tens of thousands of deaths, fear, sadness . . . for their *entire* lives. They literally have no lived frame of reference for anything but terror.

I pray the US and Israel can help pave the path to a new freedom for them.

I know what fearing loss of freedom on 911 felt like. I cannot imagine what Iranians that are old enough to remember life prior to a terrorist regime are feeling right now. Hope maybe? May they not be disappointed.

JMO

 

[ab01]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> ... Iran is not an Arab country
While located in the Middle East and having a Muslim-majority population, Iran is predominantly Persian in ethnicity and culture. Iranians speak Persian (Farsi), which is an Indo-European language, not Arabic. Iran's identity is rooted in ancient Persian civilization.

In fact they don’t even practice the same sect of the Muslim religion. Iran is predominantly Shia Muslim.

Most Arab Countries are Sunni Muslim.

 

[PrairieWind]

Iranians are not Arabic? LOL. Whatever you say. Literally every Persian I’ve known and grown up with would disagree. I have many close friends who are Arabic, and they would be disgusted by what you posted. Especially the loved ones I know in Lebanon and other nearby countries who have suffered under the violence from American imperialism for generations. None of them bother with the biased news in the West, so your assertions are ridiculous.

Wow. Just, wow.

 

[missy1974]

My recommendation to you is to make a very simple Google search about why Iranians do not think they are Arabs .

Thanks, I did this... and the top 2 results are:

Why is Iran not an Arab country? Persian vs Arab identity explained

Iran is often grouped with Arab nations, but it is not an Arab country. Its people are largely Persian, its language is Farsi, and its history stretches back to ancient empires long before Islam. Here’s a clear guide to Persian and Arab identity.

www.indiatoday.in

MYTH vs. FACT: Persians and Arabs — American Iranian Council

MYTH : Persians and Arabs are one-and-the-same. FACT : Persians and Arabs are two distinct ethnic groups – two peoples with different languages, cultures, and histories. Properly grasping this distinction is critical to any understanding of Iran and its dynamic role in

www.us-iran.org

 

[JennieM]

UK to send Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon to Cyprus​

IMAGE SOURCE, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Image caption, HMS Dragon is one of the Royal Navy's six Type 45 air defence destroyers

The UK government will deploy a Royal Navy warship to the Mediterranean to bolster security around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

Sir Keir Starmer said HMS Dragon - a Type 45 Destroyer - will be sent to the region following criticism from the Cypriot government about a lack of air defence as the Middle East war continues to spiral.

The prime minister said he had spoken with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides to let him know the UK is also "sending helicopters with counter drone capabilities".

HMS Dragon: UK to send Royal Navy warship to Cyprus, Starmer confirms

The prime minister said the "UK is fully committed to the security of Cyprus and British military personnel based" on RAF Akrotiri.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

50m ago
France will deploy anti-missile and anti-drone systems to Cyprus, the Mediterranean island’s government said, following a drone attack on a British base.

After four Greek F-16 fighter jets arrived on the island and two Greek frigates set sail for Cypriot waters, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said Cyprus had secured additional backing from key EU partners.

“France’s assistance has been finalised and concerns a frigate equipped with anti-ballistic and anti-drone systems,” he said.

Trump says US will provide insurance for commercial shipping – as it happened

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