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Iran ; explosions across Tehran following Israeli and US strikes, 28 February 2026
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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.
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
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UK to send Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon to Cyprus
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.
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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.
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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.
Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh attacks on Tehran and across Lebanon
Israeli airforce attacking cities simultaneously with a ‘wave of extensive strikes’ as soldiers are deployed on the ground in southern Lebanon
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On this, Sir Keir is in step with public opinion. I'm rather more hawkish with regards to Iran, but there we are.
'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.www.dailymail.co.uk
Do you support or oppose the military action that the United States has taken against Iran? | Daily Question
Do you support or oppose the military action that the United States has taken against Iran?
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Oman’s foreign minister reaffirmed on Tuesday his country’s call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Iran and the US and Israel and a return to responsible regional diplomacy.
“There are off-ramps available, let’s use them,” Badr Albusaidi said in a post on X.
The Gulf country had been mediating talks between Iran and the United States before the Israeli and US airstrikes began on Saturday.
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Oman’s foreign minister reaffirmed on Tuesday his country’s call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict between Iran and the US and Israel and a return to responsible regional diplomacy.
“There are off-ramps available, let’s use them,” Badr Albusaidi said in a post on X.
The Gulf country had been mediating talks between Iran and the United States before the Israeli and US airstrikes began on Saturday.
Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh attacks on Tehran and across Lebanon
Israeli airforce attacking cities simultaneously with a ‘wave of extensive strikes’ as soldiers are deployed on the ground in southern Lebanon
I would love to see Churchill dealing with Trump.On this, Sir Keir is in step with public opinion. I'm rather more hawkish with regards to Iran, but there we are.
Do you support or oppose the military action that the United States has taken against Iran? | Daily Question
Do you support or oppose the military action that the United States has taken against Iran?
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Israel and the US’s war on Iran is just days old, yet it is already unfolding as an environmental catastrophe that will reverberate across the region for years to come.
As the death toll mounts, so too is the devastation from oil spills from damaged supertankers, heavy metal contamination from bombed military sites and leaks of volatile chemicals from damaged fossil energy infrastructure.
A rapid environmental assessment by researchers from the Conflict and Environment Observatory (Ceobs) identified 120 individual incidents of environmental harm in the first 72 hours following the surprise attack on Iranon Saturday night.
“Three days in and we’re already seeing pollution incidents that are placing people and ecosystems at risk of acute and chronic harm, as well as trends that could lead to substantial environmental harm as the war continues,” Ceobs’s report says.
Researchers from Ceobs searched social and mass media for incidents before undertaking a verification and remote environmental assessment of each.
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Damien Gayle
Israel and the US’s war on Iran is just days old, yet it is already unfolding as an environmental catastrophe that will reverberate across the region for years to come.
As the death toll mounts, so too is the devastation from oil spills from damaged supertankers, heavy metal contamination from bombed military sites and leaks of volatile chemicals from damaged fossil energy infrastructure.
A rapid environmental assessment by researchers from the Conflict and Environment Observatory (Ceobs) identified 120 individual incidents of environmental harm in the first 72 hours following the surprise attack on Iranon Saturday night.
“Three days in and we’re already seeing pollution incidents that are placing people and ecosystems at risk of acute and chronic harm, as well as trends that could lead to substantial environmental harm as the war continues,” Ceobs’s report says.
Researchers from Ceobs searched social and mass media for incidents before undertaking a verification and remote environmental assessment of each.
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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh attacks on Tehran and across Lebanon
Israeli airforce attacking cities simultaneously with a ‘wave of extensive strikes’ as soldiers are deployed on the ground in southern Lebanon
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Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models are being used to support the U.S. military’s operations in Iran, even after the company was blacklisted by the Trump administration, according to a source familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the details are confidential.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a “supply-chain risk to national security” on Friday after weeks of tense negotiations about how its AI models can be used. Trump also directed every federal agency in the U.S. to “immediately cease” all use of Anthropic’s technology
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a “supply-chain risk to national security” on Friday after weeks of tense negotiations about how its AI models can be used. Trump also directed every federal agency in the U.S. to “immediately cease” all use of Anthropic’s technology
Iran live updates: Trump denies Israel pulled U.S. into war, says he 'might have forced Israel's hand'
Follow the latest news after the U.S. and Israel launched a massive attack on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Translated from Hebrew
The Air Force struck the secret "Min-Zadai" compound where the Iranian terror regime operated to develop capabilities required for nuclear weapons.As part of Operation "Am KeLavi," the IDF struck numerous targets of the Iranian nuclear weapons group, subordinate to Iran's Ministry of Defense, in order to damage the military nuclear capabilities of the Iranian terror regime.Despite the severe blow to the nuclear weapons group, the Iranian terror regime did not halt its military nuclear activity and continued to develop the capabilities required for nuclear weapons, while transferring infrastructure to an underground site resistant to aerial attack.Within the site, a group of nuclear scientists operated secretly to develop a key component in the nuclear weapons system.Military Intelligence continued to track the scientists' activity, and located their new base at this site, in a manner that enabled a precise strike on the secret compound.The strike denies a core component in Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons, and joins the series of vital strikes to remove the Iranian nuclear threat that were carried out during Operation "Am KeLavi."
The Air Force struck the secret "Min-Zadai" compound where the Iranian terror regime operated to develop capabilities required for nuclear weapons.As part of Operation "Am KeLavi," the IDF struck numerous targets of the Iranian nuclear weapons group, subordinate to Iran's Ministry of Defense, in order to damage the military nuclear capabilities of the Iranian terror regime.Despite the severe blow to the nuclear weapons group, the Iranian terror regime did not halt its military nuclear activity and continued to develop the capabilities required for nuclear weapons, while transferring infrastructure to an underground site resistant to aerial attack.Within the site, a group of nuclear scientists operated secretly to develop a key component in the nuclear weapons system.Military Intelligence continued to track the scientists' activity, and located their new base at this site, in a manner that enabled a precise strike on the secret compound.The strike denies a core component in Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons, and joins the series of vital strikes to remove the Iranian nuclear threat that were carried out during Operation "Am KeLavi."
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Witkoff told Fox News' Sean Hannity on Monday that Iran's negotiators had said to him and Mr. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, before the strikes that the country controlled roughly 460 kilograms of uranium at 60% enrichment. Witkoff said that the uranium could have been enriched to the weapons-grade level of 90% within a week to 10 days.
"Both the Iranian negotiators said to us, directly, with, you know, no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60%, and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance," Witkoff told Fox News
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"Both the Iranian negotiators said to us, directly, with, you know, no shame, that they controlled 460 kilograms of 60%, and they're aware that that could make 11 nuclear bombs, and that was the beginning of their negotiating stance," Witkoff told Fox News
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff says Iran claimed it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News that Iranian negotiators said Iran had the "inalienable right to enrich all their nuclear fuel."
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The Iranian regime does have some support, but it's only about 20% of the population. Most of the 80% would gladly see the back of the mullahs, but when they took to the streets two months ago to try and achieve just that, the regime slaughtered them in their tens of thousands. By their actions, the regime showed that there can be no peaceful revolution in Iran. The only way the Iranians will ever see the back of the theocracy is violently.
Nothing would give me greater pleasure at the moment than the Iranians overthrowing the regime, but I don't see how this happens. The problem for the opposition is the same now as it was two months ago. They have no weapons, while the regime and its supporters do, and have shown that they won't hesitate to use them. How are ordinary Iranians supposed to get rid of the regime in those circumstances?
The only way it could happen is if the Iranian army switches sides and decides to take on the IRGC. The problem here is that there's no sign of that happening, and the IRGC is probably more capable than the Iranian army in any case.
The upshot of all this is that it's in the interests of Praetorian Prefects to appoint puppet emperors. Whoever ends up running the IRGC will keep arranging for puppet Supreme Leaders to be appointed, whilst running things themselves as a military dictatorship.
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Would I get into trouble for pointing out that he dealt with Stalin!
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Experts watching the campaign — and citing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks Monday in which he said “the hardest hits are yet to come” — predict that a new wave of American and Israeli attacks in coming days and weeks will focus more directly on Iran’s nuclear sites.
In his remarks, Mr. Rubio said Iran had built up a deadly conventional arsenal as a means of protecting its wide array of nuclear sites.
“What they are trying to do, and have been trying to do for a very long time, is build a conventional weapons capability as a shield,” Mr. Rubio said. “Meaning there will come a point where they have so many conventional missiles, so many drones and can inflict so much damage that no one can do anything about their nuclear program.”
www.nytimes.com
In his remarks, Mr. Rubio said Iran had built up a deadly conventional arsenal as a means of protecting its wide array of nuclear sites.
“What they are trying to do, and have been trying to do for a very long time, is build a conventional weapons capability as a shield,” Mr. Rubio said. “Meaning there will come a point where they have so many conventional missiles, so many drones and can inflict so much damage that no one can do anything about their nuclear program.”
A Critical Nuclear Site in Iran Is Spared During U.S.-Israeli Airstrikes, for Now
The Isfahan facility, suspected of storing a cache of enriched uranium, was smashed during the 12-day campaign last June.
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If so, I wish them a lot of luck in trying to choose new leaders and forming a new government that can take over pretty quickly. Iran is a country of 90+ million people and it needs a new, trustworthy government now. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have any leaders.
The longer it takes them to build a democratic system, the longer the US has to stay there and the more likely we are to get drawn into a very costly ground war. JMO
Anecdotal accounts are always interesting, but we also need proven facts and the other poster suggested other sources of information beyond the anecdotal.
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The reports of US military commanders directing their non-com officers to incite their troops by claiming the attack on Iran is a religious war are very disturbing.
U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Military Leaders Say Iran War Is So Trump Can Bring About “Armageddon”
Troops have logged more than 110 complaints about such comments with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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