Iran has launched a missile attack on Jordan

Not mosques; missiles

“Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately,” the embassy warned.

On Thursday, Iran directed missiles toward Jordan. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps asserted that its forces had targeted the U.S.-operated Muwaffaq Salti Air Base. This strike forms part of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran that now spreads steadily across the region.

Jordan’s military reported that it had intercepted eight Iranian missiles before they could reach their intended targets within the kingdom.The U.S. Embassy in Amman responded with a nationwide security alert. It spoke of “missiles, drones, or rockets” in Jordanian airspace and instructed American citizens to take immediate shelter.

“Reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace. Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately,” the embassy said.The launches caused a temporary halt in air travel.

All flights at Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport were delayed while Jordan dealt with the aerial threat.This assault on Jordan followed a wider Iranian retaliatory operation launched earlier the same day.

Tehran declared that it had sent a large barrage of missiles and explosive drones against U.S. military sites in Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Iranian sources claimed successful strikes on an aerial early warning system in Qatar, fuel storage facilities in Bahrain, and a Patriot missile battery in Kuwait. Iranian state media described the targets as “key infrastructure and facilities” linked to the American military presence across the Gulf.

At the same time, Reuters noted a drone strike on a camp belonging to the Iranian Kurdish opposition northeast of Erbil in Iraq. Another front opened in a conflict that expands with alarming speed.

These latest attacks arrived while the United States pressed its own military campaign against Iran. Iranian media described explosions in several cities, among them Kerman, Bushehr, Asaluyeh, and Bandar Abbas. The deputy governor of Bushehr province was quoted as saying that U.S. projectiles had struck areas surrounding the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Several locations in the province, including the perimeter of the nuclear facility itself, came under fire in the most recent wave of American strikes.This widening exchange of blows follows consecutive nights of U.S. operations against Iranian military infrastructure. It comes after Tehran first targeted commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

The pattern now raises grave and entirely justified fears that the conflict is sliding into a broader regional war.

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Iranian petrochemical plants and drone factory hit with multiple explosions

It also kills in blue

There were a number of explosions reported in Iran over the week at petrochemical plants and a drone manufacturing factory. 

[H/T The Jerusalem Post]

The Jerusalem Post reported that one person was killed and two were injured from the explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Asaluyeh located in southern Iran along the Persian Gulf on Wednesday. This was the third attack in the past four days. There were earlier reports of similar incidents at petrochemical plants at the Kangan Petro Refining Company in Shahin Shahr.

BREAKING: Large Explosion reported at a Petrochemical plant in S. #Iran this morning. At least one dead.

Third such mysterious incident in Iran in less than 5 days:pic.twitter.com/QS0n86Zyvp

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam)

Yes, the mystery is yet unsolved.

#BREAKING
May 26—Bushehr, S #Iran
Large explosion this morning in an "oxygen transmission pipeline" at the Damavand Energy Petrochemical Co. located in the Special Pars Zone.

One dead, two injured.https://t.co/lBwANmBkwXpic.twitter.com/U8KX0KTdOB

— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) May 26, 2021

A large fire was reported Monday at the Kangan Petro Refining Co. (KPRC), which is along the coast of the Persian Gulf. The Jerusalem Post reported separately that the plant “was inaugurated by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani just a few months ago” and was expected to generate “about $1 billion in revenue for Iran.”

Over the weekend, at least nine people were hurt during an explosion at the Sepahan Nargostar chemical and fireworks factory in the city of Shahin Shahr in Iran’s Isfahan Province.

The Jerusalem Post reported:

The factory is a producer of industrial and commercial explosive materials and is under the supervision of the National Security Council, according to IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency), the official government-controlled news agency. The company produces various types of fireworks and gunpowder, as well as nitrate, sodium, potassium, strontium, calcium, copper and barium, the report said.

Iranian media only reported about the incident late Sunday morning. But social-media users already were reporting about it overnight. They had seen and heard a large explosion that shook their windows and felt a shock wave, they said. It was unclear why Iranian media waited hours until reporting the incident.

The Guardian, on the other hand reported, that the “major explosion” over the weekend at Sepahan Nargostar Chemical Industries was in the same complex where the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) is located. The report said that HESA produces “a variety of aircraft and drones for Iranian and pro-Iranian forces.” The report linked the explosions at HESA to reports that Iran had provided drones to Palestinian Hamas terrorists inside Gaza.

So if Iran wants to "play," Iran has to "pay." Israel cannot stand by and wait to be attacked as if this was some kind of game.

“I described during our meeting that while we’re fighting on various fronts, the true backer of much of this aggression is Iran,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week. 

“Iran not only supports completely the Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and gives them all the financing, they also give weapons to Hamas, as well as to Hezbollah. And they provide the scaffolding on which these organizations really work.

“While we were engaged in these hostilities, a few days ago, Iran sent an armed drone to Israel from Iraq or from Syria, Iranian forces launched a drone, armed drone, which our forces intercepted on the border between Israel and Jordan,” Netanyahu continued. “And that I think says everything on the true patron of terror in the Middle East and in the world, Iran.”

Never again will Jews lay down and accept death by anti-Semites. And if you think that Israel does not have the right to defend herself when Hamassholes fire rockets on Israel, you might be a Democrat.

Local media reporters in Chicago are alleging that Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is selecting who gets to do one-on-one interviews with her based on the race of the interviewer.

NBC 5 political reporter Mary Ann Ahern made the initial allegation on Twitter, writing: “As ⁦ @chicagosmayor ⁩ reaches her two year midway point as mayor, her spokeswoman says Lightfoot is granting 1 on 1 interviews – only to Black or Brown journalists.”

Chicago PBS news anchor Paris Schultz responded: “I was told the same thing.”


I was told the same thing.

— Paris Schutz (@paschutz)

Chicago PBS political reporter said that she could “confirm” what Ahern was alleging.


I can confirm, alderman

— Heather Cherone (@HeatherCherone) May 18, 2021

Lightfoot’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire or Fox News.

Australian political commentator Rita Panahi responded to the allegations by writing on Twitter: “More ‘anti-racist’ racism. Almost amusing how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left.”


More "anti-racist" racism. Almost amusing how regressive race-obsession is celebrated among the Left. https://t.co/VtzpQyfklg

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) May 19, 2021

“Racism in the name of wokeism is still racism,” another commentator said. Another added, “So wouldn’t that make her a racist?”

Progressive writer Zaid Jilani wrote: “Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule?”


Is she going to do some kinda DNA test to assure she upholds this rule? https://t.co/9d7rXZTnCV

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 19, 2021

“It is unclear when such a practice was enacted and if it only applies to local reporters, particularly after her MSNBC appearance with Stephanie Ruhle on Monday,” Fox News reported. “During her MSNBC interview, Lightfoot told Ruhle she would ‘encourage’ Chicago residents to continue wearing masks despite the new CDC guidance allowing those with the coronavirus vaccine to go without them.”

“I know for me personally, I’m going to continue to wear a mask in public and I’m going to encourage others to do so,” Lightfoot told Ruhle. “We’ve got to make sure that people are continuing to follow the public health guidance that has gotten us this far, and masks, I think, are a big and important part of that.”

Lightfoot said on Tuesday afternoon that her decision to continue to encourage people to wear masks was not based on distrust of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“But I think their guidance last week regarding masks has people confused…We need clarification,” Lightfoot said. “We still have a long way to go to hit the critical mass (of vaccinations) or herd immunity. I don’t want people to have false confidence.”

“To say, ‘If you’re vaccinated, you don’t have to wear a mask,’ that’s great. But what about all of the other people who are out there that aren’t vaccinated?” Lightfoot added. “There’s no way to know that. So I think for the time being, most people are gonna continue to wear masks outside of their homes.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Determines Who Interviews Her Based On Race, Local Reporters Claim

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