There's a new guy actually running Iran and he's an obstacle to peace

Happy-Go-Lucky Ahmad Vahidi

After the US-Israeli airstrikes had shaken the very foundations of Iran’s leadership and left dozens of its top officials dead in the opening phase of the conflict, one figure emerged from the shadows to seize control of the Islamic Republic. This was no moderate reformer or reluctant pragmatist, but a terrorist and opportunist in waiting who had long prepared for such a moment.

Major General Ahmad Vahidi, the happy-go-lucky commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, gathered his inner circle and assumed direction of both the military campaign and the negotiating effort. Analysts noted the shift immediately. As soon as Vahidi, now a spritely 67, and his allies took charge, Iran hardened its position still further. 

Officials refused outright to join peace talks with the United States this week, while Tehran intensified its attacks on vessels attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Vahidi, long sanctioned by the West and tied to terror attacks in Argentina, embodies the most extreme faction within the regime, so don't let his religious zabiba [A zabiba (Arabic for "raisin") is a dark, hardened callus on the forehead of some Muslims, known as a prayer bump or "devout sign"] make you think otherwise.

He has pushed aside Tehran’s so-called moderates, including those nominally leading negotiations with America. Even if Washington were somehow to extract a deal from Iran’s delegation, that agreement would carry no weight so long as Vahidi and his hardliner scumcrumpets remain the true power behind the throne. And with the gay junior Ayatollah laid up uni-legged, and probably looking like ten miles of bad road, there is nobody else running things for the regime.

Vahidi had commanded Iran’s goose-stepping, Hitler-esque elite Quds Force in the 1990s. In that role he laid the groundwork for Iranian influence across the Middle East before passing the position to the terror mastermind, the late but not forgotten Qasem Soleimani. Together, Vahidi and Soleimani helped create the network of proxies that now stretches from Lebanon to Yemen, most notably the Hezbollah terrorist group.

Unlike the last two IRGC chiefs, Vahidi moved comfortably between the military and political worlds. He served as defense minister and interior minister under different administrations. Last December the now dead Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed him deputy chief of the IRGC. When Khamenei and former IRGC Chief Mohammad Pakpour were killed in US-Israeli strikes on 28 February, Vahidi rose to the top like a log in a cesspool, if you know what I mean.

The question that now hangs over Tehran is simple: who is really in charge in Iran? 

Following Khamenei’s death, Vahidi championed the late leader’s unimpressive gay son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as successor, despite reports that the old ayatollah had never intended him for the role due to his embarassing sexual taste and less than desired cognitive abilities. 

Mojtaba was injured in the 28 February strikes and has not been seen in public since. Khosro Isfahani, research director for the Washington-based National Union for Democracy an Iran think tank, offered a blunt assessment.

“If Mojtaba is alive, and that is a big if, he is just a sock puppet. He is the first AI-generated supreme leader in human history,” Isfahani told The Post, referencing the fake photos the regime had posted of Mojtaba following his appointment. “He has zero political capital, zero public support, and zero sway over the decision-making. The regime has and will continue attributing statements to him,” Isfahani added.

Vahidi’s grip on the negotiating team became unmistakable when he installed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, an IRGC veteran and secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, into the delegation earlier this month. Zolghadr’s task, according to the Institute for the Study of War, was to ensure the team followed the IRGC’s hardline instructions. He fulfilled that role with ruthless efficiency. When Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi appeared to hint at possible concessions in the first round of talks, Zolghadr promptly reported him.

“Zolghadr sent a complaint to senior IRGC leaders, almost certainly including Vahidi, that Araghchi had surpassed his mandate during the negotiations by expressing flexibility regarding Iran’s support for the Axis of Resistance,” the ISW said of the initial peace talks. “Zolghadr’s anger caused senior leaders in Tehran, including former IRGC Intelligence Organization Chief and long-time member of Mojtaba’s inner circle, Hossein Taeb, to call the negotiating delegation back to Tehran,” the think tank added.

Iran’s delegation has still not returned to Pakistan to resume talks with the United States. The message is clear. Vahidi and his allies, not the diplomats or the figurehead supreme leader, now dictate the course of the Islamic Republic. The regime’s most extreme elements hold the reins, and they show no intention of loosening their grip as they continue to get their butts kicked by US and Israeli forces.

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US plans to seize Iran-linked ships in several days as per WSJ

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks as a map of the Strait of Hormuz is displayed during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2026.

The mullahs in Tehran are squeezing the Strait of Hormuz like it is their personal playground, even taking shots at several ships earlier on Saturday. Because nothing says "responsible regional power" like turning one of the world's most vital oil chokepoints into a floating shooting gallery.

According to a Saturday report from The Wall Street Journal, the US is gearing up to board and seize Iran-linked oil tankers and commercial ships in the coming days. And these operations will not be limited to the neighborhood. They will happen in international waters, potentially far outside the Middle East.

The US “will actively pursue any Iranian-flagged vessel or any vessel attempting to provide material support to Iran,” US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said. “This includes dark fleet vessels carrying Iranian oil.”

“As most of you know, dark fleet vessels are those illicit or illegal ships evading international regulations, sanctions, or insurance requirements,” Caine continued.

Caine was further quoted as saying that the new campaign, which would be operated in part by the US Indo-Pacific Command, would be part of a broader President Trump-led campaign against Iran, known as “Economic Fury.”

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told the WSJ that Trump was “optimistic” that the new measures would lead to a peace deal.

This all comes as Iran continues to tighten its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, with the WSJ reporting that the US has already turned back 23 ships trying to leave Iranian ports since the blockade began. Expanding naval action beyond the Middle East gives the US even more leverage by letting it snag a greater number of vessels loaded with oil or weapons headed for Iran.

“It’s a maximalist approach,” said associate professor of law at Emory University Law School Mark Nevitt. “If you want to put the screws down on Iran, you want to use every single legal authority you have to do that.”

Iran, never one to miss a chance for some chest-thumping, claimed earlier on Saturday that it had regained military control over the Strait. They plan to keep it locked down until the US guarantees full freedom of movement for ships traveling to and from Iran.

“As long as the United States does not ensure full freedom of navigation for vessels traveling to and from Iran, the situation in the Strait of Hormuz will remain tightly controlled,” the Iranian military stated.

In addition, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei declared on Saturday in an apparent message on his Telegram channel that the Iranian navy is prepared to inflict “new bitter defeats” on its enemies.

Because when your economy is circling the drain and the world's most powerful navy is about to start playing global Whac-A-Mole with your oil tankers, the only logical response is more tough talk from the Telegram account. What could possibly go wrong?

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Khamenei cardboard cutout may have gotten caught in the rain: it's missing

"Supreme Leader, say hello to all your followers"

Who knew Amazon ships to Iran? The missing cut-and-pasted Ayatollah Junior, and Iran's Supreme Leader for Life, Mojtaba Khamenei has been out of sight recently. He hasn't been seen in public since getting his new gig after his dad, Ali, got to meet his virgins resulting from U.S.-Israeli strikes.

According to Israeli journalist Amit Segal, organizers hauled the life-size stand-in onto the stage, where the faithful hailed it and swore allegiance like it was the real deal. The thing looked crudely slapped together with strips of tape, because apparently that's the level of production value the mullahs are working with these days.

Mojtaba [aka Mo] has been AWOL from public view or any statements since Sunday, when he was tapped as Iran's new top dog. An Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday that the new supreme leader was "lightly injured" in the strikes, with reports specifying leg damage from day one of the action. Others say he is in a coma, while others, such as President Trump, say that he may be dead like his dad.

The regime has been stingy with details but keeps insisting he's running things from behind the scenes. In fact, the regime is currently working on engineering the face cut-out to make the mouth moveable when he allegedly speaks. They are close to solving the problem.

Segal nailed it when he wrote that the injuries "must be quite serious if a cardboard ayatollah cuts a more commanding figure than a wheelchair-bound Khamenei."

Ya think?

Over on this side of the world, President Trump wasn't thrilled about the regime's personnel choice. He told Fox News on Tuesday that he was "not happy" with the pick but stopped short of confirming whether the U.S. or Israel might take another swing at the guy. "I don’t believe he can live in peace," Trump said.

Trump also praised the results of Operation Epic Fury as "way beyond expectation." The U.S. military has sent more than 50 Iranian naval ships to the bottom and pounded over 5,000 targets inside the country, including dozens of those 2,000-pound GPS-guided bombs raining down across the Islamic Republic, according to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine on Tuesday.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth summed it up nicely on Tuesday: "We’re crushing the enemy in an overwhelming display of technical skill and military force. We will not relent until the enemy is totally and decisively defeated."

The whole cardboard supreme leader routine is the kind of farce that only a crumbling dictatorship could stage with a straight face. 

When your new boss is better represented by duct tape and corrugated board than by showing up himself, maybe it's time to admit the revolution has jumped the shark. Or at least limped offstage on injured legs and possibly worse things missing from that area below his equator.

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Tehran's top cop airstruck and is out of luck

According to multiple reports exploding across X and other platforms today (March 7, 2026), Brigadier General Abbas-Ali Mohammadian, commander of Tehran's police force (فرمانده انتظامی تهران بزرگ), has reportedly been blown to smithereens in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes hammering Iran.

These claims are blasting out from pro-Israel accounts, anti-regime voices, and freedom-loving patriots on X, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit, complete with those glorious "ELIMINATED" graphics and zero sympathy for a guy accused of ordering the slaughter of protesters. 

We're talking the 2022 Mahsa Amini uprising and the fresh waves of unrest where his forces allegedly racked up hundreds (some say thousands) of dead and injured Iranians just trying to breathe free.

The man was already sanctioned up the wazoo by the U.S., EU, and others for human rights abuses tied to crushing demonstrations. Before Tehran, he ran the show in Alborz province, overseeing more of the same violent crackdowns that left bodies in the streets.

This fits the bigger picture of escalating U.S. and Israeli operations targeting Iranian military brass, security heavies, and command structure, IRGC bigwigs, defense minister-level figures, and higher have been in the crosshairs too.

Posts are framing it as straight-up justice or good riddance, with a lot of folks tying it to the regime's collapsing grip after massive leadership losses. 

But here's the latest skivvy: As of this moment, nothing confirmed from major Western outlets, Iranian state media, or official channels on Mohammadian specifically. 

Tehran has admitted heavy hits from the strikes and big casualties among top ranks, but they're mum on this one. In hot war zones like this, social media moves at warp speed, sometimes with fog-of-war misinformation, so treat these reports as preliminary and explosive until rock-solid independent verification drops.

If official word or more details break (and in this fast-moving chaos, it could happen any minute), the picture will sharpen quick. Stay sharp, folks.

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Iranian air force jet crashes during training execise, pilot killed, RIO survives

Pilot's last words: "What's this thing for?"

Iranian air force jet crashes during training exercise, the pilot was killed and his radar intercept officer (aka Weapons Systems Officer) survived during a training exercise in the Nowbaran district.

The Iranian air force jet crashed during a nighttime training exercise in the Nowbaran district overnight on Thursday, killing one of the pilots, Iranian media reported. Obviously, the two-man crew failed the exercise but they don't really care at this time as they are busy collecting 72 virgins.

Semi-official state-sponsored outlet Mehr News Agency cited Hamzeh Emraei, the Deputy Governor of Hamadan Province for Political, Security, and Social Affairs, as saying that rescue personnel subsequently rushed to the scene of the crash, but alas, it was too late for the pilot whose only goal in life was to destroy Israel and its inhabitants.

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"This afternoon, a training plane crashed in the Nowbaran region, and rescue forces were immediately dispatched to the area," Emraei reportedly said. "The details of the accident are under investigation, and additional information will be announced later."

The F-4 Phantom first flew on May 27, 1958 and entered operational service with the US Navy on December 30, 1960. It saw extensive use in the Vietnam War starting in the mid-1960s and production ran until 1980 with more than 5,190 built, 

If the F-4 was a human being, it would be a  mentally impaired senior citizen, compared to the current military aircraft. It's less maneuverable, slower, and has outdated avionics compared to the F-35 and F-22.

Good luck, Iran.

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Hamas scared silly over possible US-Israeli teaming up to spring hostages

The guy on the left in Hamasshole dunce cap

Hamas is sweating bullets, folks. The Arabic word on the street is that the terror group is shaking in its boots over a possible US-Israeli tag-team operation to spring hostages out of Gaza. 

According to a Saturday report from Asharq Al-Awsat, Hamas is so paranoid about this they've got their goons on high alert, sniffing out any whiff of Israeli collaboration and locking down wherever they’re stashing hostages, dead or alive. 

Here’s the thing: Hamas and Palestinian sources told Asharq that captors got orders to kill any living hostages if the IDF gets too close. How barbaric can these scumcrumpets be? They had a brief moment of playing nice during the January ceasefire, but that’s out the window and kill orders are back on the table.

This all comes after US and Israeli negotiators bailed on Qatar talks Thursday, with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff throwing shade at Hamas, saying they showed "a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza." He didn’t mince words: "While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith. We will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home."

Netanyahu is on the same page, saying Israel and the US are hunting for other ways to get those hostages back. Brig. Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch, the guy coordinating for hostages and missing persons, said the Qatar exit was about figuring out how to "narrow the gaps" in talks. “In the face of many difficulties that Hamas has posed and is posing, we have continuously and resolutely exhausted every chance and possibility of reaching an agreement, and we will continue to do so,” he said.

But here’s the twist: Israeli officials told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that Hamas might still want a deal—sort of. "They’re trying to squeeze every possible advantage, provoking and appeasing all the extremist factions within Gaza," the officials said. Sounds like Hamas is playing a dangerous game of tug-of-war with everyone’s lives on the line.

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IDF strikes close down Sanaa International Airport

On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces unleashed a barrage of airstrikes across Yemen, targeting Sanaa International Airport, power stations, and a cement factory—al-Imran, to be precise, north of the capital. 

The IDF did not mince words: this facility, they declared, “serves as a significant resource for the Houthi terrorist regime and is used for the construction of underground tunnels and other terrorist infrastructure.” A cement factory, you might ask? Yes, but not merely a place for mixing concrete; a cog in the Houthi machine, churning out the means to burrow and kill Israelis, specifically Jews.

The strikes also hammered Attan in south-west Sanaa, the Haiz Central Power Station in Sanhan district, and the Asr Electricity Station in Ma’een, west of the city, according to Al Masirah, the Houthi mouthpiece. Saba TV, the Houthis’ propaganda arm, wailed that two electricity transformers were hit. 

One might almost feel pity for their loss of light, were it not for the darkness they spread. Sanaa’s international airport, nestled north of the city, was not spared either—a fact documented with clinical precision by Israel’s state broadcaster, Kan News, and shared across X for the world to see.

This was no reckless assault. At 2:36 p.m., the IDF issued a rare warning, urging Yemeni civilians to flee the airport--something their enemies never do. 

“We call on you to evacuate the area of the airport—Sanaa International Airport—immediately and to warn those around you of the need to evacuate this area immediately,” declared Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman, in a post on X. “Failure to evacuate and move away from the area puts you in danger.” A map was even provided, lest there be any confusion. 

This was the first time Israel had extended such a courtesy to the Houthis, after six prior strikes—silent, swift, and unannounced, including one just the day before. Why the change? The airport, unlike Yemen’s Hodeidah Port or other targets, is a civilian hub. Israel, ever mindful of the optics and ethics its critics ignore, chose to act with restraint where others rarely do.

This latest salvo follows a joint Israeli-US counterstrike on Monday, a response to the Houthis’ audacious ballistic missile attack near Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday. Twenty fighter jets, dropping 50 munitions, tore into Houthi targets that day. Tuesday’s strikes mark Israel’s seventh assault on the Iranian-backed militia since July 2024—a campaign provoked by over 400 Houthi attacks on Israel throughout this war. 

The Houthis, let's be clear, are not some ragtag band of desert rebels. They are, as the IDF stated, a “terrorist regime… operating for the past year and a half under Iranian direction and funding in order to harm Israel and its allies, undermine the regional order, and disrupt global freedom of navigation.”

Monday’s strikes had already gutted the Hodeidah seaport, which the IDF rightly called “a major source of income for the Houthi regime” and a conduit for “Iranian weapons, equipment for military needs, and other terrorist needs.” The Bajil concrete factory, east of Hodeidah, was also hit—an “important economic resource” for the Houthis’ tunnel-digging and military schemes. These are not random targets; they are the sinews of a terrorist enterprise, bankrolled by Tehran, that seeks to strangle Israel and choke global trade.

The US, under its new administration, joined the fray on Monday evening, coordinating strikes in Sanaa. Israel had hoped that over 1,000 American airstrikes since January—when President Donald Trump assumed office—might deter the Houthis without Jerusalem’s direct involvement. But hope is a poor substitute for action. 

The Houthis’ strike near Ben-Gurion proved their defiance, and Israel’s response was as inevitable as it was necessary.

Let us not pretend for one moment. The Houthis are not victims; they are aggressors, proxies of an Iranian regime that dreams of Israel’s destruction. Israel’s strikes, far from being disproportionate, are a measured riposte to a clear and present danger. “The IDF is determined to continue to act and strike forcefully at anyone who poses a threat to the residents and citizens of the State of Israel, and at whatever distance is required,” the military declared. Two thousand kilometers separate Jerusalem from Hodeidah, yet distance is no shield for those who would do Israel harm.

In a world quick to condemn Israel’s every move, we must ask: what nation would tolerate 400 attacks without retaliation? What nation would warn its enemies to flee before striking, knowing those enemies offer no such mercy? The answer is plain, and the moral clarity is stark. 

Israel fights not merely for its survival but for the principle that civilization must not yield to savagery. The Houthis, and their masters in Tehran, would do well to heed that lesson.

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Katz reveals IDF intel. document connecting Iran to Hamas Oct. 7 massacre

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz disclosed a document and communications to the public on Sunday. He said this was proof that Hamas and Iran were in cahoots regarding Hamas seeking financial support for the October 7, 2023 invasion/massacre that killed 1,200 Israelis [mostly civilians] and kidnapped 251 others [many of whom were murdered in captivity].

The document was intercepted by Israeli soldiers during the invasion of Gaza and forwarded to the IDF intelligence Catalogue unit, which analyzes intercepted foreign intelligence items.

The document and communication show that Hamas requested half a billion dollars from Iran "to destroy Israel," and was written before the invasion, Katz said. He stated that the head of Palestinian Affairs for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force [aka "Izadi"] okayed the request which was made by the now dead Hamassholes Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif [may their memories be a warning].

Katz explained that Izadi said he would approve the terror financing assistance despite Tehran being under financial strain and sanctions because of the supreme importance of embracing conflict against Israel and the US. 

Because who cares about money when you can have dead Jooze! This is exactly how these barbarians think, but hey, they're only following their scripture, but nobody likes to reveal that tidbit.

Katz added that the world must realize that Iran is "the head of the snake" which has directed the malign activities of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and terror groups in Syria and Iraq.

Despite the revelation, Israeli intelligence has said Iran did not know the exact timing or plans of the October 7 invasion, but rather has focused on the idea that Hamas could not have pulled off the without IRGC training, weapons, and funding.

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US hits Houthis leading to "heavy Houthi losses"

The U.S. military has been playing a rousing game of Whack-a-Houthi in Yemen, and the Iranian-backed rebels are taking a beating. 

According to a report from Al-Ain media in the UAE, "the US military has intensified its airstrikes on Houthi militia bases, facilities, and command centers in their main stronghold in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen." Saada, for those of you who flunked geography, is a mountainous region near the Saudi border with a capital city of about 50,000 souls living 1,800 meters above sea level—probably wishing they had invested in some better air defense.

The report goes on to say, "The US military launched a new series of airstrikes early Wednesday morning, targeting militia barracks and hideouts east of Saada city and Al Salem district in the same governorate." Locals reported hearing loud booms—shocking, I know—while the Houthis grudgingly admitted to five airstrikes, "including two on Saada city and three on Al Salem district, amid continued intensive US airstrikes." Sounds like someone’s having a worse week than a vegan at a Texas barbecue.

Apparently, the last couple of days—March 24 and 25—have been particularly rough for the Houthis, with the U.S. dropping more than 15 raids on the Sahar and Kitaf districts, plus a couple on the town of Qahza, southeast of Saada. This all comes hot on the heels of the Houthis’ ninth attempt to take a swing at the USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea. Ninth time’s the charm, right? Maybe they should stick to throwing rocks at rowboats.

The report claims the U.S. has been busy, hitting targets in eight of Yemen’s twenty-one governorates. Meanwhile, the Houthis are sticking to their guns—figuratively and literally—vowing to keep targeting Israel and the Truman, which is leading the charge against them. Iran’s IRNA media quoted a Houthi statement saying, "In a statement early on Wednesday, the Yemeni armed forces said its missile, drone, and naval forces struck the targets in response to US attacks against the Arab country and on the 10th anniversary of the Yemeni National Resistance on March 26." Oh, and they’re also claiming to have gone after "Israeli military positions in the occupied Jaffa" with their drone unit, "in line with defending the rights of the Palestinian people in Gaza." Noble, if not exactly a winning strategy.

So, there you have it—a classic Middle Eastern mess with the U.S. dropping bombs, the Houthis shaking their fists, and everyone pretending they’re the good guys. Stay tuned, because this one’s got more sequels than a Marvel franchise.

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U.S. and U.K. strike against Houthis

A new round of airstrikes were launched by the United States and Britain against the Iranian-backed Houthi scumcrumpets in Yemen. This comes in response to over 30 attacks the Houthis carried out against cargo ships near the Arabian Peninsula over the course of several months.

While it isn't known what support Canada, Bahrain, Denmark and Austria may have provided, these countries supported the latest effort.

The Pentagon stupidly described the strikes as “proportionate and necessary." While hitting back is necessary, the idea of proportionality is stupid because that does nothing to end the fighting. If you get punched in the mouth and you punch the other guy back in the mouth, it's unlikely the fight will have ended. But if you kick his butt, it's likely he will stop hitting you in the mouth. This garbage of proportionate responses makes no sense at all. The only people who call for this are those who want the aggressor to win, or for the fight to continue.

“These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade, and the lives of innocent mariners, and are in response to a series of illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi actions since previous coalition strikes on January 11 and 22, 2024, including the January 27 attack which struck and set ablaze the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker M/V Marlin Luanda,” and blah, blah, blah, the statement said.

If we wanted to degrade the capabilities of the Houthis, we would destroy with shock and awe, and if a bunch of Houthis got their 72 virgins, that would lessen the number of terrorists trying to kill Americans.

The perfunctory strikes “specifically targeted sites associated with the Houthis’ deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, and radars.”

The impotent Biden administration said its sole goal was to “de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea.” 

“Let us reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats,” the statement concluded.

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U.S., U.K., Canada and others urge their citizens to evacuate Lebanon as Iranian terrorists escalate terror on Israel

At least ten countries are alerting their citizens in Lebanon to get out of there as fast as they can as the religion of peace worshiping Iranian organizations ramp up terror attacks on Israel's northern border. It's possible that a second front in the war could begin in Israel's war against Islamic terrorists in the region.

Israel officials worry that Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization operating out of Lebanon, is preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Israel's northern border with their 20,000 jihad terrorists. They have approximately 150,000 rockets at the ready and could easily overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome defense, a number that gets Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar moist.

Hezbollah high-ranking official Hashem Safieddine gave a speech to thousands of unwashed supporters on Wednesday, claiming that the terrorist group was “thousands of times stronger” than it was in the past, and threatening Israel and the West, warning that attacks on Hezbollah would be a “resounding” mistake, even though it would be the only reasonable thing the Jewish State would do in an existential response.

And while Hezbollah shakes its bloody fist and screams, the IDF might very well have the capability to kick its proverbial ass in battle.

Never again means never again--it doesn't mean "don't."

The countries that have told their citizens to "get out of Dodge" include the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Canada, France, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and Australia.

On Monday, the IDF announced that residents of 28 towns along the Israel-Lebanon border needed to immediately evacuate the area. These communities are: Ghajar, Dishon, Kfar Yuval, Margaliot, Metula, Avivim, Dovev, Ma’ayan Baruch, Bara’m, Manara, Yiftach, Malkia, Misgav Am, Yir’on, Dafna, Arab al-Aramshe, Shlomi, Netu’a, Ya’ara, Shtula, Matat, Zari’t, Shomera, Betzet, Adamit, Rosh HaNikram, Hanita and Kfar Giladi. 

Hezbollah's primary goal is the elimination of Jews and the targeting of the United States all over the world as it has operations in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. 

Thanks to former President Barack Hussein Obama (D) the terrorist organization grew quickly. He even let them smuggle in many tons of illicit drugs into the US as his weak way of appeasing the alligator known as Iran while believing they'd go along with the proposed nuclear deal. 

Can I get a WTF?

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Kim Jong Un readies NoKo for nuclear attack on US , SoKo

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has demanded his hermit kingdom be ready to launch a nuclear attack as he accuses the U.S. and South Korea of carrying out military drills with U.S. nuclear assets, according to his propaganda media.

Kim's shoulder-rolling, ball-grabbing bravado carried by state media KCNA, came after his country launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday. The missile streaked across the electricity-poor country and killed many fishes off its east coast, according to South Korean and Japanese assessments. They reported the missile traveled about 500 miles.

Kim oversaw the test. He was never very good at taking tests in school but said this exercise improved the military's war capability and highlighted the need to ensure its readiness posture for any "immediate and overwhelming nuclear counterattack" through performing such exercises. 

KCNA quoted the fearless chubster as saying the North "urgently" needed to bolster up its nuclear war deterrence exponentially as the enemies "are getting ever more pronounced in their moves for aggression against" his country, as if anyone cares to take it over.

"The nuclear force of the DPRK will strongly deter, control and manage the enemy's reckless moves and provocations with its high war readiness, and carry out its important mission without hesitation in case of any unwanted situation," Kim said.

The U.S. and South Korea have been carrying out military exercises as both country's navies and marine corps began their first large-scale Ssangyong amphibious assault exercises on Monday for the first time in five years. This will go on until April 3rd.

Kim views these exercises as a dress rehearsal to invade his country.

In another dispatch, KCNA said more than 1.4 million North Koreans have forcibly 'volunteered' to join or re-enlist in the military to fight against South Korean and US troops – up from some 800,000 enlistees reported over the weekend.

"Volunteer or die!"

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Iran takes its soccer seriously: kill Iranian who cheered when US won

Mehran Samak, 27, an Iranian man who honked his horn in celebration of the U.S.'s 1 -0 defeat of Iran at World Cup was murdered by local authorities in the city of Bandar Anzali, Oslo-based Iran Human Rights reported.

When Iran's team returned home, the welcome was as cold as a well-digger's butt in February due to their loss to the United States while ongoing anti-government protests were in full swing in Iran, the number one sponsor of global terrorism. But when one man cheered the U.S. victory by a simple horn honk, that was too much for local sharia enforcement to tolerate and they shot the driver dead.

Anti-government protesters, considering the team a symbol of Iran’s clerical rulers, had celebrated the loss in some Iranian cities with fireworks and cheers all while many Iranians protested the killing of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was taken into custody by the ironically-named morality police for not wearing a head covering known as a hijab.

Recently, the family home of Iranian rock climber Elnaz Rekabi had been demolished because she competed in South Korea without wearing a hijab in protest of Amini's murder. OMG! Her hair was showing and it drove Iranian men into a sexual frenzy.

In this latest case, in which even the Iranian soccer team refrained from singing the Islamic Republic's national anthem during the World Cup opening ceremonies, the government will be looking into the situation, although the team did sing the anthem in subsequent matches.

A few dozen fans greeted the national team’s return at Tehran’s international airport late Wednesday, with people cheering and waving the Iranian flag. It was too noisy to ascertain whether they were chanting "Death to America!" "Death to Israel!" but it shouldn't surprise us if they did.

The players have also faced fierce criticism from anti-government protesters who were angry with them for not being more outspoken over security forces violence toward protesters. Human rights groups estimate over 400 protesters have been killed in the crackdown, with thousands more arrested.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has likened protesters to “flies” and dismissed the movement as a foreign plot, without offering any proof, much like the mainstream legacy media and the women of "The View."

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Top guy in Palestinian group calls for 'defeat of America' as Biden pretends he didn't hear it

"I zoh semzican the brather midder, Jack."

Alleged President Joe Biden is like the old man who yells at the television knowing it's safe and the bad guy on the tube can't do anything to him. 

A top coordinator of a terrorist-linked pro-Palestinian organization threatened the U.S. and called for its “defeat,” but two weeks later the Biden administration has yet to respond.

Mohammed Khatib, one of the unwashed leaders of Palestinian activist organization Samidoun, and a guy with a most guessable first name, called for the "defeat" of the US and the EU at a protest outside an EU parliament meeting in Brussels in late October. 

Khatib's organization has links to a top Palestinian so-called resistance group known to use terrorism tactics, according to a prior DCNF investigation. Some experts wonder why the US has said nothing about Samidoun and believe we have neglected our due diligence regarding terrorism.

“Defeating Israel means defeating the U.S. Defeating Israel means defeating Canada, these settlements that exist on the backs of the indigenous people and black people,” Khatib, the Samidoun’s Europe coordinator, said on Oct. 29.

Khatib [his friends call him Mo] provided the keynote remarks at the March for Liberation and Return that orgasmically ended in calls before the European Parliament to free Palestinian terrorists who he referred to as prisoners, and end colonialism and Zionism, according to the organization. Zionism is just a covert way of saying end the Jews.

Khatib is as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP--when pronounced sounds like bovine flatulence), a militant leftist organization dating back to the 1960s, in Palestinian media; the U.S. labeled the PFLP a terrorist organization in 1997 because they kill folks.

Samidoun coordinator Khaled Barakat also serves on the PFLP Central Committee and is “involved with establishing militant cells and motivating terrorist activity in Judea & Samaria and abroad,” Israel’s Ministry of Defense states.

In February 2021, Israel designated Samidoun a terrorist organization, citing its role in fundraising, recruiting and publicity efforts on behalf of the PFLP.

The Biden administration has thus far failed to address Samidoun’s persistence in the U.S. and connections to the PFLP, an oversight experts said fails to take appropriate precautions against terrorism.

“When you begin to think that this is happening in the heart of Europe, and we (the U.S.) continue to be champions of the Palestinian national movement, it certainly seems like at minimum there should be some kind of statement issued to the [Palestinian Authority] on something like this,” Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president for research and Middle East scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former counter-terrorism official in the U.S. Treasury Department, told the DCNF.

“The question is whether the U.S. begins to ask for evidence” of Samidoun’s complicity in terrorist activities “in light of such rhetoric, and whether the U.S. is going to respond in any way,” Schanzer added.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network advocates for incarcerated Palestinians around the world, including some imprisoned for attempted or successful terrorist attacks, according to Samidoun’s website. 

One such prisoner is Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who is jailed in the U.S. for involvement in the 1982 assassinations of Israeli diplomat Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov and U.S. military attaché Charles Ray.

Samidoun has also staged “Day of Rage” rallies across the North Atlantic, including in the U.S. protesters shouted “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” some waving flags bearing the insignia of the PFLP.

For some reason, this does not seem to bother Biden and his puppet masters. Perhaps they're listening to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) about those pesky Zionists.

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“As for designating, organizations are designated for what they do, not what they say,” Shoshana Bryen, president of the Jewish Policy Center, told the DCNF. “So, the protest in Brussels, by itself, is not cause for listing Samidoun.”

However, “If there are links, yes, Samidoun should be listed as well,” she added.

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Palestinian Authority increases reward money for terrorists who kill US and Israeli targets

In the summer of 2002, Palestinian terrorists detonated a bomb in Hebrew University's Frank Sinatra cafeteria, in Jerusalem. Nine people died, including five Americans, and over 80 others were injured and maimed in the explosion. This was merely one of many carried out by the same terrorist cell.

Four scumbags of that terrorist cell: Wael Qassem, Wassim Abbasi, Alla Aldin Abbasi, and Muhammed Odeh, were arrested in August of that year.

Now that these weasels have been in prison for 20 years, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is giving each one of them a pay raise in their basic salary of about 14.3%, from 7,000 ($2,251) to 8,000 ($2,572) shekels per month. And since these terrorists were Jerusalem residents, the PA provides them with an extra 300 shekels per month, ($96).

After 20 years, in order to take the sting out of killing Americans and Jews, the PA has paid each one of these bastards a sum of 1,034,500 shekels ($332,637).

This is also the case of four other convicted terrorists who attacked the university and other attacks: Muhammad Arman, Walid Anjas, Abdallah Barghouti, and Ibrahim Hamed. They also get rewarded by the PA for their barbaric acts of terrorism.

Copies of the official PA documents proving these payouts of terrorist salaries were provided by Palestinian Media Watch.

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Thus, for their participation in terrorism and killing scores of people, the PA has paid out $2,579,614 to the terrorists.

So tell us, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, AOC, Ayanna Pressley, what do you have to say about them apples?

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US rejects Israel's request for refueling tanker aircraft as Iran quietly smiles

The Biden administration has rejected an Israeli request to expedite the delivery of two refueling tanker aircraft which have been ordered by the Jewish State. This comes amid a possible military option against Iran's nuclear weapons plan moves forward. [H/T Jerusalem Post]

Senior Israel Air Force officers requested in October that the four KC-46 tanker aircraft be sped up, and asked that two of them be delivered immediately as Iran's plan to destroy Israel seemed to be looming on the horizon. The officers asked that the other two aircraft be delivered within two to three years.

The US State Department approved the sale of up to eight KC-46 tankers and related support equipment to Israel for an estimated cost of $2.4 billion last March, a first in which Washington gave the okay for Israel to purchase new tankers.

The IAF was ready to receive two of the Boeing-made support aircraft by late 2023. When then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last visited Washington, he discussed his hope that two of the eight planes could be delivered the following year.

Currently, Israel flies the Ram, (Boeing 707) tanker plane but they're almost 60-years-old and it's time to replace them. These planes, whose number remains confidential, are used both for refueling fighter jets and for transport but were grounded last year.

The KC-46 can shoot 1,200 gallon of fuel per minute using a 55-foot extending boom and can feed three fighter jets simultaneously in under four minutes. The tankers have a range of almost 12,000 km and can unload 207,000 pounds of fuel with the ability to service 64 different kinds of aircraft.

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If Iran starts a conflict with Israel, it's imperative the IAF has the ability to be able to strike back and the KC-46 gives them that ability as fighter planes need to travel thousands of miles in each direction.

During a recent visit to the US, Defense Minister Benny Gantz updated American officials that he had set a deadline for when the IDF will need to complete preparations for an attack against Iran. There was no US veto to Israel's plans, according to a senior diplomatic source.

The US and Israel are reportedly planning large joint exercises to prepare for a possible strike against Iran's nuclear program.

Hopefully the Biden administration will change its collective mind and sell the KC-46 to Israel.

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NoKo threatens top UN body following emergency meeting

North Korea warned the UN Security Council that if they continued criticizing their missile program, they just might get mad--and you don't want to see them get mad. Although the threats were unspecified, their "Leader for Life" Kim Jong-Un [aka "Rocket Man"] told his delegates to tell the UN people, that he has been working out and is nobody to mess with.

The emergency meeting was held behind closed doors of the top UN body on Friday. The French circulated a proposed statement expressing concern over the electricity-shy nation's missile launches and calls on it to fully implement resolutions by the council to ban its ballistic missile tests.

Jo Choi Su, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official stood up, grabbed his crotch, rolled his shoulders and in his best Soprano's voice warned the UN council that it "had better think what consequences it will bring in the future in case it tries to encroach upon the sovereignty" of North Korea.

Jo, who gets angry if you call him Su, also accused the UN body of a "double-dealing standard" because it doesn't treat the U.S. and its allies like they treat the poor North Koreans.

North Korea resumed its missile tests this month after a six-month hiatus. They launched a newly developed missile that has nuclear capabilities and puts the U.S., and South Korea, key allies, within striking distance and this has President Biden thinking, "Where did I leave my mask?"

Kim Jong Un still offered conditional talks with South Korea, in what some self-described experts call an attempt to pressure Seoul to persuade Washington to relax crippling economic sanctions on it as the public in the north is getting tired of eating their main vegetable we call grass.

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There are multiple UN Security Council resolutions which ban North Korea from engaging in ballistic missile activities, as they clearly are attempting to mount nuclear weapons on their ballistic missiles. They pretend the reason they continue to flaunt the resolutions is because they say it's meant to cope with the U.S. military threats, in spite of the absence of any military threats by the U.S.

Despite recent missile launches, North Korea maintains a 2018 self-imposed moratorium on a long-range missile directly threatening the American homeland, a sign that it wants to keep the chance alive for future diplomacy with the U.S., and if they just bide their time a little longer, President Biden will make them a deal and Hunter will be the go-between, or bagman, as it were.

U.S. officials have urged North Korea to return to talks without preconditions, but the North has argued it won’t do so unless the Americans drop their “hostile policy,” in an apparent reference to the sanctions and regular military drills between Washington and Seoul. 

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Did the U.S. agree with Canada to accept 100K 'Palestinians'?

Photo: Times of Israel

According to the Lebanon-based newspaper Al Akhbar, there is supposedly an agreement between the United States and Canada for the latter to receive 100,000 Muslims from Lebanon and Syria.

 Al Akhbar reported that an official source said the understanding is that Canada will receive 40,000 immigrants from Lebanon and another 60,000 from Syria. In addition, the source said that Spain is to receive 16,000 people from Lebanon, and there are agreements with France and Belgium as well. This will eliminate the cost of migration from $12,000 to $7,000 per person.

The representative of Hamas in Lebanon, Ahmed Abdel-Hadi, told the Arab news outlet that part of the Deal of the Century aims to resettle between 75,000 to 100,000 Palestinians in Lebanon and displace the rest to more than one country. 

Why they want to leave such traditional Islamic countries to migrate to the infidel West is a mystery, but over the last four years around 40,000 so-called Palestinians high-tailed it out of Lebanon both through legal and illegal methods.

Now Canada is flatly denying the Al Akhbar report that claims the country plans to take in so many immigrants. This denial may be due, in part, to the impending federal elections that will take place this year on or before October 21 and the fear many politicians have over the immigration controversy.

"Canada is a welcoming country to people from around the world, but it is important that people rely on accurate information before starting their journey," Mathieu Genest, press secretary for the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told The Jerusalem Post.

"There are no special programs currently being considered to resettle people from Lebanon or Syria. Little information is publicly available about who registered or is responsible for the content. We chose to correct the disinformation to remind both prospective immigrants and Canadians that accurate information is available through Government of Canada websites," he added.

Genest said that Canada "regularly monitor[s] for online misinformation and disinformation. When false information is being circulated, as in this case, we aim to act quickly to provide facts.

It seems that Canada has no reason to lie about whether they had planned on taking in so many immigrants. 

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Iran Pres. wants US to 'bow down' to them

Iran President Hassan Rouhani alluded to the notion that if he were to meet with President Trump in the United States, he would have to bow down to Iran and repent from "economic terrorism" against Iran. Perhaps he has Trump confused with Obama with the bowing.

"Those who have imposed sanctions on our people, and have carried out economic terrorism – any change in our conduct toward them must start with their repentance," Rouhani said in a video translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute.

"They must return to their obligations, and change the erroneous path they have chosen. They must act in the service of the world's interests and security, while maintaining respect for the other. They must recognize our revolution, our regime, and the rights of our people, and they must reject their mistakes. With regard to the relations between Iran and America – unless America gives up the sanctions and rejects the erroneous path it has chosen, we will see no positive change."

And we must not continue to label them the 'World's largest sponsor of terrorism.' because it offends their anti-Semitic sensibilities.

"If you lift all the sanctions and bow down before the Iranian people, the circumstances will be different," Rouhani bloviated, as if he could care less one way or the other. "We want to resolve the issues and problems in a reasonable manner, but we are not interested in photo-ops. If someone wants to have his photo taken with Hassan Rouhani – well, that's impossible," he said of himself in third person. "It can be done with Photoshop, but a real photo is impossible, [because vampires cannot be photographed] unless one day they lift all their unjust sanctions, and respect the rights of the Iranian people. Then we would be talking about new circumstances, and we could reconsider it."

Rouhani reminds one of the Black Knight in Monty Python--he's all talk, no legs to stand on.

The U.S. continued to crack down on Iranian networks on Thursday, designating a Lebanon bank that has ties to Hezbollah [trans.: Party of Allah] a "global terrorist."

"Treasury is targeting Jammal Trust Bank and its subsidiaries for brazenly enabling Hezbollah's financial activities," Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said in a statement. "Corrupt financial institutions like Jammal Trust are a direct threat to the integrity of the Lebanese financial system. Jammal Trust provides support and services to Hezbollah's Executive Council and the Martyrs Foundation, which funnels money to the families of suicide bombers."

The Martyr's Foundation provides bonus money to the families of suicide bombers and other terrorists who kill men, women and children who hold different religious beliefs than they hold. 

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Drone boomerangs back and kills ISIS jihadi

An ISIS jihadi had a bad karma day as his plan to attack allied forces in Iraq backfired, the Sun reports. He launched a commercial drone fitted with explosives but the device must have been made in Australia as it boomeranged back and blew him to jannah, that place jihadis go to hook up for eternity.

The jihadi evidently was trying to save on his electric bill because the drone was probably insufficiently charged, which causes commercial drones to return to their owners.

The actual incident occurred after the battle for Mosul, but the story was just released by a UK security source to The Sun. 

One thing for sure, he isn't in a better place now.

“We learned this idiot had wired up his drone with explosives but was killed when its batteries ran low and it flew home. With a weak signal for some reason it detonated over his head,” the source said. “This caused quite a laugh for us, but the drone threat is very real.”

Sure, laugh at this idiot, but you can be sure none of his four wives are laughing.

With commercial drones easy to obtain, they have been a weapon of choice by Iranian proxies in Yemen targeting Saudi civilian airports as well as military targets almost daily since May.

Israel recently thwarted a drone attack by Iranian forces operating on the Syrian-Israel border under the command of Iran’s top general in Syria, Java Ghaffari. Israeli sources say the attack was directly ordered by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander Qasam Soleimani.

Israel was able to destroy the drone before it infiltrated the country.

According to some estimates, there may be 14,000 to 18,000 ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq combined along with other terrorist groups. And a report published in early August by the U.S. military warned that ISIS still remains a significant threat in the region.

The Pentagon also noted that from April to June, ISIS was able to carry out “targeted assassinations, ambushes, suicide bombings, and the burning of crops” in Iraq and Syria. 

In April, self-appointed ISIS caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a video dispelling rumors that he had been killed by Allied forces. This was the first video released by him in five years.

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