IRGC Navy’s drone unit says it launched a large-scale drone attack at dawn on Al Dhafra Air Base in UAE.

According to IRGC sources, the strike targeted key U.S. facilities at the base, including the air warfare center, satellite communications systems, early-warning radars, and fire-control radars.

Tunisia Detains Gaza Aid Flotilla Activists, Bans Campaign Event

Tunisian authorities detained pro-Palestinian activists linked to a planned Gaza aid flotilla & opened a financial probe into donation funds. The mission, involving over 1,000 activists & boats from Spain, Tunisia and Italy, aims to challenge Israeli restrictions.

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BIG: China and Saudi Arabia have signed a $5 billion deal to build a Wing Loong-3 UAV assembly line in Jeddah, producing 48 drones per year.

The contract includes full training, maintenance, and avionics integration, marking a strategic shift from sales to industrial collaboration.

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Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters says it respects the sovereignty of neighboring countries, but warns that all U.S. and Israeli military bases and interests in the region—on land, sea, and in space—will be targeted if attacks continue.

Iraqi Kurdish politician Bafel Talabani:

Iran thought the talks had been going well.

They said this was not a war they were looking forward to, but one they believe they have to fight. For them, it is clearly existential.

I got the impression that they were open to some form of peaceful negotiation, which realistically is the only real solution to this issue.

As for regime change, at the moment it does not appear to be on the cards, from what I can see.

We have seen no uprisings anywhere—nothing of that sort so far. But it is still early days.

I expect this operation to be long and very difficult.

Iraqi Kurdish politician Bafel Talabani:

I don’t see unconditional surrender happening right now in Iran.

The regime has been preparing for this for 45 years, and you can expect fierce resistance.

Some could argue that many of the mission’s key objectives may already have been achieved.

Iraqi Kurdish politician Bafel Talabani:

Kurdistan needs to be a bridge, not a battlefield.

I believe we are uniquely positioned to play a role in de-escalation when the time is appropriate.

From what I see now, the Iranian system may be weakened, but its institutions—though very different from ours—are still institutions, and they remain solid.

I think that once military objectives are achieved, it will be time for diplomacy.

The region has truly suffered from far too many wars and conflicts.

Iraqi Kurdish politician Bafel Talabani:

Iran is a country the size of Western Europe — a ground operation would be extremely difficult.

Sending troops into a country of that scale may not be feasible.

Iraqi Kurdish politician Bafel Talabani:

Iranians, like many people, are very nationalistic.

If they believe that Kurdish forces coming from outside the country could split or fragment Iran, it might actually unite the population against what they would view as a separatist movement.

There are also complications involving Türkiye.

Türkiye would have legitimate concerns, and there could be Turkish intervention against Kurdish forces.

Overall, it is a very complicated scenario, and perhaps having Kurdish forces act as the tip of the spear is not the best approach.

NOW: Hezbollah has issued an evacuation warning in Israel.

Some ships in the Gulf are changing their transponder messages to claim they are Chinese to avoid attacks from Iran.

Ships altered transponder messages to labels like “Chinese Owner,” “All Chinese Crew,” or “Chinese Crew Onboard.”

Source: FT

Tucker Carlson:

Israel is one of the ugliest countries in the world.

They have built nothing of beauty since 1948.

France has deployed its amphibious helicopter carrier Tonnerre to the eastern Mediterranean to support its forces and prepare for possible evacuation of French nationals from Lebanon.

Source: Opex360

Tucker Carlson on Iran:

Unconditional surrender means foreign troops get to rape your wife and daughter if they want.

To avoid that, people will do anything.

Iran's Deputy FM Majid Takht-Ravanchi on Iraq:

There are different rumors about CIA cooperating with anti-revolutionary elements in different places. So we do not take any risks.

Wherever those who want to infiltrate, those who want to cross the border, those who want to violate our sovereignty and territorial integrity, definitely we act. This is what every nation does.

Trump:

Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore.

This promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack. They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries.

They have said, “Thank you President Trump.” I have said, “You’re welcome!” Iran is no longer the “Bully of the Middle East,” they are, instead, “THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST,” and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!

Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time.

"Woke" Rift Widens as African Anglicans Boycott UK-led Church

Conservative Anglican group GAFCON urged members to boycott meetings led by the Archbishop of Canterbury & halt funding, a move that follows creation of a rival Global Anglican Council ahead of the enthronement of a new archbishop over issues of LGBTQ & female ordination.

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Iran's Deputy FM Majid Takht-Ravanchi on Europe:

We have already informed the Europeans and everybody else that they should be careful not to be involved in this war of aggression against Iran.

If any country joins in the aggression against Iran, joins America and Israel in the aggression against Iran, definitely they will also be legitimate targets for retaliation.

The destruction of two U.S. missile-defense radars—the AN/FPS-132 in Qatar and AN/TPS-59 in Bahrain—could take years to replace.

Raytheon may need 5–8 years and about $1.1B to rebuild the AN/FPS-132, while Lockheed Martin would require 12–24 months and $50–75M for the AN/TPS-59.

Replacement is further complicated by reliance on gallium—98% controlled by China.

Source: Foreign Policy

Iran's Deputy FM Majid Takht-Ravanchi:

Domestic affairs of Iran belong to Iranians. Iranians are mature enough to know and to elect their representatives, whether they are in the parliament, whether they are presidents, or whether we are trying to find the next supreme leader.

We do not need any foreigners to tell us what to do or what not to do.

Xi Jinping emphasized that the military must unconditionally obey the Communist Party of China.

In the Armed Forces, “there can be no people who show dual loyalty toward the Party.”