“They’re getting desperate”

US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper told Iranian opposition media that the regime in Tehran is getting desperate.

He pointed to a couple indicators:

🔹️ Regime forces are unable or unwilling to risk launching large volleys of missiles or drones, “it’s always one or two at a time”;

🔹️ Regime forces have taken to deliberately targeting civilians in Israel and neighboring Arab states in the Gulf.

Cooper said the regime’s end is nearing, and that soon there will be a “clear signal” for the people of Iran to rise up and take their future into their own hands.

Southern Iran today, strike on a weapons storage facility.

Why do certain events in the Middle East touch more than just the political level❓️

Why do people keep returning to ancient stories to explain the present❓️

Is it coincidence when motifs of exile, return, and liberation reappear in the collective consciousness, or does history follow deeper patterns❓️

And what does it mean when numbers, figures, and developments suddenly seem like an echo from the past❓️

👉🏼️ Perhaps the key to understanding today’s reality lies not only in strategies and analyses, but also in the stories people tell about themselves, their origins, and their future.

In biblical thought, history is not understood linearly, but as a space of patterns, repetitions, and divine guidance. Exile and return, destruction and rebuilding, threat and rescue — these are not one-time events, but archetypal cycles.

🤔️ When people in Iran today draw a parallel between Cyrus and current developments, this comes from a deep-rooted historical consciousness.

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❗American and Iranian officials will reportedly meeting in Pakistan this week to discuss a deal to end the war.

The Iranian side is reportedly being led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who Trump, without naming, described as "reasonable" and "respectable."

Since the elimination of Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani, Ghalibaf has been the most hostile online Iranian voice against both the US and Israel.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says there are no talks between Iran and the US, and if there will be, it’ll be on Iran’s terms.

According to Trump, the Iranians are backing down and are looking to make a deal that would amount to admitting defeat, if not surrender.

According to the Iranians, Trump is lying in an effort to manipulate the situation and the markets.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to attack.

Targets struck since last night include:

🔹️ A Quds Force base used as a command post for coordinating and overseeing IRGC intelligence and operational activity

🔹️ An IRGC aerial defense headquarters

🔹️ An IRGC Ground Forces headquarters

🔹️ A Quds Force intelligence headquarters

🔹️ An Iranian Ministry of Defense naval cruise missile manufacturing site

🔹️ Additional manufacturing sites and research facilities related to electronics, ballistic missiles, and warheads

American forces also continue to hunt down and destroy Iranian regime assets.

And thousands of US Marines are reportedly still being deployed to the region.

Missile from Iran intercepted.

❗️Iranian missile fired at Eilat

Late night sirens:

There were several overnight Iranian missile attacks, all intercepted.

This morning, about an hour ago, Iran fired a missile at Tel Aviv. It appears to have been intercepted, but large debris from the missile hit a residential building in the city. Several people were reportedly injured.

Sirens minutes ago in Beersheva.

Sirens in Haifa. Rocket fire from Lebanon.

Israel's Mossad posted a new social media clip urging Iranians to provide information on the whereabouts of additional senior regime officials so they too can be targeted for elimination.