You should read the whole thing...

"In the 1950s, Iran had a democratic, secular government under Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mosaddegh was a social democrat and realised that with British control of Iranian oil there was little prospect of improving the well-being of the population. With the British unwilling to negotiate the terms of their colonial-era agreement with the Shah, Mosaddegh nationalised Iran’s oil reserves. Shortly thereafter, British and US foreign intelligence (MI6 and CIA) successfully instigated a coup, working with the Shah, local ‘strongmen’ and factions within the military. They reinstalled the Shah who re-established foreign control over Iranian oil and governed as a brutal dictator for more than two decades. Leaders of the previous democratic government were imprisoned, tortured and in some cases executed. In 1979 the Shah was overthrown with broad popular support. However, an Islamist grouping led by Ayatollah Khomeini took control of the post-Shah state. Under his control, leaders of other opposition groups were purged and executed, and Iran became an Islamic Republic. Under this system, there is an Islamic Supreme Leader who is unelected and a president who is elected every four years - but the candidates for election are subject to approval by the Supreme Leader and Guardian Council. The recently assassinated Ayatollah Khameini succeeded the first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, in 1989.

"In short: Iran had democracy until the US and UK destroyed it. They had no qualms about Iran being governed by a brutal dictator provided it was one who served their geopolitical and economic interests."

Another key point...

"A key point I want to counter here is that the attempt at Iranian ‘regime change’ is primarily about Israel. That is false. It is primarily about US geopolitics. While Israel has had disproportionate influence over the US, the tail is not wagging the dog. And I have argued extensively that in fact the US is busy pivoting away from its unconditional support for Israel, even though it may seem otherwise."

https://politicaleconomist.substack.com/p/understanding-the-attack-on-iran?r=lp6h7

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IMF and 10 countries simulate cyberattack on global financial system


JERUSALEM, Dec 9, 2021 -
Israel led a 10-country simulation of a major cyberattack on the global financial system in an attempt to increase cooperation that could help to minimise any potential damage to financial markets and banks. The simulated "war game", as Israel's Finance Ministry called it and planned over the past year, evolved over 10 days…


The responses were extreme:

1. A global bank holiday
2. ⁠Huge liquidity injections
3. ⁠De-linking major currencies (suggesting to roll in digital currencies)

And now, this week U.S. banks were told to prepare for potential cyberattacks from Iran.

Another coincidence?


https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/exclusive-imf-10-countries-simulate-cyber-attack-global-financial-system-2021-12-09/

🇺🇸🏴‍☠️💥🇮🇷 After Trump's statements that the war would soon end and announcements about lifting sanctions on Russian oil, the wave of panic in the oil markets was immediately quelled and oil prices fell back below $100 per barrel.

The Iranians reported that Trump is seeking to contact the Iranian authorities through intermediaries to end the war, but the Iranians refused. They have only just started fighting and have refused to negotiate. The Iranians fully understand Trump's vulnerable position and see this as an opportunity to settle scores with him.

Negotiations are currently more necessary for the US than for Iran, that's a fact.

Water is Fair Game

The USA destroyed one of Iran’s desalinisation plants: Iran’s Foreign Minister confirmed it: the US struck a freshwater desalination plant on Qeshm Island using HIMARS launched from Bahrain’s Jufair base. Thirty villages lost their water supply. His response was measured but unambiguous – “the US set this precedent, not Iran”. Iran gets 2% of its […]

https://voxday.net/2026/03/09/water-is-fair-game/

‼️🇺🇸🏴‍☠️🇰🇼 The US has begun evacuating its embassy in Kuwait, reports CBS News, citing sources.

According to the TV channel, diplomats have been ordered to destroy classified documents.

Iran may be activating sleeper cells outside the country, alert says

The encrypted transmission was intercepted by the U.S.

The U.S. has intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that may serve as "an operational trigger" for "sleeper assets" outside the country, according to a federal government alert sent to law enforcement agencies.

The alert, reviewed by ABC News, cites "preliminary signals analysis" of a transmission "likely of Iranian origin" that was relayed across multiple countries shortly after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was killed in a U.S.-Israeli attack on Feb. 28.

https://abcnews.com/US/iran-activating-sleeper-cells-alert/story

Senator Graham:

Why should America do a defense agreement with a country like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that is unwilling to join a fight of mutual interest?

Hopefully Gulf Cooperation Council countries will get more involved as this fight is in their backyard. If you are not willing to use your military now, when are you willing to use it?

Hopefully this changes soon. If not, consequences will follow.

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷 - Why the US is facing strategic defeat

Irrespective of the ever-shifting war aims peddled out by Administration officials, there is a clear and obvious sense in which strategic victory and defeat are defined here. If the United States cannot, either through direct denial or military coercion, suppress Iran’s attacks on its own assets and those of its allies and protectorates, that would constitute a strategic defeat for the United States. If the US declares mission accomplished whilst the Iranians are still firing their weapons at the oil monarchies, US military bases, Israel, and, above all, if Hormuz is still closed, that would constitute an unambiguous strategic defeat for the United States.

By the same token, if Iran can continue its attacks and keep Hormuz closed despite whatever the US throws at it, until such a time as the US offers a ceasefire, it would’ve succeeded in reestablishing deterrence. That would constitute a strategic victory for Iran. This is not a definitional question; it is a question of the perception of adversaries, third parties, and disinterested analysts. The Western media spin won’t count; it would just be too blatantly obvious.

🔗 Policy Tensor

Great Job by hard working Scott Pressler on Fox & Friends talking about using the Filibuster, or Talking Filibuster, in order to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS. It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION - GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY - ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL: NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION FOR CHILDREN! DO NOT FAIL!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

🚨BREAKING: Hezbollah Destroys An Israeli Satellite Communication Station In Tel Aviv

Despite the Israeli army announcing that all missiles were shot down or landed in open areas, citizens decided to film the incident themselves & expose the lies.

Training students to prove they're not robots is pushing them to use more AI (Score: 150+ in 11 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6PhSt
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6PhSt

Happy Monday after Spring Forward

The most important point to note:

Azerbaijan supplies Israel's 50-60% oil.
Azerbaijan's Baku to Turkey's Ceyhan pipeline. From Turkey's Ceyhan port oil transferred to ships and ships take it to Haifa, Israel. Since Turkey has banned trading with Israel. The Azerbaijani oil gets loaded onto ships in Ceyhan port and then Israelis use falsified data and documents to show Turks that the oil is bound to go to Egypt or elsewhere etc.
Pretty neat scheme going on!

@medmannews

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain share a border… on an island

Did you know? 🎓