Buried now in this pure soil is the severed body of a servant from among the servants of your presence and the pure Progeny, after years of diligent effort, striving, and tireless jihad, alongside the bodies of martyrs from his family—each reminding us of a martyr from the desert of Karbala. They rest here until that day when, by God's command, Baqiyatullah (may God hasten his holy reappearance), the radiant sun from behind the clouds of occultation, emerges to bestow the light of divine mercy upon the inhabitants of the earth. On that day, which we hope is very near, he (may God hasten his reappearance) will be accompanied by stars of the truthful, the martyrs, and the saints. We hope our martyred master will be among them, to redraw promising and pure scenes of jihad and fulfillment of the covenant of "Alast," and perhaps these companions will accompany him on that day as well.

O my compassionate Master, we entrust to you our master who sacrificed everything he possessed in your path, along with his martyred companions, to be honored by your grace and care. Just as they enjoyed the abundance of your grace in their earthly life, may they receive it from now on in a far more complete and sublime manner.
In conclusion, we offer our condolences once again to our master Baqiyatullah (may God hasten his holy reappearance). We pray to the Merciful Master to include the leader of Iran's martyrs, his martyred companions, and all martyrs in his pure prayers, and to ask the Almighty to elevate the ranks of all martyrs, grant patience and reward to their families, and bestow a decisive, near victory upon the oppressed Iranian people, God willing.


Signatory: Sayyid Mojtaba Al-Husseini Khamenei
Date: July 9, 2026


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The Illusion of 2030: Dismantling NATO’s Strategic Architecture


NATO's "Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030" reveals an alliance operating under acute temporal panic, attempting to shift conventional ground defense burdens to a deindustrialized Europe while Washington pivots to the Indo-Pacific.


This strategic architecture faces fatal internal contradictions:

Temporal Miscalculation: The assumption that Moscow needs until 2030 to rebuild ignores Russia’s active, state-directed military-industrial hyper-mobilization.

The Procurement Paradox: Mandating 60% domestic arms sourcing ignores that cutting off cheap Russian gas has made European heavy industry and mass manufacturing cost-prohibitive.

Fiscal Instability: Forcing a 5% GDP defense target on flagging economies will gut social safety nets and fuel severe political polarization.

Supply Chain Chokepoints: Western defense scaling remains entirely dependent on titanium, critical minerals, and raw materials controlled by Russia, China, and BRICS+ partners.

While the West operates on fragile electoral cycles, Moscow’s civilizational foresight is already engineering the economic and institutional architecture of a multipolar future.


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Zionist journalist Barak Ravid:

▪️ Qatari officials are participating in the ongoing talks between Iran and Oman in Muscat regarding the Strait of Hormuz, according to a diplomat familiar with the matter.

▪️ A regional source stated that the parties are discussing a potential joint statement regarding the full opening of the "Middle Channel" in the Strait of Hormuz (which is located in international waters) to ensure complete and free navigation.

📌 Note: There are no international waters in the Strait of Hormuz; rather, they are territorial waters belonging to Iran and Oman that extend and overlap with each other.

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Bulldozers of Erasure: The IDF's Campaign of Urban Ecocide in South Lebanon


"Green Southerners" publishes a photo of Israeli bulldozers gathering near the Jamil Jaber School in Bint Jbeil: Israeli mechanisms of erasure and urban annihilation... These are war crimes under international humanitarian law.

Commentary

This image captures the core of the occupation's strategy: systematic urban annihilation and ecocide. Lacking a civilizational heritage of its own to be proud of, the Israeli regime resorts to erasing the deep-rooted geography, history, and environment of South Lebanon. These are not tactical maneuvers; they are calculated war crimes under international humanitarian law aimed at rendering the land uninhabitable.

Meanwhile, the Lebanese government continues to turn a blind eye to these ongoing atrocities. Its passive stance and complete failure to confront or document this destruction effectively grant a free pass to the occupation's machinery of erasure.

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Regional Conflagration: Iran Shashes US Base Architecture Across Five Gulf States


The Strategic Reality: The delicate regional status quo has collapsed. Following a massive third wave of US precision strikes targeting approximately 140 military sites inside Iran—ordered by Donald Trump—Tehran launched a coordinated ballistic missile and drone retaliation directly hitting US infrastructure across Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman. Concurrently, Iran has declared the total closure of the Strait of Hormuz. 

Tactical & Military Breakdown:

The US Precision Blitz: US Central Command (CENTCOM) deployed land-based aircraft, carrier-borne jets, warships, and UAVs to hit 140 Iranian assets, zeroing in on coastal radar, drone arrays, and naval infrastructure. 

The Iranian Retaliatory Wave: The IRGC bypassed localized air defense networks using saturated salvos. Key operational impacts include:

Jordan: Ballistic missiles struck Prince Hassan Airbase, directly taking out MQ-9 Reaper drone hangars and tactical command nodes.

Qatar: Al-Udeid Airbase—the logistical heart of US regional airpower—suffered hits to its central command headquarters and primary maintenance hubs.

Oman: Drone and missile strikes heavily damaged carrier refueling networks and logistical platforms at the Port of Duqm. 

Kuwait & Bahrain: Saturated drone runs successfully disabled a Patriot missile defense battery, key radar positions, and forward communications hubs.

Maritime Interdiction:

Iran effectively choked the Strait of Hormuz, disabling a second commercial vessel and enforcing its sovereignty over the waterway by force of arms. 

Geopolitical Redirection:

By explicitly holding host nations accountable for launching US sorties, Iran has shattered the illusion of "neutral hosting." Gulf cooperation states are finding that providing geographical access to US forces now carries immediate, kinetic consequences.

Question to Readers:

For decades, Gulf capitals viewed a permanent US military presence as their ultimate security guarantee. Now that these bases have turned their host nations into direct targets for immediate ballistic retaliation, has the US presence officially flipped from a strategic asset into an existential liability?

Axis of Resistance Perspective

The "deterrence equation" has fundamentally evolved. For years, Western planners assumed Iran would rely entirely on regional allies to absorb or deflect direct pressure. By responding from sovereign soil against US nodes across five nations simultaneously, Tehran has proved that the era of strategic patience is over. The Axis views this not as an isolated flare-up, but as the practical execution of unified regional defense: if the US uses its regional footprint to attack the Islamic Republic, that entire footprint becomes a legitimate, active grid of fire.

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🔴 THE DEATH OF AN IMPERIAL HAWK: Lindsey Graham

Senator Lindsey Graham’s career ended on July 11, 2026. Beyond Western tributes, he leaves a legacy defined by aggressive interventionism and fanatical Christian Zionism.

His Legacy of Destruction:

▪️Zionist Conduit: He weaponized his influence to funnel billions in unconditional military aid to the occupation, shielding it from accountability.
▪️Architect of Extremism: As a top advisor to Trump, he engineered the "maximum pressure" campaigns, the Jerusalem embassy move, and the destruction of regional diplomacy.
▪️Hostility toward the Resistance: He openly campaigned for the total destruction of Lebanese infrastructure and obsessively pushed for direct military strikes against Iran.
▪️The Israeli Eulogy:
Tel Aviv calling him "the greatest friend of Israel on Capitol Hill" proves his role as a key asset. He departs as one of the most fervent architects of regional destabilization, having prioritized the agenda of the occupation above all else.

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🔴 Rapid Escalation: Open Confrontation Between Iran and the United States in the Persian Gulf

The Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz witnessed their most intense military escalation today, July 12, since the current tensions began. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the execution of a "third round" of strikes against Iranian military targets, while the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a series of retaliatory missile and drone attacks against U.S. bases in the region.

Today’s Developments (July 12):

• U.S. Strikes: CENTCOM announced that it targeted approximately 140 Iranian military sites between the evening of July 11 and this morning. Using fighter jets, drones, and warships, the operations struck ammunition depots, communication networks, and coastal radar systems. The U.S. stated these strikes were in retaliation for an Iranian attack on the Cyprus-flagged commercial vessel "M/V GFS Galaxy," which resulted in the ship being disabled and the loss of one crew member.

• Iranian Response: For its part, the IRGC and the Iranian Army announced large-scale operations in response to "American aggression." These operations targeted U.S. bases in Jordan (Prince Hassan Air Base), Qatar (Al Udeid Air Base), and Oman (Duqm Port), as well as Patriot missile systems and radar installations in Kuwait and Bahrain. Iran confirmed the use of ballistic missiles (such as the Kheibar Shekan and Zolfaghar) and suicide drones.

Field Context (July 7–12):
Today’s events culminate a series of escalating clashes:
▪️ July 7–8: U.S. military operations began with strikes on approximately 170 Iranian military targets over two days, in response to Iranian attacks on commercial shipping.

▪️Total Toll: Over three days of fighting, CENTCOM reported striking more than 300 Iranian military targets. Meanwhile, Iranian sources confirmed 17 deaths and 115 injuries resulting from the U.S. strikes, which impacted coastal cities and military sites.

The Battle of Narratives over the "Strait of Hormuz":
The Strait has emerged as a primary theater for both political and military conflict:

• The Iranian Stance: The IRGC declared the Strait closed to international shipping, insisting that any transit must be conducted under "Iranian arrangements" and its direct supervision, threatening to target any naval vessel that violates these terms.

• The U.S. Stance: Washington categorically rejects these claims, asserting that the "Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, not under Iranian control." In statements released today, CENTCOM emphasized that commercial traffic continues and that U.S. forces are facilitating the passage of vessels to ensure freedom of navigation despite Iranian threats.
Tensions remain extremely high, with conflicting reports regarding the status of navigation. While Tehran insists on the closure of the Strait and asserts its control, the U.S. Central Command maintains that shipping continues to flow and that its forces are prepared to ensure this vital corridor remains open to global trade.

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🔴 DEPTH VIOLATED, SOUTH RE-CONFIGURED: ISRAELI STRIKES MET WITH STRATEGIC SILENCE AND U.S. DEPLOYMENT

An aggressive surge in Israeli hostile operations has breached Lebanon's strategic depth, operating in tandem with highly suspicious international maneuvers on the ground.

📊 Operational Update & Violations:
The Beqaa & Deep Interior: Israeli airstrikes directly targeted the historic city of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, a calculated escalation probing regional red lines.

• Southern Sector (Zoutar): Heavy artillery shelling pounded the entrance of Zoutar al-Sharqiyah toward Mayfadoun, accompanied by intense, sustained live-fire sweeping operations.

• Southern Sector (Border Strip): Thick plumes of smoke filled the skies over Bayout al-Siyad as occupation forces systematically torched and demolished residential homes, reinforced by heavy machine-gun fire from the al-Bayadah axis. 

❓ Why is Hezbollah Not Retaliating?
The severe restraint shown by Hezbollah despite strikes reaching Baalbek points to tight political boundaries and strategic calculations. The group is deliberately withholding kinetic retaliation to avoid giving Israel a pretext to completely collapse the fragile framework agreement. This places the political and physical burden on the Lebanese State and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)—amidst fierce internal criticism accusing LAF command of complacency under international pressure.

⁉️ The Truth Behind the U.S. Military Convoy:
According to Al Arabiya, a specialized U.S. military team is deploying to Southern Lebanon. While public relations frame this as "supporting the LAF," the operational reality is far more clinical. This convoy serves as an intelligence and verification mechanism tasking Western personnel with verifying that newly established "experimental zones" are completely cleared of Hezbollah personnel and assets. It is effectively the soft-power implementation of an Israeli buffer zone, managed via Western logistics.

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🚨 U.S. AIRSTRIKE NEAR IRAN’S BUSHEHR NUCLEAR PLANT: GLOBAL ESCALATION RISK

A U.S. airstrike has reportedly landed just meters away from the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, Iran’s only operational nuclear facility. The strike marks an exceptionally dangerous escalation in the region.

Key Details:

The Target Area: Bushehr is heavily staffed by Russian engineers and nuclear specialists, directly involving international personnel in the fallout zone. More strikes are reportedly heading toward the area.

The Nuclear Threat: Had the reactor itself sustained a direct hit, radioactive contamination could have blanketed the entire Persian Gulf region.

Current Status: Iranian authorities state that operations at the plant have not been disrupted.

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is expected to issue an official statement shortly.

📲 Stay tuned for updates.


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