Not physically impossible but that's basically the entire recuitable manpower pool 😭

In 1870 during the franco prussian war the French and Prussians both had an army corresponding to about 10% of the population

That'd be 9 million iranians so this number is not unrealistic at all since its a theocratic country

Ideological motivation gives crazy buffs

Happy Power Plant and Bridge Day to all those who observe!

(It’s sarcasm, people)

No way

I don't think this one is sarcastic

U.S. official to Axios:

The president is the most bloodthirsty, like a mad dog.

Hegseth and Rubio sound like the doves compared to the president.

—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel has struck several key railway bridges in Iran

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U.S. official to Axios:

The U.S. military attacked military targets on Kharg Island.

NEW: IRGC Aerospace Commander announces a new phase of the war, deploying fresh twin-launcher for Fateh and Kheibar-Shekan missiles.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump on Truth Social says he will wipe out Iranian civilization:

‘A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.

However, now that we have complete and total regime change, where different, smarter and less radicalized minds will prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS?

We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the world. 47 years of distortion, corruption, and death will finally end. God bless the great People of Iran!’

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Iran cancels all diplomatic and indirect channels of communication with the United States and announces the end of message exchanges, following Trump’s threat – Reuters

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: ‘There are increasing fears within Trump’s current and former advisory circle that the President may consider ordering a nuclear strike on Iran’ – The Guardian

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The White House denies considering the use of nuclear weapons in Iran.

I don’t think even someone like Trump would be stupid enough to use nukes, personally. But you never know.

In my opinion, the most likely scenario is that Trump comes out at 8PM and says something like ‘negotiations have been positive’ and then pushes the deadline once again.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 President Trump: ‘The fake news media says I don’t have a plan. I have the greatest plan, and you’ll see very shortly.’

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BREAKING: Iran has stopped cease-fire negotiations with the U.S., telling Pakistan it will no longer participate in talks.

Source: NYT

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Two hours ago, Fox News cited an official U.S. source confirming indirect talks were still ongoing. An Iranian media, Tehran Times, has also indicated an hour ago that diplomacy between the American and Iranian officials was ongoing and indirect talks between the two parties were maintained.

Both these reports came after Trump's threats, which are said to be the cause of a diplomatic breakdown by other medias.

Trump is described by senior officials as emboldened and “in a mode of defiance,” proud of a recent rescue operation and open—but not expecting—a diplomatic deal with Iran.

The administration plans to keep “maximum pressure” on Iran, with no final decision yet on next steps if a deal isn’t reached.

Source: WSJ

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The Iranian government is urging people NOT to approach power stations, saying they will likely die, but people continue to flow in, insisting to ‘defend their country or die with it’

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