Looks like Iran still hasn’t learnt its lesson. They’re now letting the IAEA back in again.
I thought I remember their media was swearing up and down the IAEA was passing info to Israel and they passed laws to ban them from the country… but apparently not.
Either their media is full of shit or their leaders are more stupid than I thought.

Posted by: Jules | Aug 27 2025 17:17 utc | 4

HAMAS has won the war …
Professor John Mearsheimer: Israel is a Strategic Liability for the US |John Mearsheimer LATEST 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_apU2zxkSo [12 mins

Posted by: Don Firineach | Aug 27 2025 18:03 utc | 6

‘It’s not easy to commit genocide in Gaza on an empty stomach’ (& vid)
https://x.com/A_M_R_M1/status/1960110347894784172
Israeli soldiers do lunch…

Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 27 2025 18:37 utc | 8

RE: “Either their media is full of shit or their leaders are more stupid than I thought.”
Posted by: Jules | Aug 27 2025 17:17 utc | 3
Go to TASS & PressTV for this coverage.
The inspectors will inspect fuel Rod change out at Bushehr.
Bushehr is mostly controlled by Russia and Russia & China trying to prevent SnapBack sanctions (which will happen anyways) EU claims will make decision by end August.
P3 & Iran met Friday.
Unable to make “deal” ( EU of course wants “new deal”)
No inspector’s at bombed out sites.
Media trying to upset Iranian citizens.
JPCPOA expires October 18
Unless UNSC gets 6 month extension, game over, should P3 implement snap back, Iran leaves non proliferation treaty, and it’s all over.
Khomeni: “nuclear issue unsolvable”
No one in Iran is stupid. Preparing for war.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Aug 27 2025 19:07 utc | 10

RE: Posted by: teri | Aug 27 2025 19:10 utc | 10
Yup. Born in Colombia…now the beacon of America Christian voice.
Where’s the “deport” her cries?

Posted by: Trubind1 | Aug 27 2025 19:19 utc | 12

I posted the whole article on the last thread, but if you missed it, a link is below. BTW, Israel is opening 2 new “aid sites” run by these guys in southern Gaza. Israel is happy with their US killers.
Exclusive: US contractors in Gaza pursued MEE journalist before his killing.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/exclusive-us-contractors-gaza-pursued-mee-journalist-his-killing?nid=427184&topic=Israel%2527s%2520genocide%2520in%2520Gaza&fid=547507
UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East was today. Summary of results and some statements:

Security Council members – except US – say Israel must reverse course in Gaza
A joint statement from 14 of the 15 members of the UN Security Council has called for Israel to stop further expansion of its military operation in Gaza.
The statement, which was not signed on to by the US, also:
backed the IPC global hunger monitoring system that confirmed a famine in Gaza.
said the famine in Gaza was a man-made crisis.
warned that the use of starvation as a weapon of war is banned under international law.
called for an immediate and unconditional permanent Gaza ceasefire, and the release of captives held in the enclave.
demanded Israel immediately and unconditionally lift all restrictions on aid delivery into Gaza.
“>https://aje.io/aijcb2?update=3911811

Some statements and notes:
The meeting was held to address Israel’s expanded military campaign in Gaza, with the UN’s Deputy Special Coordinator telling the council the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territory continues to deteriorate.
US statements on Israel: The US Ambassador to the UN stated that Israel’s military had concluded that Hamas members were killed in a recent hospital strike and called on the council to condemn Hamas for using civilian infrastructure. [Note: if they are talking about the killing of the 5 journalists and 15 others, plus the wounding of many, the US is lying. Israel already admitted it and called it an unfortunate mistake. -Teri]
UK calls for Israeli action: The UK’s representative to the UN called the famine in Gaza a “man-made crisis” and a “moral outrage,” and explicitly told Israel to “immediately lift restrictions” on aid.
Criticism from other members: While the US supported Israel, the other 14 Security Council members issued a joint statement calling the Gaza famine a “man-made crisis.” They called for an unconditional ceasefire and for Israel to lift all aid restrictions.
Additional agenda items: The meeting also addressed other aspects of the conflict, such as the plight of hostages held by Hamas. 
Another day of blah-blah-blah, nothing we can do about it.
I don’t think I knew this, or if I did I forgot it – Jared Kushner, son-in-law of Trump, is related to Netanyahu. Now he’s teaming up with Tony Blair (holy cow! Is that werewolf still alive?) to discuss “day after” plans for Gaza with Trump this afternoon. I’m sure aside from ethnic cleansing and real estate plans, there will lots of blood-letting included in said plans, but none of it Israeli blood.

Axios is reporting that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, will present “day after” plans for Gaza at a White House meeting on Wednesday.
Blair’s legacy is largely shaped by his push for the US-UK war on Iraq in 2003, which a British inquiry later panned by saying he lied about the intelligence assessments.
Kushner has close family ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dating back decades, and suggested more than a year ago that Gaza would make for highly lucrative waterfront property development. 
“>https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/live-54-palestinians-killed-831-wounded-24-hours

Posted by: teri | Aug 27 2025 19:46 utc | 14

Where’s the “deport” her cries?
Posted by: Trubind1 | Aug 27 2025 19:19 utc | 11
———-
Heh, heh. I was going to point that bit out; glad someone noticed. I guess if you carry a big enough gun and hate the right people, even bright-red Texas will let a homicidal maniac into the country as an immigrant. They don’t hate ALL immigrants, y’see, only the ones who refuse to carry long guns for their causes.

Posted by: teri | Aug 27 2025 19:56 utc | 16

fourth alternative – allow yourselves to become untermenschen/slaves….all part of the Smotrich Plan, supported and funded by the UK, US and EU………

Posted by: tobias cole | Aug 27 2025 20:06 utc | 18

Via Journalist Youssef Fares, a collection of reports and observations on the realities of ‘displacement’ or attempted displacement:
• “Some people went to the central and southern regions, and searched inch by inch for an apartment to rent or a plot of land to pitch a tent, and they were only afflicted with the loss of transportation. This is the truth. There is no capacity in the south or the central region . No one has the financial ability to move or establish a place from scratch again. The smallest detail today, such as a water barrel or a bathroom, requires a fortune and the wealth of Qarun, at a time when people are struggling to obtain their daily sustenance. Those who were able to move at the beginning of the war had savings, money, health, and hope that it would be a short period and end. But after two years of war and a bitter experience, there is no money, health, or stamina left for a new death experience one drop at a time. This is the reality in colloquial Arabic, if no one understands it in classical Arabic.
Journalist Youssef Fares – The Afflicted Gaza”
• “A booby-trapped robot under a house in northern Gaza.
Israel is using what is known as an “explosive robot.” These robots are armored personnel carriers, most likely a decommissioned M113, filled with high explosives weighing between 3 and 5 tons and operated remotely. The robots are driven into the heart of residential neighborhoods and detonated, causing a massive explosion with an estimated destructive radius of between 100 and 300 square meters.
The use of explosive robots was first documented in Jabalia in May 2024, and since then the Israeli army has been using them extensively across the Gaza Strip. In the Zeitoun neighborhood alone, more than 500 homes have been destroyed since the beginning of August 2025 by explosions from these robots, along with rockets.”
https://t.me/youseffares19/85975
• “Political researcher Ahmed Al-Tanani :
In a new example that reveals the extent of Israel’s “deception” of the world and reflects the depth of the real crisis on the ground, the occupation army is trying to convince the nearly one million Palestinians crowded in western Gaza City that there are places capable of accommodating them in the south of the Gaza Valley. To add so-called credibility, this claim is accompanied by a map marked with plots of land, some of which appear to be cemeteries, and another portion located east of Salah al-Din Street, in areas subjected to daily Israeli aggression.
This map in itself represents a clear condemnation and conclusive evidence of the lack of any practical or realistic possibility of accommodating the enormous number of people north of the Gaza Valley, whom the occupation seeks to push southward with fire and a policy of forced evacuation. The limited space and stifling overcrowding in the south of the Strip are insufficient to accommodate even a third of those currently present in the north.
What is happening is not merely forced displacement or ethnic cleansing; it is the invention of a new method of killing: those not killed by the bombing will be ravaged by hunger and disease, and those who survive will die of oppression and displacement.”
• “Deir al-Balah Mayor Nizar Ayyash :
There isn’t a single space in Deir al-Balah capable of accommodating any new displacement camp.
The coast is overcrowded, the east is a red zone under bombardment, the infrastructure is collapsing, and the desalination plant is barely functioning.
What’s happening in Deir al-Balah applies to all areas of the central governorate, and the situation here portends a humanitarian disaster if the pressure and displacement there continue.”
• “Maariv: The majority of Gaza City’s residents will not leave their homes for fear of being displaced and never returning. They will struggle to survive due to exhaustion, fatigue, and fear of the unknown. Estimates are unclear regarding the number of residents who have decided to evacuate Gaza, as indications of the war’s end are stronger than ever.”
• “Director of the Supply Department of the Civil Defense, Muhammad Al-Mughayyir :
– The occupation is promoting lies about the availability of safe and vast areas, while it militarily controls more than 85% of the southern Gaza Strip.
– The “Mawasi” of Khan Yunis is completely overcrowded and cannot accommodate any more displaced people. People do not have water to drink or bathe, and are sleeping on the ground without the necessities of life.
– What is happening in Gaza is repeated forced displacement, which destroys dignity and threatens lives.”
• “Al-Hadath TV correspondent: Several Gazan families returned today from the south to Gaza City due to the lack of places to pitch their tents and the high rents”
• “Haaretz:
Testimonies from Gaza to Haaretz reveal that many families in the city are facing a difficult existential challenge, both because of the exorbitant cost of evacuating the city and the significant logistical difficulties of relocating. Residents reported extremely high prices for basic services necessary for evacuation.
According to testimonies from the Strip, the price of a tent ranges between 4,500 and 5,000 shekels, and transportation costs for evacuation are at least 2,000 shekels and can reach nearly 1,000 dollars per family, not including toilet and other costs.
In total, a family would need to spend approximately 12,500 shekels to be able to evacuate from the city to the south.
Residents of the Strip also reported serious logistical difficulties in moving from one place to another. A woman from Gaza, in an interview with Radio Shams, said that moving within the Strip has become a nearly impossible task.
“Bringing a donkey cart or a tuk-tuk costs at least $1,000. I can’t imagine a family able to afford that. Moving from one place to another today is not just about finding an empty plot of land, if one exists at all. It’s a horrific journey of suffering, filled with fear and anxiety. Sometimes people prefer to sleep in the rubble or on the roads. We have nowhere to go,” she added.”

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 27 2025 20:59 utc | 20

Posted by: Tom | Aug 27 2025 22:46 utc | 20
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He’s got to get a Nobel. Trump is very much driven by his resentment of Obama and has to match the Nobel “achievement”.
Plus, what a feat it would be to commit a genocide and ethnic cleansing resulting in a Nobel.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 27 2025 22:56 utc | 22

Just a remeinder: Smotrick is from the Ukraine. Nutty Butcherman is Polish/Lithuanian and according to some received his early education in thuggery in West Philly US of A. Eyal Zamir, military chief of staff, is another Murikan. None of them “semitic” but rather Satanical Savages. Nutty is apparently related to Kushner as well as the lunatic Dog-man in Argentina…

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Aug 27 2025 23:56 utc | 24

Looks like Iran still hasn’t learnt its lesson. They’re now letting the IAEA back in again.
Posted by: Jules | Aug 27 2025 17:17 utc | 3
Unless the Zionists plan to bomb the sites Russian engineers are working on I don’t think this amounts to much.
If I were Iran I’d invite them in and ply them with as much disinformation as possible.
But that’s just me …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 0:16 utc | 26

The Jews, having been impotent for two thousand years, are now hopelessly drunk on their newfound power.
Every high tide is replaced with a low.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 0:34 utc | 28

It’s amazing how quickly the world forgot about the double tap strike on the Nasser Hospital. It’s on to the next massacre.

https://x.com/BonsaiSky/status/1960862504969531603

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 1:12 utc | 30

https://x.com/timand2037/status/1960534254154342613
tim anderson @timand2037
Why Hamas is NOT a terrorist group
The framework of international law:
The United Nations (UN) has never declared Hamas a terrorist group. Only certain countries are doing this (USA, EU, Canada and some others), but not international law.
Why? Because Israel is recognized as an occupying power: since 1967 it has occupied Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem by military force. According to International Humanitarian Law, peoples under occupation have the legitimate right to resist, even with weapons, against the occupier.
This is supported by:
– UN resolutions, which recognize the right of all peoples to fight against colonial and foreign occupation.
– Geneva Conventions and the practice of the International Criminal Court (CPI), which do not criminalize armed resistance, provided that the laws of war are respected.
In this frame, Hamas is a political and resistance actor, not a terrorist group.
Judith Butler (American philosopher, Berkeley University): affirmed that “armed resistance under occupation cannot be reduced to terrorism,” and that the debate must include the roots of violence: occupation and colonialism.
Hamas could be criticized for certain acts, but that does not nullify its political legitimacy nor its character as a liberation movement.
Israel has imposed the label of “terrorism” as a propaganda tool to:
1) Prevent the world from talking about occupation and apartheid.
2) Justify massive bombing of civilian population in Gaza.
3) Criminalize any form of Palestinian resistance, whether armed or even peaceful (NGOs, students, journalists).
Calling Hamas a “terrorist” is not a legal fact, it’s a political and media strategy.
Israel, on the other hand, has murdered resistance leaders without trial, demonstrating its contempt for international law.
Palestinian resistance groups are comparable to other anti-colonial movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Hamas is a Palestinian actor with real representation in society, as it won elections in 2006.
The UN has never declared Hamas a terrorist. Israel is an occupying power. And according to international law, resistance against occupation is legitimate. That is not terrorism, it is a people’s right to liberate themselves.
https://x.com/timand2037/status/1960872940809138372
Only the Washington backed salafi-wahhabi “islamist” groups (al Qaeda, ISIS, Jabhat al Nusra, HTS etc) are (correctly) listed as terrorists, at the UNSC. NOT Hezbollah, Hamas or any of the other Palestinian resistance groups. https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1267/resolutions

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 28 2025 3:09 utc | 32

Exposed: The UN’s Hidden Power To Launch Military Action in Gaza: Please Share Widely!
https://x.com/MarkSeddon1962/status/1960772492576104958
“The UN has the power to send a militarised peace force to Gaza to forcibly take humanitarian aid in. And to mount a No-Fly-Zone alongside full-scale economic and military sanctions: MEMBER STATES MUST ACT NOW!”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2025 4:00 utc | 34

UNSC Meeting on the Middle East
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsNROZ2UoD0
“US alone at UN Security Council as others condemn Israel war on Gaza.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2025 4:19 utc | 36

Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2025 4:20 utc | 36
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They already are. See my KJ Noh post above.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 4:22 utc | 38

Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2025 4:19 utc | 35
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The UN has always been a tool of Western Imperialism.
Their job is to give the Global South a forum that leads to nowhere.
The UN will never take direct action against Israel because most of the member states are controlled by Israel.
It’s a place for the Hoi Polloi to exhaust themselves and squander their energy that could change how things work. A dead end.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 4:25 utc | 40

From Al Manar

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said a team of its inspectors are “back in Iran,” the first to enter since the US-Israeli aggression on the Islamic Republic last June.
Iran suspended cooperation with the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency following a 12-day Israeli war which the US also entered by striking Iranian nuclear facilities.
Tehran said the move was due to the IAEA’s failure to condemn Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear facilities.
“Now the first team of IAEA inspectors is back in Iran, and we are about to restart,” director general Rafael Grossi tells Fox News’ “The Story.”
“When it comes to Iran, as you know, there are many facilities. Some were attacked, some were not,” Grossi says.
“So we are discussing what kind of… practical modalities can be implemented in order to facilitate the restart of our work there.”
According to Iranian media, it is not yet clear whether these statements mean a formal agreement between Iran and the Agency for the return of inspectors or just a prediction by the Agency’s Director General in this regard.

Why would Iran let IAEA inspectors back into their nuclear facilities?….I would call the above a delusional prediction if not for the mention of IAEA in Iran currently somewhere….SIGH!…above my pay grade

Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2025 4:35 utc | 42

Why would Iran let IAEA inspectors back into their nuclear facilities?
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2025 4:35 utc | 41
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I opined on this in the Palestine discussion, talking with Arch earlier.
The IAEA wasn’t able to stop Iran before; they will be unable to stop them now.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 4:36 utc | 44

In response to
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Is KJ Noh a male or a female? Not being facetious this time. I find it hard to tell from the vids I have seen. No big deal either way, it is true that KJ brings it, and rather eloquently.
Posted by: ThouShalt | Aug 28 2025 4:46 utc | 44
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Please take your worthless type of discussion to some other bar. I have never seen you add any value to this one, IMO, you are a troll waster of MoA bandwidth and readers time.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2025 4:58 utc | 46

“Please take your worthless type of discussion to some other bar. I have never seen you add any value to this one, IMO, you are a troll waster of MoA bandwidth and readers time.”
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2025 4:58 utc | 45
I am still hopeful that we might be able to come to a more convivial solution.

Posted by: ThouShalt | Aug 28 2025 5:16 utc | 48

aka Scorpion the Sealion Sockpuppet
Posted by: Lindsay | Aug 28 2025 5:24 utc | 48
Well that is ridiculous. I’m certainly no Scorpion. Never even heard of this Sealion.
Getting back to psychohistorian for a moment, I totally agree with his opinions about public vs private finances for sovereign states. And also his oft-stated criticisms about the “God of Mammon Cult”. He is right about those things.

Posted by: ThouShalt | Aug 28 2025 5:48 utc | 50

I get the impression Iran is just messing with the Europeans by letting the IAEA access the Russian built part of the nuclear programme:

Choose wisely; IAEA interaction will stop if ‘snapback’ triggered: Iran warns Europe
Iran warns the UK, France, and Germany that it would stop interaction with the United Nations nuclear watchdog if the trio managed to have the UN Security Council restore its sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

They might be holding out access as bait to delay snapback.
How does this help Iran?
I don’t know, maybe extra time for the international trade checks to clear …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 5:59 utc | 52

Posted by: Jules | Aug 27 2025 17:17 utc | 3
Go to TASS & PressTV for this coverage.
The inspectors will inspect fuel Rod change out at Bushehr.
Bushehr is mostly controlled by Russia and Russia & China trying to prevent SnapBack sanctions (which will happen anyways) EU claims will make decision by end August.
P3 & Iran met Friday.
Unable to make “deal” ( EU of course wants “new deal”)
No inspector’s at bombed out sites.
Media trying to upset Iranian citizens.
JPCPOA expires October 18
Unless UNSC gets 6 month extension, game over, should P3 implement snap back, Iran leaves non proliferation treaty, and it’s all over.
Khomeni: “nuclear issue unsolvable”
No one in Iran is stupid. Preparing for war.
Posted by: Trubind1 | Aug 27 2025 19:07 utc | 9
I would bet to differ, this is one of most stupid decisions I’ve seen, which is why I’m bringing this up to other’s attention.
Note Press TV is where I read about it before. Currently its down for me so I’ll go over the TASS sources:
“Iran may reject cooperation with IAEA if sanctions imposed — Foreign Ministry”
– Iran walking back its earlier statements to ban IAEA cooperation. Falsely pretending as if the sanctions are currently lifted to defend its backflip. When in reality Iran is currently under multiple layers of heavy sanctions, not only nuclear but for “human rights abuses, terrorism, and weapons proliferation”. No western company can buy Iranian oil without getting scorched by U.S. secondary sanctions and EU sanctions of other types.
In practice this means Iran will compromise its internal security to beg for the mere aspirations (not even a promise) of sanction relief.
“IAEA chief says no evidence of Iran moving nuclear fuel from Isfahan”
– Confirmation Iran allowed IAEA inspectors to inspect its sites in Isfahan. Earlier on presstv there were claims that Iran only allowed IAEA personnel in to “negotiate”. But this confirms that was false, and inspector teams were directly allowed in.
“Grossi says return of IAEA inspectors to Iran indicates progress toward agreement”
– “the country’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on August 27 that IAEA inspectors will oversee the fuel replacement process at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Earlier, Laurence Norman, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, said that Iran may soon grant permission for IAEA inspectors to visit nuclear sites unaffected by the attacks.
Isn’t that great? Who cares about the bombed out sites, Iran is freely allowing the IAEA scope out unbombed nuclear sites for future attacks.
Absolutely frustrating to watch. You’ll never see North Korea begging for scraps like Iran.
Its almost as if the leadership will along with popular sentiment for retaliation to stay in power, but as soon as the heat dies down, they’ll go back to doing their best to self sabotage.

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 6:15 utc | 54

Jared Kushner and UK monarchy have Gaza “plan”: [“Sir”] “Tony Blair and Jared Kushner participated in a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and presented President Trump with ideas for a post-war plan.”…AND, “Sir” Tony Blair “told the president that he had nominated him for the Nobel peace prize.”
8/27/25, [“Sir”] “Tony Blair joins Jared Kushner to advise Trump on future of Gaza,“ UK Times, David Charter, Washington…
“The former [UK] prime minister is said to have been working for months with Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and former Middle East peace broker, on plans to rebuild the shattered territory
as a modern trade hub and resort destination,
which will form part of discussions with Trump in a meeting on the future of Gaza.”…https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/tony-blair-gaza-trump-iraq-gv5ks6q90…(Barf)

Posted by: susan mullen | Aug 28 2025 6:19 utc | 56

see the first/second link: I figured at first that this headline was from The Onion, right?
https://x.com/mamoun_linda/status/1960417922817646736
Linda Mamoun @mamoun_linda
Read this twice.
Original headline from earlier today: Beverly Hills public schools to consider displaying Israeli flag on all campuses
Changed to:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-26/beverly-hills-public-schools-to-consider-displaying-israeli-flag-on-all-campuses
Beverly Hills public schools will display Israeli flag in bid to fight antisemitism
The Beverly Hills Unified School District’s Board of Education approved a proposal Tuesday night to display the Israeli flag on all campuses and district facilities in recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month in May.
The proposal is part of a resolution to combat antisemitism that also calls for educating students about Jewish history and commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Oct. 7 as a Day of Remembrance of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel……
https://x.com/Obviously_yeah/status/1960499670196871570
Pragmatic Thinking @Obviously_yeah
Total subservience to Zionism.
https://x.com/JSnaps80725/status/1960453287452266853
justice4gaza @JSnaps80725
Won’t change anything the tide has changed you can’t just drag it back. Israel is hated universally
https://x.com/idreamofnene23/status/1960494012735086825
Nene🇵🇸 @idreamofnene23
America is an occupied country

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 28 2025 6:28 utc | 58

KJ Noh makes several great points.
How do you think Yemen targets Israeli locations?
Likely Chinese satellite data.
How do you think Yemen continues to build new types of missiles?
China, most likely. Yemen doesn’t have access to resources or refining to produce cutting-edge weaponry without help.
Iran and Yemen wouldn’t be able to do much without Chinese support.
Russia would be very limited without Chinese materiel support. China literally is the greatest center of resource processing and manufacturing in the world, a harsh reality that the Americans are just starting to realize.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 6:36 utc | 60

Why would Iran let IAEA inspectors back into their nuclear facilities?….I would call the above a delusional prediction if not for the mention of IAEA in Iran currently somewhere….SIGH!…above my pay grade
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 28 2025 4:35 utc | 41
Also, apparently the Russian engineers demanded the IAEA to witness the transfer of fuel rods.
Could be simply inline with standards requirements from their POV.
From Iran’s point of view I’d recommend they stop relying on Russians for everything except maybe halaal borscht.
You can be sure there’s a little Jewish gnome embedded in everything coming out of Russia these days.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 5:50 utc | 52
I saw the line about “Russian engineers” too (might’ve been presstv), but that’s just bs deflection from Iran. Russian engineers don’t run Iranian foreign policy, Iranians do. Moreover it wasn’t Russians who went on to enact laws to ban the IAEA from country, then proceed to violate their own laws regarding this issue. If Iran really didn’t want to do it, nobody can force them to. This is just an excuse to placate domestic backlash against this understandably stupid decision.

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 6:59 utc | 62

Ahmed Sewehli
@LibyanIntegrity
Nasser Hospital, Gaza, attack by Israel.
LISTEN to US nurse Amanda Nasser on @TimesRadio
with @kaitborsay
voice her concern that @WHO
knowingly pulled out international volunteers, including herself. just before the bombing. Just before this clip she confirmed that medical students had been killed.
Video (3:00)
https://x.com/LibyanIntegrity/status/1960051286444802317

Posted by: Menz | Aug 28 2025 7:20 utc | 64

You’ll never see the DPRK actually fight someone from the West, let alone take on all of NATO while under sanctions and have them begging for a cessation of hostilities in only 12 days of fighting.
I love the Norks, but this fetishizing of the DPRK is really weird.
Iran is a civilizational scientific state with a space program. North Korea is overjoyed to launch a single destroyer.
Iran is flanked by enemies in all directions. North Korea is insulated by Russia and China.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 6:30 utc | 59
NK volunteered troops to defend Kurst didn’t they? They also have SK and Japan on their doorsteps. NK firepower and nuclear build up forces the US empire to reserve a sizable part of their inventory to east Asia where they can’t be deployed against Iran. NK had a space program long before Iran. Overall NK is a lot more competently lead and run than Iran.
Yes NATO wanted a ceasefire after running out of ammo, but Iran actually gave it to them instead of pushing their advantage. Now after barely two months has passed Iran is going against their own laws to beg sanctions relief from their attackers. Wasted efforts that could be better spent building resiliency like NK no?

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 7:22 utc | 66

Korea was one single unified nation for about 1000 years all the way up until the end of WWII, when it was divided on the 38th parallel on the basis of ideologies just like Germany was divided at around the same time. Japan could easily have been cut in half like that too, but I guess someone thought it was better to keep it whole and on the US side.

Posted by: ThouShalt | Aug 28 2025 7:33 utc | 68

Israel Withholds Over 700 Palestinian Bodies, Some for Decades – Hamas
August 27, 2025 News
Israel’s policy “aims to punish Palestinian families and deprive them of their legitimate right to bury their children with dignity,” Hamas said.
Hamas has called on the UN and human rights groups to take serious action against Israel for its “heinous crime” of withholding the bodies of 726 Palestinians, with some having been held for decades.
“The occupation’s detention of our people’s martyrs’ bodies is a heinous Zionist crime that reveals its sadism and brutality, and we call for international action to expose the occupation and pressure it by all means to recover them,” the movement said in a statement on Wednesday to mark the National Day for the Recovery of Martyrs’ Bodies.
The bodies are being held in “cemeteries of numbers” and special freezers, “some for decades,” Hamas added, noting it was a “blatant violation of all international laws and norms.”
Hamas stressed that Israel has “escalated this inhumane policy” during the ongoing genocidal assault on Gaza since October 2023.
The figure of 726 “is what could be documented,” the movement said, adding that at the same time, “there are an unknown number of slain Palestinians from Gaza “whose bodies’ fates have not yet been documented, which exacerbates the scale and horror of the crime.”
‘Tampering with Bodies’
The resistance group affirmed that the “serious crimes and violations” committed by Israel against “the bodies of our martyrs” since October 7, 2023, “represent a blatant breach of all international and humanitarian laws that guarantee the rights of the dead and mandate human dignity in wars.”
It said that Israel “detaining and tampering with the bodies” is part of “the zionist system of oppression and terrorism, which aims to punish Palestinian families and deprive them of their legitimate right to bury their children with dignity.”
Hamas stated that the Palestinian resistance “has proven the authenticity of its humanitarian, ethical, and civilized values in dealing with the bodies of enemy prisoners during the recent exchange operation.” In contrast, Israel’s “sadistic crimes” against the Palestinian people, its prisoners and “the bodies of our martyrs …confirms to the world that this is a rogue entity that warrants isolation, boycott, and prosecution.”
The movement called on the UN, human rights and humanitarian organizations to take serious action and pressure Israel in all international forums “to abolish the crime of ‘cemeteries of numbers’” and compel it to stop “the policy” of detaining Palestinian bodies.
Staggering Death Toll
Since reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, Israel has continued its bloody aerial bombardment across the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding thousands of Palestinians.
Starting on October 7, 2023, the Israeli military, with American support, launched a genocidal war against the people of Gaza. This campaign has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 62,800 Palestinians, with more than 158,000 wounded. The vast majority of the population has been displaced, and the destruction of infrastructure is unprecedented since World War II. Thousands of people are still missing.
In addition to the military assault, the Israeli blockade has caused a man-made famine, leading to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians—mostly children—with hundreds of thousands more at risk.
Despite widespread international condemnation, little has been done to hold Israel accountable. The nation is currently under investigation for genocide by the International Court of Justice, while accused war criminals, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are officially wanted by the International Criminal Court.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israel-withholds-over-700-palestinian-bodies-some-for-decades-hamas/

Posted by: Menz | Aug 28 2025 7:37 utc | 70

“The old Nazi’s just can’t shake-off that joyous feeling of being part of a genocide.”
“German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Berlin will not join a growing initiative by Western allies to recognize the state of Palestine.
Speaking at a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Merz said Tuesday Germany would not participate in plans by Canada, Australia, and France to recognize Palestine at next month’s United Nations General Assembly.
“The Canadian government and the Canadian Prime Minister are aware of the German federal government’s position regarding the possible recognition of Palestine as a state. We will not support this initiative,” Merz said.
The German leader also ruled out reconsidering the stance in light of Israel’s deadly attacks in Gaza, which targeted journalists and healthcare workers on Monday. “The events of the last few days and hours have not changed our stance,” he added.
More than 140 UN member states already recognize Palestine, with Spain, Ireland, and Norway joining the ranks last
Posted by: Republicofscotland

Posted by: Apollyon | Aug 28 2025 9:23 utc | 72

The more I dig down this rabbit hole the more ridiculous it looks.
Iran officially allows IAEA Inspectors inside Iran:
https://nitter.poast.org/DD_Geopolitics/status/1960662327122125107#m
IAEA 74% funded by the US and its allies:
https://nitter.poast.org/DataTails/status/1943654049141711234#m
IAEA infiltrated by Spies:
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/07/01/spying-iran-mi6-infiltrated-iaea/
IAEA feeds its data to Palantir
https://thecradle.co/articles/the-iaeas-mosaic-weapon-predictive-espionage-and-the-war-on-iran
You even have western msm like Bloomberg writing about it as far back as 2018 but it seems Iran is still not getting the message.

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 9:46 utc | 74

see the 56-second video at the first/second link. these zionist settlers are really berserk and malevolent people…..
https://x.com/kennardmatt/status/1960809927703978110
Matt Kennard @kennardmatt
Deeply sick, unwell people
It is not possible to co-exist with these psychos
Settlers need to leave Palestine immediately
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1960808154104582456
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
⚡️🇮🇱JUST IN: West Bank Israeli settler-influencer Rivka Lafair has openly praised and celebrated the premeditated murder of 21 Palestinians including health workers and journalists in the attack on Nasser Hospital.
“I saw that Bibi Netanyahu apologized. So I want to say thank you to our soldiers for blowing up that hospital… Keep carrying out the real orders that need to be carried out. Don’t break cameras, break the people!”
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A. Rad on Twitter/X
Things that are Hamas:
-Hospitals
-Schools
-Aid workers
-Journalists
-Doctors
-The UN
-The ICC
-South Africa
-The IPC
-Amnesty International
-Human Rights Watch
-American students
-Doctors Without Borders
-All buildings in Gaza
-Ms Rachel
-Cameras
They want you to believe this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PooUYpQ-qKo
‘ACT CIVILIZED’ U.S. Elite Panic as Hezbollah Rejects Disarmament Demands | Laith Marouf
Rachel Blevins 143K subscribers

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 28 2025 10:14 utc | 76

The Hezbollah leader recalled that Lebanon, through the combined strength of its army, people, and resistance, had managed to deter Israel for 17 years. Without the resistance, he added, “Israel would have reached Beirut just as it reached Damascus.”
Posted by: Menz | Aug 28 2025 7:40 utc | 69
Use it or lose it, Hezbollah.
Use it, it lose it.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 11:30 utc | 78

There is ZERO difference between the mindset of the zealots around Big money daddy Trump and those in Israel. Now the question is how can the Europeans allow their laws and constitutions be screwed up by these maniacs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXFxh-QCgnU

Posted by: Tom | Aug 28 2025 13:06 utc | 80

I love the clip of Ambass Huckabee with the 2 rabbis (at 19′) where the pseudo-Xian Huckabee has an even more extremist definition of antisemitism than the rabbis.
Rabbis at least have read the book and know that the genealogies of Noah are just fantasy and not based on any kind of historical fact.
What Huckabee says is that antisemitism is identical with siding with the devil against the messiah.
Why don’t these people go to their holy land and pray instead of pretending they do politics?

Posted by: Tom | Aug 28 2025 13:09 utc | 82

Well, didn’t take long for that dog and pony show to fall apart:

—❗️🇪🇺/🇮🇷/🇺🇳 BREAKING: The E3 has officially initiated the JCPOA’s snapback mechanism against Iran, by sending a letter to the United Nations Security Council
The process will take 30 days before UN sanctions against Iran will officially go into effect. During these 30 days, the E3 will propose a resolution to delay the decision, which will be effectively an ultimatum to Iran that will contain several ‘demands’, such as fully allowing IAEA inspections and severely limiting uranium enrichment.
Iran will almost certainly reject this, leading to the reimposition of UN sanctions and some kind of Iranian diplomatic retaliation.
@Middle_East_Spectator

Now, I’d like to say this is all following the pattern leading up to the invasion of Iraq, when Saddam’s expulsion of IAEA inspectors was the ostensible trigger for the invasion, but Iran is not Iraq and no coalition of the willing is going to go in without getting “shocked and awed” themselves.
Next move Iran? Boot out the inspectors?
Break out the popcorn. Even I am in suspense.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 13:53 utc | 84

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 9:46 utc | 72
Positive it is the Russians invoking their ‘must adhere to international laws’ bs,
one only needs to question why they allow daily attacks from Ukraine/NATO on the Zaporozhzhie NPP, and recently the Smolensk NPP while the IAEA is their pissing and dumping for years, yet zero clue to who’s attacking that could cause a nuclear catastrophe.
The problem with the ‘Russians’ flawed way of thinking is that your enabling your enemies who disregard all international laws to destroy you. After all the ‘laws’ we speak of are ‘man made’, and when your dealing with serpents, working with them makes no logical sense unless you are truly weak and desperate. The Israeli/American/Russian attack on Iranian nuclear facilities (I doubt it really occurred) proves the IAEA is not working as designed, and telling the entire world that it is not legitimate working governing system. Saying that with all its ‘failures and flaws’ is better than not having (re:LoveDonbass) is foolish and makes little sense.
If there is no Israel or America, there will always be enemies, as long as we believe in a 2 minded view, material vs spiritual world. Good vs Evil… etc.

Posted by: TheTurk | Aug 28 2025 14:30 utc | 86

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 28 2025 13:53 utc | 84
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As with Russia in Ukraine, Iran has “followed the forms”, which matters to China and many Global South observers.
The entire situation will reinforce Iranian domestic support and vaccinate the leadership from regime change.
Stripping the Zionists of their cultivated public perception of legality and morality is part of the Israeli defeat.
Blowing up Israel is easy. Discrediting Zionism worldwide is total defeat. Until ROW countries kick out Zionist Ambassadors and sanction the entity, the destruction of Israel “the idea” has not been done.
Killing a man is simple. Destroying a mythology much harder.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 14:34 utc | 88

see the 48-second video at the first link. These kind of psychos need to be sent back to the countries where their ancestors came from (meaning the USA, Russia, UK, Canada, and Europe etc). someday soon the settler-flight from ‘israel’ will be similar to the French fleeing Algeria at the end of that colonial war
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1960949652682842333
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
In Hebron, Israeli settlers often send children under 12 [below criminal responsibility] to throw stones at Palestinian homes and harass residents.
Kahanist leader Baruch Marzel recently mentioned this practice on a podcast, treating it as a “tradition.”
https://x.com/GUnderground_TV/status/1960745019167662323
Going Underground @GUnderground_TV
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar on Minneapolis Catholic school shooting: “Israel stands in solidarity with the US and the Catholic community.”
Israel has been bombing and killing the Palestinian Catholic community in Gaza, while blowing up Catholic churches.
———
see below: 15.2 million views for netanyahu’s propaganda-lies-message, and only 27K likes and 9.3 thousand reposts. hahahaha
the entire world hates israel, and no one believes a word netanyahu says.
https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/1960079550919872723
Jimmy Dore @jimmy_dore
WOOPS! We MURDERED A BUNCH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AGAIN!
Super Sorry.
https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1960030187933835604
Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו @netanyahu
Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred today at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza.
Israel values the work of journalists, medical staff, and all civilians. The military authorities are conducting a thorough investigation.
Our war is with Hamas terrorists. Our just goals are defeating Hamas and bringing our hostages home.
https://x.com/berningman16/status/1960043970425155631
Empire Of Lies @berningman16
“Israel values the work of journalists, medical staff, and all civilians”?
Bibi the Butcher spews lies every time he opens his stupid mouth. And one day – he will pay for his many crimes.
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1960103500739748032
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
No one believes your bullshit, you are a terrorist & your entire entity is built on terrorism.
You don’t regret anything, it’s a deliberate premeditated crime just like every single crime “Israel” has been committing against the Palestinians.
https://x.com/HalaJaber/status/1960101107612455259
Hala Jaber @HalaJaber
Tragic mishap’? The world saw it live: Israel bombed Nasser Hospital, then bombed the rescuers & journalists pulling people from the rubble. That’s not a mishap, that’s a double tap. 274 journalists killed so far, foreign press still banned & you have the audacity to talk about ‘Valuing journalists’? Dude, this is extermination of witnesses. You will end up in the Hague, come what may.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 28 2025 14:50 utc | 90

Posted by: TheTurk | Aug 28 2025 14:30 utc | 86
Agreed. There’s likely that aspect too. Too much institutionalised inertia and fossil thinking along those lines and not changing course when reality shows you that approach has failed. At the end of the day though, it’s Iran that has the final say, not Russia.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 14:34 utc | 88
Maybe the world would be better off if everyone thought the same way. But currently it does not, “following the form” one sidedly when the other side does not is foolish.
There’s so much western propaganda anything positive Russia/Iran/China does is drowned out by negative spin.
Here’s some infographics to illustrate:
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/08/01/this-how-russia-perceived-europe/
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/08/16/this-how-russia-perceived-in-new-world/
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/08/07/how-russia-perceived-in-asia/
Take aways:
1. The genocidal Israel is viewed more positively in western countries than Russia who has kept civilian casualties at an all time low.
2. The US is viewed more positively than Russia in most of the world, not just the west!
3. Russia has only reached parity levels with the US in Asia, but this too is ridiculous given US history.

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 15:27 utc | 92

Mrs John McCain Meets With Associate
https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1960746716841566733
“The WFP Director smiles during a meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Israeli army of extermination, while the Israeli occupation starves civilians and targets aid teams and UN organizations in Gaza. The UN’s silence has become complicit in the crime.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2025 15:43 utc | 94

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 15:38 utc | 93
I know you think the IAEA inspections are some kind of performance by Iran from your earlier posts.
But they’re not. Iran is really letting the IAEA inspect sites where their nuclear materials are being kept.
There’s no need for spy cameras or hidden microphones. The inspection teams can bring in cameras and all sorts of recording devices openly. They can interview nuclear scientists, spring surprise inspections and all the data gathered gets uploaded to Palantir.
The consequence of letting the IAEA do as they pleased was illustrated very vividly two months ago, and was acknowledged by Iran. Yet Iran is just going to repeat the same thing all over again for what? For some stupid notion of “following the form” that the other side doesnt give a fig about? Its beyond stupid.

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 16:19 utc | 96

Posted by: Jules | Aug 28 2025 16:19 utc | 96
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I use 2 heuristics at all times. I wouldn’t know how not to use them.
1. Iran has skin in the game and has the most to lose from any action. Second-guessing their decisions is pointless. No one else faces the existential problems that they do. Russia has a similar situation with Ukraine/NATO.
2. Most scenarios reduce to a binary. Iran is either destroyed or it is not. As a civilizational state allied with other civilizational states and playing a crucial economic role for them, I don’t see their destruction as likely.
Is it possible? Sure.
It is also possible that nuclear war kicks off today. It is also possible that today is the day that aliens overtly visit the planet.
Today may be the day that I develop cancer. Today, I may choke on something I ate.
Or all of that may not happen.
Taking every geopolitical moment in isolation leads to overreaction. In context, everything gets smaller and less dramatic.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 28 2025 17:17 utc | 98

Jules @ 96 : Russia…
Resumption of IAEA Work in Iran Proves Its Responsible Position – Russian Diplomat
https://tass.com/politics/2008233
“Tehran has once again shown itself as the agency’s responsible partner even now, after the outrageous attacks on civilian nuclear facilities covered by the IAEA safeguards,’ Mikhail Ulyanov said…”
Iran’s FM: Entry of IAEA Inspectors Does Not Signal Full Cooperation
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/27/753862/iaea-inspectors-iran-araghchi
“Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Wednesday, the foreign minister said the entry was authorized by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and limited to overseeing the fuel replacement process at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 28 2025 17:53 utc | 100