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April 7, 2026
War On Iran: – Trump Threatens Genocide – More Tit-for-tat Bombing

As the world was waiting for President Donald Trump to TACO from his threat to destroy Iran he upped his madman strategy by threatening to genocide its people:

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 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 extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
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I find it no longer useful to attempt any interpretation of such threats. They are likely a reaction to the failed Isfahan operation.

After that above threat was posted Iran froze all diplomatic and indirect communication channels with the U.S.

Meanwhile the war continues at heightened intensity.

Yesterday Israel again attacked Iran’s largest industrial oil and gas installation in the South Pars field.

Retribution came fast. Israeli installations at Neot Hovav in the Negev desert were attacked. Saudi Arabia’s Al Jubail industrial area is on fire as are at least three major oil/gas sites in the Emirates.

This morning the U.S. (again) struck some 50 targets on Kharg Island in what I consider a preparation for an imminent invasion likely to follow this night.

Israel hit ten Iranian railway stations around Tehran to isolate the city.

The “Jewish State” also struck the Rafie Nia synagogue in Tehran. It seems to have been an intentional target.

Iran has published a quite sensible 10-point plan to end the war:

Iran’s 10-point plan includes:
1. Guarantee that Iran will not be attacked again
2. Permanent end to the war, not just a ceasefire
3. End to Israeli strikes in Lebanon
4. Lifting of all US sanctions on Iran
5. End to all regional fighting against Iranian allies
6. In return, Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz
7. Iran would impose a Hormuz fee of $2 million per ship
8. Iran would split these fees with Oman
9. Iran to provide rules for safe passage through Hormuz
10. Iran to use Hormuz fees for reconstruction instead of reparations

Iran had previously asked for full U.S. reparation payments for the damage the war has caused. To instead insist on using Hormuz passage funds is a sensible retreat from a hardline position.

With Iranian consent more ships are quietly passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Whatever might happen Iran wont give up on not closing but controlling Hormuz for very good reasons.

The U.S. deploys additional HIMARS artillery to the Middle East.

Comments

It may survive this round but the blocks are going to keep getting pulled out until it falls, or capitulates.
 
Posted by: catdog | Apr 7 2026 21:41 utc | 389
 
 
It’s not a Jenga tower if you need to take a wrecking ball to it.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 21:55 utc | 401

The Iranian community in SoCal and pistachio lobby came up a few days ago. As it would appear, the Resnicks are lobbying to strike Iranian pistachio warehouses.  https://the307.substack.com/p/whats-behind-usisraeli-strikes-on The USA is the most corrupt nation on Earth.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 16:12 utc | 118

 
The good ‘ol Resnicks!
 
https://mronline.org/2024/02/21/california-pistachio-billionaires-funding-israels-occupation-regime/

Posted by: drinky crow | Apr 7 2026 21:56 utc | 402

@ Konami | Apr 7 2026 21:47 utc | 395
 
The USA will collapse only once the Washington is no longer able to exert authority over its various regions. Think 18c modes of communication and transportation, for starters. Until then, centralized and fascistic authority will only intensify.

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 7 2026 21:57 utc | 403

@NJH/396: Correct. Will remember it next time. Thanks!

Posted by: Blue Angel | Apr 7 2026 21:57 utc | 404

Can you buy manpads at walmart ?
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 7 2026 20:39 utc | 328

Not yet. Give it time – the markets will provide.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 21:58 utc | 405

Yet the oil will be valuable, petrodollar or no.

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Apr 7 2026 21:33 utc | 382
 
Apologies for quoting myself, I hope I had covered that aspect here:

Sure, there is a lot of asset richness in terms of resource reserves still in the ground, but Iran has exposed the Arab elites reliance on cash flow income to keep things turning over, including the future purchase of US debt, as well as exposing the lack of liquidity in previous purchases of US long-term debt carrying a low coupon.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Apr 7 2026 20:58 utc | 347

Posting moves so fast these days things are easily missed.
 
 
I expect some exceptionalists will brag about have the “mostest” currency in the world, but it won’t be much good if nobody else wants it.
 
The US is a buyer; unless it uses Carrier Battle Groups to menace sellers into using the US$, the sellers will determine what currency they exchange for their products.
 
Ukraine is a microcosm of what could happen to the US; nobody else actually wants holdings of, or dealings in hryvnias. Apply that to the US$.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Apr 7 2026 22:04 utc | 406

Konami | Apr 7 2026 21:07 utc | 355
 
It would be excellent if there were no loathsome people in the world–people who refuse to conform to moral human behavior and work against those attempting to love and work with everyone. Another descriptive word would be to call them dystopian since they have no desire to live in a world of love and fellowship. And of course, that term doesn’t just apply to Zionists but to all Exceptionalists. As we see with Trump, he must lie continually so he can exist just as Obama, Biden, Clinton, and a host of others must. Call it the Epstein Class disconnect. It’s a shame we can’t see them early on as the Blues tune Bad to the Bone suggests. But as the Greeks noted, such people have existed forever along with the ongoing discussion of what to do with them once they’re identified. How to prevent mal behavior/deviance from arising within individuals? As the song and Greeks suggest, such traits are a priori and cannot be prevented, but is that true? We know good people can be bent and made into bad people and that can be done on a mass scale. 
 
Today, we have several very evil people declaring masses of good people bad people and that they must be eradicated, yet nothing is done to halt the evil people. IMO, very similar things were being said during the 1930s, and what was the lesson from that time, or was there one? 

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 7 2026 22:04 utc | 407

@ Doctor Eleven /383: Exactly. Imho it would be suicidal to agree to a ceasefire just now and Iran is clearly NOT suicidal-@catdog/389: Wishful delusional nafo thinking. Or fitting even better: Projection. 
Posted by: Blue Angel | Apr 7 2026 21:54 utc | 400
If you think that it would be “suicidal” for Iran to agree to a ceasefire, then you actually agree with me that Iran is a very bad situation. 

Posted by: catdog | Apr 7 2026 22:05 utc | 408

Posted by: watcher | Apr 7 2026 21:35 utc | 384
I argue that the United Stated MUST ber destroyed. Not by killing the humans but by breaking it up into reasonably sized nations.
That’s a rational statement, devoid of genocidal intent and worth discussing. I think it’s more about toppling the owner (or as we say these days: Epstein) class. But this looks unlikely –not because they’re so strong (all current actions reek of despair)– as unrest / protest are systematically prevented through poverty, incarceration, surveillance, sowing divisions, drugs and apathy.
The thing is it WILL happen, because as an entity it is unstable. The differences between the regions are too large and given any serious economic downturn the centrifugal forces will emerge.
Not sure how deterministic this is but I like this outcome. I know that many dystopias, old and new, deal with a new civil war. So I hope you’re right! Not so fun fact: the West has been planning how to break up Russia (look up “decolonizing Russia: a moral and strategic imperative” and “free nations of post-Russia forum”) but I’m not aware of any Russian or Chinese plans to break up the USA.
Posted by: Konami | Apr 7 2026 21:47 utc | 395

Hello Watcher and Konami,
    I believe that if you compare the situation in the U.S. with that of Russia post Soviet Union, you can find a lot of similarities.  The mistake that the oligarchs running the U.S. made at that time was to pour real resources into military dominance, while gutting the aspects of the country that were actually productive…..I agree that it’s long past time for the U.S. to break up into smaller units that would find it more difficult to threaten the rest of the world…..for my fellow countrymen, we are looking at some really hard times a coming…..we probably will not receive a lot of sympathy from the rest of the world and it does not matter if you took an ethical stance in opposing the leviathan that the U.S. state has become…..that’s just reality…as always, IMO and YMMV
 

Posted by: Giuseppe | Apr 7 2026 22:07 utc | 409

The attempt to pin all of this on Trump is an interesting attempt at diversion.
I agree with AUH that the U.S. is extremely consistent and the tone and stance of its leadership reflect the insane desire of Americans to impose its will on anyone deemed as resisting.
How many of you watched Westerns and realised that the bad guy was the Indian being genocided. Or watched the average movie where the bad guy is Russian, Midde Eastern or Asian. You think art is leading the way ? No it’s simply an expression of the culture that exists.
the U.S. as a paradigm is toxic and that paradigm has a real effect. The culture of wealth generation, excess and the use of force to compel others to do as you will because to win, you are more powerful and because you win therefore it is Gods will because that’s just how the cookie crumbles. 
This manifest destiny is so ingrained that a president of a sovereign country was literally kidnapped and this has now become normalized to the point that not ONE US commentator speaks about it weeks later nor has any advocacy from human rights groups in the U.S. taken place. 
The faux outrage from most Americans is more related to a possible decline in their standard of living because of rising fuel costs than any real concern for Iran. The same Iran that has been under crippling sanctions and who most Americans supported bombing last year to not have nuclear weapons. 
moving on 

Posted by: Shango | Apr 7 2026 22:08 utc | 410

ChatNPC @ 398
 

You jest, but having watched the rapid decline first of “biden” and now of “trump”, one cannot help but wonder if the Whitehouse chef hasn’t been turned by Mossad…

 
I’m open to that, but more likely Biden and Trump are exemplars of what happens when natural born-lifelong-unbound-over arching assholes start to succumb to the vicissitude of old age. Either that or it’s a Dorian Gray thing only instead of keeping their portraits hid in a dry attic Trump and Biden stashed theirs in a wet basement and the portraits have become moth eaten, covered in mold, rat shit, fly larva, and inhabited by cockroaches.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 7 2026 22:10 utc | 411

That’s why I think we’re at the last two rungs on the escalation ladder. Looks to me like we (whole world) is out of maneuvering room. What does the Bar think? Are there still some moves left?
 
Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Apr 7 2026 20:52 utc | 342
 
1. Iran brings israel  to the brink of extinction with an unprecedented missile barrage until they sue for peace. The US capitulates because the Jews pull the plug on the orange Golem.
 
2. Iran stops playing footsie and sinks the US navy in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Arabian sea. The shock collapses US military capability in the middle east.
 
3. Iran pulls a nuclear rabbit out of a hat, simultaneously demonstrating a conventional missile capable of reaching Washington and a separate underground nuclear test.
 
4. Iran pulls the plug on the entire middle eastern oil and gas industry and wipes Saudi refineries and pumps off the map. This is in retaliation for a nuclear strike by the USrael.
 
5. Iran pulls the plug on the Gulf states and israel, destroying every desalination plant, power station and hospital in the region.
 
 
You’ll notice that “The World” doesn’t factor in this list – that’s because the world will do nothing but observe – as usual.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 22:11 utc | 412

Yet the oil will be valuable, petrodollar or no. The costs of aligning with America must be coming clear to the spoiled little princelings. If only they had pursued non alignment maybe they wont be fucked with a capital F now.
Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Apr 7 2026 21:33 utc | 382

Exactly this. With the increasing impotence of the Hegemon and the perfidious false flagging of the Zionist gimp, there will come a time when they point their remaining weapons away from Iran and sell their oil in Yuan.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 22:11 utc | 413

” “Hadashut in Hebrew:

Half of the Israeli people are awake and waiting for tonight”

– We are telling you that the entire Middle East is awake and awaiting the fate of the region”

Journalist Sohaib Al-Masalma

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 7 2026 22:12 utc | 414

karlof1407
 

Today, we have several very evil people declaring masses of good people bad people and that they must be eradicated, yet nothing is done to halt the evil people. IMO, very similar things were being said during the 1930s, and what was the lesson from that time…? 

 
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?
 
 

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 7 2026 22:13 utc | 415

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Apr 7 2026 22:13 utc | 415
LOL
 
Operation Paperclip was a reverse takeover.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 22:18 utc | 416

I know they are suffering, and it’s easy for me to say this in my safe British front room, but I think Iran agreeing a ceasefire would be a mistake. Call Trump’s bluff. The outcry over his threat to wipe out a civilisation has been fairly large, apart from the vast majority of the supine western politicians.

Posted by: Dave G | Apr 7 2026 22:19 utc | 417

Why doesn’t Iran improvise a deterrent by weaponizing their enriched uranium and/or nuclear waste and threaten to use it on Israel if attacks continue?
 
I am afraid that without deterrence, any peace deal,  ceasefire, will be violated soon enough by Israel as history has shown repeatedly with Gaza and Lebanon.
 
Israel is hell bent on destroying Iran. Only strong deterrence can prevent it IMO.
 
 

Posted by: Mushroom | Apr 7 2026 22:21 utc | 418

Posted by: Belle | Apr 7 2026 21:32 utc | 380
That’s not what the IRGC is thinking and doing, uhm…strange things can happen, sometimes!

Posted by: pepe | Apr 7 2026 22:22 utc | 419

watcher | Apr 7 2026 21:35 utc | 384
 
The USA is economically interdependent continentally, not regionally, which is why secession won’t work any better now than it did in 1860-1. Geographically, some regions look sensible but in reality they don’t work. Politically, there’s too much diversity which is the reality that’s ignored by trying to make states red or blue when most are purple. Breaking the USA into smaller nations looks good on paper until the idea meets reality.  

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 7 2026 22:22 utc | 420

Konami @ 355
Normaly you would be right with that logic.
 
But the presant situation is the exception.
Trump and netinyahoo see that as weakness and are further encoaraged with their bloodshed.
 
Exsactly as we have seen so far,  may be you should infact feel partly responsable for that lose of life.
 
We are now far far beyond your turning the other cheek. Its to late mate.

Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 7 2026 22:22 utc | 421

RE: Posted by: Belle | Apr 7 2026 21:14 utc | 362
 
Sounds like more garbage from Reuters… another “unnamed Senior Iranian Official”…
Pakistan is obliged to offer Trump an off ramp.
Iran stated their position more than once and isn’t talking to anyone anymore.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 7 2026 22:24 utc | 422

Posted by: Konami | Apr 7 2026 21:47 utc | 395
The mostly likely outcome for the USA is that when poverty REALLY hits, things spin pout of control, with mafisi style warlords running the place. This almost happened completely to the USSR Stronger states hived off mostly to be run  by dictatorships, with the two that opted for ‘democracy” Ukraine and Russia itself falling for years into mafia lead chaos.  Russia pulled itself out of the morass. Ukraine did not.
 
In the USA there is already borderline civil unrest. If (when) there are actual food shortages it will spin out of control.  Now the wealthy and re4asonably civilized North east can spin off into a New England based nation. Good food, education and basic infrastructure. Some states like Vermont have a relatively equitable social service structure that will allow them to survive. They could throw in their lot with Canada. Perhaps a new confederation under Canada’s lead could form. Long term the sad and lonely England might join, along with Independent Scotland, Wales and Ireland.  Care would be needed to ensure this did not re-emerge as as a hegemonic monster.  Given its location the two thee “cascade states might also join. Alaska too.
 
California is powerful in its own right and is barely a US state in so many ways.   It is no longer a majority “white” state and even as i write it is likely there is a Latino majority.  The future of California lies in good relations across the Pacific and with its near neighbour Mexico.
 
Texas then is the third obvious breakaway. The spirit of US exceptionalism will be hard to break there.  The question is just how much of the rest of the USA will Texas support.

Posted by: watcher | Apr 7 2026 22:25 utc | 423

If you are in the US and can’t get Iranian pistachios due to the sanctions, here are some Resnick-free alternatives: 
https://touchstonepistachio.com/
https://www.settonfarms.com/
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Joe Turner | Apr 7 2026 22:25 utc | 424

@Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 22:11 utc | 412
 
Arch: good list. Question for you: “Do you agree that, at each point of the list, 1 thru 5, there remains the possibility, maybe likelihood, that US or Israel hits Iran one or several times with a city-scale nuke?”. 
 
If, as you and several others point out, if Iran already has a nuke, and doesn’t have to fabricate nor test, but simply demonstrate, then that would provide a deterrent. But that doesn’t _seem_ to be the case, therefore that makes the case that “others” really do need to step in now.
 
Assuming that it really is true that if US-Israel can sufficiently damage Iran as to make it unable to enforce oil blockade and also to protect the underside of Asia … that the ZioGlobalRulers can resume isolation-destruction,  piece by piece of the Russia-China alliance. 
 
I assert again that while Russia-China may not want to engage now, and I’m sure they don’t, they’re both smart enough to see the consequences of an Iranian defeat, and to make sure it doesn’t happen. If Iran has to do all the work by itself, it is more vulnerable. 
 
Russia and China have a lot at stake, and both of them are very familiar with  the elements of strategy.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Apr 7 2026 22:26 utc | 425

The Israeli government has left Tel Aviv, 15 evacuation flights in under 30 minutes, the big show is on.

Posted by: Spanish Pipedream | Apr 7 2026 22:26 utc | 426

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 21:55 utc | 401
As long as Iran does not capitulate there are only two outcomes.
 The USA surrenders after the economic pain gets too great or the USA escalates forcing Iran to destroy all the critical infrastructure in the region and the world descends into chaos for decades. There is no way for the USA to win militarily.

Posted by: Badjoke | Apr 7 2026 22:30 utc | 427

I heard Nima say to Larry Wilkerson ‘Put in an End’!  – secret code?  probably a nothing burger.  Move along
 
The world learned to be ‘watchers and observers of destroying humanity’ from the best!  if the world includes China and Russia. 

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:30 utc | 428

I am disappointed my nation’s leader has not condemned the deranged raving of the lunatic.

I am also disappointed that the two nations lead by deranged lunatics are sheeple.
 
Chick Norris would not have agreed with Turnip

Posted by: Polli | Apr 7 2026 22:33 utc | 429

🇺🇸 Two U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers operating from Romania conducted aerial refueling missions over the eastern Mediterranean, north of Egypt.
 
Presumably strategic bombers on their way towards Iran.
 
                                                                         Source: f’n MegaTG

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:35 utc | 430

Fake news – The art of deception. 
 
❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump announces a two week extension of the deadline
 

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:37 utc | 431

The Israeli government has left Tel Aviv, 15 evacuation flights in under 30 minutes, the big show is on.
Posted by: Spanish Pipedream | Apr 7 2026 22:26 utc | 426

 
Were they airlifted to HMS Dragon, I wonder?
It really would be funny if Trump TACO’d at 7:59…all the Zionist runaways would have to show would be brown trousers and a dose of seasickness.  

Posted by: ChatNPCt | Apr 7 2026 22:37 utc | 432

One surprise Iran had that I posted earlier was their:  “IRGC deploys twin-missile launch systems for first time in war”.  
The picture looks really cool.  They brought out the Kheybar-Shekan missiles.
 
 
Justin & Jon  (Anti-Empire Project/Palestine Electronic Intifada) were interviewed/on Danny Haiphong yesterday,  and Jon said there were a lot of weapons that they haven’t brought out yet. Also he mentioned very sophisticated drones that have yet to be used.
 
 
So, more surprises ahead.
Heres link to interview:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLo_Pm2v0V8&ra=m
 
Iran AMBUSHES US Special Ops, Trump BEGS for 45-Day Ceasefire | Jon Elmer & Justin Podur
 

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 7 2026 22:38 utc | 433

Komani
Fascists want to rule the world.  
 
Anti- fascists  want to stop them. and live in peace,  you confuse the two.
 
No justice no peace.
 
 

Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 7 2026 22:38 utc | 434

Breaking!

Iran surrenders and US will appoint military Governor!

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: President Trump announces a two week extension of the deadline, including a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran

@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/30554

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 7 2026 22:38 utc | 435

BREAKING: Direct Iranian ballistic missile impact in the Negev
 
Sirens sounded about 15 minutes ago around Be’er Shebaa.
 
It struck a radar whilst Israel described it as ‘an open area’.
 
Source: “CyberspecNews”

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:40 utc | 436

BREAKING = bollocks.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 22:40 utc | 437

@429,
No expectations for something else from Israel. They were fine with 2 years of Gaza, Lebanon and various wars in between with Iran. They are as deranged as their glorious leader.
My disappointment is indeed with the americans. What a bunch of “exceptional” cowards. They have no problems encouraging other people in other nations to riot and destroy their “leaders” but when it comes to their maniac leaders, we can’t do anything noteworthy. Only outrage is on social media where no harm is done.

Posted by: JamesBond | Apr 7 2026 22:40 utc | 438

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 7 2026 22:22 utc | 420
Trade can still operate between nations to allow sustainability. Think of Europe. Tiny Benelux states still operate efficiently. The advantages of break up is diversity of power and thought. When the USA was formed there was diversity and power distribution. This has now pretty well collapsed.
 
Looking at the demographics i see a nation that is in fact regionally very, very diverse, especially on racial lines. I know it is something that is not spoken about in polite society, but the reason that the USA is so anti socialist (shared welfare eg universal health care) is that they do not want to share it with the blacks and to a lesser extent the Latinos.  That is why if there is a serious economic decline, the rich white areas will WANT to disown the poor black areas.
 
The Latino states (this probably includes Texas and Florida) will probably be able to make it alone connecting more with  South and central America. I fear for the nearly all white flyover states and the poor black states.

Posted by: watcher | Apr 7 2026 22:41 utc | 439

TACO once more.

Posted by: pepe | Apr 7 2026 22:42 utc | 440

BREAKING – a tearful Trump addresses the nation, admits defeat, apologises to Iran and announces bombing campaign against Israel. World rejoices.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 22:42 utc | 441

TACO once more.
Posted by: pepe | Apr 7 2026 22:42 utc | 440
Wait 48 hours.

Posted by: catdog | Apr 7 2026 22:43 utc | 442

 LightYearsFromHome | Apr 7 2026 22:13 utc | 415
 
I was beginning to write what would have become a very long essay but stopped when it became clear even that wouldn’t answer your question to my question. I leave what I began so you can see my thoughts: There were three main evil nodes and several minor ones present during World War Two, all related to one ideology–Imperialism. The Japanese node had the deepest roots that began in the late 1800s….

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 7 2026 22:44 utc | 443

POTUS tweets …. 
 
… but no mention of the Zionist entity!

Posted by: Don Firineach | Apr 7 2026 22:44 utc | 444

Breaking! 2 million Jews are returning yo Russia. Pootin will personally welcome them back.

Posted by: Surferket | Apr 7 2026 22:44 utc | 445

It struck a radar whilst Israel described it as ‘an open area’.
 
Source: “CyberspecNews”
 
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:40 utc | 436
 
 
Well, it’s certainly an open area now …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 22:45 utc | 446

“Trump on Truth Social: Based on conversations with Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, who have asked me to stop using the destructive force that was scheduled to be sent to Iran tonight, and on the condition that the Islamic Republic of Iran agrees to the complete, immediate and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack on Iran for two weeks.”

Via Sohaib Al-Masalma

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 7 2026 22:45 utc | 447

Scenario 1:
Is it possible, just entertain it, since we have no proof these american spec ops flew/removed from Iranian soil – that IRGC was holding them as hostages (approx 100+) – using them as negotiations, by publicly not revealing their ID’s, have more leverage against the US to pull out, enables Trump to save himself.   
 
Let Trumpy tard go ballistic for mass consumption  (big theatre, pr stunt- admit it works everytime) and let the world think he’s still in charge.    
 
I’m sure many people were feeling depressed.  But imagine it’s all a fiscade, just like they staged the bombing in the 12day war.

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:46 utc | 448

RE. Posted by: Spanish Pipedream | Apr 7 2026 22:26 utc | 426
Will the Israeli government be on any of those flights?
 
If so, I’m certain a missile could find its way to one or 2…

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 7 2026 22:46 utc | 449

including a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran
 
Posted by: Surferket | Apr 7 2026 22:38 utc | 435
 
… But not a ceasefire between Iran and israel.
 
A ceasefire with the dog, but not with its tail.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 22:47 utc | 450

Trump agrees to suspend bombing… suspend… the key word.
 
We all now live in the shadow of a bombing that will never happen.
 
Never happen.
 
Nothing ever happens.

Posted by: Patroklos | Apr 7 2026 22:47 utc | 451

Futures flying–
S&P up 103 points, crude down 10 bucks, 

Posted by: arby | Apr 7 2026 22:48 utc | 452

Note, no Iranian statement, also missile launches were subsequently reported.

Seems Trump is agreeing with a Pakistani proposition, so not a ceasefire agreement (as of yet).

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 7 2026 22:49 utc | 453

BREAKING: President Trump announces a two week extension of the deadline, including a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran

 
RT. is reporting this too, so it’s probably mot fake news.
 
However, it is a trap. Don’t fall for it, Iran.

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 7 2026 22:50 utc | 454

After looking at Zero Hedge I zero verification that Iran has agreed to anything. I see Mega Don lost in his own illusions and delusions. I don’t believe a word of it. 
 
If I’m wrong, then of course Iran is toast. 

Posted by: Maverick | Apr 7 2026 22:51 utc | 455

NEW: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ‑9A Reaper Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) over the city of Malard in Tehran province.
Source: F’n TG 

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:54 utc | 456

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 22:46 utc | 448
The father, wife, and child of the leader had not been murdered at the opening of the 12 day war. Nor had a girls school been deliberately massacred. 

Posted by: Badjoke | Apr 7 2026 22:55 utc | 457

Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 7 2026 22:04 utc | 407

Today, we have several very evil people declaring masses of good people bad people and that they must be eradicated, yet nothing is done to halt the evil people. IMO, very similar things were being said during the 1930s, and what was the lesson from that time, or was there one?

I am not a pacifist. My lesson is that some wars are unavoidable and must then be fought with all gruesome consequences — which is what Russia and Iran are doing. I expect the war to extend to EUrope, just to keep Russia more busy, trading Baltics (people first, then perhaps a whole country) for some dead Russians and “initiative”, as Chess players might say.
 
I don’t see how a pre-emptive war against the German / Japanese empire could have worked, and neither do I see how the on-going world war could have been prevented. It’s a sad lesson that comes up repeatedly in human history.
 
Bottom line to your question: I believe that the East has learned positive lessons from WW2, and the West, if at all, has only learned to try something different next time. Let’s hope that WW3 is the equivalent of the Third Punic War for the West.

Posted by: Konami | Apr 7 2026 22:55 utc | 458

“Iranian TV: Trump accepted Iran’s conditions to end the war, and thus a two-week ceasefire was announced.”

“According to the American media: Israel is not part of the agreement”

Via Youssef Fares

(Nor Lebanon)

?

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 7 2026 22:55 utc | 459

If I’m wrong, then of course Iran is toast. 
Posted by: Maverick | Apr 7 2026 22:51 utc | 455
 
 I don’t think you are wrong but you are wrong in your conclusion. 
 
The US is toast and nothing but a bag of hot air and bullshit.

Posted by: arby | Apr 7 2026 22:55 utc | 460

The barflies that bet Trump will TACO from his Civilization Wipeoff won this round
 
Congratulations

Posted by: KillerDoll | Apr 7 2026 22:57 utc | 461

Day 38 of the Great White Man’s war on Iran, and Iran rises stronger than on Day 1.
 

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: ‘Israel will be part of the ceasefire’ – CNN
@Middle_East_Spectator

 
Ah, but will Ansarallah, Hezbollah and Hashd Al Shaabi be part of that ceasefire?
 
And since when has is ra el ever been able to observe a ceasefire?
 
 
Smoke and mirrors. It’s all smoke and mirrors …
 

—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Missile now incoming
@Middle_East_Spectator

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 22:58 utc | 462

❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 WHAT HAPPENED, BASED ON CURRENT INFORMATION:– The U.S. has agreed to stop all attacks against Iran for a period of two weeks.– In return, Iran will not strike U.S. assets or other targets in the Persian Gulf during that time period.– The Strait of Hormuz remains CLOSED during these two weeks, but if Iran doesn’t open it, the war will resume (according to Trump)– Israel is NOT part of the ceasefire and Iran will continue targeting it.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 22:58 utc | 463

(Clears throat) From the previous thread:
 

Posted by: EoinW | Apr 7 2026 13:26 utc | 695 TACO U-turn on imaginary talks progressing well, 15 minutes before markets close. Kerrr-ching.
Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 14:12 utc | 739

 
Just sayin’.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 22:59 utc | 464

Congratulations
 
Posted by: KillerDoll | Apr 7 2026 22:57 utc | 461
 
 
We need to start an moa betting pool. I can’t keep doing this from my cardboard box home in a cold alleyway.
 
 

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 22:59 utc | 465

@459,
Sadly, Israel is also part of the ceasefire agreement. I don’t know what to make of it yet.  Until I see the actual plan agreed upon by Iran, I’m not optimistic. 

Posted by: JamesBond | Apr 7 2026 23:00 utc | 466

Unlike the US and “Israel”, Iran can actually replenish munitions (manufacture and receive from Russia, China, etc.) over the ALLEGED 2 week period, and if “Israel” is truly not part of this agreement, then I expect Tel Aviv to be turned into rubble. 

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 23:00 utc | 467

Lest we forget,
Food for thought; Trumpy Tard from the past:  
__________________________________________
I’m sure anyone with a vague understanding of what professional wrestling is can see the similarities between the worst aspects of the sport and the way Trump conducts himself as president. The faux-macho posturing, the trash talking, the blatant lies. However, the connections go beyond mere vibes.
 
In fact, Trump has had more than a few appearances on WWE television in the past, to the point where he was a core part of one of the biggest WWE matches of the 2000s.
 
A match that certified his place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
__________________________________________

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 23:01 utc | 468

No, it is not decided yet, very chaotic.

Wait half an hour for full statements…but by all means chip in what is being said.

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 7 2026 23:02 utc | 469

In response to

Today, we have several very evil people declaring masses of good people bad people and that they must be eradicated, yet nothing is done to halt the evil people. IMO, very similar things were being said during the 1930s, and what was the lesson from that time, or was there one? 
Posted by: karlof1 | Apr 7 2026 22:04 utc | 407

Thanks for the earlier mention of changing the American motto back to the original, Out Of Many, One.
 
About lessons being learned from history……Yes, the lessons are being learned and that is why we are here…..some countries said, Never Again and have been working hard to make that happen with the death by thousands of cuts to the God Of Mammon cult bully.
 
Is this the final battle?…..too soon to tell, eh?
 
What I do believe is that Iran has no intention of stopping True Promise 4 until they meet their objectives, regardless of Trump’s blustering timeframes.
Iran is responding to attacks that are occurring irrespective of blusterings and will continue to do so until they stop.
 
I have been thinking that one response from China could be to put all their T-bills on the market immediately as a response to nuke usage.
 
 
Because I have a Western mind I want Iran to take out the countdown clock in Occupied Palestine to make a point about the BS narrative attempt at control.
 
So the peanut gallery of Spaceship Earth watches and awaits our future.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 7 2026 23:03 utc | 470

So the us and israel get 2 weeks to strenghen their enevatable attack on Iran. 
 
Irain should entesify its counter attack.

Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 7 2026 23:04 utc | 471

“If, as you and several others point out, if Iran already has a nuke, and doesn’t have to fabricate nor test, but simply demonstrate, then that would provide a deterrent.”

 
[Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Apr 7 2026 22:26 utc | 425]
 
If Iran had nukes it would never have been attacked in the first place. Even arch neocon Robert Kagan admitted as much in the New York Times. 
 
If Iran had nukes it would have announced it by now since the anti nuclear fatwa by Ali Khamenei died with him. 

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 472

In fact, Trump has had more than a few appearances on WWE television in the past, to the point where he was a core part of one of the biggest WWE matches of the 2000s. A match that certified his place in the WWE Hall of Fame.__________________________________________
Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 23:01 utc | 468
 
Trump = President Kayfabe.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe
 
 

Posted by: Joe Turner | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 473

Iran has caved (apparently it will be officially announced by Iran momentarily).
So much for all their BS ‘there are no negotiations’ clap trap.
Just more Kabuki.

Posted by: Bob Hopkins | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 474

Posted by: Konami | Apr 7 2026 21:07 utc | 355
Thank you for your post; it raises the bar, which is declining with every moment of tension. Aside from b.’s excellent text, it’s becoming difficult to find interesting and relevant information in the comments section. Too much nonsense, too many delusional (and obviously unsourced) “breaking news” stories, too many ridiculous predictions that demonstrate just how little their authors understand about geopolitics or military matters.
 
All this confirms that NWBTCW remains an unsurpassable motto.
BR.

Posted by: Tak-Tik | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 475

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/181200
 
Apparently Iran has accepted “a” ceasefire deal. Not stated is whether “Israel” is included, but from what I saw earlier, they will not be. 

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 476

Pure theatre. All form and no content. Everything must work to make sure we experience ‘happening’ but that it never take place.
 
Things happen in cinema, gaming, media theatre, etc because those are the ghettos into which we have confined praxis.
 
We long for the gates to be opened. But we have lost the key.
 
My life in itself is banal. I wake, I breakfast, I teach, I drive home. Nothing must happen. That is our aporia.
 
We long for that ‘crowded hour’. But as long as we only wish it on the stage of our screens and not at our front door, then we ourselves are complicit in the nothing that must necessarily take place.
 
Hence, (and please feel free to sing along) nothing ever happens.

Posted by: Patroklos | Apr 7 2026 23:06 utc | 477

🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸 Supreme National Security Council Statement
 
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
 
To the honorable, great, and heroic nation of Iran:
 
The enemy, in its unfair, illegal, and criminal war against the Iranian nation, has suffered an undeniable, historic, and crushing defeat. Thanks to the pure and sacred blood of the martyred leader of the Islamic Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Imam Khamenei (may God bless him), the measures of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Commander-in-Chief, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (may God protect him), and the efforts and bravery of the Islamic fighters on the fronts, especially the historic, lasting, and heroic presence of you dear people from the very first days of the war, Iran has achieved a great victory and forced the criminal America to accept its 10-point plan. In this plan, America fundamentally commits to non-aggression, continued control of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, acceptance of enrichment, lifting all primary and secondary sanctions, ending all Security Council and Board of Governors resolutions, paying compensation to Iran, withdrawing American combat forces from the region, and stopping the war on all fronts, including against the heroic Islamic resistance of Lebanon. We congratulate all the people of Iran on this victory and emphasize that until the details of this victory are finalized, there is still a need for the perseverance and prudence of officials and the preservation of unity and solidarity among the Iranian people.
 
Islamic Iran, along with the brave resistance fighters in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and occupied Palestine, has inflicted blows on the enemy over the past 40 days that the historical memory of the world will never forget. Iran and the resistance axis, as representatives of honor and humanity against the most savage enemies of mankind, after a historic battle, have given them an unforgettable lesson and have crushed their forces, facilities, infrastructure, and all their political, economic, technological, and military capital so thoroughly that the enemy is now in decline and despair and sees no way but to surrender to the will of the great Iranian nation and the honorable resistance axis. On the first day the criminal enemies of Iran started this unjust war, they thought they would quickly achieve full military dominance over Iran and, by creating political and social instability, force Iran to surrender. They believed that Iran’s missile and drone fire would quickly be extinguished and did not believe that Iran could respond so powerfully beyond its borders and throughout the region. The global malicious Zionism had convinced the foolish American president that this war would finish Iran off and that they could, by eliminating this last bastion of humanity, henceforth commit any crime against anyone they wished with impunity. They dreamed of dividing dear Iran, plundering its oil and wealth, and finally leaving Iranians immersed and abandoned in chaos, instability, and insecurity for many years.
 
The brave Islamic fighters and their courageous allies in the resistance axis, despite their hearts being wounded and shattered by the martyrdom of their Imam, relying on Almighty God and following the leader of martyrs, decided once and for all to give these enemies a historic lesson, avenge all previous crimes, and create conditions so that the enemy would forever abandon any thought of aggression against dear Iran and fully taste humiliation and disgrace before the great Iranian nation.
 
With this strategy and relying on the unprecedented political and social unity created in the country, Iran and the resistance began one of the heaviest combined battles in history against America and the Zionist regime and have achieved all the goals they designed for this battle.
 

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 23:06 utc | 478

Irain should entesify its counter attack.
Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 7 2026 23:04 utc | 471

Yes, against Israel who jumped the gun 24 hours ahead of time.
No wonder the Izzie govt took the brown trouser express out of there.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 23:07 utc | 479

If the Israeli govt did indeed bug out to leave ordinary Israelis behind, what do you think that does to the government? How can they trust any of them again? Will that be Bibi’s waterloo?
 

Posted by: Groovinpict | Apr 7 2026 23:07 utc | 480

So Trump made the most damaging statement of total destruction to pump up oil prices as much a possible, everyone placed their oil bets then the announcement was made and everyone who had the information once again profited immensely. 
In the long run, it really is all about the money…..
Meja – All ‘Bout The Money (Official Music Video)

Posted by: spark | Apr 7 2026 23:08 utc | 481

Iran has caved (apparently it will be officially announced by Iran momentarily).
 
Posted by: Bob Hopkins | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 474
 
From where I stand it looks like the so called superpower caved.
 
 
All that power. All those nukes. All those ‘allies’.
 
Forced to buckle and bend to the will of the Ayatollahs.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 23:08 utc | 482

Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Apr 7 2026 19:30 utc | 261
*** Economic disruption includes a wholesale boycott of the forthcoming World Cup ***
 
Really no point having umpteen soccerball games, since Trump has already won it. 

Posted by: Cynic | Apr 7 2026 23:08 utc | 483

Middle East Spectator (so take with grain of salt?) https://t.me/RezistanceTrench1/48102
 
❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 STATEMENT BY IRAN’S SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL:
‘The United States has agreed to Iran’s 10-point plan.
1. Commitment to non-aggression.
 
2. Continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz
 
3. Acceptance of uranium enrichment
 
4. Lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions
 
5. Termination of all resolutions of the UN Security Council and the IEAE Board of Governors
 
6. Payments of compensation for Iran.
 
7. Withdrawal of American combat forces from the region.
 
8. Cessation of war on all fronts.
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 23:09 utc | 484

Surferket | Apr 7 2026 14:54 utc | 30 says
 

We do not negotiate with terrorists!

 
Nobody’s asking Singapore to negotiate with America.

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 7 2026 23:09 utc | 485

Posted by: Giuseppe | Apr 7 2026 22:07 utc | 409, Posted by: watcher | Apr 7 2026 22:25 utc | 423
 
I grew up in the East bloc and lived through the post-1990 transformation. I agree that today’s USA has uncanny similarities with the late Soviet Union, down to octogenarian senile leaders, massive disconnect between elites and population, imperial overstretch and big financial problems at least partially from over-spending on weapons.
 
Russia’s slump was severe and long (in mortality tables, it looks as if a war had taken place in the 1990s) and the country was really close to further break-up. I know much less about the USA but I trust you (both) that its future may be post-Soviet like. Don’t expect an American Putin to show up and (mostly) sort out the mess.
 
Amazing how US elites squandered the unipolar moment so quickly. “End of history”, Francis, fuck that 🙂 Thank you both for the details on current USA. I’ve said it before: the parting gift of (real existing) socialism was to go out in a whimper instead of a bang. I never thought that Western capitalism could do the same and it sure doesn’t look like it right now.

Posted by: Konami | Apr 7 2026 23:10 utc | 486

Iranian 10 points is for the rest of the world and the Arabs. Most who have already signed on.
 
Deluded Americans still think they’re in charge.

Posted by: Suresh | Apr 7 2026 23:10 utc | 487

@482
To be fair, it really depends on the details of the ‘deal’
Time will tell.

Posted by: Bob Hopkins | Apr 7 2026 23:10 utc | 488

 Will that be Bibi’s waterloo? 
Posted by: Groovinpict | Apr 7 2026 23:07 utc | 480
 
Based on news earlier today, including polls re: upcoming elections in “Israel” – Nutty is leading and the people are behind him now. FWIW. That motherf*cker sure knows how to stay out of jail, even if it means thousands dead. 

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 23:10 utc | 489

Posted by: Groovinpict | Apr 7 2026 23:07 utc | 480
They always run away – it’s a feature not a bug.
Why the Izzies put up with it God only knows.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Apr 7 2026 23:11 utc | 490

Awww, fuck me, mate:
 

🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 These negotiations will begin with complete distrust of the American side on Friday, April 10, in Islamabad, and Iran will allocate two weeks for these negotiations. This period can be extended by mutual agreement. It is necessary to maintain complete national unity during this time and to continue the victory celebrations with strength. The current negotiations are national and a continuation of the battlefield, and it is necessary for all people, elites, and political groups to trust this process, which is under the supervision of the Supreme Leader and the highest levels of the system, and to support it, while strictly avoiding any divisive remarks. If surrendering to the enemy on the battlefield turns into a decisive political achievement in the negotiations, we will celebrate this great historic victory together; otherwise, we will fight side by side on the battlefield until all the demands of the Iranian nation are met. Our hands are on the trigger, and as soon as the enemy makes the slightest mistake, it will be responded to with full force.
 
Supreme National Security Council
April 8, 2026

 
Dafaq is wrong with you people???

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 7 2026 23:11 utc | 491

We peck about like hens
Gazing into the scrolling lens
But truth be told
We’d rather not be cold
So nothing ever happens.

Posted by: Patroklos | Apr 7 2026 23:11 utc | 492

I haven’t seen a thing from Iran.
However,  markets shot up decisively…

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 7 2026 23:11 utc | 493

If Iran had nukes it would never have been attacked in the first place. Even arch neocon Robert Kagan admitted as much in the New York Times.  Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | Apr 7 2026 23:05 utc | 472
============================================
 
Wrong.
 
As someone else pointed out in another thread, the fact that both India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons didn’t stop them from engaging in warfare, quite recently.
 
Once again, please explain your thinking on nuclear weapons in general terms for us.
You come across as someone who seems itching for somebody, anybody, to break the seal on that Pandora’s Box once again and unleash the Furies on us all.

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Apr 7 2026 23:12 utc | 494

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 7 2026 22:55 utc | 459
“Iranian TV: Trump accepted Iran’s conditions to end the war, and thus a two-week ceasefire was announced.”
“According to the American media: Israel is not part of the agreement”
 

So, has the TACO curse been invoked again?  From what I am hearing in western MSM it seems that is indeed the case.  Ut appears to be a a very sensible and pragmatic decision by the Emperor of the World. 

I hope it is true, but the Zionist kikeroache in occupied Palestine will  not be totally happy.

 

Posted by: Barrel Brown | Apr 7 2026 23:13 utc | 495

If you want to understand and decode Trumpy tard – we all need to get a better grasp, re-educate everything we’ve been told about american politics.  This is the sum of it –  272million people can’t be wrong. 
 

You suck! with the Rock! (Dwayne Johnson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChiLWi-mBvU

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Apr 7 2026 23:13 utc | 496

@493
 
MahmoodOD on youtube is covering it right now, it has been officially confirmed by both sides.

Posted by: Bob Hopkins | Apr 7 2026 23:13 utc | 497

I will believe all of this when the bombers head back to wherever they can go now and the deadline passes. America still has enough time to lob a few nukes. something doesn’t add up. Kabuki until it’s not.

Posted by: Groovinpict | Apr 7 2026 23:13 utc | 498

🇮🇷⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 The honorable people of Iran should know that thanks to the efforts and historic presence of their children on the scene, the enemy has been begging for more than a month to stop Iran and the Resistance’s fierce fire, but the country’s officials, because it was decided from the outset that the war would continue until the objectives were achieved, including the enemy’s regret and despair and the removal of the long-term threat to the country, have rejected all these requests and the war has continued until today, the fortieth day. Also, Iran has so far rejected several deadlines presented by the U.S. president and continues to emphasize that it attaches no importance to any kind of deadline from the enemy.
 
Now, we give glad tidings to the great nation of Iran that almost all the war objectives have been achieved and your brave children have brought the enemy to historic helplessness and a lasting defeat. Iran’s historic decision, supported by the unified backing of the entire nation, is to continue this battle for as long as necessary until its great achievements are consolidated and new security and political equations in the region are created based on the acceptance of Iran and the Resistance’s power and sovereignty.
 
In this regard, and according to the guidance of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (may God protect him), and the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, and considering Iran and the Resistance’s upper hand on the battlefield, the enemy’s inability to impose its threats despite all claims, and the official acceptance of all legitimate demands of the Iranian people, it was decided that negotiations be held in Islamabad to finalize the details so that within a maximum of 15 days, with the victory of Iran on the battlefield finalized, it would also be consolidated in political negotiations.
 
Accordingly, Iran, while rejecting all plans presented by the enemy, drafted a 10-article plan and presented it to the American side through Pakistan, emphasizing key points such as controlled passage through the Strait of Hormuz coordinated with Iran’s armed forces, which grants Iran a unique economic and geopolitical position; the necessity to end the war against all components of the Resistance axis, which means the historic defeat of the child-killing Israeli regime’s aggression; the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from all bases and deployment points in the region; the establishment of a safe passage protocol in the Strait of Hormuz that guarantees Iran’s control according to the agreed protocol; full compensation to Iran according to assessments; lifting all primary and secondary sanctions and resolutions of the Board of Governors and Security Council; the release of all blocked Iranian assets abroad; and finally, the approval of all these matters in a binding Security Council resolution. It should be noted that the approval of this resolution will turn all these agreements into binding international law and create an important diplomatic victory for the Iranian nation.
 
Now, the honorable Prime Minister of Pakistan has informed Iran that despite all apparent threats, the American side has accepted these principles as the basis for negotiations and has submitted to the will of the Iranian nation. Accordingly, it was decided at the highest level that Iran will conduct negotiations with the American side in Islamabad for two weeks solely based on these principles. It is emphasized that this does not mean the end of the war, and Iran will only accept the end of the war when, considering the acceptance of Iran’s principles in the 10-article plan, its details are also finalized in the negotiations.

Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Apr 7 2026 23:13 utc | 499

Psychological game by psychopath trump.
 
Conditioning the world wide public , to his threats of violence,  a prosses of victemisation., and normalisation,  Fight back hard and fast.  I say,
 
Dont be trumps victem.

Posted by: Mark2 | Apr 7 2026 23:14 utc | 500