What's their alternative course of action?
Living under Iran Mullahs
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NewLeb
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No one knows yet, but it’s going to make the Iranian leadership pray for Trump to return as president!
I expect a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, eventually. It will turn out to a limited confrontation where Iran gets pounded from the air and their proxies retaliating against Israel... then the deal will be forced as an exit to stop the strikes.
No ground invasion, since its next to impossible (too costly).
proIsrael-nonIsraeli
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Good news - Ayatollahs are out of money.
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Hezbollah operatives run drugs, human trafficking rings in Venezuela | World Israel News
The activities were carried out with the protection of the socialist Maduro government, as the country has close ties to Iran.
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proIsrael-nonIsraeli
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Regardless of what you make of it interesting opinion.
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WATCH: Iran is far behind other countries, former Iranian ambassador says | World Israel News
A former Iranian ambassador has said that four decades of economic sanctions have left Iran 'at the margins of today's world.'
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U.S. official confirms Iran seized oil tanker, says U.S. military just monitored incident
A U.S. defense official has confirmed to Newsweek that Iranian forces seized an oil tanker in the Sea of Oman last week but said U.S. forces just observed the incident and did not confront the Revolutionary Guard.
The semiofficial Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting outlet first reported Wednesday that U.S. forces confiscated a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Sea of Oman and then transferred it to another tanker. Iran's Revolutionary Guard forces were said to have then carried out a helicopter landing on the second vessel, allowing them to take control and steer it back toward Iranian waters, thus avoiding U.S. warships and aircraft that then reportedly gave chase.
In an official release, the Revolutionary Guard confirmed the incident and said that the tanker reached Iranian waters, docking at the southern port of Bandar Abbas on October 25.
The U.S. defense official, speaking to Newsweek on the condition of anonymity, laid out a counternarrative of the event.
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"We're refuting the Iranian claims that they prevented us from taking back this vessel," the official said. "Here's the bottom line. This occurred last week. U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Oman observed Iranian naval forces seize this oil tanker."
The official described what on-scene U.S. forces observed.
"There were over 10 Iranian fast boats that swarmed this thing," the official said. "There was a helicopter seen flying around, and, bottom line, our forces responded to monitor the situation."
The official said that the U.S. declined to release the details of the incident last week "due to a number of sensitivities." The official added that "Iran is now spinning this against us, saying that they prevented us from taking back this vessel when it's very clear that our forces were simply there monitoring."
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Footage later released by Iranian media appeared to show a tense scene with Iranian fast attack craft sailing between Vietnamese-flagged tanker Sothys on one side and U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Micheal Murphy on the other.
The U.S. official confirmed that the tanker in question is currently in Iranian waters and maritime trackers currently show Sothys located at Bandar Abbas.
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a joint exercise with Russian forces in the northern Indian Ocean on February 17. Iranian forces seized an oil tanker in the Sea of Oman last week, but a U.S. defense official said U.S. forces just observed the incident. Iranian Army Office
The U.S. has previously confiscated a number of tankers carrying Iranian oil to Venezuela, accusing them of violating U.S. sanctions that restrict the Islamic Republic from exporting its natural resources. These measures date back to former President Donald Trump's 2018 abandonment of a nuclear deal forged three years earlier by his predecessor with Iran and major powers China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.
President Joe Biden, who was vice president when the landmark accord was reached, has publicly set out to reenter it, but six rounds of negotiations have so far failed to establish enough common ground to do so. Meanwhile, Iran has begun enriching uranium at levels beyond those set in the deal, though the country maintains it does not seek a nuclear weapon.
Last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the top diplomat of recently sworn-in administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said Tehran's team would return to the Vienna talks this month after a months-long pause during the Iranian election.
A U.S. defense official has confirmed to Newsweek that Iranian forces seized an oil tanker in the Sea of Oman last week but said U.S. forces just observed the incident and did not confront the Revolutionary Guard.
The semiofficial Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting outlet first reported Wednesday that U.S. forces confiscated a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Sea of Oman and then transferred it to another tanker. Iran's Revolutionary Guard forces were said to have then carried out a helicopter landing on the second vessel, allowing them to take control and steer it back toward Iranian waters, thus avoiding U.S. warships and aircraft that then reportedly gave chase.
In an official release, the Revolutionary Guard confirmed the incident and said that the tanker reached Iranian waters, docking at the southern port of Bandar Abbas on October 25.
The U.S. defense official, speaking to Newsweek on the condition of anonymity, laid out a counternarrative of the event.
Newsweek Newsletter sign-up >
"We're refuting the Iranian claims that they prevented us from taking back this vessel," the official said. "Here's the bottom line. This occurred last week. U.S. naval forces in the Gulf of Oman observed Iranian naval forces seize this oil tanker."
The official described what on-scene U.S. forces observed.
"There were over 10 Iranian fast boats that swarmed this thing," the official said. "There was a helicopter seen flying around, and, bottom line, our forces responded to monitor the situation."
The official said that the U.S. declined to release the details of the incident last week "due to a number of sensitivities." The official added that "Iran is now spinning this against us, saying that they prevented us from taking back this vessel when it's very clear that our forces were simply there monitoring."
Newsweek subscription offers >
Footage later released by Iranian media appeared to show a tense scene with Iranian fast attack craft sailing between Vietnamese-flagged tanker Sothys on one side and U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Micheal Murphy on the other.
The U.S. official confirmed that the tanker in question is currently in Iranian waters and maritime trackers currently show Sothys located at Bandar Abbas.
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a joint exercise with Russian forces in the northern Indian Ocean on February 17. Iranian forces seized an oil tanker in the Sea of Oman last week, but a U.S. defense official said U.S. forces just observed the incident. Iranian Army Office
The U.S. has previously confiscated a number of tankers carrying Iranian oil to Venezuela, accusing them of violating U.S. sanctions that restrict the Islamic Republic from exporting its natural resources. These measures date back to former President Donald Trump's 2018 abandonment of a nuclear deal forged three years earlier by his predecessor with Iran and major powers China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.
President Joe Biden, who was vice president when the landmark accord was reached, has publicly set out to reenter it, but six rounds of negotiations have so far failed to establish enough common ground to do so. Meanwhile, Iran has begun enriching uranium at levels beyond those set in the deal, though the country maintains it does not seek a nuclear weapon.
Last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the top diplomat of recently sworn-in administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, said Tehran's team would return to the Vienna talks this month after a months-long pause during the Iranian election.
@Sayyid Jewry Wayno Biden? roo7 fayy2o.
Destroyer can't do anything against the speedboats? Lol.
Not sure if ignorant or simply retarded.
proIsrael-nonIsraeli
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"Not sure if ignorant or simply retarded." - Often times both come together.