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Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 12:42pm On Mar 01
lanre316:
Not a replacement, he was just a placeholder till they decide who will replace the dead Ayatolah.
They have settled on his own son as I saw elsewhere
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 8:11am On Mar 01
Hamxas:
For your information the president is sound and healthy and very much alive. The supreme leader is not the president. This shows ur only hate Iran blindly without knowing anything about it. If i may ask why do u hate iran. I know why I don't like the jews, i know what they did. I know why I don't like the US, i know about the country and its crimes. I know why I don't support the ideology of iran in religious wise. Am not hating blindly
The president is a figurehead. Ayatollah is the Supreme leader. He decides who contests the president.
The president takes the pressure off Khamenei from having to deal with the parliament.
On critical matters Supreme leader has final say.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 8:08am On Mar 01
To nuke the Jews I presume .
Will also wipe out the Palestinian too .

Alamkiir:
The manner of his death also show the carelessness of his leadership that has cause Iran more problem. Let his son take over and use the anger to avenge his dad. Get a nuke
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 8:07am On Mar 01
Appleyard:
Learn to avoid a troll. He can confidently say Iran is targeting civilian infrastructure in the Gulf, but the US and Israel aren't targeting civilian structures in Iran. When you see these kind of posts, especially with someone calling the killing of hundreds of students in a school a mistake, you know you're dealing with a troll.
The west generally doesn't attack civilian structures . Generally.
Unlike Hamas Hezbollah Iran etc who thrive in maximizing their civilian casualties in order to accuse the other side of genocide , war crimes etc.
Hamas is perfect example of a cry baby army. Taught by the Iranians the masters
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 7:37am On Mar 01
Alamkiir:
How can you confidently say it's not deliberate, when 100+ children at school where killed, do you think missile debris will kill 100+ children. every other place they target was with precision, but only this school is not deliberate. Shame on you, whoever you support is fine, but always stand on the side of human unless you are an animal
Western armies don't target civilian infrastructure without good reason.
The Iranians together with Hamas Houthi Hezbollah fight are complete liars.
I doubt the figire it started with 20 ,now it's over 100.

A regime that sent children to walk on warfront to make sure there were no mines is just despicable to me.
I dnt know why like the Ayatollahs and I won't second guess why.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 7:33am On Mar 01
Hamxas:
Yes and one of the ships is on fire on the first day. For clarification no one said the missiles could reach US mainland. Iranian missiles are limited to 2000km. If u just look up actually a Chinese man posted the video of one of the ship on fire
While their president was eliminated.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 7:24am On Mar 01
23jerryking:
Simple question, why are they bombing airports and tourists structures in other countries? Didn't their fanboys here said they can hit US mainland? Or sink US ships? What's holding them?
I think it's a form of retardation, no other way to explain it. If the regime is going down , everyone else will as well.
Imagine if these guys had a nuke, they would have detonated it by now . This only makes it's neighbors resolve to make sure those Ayatollahs never get to power again.
They could be hoping western Israel hating media will blame Israel and America for attacks in say Dubai. Hoping international pressure from the UN will force the US and Israel to stop attacking them.Democrats want a vote to stop any further escalation on Monday.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 7:15am On Mar 01
Iranians are just bat shit crazy. They bombed Burj Al Arab . Plus the airport?
And a drone intercepted enroute to Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.

Supporters of Iran regime. You could have been in Dubai and got hit by an Iranian missiles or drone .

Writeerng, they have said the missiles fired so far are old depreciated. They are firing more advanced ones today... To civilians in airports or hotels
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:07am On Mar 01
ono:
bas and team, there's no doubt in my mind anymore that the US is the world's only superpower. Who would believe the Grand Ayatollah of Iran will die within the first few minutes of the start of this war - is this even a war now, or some one sided pummeling of a "small" nation? Not even 24 hours in, this man is dead - as in D E A D. Na wa o!
That was epic. Take down the head of the snake with as many of his top leadership in the very first strike.

If wars were fought that way there would have been less suffering. In many conflicts one belligerent is usually the reasons war goes on for long.
Trump administration war should be made into a doctrine.. Something like strike the iron when it's hot
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:01am On Mar 01
nateevs:
It's not politics. It's clarity of thought.

Tell me what is new about Khamenei that you didn't already know before now.

You happily stood beside Trump calling him the anti-war President, as he falsely berated the likes of Liz Cheney saying if they were voted into power, they would start a war with Iran. You stood beside him on the America First policy, noting that all US troops must disengage from all foreign entanglement.

You called him the decent man, the only one fighting for America.

What changed? What do you know about Khamenei that was not already known?
I've been calling for the people of Iran to be free long before I started posting on this section. Obama made me do it by supporting the Ayatollah regime .
They will be free much to Valerie Jarrett and Obama chagrin

Now you all are doing a 180, calling this nonsense a necessity, whilst claiming others are supporting Iran. No they are not. We all just understand imperialism in bold letters, whilst you stand for nothing, until it comes out of Trump's mouth.
So far Trump's war have been brief and to the point.
Hating Trump goes hand in hand with hating Netanyahu. Then supporting mad Ayatollahs who brutalize their people day in day out.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 6:46am On Mar 01
Mikasaobi:
🤡🤡 disappeared when missiles were raining down, after the death is confirmed they’re all here celebrating like it’s victory. If he died in the morning and the USA got hammered you can imagine what will come.

The war is going as expected, long range strikes from USA while Iran retaliates with ballistic missiles. No magic planes, no invisible planes. We’re just getting started but Israel and the gulf states look like it’s the 7th day of the 12 days war. The USA has only 2 options, negotiate like they did with Houthi's or run away like Vietnam. It’s obvious now they can’t achieve their objectives.

Wait for the oil price bloodbath tomorrow, the economic defeat starts tomorrow. Ena go disappear again, all of ena eyes go clear.
What's left of Iranian chain of command is unknown. There will be a regime change , but there are those who are guilty of crimes.
They will appoint another hardliner, who will be targeted the same day and unalived if possible.
The judge who sentenced protesters to death and the general who ordered their deaths were killed yesterday. There should be justice for the Iranian people brutalized by Khamenei and Khomeini.
Not sure why you support these mad Ayatollahs and I won't second guess why .
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 6:35am On Mar 01
WriterrNg:
All this things could have been avoided if they just did the right thing. Build Nukes.

By now they'll be worried about only sanctions.

Whoever takes over act smarter or perish.
No, he shouldn't have built nukes. He should have let his people free.
He used religion to rise to power , and then to stay in power. All the while, he knew his people never wanted that.
He was offered free nuclear fuel, he refused, wanted to control enrichment
Iran has too much oil to require nuclear energy.
Greed for power, Shia are only 15% of the Muslim world, and no one prevented his people from worshiping their own way.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 6:27am On Mar 01
23jerryking:
Seriously I pity Iranians, having that extremist regime repressed their growth for ages. It's time they take the matters of their fate into their own hands.
For the US, now that's objective 1 achieved, next should be the total destruction of the nuclear ambitions. That should happen in a couple of hours or days to come.
The great people of Iran will be free.
In today's modern world how does a person pretend that he's ordained by the gods as the Supreme leader of a nation.
Iran has a highly educated population, with women often being more than men in the universities. Yet a draconian regime imposed strict Sharia law suddenly on a people who had been secular before. Shot and killed women who dared walk without a headbang . Hoisted gays on cranes in public.
Violently killed protesters. And a while lot to a people who resent the regime.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 4:31am On Mar 01
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138619307]⚡A Chinese tourist in Tel Aviv captured footage of a U.S. military support ship being hit by an Iranian missile, with thick black smoke billowing out, confirming rumors from Iranian military reports of strikes concentrated on American vessels.

govt is now running around like a headless chicken. They bombed 8 nations ,all of them turned against Iran.

Ayatollah should have demanded immunity from any persecution abd handed over power to the people
He saw what happened to Hamas and Hezbollah. Plus the 12 day war in his own backyard.
Hubris or an aura of invincibility, noone will ever know
His last tweets....
The US President keeps saying that they have the strongest military force in the world. The strongest military force in the world may at times be struck so hard that it cannot get up again.

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) February 17, 2026


Also
The US President has said that for 47 years, the United States hasn't been able to eliminate the Islamic Republic. That is a good confession. I say, " You, too, will not be able to do this."

— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) February 17, 2026
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 4:13am On Mar 01
IDF had spent months gathering intelligence about Khamenei. They knew about a high level meeting with top commanders in his residence.

Suppressing air defences , over 30 bombs were dropped on Ayatollah residence. Bunker busting like the ones IDF took out Nasrallah with

The America might is too advanced for other countries. They flew in undetected to a meeting. They knew Maduro was snatched from his bedroom and shoulda known better. The attack was in broad daylight around 9.30 am.
IDF reportedly flew 200 aircraft , US bases, and carrier groups also launched in perfect synchrony.
Tehran is at least 200 km from the nearest border. Noone reported a visual ?
That's what should worry every country,if they can fly in hundreds of jets without your radar seeing it don't mess up with them.

If Russia had such capabilities,Putin would be having breakfast meetings in Kiev any time.

I attribute success of such missions by IDF and USA to politicians getting out of the way and leaving the military plan and execute the mission. US Congressmen were demanding a vote before declaration of any war.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:59am On Mar 01
A40:
These people have no conscience. Iranians were on the streets for 5 weeks. Thousands of Iranians killed. These people said nothing. Now that Trump has taken a sudden and decisive step they are angry. Meanwhile actual Iranians with skin in the game and their only glimmer of hope for freedom in half a century are celebrating.

Think of how wicked you have to be to always center yourself and center your politics in every issue. How can you a Nigerian be more concerned than Iranians who have spent almost 2 months protesting bravely. Pure wickedness
They now support a dictator who murdered hundreds of thousands of his critics over the years.



Iranians all over the world are celebrating his demise, Liberals have to be against Trump.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:56am On Mar 01
SpaceX:
Trump deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, kiss the truth
Trump cannot get a Nobel prize as long as liberals are in charge. Take the case of Thorbjørn Jagland Norway former Prime Minister. The Epstein associate charged with corruption attempted suicide over his ties to Epstein. He was chair of the Nobel Prize Selection from 2008 -2015 that saw controversial awards to winners like the EU.

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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:45am On Mar 01
nateevs:
You speak a lot of rubbish..... always. I wonder how you get on in real life. He's been the supreme leader for 4 decades.... but you think he's been lying this whole time.

So why has he not had the bomb for 4 decades?

How long more did he need to build one?
I said your learning curve on this will be too long.

Ayatollah Khamenei is the final decision maker. Appointed by the gods to rule and guide the Iranians as they wait for the 12th Imam to return. The 12th Imam will return to fight Dajjal as final act of Prophecy.Dajjal is a false prophet who will also break the cross i.e. abolish Xtianity.
Khamenei had said or implicated he had spoken to the 12th Imam who would return in his lifetime.

If you can't see how whacked out and delusional Khamenei is, he needed atomic bomb to trigger Dajjal and the return of the 12th Imam.

Of course he knew it was BS , he lived in luxury welding maximum power.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:32am On Mar 01
obedience4:
You are a prophet man, you rightly predicted that our friends here would be celebrating widly about Iran hits not hitting military targets but civilian infrastructure in Israel!!
I guess before day 4 we can take full stock of what whirlwind just blew . In a war supposed to last until the west gives up
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:29am On Mar 01
Appleyard:
Whether he is dead or alive is now irrelevant.

The clowns couldn't get the people to take up arms and overthrow the state during the mass protest, is it now that they're actively targeting and killing school girls and children playing sports that the people would suddenly wake up to revolt against the regime in the middle of a war just because the religious leader dies?

Whomever sold this war to Trump deserve a billion dollars from the Dems.
If a school was hit , that's unfortunate and I can confidently say not deliberate.

If the Ayatollahs hypersonics, drones, or ballistic missiles had hit a school in Israel , you'd be celebrating no? If not you there would be mass celebrations, about a missile evading Aegis, Arrow, David Sling abd Iron Dome.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 3:24am On Mar 01
obedience4:
Watching Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations speech to the United nations.. dude is almost moved to tears!!😂😂😂

The next operational goal should be Israeli f35 continue to downgrade Iranian offensive capabilities by taking out her launchers and also take out any from of air-defences system still "working"

This will pave way for the big hitters like the B2 spirit and maybe the heavy duty B-52 Stratofortress
I haven't seen if their president is alive too.
Seen like some big deception . NYT reporting military general doesn't believe they should strike or something like that.
Marco Rubio saying he'll visit Israel the following week.
The democrats being fussy about being dragged into a war
All while the military equipment and men were being inserted into position
The Ayatollah must have called for a top level meeting , they never expected it .
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 11:16pm On Feb 28
Gbadebo19:
What is so difficult in getting the picture?
We are talking about military tech here.
Even civilian tech are sending pictures from Mars.
The picture is not enough. We want x-rays of the body and DNA. Plus where he was buried, the GPS coordinates
Foreign AffairsRe: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Dead Body Found In Rubble by basilico: 11:12pm On Feb 28
Botragelad:
The rest of those lying propagandists won't shut up with their endless denial. Haha. Russia and just sat there like cowards, watching the islamic ummah get crushed.

We warned you that Israel could wipe out these terrorists anytime but chooses restraint, and you called it a lie. You'll learn the hard way that real intelligence isn't about your noisy online Islamic propaganda rubbish
Israel was restrained by the public outcry of the International community. Who relied on propaganda from the terrorists
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:07pm On Feb 28
benalvino3:
There were cries on the streets which is why they are gyrating. Again, how are you angry that they are taking the regime out?
He don't say nothing about 32k killed by the regine , but he is now seething over 40-60 schoolgirls killed accidentally.
"If it weren’t for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all."
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:01pm On Feb 28
nateevs:
You see, the things you won't see on Fox News. Khamenei is the actual person in the government who decreed a Fatwa against the building of a Nuclear Bomb. And the hierarchy fall in line and over.

There's been calls over the decades by the hardliners in the Iranian government to remove the Fatwa and slow Iran build a Nuclear bomb as a measure of deterrence.....Khamenei always said no.

The US knows this. Trump has had numerous analytical briefings about this. The Israelis know this... The entire western governments know this. But they need the propaganda to further the Isreali prophecy that has captured the entire west.

For what concerns stopping Nuclear Bombs, the US never needed military force. Funny as it may sound, the US already had an ally in Khamenei who stabilised things, prevented radical movements and specifically ordered a No to a nuclear bomb. .

Oman Foreign Minister only yesterday on Face The Nation, declared that a deal had been reached that went further than the JCPOA deal. Only yesterday.

Today they are killing him. This just makes the hardliners correct over the decades..... That you can never negotiate in good faith with the US or Israeli. The only answer they understand is force. And so, like North Korea, a bomb must be built.

Now the only guy standing in the way of a bomb is dead, ....... what replace him? The exact thing they all wanted us against.

Guess what? They all knew this all along.
Muslims are allowed to lie by their faith as long as it advances the cause of Allah. By declaring a fatwa he fools the public and Iran uses that as evidence they don't want atomic bombs. He is the one who needed the bomb do that he could bulky everyone around ME .
You are effectively promulgating lies to people who know better.
Are you aware that his Shia sect believed the Mahdi would reappear in his lifetime?
Your learning curve will be quite long.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 10:52pm On Feb 28
23jerryking:
I'm not sure yet sha. But something tells me he's hiding somewhere now like a rat.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 10:41pm On Feb 28
Raynald:
So day 1
Supreme Ayatollah is dead
I wonder what day 4 will be
Iran is done for just as Venezuela
I've been laughed out of here for saying Russia is a rag tag army compared to America.
For good measure IDF is also rag tag compared to America.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 10:39pm On Feb 28
Mikasaobi:
https://x.com/cirnosad/status/2027836503548977498

We told them don’t do it, now they know this ain’t Hollywood.
It supplies water to Palestinian Arabs too and to Gaza.
I'm having a hard time figuring out what you want to see in the end.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 10:37pm On Feb 28
[quote author=WriterrNg post=138618007]⚡Iranian drone strike hits Dubai International Airport.

Evacuations are underway at the airport.


a war crime . Hitting civilian infrastructure,worse it's of a sovereign non combatant nation.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 10:33pm On Feb 28
Khamenei is most likely dead according to netanyahu and Trump.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn5ge95q6y7t

CIA assessment is that the hardliners will pick another hardliner who will be also be targeted.Then the next hardliner will also be targeted

Khamenei home before and after.
Why lose your life over a bomb you'll never use.

Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 10:23pm On Feb 28
Can't vouch for this. Article is more than 12 hours old as of posting this

‎🔴 Iran just fired missiles at five countries simultaneously. Here is what actually happened to each of them.

‎Bahrain. Confirmed hit on the US Navy Fifth Fleet headquarters. Bahrain’s own state news agency reported the strike. No casualty figures released yet. This is the command center for every American naval operation in the Persian Gulf. It was struck.

‎UAE. Multiple missiles intercepted by Emirati air defenses. One civilian killed in Abu Dhabi from falling debris. The UAE defense ministry confirmed the intercepts. The Emirates just absorbed an act of war on its sovereign territory from a country it shares a maritime border with.

‎Qatar. Missile intercepted. Zero damage. The Qatari Interior Ministry confirmed. The same country Iran just attacked is the country that hosted Al Udeid for twenty years as a gesture of regional balance. That balance ended this morning.

‎Kuwait. KUNA state news agency confirmed missiles were “dealt with” in Kuwaiti airspace. No reported damage. Kuwait, which stayed neutral through every Gulf crisis since 1991, just had Iranian ballistic missiles flying over its cities.

‎Jordan. Two Iranian ballistic missiles shot down by Jordanian military. Confirmed by the Jordanian armed forces directly. Jordan intercepted Iranian missiles in June 2025 as well. That was in defense of Israel. This time Iran targeted Jordan itself.

‎Saudi Arabia. Fars News claims strikes. No confirmation from any Saudi source. No Tier 1 or Tier 2 verification. Either it did not happen or Riyadh is not yet ready to say it did. Both possibilities carry enormous implications.

‎Now understand what Iran just accomplished strategically. In attempting to retaliate against Israel and America, the IRGC fired missiles at six sovereign nations in a single morning. Not one of those nations attacked Iran. Bahrain did not bomb Tehran. The UAE did not launch strikes on Isfahan. Qatar hosted diplomatic back channels. Kuwait maintained neutrality for three decades. Jordan was mediating.

‎Iran just converted every neutral and semi-neutral state in the Gulf into a potential co-belligerent. Every nation whose airspace was violated, whose civilians were killed, whose sovereignty was breached now has legal and political justification to join whatever coalition forms next.

‎And the damage tells the real story. One civilian dead from debris. Intercepts across four countries. No confirmed destruction of any US military asset. No reported American casualties among 40,000 troops in theater. Iran fired at the entire Gulf and the Gulf caught almost everything.

‎Compare this to what Israel did to Tehran this morning. Precision strikes on the IRGC Intelligence Directorate. Explosions near the Supreme Leader’s office. Three detonations in central Tehran confirmed by Iranian state media itself.

‎One side hit what it aimed at. The other side hit one civilian with debris.

‎This is the asymmetry that will define the next 72 hours. Iran demonstrated intent to strike everywhere and capability to hit almost nothing. The Gulf states demonstrated they can defend themselves. And now those states must decide whether the country that just fired ballistic missiles across their borders gets to do it again.

‎They will not let it happen again.

‎Watch for the joint statement. Watch for airspace coordination between Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Manama, and Kuwait City. Watch for the coalition that Iran just built against itself with a single salvo.

‎Iran did not retaliate against Israel this morning. Iran gave every country in the Middle East a reason to retaliate against Iran.
‎-Croc.

‎Plateau News Update

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