Iran: Eyeing Russia's $20bn lucrative pharmaceutical market

(Tehran) So for years the mad Mullahs in Iran have shed copious amounts of tears regards how US sanctions is denying them the ability to treat their sick, lame and lazy with drugs. This is a line regurgitated by the media, Human right groups and others.

All of this has been denied by the US, who have stated that their sanctions against Tehran does not target medicines, meanwhile the left of the political centre, are more than happy to swallow the misinformation that comes out of Iran.

Well one of consequences of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, is that the West has cut all links with Moscow, and that includes a pharmaceutical trade worth over $20 billion a year. Well what do you know, Iran that country which openly states its people are suffering a lack of medicines due to US sanctions, has stated on its state media that it is looking to supply Moscow with the pharmaceuticals it used to receive from the West.

Makes you wonder about the veracity of this claims that US sanctions is denying Tehran access to life giving drugs.

Iran: Fake carrier sinks outside major port

(Bandar Abbas)  In 2011  it was revealed that the Iranian government and the son of film director ‘Oliver Stone’ were going to collaborate in producing a film about the 1988 U.S. Downing of Flight 655 The project fell by the wayside, but not before a rather large model of a US Navy Carrier was built on top of a barge

In 2015, the Iranians came up with the idea of using the mock carrier for propaganda purposes in which to send the message that they could block the Strait of Hormuz if they wanted and so they carried out the“Great Prophet 14” exercises, where they not only launched Anti-ship missiles at the failed movie prop, they had soldiers abseiling onto the deck from overhead helicopters. 

After the exercise the damaged barge was towed to the port of Bandar Abbas where it languished until last year where the Iranian mullahs decided to repair the ship and use it for a military exercise in which to send the message to the US, that the Iranians could block the Strait of Hormuz if they wanted to and they did this by firing missiles at the fake aircraft carrier, but also had soldiers abseil onto its the deck . 

After this latest show of force the barge was been towed back to its home berth , when about ½ mile from the harbour entrance it turned on its side and sank with a large portion of it remaining out of the water, a few days later it settled even further into the seabed resulting in a huge sea hazard in front of a major Iranian port responsible for shipping the country’s oil overseas and also one of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy’s largest naval bases.

The Iranian mullahs in trying to send the message that they could restrict access to the Great Satans Navy to the region if they wanted too, have ended up doing exactly that to themselves.

Oh the irony

Syria: Afghan Shia militia "Final target is the Golan"

(Golan Heights) Iran has for the past few years being spending a lot of time and effort building up its forces around Israel, which is why Israel has been taking out said military assets on a regular basis such as the military strikes carried out last Sunday.

As a general rule Iran doesn't mention to the world exactly what forces it has inside Syria hanging around, but thanks to social media, a little known Afghan Shia Militia has revealed itself to be one of those groups Iran has been building up inside Syria.

On Tuesday Liwa Fatemiyoun ( aka Hezballah Afghanistan) tweeted a short video near the Golan heights where they proclaimed :

"Final target is that white mountain ahead which is the Golan Heights & being held by #Israel."

Liwa Fatemiyoun, an Iranian-backed Shia militia, produce a video showing their fighters a short distance away from the #Golan Heights.
"Final target is that white mountain ahead which is the Golan Heights & being held by #Israel." English subtitles added for translation. #Syria pic.twitter.com/kELPzH1LlA

— Joe Truzman (@Jtruzmah) December 24, 2019

Liwa Fatemiyoun is a militia led by IRGC commanders and supplied by the Iranian military, its troops are recruited from the Shia Afghans found in Iran and in Syria. In return for their service they are promised Iranian citizenship and salaries of $500–$800 per month in return for fighting (usually a 3-month-long deployment to Syria.. The thing is they are primarily used as cannon fodder and are sent ahead of actual Iranian forces, on the premise that nobody in Iran will miss their demise and thus no protests about the death toll. Also if they used in an attack on Israel, the Iranians can claim that the troops had nothing to do with them and thus keep the liberals in western governments on its side. Unfortunately for Iran, when you pay peanuts, you get what you pay for, and usually these are folks who don't stick to orders about keeping stum. 

Iran: Questions raised about that Missile attack on Iranian tanker.

(Tehran)   Since the US pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, (Aka Iranian Nuke deal) where Iran was rewarded for curbing its belligerent nature for a few years , they have simply gone semi public with their bad boy of the neighbour hood antics. So we've had attacks on tankers, the hijacking of tankers, missile attacks on oil facilities , the kidnapping of dual citizens and the world instead of treating the mad mullahs for the infantile children they are, they have simply looked the other-way (Aka appeasement)  whilst blaming the US, as that is the easy thing to do.

Well the latest engineered event where Iran gets to play the victim was the mysterious explosions on board an oil tanker surreptitiously on route to Syria via the Red sea and Suez canal. According to the mad Mullahs the tanker Sabiti was struck at 5am local time by an anti-ship missile and then again 20 minutes later by another leading to oil leaks 60 miles off the coast of Jeddah Saudi Arabia. The Iranians as usual have blamed the US, Saudi Arabia and Israel for this latest provocation. The strange thing is whilst the media has been happy to swallow the line that Saudi Arabia was behind this. They kind of left out that along that coastline Saudi Arabia has 21 desalination plants in fact Jeddah has 3, with another 4 in close proximity

You see Jeddah is the gate way for the millions of pilgrims who visit Mecca as part of their religious observation  and as Saudi is a dry country (as in a lack of natural water) it has to use desalination plants to fill its need.  so attacking a huge oil tanker just off the coast would be a very bad idea and something of a huge own goal. Well The Iranians are still adamant that they are the victims here and have released pictures of the stricken taker which has now turned around and is making its way back to Iran.

The thing about those pictures is that they are simply too clinical .  The missiles struck just above the water line. No Anti-ship missile does that , sea skimmers operate between 4 to 5 metres above sea level. Why do they do that? Because the sea has waves and there would be nothing worse than having a low flying missile impacting into the sea. But it gets better. Pictures of oil poring out of the ship show that the explosions happened on the waterline

As the ship has lost oil , it has risen out of the water as can be seen from the top picture. Then there's the damage to the ship. Here is a picture of HMS Sheffield after it was struck by an anti ship missile in 1982

and here is one of the USS Stark after it was hit by a couple of anti-ship missiles :

And here the damage the Iranian tanker incurred after getting hit twice by anti-ship missiles.

But it gets better. The ship was struck 20 minutes apart by 2 different missiles , yet both managed to impact within feet of each other on a moving ship, out at sea where we have waves and a swell. How could that be. Well some people out there think they know how. But that would mean the Iranians blow up their own ship. 

(1) pic.twitter.com/g9xPTUQm60

— SAUD HOPE (@IiISAUDIil) October 15, 2019

Iran: Reveals new axis of terror aimed at Israel.

(Tehran) Iranian diplomat Amir Al-Moussawi, (who was kicked out of Algeria last year) has revealed in an interview with Islamic Jihads newsoutlet ‘Felesteen al-Yawm’ that last week’s visit to Iran of Hamas leaders was due to the creation of  an "axis of resistance" against Israel that will include a united military front comprised of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, which would work together in any future military confrontation. He also stated that the talks with Hamas were successful, and that Hamas conveyed a message to Iran's leader from Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh about his organization's preparedness for any confrontation with Israel in a scenario of war between Iran and Israel and the US.

Whilst the above sounds good on paper, I doubt Iraq would want to join any future war agaisnt Israel, just as I can't see Syria or even Lebanon. knowing full well that any major attack by them against Israel will result in a huge and devastating response.

What is telling is how the above (if true) fits in with how Iran has been working so hard in trying to alienate the US from its European allies, who naturally would only be too happy to see Israel destroyed in which to be given access to Irans markets (looks at Germany and France)  

Iran: Hijacks UAE oil tanker.

(Tehran) Iran continues to play silly buggers with the seizing of a small tanker which initially it claimed not to know anything about, then claimed it had issued a distress signal and as the good Samaritans they are they went to help and towed it to a nearby port and now after questions are getting asked about its disappearance , the mad mullahs have decided to state, well actually we caught it smuggling Iranian oil and so arrested them. Really the one thing that can be taken for granted with the Iranians is they like to take hostages.

Iran: Shoots down US Drone

(Tehran)  Iran this morning shot down a US UAV stating that the craft had been spying over Iran at the time. whilst the media (and the unwashed) have swallowed the Iranian line. If they bothered to look at the facts, they would find that actually the facts don't add up.

The UAV that was shot down was a Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton.

A High-Altitude Long Endurance (H.A.L.E.) UAV  whose mission is high altitude maritime surveillance , which means it is configured for working over water rather than over land so its equipment is based around radar rather than optical as found on UAVs such as the Medium-altitude long-endurance (M.A.L.E)  Reaper and Predators  we hear so much about. Its reach will allow it to observe Iran from well outside their boundary lines, so Iran stating it shot down the UAV within its borders is something of a stretch. So the question is why?

Iran knows it can't defeat the US militarily (despite all its boasting of its military might)  So for the past few years it has embarked on a program of ostracising the US from its allies, this appears to be working with the EU, who see Iran as an prize catch regards exports which is why they have overlooked Iran's :

1. Kidnapping and holding of European hostages for political gain.
2. Death teams inside Europe
3. Spying inside Europe
4. Support for terrorism inside Europe

Add the huge effort it has pursued in promoting anti US propaganda on the social media front:

Twitter removes nearly 4,800 accounts linked to Iranian government

Facebook removes nearly 800 fake pages and accounts traced to Iran

How Iran spreads disinformation around the world

and it isn't hard to see how so many people see the US as the belligerent one. The irony here is Iran is the one launching physical attacks the ME and not the US, which has been most restraint in its responses to Iranian war mongering.

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Iran: Crew of Norwegian tanker were forced at gunpoint to leave ship that rescued them and go to Iran.

(Tehran) Contrary to Tehran's statement that they rescued the crew of the  stricken Norwegian-owned tanker Front Altair, it has now been reported that actually the crew had been picked up by the Hyundai Dubai,

Which was then surrounded by the Iranian navy and told to hand the rescued men men over. The  captain of the Hyundai Dubai contacted his company's management, who told him to refuse Iran's request. However the captain did as he was told saying that "he felt like he had no choice" and handed the crew over to the Iranians. The crew of the Japanese ship were rescued by a Dutch ship and they handed over the crew to the USS Bainbridge in which to prevent the Iranians taking them at gunpoint.

The Iranians still hold the crew of the Norwegian ship and appear to be milking the fact that they rescued them. Problem for the mad mullahs is that the crews body language doesn't come across as people grateful to be rescued , but rather that of a crew captured at gunpoint.

Video shows crewmembers of a tanker hit by suspicious blast in Sea of Oman who were saved by Iranian rescue teams and transferred to Jask port.#SeaofOman pic.twitter.com/XE2Nd5cynF

— Press TV (@PressTV) June 13, 2019

Arabian Gulf: US shows video of Iranians removing failed mine from stricken tanker.

(Iran) After yesterdays explosions on two oil tankers traversing the Arabian gulf.

The US government has released a video of Iranian naval forces sidling along side one of the stricken tankers and removing a limpet mine which had apparently failed to detonate, but which had forced the crew to abandon ship.

Video recorded by U.S aircraft of an IRGC Gashti-class patrol boat removing an unexploded limpet mine from M/T Kokuka Courageous. Courageous suffered an explosion while in #GulfofOman. Her 21 crew members were rescued by #USNavy destroyer #USSBainbridge. https://t.co/YpiEUALHWj pic.twitter.com/rjWKJN0qcf

— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) 14 June 2019

نشاهد بالاحمر مدفع 23ملم
ونشاهد بالاخضر تصميم قمرة القيادة
ونشاهد بالازرق تصميم مقدمة القارب
وبالاصفر نشاهد اجهزة الاتصال pic.twitter.com/hzKdAF2JAW

— Eng. Talal Alazmi 🇸🇦 (@ENG_TALAZMI) 14 June 2019

Naturally the Iranians have denied doing so, which is strange from a nation which has shouting out loud that they would shut down the entrance to the Arabian Gulf  if the world doesn't do as it demands and has done so in the past, resulting in Operation Praying Mantis in 1988 where the US Navy decided to bitchslap the Mad Mullahs.

However it now transpires that before the wee Iranian boat went alongside the Kokura Courageous, they had noticed the US drone flying above and launched a surface to air missile at it. it missed, but it did ensure that the UAV kept a healthy distance from the de mining operation and now it has been reported  that the Iranians have surrounded the Kokura Courageous and are refusing rescue tugs from towing her to port.

Saudi Arabia: Iran blames Israel for spate of terrorist incidents agaisnt Gulf states.

(Riyadh) The other week the mad mullahs in Iran decided to ape Bugs bunny and utter this means war, when the US offended them by declaring the Iranian revolutionary guard as a terrorist org. In response to credible threats the US bolstered its forces in the region in which to send the message to Iran that if they would come off a lot worse if they decided to test them.

Well over the weekend a number of oil tankers belong to Saudi Arabia and friends were damaged due to acts of sabotage   

#BREAKING The Norwegian ship "André Victoria", which was subjected to subversive acts in the #Fujairah against four ships near the territorial waters of the #UAE, received a powerful blow that almost led her to sank, according to a video footage obtained by Russia Today pic.twitter.com/Nl15pFt81P

— EHA News (@eha_news) 13 May 2019

Today a couple of oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia (700 miles from Yemen) were attacked by drones flown by the Houthi Iranian proxy in Yemen. In response to these acts of terrorism Iran has denied it is responsible for the attacks on the four ships at the UAE port of Fujairah on Monday, saying Israel or the US was to blame for the acts of sabotage.

Iranian parliamentary official, Behrouz Namati, today blamed "Israeli mischief" for the attacks on the four ships, which included two Saudi oil tankers, a Norwegian vessel, and an Emirati vessel.

Iran: Tells EU, if you want us to stop building missiles sell us Fighter jets

(Tehran) Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif in an interview with Germany newspaper Spiegal  sent a message to the EU that if they want the theological state to stop building missiles which they themselves have stated are capable of striking European cities then the solution is simple. Sell Tehran advance fighter jets. He pointed to the fact that  regional countries are teeming with the purchased weaponry that mostly come from Europe, he added that the Persian Gulf states have bought $100bn of weaponry only in 2018, however he did add that the weapons Iran  has purchased are only for defensive use.

The German newspaper asked if Iran is only concerned with being defensive, then why was it shipping thousands of missiles to Islamic terrorist group Hezb-allah, to which Zarif replied it was to allow the terrorist group to defend itself from Israel. Stating that Israel had attacked Syria 300 times. Whilst talking about Syria, he pointed out that unlike the US which had left it too late in which to disengage from Syria, Iran would stay in which to fight..terrorism which taking his stance regards the US is something of an oxymoron.  He continued his interview by telling the EU to stop using human rights as a weapon and that any friend of the US is allowed to commit whatever crime they want, which is why the Zionist regime and the Saudis can do whatever they want and get away with it.

He ended by stating that allegations levelled against Iran about organizing terrorist attacks in Europe, as baseless.

Iran: Claims credit behind the film 'Captain Phillips'

(Tehran) On the 8th April 2009 the MV Maersk Alabama, a 17,000 tonne container ship was sailing off the horn of Africa , when it was bordered and hijacked by 4 Somali pirates. They held the ship for the next few days before boarding a lifeboat which set sail for shore and presumably riches for them, and incarceration for their hostage 'Captain Richard Philips'. The only problem was the US Navy had responded to the ships SOS and the lifeboat was soon hemmed in by the United States Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge and the guided-missile frigate USS Halyburton. unable to accept the fact that they had been caught, they took out their anger on their hostage, which in turn led to US Navy Seals taking out 3 of them with shots to the head and capturing the last who in a US court of law received 33 years in jail. In 2013 a film was made of the above incident staring 'Tom Hanks.

So in a nutshell , American captain kidnapped by Somali pirates was rescued by the US navy. Well not according the Iranians, they are claiming that the film is based on a rescue carried out by their Navy. Former Iranian Navy commander General Habibollah Sayyari speaking during an interview aired on Iranian television on the 5th of February, cited the 2012 Iran navy rescue of the Iranian ship MV Eglantine that had been hijacked and taken to the shore of Somalia. Two Filipino sailors were killed during the Iranian navy rescue operation.

The thing the good General hasn't taken into account is not only was the film based on the book that Capitan Phillips had published in 2010. But the entire incident was reported to the world as it transpired. Ironically by a very strange quirk of coincidence filming for the film began on the very same day that the MV Eglantine was hijacked, the 26th March 2012. 

Lebanon: Hezb-allah says It wants the country to accept Iranian help including...Anti aircraft weapons.

(Beirut) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaking on the Terrorists groups very own TV channel has berated the Lebanese people for not being like Syria and Iraq and accepting the help that Iran can afford them. Speaking this past Wednesday he stated that he is willing to ask Iran to provide the Lebanese Army with weapons and air defence systems:

“Will the Lebanese government dare to accept the Iranian proposals? Why should Lebanon remain afraid to cooperate with Iran?” Nasrallah said in a televised address marking the 40th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution. In the military field, wouldn't people make an uproar and accuse Hizbullah of dragging Lebanon into war should the party shoot down an Israeli aircraft attacking Lebanon? I'm a friend of Iran and I'm willing to bring the Lebanese Army air defence systems from Iran to confront Israel,”

He sweetened that statement up by saying that it would be “very easy” for Iran to solve Lebanon's chronic electricity issue with the added bonus that Iran could also make a “huge transformation” in Lebanon's pharmaceutical industry that would “help slash the medical bill of the state and citizens.”

But his true nature for murder death kill soon broke through his thin veneer of Iranian inspired philanthropy, when he stated that if America started a war with Iran, that it wouldn't be fighting alone and that after defeating America, Israel would feel more fear and panic," he then finished off his speech to the nation by stating that claims that there are Israeli-Iranian or Saudi-Iranian wars or conflicts in the region are untrue. This is an American war on the Islamic Republic of Iran that has been running since 1979 and Saudi Arabia and some Gulf countries are tools in this war,"

Naturally in a country that is bankrupt, still suffering from the Lebanese civil war, never mind the kicking it received last time Hezb-allah decided to start a war without asking anybody , his speech hasn't gone down well with the non Hezb-allah crowd with cries of:

• Nasrallah is paving the way for an Iranian role in Lebanon.
• “Lebanon and the Lebanese have nothing to do with wars raged outside their borders. Why would we be involved in more futile wars that were nothing more than an act of expelling our children to emigrate.”
• “The arming of the Lebanese army is a decision of the state. If they really want to help, why not open the depots of arsenals and rockets you own and offer them to the army.
• Nasrallah might be a filthy little Iranian wannabe but even he knows why Lebanon cannot work with Iran. It's the same reason he did not appoint a member of Hezbollah to the health ministry. He even insisted to telling everyone this fact in his speech two days ago: "The health minister is not a member of our party and we have taken this decision for the sake of the country's interest".
• Just the same, it's also for the sake of the country's interest that Lebanon cannot work with Iran, and Nasrallah knows this. He also knows that can always rely on the stupidity of his followers to believe all his BS.
• Nasrallah: Iran Can Give Army Air Defence... the same Air Defences Iran is using to down Israeli fighter planes bombing its forces in Syria on a weekly basis?
• Terrorist nasrallah says 'Iran Can Give Army Air Defence'..Don't ask, just get them yourself and then gift them to the Lebanese army.
• We don't need to import more cancer into our country.
• Why doesn't this Iranian shia terrorist go back to his homeland and leave Lebanon to the real Lebanese.

My favourite however is this one:

• There is a deeper heinous crime being committed by Kizballah here, not only are they bypassing the states institutions by suggesting that the state depend on Iran but also in parallel stating they are the state. This is rejected by any red blooded Lebanese and anyone who still has an iota of respect for his birthplace if it is Lebanon. The bearded goat periodically makes his statements and refers to Iran as he has to since that's who pays him as their lapdog the rest of the nation does not and will accept that period. History will not be kind to him and others who sell out so cheaply.

Iran: Latest propaganda claims that Iran invented the space shuttle

(Tehran)  I've got to laugh over the years, the Mad mullahs have gone to great lengths in which to claim the latest technological marvels , be it a world beating stealth fighter, the latest helicopter gunship, the best surface vessels or even an unstoppable tank. As you can see all of the above are false claims , but for once even I'm surprised at the pure audacity of their claims. You see the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have just knocked out a display in the centre of the Tehran where they claim credit for inventing the...Space shuttle.

This is a large propaganda billboard made by #IRGC & installed in Valiasr square of #Tehran in occasion of 40th Anniversary of their Islamic Riot/Revolution. They have painted a #US #NASA Space Shuttle as symbol of the mythical aerospace achievements of #Iran's Islamic Regime! pic.twitter.com/JkuKZ44lgf

— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) January 17, 2019

The timing of this display is especially laughable considering the so-called Iranian Space Agency just failed yet again at putting a satellite into low-earth orbit.

Syria: Is Iran preparing for war with Israel?

(Damascus) Due to the help afforded to him by the likes of Iran and Russia, President Assad of Syria has afforded them the rights to build bases inside Syria. Iran did just that and started building its new home from home around 30 miles from Mt Hermon which is situated just inside the Golan on the border with Syria and Lebanon. The Israelis have a listening post there and the Syrians would love to capture it. (They did try in 1971 but the IDF took it back). Now, the Syrians know that any future attempt to capture the Mount Hermon will come back to bite them big style. But Iran is a different kettle of fish, which is why Israel had no problem targeting anything Iranian they find on the border. Be it General Mohammed Allahdadi or that new Iranian camp, Israel has sent the message that it will not allow Iran to gain a foothold in the region.

With the news that Iraq has declared the war against ISIS is over, that leaves the Iranian backed militia with noting to do other than beat up Sunni Muslims. Which kind of explains why Qais al-Khazali, the commander of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, has appeared in military uniform in a video while touring the border with Israel, along with members of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.

"We declare our full readiness to stand with the Lebanese people and the Palestinian cause against the unjust Israeli occupation that is hostile to Islam, Arabs and humanity."

It appears that the Iranians may be looking to start a war with Israel (along with its Hezbollah and Iraqi militia) in which to present itself as the champions of the Islamic faith in which to continue to discredit the Sunni Muslims who have done nothing (according to the Islamic world) regarding their view that Israel is illegal.

Now, whilst they haven't a hope in hell of defeating the IDF, they can give them a bloody nose. But in reality, the real aim is to get Israel to respond and then parade to the world the many victims of the IDF who just happened to be attending a wedding, school or even the local mosque. I mean let's be honest, when has anybody from the Islamic world really bothered about the hundreds of thousands killed by their own? But if a non-Muslim looks funny at a terrorist, there's hell to pay.

Iran: So called Missile launch was faked.

(Tehran) Iran’s mad Mullahs claimed on Friday the launch of a new type of medium-range ballistic missile, a few hours after it was displayed during a military parade in Tehran. However it now turns out they lied and Iran never fired a ballistic missile.

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Video: #Iran successfully test-fires new ballistic missile
Details: https://t.co/eKHi0jXnED pic.twitter.com/30XkB8ddbP

— Press TV (@PressTV) 23 September 2017

That video released by the Iranians showing the missile taking off was more than seven months old and that the launch resulted in premature explosion just after launch.  Just like what happens to a load of Mullahs when they see a young boy in front of them. Mind you, this might serve as a lesson for the US President to listen to his military advisor rather than the news, in which to find out what is happening in the world. Especially when it comes to Iran and its bombastic statements.

Gaza: Hamas repairs links with Iran

(Gaza)  The people of Gaza are slowly starting to realise that they backed the wrong horse when they voted 'Hamas' into power, which has resulted in their living standards becoming worse not due to the Jew, but rather due to the political leadership of  the leaders for life , who not only have got very rich on the blood of the people they claim to represent, but who have started to clamp down hard on any form of protest against their dictatorial rule.  Islamic states have noticed this and have cut off funding, naturally the West still continues to fund the terrorism carried out by these people, whilst at the same time berating the victims for actually fighting back.

Currently the biggest backer for Hamas is Qatar, however things are on hold on that front at the moment due to Doha's huge falling out with the rest of the Arab Sunni world on charges of funding terrorism and getting into bed with Iran.  In a nutshell, Hamas's problem is a lack of friends , which has resulted in a lack of cash. (Which wasn't helped when Fatah cut off their little bit) Unable to keep the plebs happy due to a lack of cash- whilst the leaders live it large- Hamas has turned to Iran, (who it pissed off  a few years back, by not sending terrorists to Syria) in which to make up the shortfall. The mad mullahs more than happy in which to open yet another front up against Sunni Islam have no problem forgiving a largely Sunni organisation in which to continue the spread of Shia Islam. Which is why the leader of Hamas  Yehiyeh Sinwar told reporters Monday:

" that Iran is now "the largest backer financially and militarily" to Hamas' armed wing."

The problem here is, in the long run this may turn out to be the worse move going, as Egypt with whom Hamas is trying to repair relations isn't going to be happy with that move, neither will the rest of the Sunni Islamic world (other than Turkey that is). Good to see, that the leaders of Hamas are still as thick as ever.

Arabian Gulf: US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian ship

(Arabian Gulf) Yet again the Mad Mullahs have tried to play my cock is bigger than your cock with the US Navy which, when faced with an Iranian gunboat ignoring all forms of communication as it sailed within 150 feet of the front of the USS Thunderbolt, suddenly stopped dead in the water when said ship opened up with a machine gun and fired just in front of the Iranian ship.

The US Navy ship involved, as stated, was the USS Thunderbolt. A Cyclone class patrol ship commissioned into the United States Navy 7 October 1995. Coming in at 331 tonnes, these small patrol boats' primary mission is coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance, a task it is perfectly suited to do in the pinch points of the Arabian Gulf. For their small size these ships are well suited in defending larger ships from the swarm boat tactics which Iran would use in any future conflict. To that end they are armed with the following:

2 × MK 38 25 mm autocannon
5 × .50 caliber machine guns
2 × MK 19 40 mm automatic grenade launchers
2 × M240B machine guns
6 × FIM-92 Stinger SAMs
2 × MK-60 quadruple BGM-176B Griffin B missile launchers

Naturally, the Iranian intent is to wave their little cocks around in the air in which to either intimidate the US or even worse - give them a reason to close down the Gulf to tanker traffic. Problem is, the last time they did that, Regan was in office and he hit the mad mullahs hard.

Iran: Tells US move your Military bases 620 miles away from our border or else!

(Tehran) The mad mullahs have gained a reputation for making bombastic remarks and the latest one is well up there with "There are no gays in Iran" . Iran to send a man into Space   or my favourite their many claims to be at the cutting edge of Military technology.

Anyway after numerous infractions of that Nuke deal that Obama hashed out, the current US President is having none of the Iranian grand standing that the previous incumbent allowed to take place and so he has just hit Iran with a raft of new sanctions for continuing continuing to develop its ballistic missile program, which the United States and other countries consider a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Well that hasn't gone down well with the Mad Muallahs who taking time out in which to rape little boys (It's an Iranian pastime)   

Have issued a warning to the US in which to remove all their military bases 1000 Kms (620miles) from their borders. In a nutshell that means all of Iraq ,Syria and Afghanistan. Something tells me, that President Trump won't be listening to the kiddy fiddlers in Iran.

Iranian Ballistic Missile Tests Since that Nuclear Deal

(Iran)  A month ago President Barack Obama marked the first anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal by telling the Trump administration that the accord can't easily be undone and is preferable to war.

"The United States must remember that this agreement was the result of years of work and represents an agreement between the world's major powers — not simply the United States and Iran," 

Obama noted that a diplomatic solution that keeps Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is preferable to an "unconstrained Iranian nuclear program or another war.  That is how the liberal Obama saw his relationship with the Mad mullahs. Here is how the Mullahs see that relationship:

Why do I keep thinking of the British Prime minister Neville Chamberlain and his peace for our time speech after his deal with Adolf Hitler.