WAR Iran/ US/mideast war thread - 2/28/26 Open Hostilities (Thread for Off Topic discussion started, see post #13,751, page 344)
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Babs
Veteran Member
It looks like the link is to your search results instead of the actual video? Maybe click on the video then copy and paste that address.
Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
"as a vital international chokepoint, it is legally governed by UNCLOS transit passage rules"
"they are governed by international maritime law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)"
Even if Iran didn't "sign", these ARE the rules.
But since when (in the last 47 years) did Iran ever obey the rules?
Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? | Britannica
Who controls the Strait of Hormuz? The shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz are located primarily in Omani territorial waters, and partially in I
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DryCreek
Veteran Member
There are no more Iranian "ships".
They're all "floating at the bottom of the sea" now. All they have left are small swift boats. Lightly armed with S2S missiles and small cannon. Probably not magnetic enough to set off a mine, and don't displace enough to build a pressure wave for newer style mines.
BassMan
Veteran Member
I can never get X links to work, but at the X link I see:
BREAKING Iran announces alternative routes for ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, citing the risk of sea mines in the main zone of the vital waterway.
Tehran has agreed to temporarily reopen the strait, through which one-fifth of the world's oil usually passes, as part of a two-week truce
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
Remember Pakistan has had their own little political issues lately.
And their ISI is probably well infected with pro Iran/IRGC people as well.
Iran would find this meeting to be a very tempting target, as well. Even if their people are sititng in the meeting room, taking out the vice president of the "great satan" would be almost irrestible.
Here's a thought for the crowd.
During Desert Storm, Iraq flew most of their air force into Iran; although they fought a very bloody war for nearly a decade. The war ended in 1989; in 1991 IRaq is sending their air force for protection from a former sworn, bitter enemy.
Iran has nukes. They also have tons of enriched uranium, and probably equally large stocks of yellowcake sitting around. One almost wonders if Iran is going to use Pakistan as a location to store/hide their nuclear stores? Perhaps squirrel the stuff away before the negotiations start?
night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
Dude, you might want to rework this with VERY careful attention to the nations referred to.
Sounds like he's sucking up and trying to do some damage control.
auxman
Deus vult...
Institute for the Study of War:
Iran Update Evening Special Report, April 8, 2026: US President Donald Trump announced on April 7 that the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal mediated by Pakistan. Trump stated that Iran sent a ten-point proposal to form the basis of upcoming negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 10.
Other Key Takeaways:
Senior US and Israeli officials stated on April 7 and 8 that the Israeli campaign in Lebanon is not a part of the US-Iran ceasefire deal. Hezbollah officials claimed that unspecified actors informed the group that it would be a party to the ceasefire deal. US President Donald Trump told PBS News on April 8 that Lebanon is not included in the US-Iran ceasefire deal.
The IDF conducted the largest number of airstrikes against Hezbollah personnel and infrastructure throughout Lebanon, including central Beirut, since the start of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon. The IDF struck over 100 Hezbollah headquarters, command-and-control centers, missile launch sites, and Hezbollah drone unit and Radwan Force sites in Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley.
Iran has continued to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire, which is making vessels reticent to transit the strait. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains significantly low amid Iran’s lingering threats and uncertainty over a fragile ceasefire.·
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi had to convince Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders to accept the US proposal for a ceasefire, according to a regional source familiar with the talks speaking to Axios. The ceasefire follows reports that a group of veteran hardline IRGC commanders has consolidated power within the Iranian regime in recent weeks and is playing an increasingly central role in decision-making, such as appointments to key positions.
MORE: Iran has continued to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire, which is making vessels reticent to transit the strait. Iran is levying these threats so that it can extract tolls on traffic through an international waterway.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains significantly low amid Iran’s lingering threats and uncertainty over a fragile ceasefire. Commercial maritime tracking data showed only five Iranian‑flagged cargo vessels entered the strait, while just three international oil tankers, six international cargo vessels, and one unknown Iranian-flagged vessel exited via Iran’s alternative route between April 7 at 2:00 PM ET and April 8 at 2:00 PM ET.
The S&P Global Market Intelligence recorded that Iran permitted only four vessels to transit on April 7, the lowest daily total so far in April.
Major shipping companies, including Maersk and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, continue to suspend or tightly limit transits, citing the absence of clear rules and security guarantees.
Shipping and maritime intelligence executives told the Financial Times that daily traffic has fallen to just 10 to 15 vessels, compared with roughly 135 per day before the crisis.
Around 800 tankers are now waiting to transit, with an estimated 300 to 400 vessels effectively stranded inside the Persian Gulf.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042060487152538090
Iran Update Evening Special Report, April 8, 2026: US President Donald Trump announced on April 7 that the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal mediated by Pakistan. Trump stated that Iran sent a ten-point proposal to form the basis of upcoming negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 10.
Other Key Takeaways:
Senior US and Israeli officials stated on April 7 and 8 that the Israeli campaign in Lebanon is not a part of the US-Iran ceasefire deal. Hezbollah officials claimed that unspecified actors informed the group that it would be a party to the ceasefire deal. US President Donald Trump told PBS News on April 8 that Lebanon is not included in the US-Iran ceasefire deal.
The IDF conducted the largest number of airstrikes against Hezbollah personnel and infrastructure throughout Lebanon, including central Beirut, since the start of the Israeli campaign in Lebanon. The IDF struck over 100 Hezbollah headquarters, command-and-control centers, missile launch sites, and Hezbollah drone unit and Radwan Force sites in Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley.
Iran has continued to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire, which is making vessels reticent to transit the strait. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains significantly low amid Iran’s lingering threats and uncertainty over a fragile ceasefire.·
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi had to convince Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders to accept the US proposal for a ceasefire, according to a regional source familiar with the talks speaking to Axios. The ceasefire follows reports that a group of veteran hardline IRGC commanders has consolidated power within the Iranian regime in recent weeks and is playing an increasingly central role in decision-making, such as appointments to key positions.
MORE: Iran has continued to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz despite the ceasefire, which is making vessels reticent to transit the strait. Iran is levying these threats so that it can extract tolls on traffic through an international waterway.
Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains significantly low amid Iran’s lingering threats and uncertainty over a fragile ceasefire. Commercial maritime tracking data showed only five Iranian‑flagged cargo vessels entered the strait, while just three international oil tankers, six international cargo vessels, and one unknown Iranian-flagged vessel exited via Iran’s alternative route between April 7 at 2:00 PM ET and April 8 at 2:00 PM ET.
The S&P Global Market Intelligence recorded that Iran permitted only four vessels to transit on April 7, the lowest daily total so far in April.
Major shipping companies, including Maersk and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, continue to suspend or tightly limit transits, citing the absence of clear rules and security guarantees.
Shipping and maritime intelligence executives told the Financial Times that daily traffic has fallen to just 10 to 15 vessels, compared with roughly 135 per day before the crisis.
Around 800 tankers are now waiting to transit, with an estimated 300 to 400 vessels effectively stranded inside the Persian Gulf.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042060487152538090
blueinterceptor
Veteran Member
Isn’t this guy in charge of NATO? If so first why isn’t he making sure that the European part of NATO is mission capable. And why isn’t he pushing for nato’s involvement?
if he can’t get NATO countries at least into mission capable status. Then he is a bureaucrat and should resign
Babs
Veteran Member
Yes, I was thinking earlier about ending all my posts with "Allegedly"
auxman
Deus vult...
Goldie Ghamari:
I had a call with @OttawaPolice today. I was told if I don't delete my X posts where I say Mosques in Occupied Iran are hubs of terrorism and should be bombed, I would be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada.
So I deleted my posts.
Meanwhile, Mosques in Occupied Iran:
RT 0:14
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042018507928261116
I had a call with @OttawaPolice today. I was told if I don't delete my X posts where I say Mosques in Occupied Iran are hubs of terrorism and should be bombed, I would be charged under the Criminal Code of Canada.
So I deleted my posts.
Meanwhile, Mosques in Occupied Iran:
RT 0:14
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042018507928261116
Tristan
TB Fanatic
Allegedly, Reportedly, Supposedly and the Un-named Source; the 4 Horsemen of the Truthpocalypse.
jed turtle
a brother in the Lord
Or sink every tanker with Iranian oil on board leaving the Gulf…
vector7
Dot Collector
We Noticed a MAJOR Problem with Iran's 10-Point Plan (17min)
April 8, 2026President Trump has described Iran's 10-point peace proposal as a "workable basis." But which proposal was he referring to? Glenn and Jason discuss this major issue and compare one version of Iran's plan with Trump's 15-point plan.
Cascadians
Leska Emerald Adams
I read that Pakistan actually gave a different agreement to the USA than Iran. Literally different altogether.
At this point how could anybody trust any jihater? What a mess. Who knows what is true anymore.
At this point how could anybody trust any jihater? What a mess. Who knows what is true anymore.
Cascadians
Leska Emerald Adams
"Breaking: Iranian media: Pakistan handed the United States a version different from the one it received from Iran, and provided Iran with a different version from what it received from Washington."
View: https://twitter.com/A_M_R_M1/status/2042014675341099125
View: https://twitter.com/A_M_R_M1/status/2042014675341099125
day late
money? whats that?
To me a lot of these “announcements”, especially the ones where people are proclaiming ‘this leaked secret document PROVES IT!!!‘ sounds like nothing more than tabloid trash and I usually just skip them.
auxman
Deus vult...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
The Failing New York Times and Fake News CNN each reported a totally FAKE TEN POINT PLAN on the Iran negotiations which was meant to discredit the people involved in the peace process. All ten points were a made up HOAX - EVIL LOSERS!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
truthsocial.com
The Failing New York Times and Fake News CNN each reported a totally FAKE TEN POINT PLAN on the Iran negotiations which was meant to discredit the people involved in the peace process.
All ten points were a made up HOAX - EVIL LOSERS!!!
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
day late
money? whats that?
Depends on if they are anchored or free floating.
mikeho78
Senior Member
Don't forget virtually!
That's Horseman #Threeve
day late
money? whats that?
If the report is true, it sounds much like the true believers and the other members of the SS at the end of the war. If one was caught trying to desert or surrender they were shot or hung on the spot.
Big Sarge
Old School
Figures. I knew better. That’s why I wait a little bit to let all the real info get disseminated to make my judgment on a situation.Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
The Failing New York Times and Fake News CNN each reported a totally FAKE TEN POINT PLAN on the Iran negotiations which was meant to discredit the people involved in the peace process. All ten points were a made up HOAX - EVIL LOSERS!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
The Failing New York Times and Fake News CNN each reported a totally FAKE TEN POINT PLAN on the Iran negotiations which was meant to discredit the people involved in the peace process.
All ten points were a made up HOAX - EVIL LOSERS!!!
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
auxman
Deus vult...
OSINTdefender:
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a statement announcing alternative routes for commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in order to avoid sea mines deployed during the war with Israel and the United States. “All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines...they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the statement said, providing instructions for an alternative entry and exit route for ships transiting the Hormuz Strait.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042077140275933595
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has published a statement announcing alternative routes for commercial vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, in order to avoid sea mines deployed during the war with Israel and the United States. “All ships intending to transit the Strait of Hormuz are hereby notified that in order to comply with the principles of maritime safety and to be protected from possible collisions with sea mines...they should take alternative routes for traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the statement said, providing instructions for an alternative entry and exit route for ships transiting the Hormuz Strait.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042077140275933595
KFhunter
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Welp, he took a page out of Candace and Tucker’s book. The cheese slipped off his cracker too.
What the heck is going on with these people?
This is from the daily beast.
auxman
Deus vult...
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the...
truthsocial.com
All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with.
If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the “Shootin’ Starts,” bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before.
It was agreed, a long time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS and, the Strait of Hormuz WILL BE OPEN & SAFE.
In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest.
AMERICA IS BACK!
auxman
Deus vult...
Jon Gambrell:
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (@AP) — Iranian news agencies publish chart suggesting Revolutionary Guard put sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the war.
View: https://twitter.com/i/status/2042091749179584568
day late
money? whats that?
So hard line IRGC are clashing with ‘go along to get along’ members. The Basij have their own problems. I notice Saudi Arabia is under attack again. I guess we did get the guy who gave the launch order when we got the other ones. Must have been replaced. It also can‘t be missed that the worse things get for the mullah’s, the more outrageous the threats by them become. We’ve heard mega warheads would rain down, Bibb is dead, Haifa is rubble, same for Tel Aviv.
They have announced to the people, who’ve been cheering when our bombs hit, that we have admitted wrong doing and we’re so ashamed and sorry we promise to never attack again. (This is now all Israel, Death to them)
We’ve also heard there are tens of thousands of missiles and drones ready to go. They will completely wipe out any invading ground force along with the help of the brave, patriotic, and faithful Iranian citizens.
I must say that’s a trap that I never saw coming. Imagine, allowing most of your Navy to be sunk, Air Force destroyed, who knows how many of your brown shirts to be killed, maimed, and/or learning about payback, just to lure our forces into a trap where they can unleash hell from above on us.
Personally, I think I would have put up a better defense from the get go.
They have announced to the people, who’ve been cheering when our bombs hit, that we have admitted wrong doing and we’re so ashamed and sorry we promise to never attack again. (This is now all Israel, Death to them)
We’ve also heard there are tens of thousands of missiles and drones ready to go. They will completely wipe out any invading ground force along with the help of the brave, patriotic, and faithful Iranian citizens.
I must say that’s a trap that I never saw coming. Imagine, allowing most of your Navy to be sunk, Air Force destroyed, who knows how many of your brown shirts to be killed, maimed, and/or learning about payback, just to lure our forces into a trap where they can unleash hell from above on us.
Personally, I think I would have put up a better defense from the get go.
bbbuddy
DEPLORABLE ME
Or they want everyone to think they did. .....
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Wow. Them turbine fellers are quick.
day late
money? whats that?
In an old sci-fi tv show one of the good guys was actually an escaped thief. He said something interesting.
”All security comes down to two things. The physical, locks, bolts, things to physically keep you out and then there is the psychological.”
”What do you mean?”
”Say you have field you don’t want anybody to go into. So, you put up a sign warning the they’ll get galloping goute or some other horrible disease and nobody goes out there.”
Would you want to play Russian Roulette with your ship?
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Yes - the new US International policy - no more Rules based order - no more International law
Law of the jungle worldwide - what could go wrong