a report from July that #JLCPCB and other #PCBA houses have raised their prices for 500-board runs 30% since “a couple of months ago” (≈April), presumably due to the #Iran war. #electronics #hardware #manufacturing
on 02026-09-03#Video from ultra-right-wing broadcaster Sky #News reporting that #CIA director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced flight to Moscow to talk to Russia (specifically Sergey Naryshkin, head of the SVR), possibly over #Iran. Apparently the CIA is in charge of #USA #politics now? #Interview with Michael Clarke, who also discusses a new offensive by #Ukraine in the war, where they’re apparently able to use conventional armor again.
on 02026-08-26#News about conditions on the #USA’s #USS-Lincoln in the #Iran war: “Conditions on US aircraft carrier at sea for more than 250 days raise alarms: Thousands of US military members who have lived aboard an aircraft carrier for more than 250 days are reportedly contending with food shortages, broken plumbing and exhaustion, leading lawmakers to demand answers from the Pentagon and pressure the #Trump administration over the Iran war.” The BBC quotes a letter from Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal to Secretary of Defense Hegseth: “Shortages of basic supplies, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns and disruptions in the mail system, which have caused many care packages in route to the ship to be lost in transit for months.” And California Congressman Mike Levin: “moldy showers, broken toilets, laundry down for weeks, long stretches with no hot water, a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas. No soap, deodorant, or toothpaste.”
on 02026-08-18#News #video from today (from #MS-NOW, a “Versant Media LLC” brand, which turns out to be MSNBC renamed) about how #Iran left one of the #USA’s destroyers without power for four days, and the carrier #USS-Lincoln has run out of supplies, because Pete Hegseth hid (?!) the fact that Iran destroyed the US’s main resupply base “in the Gulf” (Persian, I suppose?).
on 02026-08-18#news #video about how the world didn’t have a huge #oil shock from the #Iran war just now. Proposes a theory that #China’s Xi Jinping averted disaster.
Incorrectly states that 10% of the world oil supply is “more than a tenth of global #energy usage”. Misleading plots with nonzero baselines to exaggerate drawdowns of strategic petroleum reserves. Purportedly China’s oil imports dropped by half (5.5 million barrels per day) between March and June, though given the previous falsehoods I’m not going to trust anything out of this “Max Fisher” bozo until I verify it. Reportedly there’s a Reuters article from March entitled, “China orders immediate ban on March fuel exports, sources say,” about refinery outputs, and a Wall Street Journal article from June, “China is propping up the world economy by importing a lot less oil”. And reportedly China was burning a record amount of coal by April, perhaps shutting down liquid-fueled power plants. Oh, and supposedly China had a 1.4 billion barrel secret strategic oil reserve, larger than the strategic oil reserves of all other countries put together.
Another boner toward the end of the video: “trading in US dollars means those transactions have to be processed by a US-based bank.” No, no it doesn’t.
on 02026-07-18#video overview by #Johnny-Harris of the recent #history of #Iran going back to before the Great Game. Just talking-head filler, stock footage, and low-information animations.
on 02026-07-16#PDF #ebook from the RAND National Defense Research Institute “The Next Supreme Leader: Succession In The Islamic Republic Of #Iran” from 02011. #politics #history
on 02026-06-23#news: 14-point #Iran war MoU “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran” with #USA signed and released.
> The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have jointly agreed in good faith on [ __ date] on the following:
> 1. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war are signing this MOU to declare the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other, and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other, and ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon. The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon and other provisions of this paragraph.
> 2. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran undertake to respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and to refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs.
> 3. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days, extendable with mutual consent.
> 4. Immediately upon the signing of this MOU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days. During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of pre-war traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal.
> 5. Upon the signing of this MOU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge, for 60 days only, from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the technical and military obstacles, and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be instated within 30 days. The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialog with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.
> 6. The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least USD 300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.
> 7. The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, IAEA Board of Governors resolutions, and all unilateral US sanctions, primary and secondary, in an agreed upon schedule as part of the final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above mentioned, and expressed their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
> 8. The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpiled enriched material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in paragraph seven, with the minimum methodology to be down blended on site under the supervision of the IAEA. The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal. The final deal will confirm the provisions of this paragraph. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledge the critical importance of the nuclear issues above mentioned. They express their intention to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
> 9. Pending the final deal, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program, and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region.
> 10. The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MOU and until the termination of sanctions, US Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.
> 11. The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the implementation of this MOU. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will mutually agree on the procedures related to the release of these funds during negotiations. Such funds, whether retained in the original account or transferred, shall be made fully usable for payment to any ultimate beneficiary designated by the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America undertakes to issue all necessary licenses and authorizations accordingly.
> 12. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree that an executive mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of this MOU and the future compliance of the final deal.
> 13. After signing this MOU, and subject to the beginning of the implementation of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of this MOU, and the continuing implementation of these measures, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will start negotiations regarding the final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.
> 14. The final deal will be endorsed by a binding UNSC resolution.
To me, the most important points: Lebanon is included, Iran is waiving the transit fees for 60 days, the US is going to pay US$300 billion to Iran and end all sanctions against Iran.
on 02026-06-17#news: the #Iran war has boosted PCB prices 40% in April alone, and copper foil prices 30% this year, because the #Saudi Jubail petrochemical complex produced a critical resin.
on 02026-05-03#news about what happened to #Spirit #Airlines. Not just #Iran.
on 02026-05-01#Spirit #Airlines is “winding down all operations” because of fuel cost increases from the #Iran war. “It is with great disappointment that on May 2, 2026, Spirit Airlines started an orderly wind-down of our operations, effective immediately. To our Guests: all flights have been cancelled, and customer service is no longer available.”
on 02026-05-01#news that the #UAE are leaving #OPEC due to the war with #Iran, archive of <https://www.ft.com/content/8c354f2d-3e66-47f1-aad4-9b4aa30e386d?syn-25a6b1a6=1>
on 02026-04-28#Iran war retrospective makes it look quite absurd. #politics
on 02026-04-22#video by Sal Mercogliano from today about #shipping. Three container ships were seized or fired on by #Iran’s #IRGC as they attempted to pass the Strait of Hormuz, so I guess the IRGC still has some ships left, but one of them made it through. And the #USA is also attacking #oil tankers and container ships in the Strait. But Lloyd’s List says at least 26 “Iranian shadow fleet vessels” have evaded the US blockade.
on 02026-04-22#Colbert #news #humor #video #interview with #John-Kerry, mostly about #Iran. #USA #politics
on 02026-04-21#news #humor #video with #Colbert saying #Trump is “indefinitely” extending the #USA’s ceasefire with #Iran, perhaps because they aren’t going to show up for today’s negotiations in Islamabad. Shows a photo of serious edema in Trump’s ankle. #politics
on 02026-04-21#news: #Korea had been importing 60% of its #oil via the Strait of Hormuz, but due to the #Iran war has been seeking alternatives: “‘[V]isits to four countries have secured the import of 273 million barrels of crude oil by the end of this year,’ Kang Hoon-sik, chief of staff to the president, said (...) sufficient for more than three months of South Korea’s oil needs (...) after he returned from a trip to Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.” Which makes no sense for two reasons: the end of the year is eight and a half months off, so this is about 35% of Korea’s oil usage, and Qatar and Oman export their oil via the Strait.
on 02026-04-14#news from rabid anti-#Trump propaganda channel reports that Chinese tanker Rich Starry has run the #USA blockade past #Iran and escaped, just as the Russian tanker recently reached Cuba. And the USS George W. Bush carrier strike group is off the coast of Namibia as it sails to the Mediterranean around Africa to avoid the Houthis at the Bab el-Mandeb.
on 02026-04-13al Jazeera #news about the #Iran war, but mostly just talking heads. Journalist Yara Elmjoui grieves the horror befalling his beloved Tehran in an #interview #video with Malika Bilal.
on 02026-04-13the impotent #UN Security Council condemned #Iran’s attacks on #Bahrain and other countries on March 11, #Russia and #China abstaining rather than vetoing
on 02026-04-13#Russia in the #Iran war: just spying and UN Security Council resolutions
on 02026-04-13#video from Sal Mercogliano on #shipping #news today. He says #Trump’s blockade on #Iran violates #UNCLOS, but UNCLOS isn’t for wartime, and also that it implicates the War Powers Act in #USA.
on 02026-04-13#Iran #AI propaganda #metal music #video with Legos
on 02026-04-13archive of <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-13/two-oil-tankers-attempt-hormuz-exit-after-us-announces-blockade>, explaining that the three tankers that passed the Strait of Hormuz today were before CENTCOM’s announced blockade. #Iran #politics #oil
on 02026-04-13#news #video by Sal Mercogliano about #shipping today in the wake of #Trump’s announced blockade of #Iran. The daily report of the Joint Maritime Information Center (“part of the Combined Maritime Forces under the Fifth Fleet”) says 4 tankers have gone through the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, 3 on April 11 (perhaps before the Trump blockade). There’s still 800 to 1000 ships in the Persian Gulf. Mercogliano says that right about now is when the tankers from the first of March would have reached Europe, Australia, and America, so this is when the economy starts to feel the #oil shortages outside of Asia; in Asia, the replacement crude from America will arrive at half the flow rate because it takes the finite number of tankers twice as long. Russia and China block the UN Security Council resolution to open the Strait, as Russia’s export revenues surge. The #Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu can only load 4.5 million barrels per day, even though the pipeline the Saudis just repaired can transfer 7, but even that is much less than the 20 that normally comes through the Persian Gulf.
on 02026-04-12#USA blockades #Iran starting tomorrow. #politics
on 02026-04-12comprehensive #news overview #video of the whole #Iran war and ceasefire so far, including #Trump blockading the strait. #politics
on 02026-04-12#news on restoration of #Saudi east-west oil pipeline following attacks from #Iran
on 02026-04-12Now #Trump instead of #Iran is blockading the Strait of Hormuz. #news
on 02026-04-12After two #USA destroyers passed the Strait of Hormuz, “Any attempt by military vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz will be dealt with severely, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Sunday.” #Iran says the US is lying and hasn’t passed any warships through. This is the IRGC’s official newspaper.
on 02026-04-11#Iran has lost like 155 ships? Or just the 10 listed here?
on 02026-04-11collection of #Iran #video propaganda on a channel belonging to an English doctor who teaches English in a high school in #China. Doesn’t seem to be a China propaganda channel.
on 02026-04-11another #AI Lego #Iran propaganda #video, this time symphonic metal, by "Akhbarenfejari"
on 02026-04-11#news #video: #Iran talks have failed after only one day. It all unraveled while #Trump was at a UFC match. #politics #USA
on 02026-04-11disturbing #metal anti-#Trump #AI #video supporting #Iran, but maybe made by Indonesians. With some #humor.
on 02026-04-11anti-#Trump propaganda AI rap #video from #Iran. #humor
on 02026-04-11#video #news about demining the Strait of Hormuz by Sal Mercogliano. “Additional [#USA] forces, including underwater #drones, will join the clearance effort in the coming days.” Map overlays showing how #Iran has shifted the shipping lanes into its own territorial waters, and animation of the last 24 hours of #oil ships using Iran’s new #shipping lanes, using AIS data from MarineTraffic. Two US destroyers have arrived at the Strait, and one turned on its AIS (automated identification system) after passing through to show that it had done so.
on 02026-04-11spot #oil #pricing is over US$130 a barrel even as the futures market dips below US$100 this week, the biggest divergence in 20 years. #finance “Prices have soared around the world. And some countries in Asia — which depends heavily on fuel from the Persian Gulf — have even faced shortages. Gas stations in Vietnam and Thailand turned away customers, saying they had no fuel; Sri Lanka declared every Wednesday a public holiday; and many other countries have mandated or encouraged remote work.” #Iran
on 02026-04-10#USA is unretiring a KC-135 refueling tanker airplane from the “boneyard” after #Iran blew some up. #News from last week.
on 02026-04-10on #Ukraine, #Iran, #weaponry #drones, and putting things #underground to keep them safe. He proposes “rapidly bored shallow tunnels” because “Israel has destroyed only about 40 percent of Gaza’s tunnels after two and a half years of war.” He suggests cut-and-cover with prefab tunnel segments, which sounds ineffective to me.
on 02026-04-10#news of protests in #Ireland and Norway against the high fuel prices resulting from the #Iran war, and government actions in the Philippines and France. In #Ireland the protestors are blockading the country’s only oil refinery in Whitegate and fuel depots.
on 02026-04-10#Polymarket #prediction-markets bet heavily on the #Iran ceasefire, suggesting “insider trading”: “An analysis of publicly available blockchain data from Polymarket, using the crypto analytics platform Dune, shows that at least 50 accounts, or wallets, placed substantial yes on bets Tuesday before Trump announced the ceasefire in a Truth Social post at about 6.30pm ET. These were the first bets made by these particular wallets.” #finance
on 02026-04-08“Irã volta a fechar Estreito de Ormuz e ameaça romper cessar-fogo se Israel continuar atacando o Líbano”, which I translate as “#Iran again closes the Strait of Hormuz and threatens to break the ceasefire if #Israel continues attacking #Lebanon”. Indeed, Israel launched its largest attack to date on Lebanon. #news
on 02026-04-08whether #Iran has opened the Strait of Hormuz, data visualization from 4-days-delayed data
on 02026-04-08#Trump sent guns to protestors in #Iran earlier this year but thinks the Kurds have them. #politics #news #USA “‘We sent them a lot of guns. We sent them through the Kurds, and the president says he thinks the Kurds kept them,’ Yingst said on Fox News, paraphrasing the president.”
on 02026-04-07#Iran’s 10-point proposal for peace with #USA. #politics #news
on 02026-04-07The crown of #Denmark has a #history of living off of tolls extracted from ships that crossed its strait to or from the Baltic, much as #Iran is now charging tolls to pass the Strait of Hormuz.
on 02026-04-07#Iran war death toll so far is about 5300 people, which is surprisingly low, from 16 countries, including four Palestinian women in the West Bank, seven in Qatar, and 24 in Israel. That's less than HRANA’s verified 7000 protestors murdered earlier this year.
on 02026-04-07“Benjamin Netanyahu said the country supported #Trump’s decision to suspend attacks against #Iran for two weeks but said the ceasefire does not include #Lebanon, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.” #Israel #politics #news
on 02026-04-07#Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif says, “immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY” #Iran #politics #news
on 02026-04-07#Iran declares victory. Even if you think they won, it’s hilarious: “The enemy has suffered an undeniable, historic and crushing defeat in its cowardly, illegal and criminal war against the Iranian nation. Thanks to the pure and innocent blood of the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Imam Seyed Ali Khamenei (peace be upon him), the measures of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Supreme Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei (may God protect him), the struggle and bravery of the warriors of Islam on the fronts, and especially, the historic, lasting and epic presence of you, the dear nation, on the scene from the very first days of the war, Iran achieved a great victory and forced the criminal America to accept its 10-point plan, in which the United States is committed in principle to guaranteeing non-aggression, continuing Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz, accepting (unanium) enrichment, ...”. Some 150 words later: “It is emphasized that this does not mean an end to the war and Iran will accept an end to the war only when, in view of Iran's acceptance of the principles envisaged in the 10-point plan, its details are also finalized in the negotiations.” #politics
on 02026-04-07#Trump #Iran war ceasefire #politics #news
on 02026-04-07#Iran opens Hormuz Strait. #news
on 02026-04-07“Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, and subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz, I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks” and Israel also agreed. #Trump #USA #politics #Iran #news
on 02026-04-07#news about the #Iran war: before the loss of the two, or possibly three, C-130s in the rescue of the downed airman, the US had 55. The F-15E Strike Eagle shot down was one of 215.
on 02026-04-05#news #video from 60 Minutes about how #drones from the #Ukraine war have transformed war, and what that means for #Iran. Says Ukraine now produces 4 million drones a year. Profiles Roman Tkechenko’s #Tencor ground drone company, Air Logix, and its investors, former US Marines William McNulty and Lenore Caraffa, with their investment fund specializing in Ukrainian weapons (“UA1”?). The guy Ukraine has in charge of drones says they have about a one-week feedback time from designing a drone to incorporating feedback from its use in the field into the next generation of drone design. #weaponry
on 02026-04-04#news #video on the rescue of the lost #USA fighter pilot from #Iran today
on 02026-04-04#Bangladesh is rationing gasoline because of the war in #Iran
on 02026-04-04all the wonderful images we’ve been seeing in the #news of the damage to US bases will be cut off now: “Satellite imaging firm #Planet-Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of #Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East to comply with a request from the U.S. government.” #USA #censorship
on 02026-04-04#USA is partly evacuating multiple military bases in the Middle East following attacks from #Iran, totaling a few thousand evacuees. “The Navy does not yet have an answer for what will happen to cars and furniture left behind in the rush to leave. The Navy is also not telling evacuees when or if they will be returning to their bases in the Middle East.” #politics
on 02026-04-04#video by ultra-right-wing streamer #Asmongold showing a video by a viewer of his in Tehran, #Iran, who is suffering disabling vertigo after his neighborhood was bombed, temporarily disabling his leg. He reports power outages after each strike, even though supposedly attacks on electrical infrastructure aren’t supposed to begin for a few more days. Banks have started limiting physical cash withdrawals (a corralito). All rumor.
on 02026-04-03#news about how #Israel’s air defense systems seem to be defending less effectively against #Iran, apparently not just because stockpiles are running low but because radars are destroyed, mentioning the #USA’s loss of its E-3 AWACS plane.
on 02026-04-03#Iran war planes downed this month.
on 02026-04-03#news on #Iran blowing up one of the #USA’s AWACS planes, saying, “The Air Force’s E-3 fleet has dwindled down to 16 as the service retires less-capable planes. In fiscal 2024, E-3s had a mission-capable rate of about 56 percent, meaning a little more than half were able to fly and carry out their missions at any given time.”
on 02026-04-03#Iran’s anti-aircraft missile #weaponry.
on 02026-04-03AWACS production started in 01977 and ended with the 68th unit in 01992. The planned replacement was the E-7, which has been sold to other countries (starting in 02009) but not the USAF, but instead plans to depend on a future space-based system. #Iran blew up one of the #USA’s 16 active-service AWACS planes this week.
on 02026-04-031000+ comments about #Iran shooting down a few #USA planes.
on 02026-04-03#news: #Israel just blew up two #steel mills in #Iran, a shift to extremely civilian targets
on 02026-04-03#news on the #Iran war: “Iranian strikes conducted over the weekend and on Monday damaged structures that are part of or near communication and radar systems on at least seven U.S. military sites across the Middle East, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite imagery and verified videos.
Visuals show damage on or close to mechanisms used to track incoming ballistic missiles, satellite dishes and radomes, which are weatherproof covers that protect sensitive equipment used by forces to communicate over long distances.”
on 02026-04-03#Iran has seven satellites in #space launched by its own rockets: Noor-2 (02022-03-08); Noor-3 (Najm, 02023-09-27); Soraya (02024-01-20); the triplet Mehda, Kayhan 2, and Hatef 1 (02024-01-28); and Chamran-1 (02024-09-14).
on 02026-04-03#news: #Cyprus wants to remove its #UK bases after #Iran attacked one of them! #politics
on 02026-03-19#news: #Dalio predicts #USA losing to #Iran over the Strait of #Hormuz.
on 02026-03-17#Iran #news: “Pakistan tanker crosses #Hormuz after oil payment made in Chinese yuan: Mushahid” (permitted through Iran’s blockade). “Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has claimed that Iran allowed Pakistan’s oil tanker “Karachi” to pass through the strategic Strait of Hormuz after the shipment was paid for in Chinese currency.” Carrying Das crude from Abu Dhabi.
on 02026-03-17today's #news about the war on #Iran, reporting that the WSJ is reporting that, “Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of US forces in the region.” #politics
on 02026-03-17#news that #Iran’s attacks with #drones and ballistic missiles are down 95% and 90% respectively from the beginning of the war, but #Israel and maybe #USA are running low on interceptor #weaponry such as THAADs. Also: “The State Department last week announced a sale of 12,000 “BLU-110A/B general purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies” to Israel.” #politics
on 02026-03-12timeline of the #USA/#Iran war. #politics
on 02026-03-03#Binance #Bitcoin #Iran #news #politics
on 02026-02-24#HN debate on, nominally, whether #Briar is useful in #Iran during the current internet #censorshp blackout, but mostly about random other topics related to #decentralization of #communications such as Meshtastic and Bitchat
on 02026-01-16#Iran jamming #Starlink to violate #human-rights with impunity. #censorship
on 02026-01-15Oh shit. #Iran #politics #human-rights #news
on 02026-01-15Most staff have left the embassy of #France in #Iran to protect “our personnel and our citizens” due to protest crackdowns that have killed 648 confirmed people and perhaps more than 6000. #politics #news
on 02026-01-12Drought in #Iran and the loss of #qanat underground canals.
on 02025-12-18#video #interview excerpt with #CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou (the guy who was sentenced to 30 months in prison for revealing that the #USA was torturing people, then supported #Snowden) about the #Mossad, describing how they called every single nuclear scientist in #Iran on the phone on the same day to threaten them with death — and then calling their wives. And then killed them. He says that spying on #Israel was absolutely verboten when he was at the CIA.
on 02025-09-16#news: #USA has bombed three sites of #Iran’s nuclear program
on 02025-06-21#drones #weaponry #news #Burkina-Faso #Iran
on 02025-06-17#Weaponry #news from April. Another repetition of the NYT’s claim that in #Ukraine, “#drones caused 70 percent of battlefield injuries or deaths in 2024, supplanting artillery,” inspiring #Burkina-Faso, etc. “[#Turkey] is Africa’s top supplier, with a total of 32 agreements, 28 of which have occurred since 2021. Türkiye has succeeded by appealing to the desire of countries across Africa to acquire affordable, modern weapons outside the supply chains of major technological powers. Israel, the #UAE, and #Iran have similarly expanded their reach on the continent via the supply of drones.
On the demand side, #Nigeria (18 acquisitions), Algeria (15), Ethiopia (12), and Morocco (11) are Africa’s top drone seekers. (...) Enterprises in nine African countries (Algeria, #Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, #Nigeria, #South-Africa, Sudan, and #Tunisia) now produce military drones, supplying approximately 12 percent of Africa’s overall drone market. South Africa, the continent’s longest-standing drone producer, has manufactured unmanned military systems since the 1970s. #ENOVA Robotics, a Tunisian company, is exporting 50 of its ground security robots to the United States.”
on 02025-06-17#Israel #drones destroy two F-14 airplanes in #Iran. #weaponry #politics
on 02025-06-16#USA #Trump mouthpiece Jack Keane threatens #Iran with “an Israeli-led US-supported attack” if they “force us” by continuing to pursue nuclear power. #politics #history #news
on 02025-04-30#news that #Trump wants to bomb #Iran and is attempting to impose untenable “designed to fail” conditions on an anti-nuclear deal so he can go to war with them
on 02025-04-17#news #video on #Trump saying yesterday he’ll give #Iran “bombing the likes of which they have never seen before” if they don’t agree to a nuclear deal. Also threatened “secondary tariffs” on Russian oil and “military force” to annex Greenland. #USA #politics
on 02025-03-31#video #toread showing scenes of daily life from Tehran, #Iran
on 02024-09-16#WSJ #video on #Shahed (131, 136, and 238) #drones from #Iran in #Ukraine, described as “cheap”. The 238 has jet propulsion, but the 136 uses a four-cylinder piston engine (after an initial rocket boost) and has 1500 “miles” (2400km) of range, 11.5 “feet” of length (3.5m), 441 “pounds” of weight (200kg plus spurious precision) with a 100-“pound” payload, and US$50000 of production cost, 1/600 of the Reaper. Moscow plans to manufacture 6000 of them by 02025. #weaponry
on 02024-08-28circumventing the internet #censorship that has been imposed to stop #Mahsa-Amini protests in #Iran. #politics
on 02022-09-29new book “The Last Empire of #Iran” by Michael Bonner argues the Sassanian shahs at Ctesiphon were the real world center of late antiquity #history
on 02022-02-0945000 #Bitcoin mining machines seized in #Iran because they were using subsidized electrical #energy
on 02021-07-15#Yemen #weaponry #drones built by #Iran to blow up missile-defense radars in #war.
on 02017-09-10#Iran (and #Russia) offer military support to #Turkey against #USA, substantially increasing risk of #WWIII spreading [in Turkish]
on 02016-08-08#Telegram is unblocked in #Iran, and authorities there frequently violate the #human-rights of arrested journalists by taking their devices and accessing their accounts.
on 02016-02-11Heh, #Iran is backing off on “Death to America”; Khamenei says it’s meant metaphorically.
on 02015-11-18