President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is reportedly planning to ramp up the U.S. pressure campaign on Iran by enacting crippling sanctions on the Islamic regime immediately after taking office.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-to-renew-maximum-pressure-campaign-against-iran-f0db5fd5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the plans include &#8220;drastically increasing sanctions&#8221; on the country and killing its oil industry as part of an &#8220;aggressive strategy to undercut Tehran’s support of violent Mideast proxies and its nuclear program.&#8221;
Trump is expected to move rapidly to cut off Iran&#8217;s oil revenue, including by going after &#8220;foreign ports and traders who handle Iranian oil.&#8221;
The report said that Trump&#8217;s new &#8220;maximum pressure&#8221; campaign against Iran will also factor in the fact that the regime has repeatedly tried to assassinate him and some of his top officials from his first administration.
“People tend to take that stuff personally,” said Mick Mulroy, a top Pentagon official during Trump’s first term. “If he’s going to be hawkish on any particular country, designated major adversaries, it’s Iran.”
Prosecutors unsealed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-disrupt-iranian-assassination-plot-on-trump?topStoryPosition=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment</a> this week against Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran, on multiple charges, including murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, money laundering conspiracy, conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, and conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and sanctions against the Government of Iran.
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Prosecutors said that he hired two individuals to kill an Iranian dissident and two Jewish Americans.
However, with the elections approaching, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) told Shakeri to pause his efforts to kill the dissident and the two Jewish Americans because they wanted him to focus on killing Trump.
“SHAKERI indicated to IRGC Official-1 that this would cost a ‘huge’ amount of money,” the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1376516/dl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indictment</a> said. “In response, IRGC Official-1 said that ‘we have already spent a lot of money [s]o the money’s not an issue,’ which SHAKERI understood to mean that the IRGC previously had spent a significant sum of money on efforts to murder Victim-4 and was willing to continue spending a lot of money in its attempt to procure Victim-4’s assassination.”
During a meeting just one month ago with the IRGC official, Shakeri was instructed to have a plan in place to assassinate Trump within a week and that if he could not do it, Iran would put the plan on hold because they believed Trump “would lose the election and, afterward, it would be easier to assassinate.&#8221;

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The U.S. Department of Defense announced this week that it is moving military assets to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/middle-east" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Middle East</a> to deter continued Iranian aggression against the U.S. and Israel after Iran vowed this week to hit Israel following last week&#8217;s strikes in Iran.
The Pentagon ordered the deployment of &#8220;additional ballistic missile defense destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and several U.S. Air Force B-52 long-range strike bombers to the region.&#8221;
The forces will arrive in the region in the coming months as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group prepares to leave the region.
&#8220;These deployments build on the recent decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to Israel as well as DoD&#8217;s sustained Amphibious Ready Group Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG/MEU) posture in the Eastern Mediterranean,&#8221; a statement said.
Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said that the movements demonstrated the &#8220;flexible nature of U.S. global defense posture and U.S. capability to deploy world-wide on short notice to meet evolving national security threats.&#8221;
The statement added that the U.S. would respond if Iran or its terrorist proxy groups throughout the region targeted U.S. personnel or interests.
The repositioning of U.S. forces comes after Iran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-plans-to-attack-israel-signals-it-may-now-pursue-nuclear-weapon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signaled</a> this week that it would now respond to Israel’s limited strike on Iranian military and missile production facilities last week after it initially sought to downplay the incident because it wanted to avoid escalating a military conflict against a far superior opponent.
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Iranian state-controlled media highlighted remarks from two top officials this week who said that they would respond after Israel struck the country following Iran’s decision to fire 180 ballistic missiles at Israel.
“Iran’s response to the Zionist aggression is definite,” said General Ali Fadavi, the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). “We have never left an aggression unanswered in 40 years. We are capable of destroying all that the Zionists possess with one operation.”
Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani, head of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office, said that Iran would deliver a “fierce, tooth-breaking response.”
Analysts say that Iran is stuck between a rock and a hard place because if it does not respond, it will appear weak and lose credibility with its allies and terrorist proxy groups. Not responding will also embolden opposition groups in the country that are gaining popularity as the country increasingly sours on the regime.
However, if Iran responds, it risks provoking a much greater response from Israel after the nation has repeatedly proven that it has significant military and technological advantages over Iran. Israel wiped out Iran’s air defenses during its strikes last week, allowing the Israel Air Force (IAF) to operate freely over Iranian airspace.
“We hit its underbelly,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The boastful talk by the Iranian regime’s heads cannot conceal and compensate for the fact that Israel now has greater freedom to operate in Iran than ever before.”
The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel has directly conveyed to Iran that if it launches a response, Israel will “mount a far more aggressive attack in return.”
Iran is also considering having one of its proxies launch a strike against Israel believing that going that route will protect it from an Israeli response.
Kamal Kharrazi, Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations head, said on Friday that the Islamic regime now possesses the technological capabilities to create a nuclear weapon.
Iran already has enough enriched uranium that — if it decided to break out — could build a weapon in roughly a week, assuming that they have technological abilities.
“We now have the technical capabilities necessary to produce nuclear weapons,” he claimed. “We are ready for war but we do not want to escalate because we have currently proven our ability to deter from doing so.”
“The matter is up to the Israelis – if they really want to continue, we will respond to them,” he continued. “Our missile capabilities are clear to everyone and everyone believes in them, and we have proven that during our operations.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> is reportedly signaling that it will now respond to Israel&#8217;s limited strike on Iranian military and missile production facilities last week after it initially sought to downplay the incident because it wanted to avoid escalating a military conflict against a far superior opponent.
Iranian state-controlled media highlighted remarks from two top officials this week who said that they would respond after Israel struck the country following Iran&#8217;s decision to fire 180 ballistic missiles at Israel.
“Iran’s response to the Zionist aggression is definite,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/world/middleeast/iran-threatens-retaliation-israel-strikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> General Ali Fadavi, the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). “We have never left an aggression unanswered in 40 years. We are capable of destroying all that the Zionists possess with one operation.”
Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani, head of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei&#8217;s office, said that Iran would deliver a &#8220;fierce, tooth-breaking response.&#8221;
Analysts say that Iran is stuck between a rock and a hard place because if it does not respond, it will appear weak and lose credibility with its allies and terrorist proxy groups. Not responding will also embolden opposition groups in the country that are gaining popularity as the country increasingly sours on the regime.
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However, if Iran responds, it risks provoking a much greater response from Israel after Israel has repeatedly proven that it has significant military and technological advantages over Iran. Israel wiped out Iran&#8217;s air defenses during its strikes last week, allowing the Israel Air Force (IAF) to operate freely over Iranian airspace.
&#8220;We hit its underbelly,&#8221; said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. &#8220;The boastful talk by the Iranian regime’s heads cannot conceal and compensate for the fact that Israel now has greater freedom to operate in Iran than ever before.&#8221;
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-warns-it-will-retaliate-for-israels-attack-82abf476" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Israel has directly conveyed to Iran that if it launches a response, Israel will &#8220;mount a far more aggressive attack in return.&#8221;
Iran is also considering having one of its proxies launch a strike against Israel believing that going that route will protect it from an Israeli response.
Kamal Kharrazi, Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations head, said on Friday that the Islamic regime now possesses the technological capabilities to create a nuclear weapon.
Iran already has enough enriched uranium that &#8212; if it decided to break out &#8212; could build a weapon in roughly a week, assuming that they have technological abilities.
&#8220;We now have the technical capabilities necessary to produce nuclear weapons,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-827180#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a>. &#8220;We are ready for war but we do not want to escalate because we have currently proven our ability to deter from doing so.&#8221;
&#8220;The matter is up to the Israelis &#8211; if they really want to continue, we will respond to them,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Our missile capabilities are clear to everyone and everyone believes in them, and we have proven that during our operations.&#8221;

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North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday designed to threaten the United States, the first ICBM test in nearly a year.
The test comes less than a week before the U.S. presidential election and as North Korea sends thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s military in the war in Ukraine. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called the test “an appropriate military action” in response to threatening moves from its adversaries.
“The test-fire is an appropriate military action that fully meets the purpose of informing the rivals, who have intentionally escalated the regional situation and posed a threat to the security of our Republic recently, of our counteraction will,” Kim was quoted in North Korea state news, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-conducts-longest-icbm-test-amid-storm-over-troop-deployment-russia-2024-10-31/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
Officials in Japan, South Korea, and the United States identified the tested missile as an ICBM and condemned the launch for raising tensions, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-icbm-test-mainland-us-more-agile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a>.
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The ICBM stayed in flight for 86 minutes and achieved a maximum altitude of 4,350 miles, longer and higher than any other North Korean missile observed to date, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters. The missile was launched from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and landed in the Sea of Japan.
The last ICBM North Korea tested, a Hwasong-18 ICBM, was fired in December. The last major weapons test conducted by North Korea took place in September when the North Korean military test-fired a Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missile, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/world/asia/north-korea-missile-launch.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
The weapons test comes as North Korea has deployed as many as 12,000 troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to American and South Korean officials. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a href="https://apnews.com/article/united-states-north-korea-russia-ukraine-war-faeabb0b2c2ea162bbc6c4691df4d6c8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Wednesday that North Korean troops in Russian uniforms and using Russian equipment are moving toward Ukraine.
Last week, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/north-korean-troops-who-join-russia-in-ukraine-war-are-fair-targets-u-s-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the North Korean troops “fair game” if they enter the war against Ukraine.
“They’re fair targets and the Ukrainian military will defend themselves against North Korean soldiers the same way they’re defending themselves against Russian soldiers,” Kirby said. “There could be dead and wounded North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine.”

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Iran has executed a German-Iranian citizen whose daughter savaged the Biden-Harris administration and the German government for not doing enough to save him.
Jamshid (Jimmy) Sharmahd, 69, was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 and held by the despotic Iranian regime. “In January 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council reported that Mr. Sharmahd was one of several &#8216;foreign and dual nationals who remain imprisoned under inhumane conditions, including limitations on contact with their families,&#8217;” the Global Liberty Alliance <a href="https://www.globallibertyalliance.org/jamshid-sharmahd-kidnapped-into-iran.html">noted</a>. The Iranian regime accused Sharmahd of organizing an attack on a mosque in 2008 that killed 14 people and also claimed he had disclosed “classified information” on the missile sites of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the execution, writing on X: “The execution of Jamshid Sharmahd by the Iranian regime is a scandal that I condemn in the strongest possible terms. Jamshid Sharmahd was not even given the opportunity to defend himself against the charges against him during the trial.”
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But in early September, Skarmahd’s daughter, Gazelle, spoke out on X, saying, “Everybody is a freaking expert on how to get hostages out and everybody this week is pointing fingers at Israel, saying, ‘You haven’t done enough. This is not how it’s being done. Let me tell you how it’s being done,’ including two of our world leaders, Germany and the U.S.”
“So let’s look at what they’re saying and what they have done to get their hostages out,” she stated. “Our world leader, our President Biden, was chilling at the beach this week while his VP was using the hostage family, the American hostage family, for her campaign trail on the DNC. And after Hamas executed him [Hersh Goldberg-Polin], she made a phone call and was very sorry about that. But let’s look back at how the Biden-Harris administration has handled other American hostages; one, specifically: my dad, Jimmy Sharmahd, is an American and a German, and he’s been kidnapped, taken to Iran, held hostage there for four years, the entire time of this administration, and they haven’t done anything to bring him home.”
“Neither President Biden nor his VP Harris have even talked to us or even mentioned my dad’s name, [let] alone done something for him,” she noted. “And last year, around this time, in September, me and my brother were in a sit-in strike with other hostage families in front of the state Department, asking, ‘What is being done to bring our family, our parents, back home?’”
“Well, this is what happened,” she recalled. “While we were sweating in the heat, they, Biden and Harris, made a deal with the Islamic regime in Iran. Yeah, the same Islamic regime that is funding Hamas and is responsible for the terror attack plus is responsible for the 240 hostages that were taken to Gaza. And what did they do? They transferred $6 billion to a bank in Qatar, the same Qatar that is housing the terrorist that is protecting their money. So the terrorists got $6 billion, and what did we get? A spit in the face.”
“My dad together with other Americans were left behind to die. My dad has an execution sentence. He can be executed, just like Hersh. And you left him behind?” she charged. “So bravo. Fantastic track record. If you know better how to get Americans out of the hands of terrorists, and not executed, tell us your plan. Tell us how it’s done. And then tell us why you failed to do that for your own American hostages in Iran.&#8221;
“Yesterday, our Foreign Minister from Germany came out and told Israel, ‘You should negotiate. You should make a deal with Hamas because it’s worth the life of hostages,&#8217;” she pointed out. “So what are you exactly telling us here? Because Israel should negotiate for their hostages because their life is worth something? What about the life of your citizens? If it’s worth negotiating for hostages, can you explain to us why for four years you haven’t negotiated to save the life of my dad, of the other German hostages in Iran, of the other German hostages in Cuba, and other places of the world? Are we not worth anything? Is that what you’re telling us? Your citizen’s life is worth nothing?”
“So again, our question is what have you done to save your citizens from terrorists that want to execute them,” she continued. “What have you done? Financial pressure? Economic pressure? Have you threatened to break off trade relations? Have you closed your embassy in Iran? Have you kicked them out of the embassy in Germany? What exactly have you done to get your citizens back safe home? If you have a plan, let us know why you haven’t done it in four years for your own citizens.”
“So before pointing fingers left and right and telling Israel what to do, demonstrate to us how you have saved your hostages from the hands of terrorists that want to execute them,” she said bluntly. “And if you did that, explain to me why you haven’t done it for my dad. Why is my Dad this Sunday 1,500 days and nights alone in a torture chamber, in a tunnel? We don’t know even where he is in Iran. And you haven’t even tried to get him back out.”
“I haven’t seen anybody who has tried more than Israel has tried now,” she declared, then, turning to the Biden-Harris administration and the German government, concluded, “I would love to see what they have to say about my dad, if they even dare to mention my dad’s name. he exists, and so do we. And we will not be silenced.”
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EVERYONE is suddenly an expert on how to get <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hostages?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hostages</a> out of the hands of terrorist. 
The US and Germany have abandoned their hostage <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JimmySharmahd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JimmySharmahd</a> for 4 years in the hands of the Terrorists in Iran. 
This Sunday marks the 1,500s day that my dad is spending under torture and… <a href="https://t.co/eXze55ikeQ">pic.twitter.com/eXze55ikeQ</a>
&mdash; Gazelle غزاله شارمهد (@GazelleSharmahd) <a href="https://twitter.com/GazelleSharmahd/status/1832698998907658657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> faces a moment of historic weakness following Israel&#8217;s airstrikes on military facilities throughout the Islamic country on Saturday morning.
As the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism considers whether it will respond to the strikes, a new report suggests that the country&#8217;s leader has become gravely ill.
Buried in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/world/middleeast/iran-israel-retaliation.html?searchResultPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The New York Times on Saturday was the revelation that intelligence officials believe that 85-year-old Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is &#8220;seriously ill.&#8221;
The report noted that Khamenei&#8217;s health was a factor the regime was having to contend with as it weighs the risks of responding to a vastly superior Israeli military.
The country&#8217;s economy continues to struggle and a war with Israel would likely result in its oil infrastructure being wiped out, which would crash its economy again.
Israel has also decimated Iran&#8217;s top two terrorist proxy groups — Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza — that it has propped up to attack the Jewish State.
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The Israel Air Force (IAF) destroyed key air defense systems in Syria, Iraq, and Iran early on Saturday morning as part of its strike on Iran so that it could operate with impunity over Iranian airspace.
Knowing that it cannot defend itself against a technologically superior foe, Iran &#8220;is also dealing with serious domestic dissent over rising prices and its harsh rule, which play into any calculation for retaliation,&#8221; the report said.
The report said that it&#8217;s because the regime is losing popularity among its citizens that Khamenei &#8220;allowed the election of a more moderate president, Masoud Pezeshkian, after the harder-line Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash.&#8221;
&#8220;Complicating matters, a quiet battle has emerged over succession,&#8221; the report later added as it highlighted the reports of Khamenei&#8217;s illness.
&#8220;With Mr. Raisi gone, there is internal disquiet over the possibility that Ayatollah Khamenei’s second son, Mojtaba, 55, might succeed him,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;The powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps will have an important say and is considered more willing to confront Israel.&#8221;

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel-defense-forces-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) hit military targets throughout Iran during the early morning hours on Saturday in retaliation for Iran launching more than 180 ballistic missiles into Israel at the start of the month.
The IDF said in a statement that the strikes were now over and that its objectives were achieved. Israel did not hit Iranian oil or nuclear facilities.
More than 100 combat aircraft, launched from inside Israel, were used during the strikes, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/26/world/israel-iran-lebanon-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
Iranian media said several members of the military were killed during the strikes on 20 different locations, which concluded around 6 a.m.
The IDF said that the fighter jets &#8220;struck missile manufacturing facilities used to produce the missiles that Iran fired at the State of Israel over the last year.&#8221;
&#8220;Simultaneously, the IDF struck surface-to-air missile arrays and additional Iranian aerial capabilities, that were intended to restrict Israel&#8217;s aerial freedom of operation in Iran,&#8221; the statement continued.
The IDF said that it only deployed &#8220;some&#8221; of its wide range of offensive operational capabilities during the strikes &#8220;on strategic assets deep within Iranian territory.&#8221;
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It said that it was ready to engage in further offensive or defensive military action if need be.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman posted a video on X showing the Israeli fighter jets returning home after the mission.
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The message to Iran was clear. Israel has a significant military and technology advantage over Iran and has the ability to operate with impunity in Iranian airspace.
During the first wave of the operation, Israel targeted &#8220;air defense batteries and radars&#8221; in Iraq and Syria from Iran&#8217;s allies to prevent any disruptions during the operation, the Times noted. Israeli jets then hit air defenses inside Iran.
In the second wave of the attack, Israel struck manufacturing facilities responsible for building Iran&#8217;s long-range missiles. The strikes focused on &#8220;destroying a critical component in the production process,&#8221; the report said.
This was the largest attack on Iran since the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
Iran mostly downplayed the result of the strikes, suggesting that there was little to no damage.
Experts said that Iran downplaying the strikes was a positive sign because it indicated that the Islamic regime had no appetite for escalating the conflict against a vastly superior opponent.
The extent of the damage was not yet clear, but it appeared to be highly precise and achieved the intended the goal of establishing deterrence.
Joe Truzman, senior research analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), posted satellite images that showed the impact of the strikes on one location.
&#8220;Satellite images provided to me by a source reveal that the Parchin military base, east of Tehran, was targeted overnight by the IAF,&#8221; he wrote.
&#8220;The image on the left depicts the site prior to the strike, while the post-strike image on the right indicates two areas affected by an attack,&#8221; he added.
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Satellite images provided to me by a source reveal that the Parchin military base, east of Tehran, was targeted overnight by the IAF. The image on the left depicts the site prior to the strike, while the post-strike image on the right indicates two areas affected by an attack. <a href="https://t.co/Um2WbPh0Y6">pic.twitter.com/Um2WbPh0Y6</a>
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1850200736795328632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Details Emerge About Israel’s Large-Scale Strike On Iran

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel-defense-forces-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) are reportedly conducting a second wave of airstrikes against military sites in Iran during the early morning hours on Saturday.
A U.S. official <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-conflict?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Wall Street Journal that a &#8220;second wave&#8221; of strikes was happening as Israel&#8217;s response to Iran&#8217;s ballistic missile barrage earlier this month is unfolding in multiple stages.
A source with direct knowledge of Israel&#8217;s operations <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-lebanon-live-updates-idf-targeting-hezbollah/?id=114980385&amp;entryId=115167424" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News that the strike against Iran was expected to be just a one-night event.
An official with knowledge of Israel&#8217;s planning <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/25/israel-iran-tehran-war-news-gaza-hamas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Post that the strikes were expected to continue for another several hours and were focused on targeting &#8220;military assets, particularly missile manufacturing facilities and aerial defense sites.&#8221;
Iran has claimed that it successfully repelled the attack and that the explosions that its citizens have heard and felt were from its defense systems firing at Israeli war planes.
However, there is no proof to validate their claims and Israeli officials have said that there have been no casualties or planes damaged in the strikes.
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The attacks are intended to establish deterrence against further Iranian aggression after the Islamic regime has launched two direct missile attacks against Israel this year, the first time it has ever directly attacked Israel.
The attacks, coming in at least two waves, are considerably more extensive than Israel’s pointed retaliation against Iran for its first direct strike against Israel in April. Israel’s April strike was a show of force that eliminated radar batteries for an anti-missile system, but it didn’t succeed in dissuading Iran from launching more than 180 ballistic missiles against Israel on October 1, prompting Israeli leaders to intensify their latest response plans.
Dalia Dassa Kaye, former director of the Center for Middle East Public Policy at the RAND Corporation, said that the strikes appeared to have offered Iran an offramp instead of forcing the conflict to escalate.
“From what we know now, this is the best case scenario in terms of keeping this round contained, given Israel seems to have limited its strikes to military targets rather than nuclear or oil infrastructure,&#8221; Kaye told The Journal. “This gives Iran an exit ramp if it’s looking for one. But we’re still in a different place because Israel and Iran are now in a direct and open conflict.”
Iran claiming that it repelled the attacks and minimizing claims of any damage happening was viewed as a key signal by experts of Iran&#8217;s intent to not respond to Israel because it does not wish to invoke an even more intense response.
“If we hear Iranian officials downplaying the success of Israel’s strikes, it could be a signal that they are looking for an excuse to avoid further retaliation,” said Michael Singh, a former senior director for the Middle East at the U.S. National Security Council.
The airstrikes appear to have hit multiple locations throughout Tehran, including the eastern, western, and southern parts of the city, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/25/world/israel-lebanon-gaza-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
In the east, there are military bases and secretive military sites, and in the west is the headquarters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the report said.
The Times added that explosions also were happening near Imam Khomeini international airport, which is in the southern part of the city.
The Times said residents also reported hearing explosions in Isfahan, hundreds of miles south of Tehran; Mashhad, hundreds of miles east of Tehran; and Kurdistan Province, a couple hundred miles west of Tehran.

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The absence of America&#8217;s highest elected leaders comes after U.S. officials were given at least six hours of advance notice about Israel&#8217;s airstrikes against the Islamic regime&#8217;s military facilities.
Harris was in Houston, Texas, for a political rally with Beyoncé on Friday night as there are less than two weeks left in the 2024 presidential race.
Biden returned home to Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday night.
&#8220;Biden on his way in Delaware and Harris on stage with Beyoncé,&#8221; said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL). &#8220;Even though the U.S. was apparently informed the Israel strikes on Iran would begin tonight?&#8221;
&#8220;Who is in the White House?&#8221; he asked.
Iran tried to downplay the strikes, claiming that many of the explosions that were heard around the country came from Iran intercepting Israeli fighter jets.
&#8220;This is a lie,&#8221; an Israeli official <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skgsc2yljx#autoplay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;There have been no intercepts.&#8221;
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The fact that Iran was trying to downplay the attacks was a likely indicator that they were not wanting to respond with a counterattack because that would invite an even harsher Israeli response.
“If we hear Iranian officials downplaying the success of Israel’s strikes, it could be a signal that they are looking for an excuse to avoid further retaliation,” said Michael Singh, a former senior director for the Middle East at the U.S. National Security Council.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel-defense-forces-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) targeted Iranian military bases around the country&#8217;s capital city of Tehran during the early morning hours on Saturday, according to the IDF and Iranian media.
Israel had said in a statement that it was &#8220;conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran.&#8221;
Fars news agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), confirmed the news, claiming that several military bases in the west and southwest of Tehran were targeted in the airstrikes.
The airstrikes appear to have hit multiple locations throughout Tehran, including the eastern, western, and southern parts of the city, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/25/world/israel-lebanon-gaza-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
In the east, there are military bases and secretive military sites, and in the west is the headquarters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the report said.
The Times added that explosions also were happening near Imam Khomeini international airport, which is in the southern part of the city.
The Times said residents also reported hearing explosions in Isfahan, hundreds of miles south of Tehran; Mashhad, hundreds of miles east of Tehran; and Kurdistan Province, a couple hundred miles west of Tehran.
An Israeli official said that they were not targeting Iranian oil or nuclear facilities.
&#8220;We’re targeting things that might have threatened us in the past or could do in the future,&#8221; the official <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-official-to-nbc-strikes-not-targeting-irans-nuclear-facilities-or-oil-fields/">said</a>.
The strikes come in response to the Islamic regime firing approximately 180 ballistic missiles into Israel at the start of the month, which sent the entire country running for bomb shelters.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel-defense-forces-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) targeted Iranian military bases around the country&#8217;s capital city of Tehran during the early morning hours on Saturday, according to Israeli and Iranian media.
Israel had said in a statement that it was &#8220;conducting precise strikes on military targets in Iran.&#8221;
Fars news agency, which is linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), confirmed the news, claiming that several military bases in the west and southwest of Tehran were targeted in the airstrikes.
Israel gave the U.S. at least six hours of advance notice of the strikes, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-israel-conflict/card/israel-gave-u-s-advance-notice-before-strikes-WiH5MNqMjgfz0K1gorCh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> in The Wall Street Journal.
The airstrikes appear to have hit multiple locations throughout Tehran, including the eastern, western, and southern parts of the city, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/25/world/israel-lebanon-gaza-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
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In the east, there are military bases and secretive military sites, and in the west is the headquarters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the report said.
The Times added that explosions also were happening near Imam Khomeini international airport, which is in the southern part of the city.
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A huge fire is seen in a video sent to <a href="https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IranIntl_En</a> by a citizen in Eslamshahr, southwestern Tehran during the Israeli airstrikes. <a href="https://t.co/8ECLWbxUwZ">pic.twitter.com/8ECLWbxUwZ</a>
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The Times said residents also reported hearing explosions in Isfahan, hundreds of miles south of Tehran; Mashhad, hundreds of miles east of Tehran; and Kurdistan Province, a couple hundred miles west of Tehran.
An Israeli official said that they were not targeting Iranian oil or nuclear facilities.
&#8220;We’re targeting things that might have threatened us in the past or could do in the future,&#8221; the official <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-official-to-nbc-strikes-not-targeting-irans-nuclear-facilities-or-oil-fields/">said</a>.
The strikes come in response to the Islamic regime firing approximately 180 ballistic missiles into Israel at the start of the month, which sent the entire country running for bomb shelters.
Current and former Israeli officials had said for weeks that the country&#8217;s response to Iran would include a significant military response that would be deadly.
Flight trackers showed the airspace over Iran was wide open around the time that Israel began its strikes.
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Open-source live airline maps appeared to show almost no civilian aircraft in the skies between Israel and Tehran as the Jewish state confirmed it had begun air strikes. <a href="https://t.co/Vv3UXwwpV9">pic.twitter.com/Vv3UXwwpV9</a>
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) <a href="https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1849967778544967844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Israeli Strikes Targeted Iranian Military Bases Around Tehran

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> has started its long-expected military response to Iran&#8217;s missile barrage at the start of the month as massive explosions have been seen and felt throughout Iran&#8217;s capital city of Tehran and nearby Karaj.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the strikes against Iranian military targets in a statement, saying that they were in direct response to the “months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel.”
“The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since October 7th – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” the statement added. “Like every other sovereign country in the world, the State of Israel has the right and the duty to respond. Our defensive and offensive capabilities are fully mobilized. We will do whatever necessary to defend the State of Israel and the people of Israel.”
The airstrikes appear to have hit multiple locations throughout Tehran, including the eastern, western, and southern parts of the city, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/25/world/israel-lebanon-gaza-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
In the east, there are military bases and secretive military sites, and in the west is the headquarters for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the report said.
The Times added that explosions also were happening near Imam Khomeini international airport, which is in the southern part of the city.
The strikes come in response to the Islamic regime firing approximately 180 ballistic missiles into Israel at the start of the month, which sent the entire country running for bomb shelters.
Current and former Israeli officials had said for weeks that the country&#8217;s response to Iran would include a significant military response that would be deadly.
Israel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-to-destroy-irans-nuclear-facilities-or-oil-facilities-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> told Iran prior to their ballistic attack that if any missiles hit Israeli territory — regardless of whether anyone was hurt or there was damage to any infrastructure — Israel would respond by targeting sensitive facilities inside Iran.
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Iran launched the missile attack on Israel in response to Israel terminating the leaders of two Iranian-backed terrorist organizations, Hezbollah&#8217;s Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas&#8217; Ismail Haniyeh.
Nasrallah was killed in an airstrike in southern Lebanon at the end of September after a year of Hezbollah firing thousands of missiles, rockets, and drones into Israel, which displaced tens of thousands of civilians.
Haniyeh was killed at the end of July in Tehran by a bomb that was planted inside his room at an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility where he was staying.
Israel has decimated both Islamic terrorist groups over the last year following Hamas&#8217; unprecedented October 7 terrorist attack in which 1,200 people were murdered inside Israel, 5,000+ were injured, and hundreds were taken hostage.
Israel also killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in southern Gaza last week when a tank opened fire on a structure that the terrorist was hiding in.
Recent intelligence released by Israeli officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-knew-about-hamas-october-7-attack-far-in-advance-supported-it-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> that Iran knew about Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack at least several months before it was executed.
The New York Times obtained minutes of 10 secret meetings that Hamas held that included Sinwar and his top commanders.
The Israeli military discovered the documents on a computer in January 2024 as they searched an underground command center in Khan Younis. “Members of and experts close to Hamas” confirmed to the Times that the documents were legitimate and authentic, the report said.
The Washington Post reported that other documents from Hamas showed that the terrorist group had even deadlier plans for its attack on Israel. Hamas’ plans were based on more than 17,000 photographs of Israel that were taken from satellites, drones, and social media postings.
Hamas planned attacks at additional Israeli military facilities, Ben Gurion International Airport, a 70-story skyscraper, and “the Azrieli Center complex which comprises three skyscrapers, a large shopping mall, train station and cinema.”
The terrorist group searched for ways to destroy the skyscraper, hoping to replicate, on a smaller scale, Al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has publicly claimed that Iran had nothing to do with the attack and was not aware of its planing. However, documents obtained by the various publications also debunk this false claim.
It has already been established that hundreds of Hamas terrorists received “specialized combat training” inside Iran from the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) in the months leading up to October 7.
Iran sent Hamas at least $10 million, the documents state. But Sinwar wanted more and launched a “vigorous appeal” directly to Khamenei, requesting $500 million over the course of two years and training for 12,000 Hamas terrorists.
“Iran trained Hamas and encouraged them to do exactly the things they did on Oct. 7,” said Farzin Nadimi, an Iran expert and senior fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “Their goal was to get to the core of the Israeli state and crush it.”
Hamas was ready to carry out the attack in July 2022, but decided to postpone it. The documents do not state why the attack was postponed, but based on details included in the notes, it is believed to be because they were trying to enlist support from Hezbollah and Iran.
However, the terrorist group did not want to wait too long to launch the attack because Israel was on the verge of deploying a new laser defense weapon to shoot down rockets and missiles, the report said.
Sinwar’s deputy, Khalil al-Hayya, discussed the attack in the summer of 2023 with senior IRGC commander Mohammed Said Izadi and asked for Iran’s help with striking sensitive Israeli military sites within the “first hour” of the attack, the report said.
Izadi said that Iran supported the plan, but needed time “to prepare the environment.”
While Iran did not conduct military strikes against Israel that day, it is not known, at least publicly, whether they provided any kind of logistical, surveillance, or other type of assistance to fulfill Hamas’ request for support during the first hour of the attack. It is clear, however, that Iran knew about the attack well in advance of the massacre.
The Wall Street Journal reported that some of the documents dated back to 2019, when Qassem Soleimani was still the head of the IRGC-QF.
Soleimani told Hamas that they had few allies in the region and that even Turkey, which likes Hamas, couldn’t provide “a single bullet” to the terror group.
“The reality,” Soleimani said, “is that there is no one but Iran.”
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North Korea is expected to send roughly 12,000 troops to Russia for training and to potentially aid the Russian military in its fight against Ukraine, according to assessments from the U.S. and South Korean governments. About 3,000 North Korean troops have deployed to Russia already and are training at Russian military bases.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called the North Korean troops “fair game” if they enter the war against Ukraine, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korean-troops-russia-ukraine-fair-game-us-putin-rcna176989" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>.
“They&#8217;re fair targets and the Ukrainian military will defend themselves against North Korean soldiers the same way they’re defending themselves against Russian soldiers,” Kirby said. “There could be dead and wounded North Korean soldiers fighting against Ukraine.”
The North Korean deployment to Russia follows years of the two countries signaling increased cooperation, especially after the West moved to isolate Russia after it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Russia denied the reports of North Korea troop movements. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the reports “fake and hype” on Wednesday.
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In comments from Rome on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/north-korea-deploys-troops-to-russia-setting-off-alarms-in-the-west" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that although North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia, it is not yet clear what their aims are.
“We are seeing evidence that there are North Korean troops that have gone to Russia,” Austin said. “What, exactly, they’re doing is left to be seen.”
South Korean officials, on the other hand, said that the North Korean troops were sent to bolster Russian forces fighting against Ukraine. South Korea’s defense minister told lawmakers on Thursday that North Korean troops were dressing in Russian uniforms and joining battle against Ukraine.
“Kim Jong Un is selling North Korean soldiers as cannon fodder mercenaries,” the defense minister said, according to NBC.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said that in light of North Korea’s expanded role in the war, South Korea would consider boosting its aid to Ukraine to include weapons on top of the non-lethal assistance South Korea has been providing.
The troop movements have rattled officials within NATO, who have begun discussions on what the development means for the alliance and how it approaches the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“If these troops are destined to fight in Ukraine, it would mark a significant escalation in North Korea’s support for Russia’s illegal war and yet another sign of Russia’s significant losses on the front lines,” NATO spokeswoman Farah Dakhlallah told <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/united-states-north-korean-troops-now-in-russia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico Europe</a> in a statement. “We are actively consulting within the Alliance on this matter, and the North Atlantic Council will receive a briefing from the Republic of Korea and further discuss this matter soon.”

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