“The deadliest poisons don’t kill you fast. They keep you alive just long enough to call the sickness normal.” -- Mark Twain
A suspected Iranian nuclear site buried under granite has seen a flurry of construction work this year as the war with the US has transpired, according to a group of analysts who reviewed six years of satellite imagery.
The Pickaxe Mountain site, located near the Natanz nuclear complex roughly 140 miles south of Tehran, has been the subject of steady discussion by intelligence agencies which view it as a likely location for Iran to protect future nuclear program efforts.
Iran has fired electro-optical missiles at American warships for the first time.
Tehran said it attacked 10 US ships on Wednesday and fired ballistic missiles at a base in Jordan, after the US destroyed five Iranian oil tankers.
US Central Command (Centcom) said its attacks were in response to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeting US navy warships. No Americans were harmed, it said.
Iran has captured a high-tech uncrewed submarine from the US navy amid a covert mission to clear mines from the Strait of Hormuz.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released footage of the Anduril Dive-LD submersible on Tuesday night, claiming it had “trapped one of the most modern, intelligent and unmanned submarines of the terrorist American army”.
The Pentagon admitted an unmanned submarine “surveying regional waters in support of ongoing operations” had fallen into Iranian hands after it “malfunctioned more than a day ago”.
Unconfirmed reports out of the Gulf region have been flying all evening about explosions heard in and around the Strait of Hormuz and southern Iran.
Iran state media is overnight reporting that ‘enemy’ projectiles hit Sirik areas, in mainland southern Iran. The city has been hit before during the height of prior US airstrikes. Al Jazeera summarizes of the emerging state reports:
jeremy sharon, timesofisrael.com
The Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced the Jewish extremist convicted of the October 2018 killing of Aisha Rabi, a 47-year-old Palestinian mother of nine, to 13 years in prison.
The individual, who cannot be named as he was a minor at the time of the incident, was also ordered to pay NIS 258,000 ($85,500) in compensation to Rabi ’s family, the maximum sum provided under the law.
by Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
Pakistan's defense minister also said that Ansar Allah's attacks on Saudi Arabia could activate the new Mecca defense pact
Pakistan is likely to carry out airstrikes against Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, at Saudi Arabia’s request, Türkiye Today reported on Wednesday, citing Pakistani sources.
Posted by Tyler Durden: Authored by John Walter via Substack,
There is a moment before the fall. You will miss it. Everyone does.
This is not collapse. This is the pre-collapse.
The period when preparation remains possible, when geography can still be chosen, when the window sits open but narrowing.
haaretz.com - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday sent a warning letter ahead of a libel suit against Haaretz and journalists Shlomi Eldar and Ruth Yuval over a report he received a warning from UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed about a major Hamas operation before the October 7 attack.
Haaretz said in response that it stands by its reporting.
In the pediatrics department at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, doctors are seeing a surge in stunted growth among children. This lasting mark of Israel's engineered famine may affect cognition, hormones, and health for generations to come.
By Tareq S. Hajjaj, mondoweiss.net
reuters.com
Top White House advisers, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have privately warned President Donald Trump that the conflict with Iran could extend through the remainder of his presidency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials.
The White House did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.