Iran commentary by top observers

[Barbara]

Sure enough ! If this account is true, which it sounds likely to be, then that's why the high level of worries about this threat.

WHEN will this figure be REMOVED from his office ?
Notice how nobody is doing anything toward that end. Suspicious by itself

"According to retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson: During an emergency meeting On Saturday Trump tried to “use the nuclear codes” on Iran and he was stopped by General Dan Caine.

According to Johnson “there is seriously something wrong with Trump”:"

https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/2046224644479524939

[Barbara]

Iranian President :

"We are working to soon establish a joint union among Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Turkey, so that our nations can travel freely without the need for passports and visas"

https://x.com/AALKDIEA/status/2046174524333285396

[Barbara]

This sounds improbable to me, but of course it IS the New York Times, which sounds to me as though it is echoing the is not reali agenda that i mentioned above.
Attempting to plant the idea in the world's minds that this leader won't last too long, thus can easily be replaced by a pro-is not reali candidate for leader [that's the tale that Tel Aviv is desperately trying to sell to the US White house, i am guessing] :

https://x.com/OutFrontCNN/status/2047474006031503868

Comments :

"if you think the Iranians are stupid enough to fall for this bait to prove this is wrong by showing himself...Iran has a 93% literacy rate, much higher than ours and a 45% higher education...you all are kissing Trump's azz, [you are/this report is] being used to try to get him to show himself"

"farnazfassihi is a big source of fake news about Iran in US media. Please don't bring her on the show. Even the closest people to the inner circle of Islamic Republic have no idea about where Mojtaba is."

[Barbara]

This story was talked about previously but here is the footage to prove it is true.
Also that the brave pilot DID return safely to his base, as that fact was not known earlier

F-5's were the cutting edge American jet at the time the Shah purchased them, to underline how long ago Iran acquired its fleet of F-5s

"THE INCREDIBLE FEAT

So an Iranian pilot with a 60-year-old F-5 flew into Kuwait, dodged the radars, the high-tech fighter jets, and the anti-aircraft missiles, destroyed a US base, and made it back home?

What an embarrassment for the Yanks! "

https://x.com/M25016096/status/2048159475169632678

More details from a post quoted by the Iranian account Soureh, though this is a little hard to decipher :

" F-5E bombs Kuwait base

Knowing AWACS will detect it, even at sea-skimming altitude
Confident that no F-15s are patrolling
Low-altitude does not allow for Patriot batteries to lock on it, as it remains below radar horizon
Fully aware that his IRGC comrades can exploit his attack pattern:
to send Shahed-136 OWA-drones at low altitudes force patrolling F-15 to engage at low altitudes make them look like IRIAF F-5E on Kuwaiti Patriot radar screens
Knowingly exploiting chaotic situation"

"I don’t think people have really let it sink in what we witnessed in the past 2 months.

Iran, as a sole & sanctioned country, fought against the largest, most gilded nuclear powered army in the world, and still stands strong and speaks from a position of strength.

As an example, Iran literally bombed a US base with a six decade old fighter jet while the US was armed with 4th & 5th gen aircrafts… please let this sink in."

https://x.com/AryJeayBackup/status/2048122557904077031

"Veteran Russian pilot reveals how Iranian ace snuck through US defenses using 70s-vintage jet

There’s an array of tricks the Iranian F-5 that hit a US base in Kuwait on the second day of the war could have used, says Russian Air Force Maj. (ret) Andrei Krasnoperov:

using the “dead zone” between enemy radar and flying at low altitude

taking advantage of confusion among US forces, including second guessing about the plane’s ID

flying at low speed (600-700 km/h), allowing emergency anti-missile maneuvers

if the jet was a variant with twin seat pilot/navigator config, the second airman could handle missile guidance

use of homing missiles with pre-programmed target coordinates, making the pilot’s job getting as close to the target as possible to fire them"

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/2048417567128100939

[Barbara]

One more accolade for the daring operations by Iran against American bases in Arab Gulf states, which I am including because it is written so poetically :

"What happened in Qatar and Kuwait?

Its heroes are the Iranian Air Force

In a moment that seemed to emerge straight from the heart of legends, the silence of the sky over the Gulf was shattered by an event no one could have anticipated. It wasn't just a raid... but a moment in which a new chapter of absolute Iranian audacity was written.

From the depths of the mountains, ancient Iranian F-5 fighter jets took off—aircraft born in a bygone era, yet returning to challenge a present teeming with the latest advancements in American military technology.

On paper, the confrontation was unequal; facing them were modern air defenses, skies guarded by cutting-edge fighters like the F-35 and F-22... and yet, they advanced.

At Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, and at Camp Buehring in Kuwait, the sound of explosions thundered as if the earth itself were screaming. How could these old planes breach this fortress? How did they slip past all those electronic eyes and lurking missiles?

It wasn't just an attack... but a brazen challenge to the laws of power and superiority. Pilots who pressed on, knowing the skies they entered might not return them, and that the path ahead offered no way back. And yet, they continued toward their targets."

https://x.com/ahmadslmanx/status/2048136044000723285

[Barbara]

I'll start an Oman thread later, but i do want to say that Oman is a fairy tale country, completely different from the Emirates, for example. Infinitely more elevated spiritually and culturally.

Note that the officials from the Sultan down wear their distinctive national dress with a healthy pride. This indicates a fundamental security in the national identity.
The dress style with turban and dagger can be seen in the video.

"Oman's Sultan receives Iran's Foreign Minister at Al Barakah Palace. Dialogue. Diplomacy. Mediation. The Gulf is talking to Tehran. Not Washington. Not London.

Muscat is the bridge.

This is what real diplomacy looks like. Quiet. Respectful. Effective. No sanctions. No threats. Just conversation.

While the US bombs and Europe sanctions, Oman talks. The region is finding its own path.
The empire is not invited."

https://x.com/Its_ereko/status/2048386957651148904

Comment from a South African sums up everything :

"We have a proverb in Afrikaans: "Soort soek soort".

It is very clear to me that Israel-USA is not willing to truly negotiate no matter what they say!

They are a deceitful, low bunch who ONLY want to impose their own will on others (as in the past)."

[Barbara]

I'm not sure yet about this destroyed equipment in the capital of Zahedan province, Zahedan city. Waiting for more information.

This is the Baloch area of Iran. I risked a lot to travel there during the Iran-Iraq war when it was nearly off limits, with tons of checkpoints along the way there from the next city, Bam.

Zahedan province in general was a very high security area due to various factors, including border problems like infiltration of agitators, d rug smuggling, etc.

"Iran has planted its flag and told the United States

Iran has displayed the destroyed American military hardware in Shahr-e Zahedan"

https://x.com/ShahG_4PK/status/2048251915608224115