This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
Please keep related news in this thread rather than making separate posts. Remember to include sources and avoid spreading rumours.
💠 Tomahawk; from a strategic weapon to a bait for Iran’s reverse engineering
🔹 Tomahawk cruise missiles, the backbone of America’s long-range attacks, are now caught in Iran’s reverse engineering trap.
🔹 The Tomahawk missile, known in military circles as “Tabarzin,” has always been a nightmare for classic air defenses due to its ability to fly at very low altitudes and follow terrain features (Terrain Matching).
🔹 However, in the recent confrontation, Iran’s integrated air defense and electronic warfare network showed that these missiles are no longer “ghosts.”
🔹 Washington’s greatest fear is not that Iran will copy the Tomahawk; rather, it is that Iran, by combining its indigenous knowledge with technologies extracted from these missiles, will produce a generation of “smarter, longer-range, and more radar-evading” cruise missiles.
🔹 Previously, Iran has also proven its high expertise in “decoding American drones” through reverse engineering of drones like the RQ-170.
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💠 Reconstruction of 10,000 damaged residential units in Tehran
🔹 Brigadier General Mohammad Zahraei, head of the Basij Construction Organization: About 2,000 Jihadists work daily in cooperation with the municipality, and so far they have rebuilt 10,000 residential units in Tehran.
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2 years and construction on the collapsed bridge in baltimore hasn’t even started.
💠 Global media, acknowledging Iran’s media victories in the recent war, have framed its achievements under the components of “integration of the field and media, widespread content distribution, exploiting rival divisions, proactive narrative dissemination, use of humor and entertainment, and employing inexpensive tools.”
🔹 “Creating Lego animations, linking the war to the Epstein case, publishing tweets in Hebrew and English, inventing the slapaganda genre (rapid propaganda), and mastering the global audience’s visual taste” have been introduced as examples of Iran’s successes.
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🇺🇸 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is predicting oil prices will fall within 3–9 months — a claim that runs directly counter to what industry experts are actually saying.
Video of the scumbag here https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/183378
💠 The most important events in Iran and the world on the past day
🔹 The magnificent funeral of the demolition battalion martyrs in Zanjan
🔹 Execution of one of the main agents responsible for the martyrdom of the security guard Seyed Abbas Fatemiyeh
🔹 Start of police high schools activities in the new academic year
🔹 Nikzad: The cost of passing tolls through the Strait of Hormuz will be used to improve people’s livelihoods
🔹 Major General Rezaei’s warning to the US: Prepare yourselves for facing a graveyard of your ships and forces, just as the wreckage of your plane remained in Isfahan
🔹 Spokesperson and Deputy of Public Relations of the IRGC: Our model in today’s wars is the model of Ashura
🔹 IRGC Intelligence Organization: The US decision-making space has been limited
🔹 Phone call between the foreign ministers of Iran and Oman
🔹 Tanker Trackers: Passage of an Iranian supertanker through the US blockade
🔹 In response to Trump’s criticism; Czech President: We are not part of the war against Iran
🔹 American journalist called Trump a “hostage of Netanyahu”
🔹 Two US soldiers disappeared during a Morocco military exercise!
🔹 Hezbollah’s fiber-optic drones: Praised by the media
🔹 Israeli regime media: Israel intends to return to war in Gaza
🔹 Haaretz: Netanyahu is leaving but will destroy Israel with him
🔹 Controversial birthday cake of Ben-Gvir with a noose symbol caused a stir
🔹 Israeli regime’s plan to purchase new F-35 and F-15 fighter jets
🔹 News sources report widespread expulsion of Pakistani and Afghan Shiites from the UAE and freezing of their assets
🔹 Nobel Prize winner in economics: Blocking the Strait of Hormuz will reduce economic growth to zero
🔹 On paper decision of 7 OPEC member countries to increase oil production
🔹 Germany: US troop reduction was “predictable”; Trump warns of further cuts
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💠 Terrifying news from American media for the American people
Business Insider wrote: 🔹 Senior economic experts warn that the real inflation disaster has just begun, and the gasoline price surge is only a small part of a massive crisis.
🔹 The real and ruthless blow will hit people’s lives later
🔹 While the media is focused on oil, a silent inflation tsunami of petrochemical materials is forming.
🔹 Materials that are the foundation of more than 95% of the world’s consumer goods, from garbage bags and medicine to packaged food and airplane tickets
💠 War Against Iran and Shock to the World’s Sky
🔹 Reports indicate that jet fuel prices have nearly doubled recently, forcing many airlines to cancel flights, increase ticket prices, and impose additional fees. Some airlines are also facing serious bankruptcy risks.
🔹 In the United States, Spirit Airlines is in a critical condition, and reports suggest a possible complete halt of its operations. The company has failed to receive a $500 million support package, and its cash reserves are rapidly depleting.
🔹 In Europe, Lufthansa has canceled about 20,000 flights to control costs. KLM has also announced that more than 150 European flights will be cut next month, as continuing some routes is not economically viable.
🔹 In the United Kingdom, easyJet has stated that it will not impose extra charges for the summer holidays for now but has warned of ticket price increases in late summer.
🔹 According to analysts, this crisis stems from disruptions in the fuel supply chain following Middle East tensions and may continue until the end of the year.
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❗️Hezbollah announced seven more operations in response to Israeli violations on 3 May 2026:
• 2 May 2026 (11:00 & 12:30): Targeted Israeli troop gatherings in Naqoura with two waves of attack drones; confirmed hits.
• 3 May 2026 (17:45): Targeted Israeli vehicles and soldiers near a school in Houla with a rocket barrage.
• 3 May 2026 (16:30): Struck a newly installed surveillance camera at a command site in Bayyada with an attack drone; confirmed hit.
• 3 May 2026 (17:00): Targeted a Nemera vehicle carrying Israeli command personnel in Bayyada with an attack drone; confirmed hit.
• 3 May 2026 (17:40): Targeted Israeli troop and vehicle gathering in Qantara with a rocket barrage.
• 3 May 2026 (19:00): Shelled the newly established Blat military site in south Lebanon with artillery; confirmed hits.
• 3 May 2026 (19:30): Targeted an Israeli command headquarters in Bayyada with a rocket barrage.
• 3 May 2026 (20:15): Shelled Israeli troop and vehicle gathering in Bayyada with artillery; confirmed hits.
According to this Lebanese source, Hezbollah did two more ops:
⭕️ In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the Israeli enemy’s violation of the ceasefire and attacks on civilians and the destruction of their homes in southern Lebanon, the Islamic Resistance issued eleven military statements on Sunday, May 3, 2026, as follows:
1- At 11:00 and 12:30 on Saturday, May 2, 2026, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the town of Naqoura with a drone attack in two waves and achieved a confirmed hit.
2- At 11:30, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the town of Bi’aat with a drone attack and achieved a confirmed hit.
3- At 14:30, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the vicinity of Mureira Hill in the town of Qana with a missile attack and achieved a confirmed hit.
4- At 16:30, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the square of Qana town with a missile attack and achieved a confirmed hit.
5- At 17:45, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the vicinity of a school in the town of Houla with a missile attack and achieved a confirmed hit.
6- At 19:00, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a newly established Balaat position in southern Lebanon with artillery shells and achieved confirmed hits.
7- At 19:30, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a command post of the Israeli army in the town of Bi’aat with a missile attack and achieved a confirmed hit.
8- At 20:15, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the town of Bi’aat with artillery shells and achieved confirmed hits.
9- At 22:30, in response to the attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in the martyrdom of several civilians and a number of injuries, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli army vehicles in the town of Bi’aat with a missile attack and artillery shells and achieved confirmed hits.
The Islamic Resistance is committed to defending its land and people, especially as the Israeli enemy exceeds its borders with its criminal actions. This is the least duty of the people and preventing it from pursuing its dangerous goals against Lebanon as a state and a people and its resistance.
🇮🇷❌🇺🇸— Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament:
We have prepared a draft law to manage the Strait of Hormuz that prohibits Israeli ships from passing through at any time.
The draft law prevents ships from hostile countries from crossing the strait unless they pay compensation for the war.
The draft law allows other ships to pass after obtaining a permit and Iran’s approval.
The draft law regarding the strait will be adopted in consideration of international laws and the rights of neighboring countries.
@SimurghRes
🇮🇱 — In 2026, Israel is increasing its “hasbara” (Israel’s propaganda machines) budget to approximately $730 million.
This is a fivefold increase over 2025 levels, intended to manage international criticism.
The funding will support:
1- Digital Outreach: A massive investment in social media advertising and AI technology.
2- Human Networks: Expanding influencer partnerships and hosting foreign delegations.
3- Infrastructure: The creation of a centralized “media war room” within the Foreign Ministry to coordinate messaging.
@SimurghRes
The thought I had reading this is, israel really operates like a corporation. It’s such a corporate thing to do to spend more on PR when facing criticism instead of changing behavior/policy.
usa operates that way too. Only the usa company has been taken over by gangsters who are blowing it out. They are taking out big loans to buy stuff and then selling it off out the back door for cheap or giving it away to friends and when they can’t take out any more credit they’ll burn the whole thing down and collect insurance.
🇵🇸❌🇮🇱 — Bassem Naim, member of the Hamas Political Bureau:
After 200 days, we cannot talk about a ceasefire in Gaza because of the Israeli violations.
In Gaza, we are facing a semi-war and a continuation of Israeli genocide despite the resistance’s commitment to the ceasefire agreement.
@SimurghRes
🇮🇷🇦🇪| Iranian hosts at ‘Be Vaqte Iran’ on IRIB have talked about the possibility of the UAE being involved in the direct bombing of Iran during the Ramadan war, between Iran-US.
They argue that Mirage fighter jets were observed, Wing Loong drones (operated by UAE) were downed & non-flag painted F-16 belonging to the UAE could explain their involvement as well.
