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[Regnum] Ukraine, which is losing in the special operation zone, has decided to open a second front in African countries friendly to Russia. This was reported by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
"Ukraine is retreating under the pressure of the Russian Armed Forces. They have apparently decided to open a second front in Africa, stimulating terrorist activity there, in African states that are friendly to us," Zakharova noted.
The diplomat specified that last week Malian and Burkina Faso news portals, citing official sources, stated the involvement of Ukrainian intelligence in assisting the terrorist group Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), which has ties to Al-Qaeda (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). On May 30, this group carried out an attack on positions of the Malian Armed Forces in the Koulikoro region.
Zakharova called GSIM's support in Africa another demonstration of the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime. The MFA representative also added that Kiev's ties with African terrorists had been confirmed earlier, including by the press secretary of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Andrey Yusov and the country's ambassador to Senegal Yuriy Pivovarov.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in early August 2024, Pivovarov published a video supporting Malian terrorists, after which he was summoned to the Senegalese Foreign Ministry, and the authorities of Mali and Niger broke off diplomatic relations with Ukraine. At that time, Zakharova stated that the decision of African countries to break off diplomatic relations with Ukraine indicates a growing understanding by African countries of the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.
In November 2024, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia would combat Ukrainian support for terrorists in Africa. According to Georgy Mikhno, Acting Director of the Department for New Challenges and Threats at the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Kiev regime actively and openly supports terrorist groups on the continent.
So derivative — Mossad first did it decades ago, and the last time they called, the pagers blew up.
[IsraelTimes] Caller, speaking in Hebrew, tells recipients to run for shelter, vows Iran will destroy Israel; among those targeted, Religious Zionism and Yesh Atid officials
Threatening phone calls, apparently from Iran, have been made to a number of Israeli political figures over the past week, their recipients said Wednesday. "We're calling about your extended car warranty"
The callers, speaking in Hebrew, in some cases appeared to know exactly who they were calling as they vowed Iran would destroy Israel with missile attacks.
Among those who received a call was the director-general of the Religious Zionism party Yehuda Vald, and the office of Yesh Atid MK Shelly Tal Meron.
“Hello, you are Yehuda Vald, I want to tell you, you made a mistake. Wait for our missiles, okay?” said a caller to Vald. “I think it is worthwhile to remain in the shelter.”
“Who told you?” Vald responded and hung up.
“We will continue the war until the destruction of Israel. We will have revenge on you, you are cowards,” said a male caller to Meron’s office.
“I am calling from Iran, are you afraid or not? Today, you need to wait for our missiles, run to the shelter. We will continue the war until the destruction of Israel.”
“I think you need a diaper,” the caller said.
The lawmaker’s assistant then said, “Keep talking, I am locating your telephone.”
“No problem, I am calling from Iran and I am not afraid,” came the response.
Possibly the caller should be…
A statement on behalf of Meron thanked the Knesset Guard and its cyber directorate for attending to the matter.
“Calls like that won’t deter us, and won’t scare us,” it said.
Israel launched a major attack on Iran last Friday, saying it was a preemptive action against an imminent “existential” threat posed by Iran’s rogue nuclear weapons program and its ballistic missiles. Iran has responded with deadly barrages of ballistic missiles at civilian population centers and military targets in Israel.
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[Rudaw] Iraq has requested the repatriation of 36 families with suspected ties to the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) from the notorious Roj camp in northeast Syria (Rojava). However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... the families have reportedly refused, citing fears of retaliation, a senior Iraqi official said.
Speaking to Rudaw on condition of anonymity, the official stated that while 46 Iraqi families have been brought back from the camp so far, 38 others remain in the camp, adding that "their return requires security screening and procedures by Iraq's security agencies."
Roj camp houses nearly 2,600 people, including around 900 women believed to be ISIS krazed killers’ wives. Most of the Iraqi families there are originally from djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... , once the de facto capital of ISIS in Iraq, according to Mohammed Kakei, head of Nineveh province’s security committee.
Despite this, returnees are not expected to resettle in Nineveh. Instead, they will be relocated to Baghdad to undergo rehabilitation.
Sheikhmous Ahmed, the official responsible for displaced persons and refugee camps in Rojava, told Rudaw that "the Iraqi families in Roj camp refuse to return due to fears of retaliation from gangs" or prosecution by Baghdad. He also noted that some Iraqi families have left the camp for third countries.
The repatriation of individuals linked to ISIS remains controversial in Iraq.
While some communities are open to reintegrating family members not directly involved in crimes, others oppose the return of any individuals associated with the group. ISIS committed widespread atrocities in Iraq from 2014 to 2017.
Thousands of suspected ISIS affiliates remain in al-Hol and al-Roj camps, both under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Rojava. al-Hol is significantly larger, housing nearly 35,000 people as of April - over 15,000 of whom are Iraqi.
Under a January 11, 2025 agreement, the SDF agreed to hand over 200 ISIS fighters to Iraqi authorities and facilitate the return of three convoys of Iraqi families. Baghdad aims to repatriate all Iraqi nationals from camps in Rojava by 2027.
[IsraelTimes] Move comes amid ongoing Israeli strikes in Iran, with military using social media to propose concerned Iranian citizens reach out to ‘find a new way to improve their situation’
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday issued a public message in Persian calling on Iranians worried about the situation in the country — including, it noted, members of the security establishment — to consider contacting Israel’s spy agency Mosssd ...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end... The statement, shared on the IDF’s official Persian-language X account, included a link to Mossad’s contact page, where individuals can confidentially share information.
"Dear citizens of Iran. We understand your difficult situation under the harsh conditions created by the regime. In recent days, we have received many messages from people who are worried about the current uncertain future," the statement said. "Even those who identify themselves as members of the regime’s security institutions have expressed to us their fear, despair, and anger over what is happening in Iran, and have asked us to contact Israeli authorities so that Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... does not suffer the same fate as Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... and Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... "At this point, it is necessary to clarify that we are not the appropriate authority for such requests," the IDF continued. "But the least we can do is refer you through this link to the Mossad website."
It added: "Maybe you’ll find a new way to improve your situation there. Make sure you only contact us using an external VPN! We understand that you are yearning for a better future."
The tweet did not offer details about the nature or volume of the messages the military claimed to have received from Iranians. Nor was it immediately clear whether the move signaled a broader intelligence-gathering campaign or a psychological operation aimed at further destabilizing the Iranian regime from within — or both.
The IDF has maintained a Persian-language social media presence for years, mostly aimed at countering Iranian regime narratives. However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... the new message marked a rare instance of the Israeli military openly suggesting that foreign nationals — particularly those in enemy states — engage with Mossad, in a possible appeal to would-be defectors or informants.
The Mossad’s secure contact page shared in the tweet is available in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Persian and allows individuals to send the agency a direct message. While it has been public for several years, Israeli authorities have rarely promoted it so explicitly via official channels.
Reactions to the IDF’s Persian message were sharply divided in the comments. Many Iranian users condemned the call as reckless, accusing Israel of openly encouraging espionage and putting citizens at risk. Others expressed skepticism or mocked the message.
Conversely, some user comments reflected anti-regime sentiment, welcoming Israel’s outreach as a sign of the regime’s weakening grip. Some urged caution, advising the use of VPNs or the secure Tor network to any who took up the Israeli offer, to evade Iranian surveillance.
To be fair, the Mad Mullahs who rule Iran have taken Israeli suffering into account only in terms of pondering how to increase it, while the people of Iran’s opinion does not matter at all. And the people’s only hope of overthrowing the Mullahcracy is if Israel completes defanging them. So how meaningful is the CDN graph?
Iranians Chant for Shah’s Return As Terrorist Regime Collapses
[PJMedia] In Tehran, Iranians are reportedly chanting enthusiastically about the anticipated fall of the “Islamic Republic” regime and the potential return of the Crown Prince, heir to the ancient throne of Persia.
While it is unclear exactly the extent of the damage Israel has inflicted on Iran and whether or not the current genocidal regime will fall because of it, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi confirmed that Iranian soldiers and officials have reached out to him, and he urged the Iranian people to rise up, announcing he already has a plan for renewing Iran should he come to power again.
Clips are circulating online of Iranians chanting a slogan that has been translated: “This is the final battle — Pahlavi will return!” In recent years, many tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest the Islamic regime, with thousands of them arrested, raped, tortured, or killed. The protesters (especially the women) who survived are no doubt hoping for the current regime to collapse. Iranian dissidents have been among the strongest supporters of Israel in the current conflict.
In his message, Pahlavi condemned the violence, cowardice, and destructiveness of Ayatollah Khamenei and co., and confidently predicted that the collapse of the regime there is irreversible. “We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government — by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people,” he vowed. Pahlavi is an advocate for a Westernized, secularized government in Iran.
The return of Pahlavi could benefit Jews as well, and not only because the current dictatorial and collapsing regime is dedicated to wiping out Israel. A popular X account called “The Persian Jewess” reminisced about the days of the monarchy, “Since the rise of Islam in Iran, Iranian Jews were oppressed, shoved in ghettos, raped, tortured, murdered forced to convert, and treated like second-class citizens. Then in 1925 the Pahlavis came to power and instituted reforms that recognized Iranian Jews as equal citizens for the first time in millennia. For 54 glorious years, we flourished.”
She added, “When Khomeini came to power, we were forced to flee, our hearts mourning all that Iran once was and could have been under the Pahlavis. And in the 46 years since, we have not forgotten the family who broke us free from our chains, and ended our oppression.”
And whoever is the Great White Father in Washington is better to zip his yap re "human rights violations"
Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-06-20 09:57
AFAIK, Mr. Pahlavi seems to be a reasonable guy, and God knows he's an improvement on anybody over there right now, but remember what was said about the Bourbons when they took back the French throne after Napoleon:
"They remember nothing; they have forgotten nothing."
Put another way: restored regimes and dynasties have a habit of settling scores and then going right back to the bad behaviors that got them thrown out in the first place.
#5
#4 My point is, (going by practical results) USA should stop trying to spread democracy around the world - if you can't control your passion for democracy, how about restoring it at home?
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...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
