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2025-06-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israel launches 'preemptive strikes' on Iran as explosions are heard across Tehran: Jerusalem declares 'special state of emergency' and braces for all-out-war
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Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [683 views ]  Top
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#1 Iranian Dissident Group Reveals Regime’s Covert ‘Desert Plan’ Nuclear Bomb Program
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 00:20||   2025-06-13 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami is dead.
Attacks on US bases in Iraq from Iran (no other info on that)
First wave of attack was from nearer than Israel (Syria?) with Israeli planes in these desert areas.
Israeli sub in the Persian Gulf have attacked too.
Israeli naval forces are in the Persian Gulf.
Mossad did lots of subtle attacks on land.
IRGC HQ in flames
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 02:14||   2025-06-13 02:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The Zion Wing is Israel's official government aircraft, a Boeing 767-338ER, used to transport high-ranking officials like the President and Prime Minister, similar to the U.S. Air Force One. It entered service in July 2024 after delays and cost overruns. On June 13, 2025, it was reported airborne, escorted by fighter jets, likely due to escalating tensions with Iran, as a security measure to protect the aircraft and officials.
Zion Wing is visible flying with fighters around it.
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 02:35||   2025-06-13 02:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Square profile picture
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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3h
BREAKING:

Israel has also killed Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, the Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Regime

Via @C_O_D_E_Assoc
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 02:47||   2025-06-13 02:47|| Front Page Top

#5 From the Times of Israel liveblog:

Israeli Air Force fighter jets have begun to shoot down the drones launched at Israel from Iran earlier this morning. The drones are being intercepted outside of Israel’s borders, a military official says. Those that are not intercepted early are expected to reach Israel within an hour or so.

The IDF said earlier that over 100 drones were launched from Iran toward Israel. Such drones generally take up to seven hours to reach Israel from Iran. Several drones were spotted over Iraq an hour ago, meaning they are likely to arrive at Israel within the next couple of hours, if they are not shot down earlier by the IAF.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 02:49||   2025-06-13 02:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan have also deployed their air forces to intercept Iranian drones and cruise missiles.
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 02:57||   2025-06-13 02:57|| Front Page Top

#7 IAEA says follow-up with Iranian officials confirms the Isfahan nuclear site was not hit.

Soon…
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 02:58||   2025-06-13 02:58|| Front Page Top

#8  video of attach on Natanz Nuclear Facility in Central Iran
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 03:02||   2025-06-13 03:02|| Front Page Top

#9  Iran’s Atomic Energy Chief confirms: Natanz reactor, one of the country’s most critical nuclear facilities, has been destroyed.
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 03:03||   2025-06-13 03:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Iranian state-run media reports that Iran will not participate in Sunday’s nuclear talks with the United States in Oman.
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 03:04||   2025-06-13 03:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Israel Times liveblog: The first wave attacking Iran:

over 200 aircraft
330 munitions
100 targets

No increase in radiation at Natanz per IAEA


Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 03:05||   2025-06-13 03:05|| Front Page Top

#12 No less than ten top scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program are believed to have been killed by Israeli strikes last night and this morning against Iran, to include:

- Abdolhamid Minouchehr
- Ahmadreza Zolfaghari
- Seyed Amir Hossein
- Feghhi Matlabizadeh
- Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi
- Fereydoon Abbasi
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 03:07||   2025-06-13 03:07|| Front Page Top

#13 America has known about Israeli plans for a week. They did an excellent job of keeping the secret and misdirecting attention.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 03:07||   2025-06-13 03:07|| Front Page Top

#14 Dan Burmawi
@DanBurmawy
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2h
List of targets hit by Israel tonight:

Nuclear Facilities

Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility (Isfahan Province): Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, which houses the Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) and the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP).

Arak Heavy Water Facility: Limited airstrikes were reported targeting the Arak heavy water reactor, a key component of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

Other Nuclear-Related Sites

Dozens of nuclear-related targets across Iran, including laboratories and facilities involved in nuclear weaponization.

Military Infrastructure

Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Headquarters (Tehran)

Ballistic Missile Factories: Production sites for long-range missiles.

Air Defense Systems: Radar installations and surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites across Iran. Some reports suggest limited strikes on SAM sites in regions like Karaj, Ilam, and Hamedan.

Khorramabad Missile Base (Western Iran): a key site for Iran’s missile storage and production.

Military Bases and Airfields

Multiple military bases in and around Tehran and other regions were hit, with Iranian state TV reporting explosions near bases.

Specific Locations in Tehran: Shahrak-e Mahallati Neighborhood (Eastern Tehran), a residential area housing high-ranking IRGC officers and their families was struck, with multiple homes hit. Fars News Agency reported significant damage.

Qeytarieh: A neighborhood in northern Tehran, reported as a target with explosions and damage.

Niavaran: Another upscale Tehran neighborhood hit during the strikes.

Chitgar: A western Tehran area reported to have been struck, with eyewitness accounts of flames and blasts.

Mehrabad: Near Mehrabad International Airport, explosions were reported, possibly targeting nearby military facilities.

Narmaq: A residential and commercial area in eastern Tehran hit during the strikes.

Saadat Abad: A northern Tehran neighborhood targeted, with reports of significant damage.

Andarzgoo: A residential area in northern Tehran struck during the operation.

Sattarkhan: A densely populated area in western Tehran reported as a target.

Shahrak-e Chamran: Another Tehran neighborhood hit, likely due to proximity to military or IRGC-related targets.

Kamraniyeh: A northern Tehran area targeted, with reports of explosions.

Farahzadi: A street and surrounding area in western Tehran where damage was reported, including to a building on Farahzadi Boulevard.

Ozgol: A northern Tehran neighborhood hit during the strikes.

Marzdaran: A western Tehran area reported as a target.

Residence of Ali Shamkhani: A senior Iranian official and former IRGC commander.

One Holding Tower (Vanak Square, Northern Tehran)
Videos and photos verified by The Washington Post showed extensive damage to the top of this landmark tower, with smoke and blown-out windows reported.

Other Regions

Karaj (Alborz Province)
Ilam (Western Iran)
Hamedan (Western Iran)
Kermansheh (Western Iran)

Personnel Targeted

Major General Hossein Salami: The IRGC Commander-in-Chief was killed in the strike on the IRGC headquarters in Tehran.

Brigadier General Mohammad Bagheri: The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces and second-highest commander after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi: The former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, a key nuclear scientist.

and 3dc heads to bed
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 03:10||   2025-06-13 03:10|| Front Page Top

#15 The UK announces they will not be helping defend Israel.

One has to wonder how much their desire is supported by inability…
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 03:17||   2025-06-13 03:17|| Front Page Top

#16 The UK announces they will not be helping defend Israel.

Not surprising. They can't even help themselves.
Posted by Besoeker 2025-06-13 04:05||   2025-06-13 04:05|| Front Page Top

#17 The IDF has successfully intercepted all drones launched toward Israel by Iran as part of its retaliatory strike, military officials said Friday morning. The Home Front Command lifted its shelter-in-place directive shortly after.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 04:25||   2025-06-13 04:25|| Front Page Top

#18 #14 Success has many fathers.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 04:26||   2025-06-13 04:26|| Front Page Top

#19 #17 Whenever it's a question to doing somebody a nasty, they always have the ability.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 04:43||   2025-06-13 04:43|| Front Page Top

#20 Khamenei Appoints New Armed Forces Chief and Revolutionary Guards Commander

If I was Iranian counterintelligence, I'd take a real hard look at the successors - given all the intel Israel displayed.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 05:15||   2025-06-13 05:15|| Front Page Top

#21 Katz updated: Most of Iran's air force top leadership eliminated while gathered in underground headquarters
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 05:19||   2025-06-13 05:19|| Front Page Top

#22 Salami said Iran was prepared for any scenario.

Except for the scenario where Israel killed him.

Somehow missed that one.
Posted by Slats Hitler4552 2025-06-13 07:22||   2025-06-13 07:22|| Front Page Top

#23 Watch: Footage shows explosions and buildings ablaze in Iran
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 08:05||   2025-06-13 08:05|| Front Page Top

#24 Nuclear site destroyed and top military chiefs wiped out as Israel unleashes airstrikes after years-long covert op that saw Mossad set up secret drone base INSIDE Iran
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 08:40||   2025-06-13 08:40|| Front Page Top

#25  secret drone base INSIDE Iran

I was just making up snark when I’d talk about Mossad wandering unencumbered through Iran, but it turns out it was true.

Any chance Bibi’s feud with Israel’s left and deep state is also a ruse?
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 09:12||   2025-06-13 09:12|| Front Page Top

#26 So? Kosher Salami?
Posted by Daffy Big Foot8261 2025-06-13 10:22||   2025-06-13 10:22|| Front Page Top

#27 ^ the Babylon B has the same problem. is it Snark or is it prophecy??
Posted by Difar Dave 2025-06-13 10:24||   2025-06-13 10:24|| Front Page Top

#28 Any chance Bibi’s feud with Israel’s left and deep state is also a ruse?

Neh. It's real.
The lumpen-intelligentsia hate him with a childish passion - "why can't I have a pony peace?".
The upper ranks hate him because he makes them feel inadequate - always 3 moves ahead.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 10:27||   2025-06-13 10:27|| Front Page Top

#29 Friday the Thirteenth comes to the Mad Mullahs.
Posted by Bobby 2025-06-13 10:44||   2025-06-13 10:44|| Front Page Top

#30 "Bad Luck"

Any chance Bibi’s feud with Israel’s left and deep state is also a ruse?

Waiting for the 'Trump started the LA Riots as a distraction' feed.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-06-13 10:47||   2025-06-13 10:47|| Front Page Top

#31 C'mon, really, who would want to be an Iranian nuclear scientist? Bad career choice. They couldn't pay me enough to do that. The money isn't worth it. I'd rather sell Oriental rugs. You just know that sooner or later something like this is gonna happen. You want your house to be anywhere near one of those facilities? With your wife and kids living there under constant threat of IDF attack? You gotta be some kind of nuts. Either that or some IRGC goon holding a gun to your head.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-06-13 11:48||   2025-06-13 11:48|| Front Page Top

#32 Yael Bar Tur on X: "I’d like to apologize to every antisemite I ever yelled at for calling Jews sneaky. You were right."
Posted by Matt 2025-06-13 11:56||   2025-06-13 11:56|| Front Page Top

#33 ^ LOL
Posted by Frank G 2025-06-13 12:29||   2025-06-13 12:29|| Front Page Top

#34  On their way to Fordo!
Posted by 3dc 2025-06-13 12:29||   2025-06-13 12:29|| Front Page Top

#35 Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan have also deployed their air forces to intercept Iranian drones and cruise missiles.

Islam defending Israel against an Iranian attack. Iran doesn't have a lot of friends does it?
Posted by Angstrom 2025-06-13 12:32||   2025-06-13 12:32|| Front Page Top

#36 ^They hate Israel, but they fear Iran.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-06-13 12:52||   2025-06-13 12:52|| Front Page Top

#37 Arabs and iran are traditional adversaries going back thousands of years. The
Posted by Difar Dave 2025-06-13 12:57||   2025-06-13 12:57|| Front Page Top

#38 
Posted by Frank G 2025-06-13 13:00||   2025-06-13 13:00|| Front Page Top

#39 IAEA head: Iran says Fordo, Isfahan nuclear sites have not been hit in Israeli strikes
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 13:49||   2025-06-13 13:49|| Front Page Top

#40 Iran nuclear chief: Natanz attack caused surface damage, no casualties
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 13:55||   2025-06-13 13:55|| Front Page Top

#41  IRGC Quds Force commander Gen. Esmail Qaani is confirmed safe in Israel

But his name isn’t Mohammed or Abdullah!

And boy oh boy, this is a total intelligence FAIL for the Mad Mullahs, a sign that they do not have the favour of Allah. Can they come back from this?
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 14:06||   2025-06-13 14:06|| Front Page Top

#42 How to collapse a mountain ...

Israel reportedly striking at Fordow nuclear site after destroying Natanz
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 14:19||   2025-06-13 14:19|| Front Page Top

#43 Iran's Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani killed by Israel, NYT reports
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-13 14:20||   2025-06-13 14:20|| Front Page Top

#44 Fog of war. 48 Hour Rule is in effect.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-13 15:16||   2025-06-13 15:16|| Front Page Top

#45 Does anyone have a link for "The 3 Conjectures" that appeared here and a couple of other places a year or two after 9/11? It seems like a particularly relevant piece for these times.
Posted by Crusader 2025-06-13 17:11||   2025-06-13 17:11|| Front Page Top

#46 Three Conjectures
Posted by badanov 2025-06-13 17:57||   2025-06-13 17:57|| Front Page Top

#47 ^^Thank you so much! Its as good as I remembered it to be.
Posted by Crusader 2025-06-13 17:59||   2025-06-13 17:59|| Front Page Top

#48 
Posted by Prediction one two three  2025-06-13 19:53||   2025-06-13 19:53|| Front Page Top

#49 
Posted by I told you  2025-06-13 19:58||   2025-06-13 19:58|| Front Page Top

#50 Waiting for the 'Trump started the LA Riots as a distraction' feed.

And..Time!
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-06-13 20:05||   2025-06-13 20:05|| Front Page Top

#51 And our semi-sentient trolls crawl out from under their rocks. Expect more and laugh at them, their misbegotten parentage and blind-end Ancestry.com future results
Posted by Frank G 2025-06-13 20:08||   2025-06-13 20:08|| Front Page Top

#52 Honestly thought it would release tomorrow morning to dismiss the Wal Mart Heiress actions.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-06-13 20:40||   2025-06-13 20:40|| Front Page Top

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