That's how REAL BRICS looks like. Iran has a huge say now, so is it BRIICS now? You can bet your ass on that--courage, steadfastness, ability to deliver--this is what really matters. Pezeshkian may not be the fan of IIRG but it is they who opened the door for Iran into the Premier League.
Both have no comprehension of what "troops' protection" in modern war is, because both do not understand what modern air defense is.
... the case of ...
Representative of the IRGC: "The destruction of the passenger terminal of Kuwait Airport occurred due to a mistake of the American Patriot systems." "Our investigation and analysis of the incident with the destruction of the passenger terminal of Kuwait show that the Aerospace Forces of the IRGC did not carry out any strikes on this target. The destruction of the passenger terminal of Kuwait Airport was the result of a mistake of the American Patriot systems, which, after an unsuccessful attempt to intercept Iranian missiles, hit this terminal."
Very well could be, because PAC3 is known for inability to maintain lock on target. The cases of PAC3 AD missiles hitting own (or friendly) forces and residential areas are very numerous and well-documented. As most US weapon systems it looks good in booklets from military exhibitions, while being laughed at by people who got acquainted with S-400.
And yes, we all here are morons who cannot see obvious things/s.
Who really dragged whom into the war with Iran? Did Netanyahu persuade Trump to attack Iran? "That narrative rests on a mistaken assumption." Did the Mossad assess that the regime could be toppled? In fact, it was the US war secretary who believed that more than anyone. Diplomatic and security sources tell Israel Hayom, in an exclusive investigation, what really happened in these decisive meetings.
Well, it really takes some ass-kicking to expose a degree to which the US is filled with so called "Christian" Zionists and military amateurs whose loyalty is to Israel, not to the US. And no, Zionists:
Moreover, reports published, among others, in The New York Times and The Washington Post, claiming that Netanyahu had "dragged" Trump and the US into war, partly by arguing that the regime could be brought down, are plainly wrong. The conversations I held indicate that at least some senior Trump administration officials, and Trump himself, were the ones who assessed that the regime could be toppled, while the Israeli team presented a far more cautious assessment on this issue.
As much as every slimebag (that is the majority of them) in NYT and WaPo elicits a vomiting reflex, they are, surprisingly, not wrong. It was Israel and its bootlickers, POTUS and most of his cabinet, who have been convinced through the blackmail (Epstein Files et al) and other means of manipulation, such as selling utter bullshit of Christian Zionism to feeble-minded cretins like Hegseth, that it will be easy. Well, since then, Israel and the US have been paraded as military paper tigers (didn't I warn about it?) and other than nuclear option, neither has anything remaining with what to fight a real war.
I also have news for these Israeli spin doctors--Trump cannot "assess" anything, he doesn't have a tool kit, neither does Mossad, IDF or Pentagon. So, let the acrimony begin, but it has to be understood that Israel and its government in the US fucked it up so royally, that the tectonic shift has manifested itself. But in the end--the failure is systemic and it is vertical, from metaphysical, to cultural, to social, to military, to technological et al. One can BS only so much before reality kicks the door and it flies off the hinges. Let Israel and Israel 2.0 (they are joined at the hip) start the blame game. There is no difference--both are culpable, both debased themselves. US likely will survive in some form, Israel, likely, will not.
... a hot air balloon trying to cope with his little cozy universe born out of ignorance coming crushing down on him. He is an academic fraud with degree in journalism and English literature from Oxford. That means he has no serious education or background other than in speculation with virtual assets. He is also British, and that exacerbates the whole situation for the guy who is not really a professional. So, he pulls BS out of his ass.
Iran has a long history of being screwed over by Russia, and last week’s meeting in Moscow between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Russian President Vladimir Putin over the U.S.–Israel–Iran war suggests nothing in that dynamic is about to change, according to extremely well-placed sources on both sides who spoke exclusively to OilPrice.com over the weekend. On the one hand, Tehran’s perennially baseless optimism that “this time will be different” was on full display in Araghchi’s excited praise for the marvels of the two countries’ so called ‘strategic relationship’. On the other hand, Moscow responded with all the warmth of an international telephone operator: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said only that Russia stands ready to offer “goodwill or mediation services”, with no indication of any upgrade to the relationship service package. It fits so neatly into the familiar pattern of this abusive relationship that one wonders whether social services should be called. Or perhaps Moscow’s disinterest is merely an act — a way of masking the deep and broad assistance from Tehran that it so clearly craves?
First, let's clear something upfront--Oilprice has NO "well-placed sources" in Moscow. None, zilch. This derives from the fact that unlike tabloid-ridden shithole of London drowned in scandals, Moscow takes its contacts at the highest political level extremely seriously and keeps them out of reach of media (and MI6, not to speak about some losers from Oilprice) leaving Peskov to deliver classic diplomatic platitudes for general public--frustrating for tabloid-"educated" frauds like Watkins. So, Watkins, who has no idea about how strategic relations are built and, especially, how assistance is provided, simply makes shit up. He simply has no tool kit to grasp what ISR is and why the US has been humiliated.
In related news, even Watkins' resource, which deals in virtual non-physical BS shows today:
The thing which many people still don't get--Russia negotiates for the sake of negotiations. I don't know how many times I have to explain this:
Ukrainian officials are expressing frustration as U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner repeatedly visit Moscow but delay a promised trip to Kyiv. The hesitation reflects both stalled Ukraine-Russia-U.S. peace talks and Washington’s focus on the Iran conflict, raising concerns in Kyiv that U.S. diplomacy is no longer balanced. Polls cited in local analysis show most Ukrainians doubt U.S.-led negotiations will succeed, with only a minority viewing the U.S. as a reliable partner.
It was repeated by Russian side, including two days ago in Putin's call to Trump that ALL aims of SMO will be achieved. There will be NO "settlement", there will be capitulation either willingly or through full physical annihilation of 404 as a country.
Meanwhile, POTUS--tell me this is AI?
Donald Trump must have stayed at a Holiday Inn last night because when he departed the White House on Friday to head to Florida to give a speech at The Villages, geriatric community known for Sexually Transmitted Diseases, he thought he was a lawyer. Friday, May 1st, marked the day that he is required by the War Powers Act to seek Congressional approval to continue the war in Iran. But Trump, thinking like an ambulance-chasing attorney, announced that the war with Iran is over.
Is that you cannot put anything, including the most stupid and senseless thing, past this POTUS. Including, of course, a resumption of attacks and even "ground operations" with the force so inadequate for achieving any sensible results that it WILL result in heavy casualties for the US military. Well, what can I say--pop-corn time.
... Andrei Kartapolov. Unlike NATO (US) generals he won serious campaigns and look at his CV. Joe Kent, that's for you. So, being the chair of the Duma's Defense Committee he made this statement yesterday (in Russian), the gist is below video.
... for Joe Kent.
... again.
These are the guys the US military produced.
Retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane said Monday that the Iranian government “fundamentally miscalculated” President Trump as conflict in the Middle East persists. “What these guys did, Rita and John, is they fundamentally miscalculated President Trump,” Keane told radio hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on WABC’s “Cats & Cosby” program. “They bought into the fact that Trump really wanted to negotiate and they could stall those negotiations, and that even if he did go to war, it would only last a couple or three days because he wouldn’t have the patience to deal with it beyond that.
This is an exhibit A of why the US cannot win a war.
Time to post sentimental Hitler here.
... on Gulfies and India. Especially India.
Russia, instead of leaving India to sleep in the bed it made with Israel, highlighted its readiness to support India, but at a cost. For instance, earlier in March (around March 4), sources indicated Russia was prepared to divert oil cargoes (e.g., ~9.5 million barrels near Indian waters) and potentially raise India’s share of Russian crude imports to up to 40%. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak mentioned receiving “signals of renewed interest” from India in larger volumes due to the crisis. Amid the surge in demand for Russia’s Urals crude, Russia hit India with a firm, but diplomatic, reminder of the cost of betraying a friend. Prior to the attack on Iran, Russia sold oil to India with deep discounts ($10-13 below Brent pre-conflict). While promising to help India compensate for its loss of Persian Gulf oil, Russia inoformed Modi that India would have to pay a premium of $4-5 over Brent for March/April deliveries. This reflects market forces rather than explicit “assurances” of continued discounts; some reports frame it as Russia treating it more as “business” without prior friendship-based concessions.
A reminder (again):
... to all working families in the US. He also forgot about it.
Trump can't remember whether he 'obliterated' Iran's nukes. President Donald Trump has been warning Iran for weeks that an American "armada" of warships was on the way, trying to leverage the threat of military strikes into a deal for Iran to abandon its quest for nuclear weapons. Trump casts the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran as a threat to the Middle East. He's probably right about that. But Trump also insists that his last military strikes on Iran, eight months ago, "obliterated" the country's nuclear program. And his White House team denounced as "fake news" reports that the June strikes on three sites only set back Iran's nuclear program "by a few months." Just this past week, Trump twice spoke of Iran's nuclear program as a thing of the past, while also threatening new military strikes to destroy what he claims to have already destroyed. Which Trump are we supposed to believe here? And – yes – I think not believing either version is an option. The president used his Feb. 19 introductory speech at the first meeting of his ironically named new "Board of Peace" to brag about America's "magnificent" B-2 bombers, which were used in the June 21 strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities. "It went into Iran and it totally decimated the nuclear potential," Trump said of the bombers. "When it decimated that, all of a sudden, we had peace in the Middle East."
Correct, as much as I abhor US MSM, the claim here is correct--DJT boasted about "obliterating" Iran's "nuclear program". So, what is it then? Well, it doesn't matter--Donnie is Israel's puppet and will do as his donors tell him. He probably is in the last stages of convulsions akin to a caught fish fresh out of the water before being gutted and thrown into the fish soup, but he has no choice in the matter.
So, the die is cast, it seems and the algorithm of the whole clusterfuck there is the same--EW, hurling every stand-off weapon at US disposal in the area at Iran and, traditionally, activating US useful idiots in the area (such as Kurds and fifth column) in an effort to topple "regime". BTDT, many times. Now, back to actual events, June, 2025. Vladimir Putin verbatim.
"You know, we once offered our Iranian friends to work in the field of air defense systems. The partners did not show much interest then, and that's all. As for the agreement you mentioned, on the strategic partnership [between the Russian Federation and Iran], there are no articles related to the defense sector. This is the second point. And thirdly, our Iranian friends are not asking for this. Because there is practically nothing to discuss," Putin said.
Correct, Tehran liberal "elite" is a mirror image of any pro-Western factions anywhere, in terms of their foreign interests and "belief" that one can "negotiate". It is a long story, but Russia and China have been delivering things to Iran, ranging from combat aircraft to radar, but the only thing which is left for all of us is to wait and see. Per this:
... Russian AD complexes which should be considered--from the Armaments' Expo in Belarus:
Если уж речь зашла о специальной военной операции, то вот еще одна интересная подробность: С-400 – пока единственная в мире зенитная ракетная система, имеющая в своем активе сбитые (в реальном бою, а не на испытаниях) ракеты-перехватчики западных ЗРК/ЗРС, идущих на близких к гиперзвуковым скоростям – причем, в первую очередь, речь идет о широко распиаренных американских комплексах Patriot PAC-3. Причем таких боевых эпизодов насчитывается уже более десяти.
Translation: If we are talking about a special military operation, here is another interesting detail: the S-400 is the only anti-aircraft missile system in the world that has shot down (in real combat, not during tests) interceptor missiles of Western SAM/SAM systems flying at speeds close to hypersonic - and, first of all, we are talking about the widely hyped American Patriot PAC-3 systems. Moreover, there are already more than ten such combat episodes.
If anybody wonders, SAMs are the fastest missiles in NATO's arsenal capable of speeds approaching hypersonic ones (just under M=5) for a short time of intercept. S-400 now shoots down in combat US air defense missiles.
Meanwhile, Israel is slowly turning into 404.
... and his conclusion about those 4 + hours of Putin with Witkoff.
As I write this, the clock is tolling 2300 hours eastern. By this time tomorrow night, we will have some indication of whether or not a war with Iran is on the horizon. Trump’s inside man, Steve Witkoff, stopped off in St. Petersburg, Russia today to have a chat with Vladimir Putin. That conversation reportedly lasted over four hours. I take that as a good sign. What did they discuss? The White House insists the discussion was about Ukraine and how to move forward with a deal to end that war. I am pretty sure that took up some of the time, but I also believe that Iran was discussed… in detail.
Very highly incredibly likely--Iran was a central point of this discussion. Apart from obvious and here is Lavrov verbatim, today:
Лавров заявил на Антальском дипломатическом форуме, что президент США Дональд Трамп понимает необходимость устранения первопричин конфликта на Украине для его разрешения, передает ТАСС. Он подчеркнул, что устранение коренных причин является единственным способом решения проблемы и установления длительного мира. По его словам, Трамп был первым западным лидером, кто несколько раз убедительно отметил, что вступление Украины в НАТО было бы огромной ошибкой. Лавров также отметил, что у России и США есть потенциал для налаживания отношений. «Потенциал есть всегда», – заявил он, отвечая на вопрос о возможности более активных действий по улучшению отношений между Москвой и Вашингтоном.
Translation: Lavrov said at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum that US President Donald Trump understands the need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine to resolve it, TASS reports. He stressed that eliminating the root causes is the only way to solve the problem and establish lasting peace. According to him, Trump was the first Western leader who repeatedly and convincingly noted that Ukraine's accession to NATO would be a huge mistake. Lavrov also noted that Russia and the US have the potential to improve relations. "There is always potential," he said, answering a question about the possibility of more active actions to improve relations between Moscow and Washington.
So, the delicate dance continues. And Chinese have a field day with the whole thing:
This troubles Russia far less than the consequences for the region itself. The Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 was not a shameful escape accompanied by the hooting of the mujahadeen. The Soviet Army entered the country, accomplished its tasks — unlike the Americans in Vietnam — and returned to its motherland. In fact, we were the first to defend Western civilization against the attacks of Muslim fanatics. No one thanked us. On the contrary, everyone was impeding our actions: The United States, NATO, Iran, Pakistan, even China. After the withdrawal of the Soviet Army, the Najibullah government that we left behind in Kabul remained in power for another three years.
