Iran Super Thread- Merged

[daftandbarmy]

Meanwhile, in Pakistan...


KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Sunday left at least 10 people dead and more than 50 others injured as pro-Iran demonstrators attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate, authorities said.

At least 10 killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate over Khamenei's death

Authorities say at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes with police on Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S.

apnews.com

 

[daftandbarmy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028100348225749320

 

[brihard]

In sadder news the US military is reporting three servicemembers killed and five wounded in the ongoing operation.

https://apnews.com/live/us-israel-strikes-iran-khamenei-03-01-2026#0000019c-a9e6-dc32-a1df-bbe7bee40000

U.S. appeared to be potentially CASEVACing in Bahrain/Qatar by helicopter yesterday evening. A combat search and rescue helicopter was seen on flight trackers.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027942972566696076

 

[HavokFour]

In sadder news the US military is reporting three servicemembers killed and five wounded in the ongoing operation.

https://apnews.com/live/us-israel-strikes-iran-khamenei-03-01-2026#0000019c-a9e6-dc32-a1df-bbe7bee40000

The video of Trump partying right as this was all kicking off is going to age poorly.

 

[HavokFour]

Another big name.

Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reported assassinated

Iranian television reports that Amadinejad, who was once considered one of the bitterest enemies of the State of Israel, was also killed in attacks by Israel and the United States

www.ynetnews.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Meanwhile, in Pakistan...


KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Sunday left at least 10 people dead and more than 50 others injured as pro-Iran demonstrators attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate, authorities said.

At least 10 killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate over Khamenei's death

Authorities say at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes with police on Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S.

apnews.com

Fun fact, the capital city of Pakistan was built from 1960 under Ayub Khan. It is the City of Islam. Islamabad.

 

[ytz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028070957860950527

 

[The Bread Guy]

I have heard oil is already at > $100/bbl in after hours trading.

Gasoline’s already around $1.30/litre in this part of the 807 area code, up about 20 cents from last week.

 

[ytz]

Fun fact, the capital city of Pakistan was built from 1960 under Ayub Khan. It is the City of Islam. Islamabad.

The history of Pakistan is one of a South Asian elite trying to exploit a diverse population by appealing to religion that most of said elites don't sincerely follow. It's also what they use to try and separate themselves from the culturally similar North India.

Take away religion and there's no raison d'être for Pakistan or even Bangladesh. Revert back to what was British India. Incidentally, this is also a Chinese nightmare. The minute South Asia becomes like the EU, is the minute every Indian defence rupee is aimed at China. I wish people understood the motivations behind the Pakistan-China nexus.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

The history of Pakistan is one of a South Asian elite trying to exploit a diverse population by appealing to religion that most of said elites don't sincerely follow.

Sounds like Saudi Arabia.

 

[ytz]

Gasoline’s already around $1.30/litre in this part of the 807 area code, up about 20 cents from last week.

I filled for $1.25 at Costco yesterday in Ottawa. Probably $1.40 by Tuesday.

 

[brihard]

This corroborates some command and control breakdown, and Iranian missile units operating partly autonomously on previous orders.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028121490747445286

 

[ytz]

Sounds like Saudi Arabia.

Close. But in Saudi they are all the same ethnicity. And there's a complex in interplay between religion and nationalism.

In Pakistan, they aren't Arab. They are South Asians whose culture was Personalized by the Mughals. This is why Pakistan's Urdu and India's Hindi are mutually intelligible while Urdu uses the Arabic script.

This influence means that like Iran there's always a risk that eventually people may just reject religious oppression. In countries like Iran and Pakistan where their religion isn't tied to their ethnicity, it's not a stretch to portray Islam as a foreign religion that was imposed on them. We're seeing an element of this in Iran. We'll never see this in any of the Gulf States though.

 

[ytz]

This corroborates some command and control breakdown, and Iranian missile units operating partly autonomously on previous orders.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028121490747445286

They hit oil rigs in UAE waters. Sounds to me like somebody is realizing they don't want their oil infrastructure struck back.