Iran Super Thread- Merged

[Lumber]

Kurds start ground offensive against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

Kurds start ground offensive against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

 

[HavokFour]

Kurds start ground offensive against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

Kurds start ground offensive against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

Here's hoping they aren't stabbed in the back for the fourth (fifth?) time.

EDIT: Apparently some Kurdish groups are denying that it's happening. Fog of war.

 

[Lumber]

I am trying to determine if these are cook-offs or negligent discharges.

There is a clip of some Iranian saying they have lost control of their outlying positions and that they are now acting independently following the intent of the last order received.

Mission Command IRGC style.

Their leadership has been decimated. Critical C2 nodes have been obliterated. Their ability to coordinate is gone. The launches that we're still seeing are likely based off of standing orders, or like you pointed out, local initiative.

 

[brihard]

Kurds start ground offensive against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

Kurds start ground offensive against Iran | The Jerusalem Post

I’m gonna wait for some solid corroboration on this one… US Government could be pushing stuff out as part of an info game to incite other dissidents to action.

The Kurds have some territory in Iran; I’d wait to see tangible evidence of government forces being pushed out of places they actually are, or being engaged in distinctly increased fighting.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Here's hoping they aren't stabbed in the back for the fourth (fifth?) time.

EDIT: Apparently some Kurdish groups are denying that it's happening. Fog of war.

Kurdish groups seem to have coalesced over the past little bit - except for a couple, with some claims of strikes starting the past weekend ...

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups say Iran targeted them in northern Iraq, claim operations in Iran

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups say that Iran targeted their bases in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with drones and missiles following US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) and other groups, including PDKI and Komala, reported attacks near Erbil...

www.longwarjournal.org

New party joins Iranian Kurdish resistance as US plays down opposition role

"Everyone can see that in recent days a completely new phase has emerged. The wave of change has turned toward our region more than ever before, placing eastern Kurdistan [Rojhelat] in the face of a very sensitive and historic situation, one that, more than ever, requires unity, coordination...

thenewregion.com

Kurdish-Iranian opposition parties form alliance amid tension and protests in Iran | The National

Iraqi Kurdistan regional government said it would not allow an attack on its neighbour

www.thenationalnews.com

... with the Wikipedia page already in play.

Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Nvlgzr]

Arguably a giant US military base in a sufficiently vacated and cleansed Gaza should permanently meet all of their Mediterranean basing needs.

Won’t happen unless Trump gets the rest of Gaza so he can change it into resorts and golfing. He’s probably already copyrighted as Trumpland.

 

[lenaitch]

Didn't save the Wehrmacht during WW 2, though, either. As others smarter than me have said, if it's war, it's war - "special military operations" or "major combat operations" taxonomy notwithstanding.

I suppose the sub could have ordered the ship to heave to and either be boarded or the crew sent to lifeboats before it is sent to the bottom, but I suspect the rules of engagement from SecWar have been fairly specific.

 

[Czech_pivo]

Kurdish groups seem to have coalesced over the past little bit - except for a couple, with some claims of strikes starting the past weekend ...

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups say Iran targeted them in northern Iraq, claim operations in Iran

Kurdish Iranian opposition groups say that Iran targeted their bases in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with drones and missiles following US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) and other groups, including PDKI and Komala, reported attacks near Erbil...

www.longwarjournal.org

New party joins Iranian Kurdish resistance as US plays down opposition role

"Everyone can see that in recent days a completely new phase has emerged. The wave of change has turned toward our region more than ever before, placing eastern Kurdistan [Rojhelat] in the face of a very sensitive and historic situation, one that, more than ever, requires unity, coordination...

thenewregion.com

Kurdish-Iranian opposition parties form alliance amid tension and protests in Iran | The National

Iraqi Kurdistan regional government said it would not allow an attack on its neighbour

www.thenationalnews.com

... with the Wikipedia page already in play.

Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I see a Marxist/Leninist Party or two in there….

 

[The Bread Guy]

I suppose the sub could have ordered the ship to heave to and either be boarded or the crew sent to lifeboats before it is sent to the bottom, but I suspect the rules of engagement from SecWar have been fairly specific.

More Old Testament than New Testament, if one wants to use those markers these days.

 

[Jarnhamar]

So does the U.S. Navy.

Also pirates.

 

[The Bread Guy]

I see a Marxist/Leninist Party or two in there….

Didn't think I did, but haven't dug toooooooooooo deep yet, either.

Wonder how the Royalist Centralists feel about the "wanna run our own show" Kurds eventually wanting a piece of the action?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Institute for the Study of War doing it's daily thing on this one as well ...

Iran Update Morning Special Report, March 4, 2026

The United States and Israel have continued to attack Iranian internal security institutions, including buildings in western Tehran.

understandingwar.org

 

[daftandbarmy]

That should help

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029058639030566949

 

[Czech_pivo]

Didn't think I did, but haven't dug toooooooooooo deep yet, either.

Wonder how the Royalist Centralists feel about the "wanna run our own show" Kurds eventually wanting a piece of the action?

I think everyone, everyone, better be praying to whoever their version of God is that Iran doesn’t descend into a Syria fragmentation civil war. The ripple effect across its neighbours will be much larger in magnitude than what Syria was. A new version of ISIS or a resurrected ISIS could easily occur.
Iran is a country with 92 million people living in it. If only 10% of them become wandering refugees that’s over 9 million people. What will the Gulf States do? What will the Saudi’s do? What will the EU do?

 

[Cloud Cover]

I like the gasps for air when she needs to draw deep.

 

[Czech_pivo]

That should help

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029058639030566949

Who the f$ck is that person?

 

[Retired AF Guy]

I suppose the sub could have ordered the ship to heave to and either be boarded or the crew sent to lifeboats before it is sent to the bottom, but I suspect the rules of engagement from SecWar have been fairly specific.

Pistol Pete's actual statement:

"No stupid rules of engagement, no nation building quagmire, no democracy building exercise, no politically correct wars. We fight to win, and we don't waste time or lives," Hegseth said.

Link

Statements like Hegseth's are so stupid and probably just embolden the Iranians to dig in and fight back.

 

[brihard]

That should help

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029058639030566949

They did start by taking out a top religious leader. Is this whole thing just a Yee-had?

 

[QV]

Pistol Pete's actual statement:



Link

Statements like Hegseth's are so stupid and probably just embolden the Iranians to dig in and fight back.

The iranians were given several off ramps… i recall the comments here: “TACO”.

Going easy on them in a war should never be an option.

 

[suffolkowner]

I think everyone, everyone, better be praying to whoever their version of God is that Iran doesn’t descend into a Syria fragmentation civil war. The ripple effect across its neighbours will be much larger in magnitude than what Syria was. A new version of ISIS or a resurrected ISIS could easily occur.
Iran is a country with 92 million people living in it. If only 10% of them become wandering refugees that’s over 9 million people. What will the Gulf States do? What will the Saudi’s do? What will the EU do?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2029281589230715131

Azeri/Kurd/Baloch lots of fun