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📺 🇮🇷Iran’s AI propaganda video masterclass Iranian media, IRGC-affiliated channels, influencer networks and independent content creators are flooding social media with a stream of polished, emotionally powerful and hilarious AI-generated videos, with some surely destined to be featured in future documentaries and lectures on the history of the current conflict. Far from the AI slop content that we’ve all become used to, many of the videos serve as effective propaganda in the best sense of the word - the dissemination and deliberation of info and ideas to put forward Iran’s case in the face of US-Israeli aggression. The clips feature: 🔴 regular references to Baal, the devil-horned demon of Western occult tradition associated with child sacrifice, which Iran effectively declared war on in February amid the publication of the Epstein files 🔴 abundant references to the files themselves, (correctly) framing the war as an existential struggle between Iran and the global Epstein class 🔴 multiple videos making reference to the brutal double tap attack on an Iranian girls school on day 1 of the war 🔴 a series of endearing, Lego-inspired videos, from a modern retelling of the Quranic Battle of the Elephants featuring Trump and Netanyahu, to a full-length rap about Trump the reckless gambler 🔴 comedic clips, like Trump talking to himself while pretending to negotiate with the Iranians 🔴 a video feat. Scott Ritter on Trump’s total ignorance of the Shia faith, the Twelvers, the story of Husayn ibn Ali, the Battle of Karbala, and the fact that for Iranians, this is a religious war 🔴 and even a movie trailer-style “based on a true story, unfortunately” clip featuring real-world actors parodying Netanyahu’s ‘Iran is two weeks away from a nuke’ rhetoric and the chaos unleashed by Trump’s decision to unleash this war. 👍 US-Israel-Iran war | @geopolitics_prime

🔯 Smotrich wants to see Gaza-style carnage in the West Bank   "I think we need to go to war in Judea and Samaria, do there what we did in Gaza,” Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich told Hebrew-language media on Sunday.

🔊The Palestinian Authority is a “terrorist authority” and should be “dismantled,” Smotrich added.

The politician accused Israel’s own Palestinian community of being devious traitors, “hiding” their true intentions and working “to accumulate power through legitimate civilian activities” to destroy Israel.

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“I would like us to annex at least as far as the yellow line in Gaza and as far as the Litani River in Lebanon, because a war that ends along the same lines where it began will not prevent the enemy from going to war again next time,” he added.

In 2026, the West Bank has experienced violence of a scale and intensity never previously recorded by international monitors, seeing attacks, the occupation of land, burnings of crops, homes and mosques, theft of livestock, and cutoff of water sources. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

👁 Actual number of AI-related security incidents runs in the ‘tens of thousands’   High profile cases of rogue AIs gone wild like Hugging Face and the hacking of government platforms are a drop in the bucket compared to “incidents” too many to count involving frontier models which Anthropic, OpenAI and security researchers have been cataloguing in internal testing and real-world situations. Sources told Axios these incidents have involved AIs trying to escape secure environments, hijacking websites, creating private message boards, self-prompting, attempting to avoid being watched, and sidestepping other guardrails.

🔴“Many have yet to become public,” the sources said, without elaborating.

The incidents are not generally characterized as deliberately malevolent, with new models’ breaking of the rules attributed to “resourcefulness” and a desire to “complete tasks.” Former Google and DoD advanced computing engineer-turned whistleblower Nate Soares has warned that beyond the desire for efficient performance, the next phase of AI evolution is likely to include deliberate masking of intentions and manipulation of human operators. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

🇸🇦🇵🇰⚡️— According to recent reports and analyses of the meetings, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly declined requests to meet directly with Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, amid growing friction over the two nations' strategic defence agreement. 🇸🇦 Saudi Expectations: Saudi Arabia has pushed for tangible Pakistani military engagement or troop deployments under their mutual pacts specifically to counter ongoing regional attacks, including those from Houthi forces. 🇵🇰 Pakistan's Position: Army Chief Asim Munir reportedly conveyed that Pakistan's military capacity is heavily constrained by its ongoing active conflicts along the border with Afghanistan, leaving Islamabad unable to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia. 🔴 @Alsaa_plus_EN

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 — President Trump on Iran:

Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up, as soon as the war is over, which will be soon. Oil is going to come plummeting down, and all prices are coming down, but prices for groceries have come way down from Biden. Almost every price has come way down. We're taking tremendous amounts of oil out; last night we took a record amount of oil out from the Hormuz Strait, more than we took out before the war.

🔴 @alsaa_plus_EN

🇩🇪⚠️ Schoolchildren across Germany have taken to the streets to protest against the possible return of compulsory military service. According to organizers, demonstrations were held in more than 100 cities and drew over 45,000 participants. In Berlin and other cities, protesters carried slogans including “Your war — without us,” “Why us, not you,” and “Not a single person, not a single cent for the Bundeswehr.” The protests follow the introduction of mandatory medical examinations for 18-year-old men and plans to potentially reinstate conscription if there are not enough volunteers.

🇩🇪 Berlin’s population with a migration background has reached 42.7% as the far-left Die Linke party secured a historic victory in the German capital, winning 25.7% of the vote and becoming the largest party in Berlin for the first time. The demographic shift is particularly pronounced among younger Berliners, with more than 40% of people aged 16–24 having a migration background. Die Linke also dominated among younger voters where the party won 43% among 16–24-year-olds and 49% among voters aged 25–34. 📎 Visegrad24

🤖 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov launches “Army of Robots” Mykhailo Fedorov: We’re launching the Army of Robots. In 2022, we launched the Army of Drones. Today, drones account for over 95% of battlefield strikes, and Ukraine has more than 700 UAV manufacturers. Now we need the next technological breakthrough: the robotization of warfare. The goal is simple — save lives. Robots should take on the most dangerous missions: evacuating the wounded, delivering ammunition, mining and demining, reconnaissance, defending positions and engaging targets. The Army of Robots is not one company. It’s an ecosystem. We will invest in defense tech companies, launch our own technology projects, test them with the military and scale what works on the battlefield. We’re now looking for defense tech companies and engineers working on robotic technologies — as well as a CTO / Tech Lead for the Army of Robots. https://thearmyofrobots.com/en 📎 Mykhailo Fedorov

CIA warns of CIA false flag on Spanish, French, and/or Italian allies. https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2026/09/23/6ab411e9fdddff35028b4598.html

🤖🇨🇳 SHENZHEN: Humanoid robots patrol alongside the police 🚨🏙️ In Shenzhen, a humanoid robot is patrolling alongside the police. China is demonstrating just how quickly machines are making the leap from the laboratory to the streets. Local critics claim that this is more of a spectacle than something useful for everyday life.. Quelle

🇮🇷 ‘It’s America that must choose whether it wants to end this or not’ — Pezeshkian Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected the premise that Tehran must choose between war and a deal, saying Iran never sought the conflict and remains ready for diplomacy.

💬 “We never sought war. We do not seek war.”

He stressed that Iran had already reached and signed an agreement with the US before the attacks began, while the Strait of Hormuz remained open.

💬 “Without any legal justification or framework, they attacked us.”

Pezeshkian emphasized that Iran will defend itself if fighting continues. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

‘In the end, we all die anyway’ — Trump stuns Carlson with absolute nihilism Tucker Carlson told NPR that days before the Iran war began, he personally warned President Donald Trump in the Oval Office that Israel was pushing the US toward conflict for its own regional goals. According to Carlson, Trump agreed with his assessment — then gave a response that stunned him:

💬 “Yes, you're right, but in the end, we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter.”

Carlson said he asked: “but what about our kids and our grandkids and like our country?”

💬 “Ahhhhhh,” Trump responded, according to Carlson.

👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime

OFAC set a deadline of 12:01 a.m. EDT on 23 September to wind down Iran-related aviation business. Mahan Air flight W593, an Airbus A340, departed Tehran before the clock ran out and touched down at Guangzhou Baiyun at 4:39 p.m. local time — comfortably after it. Mahan has been under US counterterrorism sanctions since 2011, accused of ferrying weapons, personnel and equipment for the IRGC-Quds Force; Treasury had sanctioned Iran's remaining active airlines on 8 September, warning that anyone supporting the sector risks the same treatment. Beijing's Foreign Ministry replied on both the 22nd and 23rd that it rejects unilateral sanctions lacking Security Council authorisation. https://www.arabnews.com/world/iranian-flight-lands-in-china-despite-us-threat-of-sanctions-flight-tracker-3002779

❗️The US is again deploying large numbers of strategic tankers and C-17 transport aircraft to West Asia, with several flights tracked landing in Israel as a new US air bridge forms amid preparations for a potential large-scale attack on Iran, according to Flightradar24 data, The buildup also includes increased activity by KC-135 and KC-46 tankers and MQ-4C surveillance drones around the Strait of Hormuz and Iran, mirroring deployments seen before previous US strikes. The movements come days after US President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran at the UN.

🇵🇸The last Christian village in the West Bank is under threat from Israeli settlers | MEE #Taybeh, the last fully Christian village in the occupied West Bank, is facing an escalating campaign of violence and intimidation by surrounding Israeli settlers. Surrounded by illegal settlements, outposts, and military gates, residents say their lands and historic religious sites are routinely targeted by arson attacks, vandalism, and armed harassment aimed at forcing them to leave the area. Speaking to Middle East Eye's Jerusalem bureau chief Lubna Masarwa, Father Bashar Fawadleh, the Latin parish priest of Taybeh, detailed what daily life looks like under constant encirclement and how the community is fighting to survive on its ancestral land. #Palestine #Christian #PalestinianChristians #WestBank #Colonisation #Apartheid #Settler #SettlerViolence