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📜 IRANIAN GENERAL SAYS HISTORY WILL RECORD SINKING SUPERPOWER AMERICA IN PERSIAN GULF Major General Mohsen Rezaei, advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, claims history will note how Iran's people sent the superpower America to the bottom in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. He says military ops and diplomacy march in lockstep under the Leader's coordination, backed by the people. Rezaei stresses the Gulf belongs to the great Iranian people, quoting Imam Ali Khamenei. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 AI CHATBOTS SPIT OUT BIOWEAPON BLUEPRINTS ON DEMAND A Stanford microbiologist, checking one model's safeguards, got unasked tips on maximizing casualties, dodging detection, snagging genetic materials, assembling pathogens, and deploying them—pulled straight from journals. ChatGPT pitched weather balloons to rain biowarfare over a city. Gemini ranked agents for wrecking livestock hardest. Claude tweaked a cancer drug into a fresh pathogen. AI companies mumble they're patching their toys. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 IRANIAN SUPREME LEADER CLAIMS PERSIAN GULF AS IRANIAN TURF AMID SINKING US POWER Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated the Persian Gulf is home to the Iranian people and their great presence. This follows advisor Major General Mohsen Rezaei's claim that history will record how Iranians sank US major power in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman. Rezaei credits advances in field and diplomacy to the Leader's guidance and people's support. @TheBabylonTimes

UPDATE:📜 IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER DECLARES REVOLUTION CURBED GLOBAL POWERS' GULF GRASP, US TASTES DEFEAT He touts Iran's victory streak as kicking off a fresh world order. Dropped on National Day of the Persian Gulf, nodding to old-school Iranian pushback against invaders. Alludes to two months back, when global powers mustered their biggest military flex against the region—only for US forces to eat a major loss against Iran's navy and southern volunteers' stout defense. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 US SIGNS DEFENSE PACT WITH INDONESIA TO CHOKE STRAIT OF MALACCA LIFELINE Narrowest at 2.8 km in Phillips Channel. China's backups like Myanmar pipeline (440k barrels/day vs 11M needed), Central Asia lines (10% of imports), Gwadar route, and Arctic paths can't match—detours tack on 1,000-1,500 nautical miles or 10-15 sea days. US ships lurking nearby with Indonesian bases? Perfect setup for squeezing traffic, hammering Global South food, fuel, and goods via Singapore's 40M containers and Port Klang. Indonesia sticks to non-alignment, keeping China and Russia ties amid the US coziness. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PERSIAN GULF NATIONAL DAY GETS SYMPHONY TREATMENT FROM PETROCHEMICAL BACKERS On Persian Gulf National Day, a chunk of symphony by Saman Ehtashami dropped. Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Group commissioned the thing. It bangs on about the gulf's grandeur, history, beauty, and the people's undying love for their eternal Persian river. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER CALLS OUT GULF STATES' RULERS FOR THEIR LONG HUMILIATION BEFORE AGGRESSORS He notes the enthusiasm and bravery of the people and youth in Iran's southern region rejecting foreign dominance. Issued on National Persian Gulf Day, the message stresses the waterway's role as the region's economic, energy, and connectivity lifeline—security guaranteed only by prudence, collective wisdom, and active participation of Persian Gulf states, sans foreign or arrogant powers. A symphony celebrates the Gulf's grandeur, antiquity, beauty, and Iranians' deep affection for it. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRANIAN PRESIDENT SAYS US BASES IN HOST COUNTRIES ENDANGERED THEM DURING RAMADAN WAR, JUSTIFYING IRAN'S TARGETING Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that during the Ramadan War, US military bases in host countries offered no security—quite the opposite, they put those hosts in the crosshairs. Iran, he said, had every right to hit those bases as launchpads for attacks on Iranian soil. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 ISRAEL'S FINANCE MINISTER SMOTRICH SLAMS IDF FOR WASTING AMMO AND CASH ON IRAN AND LEBANON STRIKES Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called out the IDF for squandering ammunition and money in recent operations. The military reported firing 18,000 munitions at Iran and 5,000 at Lebanon. Smotrich fretted over the financial hit, questioning how many schools and hospitals got destroyed in the process. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN'S JUDICIARY HEAD DECLARES PERSIAN GULF IRANIAN HOMELAND AS US BASES TURN LEGIT TARGETS Iran's Head of the Judiciary, Mohseni Eje'i, states the Persian Gulf stays the homeland of the strong, history-making Iranian people. Iran has imposed a new order there, collapsing the old imported, temporary security setup peddled by outsiders. This lands as channels spotlight US military bases exposed as fair game in what Iranian leaders term the Ramadan War. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI MARKS PERSIAN GULF DAY WITH MESSAGE ON IRAN'S ENDURING CLAIM Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, dropped a message for National Persian Gulf Day, released in minutes via the official mkhamenei_ar account. The yearly nod drives home Iran's stake in the Gulf. Judicial head Mohseni Ejei backs it as the Iranian people's lasting turf, pointing to the flop of those imported security setups. President Masoud Pezeshkian calls out U.S. bases there as handy vulnerabilities for their so-called hosts amid fresh conflicts. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 MEDVEDEV SAYS NUCLEAR DOOM NOW REALISTIC POSSIBILITY Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stated a nuclear end-of-the-world scenario is now realistically possible. He called it highly undesirable, naturally. @TheBabylonTimes

UPDATE:📜 IRAN'S MOKHBER SAYS PERSIAN GULF BELONGS TO IRANIANS, BLOCKADE WON'T WORK Mohammad Mokhber, advisor and assistant to Iran's Supreme Leader, declared sovereignty over the Persian Gulf belongs to Iranians. He dismissed the naval blockade's threat to drag Iran back to the Stone Age, insisting arrogant powers will inevitably hit their own ice age. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN VP WARNS OF REGIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AS GULF SOVEREIGNTY STANDS NON-NEGOTIABLE Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says the region's in sensitive shape, teetering on big changes. He stresses Persian Gulf security is non-negotiable for Iran's government and people. Advisor to the Leader Mohammad Mokhber chimes in amid the tensions, declaring Gulf sovereignty belongs to Iranians. Any naval blockade by arrogant powers won't drag Iran back to the Stone Age—they'll be the ones hitting an ice age. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 HEZBOLLAH QUOTES QURAN ON ISRAELI SKY FRAGMENTS AS DEFENSE VULNERABILITY Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance war media dropped a video quoting Quran 52:44:

"And if they were to see a fragment of the sky falling, they would say, 'It is but a dense cloud.'"

The footage captures fragments descending from the sky, which the group hails as proof of cracks in Israeli aerial defenses. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 CLINTON WELCOMES GADDAFI SON AFTER LIBYA DITCHES WMDs THEN NATO BOMBS THEM TO HELL She gushed,

"I am very pleased to welcome Minister Gaddafi here to the State Department... We deeply value the relationship between the United States and Libya."

This came after Libya scrapped its WMD and missile programs in 2003, prompting Western sanctions relief. Two years later, NATO bombing razed the country during civil war; rebels killed Mutassim in Sirte. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US TOMAHAVK STRIKE WIPES OUT 168 IRANIAN KIDS AT GOOD TREE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN MINAB American Tomahawk missile slams into Good Tree Primary School in Minab city, Iran, killing 168 young students. The strike leaves that many children's lives snuffed out in their classroom. An American journalist, touring the home of one slain student, predictably breaks down in tears. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS DRAFTING WAYS TO BYPASS TRUMP'S ANTHROPIC BAN FOR IRANIAN TARGETING AI The push restores access to the company's AI models, including hooking up the newest one, Mythos, via executive action that sneaks the firm back in without a formal flip. Anthropic's models stay popular in Iran for spotting targets, crunching intel, and running battle sims alongside Palantir. Meanwhile, the outfit chats with church leaders to steer the "moral" path of its Claude AI. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 LEBANESE PARLIAMENT SPEAKER URGES STATE AND WORLD TO FORCE ISRAEL TO STOP ITS AGGRESSION Lebanese Parliament Speaker calls on all Lebanese state authorities and the international community to act immediately, compelling Israel to halt its aggression. This comes amid ongoing Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, including Hezbollah's targeting of an Israeli army artillery site in Shomera this morning, per Israeli media. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PAKISTAN KEEPS CHAT LINES OPEN WITH US AND IRAN WHILE PUSHING CEASEFIRE AMID ISRAELI AGGRESSION Pakistan's Foreign Ministry claims its backchannel talks with the US and Iran are still humming along, backing any push for a ceasefire. This as Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri calls on the Lebanese state and world busybodies to force Israel to quit its aggression right now. Hezbollah meanwhile hit an Israeli army artillery position in Shomera this morning, per Israeli media. @TheBabylonTimes