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📜 IRAN'S METRO OFFERS WOMEN-ONLY CARS TO SPARE THEM MEN'S COMPANY Iran's metro system sets aside women-only cars, marked by a red line, creating a safe haven for women wary of rubbing elbows with men, says political commentator Bushra Shahikh. Men caught trespassing face fines, while women can slum it in mixed cars if they feel like it. She spotlights the Holy Mary (Maryam-e Moghaddas) station as exhibit A, and adds that metro and public bus rides come free for everyone in Iran. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 TRUMP CLAIMS VICTORY OVER IRAN WHILE STRAIT OF HORMUZ STAYS SHUT AND MISSILES READY Italian paper Il Manifesto notes Trump keeps bragging about winning the war with Iran, with Tehran supposedly begging for peace. Reality check: Strait of Hormuz is still closed, Iran's missile and drone launchers fully intact. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 US CENTCOM BEGS FOR DARK EAGLE HYPERSONIC TOYS IN IRAN WAR DESPITE ITS GLITCHY EXPERIMENTAL FLAWS But the experimental system's limited, each costing $47 million, with Pentagon combat checks delayed to 2027. Development's been a parade of flops: canceled 2022-2023 tests from launcher breakdowns, hydraulic strains under its fat weight, bad positioning, and software hiccups. CENTCOM's scramble follows US stocks gutted after five weeks—THAAD, Patriot defenses shredded worst, plus Tomahawks, PrSMs, JASSMs burned through, shortages looming for years. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 PHOTOS OF MARTYRS FROM MINAB SCHOOL CHILDREN'S MASSACRE BY AMERICAN-ISRAELI AGGRESSION DISPLAYED AT BERLIN PUBLIC EVENT Photos capture bodies of child martyrs from the Minab School massacre—courtesy of American-Israeli strikes kicking off their war on Iran—laid out at a public gathering in Berlin. Victims wrapped in shrouds spotlight the civilian carnage from that school hit. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN GUARD NAVY SAYS GLOBAL RESILIENCE FLEET TO GAZA WILL AWAKEN WORLD AGAINST EPSTEIN FRONT Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy announces the "Global Resilience Fleet," bound for Gaza with Strait of Hormuz fighters in tow, will rouse the world against the "Epstein front." The statement spotlights the fleet's push to confront perceived aggressors amid the usual regional tensions. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES SLAUGHTER DOZENS OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IN GAZA Palestinian civilians in Gaza keep getting hammered by Israeli airstrikes that killed dozens, including children, while shredding residential areas. Rescue teams dig survivors from the rubble as the bombardment drags on, piling up the non-combatant body count. This repeated pounding of populated neighborhoods does the trick, apparently. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PENTAGON BEGS SATELLITE FIRMS TO HIDE MIDEAST BASE DAMAGE American journalist Ana Kasparian reports the Pentagon asked satellite companies like Planet Labs to withhold or obscure photos of damaged US military bases in the Middle East. Planet Labs confirmed the request. Pentagon's oh-so-reassuring reply:

"We do not discuss battle damage assessments for operational security reasons. Our forces remain fully operational and we continue to execute our mission with the same readiness and combat effectiveness."

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📜 US COMMODITIES SKYROCKET SINCE WAR ON IRAN KICKED OFF Financial markets analyst Charlie Bello tallies the price surges hitting US commodities right as the war on Iran began. Aviation fuel jumps 70%, sulfur 60%, Brent crude and heating oil 52% each, crude oil 48%, urea 48%, diesel 45%, gasoline 40%, European natural gas 36%, fertilizers 23%, palm oil 12%, coal 11%, wheat 10%, iron ore 8%. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN MP CALLS OUT UAE AS ZIONIST DRONE HUB IN ATTACKS ON IRAN Iranian MP Manouchehr Mottaki accused the United Arab Emirates of meddling in attacks against Iran. He pointed out that certain drones hitting Iran are the exclusive toys of the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Mottaki helpfully noted the UAE has morphed into a cozy Zionist hangout. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 US STATE DEPARTMENT OKS $8.6 BILLION ARMS HAUL FOR ISRAEL AND GULF PALS The U.S. State Department greenlit military arms sales topping $8.6 billion to Israel, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Because nothing equips occupation forces quite like fresh American hardware. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRAN'S TOP BRASS SAYS ARMED FORCES READY FOR ROUND TWO WITH UNCLE SAM'S EMPTY PROMISES Brigadier General Mohammad Jafar Asadi, Deputy Head of Inspection Affairs at the Central Headquarters of the Prophet's Seal, states Iran's armed forces stand fully ready for another go at the United States. He cites evidence that Washington ignores its commitments and agreements. Wall Street Journal reports Iranian officials warning Tehran might unleash novel weapons like submarines and mine-carrying dolphins on U.S. warships. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN EYES MINE-PACKED DOLPHINS TO BITE BACK AT US WARSHIPS Wall Street Journal says Iran might unleash dolphins lugging mines on US warships, per Iranian officials. Tehran boasts it could trot out untried toys—from subs to mine-strapped dolphins—against those American floating targets. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN EXECUTES TWO MOSSAD SPIES AFTER SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION Iranian authorities hanged Yaqub Karim Bour and Nasser Bakhrazadeh, convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad. The pair gathered and sent sensitive national security info to foreign intel services. Executions came after judicial procedures wrapped up and Iran's Supreme Court rubber-stamped the death sentences, per official sources. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 LEGO VIDEO MOCKS TRUMP'S TAXPAYER-FUNDED GOLDEN BALLROOM VANITY PROJECT A fresh Lego-style animated video takes aim at Donald Trump's shiny new golden ballroom, decked out in golden walls and marble floors—all on the taxpayer dime. Lyrics poke fun at the opulence while everyday Americans grapple with skyrocketing gas prices at the grocery store. It roasts Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for Defense Secretary, morphing from TV anchor to extreme military hawk. The ballroom? A "gift to the world" taxpayers already footed. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US SPLITS SUDAN TO SABOTAGE CHINA'S OIL PIPELINE AND GRAB RESOURCES Pushed "Christian genocide" tale for Obama's 2005 peace deal and referendum, birthing US-backed South Sudan with arms and cash—oil rerouted, naturally. Aid-junkie South Sudan implodes into civil war, 400,000 dead by 2024, pipeline trashed, Sudan's exports zeroed, China booted. UAE and Saudi prop RSF to hog gold mines, launder via Dubai, and Hemedti ships mercs to Yemen—all in Uncle Sam's grand African resource heist against China. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN GRABS CHINA'S HIGH-RES SATELLITE TO SPY ON US BASES IN MIDEAST CNN says Iran's IRGC snagged China's TEE-01B Earth observation satellite—Earth Eye 1—in 2024. This commercial bird dishes high-res imagery for remote sensing, letting Iran swap grainy old pics for crystal-clear, real-time tracking of US bases across the Middle East. First time Uncle Sam faces a foe with sat intel almost matching his own. Most US troops bailed from forward bases, hunkering in hotels and apartments on the Arabian Peninsula. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US CONGRESSMAN RINDS FINE WHINES ISRAEL'S GRIP ON AMERICA SLIPPING AS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FADES US Congressman Randy Fine warns Israel's sway over America is fading, with backing from both Republican and Democratic parties on the wane. He dresses it up as safeguarding Judeo-Christian values and Western civilization, claiming

"We will lose America. This is about Western civilization."

Remarks underscore mounting strains in US-Israel ties. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 ISRAEL DITCHED KISSINGER'S MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY TO KEEP SHOOTING FIRST AND APOLOGIZING LATER Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says Henry Kissinger dangled a mutual defense treaty at Israel post-1973 war. Israel thumbed its nose, hating how treaties demand fixed borders and cramp its style for unscripted strikes on Syria, Libya, or Lebanon—sorry, not sorry. McGovern points out the habit sticks: Israel tips off the US after risky moves that could spark regional firestorms, banking on full US backing minus any pesky mutual obligations. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA PREPARES NEW AID SHIPS TO BREACH ISRAEL'S GAZA BLOCKADE Activists with the Global Sumud Flotilla gear up another aid flotilla to poke Israel's blockade of Gaza. Şuayb Ordu says ships are getting primed in Turkey and Europe, with Italy and Spain pitching in support.

"Our ships are ready. We will gather from here... Either they will kill us, or we will enter Gaza."

Most from the last run made it back to Turkey after Israeli forces nabbed their boats in international waters, hurting 31 activists and holding some captive still. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN STRIKES LEAVE 16 US MILITARY SITES DAMAGED ACROSS REGION CNN investigation lays bare how Iranian missile and drone strikes hammered at least 16 US military sites, knocking out most affected installations and leaving some basically useless. Their report spotlights the unprecedented wreckage at Kuwait's Camp Buehring—a former US "microcity" now a ghost town after weeks of barrages. Footage captures abandoned structures and cleared zones, underscoring the hit to American operations. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum