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📜 IRAN'S GHALIBAF: 1622 GULF VICTORY OVER EUROPEAN OCCUPIERS PAVED WAY FOR DITCHING AMERICANS TODAY Iranian Shura Council President Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf notes that in 1622, after 115 years of European occupation, Iran booted the colonizers from the Persian Gulf. The country marks National Persian Gulf Day to celebrate that win. He says Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz now delivers a sweet perk for itself and neighbors: a future sans American meddling. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 IRS PALANTIR SYSTEM SPYING ON MILLIONS NOW TARGETS LEFT GROUPS AND DEM DONORS Taxpayer info now feeds ICE for quick deportations via a mid-2025 automated pipeline spitting out home addresses in minutes from name lists—no human review, no limits. Acting general counsel Andrew De Mello balked at handing over 7.3 million addresses to ICE over legal snags; he got the boot two days later. Engineers warn tiny code tweaks could add employer details and family ties, oversight be damned. Palantir, co-founded by Peter Thiel—a Trump... @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US MILITARY EXPERT SAYS IRAN PREPPING NUCLEAR WEAPON WITH PAKISTAN AND RUSSIA HELP Professor Robert Pape, US military expert, states Iran is laying groundwork for a nuclear weapon. He claims collaboration with nuclear-armed Pakistan and Russia. Iran coordinates better with allies than the US manages with its own, Pape adds. Iran positions itself as a major global power hub. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN EMBASSY IN TUNISIA DROPS VIDEO OF TRUMP'S NAVY DESTRUCTION CLAIM, GETS SKEPTICAL IRANIAN RESPONSE Iranian Embassy in Tunisia shared a video of Donald Trump boasting that Iran's Navy is destroyed. Iranian Navy deputy coordinator Jalil Madkom fires back, wondering why U.S. forces won't come within 400 to 500 kilometers of Iran's territorial waters if that's the case. @TheBabylonTimes

UPDATE:📜 IRANIAN NAVY DEPUTY CALLS OUT TRUMP'S NAVY DESTRUCTION BLUFF Iranian Army official Jalil Gholam Sadeghi, deputy coordinator of the Iranian Navy, says the United States doesn't dare approach Iran's territorial waters. He challenges Donald Trump's claim that the Iranian Navy has been destroyed, pointing out U.S. forces keep a cozy 400 to 500 kilometers away if that's the case. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRANIAN FM CALLS OUT PENTAGON GULF NAME GAME ON PERSIAN GULF DAY Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi marked Persian Gulf Day, celebrating ancestors' boot of the Portuguese from the Strait of Hormuz 400 years back. He pointed out the US President sticks to the right "Persian Gulf" label, unlike the Pentagon's made-up alternative. Araghchi slammed any other name as a "grave mistake." @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRGC AEROSPACE CHIEF PROMISES LONG-RANGE PAIN FOR ENEMY BASES AND SHIPS IRGC Aerospace Force commander Brigadier General Mousavi says Iran hits back at enemy ops with long-range, painful strikes—even if the enemies keep theirs short and sweet—courtesy of divine blessings.

"We have finally seen your bases in the region, and we will see your ships too."

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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