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Israel says it's now striking Iran

by Oui Sat Oct 26th, 2024 at 12:29:17 AM EST

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israel says it's now striking Iran

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A second wave of Israeli strikes on Iran now happening near capital Tehran.

In Washington, White House National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett said the “targeted strikes on military targets” are “an exercise of self-defense and in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1.”

The United States was “informed beforehand and there is no US involvement,” a US defense official told AFP, under the condition of anonymity.

The official did not say how far in advance the United States had been informed or what had been shared by Israel.

(Yasmin News Agency) - Sources have stated Iran will retaliate tit-for-tat on today’s attacks by Israel.

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US says Israeli attack on Iran should ‘complete’ exchange of fire | Al Jazeera |

The White House has said that Israel’s overnight strikes on Iran should end direct exchanges of fire between the two countries, while also warning Tehran of “consequences” should it respond.

A senior White House official said the Biden administration believed the Israeli operation should “close out” the direct military exchange between Israel and Iran.

US President Joe Biden was updated as the Israeli operation was developing and as the attacks were carried out by the Israelis, the official said. The official, who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, said the US had no involvement in the strike.

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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Oct 26th, 2024 at 08:40:07 AM EST

Iran air defense forces: Israel targeted positions in Tehran, Khuzestan, Ilam

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by Oui (Oui) on Sat Oct 26th, 2024 at 09:11:14 PM EST
by Oui (Oui) on Sat Oct 26th, 2024 at 09:12:14 PM EST
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Iranian Monarchist Group Claims Responsibility for Shiraz Mosque Attack | The Jamestown Foundation - 20 May 2008 | [archive]

The bombing came during a sermon by Mohammad Enjavinejad, the head cleric of the Rahpouyan Vesal Cultural Association (Followers of the Road to Join Up With God). Approximately 800 worshippers were in attendance to hear the cleric, known for his critiques of Bahais and Wahhabis, when a blast ripped through the mosque, killing 12 and wounding over 200.

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A group calling itself Soldiers of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran (Anjoman-e Padeshahi-e Iran, or API) did issue a statement on its website claiming responsibility for the attack.

API uses the term tondar (thunder) as a code for what it describes as a series of attacks it plans against the regime. According to other API sources, however, tondar activities entail a range of ongoing actions, including public demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience by Iranians in the diaspora opposed to clerical rule.



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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Oct 29th, 2024 at 08:38:55 PM EST
Iran executes Californian resident after abducting him and convicting him on terror charges | Daily Mail |

Jamshid Sharmahd, 69, a German-Iranian dissident who lived in Los Angeles County with his family, was accused by the Islamic Republic of planning a 2008 attack on a mosque that killed 14 people - including five women and a child - and wounded over 200 others.

    In 2007, a "massive cyber attack" publicly exposed his contributions to the website of Tondar, a news platform and opposition movement viewed by Iran as a terrorist organization.

Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, on terror charges in a trial that the US State Department has described as being a 'sham'. His family also disputed the allegations and had worked for years to see him freed.



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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Oct 29th, 2024 at 08:39:52 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Oct 29th, 2024 at 09:06:51 PM EST
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From archives @BooMan

Bush's Crusaders Join Forces with Soldiers of Allah in Terror Against Iran | Posted by Oui on 21 June 2008 |

The group, Jundullah, operates in Baluchistan on both sides of the border between Iran and Pakistan and has carried out a number of violent attacks on Iranian army facilities and officers inside the country.

The CIA has denied any direct ties with the group, but U.S. officials tell ABC News U.S. intelligence officers frequently meet and advise Jundullah leaders, and current and former intelligence officers are working to prevent the men from being sent to Iran.

... Iranian officials claimed this week that the U.S. had "a hand" in an April 12 bomb attack at a mosque in Shiraz that killed 14 people, according to Mehr News Agency, quoting Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei.

US Justice Dep't Successfully Shields Anti-Iran Group's Files In Court | @BooMan on 31 Mar 2015 |

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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Oct 29th, 2024 at 09:08:21 PM EST
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