Sooooo, outright murder is on the agenda, too? Well, well, well. The mask comes off. | TRUMP: "Unconditional Surrender"

■ Former Iran President, Wife, Two Sons, ASSASSINATED Today (Hal Turner) | Iran's former President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, along with his wife and two sons, were assassinated by masked gunmen in central Tehran earlier today. Israeli Mossad is suspected.

■ Trump considers strike on Iran ahead of crucial Situation Room meeting (Axios)

■ Trump considers strike on Iran ahead of crucial Situation Room meeting (Axios)

It turns out that Iranian missiles are OVERWHELMING U.S. and Israeli Defensive Systems; Iron Dome is failing. | Retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis is sounding alarms that Iranian ballistic missiles are successfully penetrating American defense systems in the region, including Iron Dome, THAAD, and Patriot missile batteries. Davis warns that these supposedly advanced systems are failing to intercept most incoming threats, leaving U.S. troops in the Middle East dangerously exposed during the current escalation. His assessment suggests that despite billions invested in missile defense technology, Iranian capabilities have evolved faster than expected, raising serious questions about American defensive preparedness in the region. The warning comes as Trump cuts short his G7 trip to address the escalating Israel-Iran conflict from the White House Situation Room.

🚨🇺🇸 SOMETHING’S MOVING: U.S. Air Force refueling tankers just launched en masse across multiple bases; headed toward Europe.

These aren’t transport planes. These are flying gas stations for warbirds. You don’t launch this many unless you’re prepping for sustained air ops.… pic.twitter.com/xrYKNFM0tU

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) June 16, 2025

"You don't spin up this kind of skyward muscle just to flex," said one observer | Flight-tracking websites showed dozens of Air Force aerial refueling planes departing from military bases in the United States and heading to Europe on Sunday, fueling speculation of direct U.S. involvement in the widening Israeli-Iranian war. Military-focused news sites reported that around 30 U.S. Air Force KC-135R and KC-46A tankers were identified by flight-tracking software in what The Times of Israel called an "unprecedented mass deployment" to Europe.

■ Huge number of U.S refuelling aircraft cross the Atlantic (06/16/25)

Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares | We could soon see several nuclear powers pitted against each other and dragging the world closer to nuclear annihilation. | For nearly 30 years, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has driven the Middle East into war and destruction. The man is a powder keg of violence. Throughout all the wars that he has championed, Netanyahu has always dreamed of the big one: to defeat and overthrow the Iranian Government. His long-sought war, just launched, might just get us all killed in a nuclear Armageddon, unless Netanyahu is stopped.

Simplicius | Many items here. All worthy of consideration. | Western officials are fear-mongering their citizens that if they don’t give up more of their tax dollars to the military industrial complex, they will soon have to learn to speak Russian. It follows in concert with a new propaganda drive in the British press. [...] Putin says unlike Russia and the US, Europe is defenseless against ballistic missiles, and European leaders should understand this.

Haifa Oil Refinery announced that it has shut down all facilities, including the power plant responsible for some of the steam and electricity production, due to extensive damage caused by Iranian ballistic missile attacks. This single refinery is responsible for production of sixty percent of ALL fuel used in Israel: Gasoline, Diesel, even Aviation fuel for Fighter Jets! With this shut-down due to Iran missile hits, Israel is now OUT of production for sixty percent of its ability to refine the fuels used for daily life and for military use. This is a gigantic blow inflicted upon Israel by Iran.

Israel's defense minister took credit for the attack, which came after he threatened the 'residents of Tehran' would 'pay a price' for Iran's counterattacks | On Monday, an Israeli airstrike hit Iran’s national TV station, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), during a live broadcast, and footage captured the moment when the Israeli bomb hit. ● A loud blast could be heard, and smoke filled the room as the news anchor fled the scene, and then the broadcast went dark. Casualties have been reported, but according to Iran’s news agency IRNA, it’s unclear how many employees of the TV station were wounded or killed. ● Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed that the IDF was behind the attack on the TV station, a clear civilian target. “The propaganda and incitement broadcasting authority of the Iranian regime was attacked by the IDF after a widespread evacuation of nearby residents,” he wrote on X. “Strike the Iranian dictator everywhere.”

George Christensen | What just happened in Iran wasn’t a surprise attack. It wasn’t a last-minute decision. It wasn’t even Israel acting alone. It was a war plan written years ago — by men in suits, sitting in think tanks in Washington and New York. And yesterday, that plan was finally put into action. | Here’s the truth they don’t want you to know: this war was cooked up long before Trump ever became President — and it was designed to happen exactly this way. ■ Let’s start with what just happened. Israel launched a massive, unexpected strike on Iran. They hit nuclear facilities. They killed military generals. They struck deep inside Iranian territory — and now the whole region is on edge, ready to explode into full-blown war. The media is acting shocked. But I’m not. You shouldn’t be either. Why? Because we have the documents. They told us this was coming. Years ago.

■ US Sent Israel Hundreds of Missiles Days Before Attack on Iran (The Libertarian Institute)