West Asia news roundup as zionist war continues

 

• Pepe Escobar writes: Everyone in West Asia knows what the death cult wants: total Divide and Rule, pitting Persians, Turks, Arabs and Kurds against each other. Essentially, the blow up of West Asia – with the proverbial, incited Sunni-Shi’ite sectarian tensions widening to the point of involving Pakistan, all to the benefit of that ghastly concoction, Eretz Israel. 
• Escobar continues: The GCC is fracturing in real time. The UAE – an artificial construct, carved out by the Brits of lands belonging to the Sultanate of Oman – for all practical purposes has entered the American War on Iran. No culture. No History. Only a bling bling money laundering machine – which may be destined to extinction, or a return to Oman.
• Escobar concludes: Geography is destiny, as much as History is geography in motion: Iran is the key crossroads and logistics maritime/landbridge connecting Russia, all of Asia, West Asia, Europe and Africa. China, Russia and the momentarily-in-deep-coma BRICS-plus cannot afford not to back Iran. Because the entire future of a possible global multipolarity hinges on a surviving, thriving, Sovereign, Resistance-reinforced Iran.
• Washington’s objective was to wage war against China’s energy supply, half of which travels through the Strait of Hormuz.  And yet the US finds itself extremely vulnerable to the global oil shock that resulted from the Strait’s closure, while China's economy is weathering this one with remarkable resilience and composure.

• Reports indicate that a 99-year-old Iranian woman was killed in US-Israeli airstrikes west of Tehran. US-Israeli strikes have damaged around 33,000 homes in Tehran, according to the mayor’s office.
• Trump threatened to stop arms supplies to Ukraine in order to put pressure on Europe and force it to join the "coalition of the willing" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
• Third Reich descendant Ursula von der Hitler announced the EU is stealing another €1.4bn, from the interest of Russia's frozen assets, to give to the beggars in Kiev. 
• There are no negotiations with the USA - Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister. The trust between Iran and the USA is at zero. 

• James Fischbach, the Republican candidate for governor of Florida, received a standing ovation after declaring that the Israeli prime minister was not welcome in Florida. 
• Bloomberg: American manufacturers of soda bottles, peanut butter tubs, sandwich bags, and anything else made of plastic are under severe pressure as the Iran war disrupts the supply of key components.
• Switzerland is threatening to cancel its order for US Patriot missile defense systems and has already suspended payments because the US has delayed deliveries to the Swiss side. There are fears that the Patriot dispute could jeopardize the purchase of larger F-35 fighter jets and even other US arms and support contracts.

• The criminal terrorist British king met with the 'leader' of those who were sent to destroy and ruin Syria. The global Epstein class gang of terrorists is exposed more each day. 
• Air defenses have been activated in Iran, and the people refuse to leave the square, continuing to demonstrate in support of the Iranian leadership and the option of confronting American-Israeli aggression.

• Haaretz cites sources: Families of dozens of Israeli soldiers in the Nahal Brigade sent a letter to Netanyahu opposing the deployment of their sons to southern Lebanon. Exposing our sons to danger in southern Lebanon under these circumstances is absolutely unreasonable.
• CBS news: The U.S. has lost 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the Iran war began, including two near Isfahan this week. Each Reaper costs around $30 million — making the losses potentially worth nearly $500 million.
• Stars and Stripes reports: With the U.S. preparing for potential ground operations in Iran and the number of American troops wounded in action increasing, the Army’s top general has authorized soldiers supporting the war to wear Army combat patches, signifying involvement in hostilities.  

• A representative at the United Nations resigned from his post on Friday and accused the international body of preparing for a scenario involving the possible use of nuclear weapons on Iran. Mohamad Safa, a UN representative for the Patriotic Vision Association (PVA), a non-governmental organisation that holds special consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc), said that he resigned from his role in order to "leak the information", before claiming that some senior figures at the UN had been "serving a powerful lobby" and not the UN itself. 

• Paula White compares Donald Trump to Jesus. And Iran is the nation full of fanatics. What utter blasphemy. Trump has said he likes hanging out with losers because it makes him feel on top. This is a good example along with Hegseth, Paula White is a nobody who Trump made famous because she was willing to throw Jesus under the bus so she could smooze at the White House. 

• Economist Michael Hudson writes: This coming world depression is a high price to pay for its role as a catalyst in forcing the Global Majority to create a New International Economic Order protecting themselves from U.S. weaponization of trade, finance and technology.