🚨🇮🇷🤔 Israel struck Iran right after the launch of a game-changing new rail link between Iran & China.
It happens to pose an existential geoeconomic threat to the US & its allies.
Here’s why: 🧵
📍NEW RAIL ROUTE
On May 25, a Chinese freight train arrived in Iran's Aprin Dry Port after a 15-day journey which included a stretch through four countries of Central Asia.
Two more Chinese trains rolled in the same day.
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SANCTIONS-BUSTER 🔥
Construction started after in 2021 Iran & China inked an economic pact that promised up to $400B in investment for New Silk Road infrastructure.
This route allows goods to enter & exit Iran, bypassing US sanctions & military assets.
🚨Sputnik journalist presses BBC’s Steve Rosenberg over ZERO COVERAGE of Ukrainian war crimes in Kursk
Here is the testimony of survivors. The information has been publicly available for months.
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🪖 BRAZEN WAR CRIMINALS IN KURSK
Mercenaries targeted civilians in Russia’s Kursk region, including a shocking account of a female witness who saw them empty an entire magazine into a local resident.
The brutality is unreal.
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😱HUNGER AND FEAR UNDER UKRAINIAN OCCUPATION
An elderly woman in Kursk recalls losing 30 kg in weight during the Ukrainian occupation in Martynovka.
“They only laughed at me. No food, nothing,” she told Sputnik.
What would the damage to oil prices be if they do, amid escalating tensions?
Explained in thread 🧵
💸😱PANIC BUYING
Oil could hit $130 per barrel, or even $300, if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, warns Dr. Tilak Doshi from the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center.
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💥DANGER IS REAL
A major price spike is possible.
In 2008, oil hit $147 without major geopolitical conflict.
The 1973 Arab Oil Embargo saw a 300% price jump, says energy economist Dr. Kazi Sohag.
🚨🇮🇱💥ISRAEL'S IRON DOME: NOT AS INVINCIBLE AS YOU THINK
🇮🇷Iran just cracked Israel's air defenses, making it attack its own systems.
Here’s how: 🧵
🔥IRAN CRACKED ISRAELI AIR DEFENSES
Videos online suggest IRGC managed to breach the data transmission and correction signal system at the early stage of flight, Yuri Knutov, military expert and historian of air defense forces, tells Sputnik.
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💥SYSTEM OVERLOAD TACTICS
Iran overwhelmed Israeli systems with:
1️⃣ 100+ Shahed drones
2️⃣ Old ballistic missiles as DECOYS
3️⃣ Advanced Fattah hypersonic missiles (unstoppable by Arrow/PAC-3)
Iron Dome's interception rate dropped to 10-15%, as a result.
🇮🇷⚡️🇮🇱 ISRAEL WAS UNPREPARED FOR IRANIAN MISSILE RESPONSE
Neither Israel's "Iron Dome" nor its Home Front Command was ready to counter Iran's barrage advanced missiles.
Don't take our word for it. We have the evidence 👇
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🔥Iron Dome like a sieve
According to Israeli government data, missiles struck 30 locations inside Israel.
This represents an utter failure for the Iron Dome, proving it cannot intercept Iran's newest missiles.
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❌No place to hide
Israeli safe rooms ("MAMADs") in residential buildings offer no protection against direct missile hits.
This was tragically demonstrated in Petah Tikva on the night of June 16th, when an Iranian missile penetrated a MAMAD wall, as confirmed by the Home Front Command.