— Contrary to reports, there is no evidence that Russia has provided Iran with Su-35 and Su-30 production licenses

The Su-35/30 saga is a long ongoing drama within the Iranian OSINT sphere, and almost every month since 2021 it's reported that Iran either 'received' its first batch, 'is imminently going to receive' its first batch, or is in the 'final stages' of receiving its first batch of Su-35 fighter jets.

At this point, rest assured that no Iranian media knows when the Su-35 are going to arrive (if they even will). I'll believe it when I see them on an airstrip in Isfahan.

Same thing with S-400, it's all just rumors, no substance or any evidence so far, and it will continue being that way till we actually see them in service.

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This was actually my very first post on the channel. That's now almost one and a half years ago.

So yes, you can see the situation. One 'informed source' after another just claiming useless stuff.

Just as the IDF “uncovered” that employees of UNRWA were involved in October 7, only for the WSJ report (where the story first broke) to be proven unsubstantiated, the IDF has now accused the most prolific and well known journalists in Northern Gaza of being Hamas members, with some of the most outlandish job descriptions.

The journalists maligned are Anas Al-Sharif, Alaa Salameh, Hossam Shbat, Ashraf Al-Sarraj, Ismail Abu Omar and Talal Al-Arrouqi.

The IDF claims that, along with being Journalists that report daily:

1. Sharif was the head of a rocket launching division and a part of Al-Qassam’s elite Nuseirat Battalion

2. Salameh was the deputy head of a propaganda unit

3. Shbat was a sniper in the Beit Hanoun Battalion

4. Al-Sarraj was a member of PIJ’s Bureij Battalion

5. Abu Omar was training company commander in East Khan Younis

6. Al-Arrouqi was a team commander in the Hamas’ Nuseirat division.

While the accusations aimed at UNRWA were followed by Israeli attacks on aid convoys and resulted in the West cutting off life saving aid, the IDF is using these unfounded accusations against the journalists, some of whom are in the besieged Jabalia, to not only prevent coverage of Israeli war crimes, but to also implicate Al-Jazeera as being the willing propaganda arm for Hamas. Such an accusation can be used as a pretense to further restrict Al-Jazeera’s operations in Gaza and the West Bank, just as Israel had done in both May and September of this year.

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Saraya Al-Quds fighters targeted a gathering of armored vehicles and sniped an Israeli soldier in northern Gaza.

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I have found my arch nemesis...

— 🇷🇺/🇮🇱 NEW: A high level Russian diplomatic delegation arrived in Israel today to discuss the possibility of a prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel.

They are also carrying a letter from Russian president Vladimir Putin which is addressed to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to stop the war on both Gaza and Lebanon.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇺🇸/🇶🇦 NEW: For the first time in over 2 months, ceasefire talks regarding Gaza will resume

U.S. negotiators will be meeting the Israelis in Doha during the next few days, according to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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In my opinion, just another bullshit circus.

— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 Leader of Ansarullah, Abdul Malik Badr Al-Deen Al-Houthi:

'The Israeli enemy does not understand history, even recent contemporary history, nor the present. The complex of hatred blinds him, and the hopes he hopes for, in which God disappoints him, also push him to continue the criminal and aggressive path to target leaders.'

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— Some of the fighters in the video were so close to the Israelis, that the flag of their outpost could be seen

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— 🇮🇷 Statement by the Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khamenei, on the martyrdom of Hashem Safi Al-Din:

'In the name of God, the most Merciful, the most Benevolent:

Dear youth of the Resistance Front, His Excellency Sayyed Hashem Safi Al-Din, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, joined the ranks of the martyrs of the resistance and another bright star illuminated the sky of Jihad on the way to the Holiest of Holies. He was one of the most prominent personalities in Hezbollah and an unwavering friend and companion of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

Hezbollah, with the tact and courage of leaders like him, was able to protect Lebanon from the danger of disintegration and to neutralize the threat of the usurping Zionist regime, whose brutal and cruel army is even attacking the capital Beirut. His bravery and sacrifice combined with the other commanders and the Mujahideen were the backbone of Nasrallah, who neutralized the Israeli threat of usurping and occupying Lebanon below the Litani River, Tyre and other cities in that region and its annexation to Israel. While preserving the territorial integrity of that country, he brought it to the field, and made the aggressor and criminal Zionist regime fail.

Today, leaders like Nasrallah and Safi Al-Din are no longer present in this epic, but their spirit and leadership is present in the field which defends Lebanon and its defenseless people. Even today, Hezbollah is the strongest protector of Lebanon and the only shield against the greed of the Zionist regime, which has long aimed at the division of Lebanon. The enemy tries to deny the selfless role that Hezbollah plays for Lebanon. Anyone who loves Lebanon should not let these false statements be heard from their throats.

Hezbollah is alive and growing, and is playing its historical role. As always, the Islamic Republic will help the Mujahideen of Al-Quds and those resisting the criminal occupying Zionist usurpers of Palestine, God willing.

I congratulate and offer my condolences on the martyrdom of our beloved Sayyed Hashem Safi Al-Din to his dear family, relatives and comrades in all the axes of resistance. And peace be upon the righteous servants of Allah.'

– Imam Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei

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