— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Hebrew Media: 'The Iranians with this action have sent a clear message to the US; if you intervene on behalf of Israel, we will close the Persian Gulf just like the Red Sea'

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: An exclusive source tells me this is not the anticipated Iranian response to Israel, but a 'symbolic signal' that the economic arteries of the West can be cut at any time, after Western nations including the U.S. pledged their support for Israel

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇦🇪 The Israel-UAE land corridor depends on naval traffic sailing through the Persian Gulf

Israel has been using this route, which runs from the UAE through Saudi Arabia and Jordan to Israel, as a way to circumvent the Red Sea blockade in its trade with the Asian continent.

If Iran systematically cuts off Israeli-linked shipping originating in Emirati ports, Israel will effectively be shut off from any trade with Asia and would have to import everything through its Mediterranean Sea ports of Haifa & Ashdod.

If Iran or Hezbollah then decides to strike these two ports, Israel will be completely cut off from the global trade network. This would have massive repercussions on its economy, which is heavily dependent on foreign trade.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇳🇱 NEW: Dutch airline 'KLM' (Royal Dutch Airlines) will no longer use Israeli and Iranian airspace

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 Israel Foreign Minister: 'I call on the European Union and the free world to immediately declare the IRGC as a terrorist organization and to sanction Iran now'

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I genuinely don't know why people assume this is Iran's 'retaliation'.

Israeli-linked ships have been seized by the IRGC multiple times over the past few years, this is clearly not the anticipated response, it is really nothing new at all.

I'm not saying Iran is going to launch a gorillion missiles at Israel, but there will certainly be a proportional response, and it won't be the seizure of a ship.

If you have let yourself get hyped up by the US media in the past few days, then you must know that their psyop was successful on you, and that you are very naive and impressionsble. The response will come, only Iran knows when.

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Powerful electronic warfare systems, like the 'Avtobaza-M' are being deployed in Tehran

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 The Avtobaza-M ELINT system is an advanced Russian electronic warfare system

It is designed for detecting pulse and continuous signals of air and sea-based radars, identification signals, TACAN systems signals, and the determination of parameters of signals and different types of radars.

Additionally, it does trajectory tracking of air- and seaborne objects by their electronic signature, as well as data support of higher air defense command and control posts.

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— 🇳🇱/🇮🇷 Foreign Minister of the Netherlands: 'I clarified to my Iranian counterpart, Amir Abdollahian, that Iran should not attack Israel and that it should take steps to de-escalate'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Biden shortens his weekend vacation and returns to the White House, to consult with his national security team due to events in the Middle East – White House

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: All schools across Israel will be closed, starting tomorrow – IDF Home Front Command

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Israel also calls on all public gatherings not to exceed 1000 people – IDF Home Front Command

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— 🇮🇱 Israel Defense Forces:

'Following a situational assessment, it was determined that as of 23:00 (IST) tonight, changes will be made to the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines.

As part of the changes, it was decided to prohibit educational activities across Israel. In green areas, gatherings will be limited to 1,000 people.'

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 IDF Spokesman, Daniel Hagari: 'As we speak, dozens of fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force are airborne in our skies, ready to confront any Iranian threat'

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Iran should just not do anything, and let Israel shit its pants for a few more weeks.

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel's Foreign Minister postpones his visit to Hungary and Austria tomorrow due to the security situation – Kann

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