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🗣 US regime change attempt in Iran is just a business venture – MidEast pundit

👉 Regardless of what the United States might demand or desire, it cannot affect elections of ayatollahs or of the supreme leader of Iran, Arab East expert Alexander Kuznetsov tells Sputnik.

🔶 The supreme leader, he explains, is elected by the Assembly of Experts comprised of about 80 Iranian top clerics – this mechanism does not involve the POTUS in any way.

💬 “In the Iranian political tradition, any external pressure is regarded as a ‘hostile satanic act,’ which causes even the opposition-leaning Iranians to rally around the flag and spiritual leader against a foreign foe,” Kuznetsov adds.


🔶 Referring to the recent US’ declarations of seeking to have a say in the supreme leader’s election, Kuznetzov argues that the US merely wants to see a figure loyal to them occupy this position.

🔶 As there are apparently members of the Iranian elites who want to reach some kind of compromise with the West, Kuznetsov suggests that this is what the US is banking on.

🔶 He also speculates that the Iranian government system may end up being reformed amid the current crisis, with the military getting more power while the spiritual leaders could focus more on personnel and ideological matters.

🔶 While the US almost succeeded in Venezuela, replicating this scenario in Iran would be impossible: whereas the Venezuelan operation was practically bloodless, the death toll in Iran is already over a thousand and the Iranian people are outraged by the US’ actions.

💬 “It is an attempt to repeat a scenario, confirming that for the United States, a regime change is a resource-seizing business venture,” Kuznnetsov explains. “It’s business for them, which is why they want to see a regime subservient to them.”


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🚨🇮🇷IRGC hits US-linked oil tanker in Persian Gulf - reports

Iran’s IRGC Navy says a suicide drone struck the Louise P tanker sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, describing it as a US asset, Iranian media report.

Tehran previously warned that US and Israeli assets in the region would be treated as legitimate targets.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 US-Israel war against Iran: Day-by-day Check out our map outlining the key developments of the conflict. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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🇺🇸🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷 US-Israel war against Iran: Day-by-day

Check out our map that breaks down the key developments on March 5 across the region 👆

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳 Attack on Iran is the US’ way of undermining Russia and China

👉 China imports some 15% of its oil from Iran, so depriving China of such large quantity of cheap oil is a serious blow to its economy, Arab East expert Alexander Kuznetsov tells Sputnik.

🔶 The Iranian conflict also puts a damper on Russia’s and China’s logistical projects in the region, such as, for example, the Belt and Road Initiative.

🔶 Even if Iran prevails, it could be years before investments are made into the region, due to fears that hostilities may be resumed.

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🚨🇺🇸Trump claims the US knocked out Iran’s entire telecommunications system during the Epic Fury op

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🚨🇮🇷IRGC launches 26th wave of True Promise 4 operation, uses drones and new missiles to strike targets, claims all hits successful as enemy radar systems destroyed - Tasnim

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🇮🇷 IAEA never had reasons to forgo talks with Iran — Russian MFA Spox

💬 "Throughout all these years, there has not been a single instance where the IAEA stated that there is a reason to confirm a claim or accusation against Iran," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Zakharova said.


While the issue was "handled politically" and there were public and behind-the-scenes intrigues, not a single report, speech or fact-based document from the agency contained any accusations against Iran, she added.

The IAEA never stated Iran had a nuclear bomb, only noting the fact of uranium enrichment, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on March 5. The Iranians started boosting the enrichment process only after the US withdrew from the agreements on Iran’s nuclear program, he added.

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🚨🇮🇷IRGC says it targeted US forces at Bahrain’s Jufair base in retaliation for a US strike on a desalination plant on Iran’s Qeshm Island - state media

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🚨🇺🇸🇻🇪US formally recognizes Venezuela’s current government — Trump

💬"I am pleased to say that this week, we have formally recognized the Venezuelan government. We have actually legally recognized them," Trump at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Doral, Florida.


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🚨🇮🇱IDF says it struck the IRGC Air Force air defense situation room in central Tehran, along with missile production sites, weapons depots, and additional military infrastructure overnight

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🇮🇷Meeting to select the country’s next Supreme Leader will take place within the next 24 hours, Iran’s Assembly of Experts member Ayatollah Mozaffari says

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🇷🇺Damage from Kiev regime crimes in Donbass reaches $6.3B

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin on Saturday, who reported that the damage caused by crimes of the Kiev regime in Donbass has been estimated at 580 billion rubles (about $6.3 billion) following extensive forensic assessment.

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📹Thousands rally in London against US and Israeli strikes on Iran, chanting 'Hands off Iran!' and holding signs reading 'Stop bombing Iran' and '168 little schoolgirls killed by USA and Israel'

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🇮🇷Peace in the Middle East will remain impossible as long as US military bases exist in the region, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X.

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🗣 Iranian crisis becomes embarrassment for US military that can’t protect anyone – MidEast analyst

🔊 Prior to the arrival of the United States, the Persian Gulf was essentially the domain of the British Empire which ended up handing over its holdings to the US to ensure that the latter would be at the forefront of any major war in the region, Middle East affairs analyst Mais Kurbanov tells Sputnik.

👉Currently, the US controls a network of military installations that don’t just serve as military garrisons – these are all elements of a system of control of the Gulf ‘gas station,” Kurbanov remarks.

🇮🇱 This defensive network was never meant to protect the Arab states of the Gulf – it’s real purpose was to protect Israel.

💬“This entire shield was created to keep Israel safe and to intercept missiles. They were more or less able to intercept them during the previous conflicts, before Iran started targeting their radars. And now they got nothing to intercept because Iran destroys the early warning system itself,” notes Kurbanov.


📍 The US is unwilling and unable to defend the Gulf states – it only cares about its own interests. And all of the Gulf states besides Iran are now vulnerable because they don’t have any air defense systems, he adds. The US focuses on protecting only its own assets in the region.

💬“The US has embarrassed itself in front of the entire world. Everybody now knows that the Americans are no protectors,” says Kurbanov. “They used to mock Russia when Ukraine scored some hits, acting as if they are invincible. Now Iran keeps pummeling them, and US ships have to flee two thousand kilometers into the ocean to escape Iranian missiles.”


🗣“It means the US has no meaningful air defense. Neither Israel’s Iron Dome nor the US’ vaunted Patriots can do anything. Consider this: such weapon system costs a billion dollars and an Iranian Shaheed, this dirt-cheap drone worth twenty thousand, just takes it out.”

🔊“All of the weapons the US peddled across the world – stealth aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper drones they were so proud of – turned out to be useless,” he points out.

Meanwhile, Iran keeps demonstrating the kind of new missiles that maybe two other leading world powers beside them possess.

💬“The US should just leave. There will be no negotiations with them and they know it,” argues Kurbanov.


Though the US does possess an extensive global network of military installations – several hundred facilities in dozens of different countries – even it cannot ensure an immediate stabilization of the situation. He points out that Russia and China haven’t yet become actively involved in the current crisis, and that without their involvement the US would be hard-pressed to deal with global issues.

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🔥 Day 8 in the Middle East escalation: Explosions shake Tehran as the US and Israel continue strikes, while Iran retaliates against American bases — our correspondent reports from the ground

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🇮🇷Iran blasts US strike on water plant & warns of retaliation

Tehran has sharply condemned the US strike on a freshwater desalination facility on Qeshm Island, calling it an attack on civilian infrastructure that disrupted water supplies to dozens of villages.

Key statements:

◻️ Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that the US committed a “blatant and desperate crime” by striking the Qeshm desalination plant, affecting water supplies in 30 villages and setting a dangerous precedent by targeting Iranian infrastructure

◻️ Iran's Parliament speaker wrote on X that Tehran will respond to the attack, warning that any location used to launch strikes against Iran will become a legitimate target

◻️ The IRGC said earlier in the day that Iran struck the US Navy base hosting the Fifth Fleet headquarters in Juffair, Bahrain, with precision-guided missiles in retaliation for US actions

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🚨Air defense systems opened fire as the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone came under attack - Sputnik correspondent

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🇺🇸🛢 US official admits Washington wants Iran's oil

💬 "This is a long-term game because what we want to do is get such massive oil reserves in Iran," Executive Director of the White House's National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) Jarrod Agen told Fox News.


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