US and Iran conflict thread. ( merged threads)

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Russia has been providing Iran with intelligence, including advanced satellite imagery and the precise locations of U.S. military forces in the Middle East. This targeting information aims to assist Iranian forces and proxy groups in their military strikes against American warships, aircraft, and regional bases. [1, 2, 3, 4]

U.S. and European intelligence agencies, including the Pentagon and officials familiar with the reports, confirmed this cooperation. The intelligence sharing has reportedly aided Iran in conducting strikes across the Gulf region, though the U.S. has downplayed the tactical impact of this assistance on American operations

U.S. intelligence and defense assessments indicate that China has provided covert intelligence and technological support to Iran, particularly in the form of commercial satellite imagery and tracking systems, to help the Islamic Republic target American and allied military assets in the Middle East

Geospatial Intelligence: Commercial Chinese satellite companies, such as MizarVision and Chang Guang Satellite Technology, have reportedly provided Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with high-definition imagery of U.S. air bases and naval assets. Leaked documents have also pointed to Iran's acquisition of a Chinese-built spy satellite (TEE-01B) to track forces in the region.

Navigation Systems: Analyses have identified Iran utilizing the Chinese BeiDou satellite navigation system for its missile strikes and drone operations, giving Tehran a highly precise targeting capability

• • Electronic Warfare: Chinese firms have exported radar and dual-use navigation technologies that have bolstered Iran's electronic warfare capabilities and command-and-control assets. [1, 2]

This covert backing—often conducted via commercial contracts rather than overt military deployments—has allowed Beijing to maintain a diplomatic facade of neutrality while aiding Iran. In response, the U.S. has sanctioned several Chinese technology and satellite firms implicated in transferring these capabilities. [1, 2, 3]

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Russia and Iran signed a partnership treaty in January of 2025. It includes mutual defense cooperation. It's not a secret or something they are trying to hide.

When you really think about it we are in a defacto war with Russia. Both countries are engaged in a 2 way proxy war.

We're helping Ukraine to kill and slowdown Russia

Russia is helping Iran to kill and slowdown the US. Russia is absolutely giving Iran Intel and guidance for their missile and drone strikes. They are partly responsible for American blood.


I don't think people realize the state of the world right now.

 

[Drinkthekoolaid]

Russia has been providing Iran with intelligence, including advanced satellite imagery and the precise locations of U.S. military forces in the Middle East. This targeting information aims to assist Iranian forces and proxy groups in their military strikes against American warships, aircraft, and regional bases. [1, 2, 3, 4]

U.S. and European intelligence agencies, including the Pentagon and officials familiar with the reports, confirmed this cooperation. The intelligence sharing has reportedly aided Iran in conducting strikes across the Gulf region, though the U.S. has downplayed the tactical impact of this assistance on American operations

Must have been typing at the same time...

 

[Mosinitis]

The narrative from US and EU war mongers is that NATO can use Ukraine conflict to fuck Russia up with long range missiles and drones by attacking deep into Russian territory AND RUSSIA CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Not so. Every red line crossed against Russia has implications.

 

[Steal2B]

JULY 21, 2026 09:13Updated: JULY 21, 2026 14:10
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted Amazon infrastructure in Bahrain, the terror group claimed on Monday.

According to the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency, Amazon's central data infrastructure was targeted and destroyed by several cruise missiles.

Tasnim also claimed on Monday that the IRGC had targeted United States military sites in Jordan.

Iranian forces claim to strike Amazon data infrastructure sites in Bahrain | The Jerusalem Post

The IRGC said that a missile defense radar system and an F-15 aircraft had both been destroyed in Jordan.

www.jpost.com

Your drone

Lol. The IRGC claimed this data center was destroyed on March 1st.

BTW, on April 1st the IRGC again claimed this Amazon Data Center in Bahrain was destroyed. So if the IRGC is telling the truth it looks like the IRGC destroyed it again, again.

So now in July they destroyed it again, again, and again per the IRGC.

FWIW it was reported (by Bahrain and Amazon) this cloud center was damaged by Iran in March and has been confirmed (by press reporting this IRGC recent claim) offline since March 1st.

"The fact that these services in Bahrain have been unavailable for months, and continue to be offline, makes it challenging to confirm the legitimacy of Iranian claims it hit the site again."

 

[holdover]

The IRGC claimed this data center was destroyed on March 1st

Im not pulling it up, all im getting is july. post the links please.

 

[Steal2B]

Im not pulling it up, all im getting is july. post the links please.

You could have done this yourself, and probably should have instead of relying on the IRGC as the only source cited.

Google Search

 

[holdover]

You could have done this yourself, and probably should have instead of relying on the IRGC as the only source cited.

Google Search

So they hit it 3 times sometimes you have to. how many times did ukraine hit the kurch bridge?

 

[Steal2B]

So they hit it 3 times sometimes you have to. how many times did ukraine hit the kurch bridge?

They claimed fully destroyed 3 times.

 

[holdover]

Those are strikes

My reference was from the Jerusalm post. you know they hit our forces in Jordan before right?

good chance it wasnt destroyed or damaged repaired requiring another strike, Id say chances a re pretty good they might hit it again in the future

Iranian forces claim to strike Amazon data infrastructure sites in Bahrain | The Jerusalem Post

The IRGC said that a missile defense radar system and an F-15 aircraft had both been destroyed in Jordan.

www.jpost.com

 

[Steal2B]

Those are strikes

No strikes were ever confirmed in April and July, there are ONLY IRGC claims.

An April strike was reported by Bahrain as intercepted with the data center damaged and in April they initially only reported targeting a data center in the UAE, and only later piggy-backed claims on striking the Bahrain center after it was damaged by debris and taken off line.

The March and July reports are likely just propaganda since Bahrain has no problem cursing out Iran for any of their attacks, even when intercepted.

 

[holdover]

your sources are CNBC and house of Saud

 

[Steal2B]

your sources are CNBC and house of Saud

AI had 11 collaborated hits.

Your post, (as well as other reports on the IRGC July claim) all totally rely on an IRGC Press release to date.

Bahrain has no problem calling out Iran for hitting a cloud center.

 

[Steal2B]

good chance it wasnt destroyed or damaged repaired requiring another strike, Id say chances a re pretty good they might hit it again in the future

Nope, if you read the links you would see that it has been down since March 1st, customers subscription money was refunded, and customers were routed to other cloud services, and the status is available and confirmed as offline since March 1st.

Iran says it's struck offline AWS facility in Bahrain ... again

AWS' me-south-1 region has been offline for months, so more like beating a dead cloud

www.theregister.com

 

[holdover]

No strikes were ever confirmed in April and July, there are ONLY IRGC claim

WHo in thier fucking right mind would report claims with no verification!! WTF!

why would anyone report IRAN claims? SO what, Iran claims. wtf! nobody confirms storys anymore?

Im seeing it everywhere.

Now who the fuck is lying? iran or the US ? I cant confirm the building wasnt struck either as it could be an embarrassment to the US

I referenced the source from the Isreali Newspaper intentionally , so that the source would be credible

 

[holdover]

Nope, if you read the links you would see that it has been down since March 1st, customers subscription money was refunded, and customers were routed to other cloud services, and the status is available and confirmed as offline since March 1st.

Iran says it's struck offline AWS facility in Bahrain ... again

AWS' me-south-1 region has been offline for months, so more like beating a dead cloud

www.theregister.com

why is the Jerusalm post and others running this story??

 

[Steal2B]

Now who the fuck is lying? iran or the US ? I cant confirm the building wasnt struck either as it could be an embarrassment to the US

The US really does not have a horse in this race. It is a civilian cloud center for the Middle East. Bahrain acknowledged the March 1st damage by debris from intercepted strikes. They would likely not hesitate damning Iran for hitting a civilian target again.

 

[holdover]

Everybody and his mother is running this story. and its false? WTF

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-forces-target-bahrain-kuwait-after-us-hits-irans-south-2026-07-21/

Iran says it attacked Amazon infrastructure in Bahrain

It's been 10 days since U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran "over." Here's what you need to know about the conflict.

www.cnbc.com

Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks...

The Amazon site has suffered multiple hits since the start of the U.S. bombing campaign in Iran. The IRGC claims to have 'destroyed' AWB Bahrain, but the company has moved operations off the facility ...

www.yahoo.com

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4615874-iran-strikes-amazons-bahrain-data-infrastructure---al-jazeera

US launches fresh strikes on Iran, as Trump warns of retaliation for deaths of soldiers

Iran says it has hit two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as well as targets in Bahrain and Jordan.

www.bbc.com

 

[Steal2B]

why is the Jerusalm post and others running this story??

I would assume it benefits their publication to pound a drum on Iran targeting civilian non military infrastructure, even if Iran is faking it.

Iran is likely creating news for local regional consumption on how they are retaliating against US allies for US strikes on Iran

 

[holdover]

The US really does not have a horse in this race. It is a civilian cloud center for the Middle East. Bahrain acknowledged the March 1st damage by debris from intercepted strikes. They would likely not hesitate damning Iran for hitting a civilian target again.

Ok fair enough, but why is a bullshit story being carried by every major news agency? whats the rub here?

 

[holdover]

I would assume it benefits their publication to pound a drum on Iran targeting civilian non military infrastructure, even if Iran is faking it.

Iran is likely creating news for local regional consumption on how they are retaliating against US allies for US strikes on Iran

good point, but now how do we even know Iran claimed? DO we have iranian sources making the claim or is it some kind of Psy op

 

[Steal2B]

Everybody and his mother is running this story. and its false? WTF

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-forces-target-bahrain-kuwait-after-us-hits-irans-south-2026-07-21/

Iran says it attacked Amazon infrastructure in Bahrain

It's been 10 days since U.S. President Donald Trump declared the ceasefire with Iran "over." Here's what you need to know about the conflict.

www.cnbc.com

Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks...

The Amazon site has suffered multiple hits since the start of the U.S. bombing campaign in Iran. The IRGC claims to have 'destroyed' AWB Bahrain, but the company has moved operations off the facility ...

www.yahoo.com

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4615874-iran-strikes-amazons-bahrain-data-infrastructure---al-jazeera

US launches fresh strikes on Iran, as Trump warns of retaliation for deaths of soldiers

Iran says it has hit two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as well as targets in Bahrain and Jordan.

www.bbc.com

They are reporting about Iran's claim. It makes for great clickbait headlines, generates a bunch of click revenue and they make no claims of the IRGC reporting to be truthful.

 

[holdover]

It makes for propaganda . they can say iran claims to have sacrificed children in a fire to win the war. How da fuck would anyone know better?

 

[Steal2B]

good point, but now how do we even know Iran claimed? DO we have iranian sources making the claim or is it some kind of Psy op

You are right. There is an info war in progress.

Masked my IP address to a Pakistani address, checked a Farsi site to confirm the IRGC claim went out.

 

[Steal2B]

Ok fair enough, but why is a bullshit story being carried by every major news agency? whats the rub here?

Money is part of it. It's amazing how much money is generated by clicks when they can publish crazy headlines from even cyber-warfare press releases. Because they quote a source and admit there is no collaboration there is little or no consequence for private or state supported media playing a click-bait story.

 

[holdover]

why are they making that claim? I dont get it.

 

[Bigfoot]

From the info I'm taking in, it's Fake News. But IDK.

Neither Amazon nor U.S. officials have confirmed the destruction of the data center. Bahraini authorities confirmed they intercepted incoming attacks but did not acknowledge any commercial infrastructure being struck.

Targeting something and the actual Destruction of something are two entirely different things.

 

[Steal2B]

why are they making that claim? I dont get it.

They respond to US Coastal strikes with strikes on unarmed civilian merchant ships.

They respond to US strikes on inland IRGC assets with launches around potential base operations (they claim we have massive staging operations underway for a ground assault) within strike distance.

The civilian data cloud center in Bahrain is down and it is a plausable potential for a tit for tat claim in response to recent hits on what Iran claims were non military targets (bridges, the construction site of a planned nuke power plant, etc). I would not be shocked if they did toss an asset there since their missles or drones are cheap in the scheme of things and they have the data center targeting coordinates .... but it looks like they did not since Bahrain has shown a low threshold for cursing out Iran and have been silent.

 

[Defilade]