"Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of the government crackdown" ... ... "Yousef Pezeshkian says nothing will be solved by trying to postpone moment images of violent crackdown circulate": In a remarkable display of Orwellian doublespeak, a state department spokesperson sites U.S. support of Iraqi sovereignty as the reason for demanding Iraq ignore the recent election of its first deputy speaker of parliament: "Data collected by medical staff in and around Rasht and shared with The Post by an intermediary shows more than 80 fatalities just at two hospitals in the city during the two days when the violence peaked" ... ... "Stocks of body bags were exhausted, the officials said, and eighteen-wheel semi-trailers replaced ambulances" ... ... but subtract at least one false report: Israeli war crimes continue: "The military posture marks a significant escalation in American presence near Iranian waters" ... ... "[T]he Lincoln’s F-35Cs quickly transition to "Beast Mode" once air defences are degraded. In this configuration, the aircraft’s payload triples to 18,000 lbs by utilising external wing pylons" ... ... "[T]he Growlers don't just hide US jets; they feed the Iranian radar 'ghost targets'" ... ... but "it will take several days to achieve full operational readiness" and there is "uncertainty about the Abraham Lincoln's defenses against massed Iranian drone formations, particularly one-way attack drones designed to crash into targets": Israel expects (and wants) a U.S.-Iran war: Videos show police officers shoving protesters to the ground and kettling them outside Prison Wormwood Scrubs: Houtis threaten retaliation over the new incursion: Email any questions or comments to mfi@minaret.org.