What's new
By:
USCHO Fan Forum

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

  • The USCHO Fan Forum has migrated to a new plaform, xenForo. Most of the function of the forum should work in familiar ways. Please note that you can switch between light and dark modes by clicking on the gear icon in the upper right of the main menu bar. We are hoping that this new platform will prove to be faster and more reliable. Please feel free to explore its features.

Iran So Far Away: 2026

I don't monitor US news so I have no idea if they are covering it, but the BBC reports three cargo ships trying to run the Strait were fired upon by the Iranians, with one sustaining damage to the engine room. The three were taken to an Iranian port. So both sides are blockading again? I really don't understand how all this is supposed to work, which is probably the point. Act so irrational that no one can follow along and you can get away with anything.
 
ticapnews said:
I don't monitor US news so I have no idea if they are covering it, but the BBC reports three cargo ships trying to run the Strait were fired upon by the Iranians, with one sustaining damage to the engine room. The three were taken to an Iranian port. So both sides are blockading again? I really don't understand how all this is supposed to work, which is probably the point. Act so irrational that no one can follow along and you can get away with anything.
Click to expand...
It's a clusterfuck just like this entire country and the administration running it.
 
So, Donnie is trying to send 1100 Afghans to the Congo on deportation flights.
Not just any afghans, the ones who were interpreters for the US military and former members of Afghan special ops forces and family members of american servicemen (and over 400 kids).

gee, how are more countries not running to help us out with Iran??
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
So, Donnie is trying to send 1100 Afghans to the Congo on deportation flights.
Not just any afghans, the ones who were interpreters for the US military and former members of Afghan special ops forces and family members of american servicemen (and over 400 kids).

gee, how are more countries not running to help us out with Iran??
Click to expand...

True patriots. I am definitely not being sarcastic. I had the privilege of one of these men being a patient of ours for almost a year.
 
Kepler said:
104.41 top out. Maybe.
Click to expand...
Per Mr. Global on TikTok, oil prices are down $20+ from last week, but Gasoline futures are up and continuing to rise.


Maybe this should also be doubled in the business thread, but empty tankers are en-route to the Gulf of Mexico to purchase US refined oil, diesel, and gasoline. This is NOT a good thing because demand will go up for those products domestically because foreign buyers will drive up the price of refined product, despite crude prices dropping.
 
aparch said:
Per Mr. Global on TikTok, oil prices are down $20+ from last week, but Gasoline futures are up and continuing to rise.


Maybe this should also be doubled in the business thread, but empty tankers are en-route to the Gulf of Mexico to purchase US refined oil, diesel, and gasoline. This is NOT a good thing because demand will go up for those products domestically because foreign buyers will drive up the price of refined product, despite crude prices dropping.
Click to expand...
On one hand: horrible inflation.

On the other: possibility of UAA getting a new arena goes up.
 
Brent crude may have a second wind tonight.

Overnight session:

101.1 NYSE Closing Bell
99.9 +2H
104.5 +4H
101.9 +6H
103.0 +11H
 
Brilliant.

Under former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, ultraconservative factions were often allowed to rage in public, attack moderates and mobilize supporters in the streets. But when necessary, he could impose discipline.

Even on the 2015 nuclear deal, which he later criticized publicly, the system moved quickly once it was understood he had given at least tacit approval.

Then-speaker Ali Larijani famously pushed the JCPOA through parliament in a matter of minutes, effectively silencing opposition by invoking the Supreme Leader’s authority.

Today, who truly leads Iran—whether one man or a shifting collective—is anyone’s guess. What is clearer is that the political vacuum appears to be rewarding the loudest and most uncompromising voices.

Iranian hardliners’ arguments for continuing the war with the United States have come to dominate state television, media reports and billboards across major squares in Tehran.

Many frame negotiations as a betrayal of “red lines,” accusing “accomplices of America and Israel,” “liberals” and those intimidated by Washington of undermining the country.

Those so-called red lines are often justified through selective interpretations of new leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s April 9 message, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s past speeches rejecting negotiations and claims by individual hardliners citing unnamed “reliable sources.”

One prominent example is ultraconservative MP Amir Hossein Sabeti of the Paydari Party, who has repeatedly warned that negotiators may be crossing the Supreme Leader’s red lines.

In a post on X, he claimed to have “the most definite information” that negotiating with the United States on the nuclear issue was prohibited and demanded that Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi publicly deny reports of talks on suspending enrichment or diluting uranium.

He implied consequences if they did not.

State television has amplified such voices while giving nightly exposure to rallies calling for the war to continue until “final victory.”

The constant need to fill airtime has also elevated more extreme or theatrical voices, including members of the public eager for their moment on air.

Meanwhile, moderate voices arguing for negotiations appear to have lost even the limited channels they once had to plead their case to the country’s highest authority.

Iranian academic Sadeq Zibakalam, speaking to the reform-leaning Fararu website, questioned why some factions remain so insistent on continuing the war despite the economic devastation already inflicted.

“Do these gentlemen know what forty days of war has done to our economy, how many production units have run into trouble, and how many have laid off their workers?” he asked.

He said it was striking that hardline revolutionaries inside Iran, opposition groups seeking regime change and Israeli officials all appeared to share an interest in prolonging the conflict.

Views such as Zibakalam’s were once represented within inner circles of power by figures like former president Hassan Rouhani, who had direct access to Ali Khamenei, even if he rarely got his way.

President Masoud Pezeshkian has no such standing as the veteran Rouhani. And whatever limited influence he might have enjoyed under Khamenei Sr. appears to have diminished further under Khamenei Jr., who—even if in good health—remains almost certainly beyond the reach of civilian leaders.

In the absence of a clear authority to impose discipline or bless compromise, political competition in Tehran increasingly appears to favor the fiercest factions.
Click to expand...
 
"The Iranians called me. They're desperate to negotiate."

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press.
  • U.S. President Donald Trump previously said he is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday for talks with Iran. Shortly after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi touched down in Pakistan, his government said there would be no direct negotiations with American government representatives during this visit. Vice President JD Vance would be on standby to travel, the White House said.
Click to expand...


aLKKQx5_700bwp.webp
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top