What is happening with the Iran War? Here's the state of play as of today, March 3, 2026. A couple of theoretical points first.

1. It is all one White Empire, with the colored parts finding out that they're not actually in it.
2. The Axis of Resistance (Iran, Palestine, Yemen, etc) is good and the White Empire is evil. It would be nice if China and Russia more openly joined them.

Military Doctrines

Iran is defending and America is attacking a thousand miles away.

As such, the IRGC is practicing what they call Decentralized Mosaic Defense. As their Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said, “We've had two decades to study defeats of the U.S. military to our immediate east and west. We've incorporated lessons accordingly. Bombings in our capital have no impact on our ability to conduct war. Decentralized Mosaic Defense enables us to decide when—and how—war will end.”

Each unit of the IRGC has fire control and wide berth to pull the trigger. Orders seem to be negative, that is, keep shooting until somebody tells you to stop. This is the opposite of the 12-Day-War, when missile salvos all came together. Now it's nonstop. Unlike the 12-Day War, when the Iranian response took about 15 hours (hit at 6:30 AM, hitting back at 21:00), this time the response was within a few hours, even with the Supreme Leader already assassinated (pbuh). The strategic response has already been planned and tactical commanders have a free hand to let the beat drop.

The White Empire's has the same strategy they've had since World War II. What they call strategic bombing, and what everyone else just calls killing civilians. What they're doing in Iran is targeting hospitals, IVF banks, schools, police stations, homes, life in general. The idea is to spread terror until the enemy gives up, which never works, but they keep doing it. This scorched earth strategy failed in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, but it made a lot of money for people who only failed upwards. So the luxury terrorism goes on. With that bit of background, let's check in on the various fronts.

The Gulf Front

As American war planners are well aware, America's basing structure along the Persian Gulf is indefensible, but America's warmongers have war to mong and simply do not care. As former CENTCOM Commander Frank McKenzie said in 2024, “The United States will not be able to maintain these bases in a full-throated conflict, because they will be rendered unusable by sustained Iranian attack. It is the simple tyranny of geography.” He described the bases then, saying,

The United States considers the naval base at Manama, Bahrain, to be the “Main Operating Base” for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in the Middle East. It is the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, the naval component (NAVCENT) of CENTCOM. There are airbases in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan.

These exact bases are what Iran is hitting now. They are hitting Bahrain the most, and Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and the UAE. Note that 'Israel' is the one place that does not have a US military base, because it is a permanent military base manned by Jews deported from Europe. Like the Sarduakar with asthma.

Iran is taking blows from America now to deny them a foothold forever. America can still unleash Tomahawks (named after previously genocided warriors) from aircraft carriers, but those have to reload in port. But what port? That's the question Iran is trying to force. Once the shock and awe ends, it's going to be aw, shucks, tail tucked, taking the long way around Africa. It is, as McKenzie said, the simple tyranny of geography. America knows the terrain better than the Americans, and they're using it.

Knowing this at some dimwitted level, the Trump administration moved its occupying troops and preoccupying CIA agents out of these bases… and into hotels. Iran has hit those hotels with targeted strikes (drones into certain floors), causing casualties among US troops and spooks, which they are yet denying. America officially reports seven killed. But in just one drone attack the IRGC reported,

During a drone attack by the IRGC Navy on one of the gathering points of American terrorists in the city of Dubai, UAE, more than 160 terrorist marines were present. According to field reports, American casualties in this combined drone-missile attack by the IRGC Navy combat units are estimated at more than 40 killed and over 70 wounded.

Petty war criminals are coming back in body bags, as much as the sex criminal US government tries to put a bag over their public's head, who dutifully chew whatever fodder they get. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported 560 American servicemen killed and wounded” as of March 1st and they have never lied to me while the Empire has always lied to me so I take their word for it. If you want a White person to tell you this, here's Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site talking about Kuwait.

The fact is that America occupied the Middle East with tens of thousands of troops, and they can't all get away. They can hide in hotels for a while, but not very well, and there will be no bases to come back to. That's what Iran is using their initial firepower for, and they're using it well.

Politically, Iran is putting major pressure on all the apostate states that thought they had paid protection money to the Great Satan. They are discovering that White Empire offers no protection for Arabs, indeed, it's already cannibalizing Europeans. As Middle East Eye reports, “The US is “stonewalling” requests by some Gulf states to replenish their air defence interceptors as pressure mounts on them to join the US and Israel in their war on Iran, one western official and one former US official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.”

The fact is that air defenses don't actually work as advertised, America has blown much of their load in Ukraine already, given the rest to the Jews, and actual Semites can get screwed. At the same time, even if they wanted to, America simple doesn't make enough of this stuff. They're making Lamborghinis to throw at lawnmowers in bespoke quantities. As Secretary of State Narco Rubio has said,

“They are producing, by some estimates, over 100 of these missiles a month. Compare that to the six or seven interceptors that can be built a month.”

This is the missile gap of our day, and it's a delta that Iran is consciously trying to accelerate. I have seen 10-12 interceptors go up to often not stop one incoming, this stuff is getting depleted rapidly. America is talking about pulling batteries out of South Korea to move across, but it's too little too late, and it's not clear how they'd land it anyways.

On the political front, the United Arab Eunuchs are completely done. The reputation of Dubai as a safe place for prostitution and hedonism and corruption and not paying taxes and general Satanism is gone. It will never be considered a safe haven again. The ‘expats’ and sexpats are posting weird hostage videos of how safe they feel under their ruling eunuchs, but that just makes people more unsafe, because it is. Meanwhile they're sending threatening messages to people to not say how bad things are really going.

The occupying US military is quartering troops in the same hotels influencers lounge in, and Dubai's been running its own genocide in Sudan, you can't say they don't deserve it. But shout-out to my passport slaves there, doing all the work so these useless people can laze, and the last in line to escape.

The whole point of these Middle Eastern playgrounds was that they were in the middle of things, ie you could get in and out easily, but now nothing is leaving or transiting. Repatriation flights (ie, flights you can't book) have been tried, but they're failing.

Regular air service doesn't seem anywhere near returning and their ports and airports are burning. Qatar Airways is refunding flights up to March 10th, but I think that will keep extending. And the reputation of these places will never recover. The corruption within is spilling out. It turns out, in the end, that the Emirates had only fans, and no real friends at all.

The other political fallout of this region is energy, which is at a standstill. LNG production in Qatar has stopped and fuel exports from Aramco are blocked. People debate whether Iran has really closed the Strait of Hormuz or not, but it's a moot point.

This isn't Game of Thrones where you need to string a physical chain across to cut ships off. Shipping has simply become uninsurable. It doesn't matter if you can physically sail a ship through the strait or not. Financially, you cannot. Also, another shout-out to my brothers working on these ships, who take the brunt.

It's not just that insurance companies are raising rates, they're completely cancelling coverage. The strait—which carries around 20% of energy—is effectively shut and Europe (and unfortunately people like me in Sri Lanka) will take the brunt. China has stockpiles and can wait it out. America is a net energy exporter and doesn't care, they're really just attacking the competition everywhere from Russia to Iran to Venezuela, and robbing the Europeans. But the Gulf apoStates that export this oil are screaming. Once upon a time, Iran—the only free state in the region—was the one under sanctions, but they're all feeling it now.

That is the goal here. Iran is making the costs of collaboration ruinous while running the Americans out of their bases entirely. If there's going to be regime change, it looks like it's going to be in Bahrain, where the population has long been furious at their corrupt leader, who is only staying propped up because the Saudis have again sent troops in. But this is just day three of, inshallah, a long war of liberation of which the martyr Yahya al-Sinwar said, “It will be a regional, religious war that will burn everything, green and dry.” In the Flood started by the literal infantry of Palestine, now the cavalry of Iran is decolonizing the Middle East, started with the most depraved collaborators first, before getting to the colony of 'Israel'. We'll get there shortly ourselves, wait for it.

Lebanon

There was never a ceasefire in Lebanon. The natives cease, the colonizers fire, that's how it's been since the 13 colonies genocided America, the latest, unluckiest colony 'Israel' is no different. Nasrallah is dead, but Hezbollah isn't. Now Hezbollah has reopened the northern front from their side, hopefully leading ground forces into occupied Palestine soon, inshallah. As Hezbollah said,

For fifteen months, the "israeli" aggression against Lebanon has continued with killing, destruction, bulldozing, and all forms of criminality. All political and diplomatic movements have failed to curb this aggression and compel it to implement the ceasefire agreement and its requirements.

We have warned repeatedly that aggression without a response cannot continue, and the operations of assassination and destruction cannot continue. What is required is to put an end to the aggression by all available means and with effective heat and action. (RNN)

Hezbollah has now hit “the "Nafah" base (headquarters of the 210th "Bashan" Division) in the occupied Syrian Golan with a large rocket volley,” and targeted, with “a swarm of suicide drones, the "Meron" air surveillance and operations management base in northern occupied Palestine,” and also attacked “radar sites and control rooms at the "Ramat David" Air Base in northern occupied Palestine with a swarm of suicide drones.”

'Israel' has responded by bombing southern Lebanon and Beirut, as they have been doing anyways, and by mobilizing troops to ground invade Lebanon (again), which Hezbollah has been waiting for, so they can kill them in person. So that's happening. The fall of Syria into ‘alphabet-soup head-choppers’ hands as Kit Klarenberg puts it has cut off their supply lines a bit, but they're going for it nonetheless. And yes, here we go, as I'm typing this, “Hezbollah announces it scored a direct hit against a second Israeli 'Merkava' tank near Kfarkila, southern Lebanon, with an ATGM.” I missed the first one, that's how fast things are happening.

Palestine

Now we get to 'Israel'. What I find interesting is that I pay less attention to 'Israel' because it is simply less important. The Iranians are facing the final boss of White Empire, America, and 'Israel' is simply less important, though they still act like they call the shots. They're actually in the firing line, Jews are still not full White people. They lack the final White privilege, committing genocide and getting away with it (I'm looking at you, sanctimonious Canadians).

I cover occupied Palestine last because that's its place in the strategic order now. In the 12-Day-War, Iran had to shoot through the United Arab Eunuchs, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia without ever shooting back at them. Now they're disabling the satraps first, before really unloading on 'Israel'. But 'Israel' is still getting it. The missile alerts are constant, as the decentralized mosaic of IRGC units unloads on them at will. The attacks don't come in waves anymore, it's just a flood.

As Slavyangrad (Russians) reported on March 1st, “Heavy Israeli casualties being reported as a result of the impact in Be'er Sheba.” That's just one example, missiles are constantly flying towards occupied Palestine. I can't even count them. You can see the missiles coming out, as Fotros reports, “Iran has published footage of the launch of Qadr & Emad ballistic missiles being fired at Israel from central Iran,” but where they land I don't fully know. But lots of them are getting through, and they've started unloading an advanced missile here and there to put the fear of God in the 'Israeli' ruling class, who have to live underground now.

The White Empire is joking when they talk about de-missiling Iran. These things are coming from the backs of trucks run by a mosaic of units that will keep fighting even if the center is gone.

I don't know as much about the missile hits because there seems to be less footage this time, and it's honestly lost in all the other footage. Here, for example, is Turkish TV trying to film it and getting shut down, I think arrested,

And here's someone from Chinese TV who got a bit further, “He also said they only had 5 min of filming before Israeli security personnel came to tell them to stop filming.”

In the West Bank, settlers have long been taking the opportunity to demolish houses and terrorize people. Within 'Israeli' jails, people are being tortured, starved, raped, and are now liable for execution under apartheid law. As far as I know, the entrances to the Gaza concentration camp are closed up again and food is expensive or scarce, donate as much as you can, there's links at the end (really the middle, but go on). Within Gaza, Hamas (and Saraya Al-Quds and PFLP and crew) are not doing any major fighting because A) they must be tired and B) the cavalry is coming. Palestine is still the center of this battle, as Yemen will point out, but thankfully big brother Iran has taken over most of the fighting.

Yemen

The Yemen front (the guardians of the Red Sea) is also seemingly inactive. One thing I find interesting about the Axis of Resistance is that they rarely ask for help from each other. Within the White Empire, 'Israel' immediately jumps into big daddy's pockets, and even Britain joined in with RAF jets (before they got hit in Cyprus and shut up) and France was steaming over in its carrier before they did the French thing and gave up. But each Resistance front just gets on with their own part of the job, and Iran hasn't asked anything from Ansarallah in Yemen. So they don't seem to be doing much.

Instead, I'll reproduce a bit of Ansarallah Commander Sayyed al-Houthi's speech on the martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei because, unlike other empty statements, they will certainly back it up. As the Quran says, “Among the believers there are men who have been true to the pledge they made with God. Among them are such as have fulfilled their vow, and some who [still] wait, without having changed [their resolve] in the least.” As al-Houthi said,

Targeting Sayyed Khamenei aims to get rid of his leadership that adheres to the just causes and legitimate rights of our Islamic nation, foremost of which is the Palestinian cause.

The position for the Muslim Iranian people, its brave fighting Revolutionary Guard, and its official institutions is loyalty to the pure blood of Sayyed Khamenei and steadfastness on the path of freedom, pride, and defiance.

The position is that the martyrdom of this great fighting Islamic symbol should be a great motivation to continue the path with Husseini defiance, faith-based steadfastness, and Khomeinist determination.

The disappointment of the enemies will be through the failure of their goals in committing this crime, through the Iranian popular steadfastness, its official institutions, and its firm adherence to the liberationist and jihadi path.

Zionist-American criminality will not immortalize the entity that is inevitably destined for demise in the books of Allah.

The Iranian people, the axis of jihad and resistance, and the free people of the world are loyal to the great pure sacrifices in steadfastness on the liberationist path and the right position.

Iran

Now we'll circle back to the damages Iran is taking, which is lot. White Empire is doing what they have been doing across the Middle East for decades, what they've been doing across the world for a century, and what they did to their own continent for centuries. Killing as many natives as possible, trying to destroy their civilization, and loot the resources or just let them rot lazily. Iran’s Red Crescent reports, via Fotros,

• 787 people have so far been killed in US and Israeli bombardments
• 153 cities across the country affected
• 504 locations hit.

What are the Empire's main targets? Life, in general. In the first wave, they hit the leadership, the leadership's families, and even opposition members. They want Iran to have no government, the Empire succeeds when states fail. They also hit an elementary school where over 150 little girls have been killed, because they are trying to kill the future. These are all targeted hits, to try and break populations. As Peter Cronau of DropSite said, “First a girls school, then the Red Crescent building, then two hospitals, — now a gym where teenage girls were playing basketball. Beginning to look less like accidents of war, than an intentional policy.” I mean, yeah, duh. Ask the Native Americans about blankets.

After the uproar about 'Israel' bombing hospitals died down, they don't even bother to lie about it anymore. They just bomb hospitals. Those are the primary targets of White Empire, and they have a special focus on attacking babies.

They are also attacking Iranian TV, which comes with a double bonus cause they got to bomb the Gandhi Hospital in the process. As Fortros reports,

The US wanted to destroy Iran’s IRIB 2 broadcasting antenna, so they bombed:

• 2 residential buildings
• Gandhi Hospital

Just to destroy one antenna, in Tehran

This is what the White Empire has always been, if you're just seeing it now. As Alan MacLeod reports in Mintpress,

By hitting the Gandhi Hospital in Tehran today, the United States has now deliberately bombed medical centers in 15 different countries since 1945. Those countries are:

• Iran
• Yemen
• Syria
• Libya
• Iraq
• Yugoslavia
• Sudan
• Somalia
• Grenada
• El Salvador
• Nicaragua
• Vietnam
• Cambodia
• Laos
• Korea

Not to mention the fact that their own settler-colonizers can't get healthcare. These are monsters, barely in human form, who kill babies at work and rape children (and adults, also bad) in their spare time. That's what the Resistance is up against. God be with them. Death to 'Israel', Death to 'America', and down with the whole White Empire.

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