Re: Israeli Faces From Earlier Today :-)

On 5/3/24 16:47, Physfitfreak wrote:

Yemen is now threatening to hit Israeli ship in Mediterranean sea, using hypersonic missiles :) Iran's hypersonic missiles have not been tested against real targets yet. So looks like Yemen will be doing that, now that Iran's hands are probably tied with that agreement.

Yes, Yemen now officially said it has "banned" the ships in the Mediterranean who are moving towards Israeli ports, or leaving such ports, regardless of what ships they are and whose ships they are and what they do.
Easier said than done, but, they'll be using hypersonic missiles. So ... We'll see if Israel or the Brits there on Cypres island can intercept them! There might still be American Navy there also.
I don't think they can intercept such missiles. Heck they're four to 7 times faster than ordinary ballistic missiles.
The distance is at least 2000 km, twice the distance from Iran to Israel, but that would not be a big deal with those missiles. They'll get there fast. And again, I think neither Saudis nor Egyptians can intercept them, especially when they have the excuse of such missiles being hypersonic and the lack of proper defense against them. They'll probably send something to the sky just to say they tried.
So this announcement isn't a trivial one, like some of the all bark and no bite ones from small groups here and there. It can leave Israelis with just that land corridor to do their trades with anything east of them, and there's that Ashtar there almost right in the middle of the corridor.
They're really pushing Israeli government to accept the agreements.
There was a curious visit today from deputy head of defense of Azarbaijan Republic to his equivalent in Iran's military (not the militia) held in Iran. Nothing is said about what went on.
Definitely Azerbaijanis are concerned with the new cooperation between Armenia and Iran. A lot must be happening there that required two more consulates to be built. This guy (Mostafaov) may have delivered a compromise offer for Iran. Perhaps a reduction of Israeli government involvement in Azerbaijan's anti Iranian activities, in exchange for a reduction of cooperation between Iran and Armenia.
That's my guess. And if that's true, then it won't work because Iran's new cooperation with Armenia has its solid roots independent of Azerbaijanis. It was Iran's actual response to Americans conducting genocide in Ghaza. Nothing can undo it. Azerbaijan cannot affect that even if they're inadvertently part of that move that Iran made. They, the Azerbaijanis, need to go to their American bosses and make a deal with them about it, not with Iran. Americans were the culprit and they paid the price. That's as far as Iran is concerned, in the matter of getting Armenia into this at the expense of the Azerbaijanis and their American and Israeli bases in their country.
To make my point more clear, the equivalent situation between Israel and Iran would be, if Israeli government deputy head of military forces comes to Tehran and meets his counterpart, offering a compromise, say, Israel would stop the war if Iran would reduce her Lebanese and Yemeni ties. It won't work, cause the two latter militia forces are there for reasons other than what Israelis would or would not do. They're there to deal with USA as long as needed, regardless of some Israel be there or not. If Israel doesn't like the two militia forces, they can go to their bosses in USA and make some form of deal with them.
I think I made my point clear.
And generally, Iran doesn't deal with bitches of USA in that region directly. Iran deals with USA in that region, then the latter's bitches get sometimes affected by that. They need to take their whining to USA not to Iran. Iran's recent thawing of relations with Saudis is the direct result of Saudis having gained some degree of independence from Americans. Otherwise, just like before, Iran would never deal with Saudis directly.
Speaking of Armenia, it is every day now. Some steps are taken every day toward more and more cooperation of Iran and Armenia in just about anything that your imagination can take you!
This is a picture from today's signing a higher education deal together. Oops, yesterday, not today. Already after midnight:
https://i.postimg.cc/MTWc8J6h/education-deal.jpg
Both sides, as is clear to see, seem to know they'll benefit from it. Probably some student exchange programs as well as visiting professorship, etc.
But what worries Azerbaijanis (and their bosses and collaborators) is the new military links between the two countries. It is at a level that required addition of two new consulates in both countries.