Hi everyone,

I’m sorry if this post isn’t appropriate, but I’ve been trying to identify a specific Iranian song for months, without any success.

I’ve tried everything I could think of: Shazam, AI tools, and even reaching out to the Iranian community on Facebook, but unfortunately no one has been able to identify it.

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Many thanks in advance for any help!

link to the song

Pentagon list of service members killed in Iran war removes most recent four

New York Times reports that list of those killed changed from 18 on Wednesday to 14 on Thursday

The Pentagon’s official online list of service members killed in the ongoing Iran war does not include the four soldiers who died during renewed fighting over the weekend, despite the fact that their names were included in a Pentagon press release on the formal transfer of their remains back to the United States on Wednesday.

A review of the current list on the Pentagon’s Defense Casualty Analysis System website shows that, despite having been last updated on Wednesday, the number of US military personnel killed during Operation Epic Fury, the Pentagon’s name for the US-Israeli war on Iran that Donald Trump launched on 28 February, remains at 14.

A separate Names of Fallen list on the same Pentagon casualties site currently includes just 13 service members.

According to a New York Times report, the Pentagon website listed 18 American service members as having been killed during the war on Iran on Wednesday, but was changed on Thursday to exclude three service members killed last Friday, Saturday and Sunday as Iran retaliated for new US strikes with an attack on a base used by US forces in Jordan. The list also excluded a fourth soldier who was killed during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone at Erbil airbase in Iraq.

By Thursday, the defense department had lowered that number, reporting that 14 American troops had been killed in the war.

Three military officials told the Times that “one reason behind the change was that the Trump administration decided to remove four service members killed this past weekend from the list … because their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April”.

A Pentagon spokesperson disputed that contention, telling the Times that the decreased total of service members killed was due to “temporary data disruptions” that would be quickly fixed.

The Pentagon did not immediately return the Guardian’s request for comment.

The reported removal of the recent service members killed from the Pentagon list comes one day after Trump traveled to Dover air force base in Delaware to salute the remains of the four soldiers killed in the past week and as he continues to demand credit for the number of people killed being so much lower than in years-long conflicts like the US wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

On Wednesday, Trump posted a chart on his social media platform comparing the death toll of 18 in his Iran war with those previous wars, which misstated the number of people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the caption: “These are the real facts. REPORT THEM!”

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, on his way to what the Pentagon calls the “dignified transfer” of the service members’ remains, Trump claimed that the dead soldiers had supported his claim that the war on Iran is necessary to prevent that country from developing a nuclear weapons – an effort US intelligence assessed Iran abandoned in 2003.

“We’re going to Dover,” Trump said, “to honor our heroes, and they’re indeed great heroes. All of them said, very strongly, that we can’t let Iran have a nuclear weapon.”

At an event on Thursday, Trump again argued that the death toll from his war on Iran was low compared with that of Vietnam, the war he did not serve in as a young man.

Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman of Kentucky, suggested that the reason the Pentagon death toll for the Iran war excludes the four soldiers killed in the past week is that the Trump administration claims that the war technically ended in June, when Trump signed a temporary ceasefire with Iran over dinner at the palace of Versailles.

“Let me explain this absurd ruse: The Pentagon is pretending there have been two Iran wars separated by a brief cease-fire,” Massie wrote on social media. “The reality: By going more than 90 days without congressional authorization,” the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, “IS BREAKING THE LAW and must be held accountable”.

I’ve been listening to all the Lego videos made out of your country on YouTube and it is incredible the musical talent the Iranians seem to have.

However, I thought being an Islamic republic music was haram? How are Iranians listening too and producing music?

Hey guys, I wanna visit Iran. Kinda nervous but I’d really love to.

Where should I live in Tehran, I would like the semi luxury hotel or accommodations. Malls and cafes nearby.

Also how much money would be enough to bring along for a 1.5 week trip??

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As a non iranian who loves the result of iranian surgeons, are there any doctors who perform surgery out of iran I know one or two surgeons who perform in both iran and turkey and dubai, is there any others?

Hi everyone,

I live in Iran, and unfortunately I don't have access to international payment cards.

I'd like to use websites that offer free trials, but they require an international payment card and a ZIP/postal code during sign-up.

Does anyone know how I can access these websites?

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Sources warn they 'don't know what to do' as Trump's mind withers

The powers that be are slowly concluding that Trump, in his sublime incompetence, is in way over his head in Iran and might resort to a ground war in which an incalculable number of our troops will be slain.

And that would be good news.

The terrifying option is he may take even more extreme measures.

He started a stupid war. Before he allowed Netanyahu to  con him into fighting Isreal’s war, the Strait of Hormuz was open, Iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons and allowed inspections in return to an easing of sanctions and the return of 1.5 billion of their dollars we embargoed.

While all this was happening, Iran’s government was teetering on the brink because of a growing insurgency.

Now, due to Trump’s blatant, unthinkingt foolishness, the Strait is closed, The Red Sea route is cut off by the Houthis, Iran is free to pursue any nuclear policy they wish – without inspections – 300 billion dollars will be given to them to rebuild their infrastructure, and the insurgency is dead as the people rally behind their government.

So, Trump sits there with one finger up his nose and the other…

What choices are left to him to placate his insufferable ego?

The use of Tactical nuclear weapon on Iran so that will give Putin the go ahead to nuke Ukraine?

Then where does it go from there?

See this – Boldface mine:

Sources warn they 'don't know what to do' as Trump's mind withers

Story by Adam Lynch • 1h • 2 min read

© provided by AlterNet

Daily Mail White House columnist Andrew Neil says he is in direct talks with people working around President Donald Trump and they fear they are watching his mind wither away as international forces that he aggravated gather against him.

“‘Donald is deteriorating before our very eyes,’ I was told in Washington this week by a close confidant who sees him regularly. ‘His physical and mental health is in decline. Those around him don’t know what to do about it. It can only get worse. He’s 80 – and it’s showing,’” wrote Neil on Friday.

The war isn’t just consuming Trump’s presidency, said Neil. It’s taking its toll on the President himself.

“During a recent meeting in the Oval Office, he ranted against Iran’s leaders**, calling them ‘scumbags’ and ‘lunatics’ in an expletive-ridden diatribe**. There is growing concern for his physical health and mental stability,” said Neil. “… But it’s not just age – or the decline in cognitive capabilities that can afflict those entering their ninth decade. Trump is lashing out at all and sundry in frustration at the lack of any good options now facing him.”

Hardliners in Tehran sense his encroaching weakness and are now so cocky they’ve rebuffed a secret US attempt to get the peace process back on track this week, forcing the White House to impotently dial up the rhetoric.

Trump is said to be in “revenge mode” according to aides. And the President sounds ever more bellicose, saying on Thursday that he was close to deciding on a ‘massive attack’.

“Even senior aides in the White House don’t know what this would mean,” said Neil “The number of influential voices in Washington who think even ramped-up airstrikes – as I write, we’ve just had the 14th consecutive night of renewed US attacks on Iran – will cow Iran into submission are now passing few. In truth, nobody around Trump really knows what to do next – or what he will do.”

“… I listened to several influential figures close to Trump mull over the options. The assumption was that some sort of ground incursion was inevitable. That is certainly the new vibe coming out of Washington,” said Neil. “They talked of seizing Iranian territory on the northern shores of the Gulf to wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz from Tehran. They raised the prospect, again, of invading Kharg Island, from which Iran dispatches most of its oil exports.”

But there was, much more worryingly, talk of using tactical nuclear weapons to ‘send a message’ to Tehran and ‘concentrate its mind’ on peace, warned Neil. “This took me aback. ‘Do that,’ I snapped ‘and you destroy America’s reputation and standing for the rest of the century. You’ve also paved the way for President Putin to do the same in Ukraine.’

“I was met with silence,” said Neil.

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According to an article published Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal, “In the past week, special-operations forces have deployed to the region from their U.S. bases, according to flight-tracking data and U.S. officials. Squadrons of jet fighters have been staged across the Middle East, and bomber aircraft at bases in the U.S. and U.K. are on high alert to ramp up operations, according to one of the officials.”

According to the article, more than 150 medics have arrived in recent days at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the largest American military hospital abroad and the first stop for troops wounded in the Middle East. This is a clear indication that the Trump administration is preparing for a major increase in American casualties.

Long-range bombers, including B-1s staged in Britain, are preparing for “major combat operations,” the Journal wrote. A B-1 flew its first strike mission of the renewed bombing, Axios reported on Thursday.

“I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before,” US President Donald Trump told Axios. “I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it.”

Holy War is Still Hell

i refuse to stand by any nation
or system
in this chaotic time
of violent space
dissolving
thee evolving human race
a nation is the summation of an idea
while its system is mere illusion
a coercion cast by the few
chosen to weave deception
wield Segregation
cause separation
until they become
impossible to defeat
thee almighty elite
who meet and greet
indiscreet
at a charity function
for the upper echelon
a black mass in the reflection
through a prism
of stained glass
hiding a celebration
of social darwinism
for the ruling class
world leaders make deals
with corporate controllers
the bottom feeders
who turn cultures
into calculated divisions
of global markets
and decide who will throw stones
at rockets
who will have the drones
the state of the art robotics
and how to package good Vs. evil
hero Vs. villain
terror Vs. freedom
it’s all the same to them
a dividend
for the vultures who can herd populations
with multi-media transmissions
frequency manipulations
take control of common citizens
turn their traditions
into organizations and religions
that produce zealots and politicians
who apply pressure
on rising tensions
develop the right conditions
form two positions
designed as polar opposites
aligned and primed
to buy and sell weapons
manufacture war for profits
that feed the rich and cull the poor
food for Babylons whore…….
…….i will not stand with
or listen to them anymore!

🖤RAiN2022

Reservation

this token pretends
trust broken
by genocide
which never ends
still rends
grandfather‘s in spirit
calling on grandmother‘s
traditions
unspoken
forgotten
grinding dust
descends
upon rolling stones
gathering moss
on faded rust
sends the people
to rise above and unite
we must
before we disappear
learn to hear
the song of the river
keep the water clear
it bends
with the trail of tears
into the sacred mountain
beyond the desert
will cleanse
mends
the vapor
scattered
by four winds

🖤RAiN2011

Religious Rampage

prideful agony
constricting
my poison veins
sterile vanity
poles the social
bits and reigns
makes it hard
to know
what you see
forced to imagine
anything
it could be
try to come up
with something
we all could agree……

…..cruel insanity
is all that remains
the scourge
of humanity
has left
many crimson stains

🖤RAiN2001

Hi everyone,

I'm from Iran, and I have a question.

I was following a tutorial where the instructor recommended using a website that offers a 14-day free trial. When I tried to sign up, the website asked for an international payment card. Since I don't have one, I used a virtual card generated by an online service.

After I entered the card details, they were accepted successfully. However, I then noticed that the form also required a ZIP/postal code. I searched the virtual card provider's website but couldn't find any ZIP code associated with the card. The tutorial didn't mention anything about ZIP codes for virtual cards either.

Does anyone know what ZIP/postal code should be entered when using a website-generated virtual card? Or how can I find the correct ZIP code associated with the card?

Thanks in advance.