Here we go again!
The very definition of insanity!!!
Doing the same thing over and over, proving that they are Insane and Radically incapable of a Peaceful resolution!!!
THEY CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED!!!
M.A. Rothman
𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐇∗𝐙𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐇 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓
“𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴.”
That was Iran’s Islamic regime today, June 14, 2026 — the same day it warned the world that military retaliation against Israel is “imminent” and rejected a financial offer from the Trump administration to stand down.
Here is the sequence. H∗zbollah fired drones into northern Israel on Sunday. Israel responded by striking a H∗zbollah command center in the Dahieh suburb of Beirut — a known H∗zbollah operational stronghold. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐋𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 “𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭.
The timing matters. The United States and Iran were scheduled to sign a deal today to formally end the Iran-Israel conflict. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐪𝐞𝐫 𝐐𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐟, 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. “𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.” Iranian officials signaled the attack could scuttle the agreement entirely. Tehran separately turned down Trump’s financial incentives for restraint.
The pattern here is not subtle. H∗zbollah attacks Israel — Iran declares Israel’s response a provocation — Iran threatens to blow up U.S.-brokered negotiations — Iran rejects the off-ramp. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞.
𝐇∗𝐳𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞. 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 — 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.
Note: I’m dubious about any words from the IRGC, so we shall see. I hate to borrow a phrase, but “we”/“I” report, you decide.
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M.A. Rothman
𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟔 𝐇∗𝐙𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐇 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒, 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐇𝐈𝐓 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐑𝐔𝐓 — 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐋“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.” That is Israel’s position after H∗zbollah fired six attacks on northern Israel today — the same day the U.S.-Iran deal was supposed to be finalized.
The setup: President Trump had posted overnight that an agreement was imminent, with signing possibly in Geneva. Pakistan’s prime minister confirmed on X that finalization was expected within 24 hours. Then H∗zbollah fired. Israel had warned publicly that any H∗zbollah rocket fire would be met with strikes on Beirut. 𝐇∗𝐳𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲. Israel struck the Dahiya district — H∗zbollah’s political and military headquarters in the Lebanese capital.
Iran immediately called the Israeli strike “𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭” and vowed a response. A diplomat involved in the negotiations told Fox News' Trey Yingst that the Beirut strikes are “𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.” What the diplomat did not say: H∗zbollah fired first. 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.
Trump held firm, posting on Truth Social: “𝘔𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.” Meanwhile, CENTCOM confirmed Iranian drones were still attempting to strike commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz — 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝.
𝐇∗𝐳𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 — 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥.













