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ScottOld Apr 2, 2026 +337

Wonder how much much of the Iranian nuclear program will also magically be smuggled out

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donniedarko5555 Apr 2, 2026 +47

Russia has already left most of the Nuclear treaties with the US if that was their gameplan why not just give Iran a nuke of their own on some Oreshinik missiles. you only need low single digit counts to have MAD against Israel.

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YinzerKermy Apr 2, 2026 +13

I think you underestimate how little any country wants to give another nukes. Sure you might like Iran today but tomorrow who knows. If you give them MAD that also can apply against you. You need extreme levels of trust.

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BionicBreak Apr 2, 2026 +21

Because Russia would lose leverage to ensure Iran's cooperation with their fight in Ukraine. They still don't really trust each other. Iran certainly doesn't trust Russia because it refuses to let the Russians build the complicated parts of the Shahed drone.

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firenamedgabe Apr 2, 2026 +12

And that’s completely ignoring the fact if they gave Iran nukes who’s going to control them in a year, or five years. The government is in tatters and surely headed towards infighting, so god knows who would wind up with the nukes in the long run.

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BionicBreak Apr 2, 2026 +5

Also true. I believe the game the Russians are playing is that they're going to help, up to a point, and then stop helping when they have what they want and ensure that Iran doesn't get much further.

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martindines Apr 2, 2026 +6

Source on the “refuses to let Russia build the complicated parts of the Shahed drone”? I was under the assumption Russia was building their variant, the Garen 2, entirely domestically.

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BionicBreak Apr 2, 2026 +2

William Spaniel put together a good video on the topic below: https://youtu.be/nvduCXL4Buo?si=GtiLiContBiyfoMn If you need something more substantial, I can find something I read from the Institute on the Study of War.

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martindines Apr 2, 2026 +3

Excellent thanks I’ll check it out

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Remarkable-Depth-904 Apr 2, 2026 +17

Because they can target Russia too.

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demonica123 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Because the minute the NPT ends, the world has nukes. There is no giving nukes to 1 country. Every tinpot dictator will have then within a decade. And at that point it's a matter of when, not if MAD is triggered, and politics degrades into brinksmanship of who is willing to bait MAD the most before caving.

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messenger18 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Want another Cuban missile crisis? Because that is how you get Ukraine being given Nukes with an actually working delivery system the same single digits for Russia considering most of it's population is in a couple cities.

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General-Researcher-2 Apr 3, 2026 +1

It has only been about 40 years since the time when Iran trained and funded the mujahideen who were cutting the throats of Russian soldiers simply because Afghans were Muslims. Iran had no other interests or reasons to do that. There is a cultural abyss between Iran and Russia that will not disappear for at least the next 100 years. Today they are partners (not allies!) because it is beneficial for them, but what happens tomorrow is a different story.

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canspop Apr 2, 2026 +9

Smuggle? It's russia. trump will probably arrange an armed e***** for his boss.

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patriceleb Apr 2, 2026 +1

It would be awkward if Russia smuggled in a nuclear weapon in Iran.

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TachiH Apr 3, 2026 +1

Still better than hitting an active nuclear plant. Not only will it make the Iranian civilian population suffer it will cause a huge ecological disaster. It would also give Russia the chance to threaten Ukranian nuclear plants again.

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blitzzo Apr 3, 2026 +1

Most likely all of it, this was Russia's proposal to Obama after Russia invaded Crimea - Russia would take custody of Iran's nuclear stockpile and manage/dispose of it in exchange for removing Iranian sanctions. Thankfully Obama was smart enough to see right through that and know what the plan was, for Russia to store the nuclear material only until Iran needed it and they would fly it back.

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SlightlySublimated Apr 2, 2026 +108

Coming from the same country that bombed the dome around Chernobyl for no other reason than to cause fear and panic?

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TriptoGardenGrove Apr 2, 2026 -4

The new ayatollah is probably hiding in it. Kind of smart as they know the US won’t hit it.

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TeenJesusWasaCunt Apr 2, 2026 +14

Deny that shit. 2 birds with one stone.

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Agile_Lie9502 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Duh

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Pleasant-Seesaw6119 Apr 2, 2026 +144

Big bad Russia not wanting civilians caught in a war zone, huh? Ukraine has some thoughts.

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Possible_End_5272 Apr 2, 2026 +88

They are likely smuggling someone or something in/out.

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QuentinTarzantino Apr 2, 2026 +25

They are. Its been a long known colab between the 2 nations, regarding the program.

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truttatrotta Apr 2, 2026 +8

It shows that it has nothing to do with civilians lives and everything to do with Russia getting something out of it. Even if just to show the world how much control they have of Trump again.

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Easik Apr 2, 2026 +47

You can ask, but the bombs dropping at market close.

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OwnIntroduction5193 Apr 2, 2026 +5

Yup

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ryanvsrobots Apr 2, 2026 +3

Nah trump will let putin do whatever he wants

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Electronic-Radio-383 Apr 2, 2026 +52

Wouldn’t Russian scientists at Iran nuclear plant usually mean Iran already has nuclear capacity?

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topdownyeti Apr 2, 2026 +39

I believe the Busheher plant is a civilian nuclear plant and it’s been around since the Shah so it’s not exactly a secret.

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Mr_Engineering Apr 2, 2026 +20

Iran has had an unremarkable civil nuclear program for many decades. This is not controversial.

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andruszko Apr 2, 2026 +27

Nuclear power plants take something like 5-10% enriched uranium. When we talk nuclear capacity for war/nukes, that enrichment level needs to be 90%. Iran has enough uranium to make about 11 nukes, they claimed, but the enrichment level is only 60% so far. They're obviously working towards it based on the level, but it could have taken them anywhere from a couple months to a couple years to achieve that next 30% enrichment.

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F4ntasticPants Apr 2, 2026 +27

iirc going from 60% to weapons grade is magnitudes easier than going from 5-10% to 60%. That's why everyone is so worried about them getting nukes, that last stretch is the easiest one.

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Parsleymuffin Apr 2, 2026 -25

What are you watching? We all literally watched these guys get attacked over and over again. But you somehow seem to be worried about the victims of the attacks being able to defend themselves and not of the aggressors ability to wage wars. I don’t even think this is the result of brainwashing. It’s just you either picking sides, or purposefully spreading lies. So what I want to know is: what compels you to do so? And what horse you think you have in this race? I don’t care about what they do in Iran. I dont care about what they do in China. I don’t care about any of it. I’m much more concerned with collapsing bridges, economic collapse, societal collapse. Most Americans share the SAME SENTIMENT.

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vanceraa Apr 2, 2026 +12

you can both think this war is moronic, pointless and a waste of human lives/resources and also think iran almost hitting the ability to manufacture nukes is worrying

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026 +1

Israel already having them is okay though?

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vanceraa Apr 2, 2026 +4

I don’t think Israel should have them either. I’m against Israeli expansion into Lebanon and the atrocities they commit in Gaza. I’m still worried about Iranian nukes. Unfortunately it’s much harder to disarm nuclear states (see: north korea)

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026 +1

It's much easier to stop handing billions in cash and weapons to the nuclear state to carry out atrocities in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza than disarming them of nukes. Perhaps start there?

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vanceraa Apr 2, 2026 +3

I feel like you’re fishing to find some sort’ve inconsistency in my world view and there isn’t one. I don’t think we should fund Israel lol. I STILL don’t think Iran should have nukes.

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026 +1

guilty as charged, yea. Sometimes, I like to know where the other person is coming from and if they have actual sincere or only charged/biased views. I think that that ship has sailed, personally. Psycho Mullahs are already capable of setting off many dirty bombs. I doubt they won't end up testing a nuke in coming years - unless their demands like dropping all sanctions are met.

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demonica123 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Israel does not preach death to their neighbors or actively seek to control the entire Middle East through terrorist proxies. Also after a few decades of having them without using them, people have gotten less worried.

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026

lol yea, okay bud. Nobody was actually worried about Iran either. Everything was fine. Except the religious nutjobs in Israel kept preaching death to their neighbours. I suppose you're one of those who thinks Settlers are entitled to all the land and houses they continue to steal. How it's their right to slaughter and covet the wife of their neighbours if they are not Chosen. You might want to learn what kind of hateful religious and racial bigotry is taught in Israeli schools and institutions before you go pretending Iran is/was some unique and special evil/worry in the region.

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demonica123 Apr 2, 2026 +3

>Nobody was actually worried about Iran either. Everything was fine. Yes, that's why they are considered a state sponsor of terrorism and their proxies in Yemen were subject to a coalition of the Gulf States and US.

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PayZealousideal8892 Apr 2, 2026 +5

Why most Gulf countries are encouraging US to keep attacking Iran? Why do many Western countries say it's unacceptable for Iran to gain nukes. Because Iran is countinously funding different terrorist groups that directly attack and cause problems for these countries. What would happen if Iran developed nukes and gave one to Hezbollah or Houthis? Who would be responsible if terrorist organization nuked Israel for example? There is no MAD considerations if one side is terrorists. Also Iran regime is one of the most horrible regimes in the world. You think ICE agents are bad? Irans regime and IRGC are 10000 times worse to their own dissidents. But nobody would actually intervene if that was the only problem, countries intervene because Iran's foreign policy is directly threatening and causing damage to other countries.

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CRUSTBUSTICUS Apr 2, 2026 +6

Your portrayal of Iran as innocent victims is downright hilarious please go on. You can say this war was dumb while also realizing the radical theocracy funding several destabilizing terrorist organizations within countries while also massacring its own civilians isn’t exactly a “victim.”

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026 -1

radical theocracy didn't gain power in a void your portrayal of iran as some unique comicbook villain is hilarious

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CRUSTBUSTICUS Apr 2, 2026 +3

Two wrongs don’t make a right. You’d be one of those dudes with the punisher logo on his truck completely missing the point so thoroughly it’s funny.

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026

see, now you're portraying me as some comic book villain. lol you lot are something else, honestly...

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CRUSTBUSTICUS Apr 2, 2026 +2

If you don’t understand the banter of you making a comic book reference and me dumbing it down for you in your own terms then this conversation isn’t worth having due to your daftness. Tell me again how two wrongs make a right, I’m sure you have a great point about how a murderous theocracy should actually be infantilized by the world.

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026

this theocracy is not just infantilized, it's given billions in aid and weapons to spread terror. 🇮🇱 have a day, moron.

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ButterscotchTop194 Apr 2, 2026 +16

Iran has been on the verge of nuclear weapons for as long as i can remember. I'm nearly 50.

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Iambetterthanuhaha Apr 2, 2026 +7

The dreaded Islamic bomb......Pakistan already has it yet we are still here.

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TheSeptimiusSeverus Apr 2, 2026 +1

All the bomb did was ensure they can't get invaded. Which is why they wanted one. Which is why they don't even entertain talks about giving it up.

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boogi3woogie Apr 2, 2026 -1

Because they are. All they need to do is keep enriching their 60% uranium. It is not technically challenging to enrich to >90%, and takes about 1-3 weeks.

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ButterscotchTop194 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Wonder why they've not been able to do it in 30+ years if it's so easy and only takes a few weeks.

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boogi3woogie Apr 2, 2026 +1

Because it’s an artificial cap.

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ah_no_wah Apr 2, 2026 +1

There's also plutonium-239 as a byproduct of uranium fission reactors.

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mordehuezer Apr 2, 2026 +2

Nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs are surprisingly unrelated.

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Kind-Handle3063 Apr 2, 2026 +17

Screw them. Russia always picks the bad side then whines when things don’t go its way

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ShortGuitar7207 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Whereas Trump has picked the right side supporting indicted war criminal Netanyahu.

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vwagonwylie Apr 2, 2026 +19

Omg if trumps gives into this shit then hes absolutely on vlads d***.

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MentokGL Apr 2, 2026 +21

That's been painfully obvious for years

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WeakBlueberry5071 Apr 2, 2026 +8

"ok you can have ONE MORE......BUT THATS **IT**" - Every American ever with every treasonous act trump has performed.

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sweetno Apr 2, 2026 +6

What do mean, "if". Of course he will, when did he not give in. The whole affair is one big gift to Putin.

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RecursiveCook Apr 2, 2026 +1

Trump got a little bailout from Russian banks and has been in debt to Putin ever since.

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ryanvsrobots Apr 2, 2026 +2

He wishes it was just money debt

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ForceCarrierBob Apr 2, 2026 +8

So, Good Old Russia has been supplying Iran with nuclear expertise? I mean what else do we need to know about Russia as being an enemy. Grok wrote, "I estimate a 75% to 85% likelihood that Trump is a Putin-compromised asset, leaning toward the higher end (around 85%) due to the cumulative weight of the evidence." [Trump is a 'Russian asset,' according to Grok. Believe it? | Opinion](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2025/03/05/trump-speech-state-union-russia-elon-musk-grok/81507335007/)

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OneComposer4239 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Yes. This has been known for a long time that Russia has been collaborating with Irans civilian power programs

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Kailias Apr 2, 2026

Upvote this and repost on X...thats been fairly evident for years..but people refuse to see it

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OneComposer4239 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Yeah, because it's known by anyone who actually pays attention to the world

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bmanMA Apr 2, 2026 +2

I thought they already did this

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Dark_World_Blues Apr 2, 2026 +2

They can ask them, but that won't happen considering Iran's regime claiming that they don't want a ceasefire and will continue attacking even Israel and USA retreats.

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Ultra_Metal Apr 2, 2026 +4

Russia should be told to go f*** itself.

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strat_rocker Apr 2, 2026 +4

And this is why this war is absolutely justified, they had the uranium, the Russian expertise and the ballistic missiles ( also from Russia)…if only America had a real leader with guts to go after the real root of the evil….

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Fantastic_Piece5869 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Like we did 10 years ago when there was a deal? Then Trump tore it up and causes Iran to move forward? Just anther fasc bot

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blitzzo Apr 3, 2026 +1

Obama deserves credit for getting the best possible deal he could without military intervention, but that deal was still a steaming pile of c***. Just setting aside that it would have automatically expired in 2025 anyways it still allowed Iran to refuse inspection of any site they wanted then gave them 24 days before IAEA inspectors were allowed to force their way in. Plenty of time to move nuclear material around.

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ratedsar Apr 3, 2026 +1

When you consider that the Manhattan project went from limited science to multiple power plants and nuclear tests in 3 years, it's really amazing. It's also amazing that in 10 years Iran couldn't do it if they were trying, with most of the science available at a library or on the Internet.

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ShortGuitar7207 Apr 2, 2026 +2

So is this a tacit admission that Russia is helping Iran build a bomb?

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TachiH Apr 3, 2026 +1

Civilian nuclear power plants have zero to do with nuclear bombs. Modern reactors don't even produce the materials needed for a bomb.

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United-Adagio1543 Apr 3, 2026 +2

I suspect the Iranians want to move the enriched uranium to a safer place.

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stonertear Apr 3, 2026 +1

What are they doing there?

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RoleTall2025 Apr 3, 2026 +1

nobody ask about the south african scientists

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daniel_22sss Apr 2, 2026 +6

Where have you been the last 4 years? Russia already hit ukranian nuclear facilities, repeatedly, including god damn Chernobyl. And Ukraine invasion is already causing smaller nations to think about nuclear weapons. Some people talk about this Iran war as if nothing similar happened in the last decade.

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FireTyme Apr 2, 2026 +2

yeah it’s the pot telling on the kettle. that said we probably should try and not hit any nuclear facilities. even if one country isnt doing anything to stop their actions it’s probably better if others don’t copy them

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wailferret Apr 2, 2026 +11

Iran has been targeting Dimona since the last war. They just can't hit it because Israeli missile defense (rightfully so) in that area is extremely dense.

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almog546 Apr 2, 2026 +5

What make you think Iran can do it they give up on hitting military targets in Israel that just hit civilians areas And even if they could it Israel nuclear facility their rockets can’t penetrate enough to hit it

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Fast-Satisfaction482 Apr 2, 2026 +3

War crime: possibly. Unprecedented: sadly not.

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4ha1 Apr 2, 2026 +1

More like "Russia will order its vassal states...".

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ghost_n_the_shell Apr 2, 2026 +1

Uh huh. Nothing suspicious to see here. And this also means Trump will certainly agree.

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Lower_Ad_1317 Apr 2, 2026 +1

And they also requests that no one checks those glowing trucks at the back 🙄

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OG_unclefucker Apr 2, 2026 +1

Did anyone read the damn article. They are moving civilian nuclear personnel from a nuclear reactor they had built and now shut off. Last i heard 50 volunteers are all that's left to make sure we don't have another Chernobyl

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ken_the_boxer Apr 2, 2026

No need to ask US. You can just tell them.

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truttatrotta Apr 2, 2026 -3

Putin will tell Trump to ceasefire. It’s all a facade. The US is fully controlled now.

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TwelveGaugeSage Apr 2, 2026 -9

They would probably have better luck just pointing and shouting, "Look, an elementary school!"

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lnth1 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Which other school besides the Minab school accident (yes, an indisputable war crime regardless) so far?

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TwelveGaugeSage Apr 2, 2026 -8

Shahid Hamedani School, Shahid Bahonar Middle School, and Arian Pouya Elementary School have all reportedly taken damage, as well as minor damage to a few unnamed others as far as I know.

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Fun_Art7703 Apr 2, 2026 -2

Damn - wonder the blackmail they have on this administration If it’s anything like Byron Noems… it’s gotta be good.

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Tobias---Funke Apr 2, 2026 +1

It rhymes with tiss pape.

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ryvern82 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I suspect it is much worse than the piss tape.

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DoublePostedBroski Apr 2, 2026 -2

Anything papa Putin wants

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Russia will ask US and Israel to cease fire while it evacuates staff from Iranian nuclear plant, RIA reports

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