Tuesday, June 17, 2025
It’s Happening Inside Iran — And the Media Won’t Tell You.
The Iranian revolution has begun.
Protests have erupted in Tehran and other cities, reaching the occupied Arab region of Ahvaz. Armed clashes are underway, and IRGC centers have reportedly been overtaken in several provinces.
U.S. Air Force Sends Unusually Long Encrypted Messages Over Nuclear Alert System—Mystery Deepens
Over the weekend, the U.S. Air Force transmitted two highly unusual and extended Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) via the High-Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS)—a secure network used to deliver commands to America’s nuclear-capable forces, including bombers, submarines, and missile systems.
According to a report from The Express, the first encrypted message, broadcast on June 14, contained a stunning 246 characters—far exceeding the typical EAM length of about 30 characters. The next day, on June 15, a second code was sent, this time approaching 290 characters, making it even more unprecedented.
EAMs are not routine communications. As defined by U.S. military doctrine, they are time-sensitive, highly encrypted directives capable of initiating Major Attack Options (MAOs) or Limited Attack Options (LAOs). These messages are cryptographically safeguarded to prevent unauthorized access, spoofing, or interception.
The reason behind these extended broadcasts remains unclear.
As Unilad reported, the June 14 message—described as a 20-minute transmission—was intercepted by amateur radio monitors and quickly leaked online, though the contents remain undeciphered. The HFGCS system it was sent through operates via shortwave radio signals, allowing for global communication reach and is crucial for relaying emergency instructions and mission-critical updates to U.S. Air Force and Navy units.
A recording of the message has since circulated on social media platforms such as Twitter, but so far, no official explanation has been offered by the Department of Defense or U.S. Strategic Command.
With tensions running high in several global hotspots, analysts and observers are left to speculate: were these extended EAMs part of a high-level drill, a response to a specific threat, or something far more consequential?
Out of reach? Inside the Fordow nuclear site – deep in Iran’s mountains that Israel would likely need the US to topple
There’s just one Iranian nuclear facility left on Israel’s hit list — and it may be up to the US to take it out.
Iran’s Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant is a fortress built deep within the mountains — up to 300 feet underground.
That’s out of reach of Israel’s known munitions. Only America’s 15-ton bunker-buster bomb, GBU-57A/B Massive Ordinance Penetrator, is thought to be capable of touching it.
While Israel has surprised Western intelligence in the past with the scope of their arms and strategies, nothing the Jewish state has shown off so far suggests it has the means to penetrate Fordow’s defenses, said Nicholas Carl, a research manager at the American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project.
“America is the only partner who can step in and do that,” Carl told The Post.
So far, President Trump has suggested that he’s much more interested in playing peacemaker than wading into the conflict on Israel’s side.
Completed in 2009, Fordow lies hidden in the mountains about 100 miles south of Tehran as one of three major nuclear enrichment sites in Iran.
Iran has spent years fortifying the facility, which has been able to avoid most major attacks from Israel that target Tehran’s nuclear program.
“Tehran has made sure the facility can survive airstrike attacks, making Fordow a much harder target than the other facilities that have been hit through the years,” Carl explained.
While the base does not necessarily house the most advanced nuclear enrichment plants in Iran, it does have highly advanced centrifuges that are a prime target for Israel.
“The entire operation… really has to be completed with the elimination of Fordow,” Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the US, told reporters on Friday during the first wave of attacks.
To reach those centrifuges, Israel would need America’s so-called “bunker busters,” bombs specifically designed to penetrate deep below ground to blow up its target.
The “MOP” and other American bunker busters are several times more powerful than the 1-ton American-made bombs that the Israeli air force reportedly used to burrow underneath Beirut to kill Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last year.
It remains unclear if Israel has more powerful penetrating bombs than that on hand.
But while Washington has the capability, the White House may not have the same initiative to lend its firepower for a direct strike against Iran.
“The US, without a doubt, has a strategic interest to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons… but if we do get involved, we need to be cognizant of the risks involved,” Carl said. “The US needs to calculate the outcome from this type of attack on Iran.”
While Iran still has other nuclear enrichment bases scattered across the country, with another even more heavily fortified lab reportedly under construction, many analysts believe that the fall of Fordow would be necessary to fulfill Israel’s ambition of ending Tehran’s nuclear ambition once and for all.
“If you don’t get Fordow, you haven’t eliminated their ability to produce weapons-grade material,” Brett McGurk, who has served as Middle East coordinator for several American presidents, told The New York Times.
Chaotic video captures moment fed-up driver runs over ‘No Kings’ protester in Los Angeles
Woman ran over by an individual driving a car during protests over the weekend in Los Angeles, California.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 16, 2025
The woman was seen blocking the car when the driver had clearly had enough.
Police are investigating the incident. According to KTLA, the woman who was struck was… pic.twitter.com/wa1deT51SZ
Below when protestors pulled the truck driver out and murdered him ..
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— Marie Isabella (@MarieIsabellaB) June 16, 2025
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