Tuesday, June 17, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 6/17/2025*AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI 'THE BATTLE BEGINS'*TIKTOK ALLOWED TO CONTINUE OPERATING*DRONE ATTACK AT RUSSIAN TRADE MISSION USING PAINT*TRUMP CALLS FOR 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER' OF IRAN*DEATHS CONTINUE AROUND RELIEF SITES IN GAZA*

 


                                     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



Details on the Israel-Iran War with leaks about US military action being imminent but first...


                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


                                     (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


          "We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime.  We will show the Zionists no mercy"               



THE SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE LATE TONIGHT FROM IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI.


IT COMES ABOUT SIX HOURS AFTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CALL FOR IRAN'S 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!'...KHAMANEI.IR "X"...



KHAMANEI IS ALSO POSTING IN FARSI THE IRANIAN LANGUAGE SAYING 'THE BATTLE BEGINS' REFERENCING A BATTLE AGAINST JEWS IN THE 7TH CENTURY...TIMES OF ISRAEL




TikTok given another 90-day extension by the Trump Administration.



There will be no US government ordered shutdown as efforts continue to find a new ownership structure for the popular social media up currently under Chinese ownership...The Hill USA




IN KENYA A CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTORS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF BLOGGER ALBERT OJWANG IN POLICE CUSTODY.



MEN WIELDING CLUBS ATTACKED PROTESTERS BELIEVED TO BE GOVERNMENT LOYALISTS.



ONE MAN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROTESTS (NOS NETHERLANDS)...BBC NEWS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.





In New York City Democrat Brad Lander, on the ballot in next Tuesday's Primary Election for Mayor, detained by federal agents outside an immigration court.


Lander was guiding a defendant out of court at the time he was taken into custody. He is currently the New York City comptroller...The Hill USA





IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF MALI CONSTRUCTION LAUNCHED FOR A GOLD REFINERY.    


THE REFINERY IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTRY'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND A RUSSIAN COMPANY.


MALI MOVING TOWARDS CLOSER TIES WITH RUSSIA AND AWAY FROM WESTERN NATIONS A CANADIAN OWNED GOLD MINE IN THE COUNTRY RECENTLY TAKEN OVER BY THE GOVERNMENT...BBC NEWS


A drone attack on a Russian trade mission building in Sweden.  Paint dropped from the drone at the front entrance of the building.


This is the latest in a series of attacks-incidents involving Russian sites in Sweden...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




THE UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTER CONFIRMING THE COLLISION OF TWO MERCHANT VESSELS OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN THE GULF OF OMAN.


LIMITED DETAILS BUT OTHER SOURCES SAY ONE OF THE VESSELS INVOLVED WAS AN OIL TANKER.  PICTURES OF FIRES DISPLAYED ONLINE LAST NIGHT.


UKMTO SAYING THE COLLISION IS NOT RELATED TO THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR...UKMTO Ops Centre "X"




In Canada the last day of the G7 summit minus US President Donald Trump emphasizing support for Ukraine.



Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledging 2 billion Canadian dollars for Ukraine...BBC News Blog




US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLING FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF IRAN 'UNCONDTIONAL SURRENDER' SPELLED OUT IN ALL CAPS SOCIAL MEDIA POST...TRUMP SOCIAL MEDIA POST...



EARLIER POSTS FROM MR. TRUMP INCLUDED THE NOTION THAT THE LOCATION OF IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER WAS KNOWN.


HE SAID AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI MAY BE KILLED LATER IF THERE IS ANY RESISTANCE TO THE US MILITARY...TRUMP SOCIAL MEDIA POST...



                  ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



DETAILS ON THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR LATER IN THIS SUMMARY



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 299.29 points or .7 percent.




The NASDAQ falling 180.12 points or .91 percent.


At 439 pm New York Time the price of oil 74 dollars 80 cents a barrel up three dollars three cents or 4.22 percent...Marketwatch



The failure of the power grid in Spain and Portugal at the end of April is being explained as a technical problem.


Spain's Minister of Ecological Transition saying Spanish power plants failed to regulate voltage in the moments before the grid went down.



The investigation determining that there was no cyber attack or foreign interference...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



NORTH KOREA SENDING 6,000 SOLDIERS TO RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION. 


THAT WORD FROM RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY SERGEI SHOIGU WHO IS VISITING THE NORTH KOREA.


THE ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION TROOPS WILL WORK IN A PART OF RUSSIA THAT WAS INVADED BY UKRAINE AND WHERE NORTH KOREAN COMBAT TROOPS FOUGHT THE UKRAINIANS.



MINES PLANTED BY UKRAINIAN FORCES WILL BE REMOVED AND DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE REBUILT...KOREA JOONGANG DAILY




                  THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR



ISRAELI ATTACK ON TEHRAN FOLLOWS EVACUATION ORDER




US MILITARY ACTION EXPECTED AS TRUMP TALKS WITH NETANYAHU




LATE NIGHT MISSILE FIRE AIMED AT ISRAEL



US THAAD MISSILE FORCES IN ISRAEL PARTICIPATING

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                                                  (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)





At dawn Wednesday Israeli air strikes in Tehran's District 4 following an evacuation order from the Israel Defense Forces.






Iran firing ten missiles at Israel early Wednesday morning.





US President Donald Trump speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late tonight.





Israeli media reports point to US military action against Iran in the coming hours likely attacks using bunker-busting bombs on deep underground facilities in the country.






Around 20 missiles fired at Israel by Iran late tonight.





Air defenses in Israel taking out most of the five or more missiles fired from Iran this evening.





The US Army in Israel helping to bring down Iranian missiles this evening.   


The THAAD missile batteries were deployed to Israel beginning last year when Joe Biden was President and reinforced since Donald Trump took office as President of the United States...Israel National News






Iran's new military chief vowing 'punitive measures' will soon be carried out against Israel.


Major General Sayyid Abdolrahim Mousavi speaking after his predecessor was assassinated by Israeli forces...Press TV Iran Story...




Fox News reporting a buildup of US Air Force warplanes in the region surrounding Iran.




Israeli air attacks continued on Iran during the day and Iran fired a few missiles at Israel.





Israel says it killed the Major General Ali Shadmani new Chief of Staff of Iran's armed forces in a new targeted assassination.



Israel also attacking missile launchers in Western Iran.



President Trump speaking of a 'real end' to what he says is Iran's move towards developing nuclear weapons.



In Congressional testimony weeks ago White House Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Iran was not seeking to build a nuclear weapon.



Iran launched missiles at Israel today.   Five wounded.  Some buses damaged at a bus depot...


                       Mehr News Agency Iran



                               Times Of Israel




COLOMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MIGUEL URIBE IN 'EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITION' FOLLOING EMERGENCY SURGERY.


URIBE HIT TWICE IN THE HEAD AND ONCE IN THE KNEE WHEN HE WAS SHOT AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



(UPDATED) AT LEAST 15 DEAD (BBC NEWS) FOLLOWING RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KIEV OVERNIGHT.   DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE WOUNDED...AFP FRANCE "X"...BBC NEWS



MORE DEATHS REPORTED IN GAZA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.   


56 PALESTINIANS KILLED MOST OF THEM AROUND THE 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' RELIEF SITES BACKED BY THE US AND ISRAEL.



SINCE THOSE SITES OPENED UP THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ESTIMATED AT OVER 300 WITH MORE THAN 2,000 WOUNDED...AL JAZEERA QATAR




A federal jury in Colorado finding MyPillow founder Mike Lindell guilty of defamation.


The case involved Lindell's statements about Eric Coomer a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems.


Coomer awarded 2.3 million dollars not the 62.7 million he asked for.


Lindell, a major supporter of President Trump, said in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election that the results were tampered with.


Mr. Lindell appealing the verdict...Associated Press USA




IN KENYA DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF ELIUD LAGAT TEMPORARILY STEPPING ASIDE.


THIS FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF A BLOGGER CRITICAL OF LAGAT WHILE HE WAS BEING DETAINED.



BLOGGER ALBERT OJWANG PUT IN JAIL AFTER LAGAT FILED A COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM ALLEGING DEFAMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.



INITIALLY POLICE CLAIMING OJWANG HURT HIMSELF BUT THE AUTOPSY SHOWING HE HAS WOUNDS CONSISTENT WITH BEING ATTACKED.



INVESTIGATIONS INTO MR. OJWANG'S DEATH UNDERWAY...BBC NEWS




    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



LOCAL RUSSIAN OFFICIAL KILLED IN DRONE STRIKE




                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In the Kursk Region of Russia a local official killed in a Ukrainian drone strike...RIA Novosti Russia














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