Iran Guards: We have taken complete control of Strait of Hormuz: AFP | Metals Mine

Iran Guards: We have taken complete control of Strait of Hormuz: AFP | Metals Mine

Iran Guards: We have taken complete control of Strait of Hormuz: AFP

IRAN GUARDS SAYS WE HAVE TAKEN COMPLETE CONTROL OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ: AFP#BIGBREAKING
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) March 4, 2026

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Mar 3, 2026 11:58pm

Quoting axecap

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{quote} all 96 million, is that what you think will happen? USA has about 2 weeks of interceprtor missiles left....this is not going to be over anytime soon.

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umm, 96 million??
Those celebrating in the streets when the Iranian public heard their leader was dead?
Those 96 million??
It's delusional to think the Iranian public will take up arms when the military infrastructure is knocked out.
Are you still salivating on images of Arafat handing out guns to any Tom, Dick or Harry who had delusional dreams of driving Israel into the sea?

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Mar 4, 2026 12:26am

Quoting axecap

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{quote} ok maybe 93 million, Israel 6 million...USA tax payers spending trillions to save Israel......for why?

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Save Israel? lol, Israel have long since shown their ability to save themselves. Yes, with US hardware support, but they have proven capability to defend themselves.

People think America serves Israel. On the surface it does, but Israel plays a very important role for America in the region.
Israel is the main ally of the US in the Middle East, maintaining a very important balance of power.
But just as importantly, Israel keeps America's adversaries in that region busy and preoccupied

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Mar 4, 2026 9:13am — Edited

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{quote} I think along the same lines. They are a crazy bunch and when cornered, who knows what they may do. I'm not sure about this but I think every time they use a mobile launcher, they give their location away and then boom it goes. Also, an empty mobile launcher, most likely heads somewhere to reload and that gives away the missile depot's location. Again, I'm not sure if some of their missiles are shot from silos but if they are, there maybe a pattern of their distribution that can be discerned, For example, maybe they are stationed along the...

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Equity markets (forward looking) certainly agree with you today....a matter of time.

Though, as in all things, one unforseen/unexpected act can upend everything....but we can't plan for black swan events (though they are likely more "gray swan" now that the missiles are flying).

Again, I just hope things end quickly. Lives will be lost immediately and the fallout will impact millions of people across the world not even in the war zone (from higher economic costs all the way to starvation/death). The longer it lasts, the harder humanity as a whole is hit. No way to know today if the trade off (that sounds so callous a term when talking about lives) is worth it. War/killing sucks. :-(

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Mar 3, 2026 11:25pm

If you believe what is being reported here and elsewhere, Iran is getting crushed.

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Mar 4, 2026 3:14am

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Mar 3, 2026 11:31pm

Iranians may also hire some some ragtag sandal wearing talibans to help defeat the powerful US.

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Mar 4, 2026 2:02am

Iran Deals Crushing Blows to Enemy Bases, Strategic Centers

https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/20...ategic-centers
another closest to the Truth channel

Reminder ALL MAINSTREEM MEDIA CHANNELS AND UP TO 90 % ALT MEDIA CHANNELS ARE OWNED BY THE ZIONISTS

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MONOPOLY - Who owns the world? Documentary by Tim Gielen

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Mar 4, 2026 2:12am

Quoting ffghost

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{quote} This is why AI will be the death of us all (or at least the intellectual death). Was the AI information correct that the same phrase was used on the times of Israel site? Sure. But, 10 seconds of searching indicates that the site simply is posting the same tweet/info as is listed here (see below).....with no context and no confirmation....so....let's at least put a little more effort into our searching rather than trusting AI to be gospel truth just yet. Anecdotally, I have seen far too many examples of AI giving wrong/inconsistent answers...

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BULLSHIT

Iran Deals Crushing Blows to Enemy Bases, Strategic Centers

https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/20...ategic-centers

RGC Navy’s Suicide Drones Playing Major Role in Attacks on US Bases
https://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/20...ks-on-us-bases

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Mar 3, 2026 11:40pm

Quoting ffghost

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......but whatever is the reality, world markets are still in "freak out" mode and can't seem to gain any stability....other than the USD it seems; that's been the only bright spot across the multi-day period.

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The KOSPI is down largest 2-day drop since 2008, contagion into Nikkei and elsewhere.

Mar 4, 2026 12:17am

Quoting ffghost

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{quote} Sounds like a once a (couple of?) decade(s) opportunity....but I don't think there are SKor futures via most brokers. /NKD is available here though.

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etf EWY has fairly liquid monthly options

Mar 4, 2026 7:49am

Iran missile and drone launches sharply reduced

Caine said Iranian missile and drone launches had fallen sharply since the start of the conflict.

“Iran’s theater ballistic missile shots fired are down 86% from the first day of fighting, with a 23% decrease just in the last 24 hours,” he said.

He added that Iran’s one-way attack drone launches have dropped by 73% from the opening days of the campaign.

Mar 4, 2026 8:55am

Quoting ffghost

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{quote} It's certainly not a definitive sign of the conflict ending or even shifting, but, in addition to your comments above, some anecdotal observations: the Al Jazeera's live blog, last night, had many fewer "IRGC is attacking xyz" or "IRGC declares successful xyz" and more posts about other countries defeating/defending areas against drones/missiles with little to no damage. Far from over though....and one just has to wonder where things go should some crazy decision be made to hit storage facilities in other countries after...

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I think along the same lines. They are a crazy bunch and when cornered, who knows what they may do.
I'm not sure about this but I think every time they use a mobile launcher, they give their location away and then boom it goes. Also, an empty mobile launcher, most likely heads somewhere to reload and that gives away the missile depot's location.

Again, I'm not sure if some of their missiles are shot from silos but if they are, there maybe a pattern of their distribution that can be discerned, For example, maybe they are stationed along the ridge of mountain or at the bottom a valley relatively close to each other. There are loitering drones that maybe looking exactly for such a thing.

At the end of the day, they are not going to have endless missiles or platforms to fire them with. Additionally, the crew required to operate them, aren't going to be able to survive near their missiles for weeks and weeks.
They have satellites that they use to guide their missiles. After the 12 day war, they stopped using GPS and switched to their own satellite navigation system. I wonder if the signals from those satellites can be blocked or jammed.

They have also been working for years to make their own closed internet network. They call it the public net or something like that. I had heard that they were ready to roll it out any day just before the attacks. Maybe they are using it for their own communications. I wonder if that system is in use, it can be tapped into by US to eavesdrop or to even pinpoint the location of the users.

Anyways, I think their regime is solvable by US and it's allies that are getting larger and larger in numbers. That regime is done, it's just a matter of time.

Mar 4, 2026 2:35am

Quoting harmonic96

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TO ALL AMERICANS MOST OF YOU KNOW Owen Shroyer HE HELPED GET TRUMP ELECTED HE HAS ABANDONED TRUMP AS TRUMP BETRAYED EVERY AMERICAN WITH NO MORE WARS LIES !!! 3 IN 4 AMERICANS DONT WANT THE WAR WITH IRAN OWEN IS A GOOD GUY AND HE TELLS IT HOW IT IS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1CAyv5MpZQ

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This guy seems to hang out with the worst people and when it becomes obvious, he jumps ship.

He was Alex jones partner or whatever, and jones is 100% a psyop, not new, but an old psyop.

drumpf is also a psyop, especially after the first term - operation warp speed, killing soleimani, refusing to fix tensions with North Korea, broke JCPOA with Iran - the list goes on....

Shroyer is a grifter, he is this "murika first" now because its popular, but he will take you to the river and bring you back thirsty.

Mar 3, 2026 11:20pm

ai response to the article, if israel are acknowledging its true then given they would rather it wasnt suggests it probably is..
The statement aligns with the exact phrasing in your query and has been echoed in live updates from outlets like The Times of Israel (citing AFP), WION, Economic Times, and others as of March 4, 2026.
Note: While Iran claims full control and has acted to deter/attack transits, the strait isn't physically "closed" like a gate—it's enforced through military threats and incidents, leading to most commercial traffic avoiding it. US/coalition responses aim to challenge or mitigate this. The situation remains highly fluid in the ongoing war.

Mar 3, 2026 11:48pm

Quoting Forgediron

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{quote} Iran is being smashed. They can hit bases, but can no longer protect themselves. As such, their days are numbered.....

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all 96 million, is that what you think will happen? USA has about 2 weeks of interceprtor missiles left....this is not going to be over anytime soon.

Mar 4, 2026 12:11am

[quote=Forgediron;15598650]{quote} umm, 96 million?? Those celebrating in the streets when the Iranian public heard their leader was dead?

check your sources carefully as to who was celebrating, most were not. these guys were not and no its not AI. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskSocialis...ving_iranians/

Mar 4, 2026 12:16am

Quoting Forgediron

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{quote} umm, 96 million?? Those celebrating in the streets when the Iranian public heard their leader was dead? Those 96 million?? It's delusional to think the Iranian public will take up arms when the military infrastructure is knocked out. Are you still salivating on images of Arafat handing out guns to any Tom, Dick or Harry who had delusional dreams of driving Israel into the sea?

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ok maybe 93 million, Israel 6 million...USA tax payers spending trillions to save Israel......for why?

Mar 3, 2026 11:06pm

Quoting ErnestoR

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How true taht could be ?

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<<<Checks the /CL charts. $0.30 lower since the tweet. I'm guessing the world isn't really buying it (no pun intended). Though this type of news is still putting pressure on equity futures markets....

Mar 3, 2026 11:13pm

Quoting Trader#70DE

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They did this with their paddle boats?

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Propaganda works both ways I guess. I'm not there, so I can't know for sure. But, neither are the vast majority of Iranian people who see these tweets so........

Mar 3, 2026 11:26pm

Quoting axecap

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ai response to the article, if israel are acknowledging its true then given they would rather it wasnt suggests it probably is.. The statement aligns with the exact phrasing in your query and has been echoed in live updates from outlets like The Times of Israel (citing AFP), WION, Economic Times, and others as of March 4, 2026. Note: While Iran claims full control and has acted to deter/attack transits, the strait isn't physically "closed" like a gate—it's enforced through military threats and incidents, leading to most commercial traffic...

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This is why AI will be the death of us all (or at least the intellectual death). Was the AI information correct that the same phrase was used on the times of Israel site? Sure. But, 10 seconds of searching indicates that the site simply is posting the same tweet/info as is listed here (see below).....with no context and no confirmation....so....let's at least put a little more effort into our searching rather than trusting AI to be gospel truth just yet.

Anecdotally, I have seen far too many examples of AI giving wrong/inconsistent answers to trust the responses. It's sad, but even "garbage in = garbage out" doesn't quite apply here...sometimes you get garbage out regardless of what goes in.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/livebl...ait-of-hormuz/

Iran’s IRGC say they have ‘complete control’ over Strait of Hormuz
By AFP
Today, 7:08 am
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps say they control the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for oil and gas, and any vessels seeking to pass through the waterway risk damage from missiles or stray drones.

“Currently, the Strait of Hormuz is under the complete control of the Islamic Republic’s Navy,” says IRGC Navy official Mohammad Akbarzadeh in a statement issued on Fars news agency.

US President Donald Trump said yesterday the US Navy was ready to escort oil tankers through the crucial Gulf shipping route.

Mar 3, 2026 11:28pm

......but whatever is the reality, world markets are still in "freak out" mode and can't seem to gain any stability....other than the USD it seems; that's been the only bright spot across the multi-day period.

Mar 3, 2026 11:44pm

Quoting The Fool

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If you believe what is being reported here and elsewhere, Iran is getting crushed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYUHE5siPg

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Iran is being smashed. They can hit bases, but can no longer protect themselves.
As such, their days are numbered.....

Mar 4, 2026 12:00am

Quoting The Fool

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{quote}The KOSPI is down largest 2-day drop since 2008, contagion into Nikkei and elsewhere.

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Sounds like a once a (couple of?) decade(s) opportunity....but I don't think there are SKor futures via most brokers. /NKD is available here though.

Mar 4, 2026 12:45am

Quoting The Fool

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{quote}etf EWY has fairly liquid monthly options

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What are these "options" you speak of? Is that like a choice of buying or selling a futures contract?

I'm the insane, undefined risk, hate my life on a daily basis, type trader. Now if only we could get the /nq back to the 26,000 level I'd be able to take a break for a few weeks!

Mar 4, 2026 8:20am

Quoting OutThere

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Iran missile and drone launches sharply reduced Caine said Iranian missile and drone launches had fallen sharply since the start of the conflict. “Iran’s theater ballistic missile shots fired are down 86% from the first day of fighting, with a 23% decrease just in the last 24 hours,” he said. He added that Iran’s one-way attack drone launches have dropped by 73% from the opening days of the campaign.

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It's certainly not a definitive sign of the conflict ending or even shifting, but, in addition to your comments above, some anecdotal observations: the Al Jazeera's live blog, last night, had many fewer "IRGC is attacking xyz" or "IRGC declares successful xyz" and more posts about other countries defeating/defending areas against drones/missiles with little to no damage.

Far from over though....and one just has to wonder where things go should some crazy decision be made to hit storage facilities in other countries after closing the strait just out of a sheer suicidal nature (knowing it is all over at some point in the future but wanting to see the rest of the world also go down in flames). Let's hope/pray it never comes to that and that there's a quick resolution.

Mar 4, 2026 2:06am

Quoting JeffEsptein2

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Wait your real boss is coming!!! Let him wake up

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it should be called the Rothchilds Files . as epstein admitted he works for the Rothchilds

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Mar 4, 2026 1:48am

Looks pretty empty to me, can anyone look out the window and confirm please?

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Mar 4, 2026 1:48am

I have a bridge I want to sell. "Like nobody as ever seen before, Believe me."

Mar 4, 2026 12:27am

Guys it's not what you think or your expectations, wait till your so called Trump wakes up and keeps his promise of escorting ships in the strait, I wish I were there in Hormouz watching ! LOLs

Mar 4, 2026 12:30am

On the whole I had the worst nightmare in my life, some minutes ago, God keeps and helps us all, you all have a good morning.

Trader#70DE

Mar 3, 2026 11:01pm

They did this with their paddle boats?

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Mar 4, 2026 2:08am

DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN BANKRUPT 6 PLUS TIMES

HE WAS BAILED OUT BY THE ROTHCHILDS A FEW TIMES , CONNETED THE DOTS YET ?

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Donald Trump’s 13 Biggest Business Failures
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Mar 4, 2026 2:21am — Edited

TO ALL AMERICANS MOST OF YOU KNOW Owen Shroyer HE HELPED GET TRUMP ELECTED VIA MAGA
HE HAS ABANDONED TRUMP AS TRUMP BETRAYED EVERY AMERICAN WITH NO MORE WARS LIES !!!
3 IN 4 AMERICANS DONT WANT THE WAR WITH IRAN
OWEN IS A GOOD GUY AND HE TELLS IT HOW IT IS
HE LEFT ALEX JONE AS ALEX IS A CLOWNS IN AMERICA AGENT
AND HEW WARNED AMERICANS AND PALESTINIANS CLOWNS IN AMERICA AGENTS WERE ON THE GROUND
WHEN TRUMP WAS DENYING IT FIRST HALF 2025
OWEN IS ON TEAM HUMAN NOW NOT DEMONCRATS OR REPTILEREPUBLIGANS
IN THIS SHOW TODAY OWEN STATES TRUMP IS BEING BLACKMAILED BY ZIONISTS TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN
THAT TAKES GUTS AS THATS WHAT THE MAJORITY AMERICANS ARE THINKING

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Mar 3, 2026 10:56pm

Wait your real boss is coming!!! Let him wake up

Mar 3, 2026 10:58pm

How true taht could be ?

Trader#E6DD

Mar 4, 2026 1:05am

Quoting ffghost

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{quote} What are these "options" you speak of? Is that like a choice of buying or selling a futures contract? I'm the insane, undefined risk, hate my life on a daily basis, type trader. Now if only we could get the /nq back to the 26,000 level I'd be able to take a break for a few weeks!

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Hah. They'll most likely seek liquidity at the 24000 level first. Look at a monthly and weekly chart and tell me where the relative equal lows are at. Could possibly go even lower to 20k

Trader#8602

Mar 4, 2026 12:41am

America is Losing ! I repeat America is LOSING guys !! Global economy will crash if this war go beyond 7 days !! China & Rusia clearly will not gonna take some action if economy crash

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