Heard all the panic propaganda about Iran's water shortage ?
Here's a great explanation from a regular Iranian woman's point of view :
"Since 2015, the U.S. NED foundation has been allocating continuous funding to promote the narrative of water mismanagement in Iran.
Seven years ago, Netanyahu released his first video about water, and now, with his new video along with Bennett’s message and others, they are seeking to cash in on those investments
by exaggerating a local issue they aim to increase public dissatisfaction in Iran — hoping, in vain, to cause the next public unrest and mobilize the separatist groups like MEK and the opposition to overthrow the regime !
What is NED ?
NED stands for the National Endowment for Democracy — a U.S. government–funded organization created in 1983.
Officially, its mission is to promote democracy (!)abroad through grants to NGOs, media outlets, and civil society groups.
However, many analysts — especially in countries like Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and China — view NED as a soft power tool of U.S. foreign policy, often used to:
fund opposition movements,
shape narratives,
weaken governments that Washington opposes.
it has been acting as a more “public” replacement for some covert CIA activities from the Cold War era.
For 47 years the US & allies fueled foreign-backed unrest to topple IR — every time they failed!
Soon they’ll try again. Stay alert Know the root: it’s NOT about water — Iran ranks 14th in water stress globally!
We are witnessing the laying the groundwork for domestic unrest
https://x.com/farzanehhosein1/status/19 ... 9574996349
Comment :
"What these people don't understand is that the average Iranian uses far more water than people from most other countries. Many homes have pools, gardens, fountains, etc.
"These idiotic westerners don't understand how much better our quality of life and standards are, so they impose their own pathetic standards onto us!"
Iran commentary by top observers
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Amplification on the topic of unrest being fomented from outside Iran with the aim to overthrow the nearly half century-old Iranian government, by the same young author :
"The Iranian opposition craves to see Iranians suffer—hunger, drought, misery, every possible hardship you can imagine. They’re so vile that they get angry when it rains, when people attend street concerts and feel joy, when people laugh, when Iran advances in sports, science, or the military.
They get mad when we post the beauty of Iranian cities, talk about our culture and history, show everyday life with people living freely—when a female refugee champion returns to Iran, or when a once-banned musician receives a license to perform.
This is how disgusting these so-called “patriots” really are when it comes to their political pursuits—pursuits that Iranians living inside Iran have clearly rejected for the past 47 years.
When there are wildfires (24 days to extinguish in the U.S., 3 in Iran), droughts, water-resource issues (often due to geography), or floods in places like the U.S., it’s called natural disasters.
When air pollution in Israel reaches 308, it’s barely a story—but when Iran is at 108, suddenly it’s regime incompetence.
Anything that happens in Iran is automatically framed as IR [Islamic Republic of Iran] incompetence.
When women are beaten or arrested during protests in the West, it’s law and order.
When it happens in Iran, it’s “mullahs’ vileness” and “oppression.”
We are not among the top 10 water-scarce countries, nor even among the top 10–15 cities in air pollution, according to World Population Review.
Yet our enemies expect us to launch a revolution over these issues—while remaining silent about countries and cities that are far worse.
This selective outrage says everything about their evil plans."
https://x.com/farzanehhosein1/status/20 ... 4003386542
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Of all things ! Somebody was brave enough to step forward publicly on behalf of Iran for the 1st time ever !
"NORTH KOREA WARNS ISRAEL"
North Korea intensified its rhetoric regarding the Middle East, declaring that any new Israeli attack on Iran would be considered a direct threat to Asian security.
A spokesperson for the North Korean Foreign Ministry warned that a war on Tehran is "no longer a local matter" but a "threat that affects everyone"
Pyongyang stated that any further military escalation would "transcend borders and continents," with consequences that could not be confined to a single region......"
https://x.com/World_At_War_6/status/2006844128655479003
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Objective analysis of the current situation in Iran by a RARE smart outside observer ! I had posted an article by him last July, too about Iran here. I believe he is Syrian.
"Iran in the Crosshairs: Economic Protests and the U.S.–Israeli Strategy of Destabilization
The dominant narrative in Western and Israeli media is now familiar: Iran is on the verge of collapse, its society is turning against the state, and the regime is living on borrowed time.
This narrative is not merely inaccurate, it is strategically constructed.
What is unfolding inside Iran is not a political revolution against the state.
It is primarily an economic and social protest.
Yet it is actively reframed from the outside as a political uprising, with a clear strategic purpose: to legitimize external pressure, covert action, and long-term destabilization.
The protests are economic, not revolutionary
The unrest inside Iran is routinely portrayed as a political revolt, but its material roots are far more basic. These protests are about survival:
Inflation exceeded 50% in 2025, while the rial has lost over 60% of its value since 2022.
Youth unemployment remains near 28%, with wages lagging far behind living costs.
Prices for food, healthcare, housing, and energy continue to rise faster than incomes.
Iranian society is not mobilizing for regime overthrow; it is demanding economic relief, institutional reform, and social stability.
External actors deliberately collapse this distinction.
Every strike, protest, or grievance is reframed as evidence of regime illegitimacy.
Economic distress is weaponized. Social hardship becomes political theater.
This is narrative warfare.
Why the U.S. and Israel require a “regime collapse” story
Economic protests alone cannot justify external intervention. A narrative of impending regime failure is therefore essential to:
Legitimize escalating sanctions and economic siege policies.
Provide political cover for covert operations and intelligence activity.
Normalize escalation by portraying it as support for a popular uprising.
The objective is not reform.
It is managed fragmentation, weakening the state internally without triggering open war.
While Washington and Tel Aviv do not always share tactics or timelines, their strategic incentives converge around one goal: preventing Iran from stabilizing, integrating regionally, or consolidating power.
Covert destabilization: moving the battlefield inward
Beyond sanctions and narratives, external pressure increasingly takes indirect and covert forms:
Cyber operations targeting infrastructure and financial systems.
Intelligence penetration of strategic sectors and social networks.
Sabotage and disruption of industrial and logistical nodes.
Information operations designed to amplify distrust and polarization.
The aim is not to overthrow the state, but to:
Drain institutional capacity
Force resources inward
Heighten insecurity and repression
Widen the gap between society and governance
The state becomes preoccupied with managing internal stress, reducing its ability to project power externally.
Iran is not monolithic
Iranian society is internally diverse, and protest dynamics reflect that complexity:
Workers and pensioners focus on wages and social security.
Youth and students demand education, employment, and opportunity.
Peripheral regions protest environmental degradation, water shortages, and neglect.
These pressures are real and endogenous.
External actors do not create them, they amplify and exploit them.
Destabilization is not imposed mechanically from the outside; it emerges from the interaction between internal vulnerabilities and external incentives.
Iran has its own strategy
This analysis does not imply passivity on Iran’s part. Iran is not merely a target, it is an actor with its own doctrines, red lines, and contingency plans.
If internal pressure is pushed beyond a certain threshold, Iran is unlikely to contain the response within its own borders. Historically and strategically, Tehran treats internal destabilization as a form of warfare, not as a domestic issue alone.
In that case, the response would likely go regional: reviving plans to push U.S. forces out of Iraq (and Israeli influence out of northern Iraq), increasing pressure on Israeli positions and partnerships in Azerbaijan and the UAE, and activating leverage across multiple theaters rather than absorbing the pressure silently.
In other words, the American–Israeli strategy of internalization carries a built-in risk: that it externalizes instead.
War by other means
This conflict is not confined to borders or battlefields.
It unfolds economically, psychologically, socially, and informationally long before it ever becomes military.
Sanctions weaken economic resilience.
Narratives weaken legitimacy.
Covert actions weaken internal cohesion.
Diplomatic pressure weakens alliances.
Only after these mechanisms are exhausted does open conflict become likely.
By then, the target is already fragmented and fatigued.
This follows the classic logic of indirect warfare: degrade, fragment, exhaust, and only then, if necessary, strike.
This is not a pause before war.
This is war, by other means."
https://x.com/ibrahimtmajed/status/2006727449103491427