Israel ran a covert online influence campaign targeting Iran, using fake accounts and AI-generated content to promote Reza Pahlavi and amplify calls to restore the monarchy.

The operation used avatars, deepfake-style videos, and coordinated hashtags, timed with Israeli military actions in 2025, to create the illusion of grassroots support inside Iran.

Source: Haaretz, with Citizen Lab

A400Ms with France and Germany land in Jordan and Iraq almost in a daily routine.

Cloudflare graph of traffic volume in Iran, which is now in its fifth day without internet connection. That’s roughly 96 hours. Earlier today, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated that internet connection across the country will be restored soon.

The Pentagon has presented US President Donald Trump with a wider range of strike options for Iran than previously reported, including targeting nuclear sites and ballistic missile bases and factories, with other options like cyberattacks or military strikes against the Iranian domestic security apparatus (Basij) that is currently suppressing protesters across the country, and such attacks are intended to send a message to the Iranian Regime, according to the New York Post, citing US officials.

Earlier today, a High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) RQ-4B “Global Hawk” Strategic Drone (FORTE10) with the US Air Force conducted a surveillance flight along NATO Eastern front.

The United States has begun the process of evacuating hundreds of troops from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest air base in the Middle East, ahead of potential military action ordered by President Donald J. Trump against Iran. Troops at the base are being moved to other facilities and hotels in the region, taking them out of harm's way should an attack trigger retaliation from Iran, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the matter who spoke to NBC News.

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Roughly 6x KC-135R/T refueling tankers with the US Air Force have departed al-Udied Air Base in Qatar, bounding south, following a statement by the Qatari National Media Office which declared that the US Army will evacuate its personnel from the base “due to tensions in the region.”

Israeli media reports that several municipalities north and south of the country have decided to open public shelters.

A KC3 “Voyager” tanker aircraft with the British Royal Air Force is also evacuating al-Udeid Air Base.

Spain has called its citizens to leave Iran immediately.

Most likely training missions by the Iraqi Air Force.

Thye have been doing this recently following Coalition withdrawal to northern Iraq.

German authorities have issued a new Notice-to-Airmen (NOTAM) cautioning German airlines from entering Iranian Airspace due to “POTENTIAL RISK TO AVIATION FROM ESCALATING CONFLICT”, per the NOTAM. Several flights that were scheduled for departure to Tehran have been canceled.

At least eight flights scheduled to fly in Iranian Airspace have turned away from it.

Valid for two hours.

A pair of US Air Force C-17A “Globemasters”, at about 20:02 UTC, set to depart from Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar (OTBH), were instructed to “return to the chalks” and that their mission to Chania, Greece (LGSA) had been scrubbed. They were instructed then to wait for more info.

This change in flight plans coincides within minutes of remarks made by US President Donald Trump that “the killings and executions inside Iran had been reported to have stopped”. The last KC-135 departed at ~19:27 UTC, 35 minutes before the C-17As were told to stand down.

Good catch by Evergreen

This could possibly be a deception. The US moved a complete additional strike package when it struck Iran last year just for deception. Nothing is predictable. Such moves are still not a strong evidence of something, but should always be noted. Earlier today, Qatar’s al-Jazeera reported that US President Donald Trump had informed Iran that he does not intend to attack.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- NewsNation reports the US is moving the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, CVN-72, from the South China Sea to the CENTCOM area of responsibility.