The lights have officially gone out in Thran.

After last night’s strikes of Iranian military targets, the Iranian capital has just plunged into a catastrophic darkness.

The regime is now hitting back with pure terrorism, bombing civilian drinking water supply of a completely neutral neighboring country.

The war is escalating and Iran is running out of options.

It all started with this statement from the Iranian Ministry of Energy.

The statement confirmed that there were ongoing power outages in Thran and surrounding cities after strikes that happened in the past hour.

Here’s a clip from Karach, which is a city right outside of Tehran, and it shows exactly how widespread this blackout was.

Now, if this was a US or Israeli strike on energy infrastructure, this would be a major escalation.

But initially Iranian state media put out a vague statement.

They said following attacks on tan some areas are experiencing power outages.

The reason I say this was a vague statement is that if there was a direct strike on Iranian power plants the Iranian state media would say so directly but they didn’t.

So that had me a bit confused.

But later on they provided more details and it explained exactly what happened.

The state media put out a statement saying that the power outage was caused by sharpenal damage to a high voltage transmission tower.

The main target was not actually a Iranian power plant.

It was an Iranian military facility.

The power stations were nearby and they were damaged as collateral, not a direct strike.

Nonetheless, this is still an escalation and it seems Iran has retaliated.

But before we get into the retaliation, let’s look at the new statement by President Trump because it kind of indirectly confirms it that it wasn’t US that was striking that military facility.

This was the statement Trump put out early today late last night and the statement reads, “The US is in serious discussions with new, more reasonable regime to end our military operations in Iran.

Great progress has been made, but if a deal is not shortly reached and if state of Hermoose is not immediately open for business, then we’ll conclude our lovely stay in Iran by blowing up and completely destroying all their electric generating plants, oils, car island, and possibly desalination plants, which we have purposefully not touched as of yet.

That
last part is really what I was talking about.

President Trump saying that US has not targeted Iranian energy infrastructure as of yet.

Maybe that means that it wasn’t the United States that carried out the strike that damaged the Iranian power plant.

Nonetheless, there was a threat about damaging those power plants and other civilian infrastructure if Iran doesn’t open the Straight of Hermoose.

And that might be a big problem in the future because this is the exact same thing we’ve been criticizing Russia for for doing it in Ukraine for the last 3 years.

Russia destroys power plants during winter to put pressure on Ukrainian civilians.

If the US does the same thing in Iran, then we lose the moral high ground.

Now, it is important to clarify.

So far, US has not targeted or purposefully targeted any civilian infrastructure.

We’ve only used the threat as an ultimatum or as a pressure tactic.

But nonetheless, this has become a big talking point and the White House was asked about this just recently.

Take a listen to the answer >> about, you know, his threat that on leaving Iran, he said we might blowing up and completely obliterating all of their electric generating plants, oil wells, Har Island, and possibly all desalinization plants under international law striking civilian infrastructure like that is generally prohibited.

Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the US military? And how do you square that with the administration repeatedly saying that the US does not target civilians? Uh, look, the president has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime at this moment in time, as evidenced by the statement that you just read, um, that their best move is to make a deal or else the United States armed forces has capabilities uh, beyond their wildest imagination and the president is not afraid to use them.

That’s not what I said, Garrett.

U, and you’re saying the word potential for a reason because I’m sure sure some experts are telling you that in your ear u to try to ask me that question.

Of course, this administration and the United States armed forces will always act within the confines of the law.

Um, but with respect to achieving the full objectives of Operation Epic Fury, President Trump is going to move forward unabated and he expects expects the Iranian regime to make a deal with the administration.

To
>> end to that end, which of those which of those objectives would destroying a desalization plant most help? >> Haley, go ahead.

>> Thanks, Caroline.

I want to follow up on.

>> Now, of course, on the other side, Iran has no problem with carrying out acts and attacks that are just purely wrong.

They’re purely terrorism.

Here’s what I mean.

As a retaliation, Iran targeted a power station and a desalination plant in Kuwait.

During this attack, workers were killed and significant damage was dealt to civilian infrastructure.

And here’s why this is wrong.

Let’s say, let’s just assume it was Israel or the United States that struck the Iranian power plant.

It still makes no sense for Iran to attack a third party country that was not involved at all.

Now, Kuwait has been very clear that they have not given the US the permission to use Kuwaiti airspace or bases, US bases that are based in Kuwait to carry out strikes on Iran.

That’s the Kuwaiti position.

But Iran says that’s not true.

Kuwait is letting them use the bases to attack Iran.

And that’s why they are heading back at Kuwait.

But even then, what Iran is doing is terrorism.

And the reason for that is that Iran is not targeting American bases in these Gulf countries.

As we just saw, Iran is targeting desalination plans and power plans that are meant for civilian population of the country.

That’s just pure terrorism.

And guess what? Even Iran knows this because take a look at their excuse.

Iran claims that it was Israel who attacked the desalination plant in Kuwait, not Iran.

Now, this excuse might have worked in the 1800s when we couldn’t track where missiles and drones are coming from.

But in 2026, we can actually see exactly where these drones are coming from and missiles originated.

And Iran knows what it’s doing is wrong, and that’s why they don’t want to own up to it.

The Iranian strategy is not to fight back against the United States.

Their whole strategy is to make sure the world feels the pain.

To make sure innocent civilians in the Gulf countries and all around the world suffer and die because Iranian regime knows that’s the only way they will survive.

They don’t want to give up power and they don’t care how many innocent lives are lost while they’re surviving.

Then we have another example of the regime clinging to power.

The internet blackout inside of Iran.

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Now, let’s talk about what’s happening inside Iran.

Iran is a country of 92 million people.

And now, it has been more than 30 days, over 700 hours, where 99.

9% of people, 99.

9% of Iranians don’t have any internet access.

Here’s more details.

>> Israeli officials are sounding the alarm about the internet blackout across Iran that has now reached more than 700 hours.

They say it’s affecting the world’s ability to understand the extent and impact of US and Israeli strikes.

And it’s also hurting Iranian civilians and their ability to organize internally.

I spoke with a senior Israeli intelligence official today about this issue who said in part, quote, “This is a blackout on truth.

The regime is hiding reality from its own people.

They don’t want the Iranian people to see how badly they’re getting hit.

” The official goes on to say, “Cutting the internet stops people from communicating, from sharing what’s really happening, and from organizing.

” This is significant because we understand that Starlink is being jammed inside of Iran, and so people who previously were able to work around this internet blackout are not able to do so.

The Iranian regime has also arrested hundreds of people who are using Starlink terminals.

But the official ended by saying something that I think is very important.

They said, “When this blackout is lifted, the full extent of the damage to the regime will become clear.

” And while the internet is down, the crackdown continues.

Just this morning, the Islamic regime hanged two Iranians that were arrested because they participated in the January protest.

These hangings are now happening almost every week.

And many of them are happening in the public because the regime wants to send the message.

They want to make sure everyone knows that this is what happens if you take to the streets again.

Now, while all of this is happening, it seems President Trump put out another statement saying that the negotiations are ongoing.

Just this morning, Trump confirmed that the US is negotiating with Iran’s parliament leader or parliament speaker, Muhammad Baguar Galibbah.

Trump said that in a week or so, US will find out if this guy has real power and if he’s serious about a peace deal or not.

Now, Goliv has become one of the most powerful leaders in Iran since Larzani was taken down.

Now, he’s probably not the leader, but he still has considerable power.

Here’s more details on him.

>> We haven’t spotted him since 17 March on state TV, but his account on X has been active.

He also has IRGC background and he has been involved in Iran Iraq war in the 1980s.

And about his popular support, he has ran four times for presidency, each time unsuccessful.

>> Okay.

So uh going back to that point then uh do we have any reason to think that whoever is in uh the leadership positions or the figures that you’re mentioning that they are in any way different to figures who were killed in those initial strikes by the US and Israel? Well, Muhammad Barak Alib is also a conservative politician and the lines and rhetorics we have seen from Iranian official has not been different from previous and from before and Iran
has maintained this opposition against the US and Israel since the 1979 from the birth of the Islamic Republic.

>> Now, this is where things get a little uncomfortable, especially if you’re someone who’s been following the Iranian protest.

The public desperately wanted and still wants a regime change.

But it seems regime change is not one of the US stated goals for this war and that creates a very interesting situation when US decides to get out of this war.

Here’s Secretary Rubio laying out the clear objectives this morning.

Take a listen.

>> This operation, okay, and that’s what this is, is about very specific objectives.

The president laid them out on the first night of the operation.

I’ll repeat them to you now because I hear a lot of talk about we don’t know what the clear objectives are.

Here they are.

You should write them down.

Number one, the destruction of their air force.

Number two, the destruction of their navy.

Number three, the the severe diminishing of their missile launching capability.

And number four, the destruction of their factory so they can’t make more missiles and more drones to threaten us in the future.

All of this so that they can never hide behind it to acquire a nuclear weapon.

That was our objective from the beginning.

That remains our objective now.

We are on pace and in fact ahead of schedule on some of those things and we are going to achieve those things in a number of weeks, not in a number of months.

>> Based on some reporting, Trump wants a Venezuela type situation in Iran, meaning he doesn’t want a complete regime turnover, but someone at the top who’s more willing to work with the United States on issues that matter.

Now, this is where it’s important to remember Galibbah has tried multiple times to become the president and failed.

If he is someone who’s power- hungry and corrupt, this may be his opportunity.

He could work with the United States and bring peace to Iran and become one of the de facto leaders achieving what he always wanted.

Now, this is something US confirmed kind of indirectly where this morning the White House said that people who are negotiating aka Galibb, he’s being a lot more reasonable behind the scenes than compared to the statements he’s putting out.

That’s exactly what Deli Rodriguez, the current Venezuelan leader, was doing when Maduro was captured.

Take a listen.

>> I have two questions.

One on Iran and and one on DHS funding.

On Iran, the president has said that the administration is talking to uh a new and more reasonable regime.

How confident are you that they are legitimate and have enough grip on power? Marco Rubio said earlier that he’s not sure and it’s not clear whether they will be in power.

So, are you also talking to to other factions as a president is trying to make a deal? How do you ensure that you’re making a deal with the people who can actually implement it? >> Well, that’s part of the ongoing process that’s taking place and the ongoing negotiations.

Of course, anything that they say to us privately will be tested and we will uh ensure that they are being held accountable to their word and if they are not, the president has laid out the military consequences that the Iranian regime will see uh if they don’t
hold true to the words that we are hearing privately behind the scenes.

When the president says more reasonable, again, these folks are appearing more reasonable behind the scenes privately in these conversations um than perhaps some of the previous leaders who are now no longer on planet Earth uh because they lied to the United States uh and they um strung us along in negotiations and that was unacceptable to the president uh which is why many of the previous leaders were killed.

Uh so again this is another historic opportunity for Iran to do the right thing um to rid themselves of their nuclear ambitions uh and to come to a deal with this president in the administration or again they will uh see the grave consequences of the United States armed forces which they are continuing to see every day throughout this operation >> on DHS.

How long can the administration keep paying? Now only time will tell what happens but based on everything that has been said today it seems there is a chance that US may actually do a peace deal with the regime that’s currently in power.