BREAKING: ALL SIGNS INDICATE “WAR IS COMING TO IRAN”

BREAKING: ALL SIGNS INDICATE “WAR IS COMING TO IRAN”

Joe Hoft

Yesterday, the talks with Iran fell apart.  Iran’s terrorist regime would not give an inch.  They thought they were dealing with Obama or John Kerry.  They learned they were not.

The US just handed Iran a document that is not a negotiation. It is a capitulation order.

The Wall Street Journal obtained the American demands presented in Geneva today. Destroy Fordow. Destroy Natanz. Destroy Isfahan. Hand over every gram of enriched uranium to the United States. Zero enrichment permanently, no sunset clauses, no expiration dates. Behave for the rest of your lives. In exchange, minimal sanctions relief upfront with more only if you comply with everything forever.

Iran’s counterproposal, approved personally by Khamenei, arrived showing almost no change from the previous round. A 3-to-5 year enrichment suspension. Increased IAEA oversight. Willingness to dilute stockpiles. But zero flexibility on the one demand Washington says is non-negotiable: permanent zero enrichment on Iranian soil.

The gap between these two positions is not a negotiation gap.

The Ayatollah confirmed the regime’s position from the pulpit.

Iran just closed the last door. From a pulpit. In front of God.

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami stood before Friday prayers in Tehran today and declared: the Islamic Republic has never accepted suspension of enrichment and will not accept it. Not temporarily. Not partially. Not under any conditions.

Friday prayers in Iran are not sermons. They are state policy delivered through divine authority. When a senior cleric declares enrichment non-negotiable from the minbar, he is transmitting the Supreme Leader’s final position through the only channel that outranks a diplomatic cable.

Washington’s demands in Geneva: destroy Fordow, destroy Natanz, destroy Isfahan, hand over all enriched uranium, zero enrichment permanently. Iran’s own counterproposal offered a 3-to-5 year suspension with continued enrichment rights. Today Khatami did not just reject America’s position. He rejected Iran’s own compromise. The regime publicly narrowed its own negotiating room to zero.

400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent sits in Iranian facilities right now. Enough for roughly 10 weapons if further enriched. The centrifuges at Fordow under 80 meters of granite keep spinning.

Washington says dismantle. Tehran just made “never” into a religious covenant that no negotiator can walk back without challenging God’s representatives on earth.

Now hold what happened on this single Friday, February 27.

China told its citizens to leave Iran. The country selling Iran missiles evacuated its own people. Ambassador Huckabee emailed Jerusalem staff: leave Israel today. Canada issued its strongest warning. India, Germany followed. And then Khatami stood before Friday prayers and slammed the door on the only demand Washington calls non-negotiable.

Six governments evacuated. One ayatollah spoke. The distance between America’s only acceptable outcome and Iran’s only acceptable position became infinite.

Tomorrow Oman’s Foreign Minister meets Vance in Washington carrying Tehran’s message. After today, we know what that message cannot contain. It cannot contain zero enrichment. It cannot contain permanent suspension. It cannot contain the one thing America says it must.

Diplomacy requires two open doors. Today Iran locked its from the inside and handed the key to God.

What remains is 500 aircraft, two carriers, 11 F-22s, a kamikaze drone unit, six nations evacuating, and one country that just told its people and its God it will never surrender.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Iran just closed the last door. From a pulpit. In front of God.

Ambassador Huckabee just told his staff to leave Israel by the end of the day.

Mike Huckabee, the man Donald Trump personally appointed to represent America in Israel, sent an email to every embassy employee in Jerusalem telling them that anyone wishing to depart should book “any available flight” and leave Israeli soil before the day ends.

The US just handed Iran a document that is not a negotiation. It is a capitulation order.

US says Rubio to visit Israel on Monday to discuss Iran, Lebanon and Gaza peace plan

US says Rubio to visit Israel on Monday to discuss Iran, Lebanon and Gaza peace plan

AFP and TOI STAFF

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will hold talks Monday in Israel on Iran, the State Department announces, as the United States builds up forces for a potential strike on the Islamic Republic.

Rubio “will discuss a range of regional priorities including Iran, Lebanon and ongoing efforts to implement President Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan for Gaza,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott says.

Dylan Johnson, the assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, writes on X that Rubio’s trip will go ahead despite the US authorizing non-emergency personel and family members of those based in Israel to leave the country.

Vance set to meet with visiting Omani FM, day after US-Iran nuclear talks

An American official says that US Vice President JD Vance will meet with visiting Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, confirming reports that the top Omani diplomat is in Washington for talks with senior administration officials following the US-Iran nuclear negotiations the day before.

US ambassador tells embassy staffers: If you want to leave Israel, ‘do so TODAY’

US ambassador tells embassy staffers: If you want to leave Israel, ‘do so TODAY’

Emanuel Fabian

The US State Department on Friday authorized non-emergency personnel and the family members of those stationed in Israel to leave the country due to “safety risks,” with US Ambassador Mike Huckabee reportedly telling embassy staff that if they want to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY.”

The embassy’s call for non-emergency staff to depart, issued in a security alert, “will likely result in high demand for airline seats today,” Huckabee wrote in an email to staffers in Israel, according to The New York Times. “Focus on getting a seat to anyplace from which you can then continue travel to DC, but the first priority will be getting expeditiously out of country.”

“There is no need to panic,” Huckabee continued, “but for those desiring to leave, it’s important to make plans to depart sooner rather than later.”

The current US Embassy travel advisory, included in its Friday security alert, also advises all Americans to “reconsider travel to Israel due to terrorism and civil unrest.”

The alert and Huckabee’s warning were the latest indication of a possible American strike on Iran, and came as airlines have canceled flights to the region and issued warnings for citizens to evacuate.

Later Friday, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin issued a statement reiterating that while the IDF was prepared to defend the country should Iran strike,  there were no further changes to the military’s guidelines for the Israeli public.

“I am aware of the sense of uncertainty and the tension prevailing among the public in light of the regional developments,” Defrin said in a video statement. “The IDF is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and is alert and prepared to defend you.”

Defrin said the IDF was “operating in full coordination with our partners, with the aim of strengthening the defense.”

“There is no change in the guidelines. If there is a change, I will be here and we will provide an update accordingly,” Defrin added.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack the Islamic Republic unless it agrees to halt its nuclear program. US military forces have continued to amass in the region, with US fighter jets deploying at an Israeli air base and USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, set to arrive off Israel’s northern coast on Friday, near the port city of Haifa.

At least nine American refueling tankers also arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport early Friday, according to footage and analysts monitoring open-source flight tracking data.

The tankers are likely to provide support for US fighter jets aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford

Also Friday, the Chinese intelligence firm MizarVision published new satellite images showing the deployment of American F-22 stealth fighter jets at the Israeli Air Force’s Ovda Airbase.

On Thursday, the firm published images providing the first visual confirmation of 11 F-22s at the airbase in southern Israel.

The latest images show the F-22s moving around the base, with four positioned on a taxiway.

MizarVision has alleged ties to the Chinese military and has been accused of republishing imagery from other satellite firms with its own overlays.

The deployment of US fighter jets at Israeli airbases for operational activities — rather than for joint training with the IAF — is extremely rare.

In parallel, diplomatic efforts are ongoing to avert a conflict. The two countries held a third round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear program on Thursday, mediated by Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi. Albusaidi projected optimism about those negotiations, and was due to meet US Vice President JD Vance and other officials in Washington on Friday in an effort to stave off war.

The announcement from the US embassy came as Canada, on Friday, called on any of its citizens in Iran to leave as soon as possible.

“Canadians in Iran: Due to ongoing tensions, hostilities in the region could resume with little or no warning. Leave Iran now if you can do so safely,” the Canadian government said. “Ensure travel documents are up-to-date and keep sufficient supplies in case you need to shelter in place.”

China made the same call, warning its citizens to avoid traveling to Iran and those in the country to evacuate, citing a “significant rise in external security risks.”

“In light of the current security situation in Iran, China’s Foreign Ministry and Chinese embassies and consulates in Iran remind Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Iran for the time being,” Beijing’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

Beijing later also urged its citizens living in Israel to strengthen their security precautions and emergency preparedness, citing “rising security risks in the Middle East.”

Several other countries have issued similar guidance. Earlier this week, Australia said it was instructing family members of its diplomats posted in Israel and Lebanon to leave, and that its citizens in either country should consider leaving before it is too late.

Poland, Sweden, India and others have also called on their citizens to leave the Islamic Republic.

Earlier this week, KLM suspended flights between Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The Lufthansa Group said Thursday that flights to and from Israel may continue to face schedule disruptions, due to security concerns, through March 15. The changes include stopovers in Athens and changed takeoff and landing times, but mostly not cancellations.

Scandinavian Airlines also canceled one flight to Israel, without providing an explanation, but said that a flight to Israel on Sunday was still scheduled as usual.

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Middle East Update Amir Tsarfati

Brink Of War: The Ayatollahs Find Themselves On The Chopping Block

Amir Tsarfati

Shalom from a nation which is once again on the brink of war! Another week has passed as Israel has remained in a holding pattern while other people posture over our fate. No matter what is decided between the United States and Iran, we will be affected. If America strikes, we will be drawn into the ensuing conflict. If President Trump settles for negotiations, then it will be left to Israel to do what’s necessary to protect ourselves against an Iranian assault. Undoubtedly, an Iran left restrained only by words and promises will eventually come against us. We will not sit back idly and wait for that to happen.

There is an irony to the timing of all of this. Next Monday evening will begin Purim, an annual reminder of how the Jews were threatened with annihilation by the evil Haman. But one woman, Queen Esther, risked her life exposing the plot, thereby saving her people. The term “Purim” refers not to the genocidal plans, but the lots that were cast to select the date. To Haman and the Persians, it was never about the many lives that would be lost. It was just the Jews, no big loss. Instead, they were more concerned about the proper timing for the slaughter so that it could be done right.

When the October 7 attack was planned, the same pattern of thought was followed. The question was never whether to massacre the Jews. That was a given. The strategic calculation revolved around timing and coordination. When Hamas launched early, the ayatollahs’ regime was not upset about the deaths and brutality. They were angry that their broader plan that involved many of their other proxy militias was undercut. In other words, they weren’t upset at how many had been killed, but at how few.

Now, 2,500 years after the events of the book of Esther, the Jews are alive and thriving. We survived the plans of ancient Persia carried out through Haman, and we survived the plans of modern Persia (Iran) carried out through Hamas. And now, it is the ayatollahs who find themselves on the chopping block. I am a man who can appreciate poetry, and there is a beautiful poetic justice at this turn of events.

War by the Weekend?

We are coming upon a critical weekend. Today, a third round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Geneva have already temporarily halted. Both sides say they want negotiations to work. I wouldn’t put money on it. Abbas Araghchi, foreign minister of Iran, said they will not give up their “peaceful” nuclear purposes. He went on to threaten the targeting of US bases in the region, “even if they are on the territory of Arab countries.” 

On the American side, President Trump, in his State of the Union address, said he will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror to have a nuclear weapon. As US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said, Iran is a threat to the US, not just to Israel. “Many Americans don’t think about it because Iran is thousands of miles away from them. But for 48 years Iran has brought death to America, killed thousands of Americans, and is working to build a global nuclear threat,” said the ambassador.

In the State of the Union, the president also demanded a limitation to Iran’s ballistic missile program. Currently, Tehran’s military has missiles that can reach Europe. Soon, their range will extend to the United States. When asked if President Trump sees Iran as a threat, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Iran chants ‘Death to America’. You tell me if that’s a threat.” On Iran’s side, they’ve said that they will not even discuss ballistic missiles. They are totally off the table. To me, that sounds like an impasse.

That brings us to now. All of America’s needed forces have arrived in the area. Countries around the world have pulled their people from Iran. Tehran is rapidly loading their oil into tankers at a clip three times quicker than this time last month. For the past five days, protesters are back out in Iranian universities in the tens of thousands, calling out “Death to the Dictator!” The time for the ayatollahs’ stall tactics is coming to an end. When today’s Geneva talks collapse, as they inevitably will, is that the moment that Trump will finally pull the trigger?

This is a time for prayer, my friends. Pray for wisdom in Washington and a reality check in Tehran. Pray for the US military stationed in bases around the Middle East. Pray for those of us in Israel, because thousands of Iran’s missiles are pointed at us. Pray for the Iranian people who desperately want this Islamic regime gone and who, once more, may become innocent victims of the ayatollahs’ sins.

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Now We Wait For War With Iran To Begin As A Rare 6 Planet Parade And A Blood Moon Eclipse Loom

Now We Wait For War With Iran To Begin As A Rare 6 Planet Parade And A Blood Moon Eclipse Loom

Michael Snyder

Negotiations with Iran have reached a breaking point just as a parade of 6 planets is appearing in the night sky and a major blood moon eclipse is approaching next week. The skeptics will continue to insist that this is “just a coincidence” even as the missiles start flying. The third round of talks between the United States and Iran has ended in Geneva, and they produced nothing. The U.S. wanted Iran to transfer all enriched uranium out of the country, to cease all future uranium enrichment, to destroy all Iranian nuclear facilities and to agree that all restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program will be permanent. It is being reported that Iran flatly rejected all of those proposals…

In Geneva talks, Iran rejected the idea of transferring uranium stockpiles abroad, and objected to ending uranium enrichment, dismantling its nuclear facilities and permanent restrictions on its program, The Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the talks.

In addition, the Iranians would not even talk about any restrictions on their ballistic missile program or their support for terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East.

On top of everything else, the Iranians are now apparently insisting that there will be absolutely no deal without “full sanctions relief”…

So the Iranians don’t want to agree to any of the core concessions that the U.S. is seeking, but they want all of the sanctions to be lifted anyway.

That isn’t going to happen.

Apparently Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were very disappointed with how this round of talks turned out…

I have always felt that there was no chance for a deal.

Now that is becoming obvious to everyone.

In fact, one foreign policy expert told CBS News that she believes that war is imminent…

Despite this public expression of optimism from Iran’s side, Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the Chatham House thinktank in London, believes the two sides are still too far apart. She told CBS News on Wednesday that, in her view, a military clash is inevitable, and soon.

“I think it’s imminent — I mean it’s a matter of days. War looks inevitable to me because President Trump has been not just assembling a huge arsenal to strike Iran, but also because President Trump has been clearly signaling that he is seeking the submission of the Islamic Republic to terms and conditions that currently the leaders in Iran don’t appear willing to make.”

Ultimately, the decision as to whether there will be war or not rests with Trump.

On Friday, he is supposed to meet with his team to discuss what to do next…

President Donald Trump is expected to convene senior advisers on Friday for detailed discussions on Iran and to decide on a course of action toward Tehran, Israel Hayom reported, citing US officials.

According to the report, internal deliberations are focused not on whether a strike would occur but on its scope and potential targets.

Options under discussion include nuclear facilities, missile sites, state institutions and infrastructure, the officials said, according to Israel Hayom.

We could potentially be days or even hours away from the start of an apocalyptic conflict with Iran.

Earlier today, a spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces issued quite an ominous warning…

“The presence of the United States military in the region is part of psychological warfare and bullying,” Iran’s armed forces spokesman said on Thursday.

“If Washington understood the real capabilities of Iran’s armed forces, it would never speak of war,” Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said.

“In the event of any conflict, American soldiers and their equipment would be destroyed, and US resources and interests in the region would come under fire from Iran’s armed forces,” he added.

The Iranians keep dropping hints like this.

Do they possess weapons that we don’t know about?

I think that as this conflict plays out, both sides are going to be in for some huge surprises.

Interestingly, there is so much going on in the skies above our heads as all of this drama in the Middle East is happening.

On Saturday, a rare parade of six planets will be visible…

Usually, people can look up at the bright sky and spot at least one planet. Two or three planets are also commonly hanging out in the night sky, according to NASA. But what about when four, five, or even six planets are visible? Well, then it’s what’s known as a “planetary parade”.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, after the sunsets, the rare phenomenon will occur, with six planets appearing to align and form a parade across the evening sky, according to Space.com.

Six planets, Mercury, Venus, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Jupiter, will be visible, according to NASA. Seeing a parade of six or even seven planets is rare. Of the six, four will be visible to the naked eye, but binoculars or a telescope will be needed to see Uranus, Neptune, and possibly Mercury.

If a parade of 6 planets in the night sky wasn’t enough, a blood moon eclipse will occur during Purim next week…

Skywatchers across the United States will have the opportunity to see the only total lunar eclipse of 2026 in the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 3. This “Blood Moon” will also be the last total lunar eclipse visible from the U.S. until 2028.

A total lunar eclipse occurs during a full Moon when Earth moves directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow across the lunar surface.

When the Moon moves fully into Earth’s darker inner shadow, called the umbra, it turns a reddish-orange color. Sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere before reaching the Moon. Shorter blue wavelengths scatter away, while red and orange light continue through, creating the copper glow.

All throughout human history, blood moons have been associated with war.

And the events that resulted in the creation of the festival of Purim occurred in Iran.

Now there will be a blood moon eclipse during Purim just as war with Iran is looming.

Just another coincidence, right?

A lot of people were expecting peace in the Middle East.

They were wrong.

Earlier today, Israel conducted yet another round of airstrikes in Lebanon…

Israeli warplanes carried out a series of strikes across Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, including areas near the northeastern town of Hermel, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. Early reports indicated no casualties, but the bombardment marked another escalation in Israel’s widening campaign against Hezbollah.

The Israeli military said the targets were “infrastructure” linked to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, a unit Israel has repeatedly accused of preparing cross‑border operations. The strikes come as Israel intensifies its attacks in Lebanon amid soaring tensions with Iran and fears of a broader regional confrontation.

Hezbollah has signaled that it may intervene directly if Iran is attacked by Israel or the United States, a warning that has added to concerns about a multi‑front conflict. The group has already been trading fire with Israel for months, despite a ceasefire agreement reached in November 2024.

The Great Middle East War has been raging for years.

But now it is about to go to an entirely new level.

It appears that “the final showdown with Iran” is upon us, and I think that everyone will be shocked by the death and destruction that we will soon witness.

We really are living in apocalyptic times, and I am convinced that global events are about to start getting really, really crazy.