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- Iran threaten ‘army of Satan’ with most chilling mural yet (themirror.com)
Iran has issued a stark warning to the U.S. military, labeling it the “army of Satan” on a newly installed billboard in Tehran that threatens American forces will be “drowned in the Persian Gulf.”
Since tensions between the U.S., Israel, and Iran escalated earlier this year, Tehran has seen the rise of state-sponsored billboards featuring provocative imagery. Some depict former President Donald Trump and his family in coffins, others show the White House engulfed in flames, while additional displays carry explicit threats of revenge.
The latest mural, unveiled Monday in Islamic Revolution Square in central Tehran, features a Persian mythological hero alongside an airborne figure attacking U.S. aircraft carriers. The bilingual text boldly proclaims: “From the Persian Gulf a new power rises” and “The army of Satan will be drowned in the Persian Gulf.”
This mural appeared just days after another unsettling display showing American soldiers loading coffins draped in the U.S. flag onto a military plane, accompanied by the Persian phrase “prepare your coffins.”
These menacing messages coincide with the release of a preliminary U.S. government watchdog report detailing the impact of the ongoing conflict with Iran. The report highlights vulnerabilities in the U.S. military’s advanced weapons systems and offers the most comprehensive public assessment yet of damage sustained by American aircraft, bases, and diplomatic compounds throughout the Middle East.
Drawing from oversight bodies within the Defense and State Departments as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development, the report reveals that the conflict has caused strategic shortages and supply chain bottlenecks for munitions resupply. Defense experts warn it may take approximately three years to restore stocks of advanced missiles and interceptors to pre-conflict levels.
The document also reveals that the U.S. naval base in Bahrain, a critical logistics hub for the Navy, was targeted by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles. Consequently, the U.S.
Central Command was forced to reroute supply lines through more distant locations such as Diego Garcia, a remote U.S.-U.K. base in the Indian Ocean. This adjustment extended logistics cycles to 14-18 days to maintain operations across the region.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed the severity of the attacks on Bahrain, stating, “they blew the hell out of Bahrain.” He further disclosed the creation of a task force to assess whether the naval base requires rebuilding to support ongoing regional missions.
Despite these challenges, Pentagon officials have contested reports of ammunition shortages, asserting the military possesses sufficient weaponry for any conflict. President Donald Trump emphasized in a recent social media statement that the U.S. is producing more advanced and elite weapons than ever before, with daily deliveries to forces stationed in the Middle East and beyond.
The watchdog report, covering April through June, also confirms that Iranian strikes have damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings and facilities at U.S. sites across Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, and Jordan.
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