Iran News and Discussions

[KL Dubey]

Lt. Gen P R Shankar is not. BS I mean. Let us have some respect for those who gave their all to protect us and our family.

yeh mere watan ke logon zara aankh mein bharlo paani… shaheed…

Yes, Lt. Gen PR Shankar is prof in IIT-M and created the artillery shell which has ram jet tech. Also Sree Iyer is relaying news which has been verified. Sree has written books on financial wrong doing "who painted my money white" or some such title. I find them both credible. For those that don't believe don't watch - simple.

I said PGurus is a BS/unreliable, I didn't say Gen Shankar is BS. I'm sure you'd find Sree Iyer's books "credible" - birds do flock together.

Gen Shankar surely must have done great things when in service, which is why he acquired a flag rank. In this video, Iyer is trying to use the retd General for a show of credibility.

And whoever is posting stuff like "yeh mere watan ke logon zara aankh mein bharlo paani… shaheed…"....basic lack of social skills, it appears. Even the Chinese "fifty cent" guys who used to infest BRF back in the day were more polished fakers than these uncle toms. Gen Shankar is not a "shaheed", he is luckily alive and well.

[bala]

Sandeep Unnithan and Lt. Gen P R Shankar (retd) discuss

Will Trump invade Iran?
Chakra April 3, 2026

[chetak]

[Vayutuvan]

And whoever is posting stuff like "yeh mere watan ke logon zara aankh mein bharlo paani… shaheed…"....basic lack of social skills, it appears. Even the Chinese "fifty cent" guys who used to infest BRF back in the day were more polished fakers than these uncle toms. Gen Shankar is not a "shaheed", he is luckily alive and well.

Wow. What a display of great social skills. This one wants every Indian-American to line up behind them to fight Hindumisia.

Their leadership/blog (if any)/YT channel (if any) is not doing well. Hence, talking down to successful people like Sri Iyer.

[Vayutuvan]

[img...]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HE4Fd_La4AA ... name=large[/img]

Unfortunately for Samira ma'am, Cyrus is 2000 years before PBHU.

[bala]

Iran Conflict Cracks Global System, NATO in Trouble, BRICS, Oil & India I Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan
Aadhi Achint

All kinds of alternatives are being discussed including IMECC in the future.

[A_Gupta]

I said PGurus is a BS/unreliable, I didn't say Gen Shankar is BS. I'm sure you'd find Sree Iyer's books "credible" - birds do flock together.

I listen to General Shankar and in general, the three good Generals wherever they are, including on PGurus.

However, after listening to a particular inane piece from Sri Iyer, my comment was that Sri Iyer is like a court jester in the Darbar of the Three Generals.

General Shankar and the other generals are good in that they are rational, they argue with facts and evidence, and when they are talking military/defense matters, I trust them.

Where I feel they sometimes go wrong is e.g., they overreach, e.g., into economics in which they have no more claim to expertise than I have. Or sometimes into the murkier areas of international relations/diplomacy, which as I learn more, I find to be subtle and not easy to interpret.

One of their guests did suggest that they should bring in experts in economics and experts in the cultures of the countries they are talking about, and career diplomats so that the level of discourse becomes more informed.

Still, on YouTube, the Generals provide among the best material on these topics available from India, in my opinion.

[KL Dubey]

I said PGurus is a BS/unreliable, I didn't say Gen Shankar is BS. I'm sure you'd find Sree Iyer's books "credible" - birds do flock together.

I listen to General Shankar and in general, the three good Generals wherever they are, including on PGurus.

However, after listening to a particular inane piece from Sri Iyer, my comment was that Sri Iyer is like a court jester in the Darbar of the Three Generals.

General Shankar and the other generals are good in that they are rational, they argue with facts and evidence, and when they are talking military/defense matters, I trust them.

Where I feel they sometimes go wrong is e.g., they overreach, e.g., into economics in which they have no more claim to expertise than I have. Or sometimes into the murkier areas of international relations/diplomacy, which as I learn more, I find to be subtle and not easy to interpret.

One of their guests did suggest that they should bring in experts in economics and experts in the cultures of the countries they are talking about, and career diplomats so that the level of discourse becomes more informed.

Still, on YouTube, the Generals provide among the best material on these topics available from India, in my opinion.

Yes, that's a balanced view that I also share. I listen quite a bit to the retired jarnails/karnails/majors both desi and american. They do have sharp insights on the military and strategic aspects. In the Iran war case, I would lean more on the americans since they have contacts that are directly involved in american wars. They all do over-reach in some things. As for Sree Iyer I don't see much value, I think he has become more of an uncle tom now. I used to watch Rajagopalan's appearances on Iyer's channel, again because he is well respected and connected to insiders in New Delhi. Now Rajagopalan is in other channels with better anchors.

[bala]

How US rescued its fallen pilot in Iran

‘48 hours in enemy territory…’: How US Army rescued fighter jet pilot downed in Iran with CIA help?

US F-15E fighter jet shot down inside Iran triggers a high-risk rescue mission as Donald Trump announces a “successful” operation. With CIA deception tactics, special forces, and massive air power, the US pulled off a daring extraction behind enemy lines. From a 48-hour survival story to blowing up its own aircraft, here’s how the US military executed one of its most complex rescue operations.

[bala]

Besides the usual politico crew and CIA, Dan Caine, Chairman Joint chiefs of staff is providing more details on the rescue mission.

Trump, military leaders provide update on airman rescue and Operation Epic Fury
view in leisure time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNZCgohzRKY

[Manish_Sharma]

https://x.com/ShivAroor/status/2041704688362631369?s=20

HOW THE WAR HAS ENDED FOR IRAN

1. Regime still calling the shots.
Iran’s leadership structure remains intact. No regime collapse, no internal overthrow, and Tehran continues to dictate its own political and military posture.

2. Hormuz still Iran’s lever. The Strait of Hormuz remains under Iran’s shadow. Despite weeks of conflict, the war has not removed Tehran’s ability to threaten or influence the world’s most critical energy chokepoint.

3. Nuclear material still inside Iran.
Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile has not been seized, destroyed or relocated. The core nuclear question that triggered global alarm remains unresolved.

4. Military capacity badly hit but not erased. Iran’s military structure has taken losses but remains functional. Missile forces, air defence networks and command structures continue to operate.

5. Long-range strike capability survives. Iran has demonstrated it can still launch long-range strikes across the Gulf region, hitting bases and infrastructure far beyond its borders.

6. Tehran showed no rush to end the war
Iran has projected patience, showing little urgency to end hostilities while allowing the conflict to grind down its adversaries politically and militarily.

7. Washington appeared more eager for a ceasefire. As the conflict dragged on, the messaging increasingly suggested the United States wanted an off-ramp faster than Iran did.

8. US and Israel now visibly split on war aims. Differences between Washington and Tel Aviv over the objectives and acceptable end terms of the war have become more visible, something Iran has capitalised on.

9. US air defence reserves heavily drained. The scale of Iranian missile and drone attacks forced the United States to expend large numbers of interceptors in the Gulf, reportedly even pulling systems from Pacific allocations.

10.Major damage inflicted on US regional assets. Iran has managed to hit high-value military infrastructure and sensors across Gulf states, imposing tangible costs on the US military presence in the region.

[Manish_P]

Looking at this the Euros are running scared s#&itless about poking the big Russian bear.

Trump will try and extract more contribution from them towards NATO

If Putin can play this smartly Russia can capitalise on the lack of trust now out in the fore between the US and Europe.

[bala]

US destroyers have entered the strait of hormuz and are clearing up the mines laid by Iran. This is a good sign there is patrolling and clean up. Now the tankers can pass freely. Some tankers bound for India have passed the hormuz and on their way. Hope this reduces the crude oil price and things get back to the norm.

[Manish_Sharma]

https://x.com/imetatronink/status/20431 ... 73225?s=20

Iran Chooses THIS fight, on THIS hill, NOW.

As I have argued repeatedly, the kind of war the US will now be compelled to fight against Iran is precisely the battle the Iranians WANT to fight, and the one they have prepared to fight for decades.

_________________

https://x.com/DailyIranNews/status/2043 ... 66000?s=20

BREAKING: Iranian State TV revealed the reasons for the failure of the talks with the U.S

Details:

- The U.S. tried to achieve at the negotiating table what it could not achieve through war

- The Americans demanded that Iran hand over enriched uranium and open the Strait of Hormuz without recognizing Iran’s sovereignty over it

- Iran has decided to defend its national interests by military means.

[chetak]

https://x.com/imetatronink/status/20431 ... 73225?s=20

Iran Chooses THIS fight, on THIS hill, NOW.

As I have argued repeatedly, the kind of war the US will now be compelled to fight against Iran is precisely the battle the Iranians WANT to fight, and the one they have prepared to fight for decades.

_________________

https://x.com/DailyIranNews/status/2043 ... 66000?s=20

BREAKING: Iranian State TV revealed the reasons for the failure of the talks with the U.S

Details:

- The U.S. tried to achieve at the negotiating table what it could not achieve through war

- The Americans demanded that Iran hand over enriched uranium and open the Strait of Hormuz without recognizing Iran’s sovereignty over it

- Iran has decided to defend its national interests by military means.

Manish_Sharma ji,




the amrikis haven't told the eyeraanians what they actually want but one is very sure that the eyeraanians already know about it


cheen is lurking unseen in the background, and eyeraan is just the मुखौटा and the cheenis well know what the amrikis want


they want complete, absolute and total control over eyeraan's kharg island, and all of the oil and gas that is piped from there for onward shipment to global customers including the total and unrestricted freedom to navigate via the SOH, which then the amrikis would also control.

The navigable portion of the SOH, especially for larger merchantmen, lies entirely with in the sovereign state of eyeraan's territorial waters


this is the objective of the war, (is to bring kharg island and the SOH under amriki control) and through this they hope to leverage the cheen to fully open up their tightly controlled RE metals resources /market treating amrika as a very highly privileged customer and hopefully try to keep the rest of the world on a short leash.


this is megalomania of the highest kind

[Manish_Sharma]

this is the objective of the war, (is to bring kharg island and the SOH under amriki control) and through this they hope to leverage the cheen to fully open up their tightly controlled RE metals resources /market treating amrika as a very highly privileged customer and hopefully try to keep the rest of the world on a short leash.


this is megalomania of the highest kind

https://x.com/TheNavroopSingh/status/20 ... 97839?s=20

Yes Donald now wants to directly target Russia, China & India dark fleet even South Korea & Japan would be impacted !

This would directly impact China, India, Japan & South Korea the most ! US is now effectively screwing India’s energy needs. This is akin to declaring war on India’s energy needs !

[bala]

People like Lt. Gen P R Shankar defined the victory criteria as whoever controls Hormuz traffic wins. By this definition the US has won. Control over hormuz has global implications which may not be ostensible to many. This provides absolute control over oil flow, gas, helium (from Qatar) to the rest of the world. Nations like India, China, Japan, Korea, EU are all affected in one way or other. Helium is required for semiconductor production. The US will carefully caliberate who gets these resources based on its national priorities. Moreover the petro-dollar will rule in terms of pricing. Russia supplying crude is of limited scope since Russia only controls a certain percentage of crude production worldwide. There have been reported differences with Russia and China on crude oil. India is bracing for both oil and gas supply chokepoints controlled by the US. Venezeula's oil is based on US control. The EU is totally screwed on oil and gas supply and tis the mercy of the US they will get anything.

Meanwhile Iran internally will be embroiled in internal dissent, more killings, scarcity of many things and inflation. Its cozy relationship with China and Russia are going to be tested. Regime change is highly possible. There is a permanent break between Iran and GCC nations which is not going away anytime.

[williams]

this is the objective of the war, (is to bring kharg island and the SOH under amriki control) and through this they hope to leverage the cheen to fully open up their tightly controlled RE metals resources /market treating amrika as a very highly privileged customer and hopefully try to keep the rest of the world on a short leash.


this is megalomania of the highest kind

https://x.com/TheNavroopSingh/status/20 ... 97839?s=20

Yes Donald now wants to directly target Russia, China & India dark fleet even South Korea & Japan would be impacted !

This would directly impact China, India, Japan & South Korea the most ! US is now effectively screwing India’s energy needs. This is akin to declaring war on India’s energy needs !

So Manish Ji,
if taking over Kharg Island is that easy, Americans with the current trigger happy leadership and with the most powerful Navy/AF in the world would have done that already. However Iran has options that China and Russia can help protect if Khan wants to go for it. Look at the map of Iran's known oil infrastructure and her neighbors:



The important point everyone is missing - Iran prepared for this eventuality after the June 2025 attack.

Hence any major hit on Iran's oil and gas infrastructure will have reciprocal effect on GCC landscape and that will reduce the global oil supply by significant numbers. When oil supply goes down, oil price will go up to a level that would cause major depression across the globe. This will cause a bank run of US treasuries both domestically and internationally. That would dry the pile of cash US has that is backed by 37 trillion dollar debt. Not just that, US will now have funding crunch to manage their proxies across the globe (including the Pakis) that is keeping Russia, China and India in check.

It is actually suicide for the Americans. The current Admin got carried away by the Israelis. Israelis are smart, but their outlook of the world is quite limited to the challenges they are facing in their region. They failed to look at the big picture. That is forgivable strategy for a small country, but how did the American's miss it is beyond anyones mind. I think it has something to do with both Trump and Netanyahu facing existential political crises in their own domestic constituencies.

The second mystery that is puzzling is why US Naval assets are hitting Iran in standoff distances. This tells me Iran still has sting that is deterring US Naval assets to be placed close to Iranian shores.

So if Iran does not blink, Americans are going to declare some sort of victory and are going to retreat. Iranians lost the ability to blink as their first rung leadership is all dead. Welcome to 21st century warfare!!

[Vayutuvan]

- The U.S. tried to achieve at the negotiating table what it could not achieve through war

Have a paki friend, use paki strategy (of Tashkent).

[chetak]

The pakis circulated two different versions of the "agreement" to eyeraan and amrika

The amrikis and the israelis thought lebanon was not included while eyeraan insisted that it was part of the ceasefire deal

madrasa schooled shehbaz sharif is clueless, focused as he always is on katora diplomacy

mulla muneer, the failed marshal, lacks knowledge of basic staff work

this has been one hell of paki led umm@h precipitated clusterf(uk, with cheeni background music blasting away



Pakistan Botches US-Iran Ceasefire Deal, Exposes Diplomatic Failures As Lebanon Faces Deadly Israeli Assault

The US and Israel insist that Lebanon, which Tel Aviv has bombarded since March 2, was never part of the ceasefire




https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk0edynpmzo

The two-week pause in the fighting was announced by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - who has been serving as mediator between the warring parties. Sharif said the US and its allies "have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere".

But the main adversaries of Iran do not appear to share this understanding. The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ceasefire did not include Lebanon and Donald Trump signalled his agreement by stating the war in Lebanon was "a separate skirmish".

[williams]

People like Lt. Gen P R Shankar defined the victory criteria as whoever controls Hormuz traffic wins. By this definition the US has won. Control over hormuz has global implications which may not be ostensible to many. This provides absolute control over oil flow, gas, helium (from Qatar) to the rest of the world. Nations like India, China, Japan, Korea, EU are all affected in one way or other. Helium is required for semiconductor production. The US will carefully caliberate who gets these resources based on its national priorities. Moreover the petro-dollar will rule in terms of pricing. Russia supplying crude is of limited scope since Russia only controls a certain percentage of crude production worldwide. There have been reported differences with Russia and China on crude oil. India is bracing for both oil and gas supply chokepoints controlled by the US. Venezeula's oil is based on US control. The EU is totally screwed on oil and gas supply and tis the mercy of the US they will get anything.

Meanwhile Iran internally will be embroiled in internal dissent, more killings, scarcity of many things and inflation. Its cozy relationship with China and Russia are going to be tested. Regime change is highly possible. There is a permanent break between Iran and GCC nations which is not going away anytime.

US controls the Hormuz traffic now? That is news to me.

[bala]

US controls the Hormuz traffic now? That is news to me.

Please update your news. Here is YT from britshit bullshit corp (i usually don't quote these buggers, but for left leaning people, yes):

Trump imposes US blockade on strait of Hormuz after failed peace talks with Iran | BBC News
view at your leisure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG5KOLoZr6U

[williams]

US controls the Hormuz traffic now? That is news to me.

Please update your news. Here is YT from britshit bullshit corp (i usually don't quote these buggers, but for left leaning people, yes):

Trump imposes US blockade on strait of Hormuz after failed peace talks with Iran | BBC News
view at your leisure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG5KOLoZr6U

Yes I read that. So the details of it is this: Trump says ships coming out of other ports will be let out, but ships coming out of Iranian ports will be blockaded. That is the Chinese vessels and may be some of the shadow fleet vessels. Fact is Iran is part of the oil supply pool. Estimated to be 4.5% of oil supply (3.5 - 4 million barrels a day). That means Chinese will also bit for the rest of the global supply. We already know Hormuz strait is closed and there is a supply bottle neck there. That means the oil price will increase more in US domestic market. I am mentioning US domestic market, because that means trouble in the US political paradise for Trump. Iran will suffer and will bring hardship to the people, but remember Iran is a dictatorship like the Pakis. So they hardly change stance if the people suffer. That is not the case for the Trump Admin. Republican laws makers are already vulnerable in November and they will revolt if the gas prices go any more up from the $4.x average today (from $2.5x in Feb).

The little secret oil weakness in US is this: US produced 13 million barrels a day but only 60% of that can be refined in the US. The rest is exported. Their actual need is 20 million barrels. So they import too. They get a lot from Canada, but they even import refined products from India. Venezuela oil will be added to the supply pool but it will take some time. Hence US is not shielded from global oil price increase.

The other issue is USN vessels have been firing at Iran from standoff distances so far. Can they really come closer to enforce this so called blockade? Did they neutralize Iranian missile and drone threat completely? I doubt it. If they did they can simply take over the strait and regulate traffic instead of blockading it. Trump admin seems to be out of depth here.

[bala]

CENTCOM on US Blockade

Lt. Gen P R Gen Shankar with PGurus

Iran is looking at $ 435 M / day or $13 B per month hit due to blockade of Hormuz. China is pretty much screwed with the US blockade. BTW the seas in hormuz are divided by half - one half on Iran side belongs to them and the other half are GCC nations. With the US in the picture things are different.

Kharg island generates $58 B / yr. If, with Kharg takeover. by the US this will be a huge loss in revenues for Iran.

[chetak]

CENTCOM on US Blockade

Lt. Gen P R Gen Shankar with PGurus

Iran is looking at $ 435 M / day or $13 B per month hit due to blockade of Hormuz. China is pretty much screwed with the US blockade. BTW the seas in hormuz are divided by half - one half on Iran side belongs to them and the other half are GCC nations. With the US in the picture things are different.

Kharg island generates $58 B / yr. If, with Kharg takeover. by the US this will be a huge loss in revenues for Iran.

[youtube]M_enbDiOLwQ[youtube]

bala saar,


one has said this before...........

the navigable part of the SOH lies entirely on the eyeraanian side, and well inside their territorial waters because of the depth of water

the other half is too shallow to handle even halfway decent sized merchantmen, if at all

Moreover, no one will take chances on the shallow side because gas carriers are floating time bombs and crude carriers, if damaged will cause an uncontrollable spill that will contaminate waters even on the Indian coast


what ever the amrikis clear with their mine sweepers, the eyeraanians can the re seed the SOH with more mines in a matter of a couple of hours

[chetak]

VI@WA

Most people do not understand the key issues of Iran US war in Faras ki Khaadi.

Just so one can easily understand from map of Farsi Gulf look at these maps.

Look at depth chart. Large ships need 80 m depth. So the shipping channel is very narrow and in Iranian Territorial waters.

[bala]

Chetak saar, thanks for those images!
Looks like US can be policeman for Hormuz and do some paisa vasool for ships passing through the narrow corridors. Keep Iran out of the picture.
IMECC assumes larger importance for the GCC nations.

[chetak]

Chetak saar, thanks for those images!
Looks like US can be policeman for Hormuz and do some paisa vasool for ships passing through the narrow corridors. Keep Iran out of the picture.
IMECC assumes larger importance for the GCC nations.

bala saar,

In all this fiasco, Putin is making money hand over fist and laughing all the way to the bank

[chetak]

eyeraan mined the Strait of Hormuz… then lost the map.

US mine-sweeping can’t deliver “immediate.” Europe is months away. A cleared lane can be reseeded overnight.

The ceasefire demands instant reopening — but mine warfare doesn’t do instant.

That’s why Iran built its “tollbooth”: it can’t safely reopen the chokepoint itself.

The real leverage was always a workaround.

Now the talks are about restarting 20% of global oil with a map that doesn’t exist.

[bala]

Putin is making money hand over fist and laughing all the way to the bank

Chetak saar,

Yes, more proof...
India's Russian oil imports more than triple to 5.3 bn euro in March

The biggest shift (in March) was in state-owned refineries' imports from Russia, which saw a massive 148 per cent month-on-month increase.

[chetak]

Putin is making money hand over fist and laughing all the way to the bank

Chetak saar,

Yes, more proof...
India's Russian oil imports more than triple to 5.3 bn euro in March

The biggest shift (in March) was in state-owned refineries' imports from Russia, which saw a massive 148 per cent month-on-month increase.

bala saar,


and trump doesn't seem to get the basic facts of military management and war fighting: the strait of hormuz isn’t social media.

if someone blocks you, you can’t just block them back.

and the dumb cluck is being cheered on by 4 poisonous amriki DC think tanks, which don't realize that every step their commode in chief takes, he manages to land on yet another landmine

[bala]

Pentagon Press Briefing on strait of Hormuz blockade
Apr 16, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine



// Pete Hegseth - says that 10% of US Navy is being used for the blockade. No nukes for Iran has been reiterated once again. Also mentioned was media's garbage reporting and falsehoods.
// Dan Caine - briefing provides enough detail on the blockade.

[uddu]

Narrative being built for the U.S audience probably for a Ground invasion support. Iran as usual does what they do best and will keep executing people for not following Islamic code.
HUNDREDS in Iran reportedly executed amid internet blackout


Who was Ali Fahim? Iran executes fourth man linked to January protests, label him as ‘enemy element’
https://www.financialexpress.com/world- ... t/4196902/

Iran executes 18-year-old musician for waging 'war against God', four more moved to solitary confinement
https://www.wionews.com/world/iran-exec ... 5205610158

The Naxals are Western puppet
Iran executed at least 1,639 in 2025, more hangings feared: NGOs
The number of executions represented an increase of 6% on the 975 people Iran put to death in 2024, and also included 48 women, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM) said in their joint annual report
https://www.thehindu.com/news/internati ... 858894.ece

[Jay]

Narrative being built for the U.S audience probably for a Ground invasion support. Iran as usual does what they do best and will keep executing people for not following Islamic code.

If the trump admin real wants to dismantle iran, they are missing a huge chance by not highlighting these violent acts committed by the regime. They are not doing this because that will get the topic of regime change into focus and this will take even longer to achieve and one thing we know is if there are no quick results, then it doesn't interest trump.

[uddu]

If the trump admin real wants to dismantle iran, they are missing a huge chance by not highlighting these violent acts committed by the regime. They are not doing this because that will get the topic of regime change into focus and this will take even longer to achieve and one thing we know is if there are no quick results, then it doesn't interest trump.

Iran is an Islamic nation. The mentality of the people are different. The more executions happen, the more their faith in the Regime Mullahs.

[uddu]

Inside Iran, there is acceptance among the regime circles, that Iran has been set backward by 40 years (figure of speech). They do accept that, whatever progress being achieved in infrastructure, military capability has been set back by decades.

[bala]

xPost:

from this link the following

Two areas of Iran: nuclear and weapons assistance including missiles and drones:

Here is history of Iran's nuclear program:
1957: the US-Iran nuclear cooperation agreement
1959: Tehran nuclear research center by Reza Pahlave
1967: Iran's first nuclear facility TRR Tehran research reactor went critical. US supplied this 5-MW reactor with enriched 95% uranium fuel
1970: Iran ratified NPT
1974: Shah established Atomic energy org of Iran (AEOI)

In 1990: Iran worked with Soviet Union to build Bushehr nuclear power

After shah overthrow program resumed with new partners - Russia, China and Pak A. Q. Khan
Aug 2002: secret underground nuclear facilities at Natanz and Arak enriching uranium
Sept 2009: Iran built another secret nuclear site at Fordow
2014: Russia and Iran agreed on two additional reactors at Bushehr site.

China's assistance:
1985: China provided Isfahan nuclear tech center
1991: China supplied several uranium compounds including 1000 kg of UF6 and 400 kg of UF4 which Iran failed to declare to IAEA.
2000 to present: China supplied all kinds of components and material for uranium enrichment to Iran

Missiles and drones and other tech see the YT for details.

[bala]

BTW DJT in this clip by PGurus claims that Iran has agreed to give up nuclear stuff and US will get the enriched Uranium. Take it with grain of salt, since these are just talks, nothing concrete and no confirmation by Iran. At least not like the previous El Presidente, oh iran which iran, what is my name Bidenwa or komala or jill.