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Iran Issues Chilling Warning to ‘Stay Away’ from U.S. Military Bases as Strikes Escalate ⁠68%

By Zachary Leeman⁠75%

7/18/2026, 5:16:40 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 23 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 40.8% saturation with 210 hits. Analysis detected 1,516 faulty-reasoning hits from 515 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 61.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠68% (7,136 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 67.40% of the article peer group.

Paramilitary soldiers and police officers walk past a burning police’s armoured vehicle, which was set on fire by Shiite Muslims during a protest over the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 1, 2026. 
(AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq) 
Iran issued an ominous warning Saturday, urging people to stay away from U.S. military bases in the Middle East amid an escalation of hostilities in the region . 
“In response to US acts of aggression and threats from terrorist groups, Iran has launched missile strikes targeting Sulaymaniyah (Iraq) and Bahrain,” the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting announced on X. 
“People should stay away from US bases.” 
In another post, they encouraged people to “shut down” U.S. military bases on their own to keep safe from Iranian missiles. 
In response to US acts of aggression and threats from terrorist groups, Iran has launched missile strikes targeting Sulaymaniyah (Iraq) and Bahrain. 
People should stay away from US bases. 
- IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) July 18, 2026 
If you want to remain safe from Iran's missiles, summon your #courage and assert your #independence , and shut down U.S. military bases on your territory. 
The official state broadcaster claimed Iran launched missiles against U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Sulaymaniyah. 
Between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. 
ET today, Iran forces launched a new wave of strikes against U.S. military assets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Sulaymaniyah. 
U.S. officials have often dismissed Iran’s announcements as false. 
The latest declarations follow a CBS News report , which cited multiple sources, that claimed multiple U.S. service members were injured in recent attacks on military bases in Jordan. 
No fatalities were reported from the attacks; 14 American troops have died since the Iran war started in late February. 
The U.S. has launched strikes against Iran daily for the last week following officials blasting Iran for breaking a temporary peace agreement by continuing to target and attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply moves through. 
The U.S. launched its latest batch of strikes against Iran on Friday evening after officials denied Iran’s claim that they attacked sites in Syria, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and Jordan. 
Dimitris Maniatis , CEO of Athens-headquartered Marisks, warned this week that ships in the Strait of Hormuz are facing an increasingly dangerous environment. 
“We see the reduction of the volume of transits through the Strait of Hormuz and right now crews of vessels are even more concerned than they were before,” he said, adding, “No one is willing to move.” 
Major General Mohsen Rezaei , a senior military adviser to Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei , warned that if the U.S. strikes do not cease, Iran will move into “full-scale offensive operations.” 
“If US strikes continue for several more days, we will move into a phase of full-scale offensive operations,” he said. 
The post Iran Issues Chilling Warning to ‘Stay Away’ from U.S. 
Military Bases as Strikes Escalate first appeared on Mediaite . 
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Speakers

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Dimitris Maniatis

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60 attributed words37% of attributed speech92% writer coverage
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Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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