Mehdi H.
@mhmiranusa · Iran watchers, nuclear experts & opposition
Mehdi H. is an independent analyst of Iranian military affairs, naval activity, and open-source imagery.
Sentinel satellite images show an oil slick approximately 1.5 kilometers wide and approximately 13 kilometers long, alongside several other slicks, near the Gazi coast (between the ports of Sirik and Jask) in the Gulf of Oman. It is probably a leak from the sunken KYLO tanker sunk by CENTCOM.
Translated from PersianLocal photo of a US Navy Saildrone Voyager autonomous uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) near the Strait of Hormuz close to the Omani Salamah island today Sep 9, 2026. h/t: @Vahid https://t.co/PMB4gxBavt
IRIB aired UAV surveillance footage claiming it shows opposition fighters (likley Kurdish) carrying weapon-laden backpacks across the northwestern Iranian border, reportedly forced to travel on foot after their vehicle routes were struck. https://t.co/vNd2BsQbhE
Iranian Fattah-1 hypersonic ballistic missile warhead before hitting the Israeli Haifa refinery on June 16, 2025, during the 12-day war. Screenshot from the video of the attacked site. https://t.co/pzwaiXCL2n
IRGC published another video of their salvo of ballistic missiles launched toward US Navy destroyers USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) and USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) tonight. First time of officially using Kheibarshekan BM in anti-ship application. https://t.co/N714LSelB8
IRGC published a video of their salvo of ballistic missiles launched tonight toward Muwafaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Solid fueled Kheibarshekan and liquid fueled Ghadr and Emad missiles can be seen. The cluster warhead missiles were Ghadr. https://t.co/HmVPrRHxHE
Total number of ballistic missiles launched from Iran in the 1st wave tonight is around 40 which are launched from 12 missile bases. Some of the missiles have cluster warhead. https://t.co/GAWM8WZ0LO
I was the 1st to report the American attack to Iranian oil tankers tonight and even identified one of them (Derya) correctly. But I was still surprised to learn that 5 vessels were hit in total by CENTCOM. https://t.co/ch18NMbA7N
Local reports say that the Iranian oil tanker hit in the American air strike tonight was Darya (IMO: 9569700). #OOTT https://t.co/uWvoH6TO3U
There are unconfimred reports of American air strikes to Iranian oil tankers near Kharg island at this very moment.
First footage and more photos of the US Navy Dive-LD AUV which was captured today by IRGC near the Strait of Hormuz. https://t.co/2WuAqtjZNh
That's a US Navy Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) which IRGC claims to capture today near the Strait of Hormuz. https://t.co/KiC0giQCWR
A newly surfaced photo of the wreckage reportedly at the damaged civilian building in Koohestak, Iran, hit by the US displays part of an AGM-154C-1 JSOW guided bomb. This photo is especially useful as it shows the serial number which could help the mission failure analysis. https://t.co/GkDgR1qJTY
A Tor-M1 SAM and a Kavosh radar system which survived the 39-day war, somewhere in Iran. https://t.co/HLuwugawcl
Saudi-led coalition aircraft have reportedly targeted the central correctional facility in Yemen’s Al-Jawf Governorate. https://t.co/T7lACtuRcy
Interesting video by AnsarAllah group (Yemeni Houthis) hitting a gathering of cars of Yemeni government forces. Precise marksmanship. https://t.co/R9jj7Vlr9r
Iranian Caspian Airlines MD-83 airplane passing under the Taban Airline MD-88 at around 300 m distance. https://t.co/9torw2pHRi
IRGC photos of the oil tankers they hit in the strait of Hormuz in retaliation to the 3 Iranian tankers hit by the US. IRGC statement says they targeted 3 tankers in the strait of Hormuz and 3 other vessels in other locations. https://t.co/XC18tqhzQM
A CENTCOM video shows that the number of Iranian oil tankers targeted is three, and that the Kylo tanker was also targeted alongside the Downy and Stark1 tankers that we had previously identified.
Translated from PersianIranian oil tankers DOWNY (IMO: 9218480) and STARK1 (IMO: 9171450) are likely the US air strike targets this morning. https://t.co/KkCDhTcEuh
Video of the Iranian oil tanker which was reportedly hit this morning by the US near the Iranian Kharg Island. https://t.co/217O0lLn09
As far as I checked, the ballistic missiles launches from Iran tonight were for testing purposes. https://t.co/bYpdaxnsMP
The wreckage of the Iranian Moudge-class frigate IRIS Jamaran at the Port of Konarak, with its main 76mm Fajr-27 bow gun still visible. Out of 53 crew member corpses, 8 still remain trapped inside the ship, as recovery efforts have so far proven unsuccessful. h/t: @Navy_Iranian https://t.co/VBVxuQaTK6
IRGC KIAs in the US air strike to a ballistic missile launcher 2 days ago near the Iranian city of Kermanshah were Second Brigader General Ja'far Kahrizi Second Colonel Reza Mohammadi Captain Shahram Ja'fari Second Colonel Alireza Shakibafar https://t.co/C7McuYB53r
IRGC Intelligence organization in the Iranian province of Ilam province released a photo of confiscated weapons including shotguns, AK-style rifles, and pistols alleging they were seized from seven Kurdish opposition members planning armed operations in western Iran. https://t.co/3jFByLRIFL
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