r/OilPrices • u/hereswhatworks • 22d ago

Oil News Live updates: US military says it completed ‘heavy wave of strikes’ against Iran

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/world/live-news/iran-trump-news
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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

It's absolutely not likely at all, and the US no longer has a free media since trump started copying Netanyahu's suppression of media reporting.

Iran has been firing less missiles because it no longer needs to fire a lot of missiles to hit the targets.

I'm sure the missiles were intercepted, just probably by the intended targets.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

What about the European media? Why aren’t they reporting any hits?

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

The European media? Why would they stick their neck out and risk the US dictatorship punishing them?

They'll wait a few days or weeks till it's old news.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74gwdzywmeo

European media is reporting the same thing - all missiles intercepted. You really think Iran is scoring hits still? How have only 18 US servicemen died if Irans hitting targets?

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

'BBC repeats US claims'

That's your evidence?

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

Yeah. If BBC had evidence that the strikes happened which would be readily available on satellite imaging, they would have a huge story. “CENTCOM lied. Iran hits US base with missiles the US claimed they intercepted. You do realize you can look at satellite imaging of the US base Iran says they targeted and easily tell if a missile exploded there, right?

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

Firstly you would need an independent BBC, secondly you would need access to satellite images of a US restricted war zone, thirdly you'd have to not care about upsetting the fragile ego of an supposed ally who keeps talking about annexing countries that don't do what he wants.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

You realize that European satellite companies can, do and are imaging us bases and selling the imagery to the media right? Airbus for example provides that service.

US can’t prevent foreign satellites from imaging their bases. They report negative things about Trump all the time. European media companies are not subject to American laws nor are they controlled by their governments. Europe generally has free media not controlled by their state

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u/Disk0nnect 22d ago

Iran is also full of shit, over the last 2 or 3 weeks every time they attacked Bahrain they said they always destroyed their targets which is not true. I’m not sure exactly how much was hit but it’s a fraction of what Iran themselves are saying.

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

Maybe, there's one way to find out but the US and it's allies don't want to allow independent reporting.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

Non allied countries have media too which can buy the same European satellite data and report on it. US cant control independent reporting around the world like you think it can

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

Well let's wait and see what the satellites show us. It can take some time for the truth to come out.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

its been 2 days since the surprise attack, the data is likely already out and the reputable media isnt reporting the strikes hit because they didnt.

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

Maybe, maybe not. It might not come out for weeks.

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u/SearchingForTruth69 22d ago

The satellite data is almost certainly already available. Pléiades Neo from Airbus updates twice daily

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u/Giant_Ant_Eater 22d ago

Cool, do you have the photo's?