Off The Record Podcast
Off The Record Podcast
February 10, 2026

🚨 LIVE: Several Explosions In Iran - U.S. Deploy F-22 Fighter Jets To Middle East

Quick Read

Amidst multiple explosions across Iran, the U.S. has significantly increased its military presence in the Middle East, including F-22 and F-35 deployments, while Iran responds with propaganda and questionable military claims.
Multiple explosions hit Iran, framed as sabotage amidst regime 'panic mode'.
US deploys F-22s, F-35s, and strategic command aircraft to the Middle East.
VP JD Vance's visit to Armenia/Azerbaijan signals a potential northern military option against Iran.

Summary

Iran is experiencing a series of suspicious explosions and fires across the country, including in Tehran and Kish Island, which the host attributes to sabotage rather than accidental gas leaks. Concurrently, the U.S. has deployed a substantial military buildup to the Middle East, including 24 F-22 Raptors, E3C Sentry aircraft, and F-35s, alongside THAAD defense systems in Jordan. Vice President JD Vance's visit to Armenia and Azerbaijan is framed as a strategic move to establish a northern front against Iran. The host debunks Iranian state media claims, highlighting their use of AI-generated propaganda videos and vague, unverified reports of new missile tests, suggesting a regime in 'panic mode' struggling to control its narrative.
The escalating tensions and military posturing between the U.S./Israel and Iran, combined with internal instability in Iran, indicate a heightened risk of conflict. The strategic use of Armenia and Azerbaijan as potential staging grounds by the U.S. introduces a new geopolitical dimension, while Iran's reliance on propaganda and questionable military claims underscores its perceived weakness and desperation.

Takeaways

  • Multiple explosions and fires reported across Iran, including a power plant, shopping center, and Kish Island, which the host dismisses as accidental 'gas leaks'.
  • The U.S. has deployed 24 F-22 Raptors, E3C Sentry command aircraft, and six F-35s to the Middle East, complementing existing defensive systems like THAAD in Jordan.
  • Vice President JD Vance visited Armenia and Azerbaijan, interpreted as a strategic move to establish these nations as potential military hubs for operations against Iran from the north.
  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is in 'panic mode,' deploying a Matla 3 long-range early warning radar and sending mass propaganda text messages, including AI-generated videos, to its citizens.
  • The IRGC claimed a successful test of a new advanced missile but provided an old video and kept all details classified, which the host mocked as unsubstantiated propaganda.

Bottom Line

The U.S. strategy includes leveraging historically hostile nations, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as a potential northern 'corner' for military operations or special forces penetration into Iran, achieved by brokering a 'cold peace' between them.

So What?

This expands the potential theaters of conflict beyond traditional southern approaches (Persian Gulf) and complicates Iran's defensive planning by opening a new, unexpected front.

Impact

Intelligence agencies and military planners must now consider the logistics and political implications of a multi-front approach to Iran, assessing the stability of the Armenia-Azerbaijan 'cold peace' under military pressure.

Notable Moments

Debunking of fake news regarding B-52 bomber deployments to Qatar, showing a video from two years prior.

Highlights the prevalence of misinformation during heightened geopolitical tensions and the podcast's role in fact-checking social media narratives.

Host's sarcastic commentary on Iranian propaganda, including AI-generated videos depicting destruction of U.S. assets and Tel Aviv, and vague claims of new missile tests.

Underscores the perceived desperation and lack of credible information from the Iranian regime, portraying it as ineffective and reliant on easily disproven tactics.

Discussion of the Iranian Supreme Leader's daily routine, based on leaked intel, suggesting a largely inactive role and reliance on inner circle filtering information.

Offers a rare, albeit speculative, glimpse into the internal dynamics and decision-making processes at the highest levels of the Iranian regime, suggesting a disconnect from ground realities.

Quotes

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"The epidemic of gas leaks is accelerating across Iran, which obviously is not a gas leak, but they are gaslighting us to think that they are gas leaks. Get it? That's a good one."

Amaya Tusi
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"You're not just negotiating with the Americans. You're negotiating with America and Israel. And the Israelis are not actually negotiating with you. Israelis are talking with the Americans to then for the Americans to tell the Omanis to then tell you what you should do."

Amaya Tusi
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"By keeping these two sides, which has been broken by President Trump, keep them quiet for now. Just peaceful. Just shut the f up. Don't attack each other. Stop killing the Armenians... because there is a priority. If you do try to penetrate Iran from the north, then you don't have to worry about the Arabs."

Amaya Tusi
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"You can't use old videos with your existing ballistic missiles and say, 'We've tested. We've just made another new advanced missile in the middle of a war. We just discovered we could make new ones and we've done a test.' Oh, where did you do it? Um somewhere. Do you have a video? Can we see how it works? No, it's it's it's a secret."

Amaya Tusi

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