ایتا - علی‌اکبر رائفی‌پور

This text is a run of posts from Ali-Akbar Raefipour's official Eitaa channel, dated 22–23 Aban 1405 (13–14 November 2026). Most of the factual news items are confirmed by current reputable reporting. These include: the Turkey–Qatar mutual defence agreement, whose terms have not been published; the US demand that Japan pay more than ¥3 trillion in host-nation support, with Tokyo considering about ¥1.5 trillion; the Seth Kaplan Jerusalem Post op-ed that uses Idlib as a model; Tucker Carlson's 'Buy gold. Bury it.' post; Jensen Huang's resignation and Ynet's list of three Israeli possible successors; Petraeus's WSJ op-ed; the FAA nationwide ground stop and the cause officials gave for it; Duffy's '$30bn/$50bn' remark; Rubio's comparison of North Korea and Iran; Amtrak's website and app errors; the Mossad chief's visit to Washington; and the Uber driver data breach, including the exact state figures. The problems are in the framing. Commentary is mixed in with the news: the Kaplan op-ed is called an Israeli 'confession'; the Nvidia succession story is headlined as an 'Israeli conspiracy'; and the Amtrak glitch is called a possible 'false flag'. Contemporaneous reporting contradicts that last suggestion, because Amtrak blamed unusually high demand caused by the air-travel disruption. The Ukraine refinery numbers are inflated compared with available estimates. Several items could not be checked: the exact wording of the Trump Truth Social post, the attribution to 'Channel 15', the claims about Kalemeh sponsors and resignations, and the unattributed 'subtract one person' text.

What checked out (16)

• Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement on Friday 13 November 2026, and its detailed terms have not been made public (Reuters via US News/Al-Monitor; Arab News; Al Jazeera).
• Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had already signed a trilateral defence pact. IISS calls it the 'Makkah Joint Defence Agreement', signed on 7 August 2026, which matches the post's 'Mecca Pact'. The post's claim that the pact 'was of no practical use to the Saudis' is opinion and was not checked.
• Citing Kyodo, the SCMP reported that the Trump administration wants more than ¥3 trillion (about US$19bn) over five years from FY2027 for hosting US troops, roughly triple the current deal, and that Tokyo is considering about ¥1.5 trillion. Nikkei, the Japan Times and Jiji corroborate this.
• Seth D. Kaplan's Jerusalem Post op-ed, published around 11 November 2026, argues that Israel should help Iran's opposition set up a protected foothold inside the country and uses Idlib as a model.
• Tucker Carlson's X account posted 'Buy gold. Bury it. Thank us later.' on 12 November, quoting a Battalion Metals post.
• Ukrainian drones struck the Ust-Luga Baltic port on 11 November 2026 as part of a wider November campaign against Russian refineries (Kyiv Independent, Bloomberg).
• Jensen Huang resigned as Nvidia CEO with immediate effect, following reports of an affair with a woman suspected of spying for China (CBS, NBC, Variety). Ynet named Johny Srouji, Michael Kagan and Eyal Waldman as possible Israeli successors.
• David Petraeus wrote a WSJ op-ed titled 'It Matters How the Iran War Ends', warning that a ceasefire on terms favourable to Tehran would set up the next conflict.
• On Friday 13 November 2026 the FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop after communication problems at air traffic control centres. It was lifted that evening, and thousands of flights were cancelled. FlightAware figures cited by different outlets ranged from more than 4,000 to more than 6,000 on Friday, so 'nearly 5,000' fits within that range. Cancellations continued into Saturday.
• Trump administration officials said new technology added to the air traffic control system had overloaded older parts of it. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no sign of a cyberattack.
• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said 'the president has asked for $30 billion. I want $50 billion' and criticised Congress for wasting money (Roll Call Factba.se transcript; Bloomberg; Fox Business).
• In a 13 November speech, Marco Rubio said Kim Jong Un is 'not expansionist' and contrasted North Korea with Iran's revolutionary, expansionist leaders.
• Mossad director Roman Gofman visited Washington on 13 November 2026 for talks on Iran with Trump administration officials (Axios via The Nation; Jerusalem Post; Haaretz).
• Amtrak showed error messages on its website and app on 13 November 2026.
• Uber disclosed a breach of drivers' licence data. The figures were 1,873 people in Rhode Island, 2,567 in Massachusetts and 3,430 in South Carolina. Reuters reported that attackers used compromised credentials belonging to a service provider, Fireworks AI.
• The dates are internally consistent: 23 Aban 1405 is Saturday 14 November 2026.

• That 'Channel 15' reported that the Mossad chief would tell US officials Iran is continuing its nuclear and ballistic-missile work. The visit itself is confirmed, but this specific outlet and wording were not found.
• The exact Truth Social post attributed to Trump ('Stay with me, you will love the end of this story'). I could not find it. Trump's Truth Social posts in this period that I did find said the US no longer needs a deal with Iran. The post's description of Trump as 'this accursed one' is editorial abuse, not a factual claim.
• Petraeus's specific three goals (freedom of navigation in Hormuz, dealing with the 60% uranium stockpile, enforceable limits on enrichment) and his explicit statement that these do not require regime change or occupation. The op-ed exists, and an FDD digest refers to 'three tests', but I could not read the full text, which is paywalled.
• That 'most' of the targeted Russian refineries lost more than 70% of their capacity. Available estimates are system-wide figures of about 30–40% of refining capacity, and one estimate puts petrol output losses at up to 55%. None supports the 70% figure.
• That Ukraine produces more than 10,000 attack drones a month, along with the other two 'expert' explanations. These are speculative and unsourced.
• That Aqil Hashemi revealed Kalemeh's sponsors to be a 'Zionist network' and that a wave of resignations followed. I found earlier reporting of Hashemi alleging sponsorship and political pressure linked to promoting Reza Pahlavi, but nothing confirming the 'Zionist' sponsorship claim or the resignations.
• The authorship and exact content of the 'subtract one person' text the channel criticises. It is not attributed, so it cannot be checked.
• Raefipour's speech announcements (times and places). These are self-published event notices and can only be checked against the organiser's own channel.

Confidence

Medium-High — There were many independent, dated, reputable confirmations (13–14 Nov 2026) for the high-priority claims, and exact figures matched (for example, the Uber state counts and the ¥3tn/¥1.5tn amounts). Confidence is lower because several items remain unverifiable (the Trump quote, the Channel 15 attribution, the Kalemeh claims), the full Petraeus text was paywalled, the content's own links were broken, and these are fast-moving news events.

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Turkey Qatar mutual defence agreement signed

• https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-11-13/turkey-qatar-sign-mutual-defence-agreement-turkish-pr...
• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/13/turkiye-and-qatar-sign-mutual-defence-agreement

Turkey Qatar defence agreement details not disclosed text

• https://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/turkiye-qatar-sign-mutual-defense-agreement-pledge-unified-stance-agai...
• https://www.khaama.com/turkey-qatar-mutual-defence-agreement/

Turkey Pakistan Saudi Arabia defence pact Turkey joins

• https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/online-analysis/2026/08/pakistan-saudi-arabia-and-turkiye-a-new-defence-pact
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/11/05/turkish-parliament-debate-defense-pact-pakistan-saudi/618d7...

Kyodo Japan considering 1.5 trillion yen host nation support

• https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3374275/trump-demands-japan-triple-american-troop-hosting-...
• https://asia.nikkei.com/politics/international-relations/us-wants-japan-to-nearly-triple-budget-for-hosting...

Seth Kaplan Jerusalem Post Iran Idlib protected zone

• http://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-914312

Tucker Carlson Buy gold bury it thank us later

• https://x.com/TuckerCarlson

Ukraine refineries capacity 70 percent November 2026 drone strikes

• https://english.nv.ua/nation/thirteen-day-drone-blitz-paralyzes-36-of-moscow-s-oil-50658616.html
• https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ukraine_hits_9th_russian_oil_refinery_since_start_of_nov-13-nov-2026-1850...
• https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/11/13/8062778/

Jensen Huang resignation China espionage scandal

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-resigns-reports-extramarital-relationships-r...

Jensen Huang resign Nvidia successor Ynet Srouji Kagan Waldman

• https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hypv8bxrfl

Petraeus Wall Street Journal how the Iran war ends

• https://x.com/WSJopinion/status/2120698149199069389
• https://fdd.org/overnight-brief/november-12-2026

FAA nationwide ground stop air traffic control outage FlightAware cancellations

• https://www.axios.com/2026/11/13/faa-nationwide-ground-stop
• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faa-issues-nationwide-ground-stop/

ground stop new technology overloaded legacy system Trump officials

• https://abcnews.com/Travel/wireStory/trump-administration-blames-overloaded-systems-ground-stop-after-138132381

Homeland Security secretary no sign of cyberattack ground stop

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faa-orders-nationwide-ground-stop-departing-flights-reasons-safety-rcna609247

Duffy president asked $30 billion I want $50 billion press conference 8:30

• https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-press-briefing-markwayne-mullin-sean-duffy-faa-...

Rubio Kim Jong Un not expansionist Iranians revolutionary

• https://clashreport.com/world/articles/rubio-says-kim-jong-un-is-not-expansionist-unlike-iran-s-rulers-yt7uiehhkpc
• https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202611077068

Mossad chief Washington visit Iran nuclear ballistic missile program November 2026

• https://www.nation.com.pk/14-Nov-2026/mossad-chief-visits-washington-iran-talks-trump-officials
• https://jpost.com/international/article-914818

Amtrak website app outage

• https://www.fox5ny.com/news/amtrak-outage-ticket-booking-faa-ground-stop-november-13-2026
• https://www.wcvb.com/article/amtrak-booking-issues-faa-ground-stop/74428255

Uber breach Rhode Island Massachusetts South Carolina drivers affected

• https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/13/uber-confirms-hackers-stole-thousands-of-drivers-license-information-in-d...
• https://www.scworld.com/brief/uber-drivers-impacted-by-data-breach-at-third-party-provider

Aqil Hashemi Kalemeh network resignations

• https://irannewsupdate.com/news/exposing-reza-pahlavi-and-monarchist-current/kalemeh-network-founder-expose...

Trump Truth Social 'stay with me' Iran ending November 2026

• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/trump-iran-deal-hormuz-strait.html

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