Tag: IRAN

The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran

NB: Except that it neither was, nor is a mistake, Owen; its deliberate deception. DS Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality Owen Jones As the G7 issues a statement declaring that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, you have a… Read More The warmongers were wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. Now watch them make the same mistake about Iran

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Trump Decision to Strike Iran Sets U.S. Up for Wider War, and Undermines Nonproliferation Regime / Iran says US has begun a dangerous war

In the Long Run, the Means to Nonproliferation Ends Matters Statement by Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director, Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy, and Thomas Countryman, Chair of the Board, and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation and International Security, June 21, 2025 President Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel’s illegal attacks against… Read More Trump Decision to Strike Iran Sets U.S. Up for Wider War, and Undermines Nonproliferation Regime / Iran says US has begun a dangerous war

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Trump brushes off US intelligence reports on Iran to align himself with Israel

President has dismissed verdict by handpicked spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons Andrew Roth Analysis Trump brushes off US intel reports on Iran to align himself with Israel President has dismissed verdict by handpicked spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons Andrew Roth Tulsi Gabbard, the… Read More Trump brushes off US intelligence reports on Iran to align himself with Israel

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Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole world Simon Tisdall This was not inevitable. This is a war Israel chose. It could have been prevented. Diplomatic talks were ongoing when the bombers took off for Iran. Israel’s continuing, illegal, unjustified… Read More Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

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The People First: Rohini Hensman on Democracy, Resistance, and the Global Left

NB: An important interview about an important book. DS Documents unearthed by Robert Parry and reported in an article entitled When Israel/Neocons Favoured Iran show that Israel’s Likud government of Menachem Begin became an important source of covert arms supplies to Iran after Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, with the profits being invested in Jewish… Read More The People First: Rohini Hensman on Democracy, Resistance, and the Global Left

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