Posted by Joshua Scheer As reports emerge that Washington and Tehran may be nearing a framework agreement to halt the devastating Iran war, fundamental questions remain unresolved: Has the conflict…
What an MoU means in the context of a war is confusing and misleading. Is the war over when it is signed? Or is it a pause until there is…
Juan Cole for Informed Comment The announcement by President Trump on Friday that he had decided not to pursue further attacks on Iran for the moment after a round of…
Vali Kaleji for The Craddle On the eve of Armenia’s crucial parliamentary elections on 7 June, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a brief visit to Yerevan on 26…
Joshua Scheer Donald Trump may have delivered the most honest assessment of the Iran War yet — entirely by accident. In an interview conducted not by a journalist but by…
Jonathan Cook Substack Could it be that Israel’s 30-year narrative about Iran – one that persuaded US President Donald Trump to wage a criminal and disastrous war of aggression –…
Joshua Scheer “One country is sanctioned, threatened, bombed, and demonized over the fear of nuclear weapons. The other already has them — and the world is expected to look away.”…
Julia Conley for Common Dreams With the economic impact of the war on Iran linked to President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval rating, the president issued his latest threat to destroy…
Joshua Scheer Ben Norton dismantles the triumphalist rhetoric surrounding the U.S. war on Iran in this blistering breakdown of a conflict that appears far more costly — and far less…
Max Blumenthal The Grayzone Tapped to advise Steve Witkoff on Iran, Nick Stewart previously condemned dealing with any of Iran’s elected leaders. His presence consolidates military conflict as the Trump…
Chris Hedges The United States, in its recent war on Iran, has completely misread the Iranian people and failed to recognize the deep revolutionary spirit that pervades Iranian culture. Rather…
Joshua Scheer Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has delivered a rare rupture in official Washington’s script: accusing Israel of carrying out a genocide in Gaza—and acknowledging that…
Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani Middle East Monitor The strangest feature of the Iran war is not that both sides have leverage. It is that neither side can fully use the leverage…
Fariba Amini Informed Comment Interview of Dr. Mehran Mostafavi by Fariba Amini In a resolution against nuclear war initiated by philosopher Bertrand Russell and endorsed by Albert Einstein just a…
Nate Bear Don Not Panic Don’t be fooled by the relative lull since the onset of the ceasefire between Iran and the US. The economic crisis is coming. The fuse…
