The Oil Shock Iran Could Trigger In The Next War
Mohammad Amin Ahmadi Informed Comment What was Iran trying to achieve by closing the Strait of Hormuz? The obvious answer is to put pressure on the United States. But there…
El Sayed: “Coward, Fraud” Mike Rogers & GOP were Jonesing for War with Iran . . . Until Diesel Prices Soared
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams With US President Donald Trump’s approval rating tanking—largely due to his illegal war on Iran and the resulting economic fallout—Michigan’s Republican US Senate candidate, Mike Rogers,…
The Arab States and the US-Israeli War on Iran
Ali Abootalebi Informed Comment The Arab states have long suffered from weak political legitimacy and ineffective governance. Authoritarian rule remains pervasive. According to Freedom House, no Arab country is currently…
Iran & Reaping the Russian Whirlwind – Interview of Touraj Atabaki
Fariba Amini Informed Comment “Russia cannot be understood with mind alone” – Fyodor Tyutchev Fariba Amini writes: Almost a century ago, many Iranians were attracted to the idea of a…
Paper Tiger: Trump’s Lost Iran War is Making Everything More Expensive (Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole)
Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole on the Iran War and Energy Crisis for Background Briefing Here are the audio and a written transcript: Ian Masters Interviews Juan Cole on the…
Trump Says ‘Big Decision’ Coming on Whether to ‘Annihilate’ Iran
Brett Wilkins Common Dreams President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is weighing whether or not to “annihilate” Iran in a renewed effort to end the illegal 201-day US-Israeli war…
Iran’s Electro-Optical Missiles Take Out F-15s & Warships – Yemen Offensive Shocks Israel
Robert Inlakesh MintPress News Ansarallah-led government forces have liberated the entire west coast of Yemen from Saudi-backed forces, triggering an Israeli media meltdown. Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)…
Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows?
Juan Cole Informed Comment The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what…
Exploiting Tragedy to Promote War, Hegseth Falsely Claims That Iran ‘Cheered on 9/11’
Stephen Prager Common Dreams “What haunts me,” said one anti-war activist, “is how little accountability there has been for those who lied us into war—and how those same lies are…
Iran Targets US Warships With New Precision Munitions As Shock Offensive Rocks The ‘Greater Israel’
Robert Inlakesh MintPress News Iran launches newly acquired precision missiles towards US warships in the Persian Gulf as the Trump administration’s ‘Economic D-Day’ backfires tremendously. In this Monday’s episode of…
Pentagon Launched ‘Unprecedented’ Polygraph Spree After Leaks Revealed Disastrous Truth About Iran War: NYT
Brad Reed Common Dreams The US Department of Defense last month forced roughly 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to undergo polygraph exams as part of an effort to…
In War Crime, Trump Sinks Civilian Iranian Tanker, Disables 2 Others
Juan Cole Informed Comment The Trump administration continues to fire on civilian Iranian targets in a campaign that has intensified in the first week of September, after a relatively quiet…
Western Travelers Explore An Iran Not Shown By The Media
Kourosh Ziabari Prism Since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, officials in Washington and Tel Aviv have made several inflammatory statements about the country. “A whole civilization will…
People in Southern Iran Struggle to Repair After US Attacks on Infrastructure
By Kourosh Ziabari This article was originally published by Truthout Southern Iran is facing a naval blockade, water stress, electricity blackouts, and disrupted livelihoods. Following weeks of relentless bombing, the…