Media’s Obsession With Natalie Harp Shames Us All
Kathy Gannon Substack Where does the story of Natalie add value to our understanding of the news, of the events that shape our world? No, instead we get an obsession…
Iranian Officials Scoff at US Treasury Secretary’s Threat of ‘Economic D-Day’
“Is this a victory or an admission of America’s failure!?” asked Iran’s deputy foreign minister. Jake Johnson Common Dreams Top Iranian officials on Monday ridiculed the Trump administration’s threats of…
Washington ‘Unlikely To Restart’ Large-Scale Hostilities Against Iran
News Desk, The Cradle. Bessent said that illegal US sanctions are a replacement for a war of aggression that has failed to break Tehran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told…
Why So Many Countries Around The World Quietly Root For Iran
Trita Parsi Substack It’s not about Iran. It’s the threats that an unchecked America poses to others I have been stunned by the number of officials from a wide variety…
Diesel: The Netanyahu-Trump War on Iran Threatens Shortages, Price Spike
Juan Cole Informed Comment Diesel prices are high in many markets around the world, but we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Energy analyst Ron Bousso at Reuters warns that the Hormuz…
The Mecca Security Pact Is Not About Iran
Shahram Akbarzadeh Informed Comment On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed a pact in Mecca. The joint statement declared an attack on one as an attack on all.…
Iran Eliminates US Strategic Targets As Yemen’s Shock Offensive Dismantles Israeli Scheme
Robert Inlakesh MintPress News Yemen’s Ansarallah launches deadly precision strikes on Saudi Arabia’s proxy forces as the blockade on Saudi Ports tightens the noose on an already suffering global oil…
US Oil Reserves Plunge To 40-Year Low; War On Iran Strains Supplies
News Desk, The Cradle. President Trump said US consumers should not complain about ‘paying more’ for gasoline due to his war on Iran. US oil reserves have fallen to the…
From The CIA Iran Coup To Trump’s War: It Was Always About Oil
Fariba Amini Informed Comment In the 1975 film Three Days of the Condor, the late Robert Redford played Joe Turner, a disenchanted CIA field officer who was being chased by…
Chris Hedges: Trump’s War on Iran Is Bringing Down the American Empire
“I don’t think we live in a functioning democracy—and that has been true for some time.” Hedges Joshua Scheer Six months into the disastrous U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the fantasy…
‘Menace to the World’: With Iran Talks Stalled, Trump Vows to Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory
“He absolutely needs to be impeached, removed, and locked up,” said one progressive critic, calling the president “a completely unhinged lunatic.” Jessica Corbett Common Dreams In yet another remark that…
Ukraine for Hire: How Kyiv Became the West’s Imperial Enforcer
Joshua Scheer Ukraine’s role in the Western war machine is expanding far beyond its borders. After years of serving as Washington and NATO’s proxy against Russia, Kyiv is now accused…
Iran’s Shock Strike Strategy Against US Assets Opens Multiple Fronts
Robert Inlakesh Mint Press News While another lull in direct combat between the United States and Iran has come into effect, other fronts begin to expand and threaten to drown…
Expert: Trump’s Trying to Exert Control With Claim He Canceled Iran Strikes Over Progress on Deal
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iranian relations, cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s Saturday claims that he halted planned strikes on Iran due to progress in…
When War with Iran Is No Longer a Washington Consensus
Foreign Policy in Focus Timothy Hopper ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) Amid renewed escalation between the United States and Iran, an unusually visible dispute has emerged within the U.S.…