Iranian FM blasts UAE at BRICS summit over 'direct involvement' in US-Israeli war

May 14, 2026

Araghchi warned the UAE to ‘reconsider’ its policy on Iran, days after western media reports said Abu Dhabi carried out strikes against the Islamic Republic during the war

Oppose the War and Its Machinery

May 13, 2026
Ron Jacobs
The war resides mostly in the background here in the aggressor nation. Most of those who think about it at all tend to oppose it and seem to think it’s a task forced on the US by the zealots running Israel. Some take it even further, presenting an argument that blames the relationship between the mad rulers of Israel and the United States for the entire catastrophe. The argument varies, but its essence is that Bibi Netanyahu is the individual responsible for convincing the sundowning Donald Trump to bomb Iran for the sake of Israel. There are those who argue that the reason for this is because Israel’s Mossad has compromising materials on Trump and his escapades with Jeffrey Epstein, while others place Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in the role of instigator. Of course, no one has produced a smoking gun for either possibility, even though both have a potential element of truth. It is likely that Epstein had some working relationship with Mossad and it’s an established fact that Kushner’s family have a long-term relationship with Netanyahu. Furthermore, Kushner is financially connected to Saudi Arabia and UAE’s monarchies. It’s an established fact that Israel, the Arab monarchies and the United States all oppose the Iranian government—its support of national liberation and anti-imperialist movements and its existence in general. Furthermore, all of these governments are more interested in maintaining the political situation in West Asia as it is and has been for decades. They are not interested in bringing popular democracy to the region, with some more than willing to maintain a constant state of war and occupation to maintain the current hierarchy of power.

مادر

 دست‌هایم را به هم می‌سایم و قطرهٔ مایع را بین دو دست خود پخش می‌کنم، شاید محو شود. ولی‌ قطره باز میشود و پخش میشود و کف هر دو دستم را نمدار می‌کند. قطرهٔ دیگری از چشم پائین میاید. با پشت دست آنرا پاک می‌کنم و با کف دست دیگر می‌سایم. هر دو دست مرطوب میشوند. دنبال دستمال می‌گردم و هر چه به اطراف نگاه می‌کنم چیزی نمی‌یابم، جز تصویری که همواره جلوی چشمانم است.ا

‘Ways of war’ are in metamorphosis: Lessons from the Iran war

May 12, 2026
Alastair Crooke

A U.S. carrier no longer induces fear as once it might have; It now radiates vulnerability.

The Breaking Point

 

Iran Has Nuclear Energy, Not Nuclear Weapons

May 11, 2026
Chris Ernesto
Last week, on May 5, 2026, President Trump told a group of young children in the Oval Office that “we have to make a journey down to Iran to take the nuclear weapon. They would have had a nuclear weapon within two weeks.”

On Mother’s Day, I Will Mourn Alongside the Grieving Parents of Minab

May 10, 2026
Negin Owliaei

The first Mother’s Day proclamation was a call to disarm. It’s more crucial than ever to honor the day’s antiwar roots.

Symbolic belongings sit on the ground at Valiasr Square in Tehran on April 24, 2026, in tribute to the schoolgirls in Minab killed in an airstrike.

‘On level of atomic bomb’: Iran highlights Hormuz importance amid US talks

May 9, 2026
Maziar Motamedi

The strategic strait represents ‘a capability that can affect the entire global economy with a single decision’, politician says.

Engels's Dialectics of Nature and Marxist Ecology

May 9, 2026
Chen Yiwen

Trump claiming Iran war ‘win’ – here’s the reality

May 8, 2026
Christian Emery

Trump’s shifting aims and desperate scramble for an exit show that the entire enterprise has been a colossal strategic failure

An Iranian walks next to a mural painted on a wall in Tehran, Iran, on May 4. Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA via The Conversation

‘An Almost Unthinkable Threat’: Trump Warning That Iran Will ‘Glow’ Sparks Latest Fears of Nuclear Attack

May 8, 2026
Stephen Prager

“It again raises urgent questions: Is this president fit to lead and make consequential decisions that impact countless lives?” said the National Iranian-American Council.

When Trump Compares Iran to Vietnam or Iraq

May 8, 2026
Mitchell Zimmerman

Neither of the two previous quagmires was revealed in its calamitous stupidity as swiftly as Trump’s war on Iran, writes Mitchell Zimmerman.

Satellite imagery of black smoke rising from the Port of Salalah on March 13, during Iranian strikes on Oman. (CC BY 4.0 /Wikimedia Commons)

Iran war marks the end of American primacy as we know it

May 8, 2026
Trita Parsi

For states that had opted to depend on US protection, this should be a wake-up call

Trump knows he lost the Iran war, and is now desperate to find a way out

May 8, 2026
Mitchell Plitnick 

Recent U.S. moves indicate that Donald Trump has finally recognized the disastrous mistake he made by listening to Benjamin Netanyahu and launching the war on Iran. Now he is looking to cut a deal, but Israel won't make it easy.

Kurds in the Crossfire

5/7/2026
Matt Broomfield

The Kurds are on the frontlines of the U.S.-Israel-Iran war. After their betrayal in Syria, can they survive another fight?

The aftermath of an Iranian airstrike on the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party in Sulaymaniyah. Photo by Matt Broomfield

پیش‌پینی

اخیرا کتابی خواندم که در مورد پیش‌پینی بود. نکتهٔ جالبی که در این کتاب بود، و ما عموما در زندگی روزمره به آن توجه نمی‌کنیم، این است که همه ما، و در اکثر مواقع، در حال پیش‌بینی برای آینده هستیم. این پیش‌بینی را البته برنامه ریزی و یا تصمیم گیری نام می‌دهیم. به عنوان نمونه این مطلبی را که من اکنون در حال نوشتن آن هستم قبلا در مغزم پرورانده‌ام. یعنی کلیات این نوشته را برنامه ریزی کرده‌ام، و اکنون در حال گسترش این پیش‌بینی هستم.ا

From the Ancient Greeks to Trump, Iran has Stood up to Aggression

May 6, 2026
Amin Saikal
(The Conversation) – US President Donald Trump’s threats against Iran since the war began have targeted not just the country’s military capabilities, but its entire civilisation.

The method in Iran’s madness? Closure of Strait of Hormuz echoes a centuries‑old Danish play − and is a tragedy for the world order

May 5, 2026
More than two months into the war in Iran, navigation through the Strait of Hormuz – the key waterway through which more than a third of the international trade in oil and gas passes – remains perilous and uncertain. Underscoring the uncertainty, on May 3, 2026, the Trump administration launched Project Freedom to help stranded ships through the strait. Yet the next day, at least two ships came under fire from Iran.

Vessel movements in the Strait of Hormuz are seen on a ship-tracking website. AFP via Getty Images

Live: Report says Israel and US planning new strikes on Iran

May 5, 2026

Meanwhile, US military moves in Hormuz draw sharp warnings from Tehran

Iranian strike causes ‘major fire’ at petroleum facility – UAE

May 4, 2026

Three Indian nationals have been injured in the attack, according to the authorities in the Emirate of Fujairah