Who Is the Aggressor?

June 10, 2026
Joe Lauria

That is the most important question today that we strive everyday to answer.

زبان

ما به یکی‌ از اعضائ بدن خود که برای مکالمه با دیگران از آن استفاده می‌کنیم زبان می‌گوئیم. گویش، سخنگوئی، و تکلم نیز با همین واژه ادا می‌شود. عجیب است که یکی‌ از اندام بدن ما که در دهان ما قرار دارد و عضو اصلی‌ برای سخنگوئی است را می‌توان به جای واژهٔ سخنگوئی بکار برد. عجیب‌تر آنکه در بسیاری از گویش‌های دیگر نیز این واژه در هر دو مورد بکار می‌رود! در انگلیسی‌ به زبان تانگ، و همچنین لنگوئج می‌گویند، که اولی‌ به معنی‌ عضو بدن، و دومی‌ به معنی‌ گویش است، در حالی‌ که می‌توان از تانگ بجای لنگوئج نیز استفاده کرد، مانند آنچه که در زبان فارسی است. در بسیاری از گویش‌های دیگر نیز چنین وجه تشابهی‌ را می‌توان مشاهده کرد.ا

How are Saudis viewing the US‑Iran war? Our polling suggests Gulf kingdom is split on key issues

June 9, 2026
Naomi Schalit
Since the beginning of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has been grappling with how best to respond to the expansion of Middle East conflict.

Saudis at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Is Losing Control of the Iran War

June 8, 2026
Connor Echols

After a weekend of escalation, the Houthis launched missiles at Israel and vowed to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea.

 

A man looks at the wreckage of an Iranian missile that landed near the West Bank city of Jericho on June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Iran blames US for Israeli ceasefire breaches as Trump tells both sides to ‘stop shooting’

June 8, 2026

The US president earlier said both sides “had their fun” and should stop, after Tehran fired missiles at Israel in response to Sunday’s strikes on Lebanon

Iran war 100 days: How the conflict impacted Iran and the world

June 7, 2026
Hanna Duggal

From the human cost to the economy, Al Jazeera visualises how the US-Israel war on Iran has unfolded since February 28.

Missiles and negotiations: Iran 100 days into the war with US and Israel

June 7, 2026
Maziar Motamedi

Talks and projectile attacks have continued for months, and could last much longer absent a breakthrough.

Portraits in Tehran of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and assassinated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [File: Vahid Salemi/AP] 

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June 3, 2026
Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr

How a Remade Islamic Republic Will Reshape the Middle East

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June 6, 2026
Lorenzo Maria Pacini

The Caspian no longer represents a secondary route: it is becoming one of the silent pillars of the Eurasian response to U.S. hegemony.

Tehran says it fired shots at US destroyers amid Trump comments: Live

June 5, 2026
Iran’s navy has said that it fired warning missiles and drones at US warships in the Gulf of Oman on Friday.

Trump's art of the deal meets Iran's long memory of foreign exploitation

June 4, 2026
Tanya Goudsouzian & Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Washington may view these talks as a standard business transaction, but history has taught Tehran that a compromise with the West is a trap

LIVE BLOG: Iran Announces Retaliatory Strike after Reported US Attack near Hormuz – Day 95

June 3, 2026

Hezbollah intensified attacks in southern Lebanon as Israeli strikes, missile interceptions, and unexplained explosions signaled widening regional tensions.

A resistance drone attack moments before striking an Israeli military vehicle inside South Lebanon. (Photo: Military Media)

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Why Trump Blinked on Iran

June 2, 2026
Sophia Gonzalez
Donald Trump did not suddenly become a dove. He did not wake up one morning converted to the wisdom of Quincy Adams, George Kennan, or the old conservative suspicion of crusading wars. When he paused another planned attack on Iran, the public explanation was diplomatic: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates had urged restraint; Pakistan had carried a proposal; talks had become serious enough to justify delay. That explanation is true as far as it goes. It is not enough.

Iran war live: US bombs Iranian sites as Trump seeks tougher deal

June 1, 2026

Kuwait reports missile and drone attacks following Iranian retaliation claims

Will Trump sideline Israel is order to make a deal with Iran?

May 31, 2026
Mitchell Plitnick 

Donald Trump reportedly has a deal on the table to suspend fighting and begin negotiations to end the Iran war and the resulting global economic crisis. But Israel and Iran hawks see it as a disaster and are working to undermine it. Who will win out?

Why Trump’s Hormuz Blockade may Bolster the Iranian State

May 30, 2026
Juan Cole
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iranian government continues to dicker with the Trump administration about the final form of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that would bring an end to the current standoff at the Strait of Hormuz, which threatens the world’s energy.

The art of the deal author has no clue about how to make a deal

May 29, 2026
Martin Jay

The more Trump threatens, the more it is clear he is weak and desperate, writes Martin Jay.

US Treasury slaps sanctions on Iranian authority overseeing Hormuz

May 28, 2026

Washington seeks to criminalize the newly established maritime shipping mechanism by labeling fee collection as ‘extortion’

Iran Says US Violated Ceasefire and Vows It Will ‘Leave No Act of Aggression Unanswered’

May 26, 2026
Dave DeCamp

Iran's IRGC said that its air defense forces downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone

US military photo from the USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship operating in the Arabian Sea as the US enforces a blockade on Iran (CENTCOM)