LIVE BLOG: Hormuz Closure Ordered by Iranian Parliament after US Aggression – Day 624

June 22, 2025

• Iran warned it would target Israel’s Dimona reactor and US regional bases if the war expands, as Washington moves B-2 bombers to Guam and secret diplomacy collapses.

• Meanwhile, in Gaza, the death toll rises and the hunger crisis in Gaza deepens amid a relentless Israeli aid blockade.

• Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 55,959 and injured 131,242 others, the majority of whom are women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

 

                 Satellite imagery confirms that the United States did directly target the location of Fordow's underground enrichment halls. (Photo: video grab)

Iranians say their hopes of peace have been buried by US bombs

June 22, 2025

Public opinion in Iran is divided between wanting to retaliate to Trump's attack and wishing for the hell of constant bombardment to be over

 

 A man reads a newspaper at a newsstand in Tehran, 22 June (Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters)

Trump Announces ‘Successful’ Attack On Iranian Nuclear Sites

June 21, 2025

Kyle Anzalone

Trump said Iran must quickly make peace or he will authorize larger attacks

 

The Capitol Hill Republicans against US war with Iran

June 21, 2025

Stavroula Pabst

They may be a minority, but these conservatives are bucking the old guard and warning Trump of pending disaster

 

From Gaza to Iran – Israel is fighting to maintain Western empire

June 21, 2025

Yoav Haifawi

The war across the Middle East is part of a desperate effort to preserve Western superiority. All the fighting — whether in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, or Iran — is due to Zionism, and its role of enforcing the crushing force of the West.

 

As Israel starves Gaza, Chicago Jewish activists starve themselves to force leaders to take action

June 20, 2025

Marc Steiner

“What wouldn’t you do to stop the slaughter of two million people?… In the face of atrocity, the lesson I have learned from my people is we cannot do nothing.”

 

Water wars and hydro-hegemony in South Asia

June 21, 2025

Sonia Awale & Qian Sun

China plans to build the world's biggest dam, giving it a chokehold on South Asia's water supplies

 

 A cross-section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. China intends to build a massive dam on this river in the coming years, stirring regional controversy. Maxisheng18, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Another Iraq? Military Expert Warns U.S. Has No Real Plan If It joins Israel’s War on Iran

June 20, 2025

 

‘The Hunger Games’: Inside Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans

June 20, 2025

Ahmed Ahmed & Ibtisam Mahdi

Near-daily Israeli massacres at food distribution sites have killed over 400 Palestinians in the past month alone. Survivors describe stepping over corpses to get their hands on a bag of flour: ‘What choice do we have?’

 

Thousands of Palestinians walk along Al-Rashid Street carrying bags of flour after aid trucks entered through the Zikim area in northern Gaza City, June 17, 2025. Several of those seeking aid were shot by Israeli forces. (Yousef Zaanoun /Activestills) 

Trump has approved Iran attack plan – WSJ

June 19, 2025

Israel reportedly lacks the means to take out some of Iran’s nuclear sites without US military involvement

 

War Deja Vu

June 19, 2025

Chris Hedges

The lies told to ignite the war with Iraq have been resurrected to ignite a war with Iran. The assessments of intelligence agencies and international bodies are dismissed, replaced by hallucinations.

 

Attacks on Iran Show How US Support for Israel Fuels Regional Instability

June 19, 2025

Phyllis Bennis & Khury Petersen-Smith

There’s no question that Washington’s longstanding military and economic support made Israel’s illegal war possible.

 

 Mourners gather around the coffins of people killed in Israeli attacks in Khorramabad, Iran, during their funeral in on June 16, 2025.AZIZ BABNEZHAD / TASNIM NEWS / AFP via Getty Images

Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval

June 19, 2025

Jake Johnson

"Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don't want to go to war with Iran," said the advocacy group Demand Progress.

U.S. Marines watch as protesters hold signs during a "No War on Iran" demonstration outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 18, 2025. (Photo: Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)

The case of the Iranian ‘atomic bomb’ and the need for a new geopolitical balance

June 18, 2025

Raphael Machado

A nuclear Iran, far from necessarily leading to a nuclear war, could actually convince Israel to act more prudently and restrain its aggressive actions against Palestinians and neighboring countries, Raphael Machado writes.

Gaslighting the way to World War III

June 18, 2025

Derek Sayer

Gaslighting, noun: psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty of one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

 

Aftermath of Israeli airstrike in Tehran, June 13, 2025. Photo courtesy Tasnim News Agency/Wikimedia Commons.  

ایرانیان خارج از ایران

دور ز میهن شدم و خاک وطن ایران است

لیک افسوس که آن خاک کنون ویران است

 

Israel’s Strikes on Iran Spark Growing Dissent in Congress

June 17, 2025

Medea Benjamin

On Monday, June 16, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced legislation, a War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran without Congressional authorization. This will force all Senators to go on record supporting or opposing the following: “Congress hereby directs the President to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces for hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran or any part of its government or military, unless explicitly authorized by a declaration of war or specific authorization for use of military force against Iran.”

After Iraq There's No Excuse For Buying The War Lies About Iran

June 17, 2025

Caitlin Johnstone

There is absolutely no excuse for buying into the war propaganda about Iran after what we all saw with Iraq.

 

Iran’s ballistic missiles cause extensive destruction across Israel

June 16, 2025

Israeli military sites and energy infrastructure came under Iranian fire, including Nevatim airbase and the Haifa power station

 

The U.S. Must Not Cave to Israel’s Demands for Help

June 16, 2025

Trita Parsi

As Iran mounts an effective response to Israel's war of choice, why should the president now risk US lives to join it?

 

 The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)