Russia, China, and Pakistan have submitted a draft UNSC resolution for an ‘immediate and unconditional’ ceasefire in Iran
.................RATIONAL THINKING.................. مرا جهل در کامِ دیو میبَرَد.............از آن دوستی میکنم با خِرَد
Monday, June 23, 2025
The key nuclear allegation that started the war was coaxed from a Palantir counter-intelligence algorithm
Trump sided with the Israelis, asserting that Iran was ‘very close’ to having a bomb, and added that he didn’t care what Gabbard thinks.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Chris Hedges: War With Iran
We are opening Pandora's box.
A banner bearing a painting that represents various categories of the Iranian society is deployed against the facade of a building in Tehran, with a message that reads in Farsi: " we are all soldiers of Iran", on June 22, 2025. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Dan Steinbock
As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more twisted view of US national security. World Nuclear Forces:
LIVE BLOG: Hormuz Closure Ordered by Iranian Parliament after US Aggression – Day 624
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
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
Kyle Anzalone
Trump said Iran must quickly make peace or he will authorize larger attacks
Saturday, June 21, 2025
The Capitol Hill Republicans against US war with Iran
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
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
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
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
Friday, June 20, 2025
‘The Hunger Games’: Inside Israel’s aid death traps for starving Gazans
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
Israel
reportedly lacks the means to take out some of Iran’s nuclear sites without US
military involvement
Thursday, June 19, 2025
War Deja Vu
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
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
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)
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The case of the Iranian ‘atomic bomb’ and the need for a new geopolitical balance
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
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.
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