Demonized Iran – A Tale Told By An Idiot
The current failing effort to make Iran out to be a major threat to world peace starts the clock at 1979 in its propaganda effort to justify U.S. aggression against…
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How the International Community Obtained a Nuclear Weapons-Free Agreement with Iran―and Lost It Thanks to Donald Trump
If the objective of the U.S. war upon Iran is to ensure that that country does not develop nuclear weapons, that goal was attained more than a decade ago through…
A Secular Activist’s Self-Confession Regarding Iran’s Islamic Revolution
After the Second World War (1945), America, in order to bring the entire world under its imperialist-capitalist grip, used extremely inhuman methods through its heavily funded media to distort and…
No Farewell to Arms: The Empire sent a Lot of Arms to the Iranian “protesters.”
It does not matter to imperialism whether or not Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms. Imperialism always uses arms, actively or passively, directly or indirectly, through mercenaries or proxies. In…
Calling Iran a “civilizational state” is not wrong; it is incomplete
Why Depth Is Only Acknowledged When Bombs Fail — And Why Arab Societies and Palestinians Remain Denied It Since late February 2026, sustained U.S.–Israeli strikes have targeted Iranian civilian infrastructure, leadership, and military…
Empire Bombs What It Cannot Understand-Part I: Ali Shariati, the Iranian Revolution, and the Arrogant New Empire
“Every century has its Abou Dharr. Islam is waiting for its own.” Ali Shariati, Islam and the Social Question, 1972 “The wretched of the earth no longer wait. They act.”…
Full text of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to the American public
Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian has released an open letter, addressing the American people, calling on them to question the motives of the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran. Below is the…
1953: The First Betrayal of Iranian Democracy — And the History the World Still Chooses to Ignore
Seventy years of crisis in Iran did not begin with ideology, nuclear ambitions, or regional rivalries. They began with a single, deliberate rupture that the world has spent decades minimizing…
Opportunistic Asylum: How Australia Exploited the Iranian Women’s Football Team
When it comes to asylum seekers, the Australian political machine has prided itself on using cruelty and a purposely obtuse understanding of international law. Bolted sovereignty has been elevated over…
Pro-Shah Iranian Expats: The Crises of Humanist Duality
I want the Mullah regime gone, and democracy established in Iran. The question is how? This exact question yields me some legitimacy in questioning contradictory dualities of the pro-Shah Iranian…
US-Israeli Assault Kills Over 550 in Iran, About 30 in Lebanon
Tehran (QNN)- At least 555 people have been killed in Iran in the US-Israeli assault on the country, and 31 others have been killed in Lebanon in Israeli strikes as…
Ayatollah Khamenei, a symbol of resistance to Western hegemony
On 28 February 2026, a single strike altered the emotional and geopolitical landscape of the East Asia. Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran for more than three decades, was assassinated…
Going to War, Again, for Israel
Once again, America is going to war for Israel. Once again, many will die for the Zionist state, including American service members. Once again, we will stumble blindly into a…
Toward the Abyss: US–Israel Strikes on Iran and the Unraveling of West Asia’s Fragile Peace
The latest joint military assault by the United States and Israel on Iran marks a decisive rupture in an already volatile region. What was once a landscape of uneasy deterrence…
War with Iran Would be Catastrophic with Long Term Consequences
It seems clear that Israeli proponents of conflict in the Middle East, as well as supporters in the US media and politics, are determined to take America to war with…
Is the US angling for a deal with Iran or willing to take the risks for war?
The United States is engaged in a high-stakes, “maximum pressure” strategy against Iran, characterized by intense military manoeuvring and last-ditch negotiations to prevent a full-scale war. The administration has signalled…
The Suicidal Folly of a War with Iran
The Laurel and Hardy negotiating team of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, coupled with Trump’s appalling ignorance of world affairs and megalomania, seem set to push the U.S. into yet…
A U.S. War on Iran Would be Totally Illegal: Should Military Personnel Refuse to Fight? What About the Rest of Us?
Veterans For Peace is putting up billboards outside military bases with the message, "Refuse Illegal Orders." A social media campaign is spreading the same message, "Refuse Illegal Orders." The Trump administration has failed in its persistent efforts to prosecute…
Edge of Escalation: US–Iran Standoff Between Diplomacy and War
Iran and the United States are engaged in a high-stakes phase of simultaneous diplomacy and military posturing. Both sides are negotiating to avoid conflict while preparing for its possibility. Even…
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine
After some delays, the United States is dispatching a second aircraft-carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier…
No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of…
Indirect U.S.-Iran De-escalation Talks: The “Zero Enrichment” vs. “Sovereign Right” Negotiations
The upcoming second round of high-stakes talks between Iran and the USA in Geneva (mid-February 2026) aims to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for significant sanctions relief, potentially averting…
The Uncontrollable Spark: Examining Latent Escalation Parameters in Middle Eastern Conflicts
The Middle East, a region of profound historical depth and strategic significance, remains a geopolitical tinderbox characterized by intricate alliances, entrenched rivalries, and unresolved conflicts. While active hostilities are often…
Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States
History occasionally presents moments when the truth about a conflict is stated plainly enough that it becomes impossible to ignore. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s February 7 address in Doha, Qatar (transcript here) should…
Iran -US negotiations – A state of flux or likelihoods
The Iran-US nuclear negotiations have completed Round one in Muscat, Oman. Despite US scepticism and prior demands for a broader agenda, the Trump administration succumbed to Iran’s insistence on a…
Jewish Life in Iran: Accomplishment, Belonging, Choice to Stay
Iran’s long civilizational history, deeply rooted in the Persian Empire’s tradition of “orchestrating plurality” and managing diverse satrapies, provides a historical basis for pluralism. Iran is a “mosaic” of ethnicities…
Khamenei in the Open, Trump on the Back Foot: Why War on Iran Is Slipping Out of Washington’s Grip
The fact that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared three times recently in open and public meetings—chatting with ordinary Iranians—has sent a shocking message to…
Venezuela and Iran: Oil and Survival
Venezuela, under threat following the attacks of January 3, and in perspective alongside the historical mirror that is Iran, allows us to study the models of classic oil nationalism and…
Iran And The ‘Conscientious Objectors’
Propaganda as a preparation for invasion Even those waging outright wars of aggression are frequently at pains to justify their actions with falsehoods and distortions. This helps to prevent others…
An Armada and Iran
An armada is moving toward the Middle East, and its announced target is Iran—the Persian land now defying imperialism. U.S. President Donald Trump, as a CNN report said on January…
Why Iran Is Targeted: Palestine, the Axis of Resistance, and the Resilient Courage to Say No to US-Israeli Hegemony
The United States and Israel insist that Iran is targeted because of nuclear proliferation, regional “destabilization,” or ideological extremism. None of these explanations withstand scrutiny. Iran is targeted for a…
Americans Oppose the Trump-Netanyahu War on Iran
By January 2026, mounting U.S. military forces near Iran—including aircraft carriers, bombers, and strike groups—have sharpened debate in Washington over the prospect of war with Tehran.¹ Yet, a broad range…
What is Happening in Iran? Reflections of An Iranian-American Imam and Eyewitness
I was in Tehran on the nights of January 8 and 9, 2026. What I witnessed was not a peaceful protest, but a real war unfolding on the streets of…
The Biggest Threats the Iranian People Face Are America and Israel
Israel’s longstanding campaign to lure Washington into war with Iran seems to have fizzled once again—for now, anyway. But in their attempt to invent a casus belli, their spy agencies…
Will the US Strike Iran Again, or Is It Just Politics?
With the Abraham Lincoln destroyer entering Middle East waters, everyone is gearing up for another US–Israeli war on Iran—the second in less than eight months. Anxiety is gripping the region…
Illiberal Democracy and the Tyranny Facing Iran
I was recently honored to appear in a news segment, "Trump Beats Hasty Retreat After Iran Counter-Revolution Attempts Fail." for Iran's Press TV, interviewed by my friend Ramin Mazaheri (whose…
We Are Pointing at Ourselves
Every single moving mouth and face I see in the media seems to be obligated to stress the barbarity and illegitimacy of the Maduro government to establish some acceptable moral…
Why Protest in Iran Matters — and Protest in Pakistan Doesn’t
The West is very proud of its eyesight. Satellites blink. Algorithms scrape. Journalists retweet. Intelligence agencies inhale metadata like oxygen. We are assured—ritually — that nothing escapes the gaze.And yet,…
Mujo in Iran
Anyone from the former Yugoslavia will immediately understand the title. Mujo is a legendary (though fictional) Bosnian character, the protagonist (together with his inseparable friend Haso) of countless jokes that…
The War After All Wars: The Dangerous Dream of Breaking Iran
“Anyone can go to Baghdad. Real men go to Tehran.”It is difficult to imagine a sentence that more perfectly distills the arrested adolescence of American neoconservatism. Equal parts locker-room bravado…
Trump’s Stand Against Iran: A Tough Diplomatic Gamble?
US President Donald Trump’s option of “seriously” considering strikes against Iran does not appear to be as easy a war-move as he probably thought or as his aggression against Venezuela…
American Intervention in Iran’s Ongoing Internal Crisis Could Create Dangerous Conditions for World Peace
Over the past several days, the situation in Iran has steadily deteriorated due to continuous mass protests. Long-standing sanctions imposed by the United States have severely weakened Iran’s economy. The…
A Region on the Brink – South Asia Must Choose Dialogue Before Disaster
The specter of another US-led conflict, this time targeting Iran, casts a long and ominous shadow over South Asia. History offers a grim lesson: the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya,…
IsraelGate and the Erosion of U.S. Sovereignty: How Pro-Israel Power Networks Shape Washington’s War on Iran
“Trump Is Under Netanyahu’s Thumb”: Tucker Carlson, Max Blumenthal, Jeffrey Sachs Warn That Powerful Pro-Israel Lobbies Are Steering the U.S. Toward Escalation and War with Iran. “IsraelGate” and the Threat…
Why the US Must Absolutely Not Force Regime Change in Iran
Multiple things can be true at once. The Iranian people are engaged in a legitimate popular struggle against an entrenched political elite that has failed to meet their material needs and has…
Six Points to Navigate the Turmoil in Iran
Iran is in turmoil. Across the country, there have been protests of different magnitudes, with violence on the increase with both protesters and police finding themselves in the morgue. What…
Continued Severance of Iranian Cities’ Living Fabrics
In the circumstances Iran is facing these days, concern for the destruction and loss of national, urban, and architectural heritage may not weigh heavily on minds already burdened by anxiety…
Will the year 2026 see the USA-Iran conflict reach the tip of the escalation ladder?
When dialogue reaches a dead end, politics rarely stays calm. Narratives harden, positions freeze, small incidents acquire larger meanings, and escalation begins to feel less like an accident and more…
Western Imperialism Aggravates Crisis in Iran to Rip the Country Apart
The United States, along with its regional proxy Israel and the European Troika, tries to destabilize Iran to rip the country apart. Failing to achieve this purpose during the 12-day…
What if Iran falls?
If Iran falls, will the U.S. move against its real challengers, the China & Russia, and who gets caught in between?. In the evolving landscape of global power, one reality…
Iran’s Deepening Crisis: Economy, Power, and Protest
As of January 2026, Iran is confronting one of the gravest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. A sharp collapse of the national currency, soaring inflation, declining oil revenues, and…
The United States Is Meddling in Iran- Again
The claim that Iran is witnessing a decisive, popular revolt driven purely by internal discontent must be treated with caution, if not outright scepticism. This is not to deny that…
Protests in Iran and the Reality of Support for them by USA and Israel
Normally when someone in a high position extends support for protesting people, the tendency is to welcome this. However it is difficult to extend this welcome to the strong support…
The Role of Iran’s Petrochemical Industries in Middle East Peace and Stability
１. Introduction and Statement of the Problem The geopolitics of the Middle East has long been shaped by the region’s abundant hydrocarbon resources. While oil has traditionally dominated both economic…
War by pretext: How Israel is manufacturing consent and dragging America toward a catastrophic war with Iran
“Iran could soon be capable of targeting U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.” — Benjamin Netanyahu (Mar-a-Lago, Florida, USA – 29 December 2025) Former CIA, U.S. Military, Strategic Experts and Journalists…
Tankers, Sanctions, and the New Front of the Global Majority – From Venezuela to Iran, from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Oman
After the Trump Regime Hijacks a Venezuelan Vessel, Iran hits back by Confiscating an Oil Tanker, the Phoenix, under Cook Islands Flag By any sober reading of recent events, the…
Iran Resists
19 June marked the seventh day of Israeli strikes against Iran, with developments appearing to diverge from White House expectations. Following targeted attacks on senior military commanders and nuclear scientists,…
Iran’s Realpolitik: How Strategy Outlives Ideology
In the shadow of rising tensions between Iran and Israel, with missile strikes and assassinations threatening to reshape the Middle East, it is easy to paint Iran as a theocratic…
Why Israel Needs the US and Why It Could Backfire on the US
Israel’s war on Iran is escalating fast. Within six days, Israeli airstrikes killed top Iranian military commanders and destroyed several surface-level civilian installations. But one key target remains untouched: Iran’s…
Iran-Israel: The Making of a World War?
We became accustomed for a while to the mutual bombardment of Iran and Israel for the first a couple of days. Then Israel started declaring that it had achieved its…
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