Sunday, August 2, 2026

Tag: Iran

Hundred of thousands of protesters take to Iran’s city streets to...

The streets of Tehran and other cities across the country were flooded with protesters early Friday morning.

‘Right now is the moment to decide if you are pro-peace...

"Congress now has a moral and legal obligation to reassert its power to stop this war and protect innocent people from horrific consequences."

Trump hit on Iranian commander puts a target on his own...

Now we’re back in the law of the jungle, courtesy of Trump’s hit Iranian general.

Why on Earth would the US go to war with Iran...

President Bone Spur, backed by his warmongering Secretary of State Mike “Armageddon” Pompeo, tweeted yesterday that the U.S. military is “locked and...

US media keep saying Iran is ‘in violation’ of a nuclear...

A poorly informed US reader of or listener to such slanted coverage could be forgiven for assuming that Iran was aggressively in breach of an agreement.

Iran: How Bolton tricked clueless UK conservatives into confrontation with Tehran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Simon Tisdall at The Guardian explains the difference between Socialist Spain and the disorganized Conservatives in control of U.K....

If war breaks out with Iran, it won’t be an accident

A range of U.S. policies have been deliberately designed to provoke an Iranian response.

On Iran, It’s Trump vs. Trump

The ongoing conflict with Iran showcases all the reasons why Donald Trump remains a hit with his base.  First...

Will the U.S. launch yet another unnecessary, unjustifiable war in the...

The definition of insanity: doing the same things over again and expecting a different result. Want a really good example of this...

Bernie warns the ‘drums of war are beating in Washington again’

"The US is strong enough to deal with these issues diplomatically, working with allies around the world, and that is what we should be doing."

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Watchdog reporting examines a pension officer’s fossil fuel trades and a fire truck monopoly

The Lever's latest investigations trace a California retirement chief's oil and gas stock trading and a spreading set of antitrust suits over who builds America's fire engines.

ProPublica journalists strike over AI policy, exposing labor fault lines inside investigative media

The NewsGuild says two years of bargaining stalled over job security and artificial intelligence, and the union has taken its case to federal labor regulators.
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Russia escalates bombing campaign on Ukrainian cities amid missile defense shortages

Rescuers pulled a 93-year-old woman from a damaged Lviv apartment block as Kyiv pressed allies to speed delivery of anti-ballistic interceptors.
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory

U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese Slams U.S. “Complicity” as Trump Meets Netanyahu Despite ICC Warrant

We speak to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, about Israel’s continued impunity from international law.