Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Tag: Iran

Trump threatens destruction of Iran’s ‘whole civilization’ as calls grow for...

Lawmakers, legal scholars, and advocacy groups say the president’s public threat against Iran’s civilian population raises urgent questions of genocide, war crimes, and presidential fitness.

Trump threatens destruction of Iranian infrastructure as legal experts warn of...

Officials, lawmakers, and human rights organizations warn that attacks on power plants and bridges could violate international law and endanger millions of civilians.

Austria blocks US warplanes as European allies distance themselves from Trump’s...

Austria invokes neutrality law to deny U.S. military airspace access as Spain, Switzerland, and others limit cooperation and criticize the legality of the conflict.

Trump threatens to bomb Iran into the ‘Stone Ages’ as experts...

Threats to destroy Iran’s electric grid and bridges raise alarm among legal scholars as strikes hit medical, energy, and civilian infrastructure.

Blowback 2026

The Price of Empire and the costs of War on Iran.

The US-Israeli war on Iran is illegal. Here’s why that matters.

If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.

The most dangerous country

From 2003 to 2026 and beyond.

How the US became an international serial killer

Now, in its war with Iran, that evolution is reaching its most dangerous phase. 

Iran retaliation revives scrutiny of US military bases across the Gulf

Iranian strikes on Gulf energy sites and renewed threats against American installations are exposing how decades of US military expansion in the Middle East have tied Washington to regional regimes while increasing risks of wider war.

No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.

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