Geopolitics
France24 – World Cup tickets for Iran fans revoked days before tournament, says country’s federation
The idea you can have sporting fairness when you are dealing with an evil empire like the US is absurd. Read the article HERE.
Iran
Geopolitics
Connor Echols – Trump is losing control of the Iran war
Iran has sent a clear message to Trump that if he wants a deal, the US President will have to rein-in Israel. Connor Echols is the managing editor of Responsible Statecraft. He was previously the […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – Iran has won the war. Trump and Netanyahu now face a reckoning
The idea of Trump and Netanyahu was to destroy Iran as a force within the region, thereby forcing all countries in the Middle East to submit to their colonial plans. That clearly hasn’t happened. David […]
Geopolitics
Trita Parsi – Iran to Israel: You hit Lebanon, and we’ll hit the UAE
Tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and the US don’t seem to have scuppered a possible deal yet, but long term the threat Israel poses to Lebanon may make any lasting peace impossible. Trita Parsi is the […]
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Trita Parsi – The US and Iran are on the verge of a deal, and the warmongers hate it
If this deal gets over the line, it will be dressed up as ‘everyone is a winner’, but the reality is that the US will have lost badly, and the Zionists know it. Trita Parsi […]
Energy
Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay – Dawn of the Electric World Order
Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Did Xi really trade Iran for Taiwan? Interview with Michael Hudson
A wide-ranging interview exploring US imperialism and the emerging multipolar world. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host, The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Ali Alizadeh is an Iranian-British YouTuber and political commentator. Cross-posted […]
Geopolitics
Trita Parsi – Trump appears poised to restart the Iran war
Iran is getting ready for an even more aggressive second round of attacks from the US, and is prepared to fight back even more fiercely than the first time. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and […]
Geopolitics
David Hearst – The Israeli-Emirati axis must be stopped
By pulling out of OPEC, the UAE is doubling down on its confrontation with Saudi Arabia, and locking-in Israel as its security guarantor. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is […]
Geopolitics
Mohammad Eslami, Dr. Zeynab Malakouti – The Persian Gulf is blowing up. These 3 obstacles explain why.
The US is not going to win the Iran war, that much is clear. Their best hope now is to find an agreement with Iran which is not a complete humiliation for the Trump administration. […]