Nineteen years ago—in February 2007, during the Bush administration’s Axis of Evil regime and calls for attacks on Iran from members of Congress, including “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” (to the tune of Beach Boys song “Barbara Ann”) recitation by Senator John McCain—I wrote an article entitled “An Appeal to...
Iran carried out a strike over the weekend of April 13 and 14 in retaliation for the Israeli bombing on April 1 of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria. Embassies are the sovereign territory of the country represented, effectively making it an Israeli attack on Iran...
In the past couple of days, Donald Trump has been speaking about the possibility of the United States formally entering the Israeli war against Iran. And as of this evening, the U.S. has begun bombing Iran. But the reality is the United States has been at war with Iran...
Veterans For Peace has condemned the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, called for widespread resistance, and issued its own Iran War Talking Points. “We call on our members, friends and allies to resist this dangerous and illegal war, said Michael McPhearson, Executive Director of the 41-year-old veterans’ organization. “We offer support...
Citizens of West Asia—and the world—are waiting with baited breath for a widely anticipated backlash to Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran from Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. The scale and form of that counterattack are a matter of intense speculation. So too is how—and whether—the Zionist...
The U.S./Israeli war on Iran could easily spark a greater regional conflict if it continues. Donald Trump at first said Tehran would be taken in 3-4 days, then a day later claimed the war would last no more than 4-5 weeks and threatened that the U.S. has enough weapons to fight “forever"...
Donald Trump posted to his social media site Truth Social on Monday evening that “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” as he made an early departure from the G7 summit in Canada to “attend to many important matters,” according to the White House...
The 82nd Airborne Division has canceled a training exercise to keep the Division ready to deploy with just 18 hours of notification for what it calls “forcible entry parachute assaults”...
In the last few months, the western media has been reporting on large scale protests sweeping Iran against the hijab in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amimi. The protests were described by some journalists as a revolution against the Islamic Republic, and have been highlighted as a movement led by young women. Is this true? Is there a revolution? How much of this is part of a major media disinformation campaign?  We are joined by Mazda Majidi, Iranian author, journalist, and anti-war activist who has recently returned from Iran.
On the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bomb attacks, the world stands in grave danger of nuclear warfare again breaking out—particularly in light of the pattern of Israeli aggression in the Middle East and the perpetuation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In the U.S, all mechanisms of diplomacy...