The War on Iran Has Been Long in the Making, and the U.S. Is Already a Party to It
Daniel Kovalik - 3
Precipitated by Israel’s deadly bombing operations that have killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists, the U.S. is poised to attack Iran as part of a long-held goal of orchestrating a regime change there.
The U.S government appears to want to install as Iran’s new leader Reza Pahlavi, the eldest...
Is the CIA Supporting Another Color Revolution in Iran—Like the One that Installed the Shah in 1953?
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 29
CIA offshoot, National Endowment for Democracy, spent $631,500 in Iran in 2021.
In late September, protests erupted in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, after she had been arrested by morality police in Tehran purportedly for not wearing the hijab.
Amini died allegedly of a...
CovertAction Bulletin – Eyewitness Report Iran Protests: Truth or Media Distortion?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 2
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.
CovertAction Bulletin – Negotiations Set: What do Trump & Netanyahu want with Iran?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
Talks are set to begin on April 12th in Oman between the United States and Iran about Iran’s nuclear program. The announcement was made as Benjamin Netanyahu left the White House after his second visit to DC in as many months...
CovertAction Bulletin – Iran and Israel: Is A Regional War Imminent?
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
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...
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...
Is the Death of an Innocent Woman Being Exploited to Advance the Goal of Regime Change in Iran?
Elizabeth Sigrun - 6
It certainly looks to be that way—though many liberals and self-proclaimed feminists remain oblivious.
In an era increasingly awash with political instability, the latest protests in Iran are yet another manifestation of the plague of Western imperialism. The sudden death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini and the unclear...
CovertAction Bulletin – Make No Mistake: The U.S. Wants War with Iran
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
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...
As bad as they are on other foreign policy issues, the Biden-Harris victory in the November election is still a cause for optimism in U.S.-Iranian relations, given what we have seen under Trump. At a minimum, it brings (1) hope that the U.S. will come back into the Joint...