An unusually public row between hardliners and more moderate Iranian leaders has erupted as negotiations with the U.S. are supposed to resume in Islamabad this week, writes Joe Lauria.
DAY 52: A Split in Iran & One in Christ’s Head
Category: Iran
DAYS 49-51: Talks to Begin After US Seizes Iranian Ship
UPDATED NOW: With chaos growing, Donald Trump sent his real estate agents to Islamabad in an effort at renewed peace talks. He says if there’s no deal this week he’ll start destroying Iran’s civilian targets, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The World This Week — ‘An Uncertain War’
Shaky truces are in place in Lebanon and Iran as the belligerents plot their next moves. Can an uncertain war become a certain peace? Ray McGovern and Scott Ritter this week on The World This Week. Watch the replay.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Iran & Ukraine — Two Theaters in the Non–West’s Single War for Parity
In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake — what is fought for and against — is a rebalancing of power that will prove of world-historical magnitude when it is at last accomplished.
DAYS 45-48: Iran Says Strait Is Open as Trump Spins
After a Lebanon truce was declared, Iran said Friday the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open.” Trump said Iran peace talks could resume. None of the U.S. and Israeli war aims have been achieved, writes Joe Lauria.
Vijay Prashad: The Petrodollar & the War on Iran
The illegal U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is exposing the Oil-Dollar-Wall Street complex that binds oil, financial markets, and dollar power, with consequences that reach far beyond the region.
WATCH: CN Live! – ‘The Pirate State’
A broad overview of U.S. military action in Venezuela, Iran, and Russia reveals a U.S. plan to disable its competitors and corner the oil market, says a new film by Richard Medhurst, who joins CN Live! Watch the replay.
US & Israel Bomb 307+ Medical Facilities in Iran
The carefully planned destruction of Iran’s healthcare infrastructure fits into a long history of deliberate U.S. attacks on hospitals, writes Alan Macleod.
WATCH: CN LIVE! — ‘War & Deception’
Former British diplomat and intelligence officer Alastair Crooke speaks to CN Live! about war in the Middle East and the ways Western publics are deceived about it. Watch the replay.
Iran Blasts YouTube Ban on Lego Mockery Videos
While Explosive Media’s content can no longer be viewed on YouTube — which is owned by Google — it appears unaffected on other major platforms such as Instagram, X and TikTok, where it has garnered millions of views.