Iran says it identified 3,375 people killed in US-Israeli attacks
Middle East Monitor / April 12, 2026
The head of Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization said 3,375 people killed in US-Israeli airstrikes have been identified using...
‘Designed-to-backfire’: Trump slammed for closure of Hormuz Strait as Iran talks falter
Brett Wilkins
Common Dreams / April 12, 2026
“Blocking the Strait of Hormuz to unblock the Strait of Hormuz is peak Trump foreign policy,” said one...
Varying degrees of silence over colonialism and annexation
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / April 12, 2026
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a settlement in Benjamin, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that...
Reshaping the geographic space in the vicinity of East Jerusalem: dynamics of spatial isolation...
Rassem Bisharat
Middle East Monitor / April 12, 2026
Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights and Targeted Villages affirms that the on-the-ground realities in...
US-Iran talks: Trump’s diplomacy falters as risk of war grows
The Guardian / April 12, 2026
Editorial
An American blockade in the strait of Hormuz raises energy-market dangers after failed negotiations – pushing a fragile ceasefire...
Trump says other nations will assist US in naval blockade against Iran [UK not]
Middle East Monitor / April 12, 2026
US President Donald Trump on Sunday said the other countries will be assisting the US in a naval...
Lebanon says 35 killed in Israeli attacks over past 24 hours, death toll rises...
Middle East Monitor / April 12, 2026
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Sunday that 35 people were killed and 152 wounded in Israeli strikes over the...
Trump accuses ally Meloni of lacking courage for not joining attacks on Iran
Lorenzo Tondo
The Guardian / April 14, 2026
Remarks come as Italian PM suspends defence agreement with Israel amid growing domestic pressure over conflict.
Palermo – Donald...
Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’
Ed Pilkington
The Guardian / April 12, 2026
John Brennan says president who made volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization ‘is clearly unhinged’.
The former Central Intelligence...
Briefly: Islamabad talks collapse
Mark Wauck
Meaning in History (blog) / April 12, 2026
First the Iranian view:
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) report: Twenty-one hours of intensive negotiations have...
