How Trump took the U.S. to war with Iran
Jonathan Swan & Maggie Haberman
The New York Times / April 7, 2026
Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, both White House reporters for The Times, are the co-authors...
Iran defiant on eve of Trump’s ceasefire deadline
Reuters / April 7, 2026
DUBAI/WASHINGTON – Iran and Israel traded attacks on Tuesday as Tehran defiantly refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and...
Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks, Ukraine says
Tom Balmforth & John Irish
Reuters / April 7, 2026
LONDON/PARIS – Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across...
Egypt and the Gulf states: sharp differences over the Iran war
Mahmoud Hassan
Middle East Monitor / April 7, 2026
When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi used his well-known phrase “just a step away” years ago, referring...
US-Israeli strikes ‘completely destroy’ synagogue in Tehran
Alex MacDonald
Middle East Eye / April 7, 2026
Israeli army says it is reviewing 'collateral' damage which reduced Rafi-Nia Synagogue in central Tehran to rubble.
US-Israeli strikes...
Israel has buried Gaza in rubble, but our love for the land will always...
Hend Salama Abo Helow
Truthout / April 7, 2026
Israel tries to debate, cast doubt, and erase our belonging to the land, but our love for...
Entering its sixth week, US-Israel war on Iran becomes battle over endurance
Peiman Salehi
The New Arab / April 7, 2026
From a high-risk US special forces operation deep inside Iranian territory to mounting pressure around the Strait...
Israeli military tells people in Iran to avoid using trains [another war crime is...
Reuters / April 7, 2026
The Israeli military on Tuesday told people in Iran not to use trains or go near railway lines.
"For the sake...
Is Board of Peace handing Gaza over to private contractors?
Mimi Syed & Alexander Smith
Responsible Statecraft / April 7, 2026
This would further blur the line between aid and military operations, causing more suffering for...
Trump’s barbarous war on Iran, part of a long history of war crimes
Dan La Botz
International Viewpoint / April 7, 2026
President Donald Trump’s war on Iran is barbarous, cruel, vicious, undertaken and carried out without a bit...
