As Trump weighs attack plans, Iran says US intervention would be ‘recipe for all-out...
Jake Johnson
Common Dreams / June 18, 2025
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said it would be "extremely reckless" for the Trump administration to join...
Air campaigns don’t win wars on their own: why Israel will largely fail in...
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / June 18, 2025
Ann Arbor – Israel’s militarily useless, entirely unprovoked and wholly illegal air war on Iran differs significantly from...
AIPAC demands Democrats ‘Stand with Israel’ on Iran
David Dayen & Ryan Grim
Drop Site News / June 18, 2025
The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress,...
Israeli strikes have not knocked out Iran’s nuclear program – or its nuclear ambitions
Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / June 18, 2025
Experts say the strikes have delayed Tehran’s bomb-making by months – but may undermine chances of a diplomatic...
Witnesses describe ‘horror’ after Israeli forces fire at Palestinians waiting for aid trucks
Jason Burke & Malak A Tantesh
The Guardian / June 17, 2025
At least 59 people killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis as they sought...
Gaza’s engineered famine: stop arming the slaughter – or lose the rule of law
The Guardian / June 17, 2025
Editorial
As Palestinians starve amid the rubble, western governments defend Israel, fund armed aid and dismantle the very rules they...
Trump: ‘I don’t care’ that US has assessed Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapon
Sharon Zhang
Truthout / June 17, 2025
US spies have assessed that Iran has not been pursuing a nuclear weapon for over 20 years.
President Donald Trump...
An Iranian-American view: Tehran will never surrender
Fariba Amini
Informed Comment / June 17, 2025
Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there –...
Trump’s demand for Iran’s surrender will only guarantee war – Tehran will lose –...
Trita Parsi
Responsible Statecraft / June 17, 2025
Something happened yesterday, and Trump is now determined to take the country to a war of choice. He...
[NYT] How Trump shifted on Iran under pressure from Israel
Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Mark Mazzetti & Ronen Bergman
The New York Times / June 17, 2025
President Trump spent the first months of his term holding...
