Ex-US intel officer: Pompeo ‘lying through his teeth’ on Iran
The Trump administration is imposing new sanctions on Iran and defying Iraq’s call for a US troop withdrawal.... Read More
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US and Iran avoid war, but Trump’s war-mongering goes on
The threat of an immediate US-Iran military conflict has been averted, but President Donald Trump has vowed to... Read More
Lawrence Wilkerson on Trump’s Iran aggression: same neocon lies, new target
As millions of Iranians mourn the US murder of Qassem Soleimani, ex-Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuses... Read More
Iranian and Hezbollah leaders oppose attacking civilians as Trump threatens to bomb cultural sites
Washington’s top bogeymen, Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, called to protect civilians and only hit military... Read More
Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’
The Trump administration claimed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US interests when it assassinated... Read More
US escalates war on Iran and Iraq – Discussion with Rania Khalek, Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Aaron Mate
The Grayzone held a live discussion of the US escalation of war on Iran and Iraq, with Trump’s... Read More
The insider: How national security mandarins groomed Pete Buttigieg and managed his future
Pledging to “end endless wars,” Pete Buttigieg claims he has “never been part of the Washington establishment.” But... Read More
US troops are staying in Syria to ‘keep the oil’ – and have already killed hundreds over it
Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government... Read More
Pentagon-funded researcher smears ‘The Management of Savagery’ in error-filled Times Literary Supplement screed
Lydia Wilson, a researcher at a US Department of Defense-backed outfit, has taken to the Times Literary Supplement... Read More
Was the imprisonment of Iranian-American journalist Marzieh Hashemi spun into expanded US sanctions?
The relationship between former Air Force analyst-turned-Iranian spy Monica Witt and Hashemi – who was jailed by US... Read More
Israeli attacks provoke Iran, Hezbollah – and could help jihadists
With its bombings of Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, is Israel trying to stop an attack from Iran and... Read More
Israel bombs Iraq, escalating violence targeting Iran
An Israeli bombing of a weapons depot allegedly used by Iran is the first Israeli strike on Iraq... Read More