Trump thanked Iran for giving advance notice of the strikes, and said, “IT’S TIME FOR PEACE!” Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Iran fired retaliatory strikes against the U.S. on Monday, targeting an...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Shortly after President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States had conducted strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address in English, with a gleeful look...
The Iranian strike on the US base in Qatar wasn’t an escalation; it was an attempt to de-escalate the situation, and with any luck, it will accomplish just that. Beege wrote an excellent piece on the news as it was breaking, and I would like to expand on it a bit. I was doing a...
Let this serve as a lesson to all: Don’t post on social media while intoxicated. The inevitable climbdown is, well … embarrassing. Yesterday, as David covered, former Russian president and now Deputy Chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev tweeted out an astonishing admission that Russia knew full well that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons....
Video footage captured the moment air defences activated to intercept missiles over the skies of Doha. Iran attacked a US airbase near the Qatari capital on Monday in response to strikes on its nuclear sites on Saturday. Qatar has condemned the attack as a “flagrant violation”. The Pentagon said there were no reports of US...
God help them they hurt one hair on an American head. That’s all I can say. 🚨 HAPPENING NOW: Air defenses seen activated over Doha, Qatar, after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at it, likely targeting the al-Udeid base used by U.S. forces pic.twitter.com/exG9nVGR1d — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 23, 2025 Word is they’ve fired...
Footage has emerged online showing the aftermath of Israeli strikes across Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj, west of the Iranian capital. The Israeli army said it targeted the headquarters of internal security forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) units in the Tehran area. Iran’s health ministry says around 500 people have been...
Have the Iranians already begun to ‘close’ the Strait of Hormuz? New reports from China — and an apparent sotto voce warning from Beijing to Tehran — suggest that the IRGC may have already deployed their opening salvo to render the strait impassable. According to the Wall Street Journal, several commercial ships had to turn...
As news broke of Israel bombing the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, its economy minister, Nir Barkat, was speaking to the BBC at his office in Jerusalem. Mr Barkat told the BBC’s Lucy Williamson that US President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu have been “totally aligned” in their actions against Iran “from day one”....
A year ago, the regime in Tehran had the Biden administration cowed into suppressing Israeli action against the country. Iran has told the United States that it will attack Israel directly unless the Biden administration secures a ceasefire in Gaza, according to an Arab diplomatic source who spoke with Jadeh Iran. The ultimatum follows an...
Protesters took to the streets in New York, LA, Washington DC and Toronto after the US hit Iranian nuclear sites. Read full article at source...
Watch: How successful have the US strikes on Iran been? US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran, after his country joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities. On Sunday, Trump posted on social media to ask “why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???” His remarks came after...
Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged Iran to take “the off-ramp” and return to the negotiating table. Iran has vowed there will be “everlasting consequences” following US strikes at the weekend, intended to take out the country’s nuclear programme. Lammy said he had told Iran that it would be a “catastrophic mistake” for them to...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. His comments came after Iran’s state-run Press TV reported that their parliament had approved a plan to close the Strait but added that the final decision lies with...
Demonstrators in cities around the world have taken to the streets to protest against President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Protesters in France, Pakistan, Greece and the Philippines condemned the attack, which was a significant escalation in the war between Iran and Israel. Read full article at source...