Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. As an Iranian, I felt a surge of relief — and cautious hope — when I heard news of the ceasefire between Iran and Israel. The bloodshed...
The end of Israel’s successful 12 Day War has changed the face of the Middle East already. Gone is the specter of nuclear weapons on ballistic missiles aimed at Tel Aviv, Haifa, and other Israeli population centers. The ballistic missile infrastructure itself has taken massive damage, as has the Iranian drone inventory and production capability....
Andrew Harding BBC News Reporting fromAgarak, Armenia-Iran border BBC A steady stream of Iranians have fled on foot across the border into Armenia in recent days “People want regime change,” said Mariam, a pensioner, as she collapsed into the back of a taxi with her husband. The couple had just dragged their heavy suitcases across...
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...
Ed wrote an excellent piece earlier today about Trump’s warning to Iran that it must give up its nuclear program “or else.” After exiting the G-7 conference early, calling together his National Security Council in the wee hours of the morning, and making statements to the media and on Truth Social that the time for...
A sudden collapse of the Iranian regime looks like a real possibility. As far as I know, the Israelis have no plans to take out Iran’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, but they are systematically dismantling the pillars of state power underneath him. The Ayatollahs are on the run, and the generation that put them into...
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent KCNA via Reuters Experts say Kim Jong Un has used the botched warship launch to strengthen people’s loyalty to the regime and its ideology When North Korea’s new warship capsized into the sea during its launch last month, it made international headlines. News organisations followed every development, from its successful refloating...
Amir Azimi Editor, BBC Persian Getty Images Some Israeli attacks hit populated areas in Tehran and other places Beyond Israel’s stated goal of destroying what it calls an existential threat from Iran’s nuclear capabilities with its attacks on Friday, Benjamin Netanyahu has a wider aim – regime change in Tehran. Under this scenario, he might...
Rebecca Woods BBC Panorama Getty Images Rūta Meilutytė won Olympic gold in 2012, and recalls cutting comments about her weight A world record-breaking swimmer has told BBC Panorama she was left “broken” by the harsh regime run by one of the UK’s most successful swimming coaches. Rūta Meilutytė, who won gold at the London 2012...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Getty Images Paltrow won the best actress Oscar in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love and has gone on to become a wellness influencer Gwyneth Paltrow said she has returned to eating food she previously restricted, including sourdough bread, pasta and cheese, having been on a strict paleo diet for several years....
Are we sure this time? Are we 4Imprint certain? After all, we celebrated the end of the Global Engagement Center in December, only to discover a month later than it had metastasized throughout the State Department as “the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation & Interference Hub (R/FIMI).” Its mission sounded very, very familiar to Matt Taibbi at...
When Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, many of us turned to the words of activist and educator Daniel Hunter for comfort and direction. Hunter’s piece 10 Ways to be Prepared and Grounded Now that Trump Has Won offered practical and strategic advice to disrought people of conscience who were reeling in the wake...