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"Iran Is Not Going to Surrender": Johns Hopkins Prof. Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran
Democracy Now • 1 week ago

"Iran Is Not Going to Surrender": Johns Hopkins Prof. Says U.S. and Israel Underestimate Iran

The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is now in its fifth day. Following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Israel has made it clear that it intends to target any official successors. Observers also warn that Israel could soon deploy its “Dahiya doctrine,” a military strategy it first developed in Lebanon that involves carpet-bombing densely populated residential areas. Despite U.S. hopes for a short engagement, however, Iran appears to be settling in for a “war of attrition” against “the biggest military superpower in world history, and the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East,” says scholar Narges Bajoghli. “This could turn into a regional war of a scale that will make the past 25 years of forever wars in the Middle East seem like a walk in the park.”

Who Bombed Girls' School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre, 175 Killed
Democracy Now • 1 week ago

Who Bombed Girls' School in Iran? Reporter Nilo Tabrizy on What We Know About Massacre, 175 Killed

After a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, killed at least 175 people, nearly all young schoolchildren, online reports spread disinformation about the attack, including claims that the Iranian government itself had bombed the school. Journalist Nilo Tabrizy describes how outside reporters have been able to verify the attack despite Iran’s internet blackout and says attempts are still being made to confirm whether the strike is attributable to the U.S. or to Israel.

First Draft: The Vote to Stop the War?
Zeteo • 1 week ago

First Draft: The Vote to Stop the War?

Congress has a chance this week to block further US military action in Iran. Gavin Newsom says the A-word about Israel. And a clear victory for Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate primary.

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