Editorial The United States and Israel have launched an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran, a state that was not threatening their interests. This is a war to destroy the Iranian state and is waged in such a way as to cause death and destruction to the political leadership, the state apparatus, civil society and … Continue reading Britain and the War on Iran: staring into the abyss.
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The Iranian Debacle – A Moment of Opportunity?
Editorial The escalating conflict in the Middle East following the attack on Iran threatens to return Britain to the kind of economic stress it last encountered in the 1970s — rising energy prices, squeezed living standards, and a working class searching for political leadership that speaks directly to its situation. In this context, Clive Lewis's … Continue reading The Iranian Debacle – A Moment of Opportunity?
BBC Iran coverage
Complaints to the BBC David Morrison The BBC coverage of the US/Israel aggression against Iran has been disgraceful. Here are the three examples of their coverage, to which I made formal complaints. 1 Newsnight, 12 January 2026 Ayatollah not implacably opposed to compromise On this programme, Sir Alex Younger (the former head of MI6) asserted that … Continue reading BBC Iran coverage
How goes the US/Israel armed aggression against Iran
David Morrison Before the US and Israel launched their armed aggression against Iran on 25 February, a report by the US National Intelligence Council (which is part of Tulsi Gabbard’s US Office of National Intelligence) assessed that even a large-scale military assault on the country would be unlikely to overthrow the regime in Tehran, even … Continue reading How goes the US/Israel armed aggression against Iran
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Iranian Democracy Deemed Nonexistent Jews as Victims of Anglo Hegemony Iran Doing What Saddam Failed To Do Snippets The USA: One Nation, Suffering From God Delusions China Once Again Remakes Itself China Not Short of Workers Goths as Mongrels? How To Fail Again in Afghanistan Electricity Failure Gay But Sorrowful Iranian … Continue reading Notes on the News
News from Sahra Wagenknecht
A New World Order? Ukraine, Iran, Gaza: Today’s brutal wars are part of a global realignment. Germany and Europe stand at a crossroads: Are we increasingly becoming an appendage of the imperial foreign policy of the declining world power, the USA, which threatens to plunge the world into chaos and is driving our economic decline? … Continue reading News from Sahra Wagenknecht
House of Commons Debates on the Middle East
2 March 2026 John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab) Others have mentioned Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and I think many of us know the way this goes. There are responsibilities on all of our shoulders. The Prime Minister is right that there needs to be a plan. Has the US President shared with him what … Continue reading House of Commons Debates on the Middle East
Will Trump force Iran to give up its nuclear programme?
David Morrison Letter to The Times by Sir Simon Cass, former British ambassador to Iran and former head of the UK team negotiating the JCPoA Sir, Binyamin Netanyahu is anxious to persuade us that Iran was on the cusp of possessing a nuclear weapon. Leaving on one side the accuracy of that assertion, it is … Continue reading Will Trump force Iran to give up its nuclear programme?
Israel’s Iranian Dilemma—Editorial
On 1st April Israel attacked an Iranian consulate in Damascus. 16 people were killed including two senior Iranian generals. This attack was against international law and gave Iran the right to make a retaliatory strike against Israel. But Israel has always made it clear that any attack on Israel would be responded to with even greater force by … Continue reading Israel’s Iranian Dilemma—Editorial
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