Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence has been made a dead letter by the Trump regime as we celebrate the 249th anniversary […]
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]
Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone
By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – Deep beneath the mountains near the city of Qom lies one of Iran’s most heavily guarded nuclear […]
Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation
By Christian Emery, UCL (The Conversation) – The US president, Donald Trump, is weighing up whether to join Israel in attacking Iran. The fact he […]
Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]
Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing
By Farhang Morady, University of Westminster The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that his country’s campaign in Iran “could certainly” lead to regime […]
Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile
( Tomdispatch.com ) – He lived over 1,000 years ago, but King Canute’s life still has some important lessons for our own time. After conquering […]
Iran’s Grand Strategy – Vali Nasr
Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]
64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours
( IMEMC ) – Updated: On Wednesday, Day 93 since the resumption of the genocide, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians […]
Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More
David Vine ( Tomdispatch.com ) – At a time when many may feel that good news has gone the way of the dodo, look no […]
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