Geography Archives: Iran

The little-reported opening of a major rail link between China and Iran may upend the strategic calculations behind U.S. imperial policy in the Middle East, argues Kevin Crane.

It is just six months into Trump’s presidency, and he has waged direct military assaults on two countries, Yemen and Iran. Many of Trump’s supporters were surprised by this, for he had campaigned on a platform of ending U.S. involvement in foreign wars.

The U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear program marks a point of no return. Trump has permanently altered the foundations upon which the non-proliferation architecture regarding Iran was built.

The U.S. and Israel’s unchecked aggression has plunged the world into a lawless state of imperial violence—yet their latest attacks on Iran have only exposed the limits of colonial power.

According to the Unified Rules of Boxing issued by the U.S. Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports, when the bell sounds for the end of each round, there is a “rest period” before the boxers resume their fight, or one retires too hurt to continue.

According to General Daniel Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the U.S. has knocked out Iran’s nuclear enrichment and nuclear weapon preparation plants with “extremely severe destruction”; “completely and totally”, according to President Donald Trump.

The story: U.S. President Donald Trump says three key nuclear facilities in Iran have been “obliterated,” while threatening more strikes “if peace does not come quickly.”

In her powerful reflection, Nahid Poureisa shows how Israeli aggression has catalyzed the reunification of the Iranian nation and state, forging solidarity, resistance, and clarity in the face of war.

A Pentagon rift over military aid to “Israel” reveals tensions between advocates of Middle East engagement and those prioritizing Asia, shaping Trump’s foreign policy.

Trump says Iran is weeks from a nuclear weapon, contradicting U.S. intelligence assessments.

This is as serious as it gets. Let’s survey the chessboard—from micro to macro.

Russian and Chinese Military Cargo Planes are shuttling “support” to Iran: Weapons systems, air defenses, missiles, and so forth.

Communists in Iran and Israel strongly condemn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Iran and President Donald Trump’s backing for it. 

Hellfire missiles would have been used for precision strikes by Israel during Iran attack, U.S. officials say.

Putin is much too quick not to recognize that President Donald Trump is both a fraudster and an enemy.

An Israeli official said Tel Aviv received a “clear green light” for the attack from Washington.

As threats of an Israeli strike on Iran grow louder, the United States is making quiet but unmistakable moves of its own.

In Tehran, bewildered diplomats told me they suspect the Trump administration is exploiting nuclear negotiations as a instrument for generating instability to weaken Iran’s economy and foment social strife.

As Trump threatens war on Iran, Washington weaponizes Diego Garcia–a Chagos island in the Indian Ocean built on ethnic cleansing, British colonialism, and military adventurism.

Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a U.S. war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump’s war is singularly directed at the transformational global ‘changes they are driving together.’