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No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
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No US War on Iran: An Open Letter to the UN Security Council
April 7, 2026

The current threat of an attack by the US did not begin with any failure by Iran to negotiate. On the contrary, it began with the United States’ repudiation of negotiations that had already succeeded.

They attack, we defend: how the media toe the line on Iran
April 7, 2026

Unlike Russia’s war on Ukraine, British journalists rarely highlight the illegality of the US-Israeli attack on Iran

They attack, we defend: how the media toe the line on Iran
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Craven Europeans give U.S. and Israel a blank check for illegal war
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Craven Europeans give U.S. and Israel a blank check for illegal war
April 6, 2026

They frame the crisis not as an act of war against a UN member state, but as a natural consequence of Tehran’s failure to capitulate unconditionally

Eric Ross, forever war (yet again!)
April 6, 2026

What will the costs of the latest round of illegal, ill-fated U.S. military adventurism in the Middle East amount to? Some of the toll is already clear. Washington has squandered billions of dollars on a reckless war of aggression against Iran. A merciless campaign of aerial bombardment has driven millions from their homes.

Eric Ross, forever war (yet again!)
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Trump and the phantom dead of Iran
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Trump and the phantom dead of Iran
April 5, 2026

Dear Leader practices the Straussian “noble lie.”

A dead crippled country can still bomb people to smithereens
April 5, 2026

I watched President Trump’s speech to the nation last night on the Iran War. The lies and boasts flew thick. According to Trump, America is winning and winning big. Under Joe Biden, America was “crippled” and “dead,” but Trump has reanimated the dead and healed it. (An obvious aside: Trump has a serious Christ complex.)

A dead crippled country can still bomb people to smithereens
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Experts warned for years that a war with Iran would happen this way
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Experts warned for years that a war with Iran would happen this way
April 4, 2026

It’s so wild how we keep seeing reports that Iran’s retaliation caught the US off guard. For all the years I’ve been paying attention to this issue I’ve been reading experts and analysts saying if the US attacks Iran, Iran can close the Strait of Hormuz and strike US bases and the energy infrastructure of…

How a fake Iranian terror group was invented to proscribe IRGC in Europe – The story of Ashab al-Yamin
April 4, 2026

A series of arson attacks and alleged incidents targeting alleged Jewish-linked sites across Europe have been attributed to a little-known group called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), or Ashab al-Yamin. The group has been widely described in media and security circles as an Iran-backed network, allegedly linked to the IRGC.

How a fake Iranian terror group was invented to proscribe IRGC in Europe – The story of Ashab al-Yamin
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