In assassinating Soleimani, Trump’s only success is the uniting of a once divided Iran
Euronews | Massoud Shadjareh: The extrajudicial killing of Iranian official Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis by US forces last…
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If Trump knew anything about Iran, he would never have threatened its culture
The Washington Post | Hooman Majd: Since the United States killed Qasem Soleimani in Iraq last week, President Trump has only ramped…
Iranian TV says Trump’s tweet that ‘all is well’ aims to downplay attack
Reuters – Iranian state television said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump tried to downplay damage caused by Iran’s missile attacks…
Exposing empire: How Soleimani’s assassinating put paid to myths the US told itself and others
RT | Nebojsa Malic: For decades, the US establishment has talked about an international community, rules-based order, the importance of NATO allies,…
Donald Trump’s belligerent threats to Iran’s cultural sites are grotesque
The Guardian | Simon Jenkins: Donald Trump’s threat to destroy the sites of ancient Persia should send a shiver down the spine…
The US is weakened by Soleimani’s assassinating
The Hindu | Vijay Prashad: Trump’s recklessness has isolated the U.S. further and deepened anxieties in Israel and Saudi Arabia On January…
US foreign policy by assassination
Graham Fuller – A former senior CIA official, author of numerous books on the Muslim World; his first novel is “Breaking Faith:…
Qassem Soleimani assassinating leaves Trump’s Middle East strategy in tatters
Bloomberg | Nick Wadhams and David Wainer: U.S. President Donald Trump and his top aides spent the weekend arguing that the killing…
Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian heritage would be a war crime
The Guardian | Sergio Beltrán-García: The US president’s Twitter warning to hit Iranian cultural sites ‘very fast and very hard’ must not…
Iranians flood Twitter with photos of favorite cultural sites as Trump threatens them with destruction
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson: “Fastest way to unify Iranians of all walks of life against you is to threaten to destroy their…
UK would not back US bombing of Iranian cultural sites – No 10
The Guardian – Downing Street says such military action would break international treaties in implicit rebuke to Trump Britain’s foreign secretary has…
Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions if US troops are expelled
BBC – President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We…
‘Million-Strong’ homage for General brings Tehran to standstill
Bourse and Bazaar | Amir Havasi: Downtown Tehran was brought to a standstill Monday as mourners flooded the Iranian capital to pay…
Husband of Zaghari-Ratcliffe criticises Trump over Soleimani assassinating
The Guardian – Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife is in Tehran jail, says US ‘playing fast and loose’ with law The husband of…
Uproar and consequences mount for Trump after Soleimani assassinating
CNN | Stephen Collinson: The Trump administration is already in danger of losing control of the swift chain reaction and political storm…
US Congress to vote on resolution to limit Trump’s military action against Iran
TASS – The US House of Representatives will vote this week on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers on…
Trump to see repercussions of his adventurism: Iranian Deputy FM
Tasnim – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi shrugged off US President Donald Trump’s recent threats after assassinating…
Undefined hackers claiming to be from Iran attack US government website
TASS – The web page also contained a picture of US President Donald Trump being hit in the face by a fist,…
Targeting Iran cultural sites will be war crime: People react to Trump
Press TV – US President Donald Trump’s new threat to strike 52 important targets in Iran, including the cultural ones, has provoked…
Iran summons Swiss ambassador over Trump’s threats
Iran Front Page – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassador of Switzerland which represents US interests in Iran over the…
Targeting cultural sites a ‘WAR CRIME’, Zarif reacts to Trump’s threats
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s threats of targeting 52 Iranian cultural sites,…
Trump threatens US will strike 52 Iranian cultural sites
RT – US President Donald Trump says the US military has identified 52 sites of importance to Iran and its culture, which…
US Senator Bernie Sanders condemns Trump for ordering assassination of Iranian General Soleimani
Press TV – US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has condemned President Donald Trump for ordering the assassination of Iranian…
Donald Trump’s assassination of Qassem Soleimani will come back to haunt him
The Guardian | Mohammad Ali Shabani: The Quds force leader had the status of national hero even among secular Iranians. His death…
Killing of Iranian general marks huge gamble by Trump
Los Angeles Times | Tracy Wilkinson, Melissa Etehad, Chris Megerian: In ordering the killing of Gen. Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran’s highest-ranking…
Trump’s Iran policy total failure: Ben Rhodes
MNA – In a tweet message, national security assistant to former US President Barack Obama Ben Rhodes evaluated Trump’s Iran policy ‘a…
Trump warns Iran as risk of wider armed conflict grows
The New York Times | Michael Crowley and Edward Wong: Administration officials say they are restoring “deterrence” against Iran, but the president’s…
Trump says he does not want, nor foresee, war with Iran
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want, or foresee, war with Iran, after he earlier threatened…
2019: the year US foreign policy fell apart
The Guardian | Julian Borger: Donald Trump’s approach to the world is little more than a tangle of personal interests, narcissism and…
Iran’s year is a Rorschach test
Foreign Policy | Cameron Abadi: 2019 proved the Trump administration’s Iran policy is either a catastrophic failure—or on the verge of success.…
Trump, Japan’s Abe discuss Iran after Rouhani trip to Tokyo
Radio Farda – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about Iran, North Korea, and trade,…
Iran needs humanitarian aid. Trump should help
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: It was the smallest of gestures, and might easily have been missed if it wasn’t for the identities…
Trump offensive leaves Iran’s hardliners ascendant as poll nears
Bourse and Bazaar | Golnar Motevalli and Arsalan Shahla: After a dozen years as speaker of Iran’s parliament, half of them allied…
Iranian trailblazer’s Olympic dream faces US immigration hurdle
Reuters – With Tokyo 2020 looming, Iranian sprinter Maryam Toosi has been desperately trying to come to the U.S. to pursue her…
Trump’s ‘Maximum Pressure’ strategy against Iran isn’t working (It’s Time For A Change)
The National Interest | Daniel R. DePetris: More than a year and a half since the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against…
How Rouhani and Trump almost reached a deal
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The recent exchange of prisoners between Iran and the United States has convinced some observers there is still…
‘We can make a deal together’: Trump thanks Iran for ‘very fair negotiation’ that led to prisoner swap
RT – In a reprieve from the usual bellicose rhetoric, President Donald Trump thanked the leaders of Iran for swapping an American…
Iran’s Rouhani open for Trump meeting if sanctions lifted
Al-Monitor – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has once again expressed his preparedness for talks on an internationally negotiated solution involving the United…
Trump says US does not support anti-government protests in Iran
Reuters – U.S. President Trump said the United States did not support anti-government protests in Iran, but declined to comment further on…
Taken to brink by Trump, Persian Gulf states are backpedaling on Iran
Bloomberg | Zainab Fattah: An expanded soccer tournament, a direct flight, clandestine meetings and a pledge to release prisoners of war; diplomacy…