• Because she was wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, Daniel Ellsberg joins campaign against Flournoy

    Because she was wrong about Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, Daniel Ellsberg joins campaign against Flournoy

    Dec 09, 2020 10:27

    Legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and Nobel Prize-winning peace activist Jody Williams on Friday, December 4th both joined a grassroots progressive campaign urging Joe Biden not to nominate Michèle Flournoy as his Pentagon chief, warning her ties to the weapons industry, hawkish record, and current positions disqualify her for the powerful role.

  • War-party Washington is broke

    War-party Washington is broke

    Jun 15, 2020 10:56

    America’s wars on Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen – which were based on lies and paid for by American taxpayers and Saudi cash - have ended with a beaten and bankrupt America. No wonder the political class in Washington cannot afford to keep its military bases running in Europe or Far East, or buy new weaponry. The big picture remains the same: Total defeat and bankruptcy for war-party Washington.

  • Sanctioned countries are now leading the world in the fight against coronavirus

    Sanctioned countries are now leading the world in the fight against coronavirus

    Apr 27, 2020 11:41

    Despite weeks of warning where it could have taken precautionary steps, the United States currently has four times the confirmed coronavirus cases and twice the deaths of any other country. At the same time, the countries it is currently placing under economic siege, totaling around a quarter of the world’s population, are faring far better and leading the global fight against the coronavirus.

  • Don’t let COVID-19 devastate Syria, Yemen and Gaza

    Don’t let COVID-19 devastate Syria, Yemen and Gaza

    Apr 10, 2020 18:44

    As many observers have emphasized, the COVID-19 crisis is not just one of health and the economy, but also has other dimensions. COVID-19 is already challenging our assumptions about humanity, about society, about greed and selfishness, about the need to cooperate. The pandemic has exposed fault lines in trust among humans, among groups, among countries, between citizens and governments, and faith in many of assumptions about life, not only beliefs and humanity, but also knowledge itself.

  • With a quarter of the world’s population under US sanctions, countries appeal to UN to intervene

    With a quarter of the world’s population under US sanctions, countries appeal to UN to intervene

    Apr 01, 2020 03:38

    The governments of China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and Venezuela – all under sanctions from the United States – sent a joint statement to the United Nations Secretary-General, the UN’s High Commissioner on Human Rights and the Director-General of the World Health Organization calling for an end to the unilateral American economic blockade, as they are, “illegal and blatantly violate international law and the charter of the United Nations.”

  • Assange’s extradition, escalation of the US 'war on terror' (2)

    Assange’s extradition, escalation of the US 'war on terror' (2)

    Mar 26, 2020 04:17

    WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange has been charged under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents which exposed US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. This indictment is recognized by free speech groups as an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment. In February, the first week of the UK hearing of the US request for Assange’s extradition revealed a scale of this "war" that goes well beyond press freedom.

  • U.S. resorts to every ploy to stay in the region

    U.S. resorts to every ploy to stay in the region

    Jan 27, 2020 12:37

    Since four months ago, the U.S. has put the tactic of “creating a power vacuum based on social protest” on its agenda to weaken those regional leaders whose policies are in line with Iran and make them leave power. Washington has sought to undermine the Iranian-Iraqi strategic unity through anti-Iran biased slogans and prepare the ground for its terrorist troops to remain in Iraq.

  • Trump never cared about ending “forever wars.” He just wanted his own war

    Trump never cared about ending “forever wars.” He just wanted his own war

    Jan 09, 2020 10:30

    Did you think a man like the terrorist US president, Donald Trump wouldn’t ever want to show off his brand new toys? Of course he would. He was just saving it for a moment when (in his mind) it would do him the most good.

  • Birthday of Hazrat Zainab (PBUH)

    Birthday of Hazrat Zainab (PBUH)

    Jan 01, 2020 10:38

    Greetings and congratulations on the blessed birthday of an Immaculate Lady whose virtuous personality transcends the barriers of time, space, geography, and even faiths, for the role she played in safeguarding humanitarian values.

  • Putting Syria on the path of recovery

    Putting Syria on the path of recovery

    Dec 22, 2019 07:23

    Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently supported Syria not only in military and security terms, but also diplomatically and economically during this difficult war and now that the reconstruction process is about to begin, it is likely that although several Chinese companies are ready to participate, they are afraid of a possible negative effect of the US sanctions.