The eruption of war between Israel and Iran is no longer a hypothetical flashpoint—it is a live, unfolding campaign whose implications could shake the foundations of the international order and move the world closer to World War III. 

 

US applause for Israel’s Iran strikes courts wider disaster
Iran’s ability to absorb attacks underestimated while risks to maritime trade, oil infrastructure and regional stability are immediate

By PHAR KIM BENG

 

As I wrote for TRNN back in February, mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos is now completing the full ideological take over of the US’s second-most influential newspaper’s opinion section. But, like all good right-wing takeovers, it’s important for those engaging in said right-wing takeover that you not think of it as right-wing, or them as agents of right-wing ideology but, instead, above such petty, small-minded, and worldly matters. They are not only not right-wing—they really, really need you to know they exist above and outside of ideology. 

 

Israel’s strikes against Iran amount to US military action despite official denials from Washington, US Senator Ted Cruz has suggested. Tehran has accused America of complicity in Israel’s attacks on its nuclear infrastructure.

Israel launched a series of attacks on Iran last Friday, targeting sites linked to its nuclear program and killing scientists and senior military officials. The Israeli authorities described the campaign as “preemptive,” claiming it was aimed at stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, defended the strikes and called for regime change in Tehran during a tense interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson this week.

”We are bombing the crap out of them. Israel is,” the lawmaker said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel’s aggression in Gaza and ongoing attacks on Iran, comparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.

Israel began bombing Iran on Friday, claiming Tehran is nearing the completion of a nuclear bomb. Iran dismissed the accusations. The Turkish president said it has the legal right to respond to Israel’s attacks. This is not the first time Erdogan has issued hostile remarks toward West Jerusalem, accusing it of engaging in “banditry and state terrorism.”

Speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in Parliament on Wednesday, Erdogan stated: “The most horrifying photos and videos from World War II pale in comparison to what we’re seeing from Gaza,”claiming that Netanyahu has “long surpassed the tyrant Hitler in the crime of genocide.”

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has confirmed that his agency has no firm evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program, debunking the justification used by Israel to launch its aggression last week. Sputnik asked commentators including a renowned Iraq War whistleblower to weigh in why Israel and Washington neocons are so eager to beat the drums of war.

The IAEA chief’s bombshell confirmation that the agency has zero proof to back up Israeli claims is nothing new, repeating what the US intelligence community has been telling Trump for months, international relations analyst Gilbert Doctorow says.

Pandering to the strategic goals of the United States, which puts a target on our nation’s forehead, our Government keeps lying to us. Michael Pascoe with some uncomfortable truths.

First, a little context, a little perspective, before getting to our government blatantly and consistently lying to us:

On January 29, 2002, five months after the 9/11 attacks, George W. Bush declared Iran, Iraq and North Korea to be the “axis of evil”. None of those countries was responsible for 9/11, but the US set about planning to invade Iraq anyway and did so the next year.

On a threatening June evening, America’s army turned 250 and put on a show that revealed more than it intended.

Tanks and missile carriers rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue. Fighter jets flew over the Capitol dome. The President, visibly aged, saluted the display, a general on each side.

 

Stewart Sweeney

Not yet born: America at the crossroads

 

One underrated voice in President Trump’s ear has broken his silence on the ongoing Israel-Iran war with a lengthy and powerful statement this morning that contains significant historical context. 

As The Gateway Pundit’s Kristinn Taylor previously reported, Israel carried out a massive bombing campaign on Iran’s nuclear sites. The Jewish state conducted the preemptive strike, called “Strength of a Lion,” after receiving dire intelligence that its sworn enemy had enough enriched uranium to build several bombs within days.

Iran, of course, has made the complete destruction of Israel its primary mission. Just imagine what would happen if the Islamic Republic ever achieved its nuclear aims.

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

The crying shadow in the funeral dance,

The loud lament of the disconsolate chimera.

T. S. Eliot, Burnt Norton

 

Iran Now First Line of Defense of BRICS and the Global South

BY PEPE ESCOBAR

 

Israel’s shock’n awe on Iran – straight from the trademark US playbook - essentially failed, despite the initial combination of speed, meticulous military planning and the element of surprise, including hacking the Iranian electronic communications within the military grid; decapitation of the vertical IRGC nomenklatura; the spiderweb drone attack playbook; and bombing – ultimately ineffectual – of key nodes of the Iranian nuclear infrastructure.

Yesterday’s statement by Defence Minister Richard Marles that Australia’s geography and continent would be crucial to any United States prosecution of a war against China will go down as a dark moment in Australia’s history.

A moment when an Australian Labor Government intellectually ceded Australia to the United States as a platform for the US and by implication, Australia, for military engagement against the Chinese state in response to a threat China is alleged to be making.

 

Paul Keating

Australia: A sovereign continent not for Marles to gift away

 

Well, Ukraine launched one of the most powerful attacks against Russia since 2022. On the first day of the month, five Russian military bases were hit by drones infiltrated into Russian territory and remotely operated. They allegedly disabled 40 fighter jets.

 

Prod the bear with a short stick… and then scream for help and jump into daddy’s lap!

    BY Eduardo VASCO

 

Simultaneously, explosions occurred on roads and bridges in Kursk and Bryansk, killing over 100 civilians. Russian authorities considered these terrorist actions and claim to have evidence that they were carried out under orders from Kyiv.

The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) expressed support for Israel's security in a joint statement amid the escalation with Iran, pointing to the importance of de-escalation in the region.

"We affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel," the statement says. "We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza."

The statement also emphasized the importance of protecting civilians.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20250617/g7-leaders-express-support-for-israels-security---joint-statement-1122268924.html

 

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Iran denies US assertion it is 'months away' from developing nuclear bomb
"Iran does not seek a nuclear weapon. If we wanted to build a nuclear weapon, we could have done it some time ago, but we decided that nuclear weapons would not augment our security and are in contradiction to our ideological views," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday rejected allegations by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Tehran could be "weeks away" from developing enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb.

Speaking to NBC News, Blinken said that if Iran continued to violate the 2015 deal at the current rate, it could be "a matter of weeks" before it gets enough fissile material that, in turn, would allow it to build a nuclear weapon within months.

Millions of protestors gathered across the US on Saturday across thousands of events to protest against Donald Trump’s administration in a planned series of events called “No Kings”.

Organized by a coalition of groups, the demonstrations were largely peaceful, though they occurred on the same day Minnesota lawmakers were shot, and one killed, in political violence, and just a week after the federal government ordered military to descend on Los Angeles streets to quell protests there.

 

The Guardian spoke to dozens of protesters across the country about the mass demonstrations. Here is what they said.