Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested hundreds of Iranian nationals during the U.S.’s June 2025 war on Iran, according to government data released to the National Iranian American Council under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) filed a FOIA request in October 2025 after reports revealed the U.S. had deported dozens of…
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The Pentagon’s official estimate of the direct financial cost of the U.S. war on Iran is a nearly threefold undercount of the actual price tag of the war, according to an expert analysis published Wednesday. Stephen Semler, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, produced the new cost estimate for the Popular Information newsletter. Accounting for armament use…
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U.S. efforts to force an end to the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz by attempting to escort a few U.S.-flagged ships through the Iranian closure will not only fail to relieve the worsening global fuel crisis and disruption of supply chains, it risks a resumption of full-scale war. The Trump administration has rejected Iran’s suggestion for negotiating an end to the blockade followed by a…
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On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy baselessly assured Americans that gas prices would be lowered immediately upon resumption of oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which have been severely restricted due to the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. Duffy’s claim, however, contradicts public reports from other agencies within the Trump administration, which have noted that…
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As the U.S. voting public continues to express its discontent over the disastrous war of choice against Iran that U.S. President Donald Trump launched just over two months ago, fresh criticism followed after weekend reporting revealed the administration skirted congressional review to approve an $8.6 billion weapons deal with the United Arab Emirates and other allies in the Middle East.
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Gas prices in the United States have reached their highest levels in years, as the impasse between the U.S. and Iran continues after nearly nine weeks of war. Iran responded to the U.S.-Israeli attack by blocking most maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes. Although President Donald Trump has claimed at various…
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