A House lawmaker and UN experts are calling for an “immediate” investigation into the strike on an elementary school in Minab, Iran, that massacred 175 people, mostly children, as a growing body of evidence suggests that U.S. forces were responsible for the strike. “There needs to be an immediate and transparent investigation into this strike. I’m demanding answers on what is being done to…
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The US-Israeli war with Iran is spiraling into a regional catastrophe, and the number of dead is rising quickly. While President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the war hawks in their cabinets are responsible for this illegal war, they are not the only ones with blood on their hands. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Abby Martin, host of The Empire Files, and Adam Johnson, co-host of Citations Needed, about how Western media and American politicians in the Democratic “opposition” have helped manufacture the conditions for war with Iran.
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Abby Martin is an independent journalist, filmmaker, and host of The Empire Files. She is the director of the 2019 documentary Gaza Fights for Freedom and the 2026 documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy.
Adam Johnson is a writer, media critic, co-host of the podcast Citations Needed, and a columnist for TRNN.
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Video Post-Production: Cameron Granadino
Podcast Post-Production: Alina Nehlich
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Maximillian Alvarez: Welcome everyone to the Real News Network. My name is Maximillian Alvarez. I’m the editor-in-chief here at The Real News, and it’s so great to have you all with us. Urged on by Israeli Prime Minister and Genes Adair, Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump thrust the United States into a war with Iran on Saturday, committing what critics say may be the worst foreign policy decision in history. US and Israeli forces have been accused this week of seemingly indiscriminate bombing of Iran as the country’s Red Crescents said that at least 555 people have been killed amid reports of fresh mass
In an interview on Thursday, President Donald Trump insisted that he should be involved in selecting the next leader of Iran, dismissing the idea that Iranians should have final say over their country’s leadership. Speaking to Axios, Trump decried the idea of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of deceased former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, becoming the country’s next leader.
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As the US and Israel continued to wage war on Iran Wednesday, paramedics and victims’ relatives said last weekend’s bombing of an elementary in southern Iran was a so-called “double-tap” airstrike — a common tactic used by US, Israeli, and Russian forces by which attackers bomb a target and then follow up with a second strike meant to kill survivors and first responders.
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On Wednesday, a War Powers Resolution vote in the U.S. Senate failed to garner enough votes to end the Trump administration’s war on Iran, with the Republican majority blocking its advancement. The vote was split largely on party lines, with just one member of each party crossing the political divide. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) sided with Democrats in favor of the vote, while Sen.
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The Israeli military announced that it dropped as many bombs on Iran as Israel used during the entirety of the 12-day war last year over just a third of the time this week, signalling the severity of the Israeli military’s bombardment without even counting the bombardments carried out by U.S. forces. Israeli military spokesperson Effie Defrin said in a press conference on Tuesday that the…
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