President Donald Trump has announced that an end to the U.S. war on Iran was around the corner more than three dozen times since he launched the unprovoked war at the end of February, a new analysis finds. The analysis comes as the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran surpasses 100 days. The war has not been authorized by Congress, and is now more than 10 days beyond the limits meant to be followed…
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On Monday, Iranian state-aligned media said that Iran was suspending negotiations with the U.S. Iranian officials decried the U.S.’s blockade of Iranian ports, as well as the deepening Israeli invasion of Lebanon, declaring that both are in violation of the ceasefire. “The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon…
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On Monday and Tuesday, Israel expanded its strikes and ground operations in Lebanon as the U.S.’s negotiations with Iran came to a standstill. Overnight on Monday, Israel bombed areas in Southern Lebanon and in Bekaa Valley in Eastern Lebanon, and expanded its ground operation outside of the so-called “yellow line,” an Israeli-drawn line separating Israel’s current occupation of areas of the…
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We get an update on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from journalist Negar Mortazavi, following the Pentagon’s so-called self-defense strikes on two Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz Monday despite an official ceasefire and ongoing peace negotiations. The “chaotic” ceasefire “has been violated from day one,” says Mortazavi, who notes that Israel’s continuous attacks on southern Lebanon are…
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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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After the first round of ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan collapsed over the weekend, we speak to two former nuclear negotiators about prospects for ending the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including what another nuclear deal might look like. Robert Malley, a U.S. negotiator for the 2015 nuclear deal (which President Trump withdrew from in his first term), says Trump’s “mercurial” behavior…
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