“For Iranians already suffering under repression, sanctions, and economic hardship, this escalation will mean only more pain,” said the president of the National Iranian American Council. President Donald Trump and Israeli officials claimed Iran’s supreme leader, 86-year-old Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike on Saturday, along with other senior Iranian figures. The US and Israeli militaries […]
“The US once again used the veneer of negotiations as a cover to bomb Iran.” President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the US has launched a massive military operation aimed at toppling the Iranian government as blasts were reported in Tehran, including near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali […]
Extensions of presidential terms or abolition of limits are hallmarks of dictators and backsliding leaders of erstwhile democracies. President Donald Trump raised eyebrows and angst among democracy defenders Friday for saying he deserves an unconstitutional third term in office, remarks that came a day after reporting that right-wing activists are drafting an executive order that could empower him to ban […]
“Trump ran on an explicitly anti-interventionist platform when he ran for president,” noted one critic. “He lied to the American people.” As the world braces for a possible US war on Iran and people in Venezuela, Nigeria, and Yemen still reel from recent US attacks, President Donald Trump—the self-proclaimed “peace president” who has bombed more countries than any […]
