by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, August 24, 2026 How will Iran survive the latest round of what President Donald Trump calls “draconian sanctions” that promise to be the most extreme strangulation ever imposed? Iran has developed highly sophisticated, high tech, asymmetric, low-cost, well hidden weapons to defend their …
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This is a very insightful interview with The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Aragchi. He talks a lot about Iran’s perspective on the buildup to war, and, near the end of the interview, describes his own experience of the attacks that killed many of his fellow officials on the day the …
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by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, July 28, 2026 There must be fifty ways to leave Iran. Forget victory, Mallory. Skip defeat, Pete. No need for a treaty, Tweety. Erase ceasefire, McGuire. Drop the MOU, Hugh. Don’t negotiate, Nate. Stay out of the news, Toulouse. Just go home. Collect your …
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from the News Desk at The Cradle, July 15, 2025 According to data released by the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) on 14 July, more than 200 non-Iranian vessels applied for passage permits and insurance coverage during the three weeks between the signing of the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU) …
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by Kevork Almassian, published on Kevork’s Substack, June 21, 2026 This is a really important point. I also think that there is no way for Israel to establish the power dynamic they want without the U.S., and by the same token they cannot keep it alone either. So it can …
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by Paul Larudee, published on Substack, April 20, 2026 I am not a believer in spiritual prophesy, but prediction is no more than deduction from facts, and more accurate, in my opinion. In our current global circumstances, the facts support some pretty nasty consequences, which can be the subject of …
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SSM Statement, April 2025 The poor people of Syria! Fifteen years ago, they had a safe and moderately prosperous country with high-quality hospitals, free national health care, free education through university, and no national debt. Syria was self-sufficient in energy, with extra oil for export. Syria grew its own wheat, …
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Sovereignty Support Movement Sovereignty for West Asia
