Max Blumenthal

Chambers’ detention marks the first time anyone has faced extradition to the US from Spain for supporting the Palestinian cause The sealed indictment conflates his bailing out of pro-Palestine direct action protesters with sponsoring Hamas It screams political persecution

To me, the most significant aspect of Lindsey Graham's hawkish legacy is that, in some key areas, it's shared across the aisle. And not just among establishment Democrats. Graham was a fervent cheerleader for the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, even bragging about how US arms ensured a "fight to the last person." Bernie Sanders, and virtually all other Congressional progressives, consistently voted to fund the weapons in that fight. There are other examples -- Iran, Libya, Syria, Venezuela -- where liberals and even some progressives have lent support to the regime change campaigns and crippling sanctions that Graham advocated. We all saw what Graham's worldview meant for the people of Gaza, where he called on Israel to "level the place." Perhaps his passing can spark some reflection on whether progressives who share his agenda in other places wish to continue carrying forward his legacy.

There is simply no justification for the United States pushing through vessels along the Omani coastline in the Strait of Hormuz. You can cry and scream about "freedom of navigation", but at the end of the day, the Memorandum of Understanding was very clear that Iran would control the traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during the initial 60-day window. Time and time again, the United States has shredded the MOU by attempting to retroactively alter the terms because they didn't "like them". Of course you didn't like them. They suck... because you LOST. Oil sanction waivers a la Article 10? Torched. No new sanctions a la Article 9? Blown up. Iranian administration of traffic a la Article 5? Nope. You can whine all day long about how it's "wrong" for Iran to strike those vessels, but this is a rational response to a war of choice from the United States. You don't get to claim "right vs. wrong" when the Trump Administration is solely to blame for this situation in the first place. The Strait of Hormuz was open before this war started. The REASON that the United States was attempting an Operation Freedom 2.0 along the Omani Route was BECAUSE they were trying to actively undermine the Iranian control of the Strait. They were trying to actively push through enough vessels in a short enough period of time to shift the strategic landscape of the conflict. I have seen time and time again people claim, "Iran doesn't know what's best for them. If they just didn't strike vessels, they would get massive sanctions relief"... No, they wouldn't. Because President Trump and the United States had no INTENTION of sticking to the MOU. The goal was to use this 60-day window to shift the landscape so that they could topple the regime or secure outcomes they could not have in the initial MOU. This isn't "the US operating in good faith and those pesky Iranians messed everything up". This is the United States blatantly trying to unilaterally alter the terms of the MOU by shredded the oil waivers, sanctioning new entities, and pushing vessels through the Omani Route.

Lindsey Graham repeatedly called for dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza He was a Rosé sipping genocidaire who reveled in mass civilian death Unfortunately, the vampiric system he represented will live on

A reminder that the corporate press is proud to reserve room for the most demented neocons to clamor for mass murder

If this demonic dungeon master mourns you, you lived a terrible life

Lindsey Graham is no longer in Ukraine The “year of offense” is over

Maryam-e Moghaddas Station on the Tehran Metro is a tribute to Iran's Christian community Walls in this station are adorned with New Testament verses, representations of Jesus Christ and portraits of martyred Christian citizens of Iran The Metro is free during wartime

A response to Mark Levin, from the rubble of the Rafinia Jewish Synagogue in Tehran, Iran, which was bombed by Israel this April

Tehran's Gandhi Hospital was badly damaged by a US bombing targeting the IRIB media complex across the street The ICU and IVF center were destroyed, 500+ employees were put out of work Trump just shredded the MOU so the US and Israel can do more of this

At the site of an American strike in a densely populated residential neighborhood in eastern Tehran on 3/9 40 were killed here with 8 missiles, including a family of 12 I found children's clothes in the rubble Some 40-50,000 residential units were damaged in Tehran alone

Moments ago, the United States revoked the General License that lifted sanctions on Iran oil. The significance of this move cannot be overstated. It is a complete destruction of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran. Two things need to be highlighted right off the bat here: 1) Washington had justification for doing this after Iran struck multiple vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz via the Omani Route in the last 24 hours 2) This was an incredibly stupid move from Washington Something I have highlighted since its original issuance on June 21st is the General License X is more politically damaging for President Trump than it is economically game-changing for Iran. While it likely could have resulted in a windfall of ~$1B for Tehran over the course of the initial 60 days... this is really inconsequential when compared to the massive damage their country has seen throughout the war. And that political damage for Trump? It already happened! You can't put that genie back in the bottle. He's already taken those blows. The oil sanction waivers were the only notable up front concession that Iran received for the joint lifting of blockades in the Strait of Hormuz. The frozen assets being released is orders of magnitude more important for Iran... but as of yet, not a penny has moved. This has been repeatedly confirmed by both the Iranians and the Americans. What this revocation DOES accomplish, is a complete and total destruction of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran. This is far more detrimental to negotiations and an permanent cessation of hostilities than a tit for tat response to the vessel strikes by Washington. This destroys the MOU. Did Washington have some justification for revoking this waiver? Absolutely. Is this a catastrophic move for securing an enduring cessation of hostilities between the US and Iran? Absolutely. Was this an insanely foolish move from the Trump Administration given the political blowback already received, the relative insignificance of this waiver, and the irreparable damage to the US/Iran negotiations? Absolutely.

Laura Loomer went on a paid propaganda junket to Modi's India to honor CIA asset and known child molester, the Dalai Lama, who openly forces children to suck his tongue Seyyed Ali Khamenei stood resolutely against this depravity

The US bombed Tehran's Sharif University last April, destroying $100 million worth of GPU in its AI center In the process, it convinced the school's middle class pro-opposition students that its true goal was not woman, life freedom - but death & societal destruction My report

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Mario's producer has sent me an invite to discuss my reporting from Tehran, where I've been interviewing members of Iran's negotiation team, officials, academics and average people each day Meanwhile, he posts Israeli Intel slop smearing me on his X account Repugnant behavior

I visited Tehran's Sharif University of Technology, where the US bombed its AI center this April The attack caused $100 million in damage to data units, and was part of a broader assault on research centers A physics prof told me the bombing aimed to shatter Iran's knowledge base and strip it of scientific independence Full report soon

Coverage of @FT (which has a functioning bureau in Iran) vs @nytimes (no permanent correspondents)