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Trump’s Iran war plunges the Global South into a state of siege

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Trump’s Iran war plunges the Global South into a state of siege

In a scathing new report, the International Development Economics Associates Limited (IDEAs) has documented the heavy toll Global South continues to pay for a war it did not create — as corporations cash in. The report describes a state of siege across the Global South region, with countries facing mounting economic pressure as the fallout from the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran spreads. Global South picks up the tab The report stated that operations of Epic Fury waged by the US, and Roaring Lion waged by the colonial-settler state Israel have led to substantial hardship for countries throughout the global…

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Trump touts bizarre automatic retaliation policy in case Iran assassinate him

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Trump touts bizarre automatic retaliation policy in case Iran assassinate him

US president Donald Trump wants to create an automatic retaliation policy if Iran manages to assassinate him. The erratic US leader’s idea emerged as Iran and the US returned to open hostilities around a month into the Oman-brokered negotiating period to end the war. Associated Press (AP) reported on 13 July: President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran “ at levels they’ve never seen before” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. The news agency added that: the U.S. government has no way to create an automatic,…

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Iran claims US aircraft support centre strike amid wave of retaliatory attacks

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Iran claims US aircraft support centre strike amid wave of retaliatory attacks

The Iran government claims to have inflicted the “full destruction” of US carrier-support and refuelling facilities in the Gulf. Other reportedly-destroyed targets include a command centre and US drone facility in the Gulf. BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC announces the full destruction of logistical support centers for US aircraft carriers and refueling platforms at Duqm port in Oman with ballistic missiles, in the third phase of its response to the US strikes, per Tasnim. This is the first Iranian strike on… — The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) July 12, 2026 Some facilities had been at least partially re-populated by the US military after widespread…

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UK greenlights renewed US strikes on Iran from British soil

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UK greenlights renewed US strikes on Iran from British soil

Hamish Falconer told MPs that UK permissions for US use of British air bases “remain in place,” even as Trump unilaterally declared the ceasefire “over” and resumed airstrikes against Iranian targets. UK play’s Trump’s poodle Falconer, the Labour MP for the Middle East, said in Parliament: In relation to the question about military support, I want to be clear: the UK stands with our Gulf allies in a defensive capacity. As the shadow Foreign Secretary alluded to, we do provide capability to our friends and partners in the Gulf to protect themselves against these attacks. We do also continue to provide permissions…

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Cuba and Iran: the duality of American power

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Cuba and Iran: the duality of American power

The war on Iran was brought to a provisional close this month when Donald Trump finally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Palace of Versailles, on the sidelines of the G7. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed the same document electronically from Tehran. The president has presented the deal as a win – in the narrow sense that he has stopped an active war spilling into global catastrophe and reopened a global oil chokepoint. Nevertheless, the terms of the deal tell a story at odds with the triumphalist narrative, since almost every substantive concession in the fourteen-point framework favours Iran.…

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China has saved the global oil market amid Trump’s war on Iran

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China has saved the global oil market amid Trump’s war on Iran

A prominent oil analyst has claimed that China’s dramatic reduction in crude oil imports since the US/Israel war of choice on Iran helped prevent a full-blown global energy shock. Real demand for oil plateauing in China In an interview with German DW, oil analyst Rory Johnston said: Chinese crude oil imports fell by roughly 40- 45%, roughly 5 million barrels a day from pre-war levels to the levels we saw average through June. That is gargantuan. That is a larger shift than the entirety of the world’s SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserves) releases combined. According to Reuters, since the unprovoked war on…

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US attacks Iran less than a week after blocking extra Epstein file release

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US attacks Iran less than a week after blocking extra Epstein file release

The US has recommenced its bombing of Iran — less than a week after Trump’s ‘justice’ department (DOJ) blocked a court-ordered release of further Epstein files. Epstein revelations, or Trump’s attempts to avoid them, have been so synchronised with the US-Israel war on Iran that it has been dubbed “Operation Epstein Distraction”. The attacks breach the US’s commitments under its ‘Memorandum of Understanding‘ with Iran. US protecting the guilty A US judge had ordered the Trump regime to release files no later than 2 July, along with the identities and email addresses of individuals the DOJ had unlawfully redacted. Under legislation…

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Iran — We endured ‘disastrous’ treatment in the World Cup

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Iran — We endured ‘disastrous’ treatment in the World Cup

Iran’s national team striker, Mehdi Taremi, and head coach, Amir Ghalenoei, have leveled sharp criticism at the logistical conditions surrounding their country’s 2026 World Cup campaign. Both confirmed that organisational issues significantly impacted their performance after their third draw of the world Cup. According to Reuters, Taremi described the tournament as a “disastrous World Cup.” He labeled the requirement for the team to travel back and forth between Tijuana, Mexico, and the United States for every match “unfair.” “How is it possible that we play a 90-minute match and then have to return to Tijuana?” the striker asked. “If they wanted…

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Controversy over pride flags planned for Egypt – Iran Match

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Controversy over pride flags planned for Egypt – Iran Match

The anticipated match between the Egyptian and Iranian national teams at the 2026 World Cup has transformed from a long-awaited football event into a widespread controversy, after the FIFA insisted on allowing Pride flags inside stadiums. This comes as both the Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have objected to linking the match with any events or promotional activities related to homosexuality. The newspaper The Athletic revealed that the crisis stems from the decision of the local organizing committee in Seattle to assign a special designation to the match as part of events coinciding with the city’s annual Pride Week. This occurred…

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White House requests $67bn for Iran war — where it already declared victory

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White House requests $67bn for Iran war — where it already declared victory

The White House house has now asked Congress to grant a funding request for $87.6bn, some $67bn of which will go straight to the US ‘War Department’. For the most part, the massive bill is directly related to “urgent needs” regarding the war in Iran. The news comes after the US Senate passed its symbolic War Powers Resolution on 23 June. Four Republicans supported the resolution, which nominally forbids Trump from continuing hostilities against Iran without congressional approval. However, it doesn’t carry the weight of law. Likewise, it also follows over a week after both Trump and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkianset…

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NATO chief grovels to Trump, credits EU bases for illegal US strikes on Iran

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NATO chief grovels to Trump, credits EU bases for illegal US strikes on Iran

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has claimed that between 4,000 and 5,000 US planes took off from European bases during Trump’s illegal war against Iran. Trying to ease Trump’s disappointment at Europe’s lack of enthusiasm for Trump’s deranged war, Rutte said: I would argue it would have been very difficult to do Iran without having Europe as a power projection platform for the United States. Sitting beside President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the White House, Rutte repeatedly praised the US leader as the “leader of the free world.” He described Trump as taking “responsibility beyond the shores of the United States.”…

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US Senate passes War Powers Resolution, heaping embarrassment on Trump’s Iran loss

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US Senate passes War Powers Resolution, heaping embarrassment on Trump’s Iran loss

Trump’s war on Iran has finally gone too far even for the Republican-controlled US Senate — on 23 June, the upper house passed a War Powers Resolution nominally barring the president from continuing hostilities against Iran without congressional approval. Unfortunately, the resolution is primarily a symbolic gesture. Whilst the resolution passed the lower House of Representatives at the beginning of June, and has now passed through the Senate, it won’t be passed to Trump for his approval. Likewise, it won’t carry the weight of law. Meanwhile, Trump has called the act “poorly timed and meaningless”, and signalled his intent to ignore…

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The war against Iran may have ended, but Trump’s war against anti-war Iranians continues

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The war against Iran may have ended, but Trump’s war against anti-war Iranians continues

It was upsetting for fans to learn that Team Melli – the affectionate nickname for Iran’s national football team – was forced by US immigration authorities to leave immediately after their World Cup match in Los Angeles against New Zealand. Previously, the Iranian national football team was supposed to stay in Los Angeles after the match to recover. This incident follows several Iranian football personnel being denied visas to enter the US. When the US and Israel were still at war with Iran, Team Melli was forced to abandon its Arizona training base. At the invitation of Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum,…

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Iran submits complaint to FIFA regarding US travel restrictions on its player

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Iran submits complaint to FIFA regarding US travel restrictions on its player

The Iranian Football Federation announced on Friday its intention to submit a formal complaint to FIFA, protesting the restrictions imposed on the movement of Iran’s national team within the United States during its participation in the 2026 World Cup. The Iran will play its matches in the tournament while based in Mexico, one of the host nations, under restrictions related to entry procedures into the United States, where its group stage matches will take place. In a statement quoted by Reuters, the Iranian Federation stated that U.S. authorities allow the delegation to enter only one day before the match, provided they…

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Avi Lewis ruins Canada PM Mark Carney over ‘Iran war was worth it’ gaffe

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Avi Lewis ruins Canada PM Mark Carney over ‘Iran war was worth it’ gaffe

Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Avi Lewis has just rinsed ex-banker PM Mark Carney over a bizarre claim that the US war on Iran was “worth it”. Lewis said Carney’s comments were ‘disturbing’ and an ‘insult’ to Iranians killed by the “imperial’ war of aggression. He also said the war had harmed the Canadian workers hit with higher costs for basic necessities. Lewis — think Jeremy Corbyn plus Zack Polanski plus a bit of Naomi Klein (he is the left-wing author’s husband) — is the socialist, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Canada’s most left-wing electoral party. Lewis was responding…

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Iran foreign minister Araghchi says no truce unless Israel leaves Lebanon

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Iran foreign minister Araghchi says no truce unless Israel leaves Lebanon

Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has responded to Israel’s attempts to reject Donald Trump’s supposed ceasefire ‘memorandum of understanding‘ with Iran. Araghchi warned Israel – and Trump – that there is no prospect of any agreement to end the illegal US-Israel war unless Israel gets out of Lebanon completely: The end of the war will not be complete without the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied in Lebanon. Any military attack by Israel on Lebanon and the continued occupation of Lebanese territories from now on, in our opinion, is a violation of the MoU. https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Araghchi-Lebanon-Subbed-hb.mp4 Araghchi continues to…

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Documentary on US bombing of Iran school to air in July

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Documentary on US bombing of Iran school to air in July

On 28 February, the US bombed a school in the opening stages of its unprovoked attack on Iran, killing more than 150 people, many schoolchildren. The UN condemned the attack: A strike on a school represents a grave assault on children, on education, and on the future of an entire community. There is no excuse for killing girls in a classroom. Now, Sky News and Forensic Architecture prepare to debut their documentary about the tragedy that shocked the world. Iran: Children of Minab film The US tried to deny it had bombed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school at the time.…

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Terms of Iran and US peace deal to be formalised on Friday

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Terms of Iran and US peace deal to be formalised on Friday

Iran and the US are set to sign a new peace deal this Friday. The US has been humiliated on multiple fronts, to say the least. The Oman-brokered deal, as we have often repeated, offered unprecedented concessions, but the US and Israel attacked Iran anyway. The full terms of the new deal are not yet clear. But we are being told the details are finalised, to be formally signed on 19 June. Here is what the news agency Reuters has reported: STRAIT OF HORMUZ: * Iran immediately reopens the ​Strait of Hormuz to all commercial vessels, while the U.S. ⁠lifts its naval…

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Iran destroys US radar systems in Bahrain

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Iran destroys US radar systems in Bahrain

New satellite images reveal that Iran’s strike successfully hit a US AR-327 Early-warning Radar system at Jabal ad Dukhan in Bahrain. Confirmed hit at Jabal al-Dukhan Long Range Radar site, Bahrain. *found a photo of the hill on a hiking website, matches the cropped image of smoke on the mountain. https://t.co/Q8SbembFPu pic.twitter.com/AlmT2Tdxhc — MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) June 11, 2026 The imagery shows that Iran completely destroyed the radar site in its attack on June 11. Iran published satellite images of the confirmed drone/missile strike against the US AR-327 Early-warning Radar system in Bahrain. The radar is capable of tracking ~470 km away https://t.co/QTUA3xmVDP pic.twitter.com/L2mbkekthF…

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Iran war may be ending but humiliated Trump could hit Cuba next

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Iran war may be ending but humiliated Trump could hit Cuba next

The disastrous Iran war may be ending. But a humiliated US may look to Cuba as the next victim with Trump’s crony Marco Rubio applying heavier sanctions. The Americans have been making their aggressive intentions clear for months. US outlet The Hill reported on 11 June that the US State Department: announced that it will sanction Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET) amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and the island country. At the centre of the move was Trump’s Cuban-American henchman and secretary of state Marco Rubio. Rubio said: the latest sanctions are pursuant of President Trump’s…

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