Iran

Posted by: John Phoenix The longer the war goes on, the worse the aggressors’ position becomes, both militarily and economically. Once again, the imperialists seem to have launched an aggressive, illegal war based on the false assumption that they had the ability to snatch a quick victory that would be followed up with a prolonged bout of resource looting. But it remains the case that massacring civilians is not a proof of military prowess. The warmongers may live to find that they have precipitated a redrawing of the map of west Asia that is entirely different from the one they were aiming at. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/soundcloud%3Atracks%3A2300662232%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-iIBLHNyBvr2&color=%23ff5500&a...

Posted by: John Phoenix British workers are duty-bound to stand with the Iranian people, who are under attack from the same imperialist class that subjects, exploits and impoverishes us. The escalation to a region-wide war was guaranteed from the moment the imperialists began their assault, since the USA has constructed a massive network of bases and ports across the Gulf from which it wages its wars and dominates the region, and all of which are ultimately aimed at any country or people who strive for sovereignty. Iran and every thinking person in west Asia knows full well and from bitter experience that they will never be able to achieve peace, security or sovereign development while this Sword of Damocles is suspended over their heads. Download this leaflet as a pdf. Im...

Posted by: John Phoenix Despite some theatre for the benefit of domestic populations, there is no serious dispute in the Anglo-American camp over the aims and methods of US imperialism. Diego Garcia’s strategic location in the Indian Ocean, with access to south Asia, east Africa, and the middle east, is more than enough reason for the imperialists’ illegal turfing out of locals and establishment of a powerful military base there. This is one of many ‘strategic island’ locations that the British held onto as they were officially ‘dismantling’ their empire, and is a key part of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ with the USA. Tiffs between London and Washington over who ultimately controls the base reveal contradictions in the imperialist camp (and frustration over the lack of finesse i...

Posted by: John Phoenix In their arrogance, US imperialism and its Israeli sidekick thought they could ignore Iran’s warnings that, were it to be attacked, it was in a position militarily to ensure its aggressors lived to regret it. And sure enough, Iran’s retaliation after it was subjected to unprovoked bombing that led on the very first day, 28 February, to the deaths of 176 little girls at a school in Minab and shortly afterwards to the targeted slaughter of the country’s revered leader Ali Husseini Khamenei, was absolutely devastating. Immediately Iran’s precision strikes targeted high-value US installations in multiple countries, causing extensive infrastructure destruction beyond initial US disclosures. The Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a key US hub, suffered a direct hi...

  Posted by: John Phoeix Audio Player 00:00 00:00 Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. EPub Format The American-Israeli war against Iran began a couple of weeks ago and seemed very much a David-vs-Goliath contest, with combat operations likely to be extremely one-sided. In recent years, America’s annual military spending has been roughly a trillion dollars, while Iran’s budget was merely $8 billion. Some estimates put Iran’s true outlays as considerably higher, but hardly enough to level the playing field. So whether the actual ratio of our military expenditures has been 100-to-1 or 70-to-1 or even merely 50-to-1, the mismatch was stark. Over the last quarter-century, our ground forces have greatly shrunk in size, so our c...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf speaks at a press conference in Tehran, Iran on December 2, 2025.  (Photo by Shadati/Xinhua via Getty Images) Posted by: John Phoenix “Fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the quagmire in which the US and Israel are trapped,” said the speaker of the Iranian Parliament. Julia Conley As the Iranian government denied President Donald Trump’s claim on Monday that “productive” talks are taking place between the US and the Middle Eastern country, which the White House has joined Israel in attacking for close to a month, a top Iranian lawmaker accused the president of attempting to manipulate global markets with his claim. “No negotiations have been held with the US, and f...

Posted by: John Phoenix Families spend Ramadan evenings at the graves of children killed in the Shajareh Tayyiba elementary school on February 28. March 15, 2026. Credit: semi-official news agency Mehr. As Ramadan comes to a close, families in Minab, Iran struggle to come to terms with the scale of death, one of the deadliest single attacks on children in memory. By Mahmoud Aslan, Reposted from Drop Site News, March 18, 2026 MINAB, IRAN—Families arrive at the cemetery after sunset. They come carrying rugs and cushions, food and water, and candles or lanterns that they place on the small, freshly dug graves. Parents carefully clean the tombstones of their buried children. They arrange the spaces around them and settle in for the night—a quiet vigil that will contin...