Iran

Iran 1953—Britain’s role in coup for oil and profit

Coup 53 tells a story from Britain’s shameful history in the Middle East, says Isabel Ringrose

Move to restart economy is driven by state’s rivalry

Global deaths from the coronavirus surpassed 100,000 at the end of last week. In many countries there is no let-up in the grim statistics of infection and deaths.

Behind the push for war with Iran

Decades of Western imperialism in the Middle East lie behind the latest crisis

Why Donald Trump can’t win in Iran

It’s clear who the losers were in the confrontation between the United States and Iran.

Iranians take to the streets after a week of war threats

Protests burst out in Iran last Saturday after the regime admitted to accidentally shooting down a passenger plane.

Protesters say no to war with Iran

Thousands of people marched in central London, and hundreds protested in other towns and cities

Resist Trump’s drive to war with Iran

07 January 2020
US president Donald Trump was threatening yet more major acts of war in the Middle East following the assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.

Protests against Trump’s drive to war

04 January 2020
Hundreds of people protested outside Downing Street in central London on Saturday against the threat of a major war with Iran.

Trump threatens devastating war after US assassinates an Iranian leader

03 January 2020
In a massive warmongering escalation, a US airstrike murdered general Qassem Soleimani

Protests have put resistance back on the agenda

07 December 2019
Nick Clark says that revolts sweeping the Middle East are overcoming sectarianism and terrifying US rulers

Demonstrators killed in Iran

26 November 2019
Security forces in Iran have reportedly killed at least 115 protesters

International round-up - killings in Gaza, protests hit Iran, general strike in Chile

19 November 2019
Israel killed unleashed a fresh round of bombings on the besieged Gaza Strip last week.

No more wars over oil

17 September 2019
Saudi Arabia and the US are driving closer to war with Iran, following drone strikes on Saudi Arabian oil plants last Saturday.

The Iraq war is still haunting US foreign policy

17 September 2019
John Bolton's dismissal can be traced back to an earlier Republican presidency in which Bolton served, that of George W Bush

Game of battleships ramps up in the Gulf

30 July 2019
A second British warship arrived off the coast of Iran on Monday

Say no to war against Iran

22 July 2019
The US and Britain escalated their threats of a new war in the Middle East last week, after Iran retaliated against their attempts to bully it into submission

Jeremy Hunt’s promises of peace with Iran mean nothing—resist the drive to war

16 July 2019
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that the collapse of a nuclear deal with Iran would “represent an existential threat to mankind”.

Britain fuels Iran tension as soldiers seize a tanker

09 July 2019
The British government’s solution to growing tensions between the West and Iran was the seizure of an oil tanker off Gibraltar by Royal Marines last week.

US cancels war on Iran—for now

25 June 2019
US president Donald Trump pushed the button for air strikes on Iran last Thursday. He then cancelled 13 minutes before the missiles launched—and that’s according to Trump.