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[l] at 4/12/26 4:02am
A senior U.S. official told CBS News on April 11 that Washington had not agreed to release any frozen Iranian assets. That directly contradicted a Reuters report quoting a senior Iranian source who said a deal had been reached.

[Category: Iran]

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[l] at 4/12/26 3:52am
Sunday, 12 April 2026 The New Atlas US negotiations with Iran failed primarily because US terms were illegal under international law and simply coercion dressed up as “negotiations;” US Vice President JD Vance’s role in the failed talks and his public threats against Iran afterward confirm his ardent support for US aggression evident even []

[Category: Iran, Videos]

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[l] at 4/11/26 4:44am
Researchers and digital rights advocates warned this week of an expanding, state-backed effort to shape global narratives on Palestine, pointing to coordinated propaganda campaigns driven by Israel’s public diplomacy apparatus, according to a report from Middle East Eye. Speaking during a webinar hosted by the Global Alliance for Palestine, panelists described a sophisticated messaging ecosystem combining covert public relations operations, influencer networks, and tightly managed digital outreach in the wake of the genocide in Gaza.

[Category: Palestine]

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[l] at 4/10/26 4:53pm
In broad daylight and during rush hour, over a hundred bombs fell on densely populated residential areas and medical centers.

[Category: Lebanon, Videos]

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[l] at 4/10/26 3:59pm
The Rafi-Nia Synagogue, located in central Tehran, was one of the longstanding institutions serving Iran’s Jewish community. Constructed in 1958, it stood as both a place of worship and a symbol of the deep historical roots of Judaism in Iran, which stretch back more than two millennia.

[Category: Iran]

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[l] at 4/10/26 12:00pm
Pepe Escobar discusses the breaking developments emerging from the wreckage of the Iran war, including Iran's bombshell strikes on Saudi Arabia causing a massive fallout for global oil, Trump fuming over Iranian moves on the Strait of Hormuz, and the ongoing desperation of Israel to keep a losing war going.

[Category: Iran, Videos]

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[l] at 4/10/26 10:57am
Friday, 10 April 2026 Sovereignista

[Category: Iran, Videos]

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[l] at 4/9/26 2:08pm
Thursday, 9 April 2026 Youtube I dont know if they expected the violation to be so ugly and disgusting and barbaric and so swift, but the expectation was that this ceasefire would not hold, Professor Marandi told Al Mayadeen. And the expectation was that the Zionist regime and Netanyahu would do whatever they can []

[Category: Iran, Lebanon, Videos]

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[l] at 4/9/26 1:08pm
The media narrative frames the war through the language of objectives and outcomes, masking how imperial violence is normalized and depoliticized. A reconstruction of the facts reveals a deeper reality: sanctions, covert operations, chokepoint control, and historical intervention form the material architecture of this conflict. What emerges is not policy failure but a system in crisis—an empire that can still destroy with precision but cannot reliably impose political submission. The task now shifts from analysis to organization, as scattered resistance must be consolidated into a force capable of raising the cost of empire beyond what it can sustain.

[Category: USA]

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[l] at 4/9/26 12:00pm
Thursday, 9 April 2026 Chronicles of Haiphong Scott Ritter and Larry Johnson react to Irans massive response to Israeli and US ceasefire violations, and what it means for the ongoing war. Scott Ritter is a former UN weapons inspector and Marine Corps Intelligence officer. Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst. You can support []

[Category: Iran, Videos]

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[l] at 4/9/26 9:12am
Fars News Agency reported, citing informed sources, that the question of Lebanon and a ceasefire in the country is "an absolute and non-negotiable precondition for Iran to enter any new negotiation process."

[Category: Iran]

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[l] at 4/9/26 8:19am
Israel’s security cabinet has approved, in secret, the construction of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank during the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to i24 News and other Israeli media reports.

[Category: Palestine]

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[l] at 4/9/26 8:13am
The blockade in Cuba — explains journalist and researcher Rosa Miriam Elizalde — is not only economic and commercial, but also technological and communicative. The island faces a brutal and unequal information war that is part of the regime change attempts promoted from Washington, Miami, and Madrid.

[Category: Cuba, Propaganda]

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[l] at 4/9/26 8:05am
While We Prepare for Court, Government Prepares Gene-edited Dandelions We know things may have seemed quiet, but we’ve been very busy behind the scenes preparing for our case. We’ve now completed the second evidence stage of our judicial review. We’ve submitted additional witness statements and supporting material – over 800 pages in total – responding further to the Government’s case. It’s a substantial body of evidence, reflecting both the depth and breadth of concern around these regulations.

[Category: Agriculture, Environment, Health, UK, genetically modified food, genetically modified organisms, GMO]

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[l] at 4/9/26 7:09am
Thursday, 9 April 2026 — The Tricontinental The US-Israeli war on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point for the world economy, with the gravest consequences falling not on the powerful but on the poorer nations of the Global South. Lateefa bint Maktoum (UAE), The Last Look, 2009. Dear friends, Greetings []

[Category: Tricontinental]

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[l] at 4/9/26 2:42am
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has temporarily reduced tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, but the crisis itself has exposed the limits of coercive pressure and strengthened Tehran’s strategic position.

[Category: Iran]

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[l] at 4/9/26 1:44am
What was presented in Washington and Tel Aviv in late February 2026 as a “limited operation” to destroy Iran’s nuclear infrastructure had, by early April, turned into a full-blown regional catastrophe.

[Category: Iran]

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[l] at 4/8/26 2:39pm
Wednesday, 8 April 2026 Black Agenda Report Trump and U.S. Hubris Undid the Plan for Irans Destruction Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist The U.S. has been temporarily rattled in its regime change effort against Iran. Iranian resistance, hubris on the part of the U.S., and Donald Trump’s personal instability combined to []

[Category: Black Agenda Report]

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[l] at 4/8/26 12:10pm
The Lebanese Civil Defense announced that 254 people were martyred and 1,165 others were injured in this afternoon's Israeli aggression on Lebanon.

[Category: Lebanon]

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[l] at 4/8/26 11:36am
"Driven by blind hatred, entrenched criminality, and boundless brutality that has become inherent to its nature, the Israeli enemy today carried out a wave of massacres against civilians, targeting residential areas with dozens of violent airstrikes in the southern suburbs, Beirut, Sidon, the south, and the Bekaa, leaving hundreds of martyrs and wounded, including children, women, and the elderly.

[Category: Lebanon]

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[l] at 4/8/26 11:00am
Wednesday, 8 April 2026 Chronicles of Haiphong We react to the news of a 2-week ceasefire and what it means for a war that Trump threatened to escalate before caving.

[Category: Iran, Videos]

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