Trump’s go-it-alone approach to #Iran has undercut European diplomatic efforts.

EU nations are now reluctant to invest in agreements that could be quickly scrapped by the US.

theconversation.com/europe-is-…
#USPolitics #Europe #Israel

Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program after US, Israeli bombs establish facts on the ground

After more than two decades of hard-nosed diplomacy on Iran’s nuclear program, European negotiators are finding themselves beset by challenges.

^{The Conversation}

#Energiewende #China #Solarstrom #Elektroautos #Öl #Gas #Volkswirtschaft #CO2 #Antisemitismus #Russland #Iran #Katar #Fossilismus
That would be much easier in an EU wide strategy and solidaric sharing energy to start eliminating the biggest polluting and less effective plants.

From east to west there is so much solar time.

Let's hope we don't waste our Renewable advance with stupid AI data centers.

Während deutsche Fossilisten die #Energiewende zu blockieren versuchen, treibt #China diese strategisch voran. Mit Wind- & v.a. #Solarstrom sowie #Elektroautos macht es sich unabhängig von #Öl- & #Gas-Importen & stärkt die eigene #Volkswirtschaft. Und inzwischen sinken auch die #CO2 - Emissionen.

Wir Deutschen finanzieren "lieber" weiterhin Diktaturen, Kriege & #Antisemitismus via #Russland, #Iran, #Katar ...

Der #Fossilismus ist auch wirtschaftlich & militärisch dumm. n-tv.de/wissen/Hat-China-den-C…

Rückgang der Emissionen: Hat China den CO2-Zenit überschritten?

China, größter CO2-Emittent der Welt, verzeichnet laut einer Analyse erstmals einen Rückgang seines Ausstoßes. Der massive Ausbau Erneuerbarer Energien und eine zunehmende Elektrifizierung sollen dafür verantwortlich sein.

^{n-tv NACHRICHTEN}

Not obliterated

Some of Iran’s Enriched #Uranium Survived Attacks, #Israel Official Says

The assessment came as experts are trying to determine how long it would take #Iran to rebuild its #nuclear program in the aftermath of #US & Israeli strikes.

nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/poli…

Workers demolish a building that was struck by an Iranian missile during the 12-day war between the two countries last month, Bat Yam, #Israel

Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP

@palestine
#Israel
#Iran
#news
@photography
#photography

"As the dust begins to settle, it is clear that neither of the stated intentions of the attacks’ architects—to unravel the Iranian regime and to decapitate the country’s nuclear capabilities—have been realized."

"Where's our bomb?"

Rajan Menon interviews Trita Parsi

bostonreview.net/articles/wher…

#Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #USpolitics #USforeignPolicy #USMiddleEastPolicy @iran @israel @palestine

Israeli Commandos Attacked Iranian Air Defenses With Drones From Inside The Country

Source: twz.com/air/israel-hid-drones-…

While details understandably remain thin, the implication is that #Mossad meticulously prepared for the attack over many months, including placing agents in Iran. From there, they would operate one-way #attack drones and loitering anti-armor missiles, as well as establish a covert drone base “in the heart of Iran,” to neutralize Iranian air defenses and create other critical effects to kick off the long-awaited campaign.

#war #conflict #warfare #military #Iran #Israel #airstrike #defense #news

Israeli Commandos Attacked Iranian Air Defenses With Drones From Inside The Country: Report

Mossad operatives went as far as setting up drone and missile bases near major air defense sites and other key targets. Mossad operatives went as far as setting up drone and missile bases near major air defense sites and other key targets.

^{Thomas Newdick (The War Zone)}

How Israel pulled off audacious ‘Red Wedding’ and ‘Operation Narnia’ attacks on Iran

Source: independent.co.uk/news/world/m…

Another plot, called “Operation Narnia” because it was seen to be so fantastical, involved killing nine top Iranian #nuclear #scientists at their homes in #Tehran almost simultaneously - a plan that was successfully carried out.

Scientists and their families are civilians and not military targets. This is against international law and could be counted as a #war #crime.

#politics #war #news #warcrime #MiddleEast #Iran #Israel #airstrike #warfare #redWedding #Narnia #airforce #science #manhunt #military

Israel’s Red Wedding: How military pulled off attack on Iranian nuclear sites sparking 12 day war

The success of key Israeli operations against Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists is said to have even caught planners by surprise

^{Rachel Clun (The Independent)}

The desperation of the West has reached its zenith.

So after September 2022 Macron spoke on the phone with Putin.
According to a statement from #Elise, the #French clown called for a ceasefire in #Ukraine and the start of negotiations to end the conflict.
Also Macron asked #Iran to comply with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and in particular to cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency, #IAEA"

Repeated defeats that they cannot manage.
😂🤣😂🤣

Crazy that this barely registers as news in Western media.

x.com/AssalRad/status/19408735…

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

Military strikes may slow nuclear programs – but history shows they rarely stop them.

When it comes to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, diplomacy has proven far more effective.

A nonproliferation expert explains why, and what that means for #Iran now:
theconversation.com/military-f…

Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy

In the majority of cases, diplomacy has played a pivotal role in convincing nuclear-seeking nations to relinquish their pursuit of nuclear weapons.

^{The Conversation}

The U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, targeting #centrifuges that enrich uranium for weapons.

A nuclear engineer breaks down why those fast-spinning metal tubes matter and how they make nuclear weapons possible:

theconversation.com/why-the-us…
#Iran #Military #USPolitics

Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons

Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It’s not clear how far the US attack set back Iran’s production of bomb-grade uranium.

^{The Conversation}

#Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with #Israel, and that could mean trouble for Iran's ethnic minorities, according to a scholar who studies their history.

theconversation.com/iran-emerg…

Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities

The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.

^{The Conversation}

#Iran Suspends Cooperation With #UN #Nuclear Watchdog, #IAEA

The decision means that international inspectors will not be able to oversee sites. Experts have warned that Tehran could revive plans to build a bomb.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast #US #Israel
nytimes.com/2025/07/02/world/m…

Scotland Independence: Dozens of pro-Indy accounts go dark after Israeli strikes

Their sudden disappearance coincided with a major Israeli airstrike campaign against Iranian military and cyber infrastructure. Within days, Iran had suffered severe power outages, fuel shortages, and an internet blackout affecting 95 percent of national connectivity.

...

Iranian bots haven’t posted for four days.

source: ukdefencejournal.org.uk/dozens…

#bots #propaganda #manipulation #iran #uk #Scotland #independence #discussion #politics #internet #problem #cybersecurity #infrastructure #war #military #cyberspace #influence #Israel #news #cyberwar

Totally normal behaviour.

The person who's reposted it - Karin Prien - is the German Minister for Education.

#IsraelIsATerroristState #GazaHolocaust #Iran

#Russia and #Iran haven't only joined forces militarily, but on the #propaganda front as well.

Troll farms, bot armies, paid influencers, all aimed at dividing western nations in any way possible.

#Putin #IranIsraelwar

Uranium isn't just for nuclear weapons. This common element powers 10% of global electricity, fuels nuclear submarines, and aids cancer treatments. A biochemist explains the science behind uranium enrichment:

theconversation.com/uranium-en…
#science #iran

Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons

Uranium enrichment concentrates one specific type of the atom to create a substance that can generate massive amounts of energy.

^{The Conversation}

For #GenZ, the Iraq War is history class, not lived memory.

As the Israel-Iran conflict raises déjà vu among older Americans, a middle east historian asks: What happens when a generation forgets the last time this playbook was used?

theconversation.com/israel-ira…
#Iran #Israel #USPolitics @histodons #Histodons

Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past

University students today are too young to remember the March 2003 start of the Iraq War, which has future foreign policy implications, especially in light of conflict over Iran’s nuclear sites.

^{The Conversation}

Nowhere to run: The Afghan refugees caught in Israel’s war on Iran | Israel-Iran conflict News

On Friday, June 13, when Israeli missiles began raining down on Tehran, Shamsi was reminded once again just…
#Europe #Conflicts #Afghanistan #Asia #conflict #Features #Iran #israeliranconflict #middleeast #migration #News #Refugees #Taliban #war
europesays.com/2200323/

The #Senate on Friday rejected a #Democratic measure that would have forced #Trump to go to #Congress for approval of another #military strike against #Iran [he was supposed to for the first]. The resolution had little chance of succeeding in a #Republican-controlled & Trump lick-spittle Congress.

#Constitution #law #SeparationOfPowers #ChecksAndBalances #ExecutiveAuthority #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/poli…

Israel's 1981 bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor, often hailed as a nonproliferation success, may have actually increased Saddam Hussein's commitment to a nuclear weapons program rather than deterring it.

Interesting and relevant history:
theconversation.com/israel-bom…
#Iran #Israel #USPolitics @histodons #Histodons

Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 − it pushed program underground and spurred Saddam Hussein’s desire for nukes

Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.

^{The Conversation}

Sensitive content Reveal/hide

Respected arms proliferation expert Prof Jeffrey Lewis has just published an article on Trump's #Iran attack, it's paywalled but this is the intro:

"Iran Is on Course for a Bomb After U.S. Strikes Fail to Destroy Facilities"

"Satellite imagery confirms ... Iranian capabilities are ... not annihilated."

"It turns out that I may have been overestimating the effectiveness of the bombing campaign. The (leaked US intelligence) report indicated that the strike has set Iran’s nuclear program back by one to two months on the low end and less than a year on the high end."

foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/27/i…

U.S. Strikes Didn't Destroy Iranian Facilities

Satellite imagery confirms that Iranian capabilities are bruised, not annihilated.

^{Jeffrey Lewis (Foreign Policy)}

The U.S. bombing of Iran is just the latest chapter in a 45-year saga of mistrust, missed chances and moments of fragile diplomacy.

theconversation.com/what-happe…
#Iran #USPolitics @histodons #Histodons

What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries’ shared history

Negotiations are possible between the US and Iran, but they will neither be easy nor likely to produce more than limited outcomes.

^{The Conversation}

The clock has stopped

Men sit inside the remains of their house in Tehran, #Iran

Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

@photography

Wait, what? 1/ Read the 2nd post

Via Sherrilyn Ifill:

This is actually huge.

Seth Masket:

Trump says he gave #Iran permission to bomb US airbase. Any other president would have been impeached before sunset
washingtontimes.com/news/2025/…

At least 51 people have been killed this morning in #Israel attacks on #Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera. At least 14 of that number were killed in the north

#Iran’s Supreme Leader #Kahmenei congratulated the country’s armed forces & said #US military bases could be attacked again in case of future threats.

#MidfleEast #geopolitics #war
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/20…

LIVE: Israel kills more than 90 in Gaza; 3 killed in Israeli settler attack

Israel’s unrelenting attacks on Gaza kill dozens as Israeli settler violence leaves three dead in the West Bank.

^{Alastair McCready (Al Jazeera)}

Hi Trump, Hegseth

Preliminary intelligence assessments provided to European governments indicate that #Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile remains largely intact following US strikes on its main nuclear sites, two officials have said - ft.com/content/0808eeb8-341c-4…

Early intelligence suggests Iran’s uranium largely intact, European officials say

Preliminary assessments indicate Tehran was able to move much of its stockpile

^{Henry Foy (Financial Times)}

Analysis: AIPAC demands that House Democratic members explicitly state that they “stand with Israel" on Iran.

One member "received literally 100 phone calls from members of AIPAC & its allied pressure groups."

dropsitenews.com/p/aipac-democ…

#AIPAC #iran #Israel #US #USPol #EuroPol #UKPol .

AIPAC Demands Democrats “Stand With Israel” on Iran

The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.

^{David Dayen (Drop Site News)}

GAZA Food Game
medium.com/@daliamohisenn/gaza…

#palestine #gaza #israel #war #mastodon #mastoart #iran
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GAZA Food Game - Dalia Mohisen - Medium

At first, the aid was piled up at the borders only crumbs were allowed through. Then they invented something called “air drops” not to feed the hungry, but to humiliate them, to watch them scramble…

^{Dalia Mohisen (Medium)}

The United States wants the unilateral authority to decide who should be able to use certain technologies.

In a new piece, I talk about everything from Iran to Andor to discuss how US tech supremacy gives it power over others that it’s working hard to maintain — to all of our detriment.

disconnect.blog/p/why-should-t…

#tech #andor #iran #politics #china #donaldtrump #gaza

Why should the US decide who can have certain tech?

Restrictions on Iranian and Chinese technology are about preserving US geopolitical power

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

#bitcoin transaction processing (“mining”) output¹ just fell off a cliff after the U.S. bombed #iran.

remember, the perfect use case for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is as a medium of exchange between a small cabal of fascist kleptocratic states that don’t trust each other. that’s why russia, iran, and north korea are all so big on bitcoin.

here's an article summing up the known history of iran's bitcoin mining operations: ncr-iran.org/en/publications/s…

¹ maybe more properly described as “output”, with scare quotes (it’s really a measure of the amount of energy wasted per bitcoin transaction)

#israel #eupol #uspol #crypto #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #uspolitics #bitcoinmining #russia #dprk #northkorea

#Humor #USpol #GeoPol #Politics #Iran
#WarInTheMiddleEast

*Commander-in-Chief*
A #cartoon by @p_calleri

"Caricature.
#Trump is standing next to a green gun barrel and looking through a telescope, which he is holding upside down.
On his head he is wearing a pointed hat folded from newspaper. The words "U S A" and "Iran" can be read. Trump's left foot rests on a person lying prone on the ground. The person is wearing a red maga cap. The person is also holding a sign that reads "America First."

"Millions of evangelical Christians whose faith is tied to political ideologies of far-right nationalism and White evangelical racism would not see Trump’s action as destructive, but rather as cause for celebration. For them, the bombings are acts of destiny that are divinely guided. They are the start of the End they have been waiting for."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #Iran #war #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism
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lucid.substack.com/p/the-iran-…

The Iran Strike as a Holy War

Trump's bargain with Christian nationalists and the theological bases of the war

^{Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)}

Presidents have long bypassed Congress on military action. Trump's Iran strikes are the latest example in a trend ever since the last war declared by Congress, World War II.

theconversation.com/presidents…
#Trump #USPolitics #Iran

Presidents of both parties have launched military action without Congress declaring war − Trump’s bombing of Iran is just the latest

Against the backdrop of US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, a scholar of presidential powers examines the history and current use of the laws around US military action.

^{The Conversation}