The war against Iran was launched against a backdrop of already ongoing energy transition. Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the Earth, and none of it goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
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A portrait of life in the Iranian capital through the months leading up to the war, and in the first weeks under the Israeli and U.S. "Operation Epic Fury".
Scahill and Ahmadian discuss the events leading up to Trump’s announcement on Thursday, Iran’s red lines—including the unfreezing of assets an end to the war on Lebanon—and how Israel will seek to sabotage a deal, and economic impact on Iran.
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The poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution; precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane sees people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power
In a stunning House vote, lawmakers began an attempt to end the war without presidential approval — creating conditions for a potentially historic legal showdown, potentially setting the stage for a legal showdown over the limits of executive power.
The Iran War exposes how a new global catastrophe may unfold. The Iran war contains echoes of not only the Suez Moment, but of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Besides signaling to the world that US hegemony is on a downhill slide
He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.
GOP lawmakers broke with the president on Iran, a compensation fund that could go to Jan. 6 rioters and his ballroom renovation — and they are increasingly bleak about November.
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