Demonstrations against the Iranian regime are being held around the world …
… including a major one “on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference where world leaders gather” …
- Hundreds of Thousands Gather in Munich Demanding Regime Change in Iran amid Ongoing Protests (Euronews)
… and in Los Angeles, “home to one of the largest Iranian communities outside of Iran”:
Israeli war crimes continue:
- Israeli Airstrikes Kill 11 Palestinians (France 24)
- Several Palestinians Injured, Detained in Israeli Raids Across West Bank (Taghrib)
“An executive order signed by Trump 10 days ago … gives the secretary of State and the secretary of Commerce the possibility to recommend that the president impose tariffs of up to 25% on any country that conducts business with Iran” …
… but “Beijing says ‘normal cooperation between countries’ should be respected”:
- Beijing Pushes Back After Trump, Netanyahu Said to Agree US Will Clamp Down on Iran Oil Exports to China (Times of Israel)
The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance — continues:
- ‘This Is for Palestine’ – Mistrial Declared in Stanford Pro-Palestinian Protest Case (Palestine Chronicle)
Two “incidents offered a rare public glimpse into the president’s inability to control institutions that shape both policy and public perception in the Islamic Republic”:
- Clash with State TV Exposes Limits of Iran’s Presidential Authority (Iran International)
“Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi’s health, family says, after reports of ‘life-threatening mistreatment’”:
“Soaring inflation was a key trigger for the most recent unrest. It was almost 50 years ago as well” and a “second parallel is emerging: a cycle of repression, grief and protest resembling that which unseated the shah:”
- Nobody Knows What Would Follow Regime Change in Iran – but What Happened in 1979 Offers Some Pointers (The Guardian)
Middle East analyst Dr. Eric Mandel argued “that diplomacy may be designed to demonstrate that all political options were exhausted before stronger measures are considered. Former US ambassador John Craig echoed that assessment”:
- ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’: Is Trump-Netanyahu Iran Policy a Ruse? (Iran International)
Lord Henry Stanley “was the eldest of 10 children given free rein to develop their own thoughts and beliefs … and born to [an] educated, well-travelled” mother:
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