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Chris Hedges Report: Why The Iran War Won’t End Soon

August 9, 2026 The Chris Hedges Report. , , , ,
The United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran have inflamed West Asia to the point that it has turned “into a matrix of smaller wars taking place across the region, all of which are interconnected, but all of which have quite separate agendas,” describes Alastair Crooke of Conflicts Forum, a former diplomat who served in the Middle East and who authored, “Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution”. In this episode of the Chris Hedges Report, Hedges and Crooke explore the wide-reaching geopolitical and economic ramifications of the war on Iran and what options remain for the Trump administration, which has been forced multiple times to walk back its threats of escalation.

Iran Called Off Strikes On Ukraine After Apology From Kiev

August 4, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Major General Mohsen Rezaei, senior military adviser to Iran's supreme leader, revealed on 4 August that Tehran was preparing to launch three retaliatory strikes against locations in Ukraine before Kiev “apologized” for an attack on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea. “We were ready to attack three different points in Ukraine, but after they publicly apologized for attacking our ship, we decided to refrain from escalating tensions,” Rezaei said in the interview.  Iranian spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Esmail Baghaei rejected claims by Ukrainian officials saying the strike was unintentional.

Pentagon Orders US Troops To Devise ‘Creative Options’ For ‘Punishing Iran’

August 3, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
The US military has asked its forces to devise “creative and unconventional” options and attack plans aimed at “punishing” the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to an exclusive CNN report released on 3 August. The message was written by an officer in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) intelligence branch, and sent to military analysts, according to an informed source. In an email obtained by CNN, a senior officer in the US Army said, “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.”

Action For Peace With Iran: Rallies At Four US Drone Bases

August 2, 2026 ToBlomé, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
In just a couple of weeks, and for some, in just a few days, we were able to plan, organize and execute simultaneous protests at four U.S. Drone Bases across the U.S., in response to the expanding illegal and immoral US-Israeli led war on Iran, and elsewhere. U.S.-Israeli drones have become the weapons of choice in these aggressive wars in Iran, Lebanon and Gaza. The overriding theme of these drone base rallies was a call to our military to “REFUSE ILLEGAL WARS,” inspired by a Veterans For Peace national billboard campaign. Below are short reports from each base action and a sampling of photos.

Passage Through Strait Of Hormuz Impossible Due To US Aggression

August 2, 2026 Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
“Due to the continued aggressive actions of the United States military forces in the region, passage through the Strait of Hormuz is not possible,” the authority said in a Friday statement, issued in response to repeated inquiries from applicants. It added that all pending requests would be reviewed in chronological order once the situation stabilizes. “As soon as stability and calm are restored, all applications will be reviewed based on their order and schedule, and permits will be issued gradually,” the statement said. The announcement comes amid US aggression on Iran and Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US assets.

Trump Again Backs Down From Bombing Iran

August 2, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
US President Donald Trump announced he has called off a potential attack on Iran and its energy infrastructure, claiming progress had been made in negotiations between Washington and Tehran. "I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Saturday night. On Friday, Trump held discussions with his advisors at Camp David in which plans were drawn up to target Iran's energy infrastructure, including oil refineries and power plants supplying electricity to millions of civilians in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Protests Continue Vs US War On Iran

August 1, 2026 Betsey Piette, Workers World. , , , ,
As of July 28, the U.S. was at war with Iran for 150 days, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and dozens of Iranian leaders, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including bombing a school in Minab, Iran, and the undermining of global trade. Calling for this war to end, locally coordinated protests took place in over 30 cities in the U.S., Britain and Canada. Stop U.S.-Israel War on Iran actions included banner drops, leafleting and speak-outs at federal buildings, shopping areas and busy intersections. Demands included: End the wars on Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen! End sanctions on these and all countries! Defend Iran’s sovereignty! 

US Merges Wars In Eurasia, West Asia

July 30, 2026 M. K. Bhadrakumar, Consortium News. , , ,
On Friday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump was announcing the end of the latest round of the conflict with Iran, the Pentagon unobtrusively extended the war theatre to the Caspian Sea in a hugely consequential geopolitical thrust. The incident hardly figured in the Western news cycle. But CGTN (China Global Television Network), perhaps sensing that the U.S. could be stealthily spreading its war to the Caspian region, reported on July 25,  “U.S. missiles struck a Revolutionary Guards Navy headquarters in the Ziba Kenar area of the Caspian Sea province of Gilan, according to a security official in Gilan quoted by Iranian media. Provincial authorities said U.S. projectiles had also struck the port city of Bandar Anzali, according to the Iranian Labor News Agency.” 

Israeli War Chief Says US ‘Blocking’ Plans To Strike Iranian Power Sites

July 28, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Israeli War Minister Israel Katz said in an interview with Hebrew media on 28 July that Washington is preventing Tel Aviv from bombarding the Islamic Republic of Iran's power infrastructure. Speaking to Israel’s Channel 14, Katz said, “We very much want to strike Iran’s energy targets.” Katz added that the US “is not approving it at the moment because of the concern that Iran would attack neighboring countries, causing a global oil crisis.” “As far as we’re concerned, we’re prepared to set [Iran] back 40 years,” the war chief went on to say.  The comments coincide with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington. 

Ukraine’s Attack On Iranian Vessel Aims To Drag Europe Into War

July 28, 2026 Press TV, Orinoco Tribune. , , , ,
In a strongly worded post on X on Sunday, Araghchi said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy orchestrated the attack on the Iranian commercial vessel that left one sailor dead. He added that the attack constituted a “blatant” violation of the United Nations Charter. The top Iranian diplomat noted that he raised the issue in separate phone calls with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He said he made clear during the conversations that the attack “cannot go unanswered.”

United States Strikes Against Iran ‘On Hold’

July 26, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
The US has paused its strikes on Iran for the past two days after 13 straight days of attacks, amid concerns that stocks of missile interceptors needed to defend US assets and personnel in the Gulf are running dangerously low. A Department of Defense source told CNN on 26 July that US military operations, which drew heavy retaliatory strikes from Iran, are now “on a hold.”   Iranian Army Spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia said that Iran has consequently stopped its strikes on US assets across the region, which were retaliatory in nature."

Iran Rejects US Ceasefire Proposal Delivered By Iraqi Prime Minister

July 24, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
Iranian officials have rejected a US ceasefire proposal personally delivered to Tehran by the Iraqi prime minister, the New York Times (NYT) reported on 24 July, citing Iranian and Iraqi officials. US President Donald Trump gave the proposal to Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi during their meeting at the White House earlier this month. Tehran reportedly rejected the proposal on Friday after Washington completed its 12th straight night of bombing Iran. According to the NYT report, Iranian and Iraqi officials did not reveal details of the ceasefire proposal. However, Iranian negotiators rejected the proposal because Tehran is “not interested in a temporary deal that left the question of control over the Strait of Hormuz unresolved,” the NYT wrote.

An Appeal To The Consciences Of Those Who Are Bombing Iran

July 23, 2026 Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. , , , ,
Nineteen years ago in February 2007 during the Bush administration’s Axis of Evil regime and calls for attacks on Iran from members of Congress including “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran (to the tune of Beachboys song Barbara Ann)” recitation by Senator John McCain, I wrote an article entitled “An Appeal to Conscience to Those Who WOULD Bomb Iran.”  Now almost two decades and four presidential administrations later (Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump), the article is virtually the same, except that U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy pilots have now actually dropped bunker busting, ‘smart” bombs on Iran’s nuclear program facilities

US Intel Determines Renewed War On Iran ‘Unlikely’ To Achieve Trump’s Goals

July 22, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
A new US intelligence assessment says continued military attacks against the Islamic Republic are “unlikely to move” Tehran or “soften its position” in any upcoming negotiations, officials told the Washington Post on 21 July. The CIA report highlights that Iran “is unlikely to feel significant impact” despite heavy US airstrikes. “Tehran and Washington are, for now, stuck in an indefinite limbo between peace and war,” say the officials familiar with the new assessment.  The assessment reportedly reveals the “dilemma” US President Donald Trump is facing as a result of the US-Israeli war launched against Iran in February.

War Criminal Pete Hegseth Disrupted

July 22, 2026 CODEPINK. , , , ,
Washington, DC – On Tuesday afternoon, activists from CODEPINK, Vets About Face DMV, and the National Iranian American Council disrupted Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth during his testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, demanding an immediate end to the disastrous U.S. war on Iran and condemning the administration's request for additional funding. Four people managed to disrupt Hegseth; of the four, two were Iranian-Americans, one U.S. veteran, and one nurse. They were each removed from the hearing and arrested. 
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