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Next supreme leader must not play into anti-Iran US propaganda, say reformists Reform Front suggests attacks on non-military US assets are diminishing global support for Iran as victim of aggression * Middle East crisis – live updates Tehran should appoint a supreme leader who will both challenge US propaganda that Iran is a war-mongering nation and reduce domestic polarisation, the country’s diminished alliance of reformist groups has said. The Reform Front, which helped Masoud Pezeshkian become president 18 months ago, suggested that attacks on non-military US assets in the region were diminishing global support for Iran as a victim of a blatant aggression, according to comments cited in a report by the Iranian newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad. Continue reading...

Next supreme leader must not play into anti-Iran US propaganda, say reformists

What was the Iranian warship sunk by US torpedo doing near Sri Lanka? The U.S. attack on an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean this week was the first time since World War Two that the United States has sunk an enemy vessel ​with a torpedo.

What was the Iranian warship sunk by US torpedo doing near Sri Lanka? reut.rs/4rdF6wS

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot

Israel's Digital Occupation — The Dial Lebanon has become a laboratory for a new age of warfare.

“The drones that hover over the skies of Lebanon…collect large swathes of data — Wi-Fi, IP addresses, phone signals — which are then organized by AI…in what some scholars and activists say amounts to a “digital occupation.” Fascinating by @justinsalhani.bsky.social

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Trump's Unauthorized Strikes on Iran Take America's Imperial Presidency to New Heights Khamenei's departure is nothing to mourn but regime change might require more than air strikes

“In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive...[T]he trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man."
-- James Madison
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Analyst says interest in Epstein files plummeted after war on Iran launched Republican US Congressman Thomas Massie has said the war 'won't make the Epstein files go away'.

Republican US Congressman Thomas Massie has said the war 'won't make the Epstein files go away'.

🔴🇱🇧The Israeli military has ordered all residents in southern Lebanon to move north of the Litani River.

This is area consists of dozens of villages close to the border.

The Lebanese government said the army has cleared it from Hezbollah military presence in recent months.

Footage from near the Strait of Hormuz shows a Palau-flagged oil tanker ablaze after what Oman’s maritime security centre said was a hit from an unidentified projectile.

At least three ships have been struck in the area. More than 150 others have dropped anchor to avoid entering the strait.

L’européanisation du « parapluie nucléaire » français, un projet de moins en moins tabou chez beaucoup d’alliés Alors qu’Emmanuel Macron doit prononcer, lundi, à Brest, un discours sur la dissuasion nucléaire, son allocution sera particulièrement écoutée par les Européens. Plusieurs pays ont amorcé un virage stratégique dans ce domaine, en raison de la menace russe et de la remise en cause de la fiabilité de l’allié américain dans l’OTAN.

L’européanisation du « parapluie nucléaire » français, un projet de moins en moins tabou chez beaucoup d’alliés

US is sinking Iran's Navy, Trump says U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. military was sinking Iran's Navy, having destroyed nine Iranian warships so far and "going after the rest."

US is sinking Iran's Navy, Trump says reut.rs/4l8kiFW

Tehran: a city at war A dispatch from Iran’s capital, where an eerie silence was broken by explosions, pro-regime marches and people fleeing

Tehran: a city at war ft.trib.al/VPJuLLB

Le pire cauchemar des pays du Golfe persique se réalise Les États du Golfe persique se trouvent entraînés dans la guerre israélo-états-unienne contre l’Iran. Ce scénario de l’instabilité et de l’extension régionale est celui qu’ils redoutaient le plus, même si aucun n’était allié avec Téhéran.

Les États du Golfe persique se trouvent entraînés dans la guerre israélo-états-unienne contre l’Iran. Ce scénario de l’instabilité et de l’extension régionale est celui qu’ils redoutaient le plus, même si aucun n’était allié avec Téhéran.

Par Gwenaelle Lenoir

US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 153 girls killed in strike on school <article data-history-node-id="434485" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-and-israeli-attack-iran-least-153-girls-killed-strike-school" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-and-israeli-attack-iran-least-153-girls-killed-strike-school" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 153 girls killed in strike on school</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>At least 153 people, almost all of them young girls, have been killed in an air strike on a primary school in&nbsp;southern&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>, according to the city’s governor.</p> <p>The attack on Saturday morning hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the city of Minab, in Hormozgan province, as the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/us" target="_blank">United States</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel&nbsp;</a>began launching strikes on targets across Iran.</p> <p>The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies.</p> <p>A staff member at the Minab school, who asked not to be named, told Middle East Eye she remains in shock at the intensity of the attack.</p> <p>Through tears, she said she used to watch the young girls playing at school every day. After today’s strikes, however, she saw their bodies lying on classroom benches and in different corners of the school.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-24-girls-killed-us-strike-elementary-school-southern-iran">US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 153 girls killed in strike on school</a></h3> <p><img alt="Video posted on pro-government Telegram accounts show Iranians searching through the destroyed school in Minab (Telegram)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/IRAN_SCHOOL_STILL.png.jpg?itok=fC0Y7C_t"></p> <section>&nbsp;</section> </div> </div> </article>

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Members of Canada's military may have been involved in planning U.S. strikes on Iran, retired general says | CBC News A retired Canadian major-general says personnel on exchange with U.S. Central Command were likely involved in planning and targeting airstrikes on Iran unless Ottawa explicitly barred participation. A...

While Carney hasn't said what Canada is doing to aid the US war effort in #Iran, a former senior Canadian general says it’s highly likely that members of the Canadian military, on exchange with the US, were involved in the planning and co-ordinating of airstrikes on Iran. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Jeffrey Epstein tried to buy palace in Morocco days before arrest The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi - but the purchase was never completed.

Jeffrey Epstein tried to buy palace in Morocco days before arrest

As former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett describe Turkey “as the new Iran” I’m wondering when it will be obvious that Israeli political culture cannot sustain itself without constantly creating new enemies.

Leader of Columbia Brain Institute Quits Over Friendship With Epstein The Nobel laureate Richard Axel is not accused of wrongdoing but called his association with Jeffrey Epstein a “serious error in judgment.”

Richard Axel, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist and professor, announced Tuesday that he was resigning as a co-director of a flagship neuroscience institute at Columbia University because of his friendship with Jeffery Epstein.

President Trump gave a triumphant address celebrating his policies and gave no indication that he's chastened by his falling approval ratings, instead repeatedly taunting Democrats.

ICE teaches cadets to 'violate the Constitution,' ex-DHS attorney testifies The former U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement attorney's testimony before members of Congress comes as ICE is in the middle of a historic hiring surge.

UNREAL! ICE teaches cadets to 'violate the Constitution,' ex-DHS attorney testifies. This is why Abolishing ICE is not enough. We must PROSECUTE people from Kristi Noem down for their crimes!!
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Reclaiming Narrative Authority: Esoteric Resistance in Emile Habiby’s The Pessoptimist Abstract. This article analyzes how Emile Habiby’s The Secret Life of Sa’id, the Ill-fated Pessoptimist deploys secrecy as a political and narrative strategy within the context of post-1967 Palestinia...

We are pleased to share a new publication in Palestine/Israel Review featuring Manar Makhoul’s article, Reclaiming Narrative Authority: Esoteric Resistance in Emile Habiby’s The Pessoptimist.

Jerusalem, crime, Negev are major tests for 1948 Palestinians Despite all this, I see our political role as becoming more important in the coming period. We must continue to expose the Israeli apartheid system...

Jamal Zahalka, head of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, outlines challenges facing the Palestinians with 1948 territories:

Tehran on edge as residents fear US attack Many in Iran’s capital think it is only a matter of time until war returns to their lives

@Najmeh_Tehran Tehran is on edge with fear of US attack. Many who are still traumatised by the war with Israel in June and a deadly crackdown on anti-regime protests last month — fear it is only a matter of time until violence returns to their lives.
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Inside Iran’s Preparation for War and Plans for Survival

Told NYT Khamenei is expecting to be martyred & thinking this is my system and legacy and I will stand until the end. He is distributing power & preparing the state for the next big thing, both succession and war, aware that succession may come as a consequence of war www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/w...

US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations Mike Huckabee suggested Israel would be justified in taking much of the Middle East on Biblical grounds.

US ambassador's Israel comments condemned by Arab and Muslim nations

UNRWA has a unique logistical footprint across #Gaza.

With an unmatched network of over 11,000 staff, expertise, and trust, UNRWA continues to work.

UNRWA helped these 31 babies get the medical help they needed.

➡️ Let UNRWA continue its work
➡️ Open the crossings
➡️ Let aid in at scale

#UNRWAworks

These atrocities in Sudan were entirely predictable. So why did the rest of the world fail to stop them? | Husam Mahjoub Western governments have put elite bargains before civilian lives. If El Fasher is to mean anything, this approach must change, says Husam Mahjoub, co-founder of Sudanese TV channel Sudan Bukra

"The liberal peace-building model that privileges armed actors and elite bargains has already failed Sudan. It treats generals and militia leaders as indispensable stakeholders and relegates civilians to observers."
New approaches are required indeed.
#Sudan
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🟢 Hamas spokesperson in Gaza, Hazem Qasem, called on the Board of Peace to move beyond rhetoric at the upcoming meeting on Thursday to “implement in practice the principles they have announced, and to take concrete action to secure a genuine cessation of the war on the Gaza Strip and halt Israel’s grave violations of the agreement,” noting Israel is continuing to kill civilians and demolish homes in violation of the agreement. He urged the Board to pressure Israel to allow the independent National Committee to enter Gaza to administer the Strip, oversee humanitarian relief, and begin reconstruction with adequate support. Qasem also called for the lifting of the blockade, saying Israel is allowing in less than half of the agreed aid. He urged the “genuine reopening of the Rafah crossing, rather than the current symbolic measures, under which fewer than a quarter of the agreed numbers are permitted to pass,” along with “widespread violations in the treatment of travelers.”

🟢 Hamas spokesperson in Gaza, Hazem Qasem, called on the Board of Peace to move beyond rhetoric at the upcoming meeting on Thu. to “implement in practice the principles they have announced, & to take concrete action to secure a genuine cessation of the war on the Gaza Strip & halt Israel’s grave...

At least 12 Democratic lawmakers plan to boycott Trump's State of the Union address The members of Congress plan to attend a rally organized by progressive advocacy groups on the National Mall instead.

At least a dozen Democratic members of Congress plan to boycott President Trump’s State of the Union address and are scheduled to attend a rally on the National Mall instead.

Vermont Legislator Resigns Over Racist Texts in Republican Group Chat

A few months ago a GOP state legislator resigned over racist texts, and the staffer of a NY GOP assemblyman was fired for comparing Black people to monkeys and other racist remarks. Let's see how GOP leaders respond now when it's the leader of their party (who has a long history here).