This past week we saw 29 people killed and roughly 70 people injured by an attack by four gunmen on a military parade in Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province bordering Iraq. Following the attack, I…

As much as I do not like the Mullahs in Iran, I see war with Iran as a disastrous outcome to the current situation. I don’t think it’s good for Iran, nor for the U.S.A.…

This ATTACK will reinforce the Mullahs: After putting up Saddam Hussein, funding him, supporting him, encouraging him, giving him vital intelligence – and ALL the ‘loans’ needed to buy arms to attack Iran, by ALL…

On September 22, 1980, the Iraqi Army invaded Iran. Iraqi military aircraft bombed Iran’s major airports. In days, Iraqi soldiers had occupied and conquered many major Iranian cities. Iraq targeted oil tankers, oil platforms, and…

The cover up is often worse than the crime. The Putin/Trump cabal has gotten to Mueller. With Papadapolous getting a measly 14-day sentence, it’s clear that Mueller too is now ‘in on it’. Trump’s Russian…

Today Javad Zarif tweeted: "65 years ago today, the US overthrew the popularly elected democratic government of Dr. Mossadegh, restoring the dictatorship & subjugating Iranians for the next 25 years. Now an “Action Group” dreams…

The U.S. crackdown on Tehran is putting Iraqi politicians in an awkward spot. By GENEIVE ABDO (Excellent article, reposted with edits from Bahar Media) As soon as the most recent round of U.S. sanctions, announced…

Nearly a year since the Trump administration rolled out its South Asia strategy, carnage in Afghanistan continues even as negotiations for peace inch ahead. The latest headlines from Afghanistan are much like the old headlines…

Dozens of schoolchildren on a field trip were killed in Yemen last week when a Saudi-led airstrike hit their bus. More than 50 people died; nearly 80 were wounded. Many victims were younger than 10.…

Saudi Arabia’s deadline for accepting tenders to dig a 60-kilometre canal that will turn Qatar into an island was completed on June 25th. Now Saudi Arabia is planning to complete the project in 15 months.…

The dispute over sovereignty of the Caspian Sea began with the fall of the Soviet Union which had had a clearly defined Caspian border with Iran. In negotiations with post-Soviet nations, Tehran has insisted on…

One of the great ironies of our time, is that we find Donald Trump chastising and sanctioning Erdogan’s Turkey – the very regime the U.S. and its allies put in power. It is a long…

In a June 13 Washington Post article, former US ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad argued that the Trump administration's approach towards Iran - withdrawing from the nuclear deal and imposing crippling sanctions - has…

There is now so much shit on Trump, that the question is not whether he will be gone, but when! For many, if not most, Americans, the only pleasure to be had from Donald Trump’s…

The Bering Strait crossing, is a hypothetical bridge and tunnel spanning the relatively narrow and shallow Bering Strait between the Chukotka Peninsula in Russia and the Seward Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. The…

As we all know, Trump filed for bankruptcy 4 times. He is a master at running of with other people’s money! He understands debt! He borrowed to build his empire. “I’m the king of debt.…

It wasn’t so long ago that Qassem Soleimani was celebrated in New Yorker magazine, with an article called the “Shadow Commander”. It was a prelude to the creation of a cult image for the General.…

by SRSrocco As the world continues to burn energy like there is no tomorrow, global oil and gas discoveries fell to another low in 2017.  And to make matters worse, world oil investment has dropped 45%…

The major – perhaps only – redeeming virtue of the Donald’s ersatz campaign platform was his clear intent to seek a rapprochement with Russia, revamp America’s commitments to NATO and other cold war relics and to…

We are witnessing a revision of globalism as we know it. It is Trump, no less, that is walking away from TPP (trans-pacific partnership) and is speaking on the stump against NAFTA (the north America…

Earlier this week, Mr. Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister published an article in an Iranian (English language newspaper) in response to a speech given by U.S. foreign secretary Mike Pompeo earlier this month. In his…

By Brian Resnick (edited by Baharmedia.net) As anti-Muslim rhetoric increases under Trump, more Americans are seeing Muslims as less than human. Many Americans will willingly admit they think other groups of people are “less evolved.”…

By Peter Beinart (edited by Baharmedia.com) History empirically shows that economic pressure does change societies—but it mostly facilitates hardliners. Iran’s regime may be next. The United States has a long history of intervening overseas to…

By Juan Cole (edited by Baharmedia.net) Trump allegedly complained to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that after the 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranians “think they can do anything they want.” Presumably Trump was referring to…

Iranians be careful.John Bolton visited Russia yesterday, and met with Putin. Trump now has a scheduled 'summit' with Putin. At the same time Russia and Saudi Arabia are increasing their oil production, and Iran's exports…

by Hamid Dabashi (edited by baharmedia.net) Iranians know too well their history to allow a US-Saudi-Israeli alliance to change the Iranian regime. In the immediate aftermath of US President Donald Trump's announcement on May 8…

by Anne and Massoud Khodabandeh (edited by BaharMedia) “Albania will become a coordination center for fighters returning from ISIS to the Balkans,” announced Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a joint press conference with Albanian…

Yes, the U.S. delivered a billion dollars in hard cash (from Iran’s frozen bank accounts) back to Iran after the JCPOA was signed! But a few months later, Iran put a deposit on new plane…

One in every five deaths in young adults is opioid-related in the United States: study Proportion of deaths that are opioid-related has increased by nearly 300 per cent in 15 years By Ana Gajic, Dr.…

by Caitlin Johnstone (edited by Baharmedia.net) They want you arguing over who should and shouldn't be called a terrorist based on what ideology you subscribe to and what color the latest killer's skin was. They…

One interesting outcome of the 2016 Presidential elections, was a revelation (for Democrats at least) and a confirmation for many (like me) that there are vast portions of the United States that are backward. The…

Roseanne Barr is supposed to be a sharp, shrewd, Jewish-American comedian, with a hefty net worth.  She is an accomplished actor, and producer. So, when I read her tweet this past week attacking Valerie Jarett…

By scrapping the nuclear deal, President Trump is following the established U.S. playbook of aiding Tehran. For decades, since the Iranian Revolution, the United States has engaged in a quasi-war with Tehran. Washington backed Saddam…

Some 17 years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban from power, Afghanistan remains one of the world’s poorest countries, highly dependent on foreign aid. In addition, Afghanistan is a land-locked nation that depends…

There was/is a twitter feed by Nazanin Boniadi, that was recently published on the web. It had over 500 comments under her tweet: “Utterly confused by people who admit that the IRI is a repressive…

By John Pavlovitz God doesn’t bless America. That’s not how this works. I’m sorry to break it to you, Bible Belt Christians—but that’s just how it is. I know this kinda wrecks the convenient narrative…

I still vividly remember Khomeini landing in Tehran, on an Air France 747 jet, chartered by the Government of France. Iranian’s legitimate effort to bring about democracy in the country (for the 3rd Time in…

Why would Tero Varjoranta, the deputy director general and the head of the department of safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) responsible for inspections of nuclear facilities in Iran resign? The answer is…