2025-07-04: Iran Roundup

So far today: 2025-07-04 2:34pm GMT

Daanish Faruqi (2025-07-04). Between Two Enemies: Syria's Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts. juancole.com ( Aljumhuriya ) — Even as a ceasefire has, for now, calmed tensions between Israel and Iran, Trump's decision to officially join Israel's war effort has been illuminating on a multitude of fronts. In particular, it revealed how quickly Iran was able to cultivate global support for its sovereignty and multiple calls for restraint, particularly …

Walden Bello (2025-07-04). The End of Multilaterlism. counterpunch.org The recent unilateral strikes by the United States on Iran's nuclear development sites underline the fact that multilateralism is dead, and has been so for some time. It is not only when it comes to the question of the deployment of military power that multilateralism is shown to be dead or dying. The key institutions

Sasan Fayazmanesh (2025-07-04). The Madmen Behind the Israel/US-Iran War. counterpunch.org It has now been more than 30 years since the butcher of Auschwitz Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned the world that Iran would soon acquire nuclear weapons. In 1992, in an address to the Israeli Knesset, he stated: "Within three to five years, we can assume that Iran will become autonomous in its ability to develop and produce a nuclear bomb." He repeated the warning and whispered the need to invade Iran in the ears of every US president ever since. The warnings became louder after Al Qaeda attacked the US. The Jerusalem Post reported on September 12, 2001, that "Netanyahu warned last night that the attack could be…

Daniel Warner (2025-07-04). Another Tale of Two Uncle Sams: Mamdani's Unexpected Win and Hope for a Democratic Democracy. counterpunch.org Split Screen: On one side is the current president of the United States striding to a microphone to tell how the U. S. military had bombed Iran. Behind him are the Vice President, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, all white males in very starched white shirts. "A short time ago, the U.S. military

ICRC (2025-07-04). Iran: Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement partners' advanced workshop for Iranian Red Crescent Society's management. icrc.org

Stephen Advocate (2025-07-04). The Dog's Curve: How Corporate Media Obscures the Machinery of War. counterpunch.org Here we go again. Another bombing, another military "response," another foreign policy crisis framed in the language of necessity. The headlines are already there: U.S. Targets Iranian Militants After Escalation. Cable anchors dutifully speculate: "Will this spark a regional conflict?" Pundits from think tanks with Pentagon ties flood the airwaves, telling us what we're supposed

ICRC (2025-07-04). Frequently asked questions: The ICRC's work in Iran. icrc.org

John Feffer (2025-07-04). Iran and the Nuclear Order. counterpunch.org The obvious takeaway for Iran after the recent attacks is that it's certainly dangerous to semi-covertly pursue nuclear weapons but it's perhaps even more dangerous not to have them. If nuclear powers don't suffer devastating bombing campaigns, insecure nations conclude that they best acquire a nuke as quickly as possible.

Hamdullah Baycar (2025-07-04). Why China's Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing. juancole.com Karadeniz, Türkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants the world to believe that a new multipolar is possible, one in which U.S. dominance is giving way to a more balanced international order. However, if China truly wishes to …

ICRC (2025-07-04). Iran: Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. icrc.org

ICRC (2025-07-04). Statement from ICRC's Near & Middle East regional director following the escalations of hostilities between Israel and Iran. icrc.org

WSWS (2025-07-04). Sri Lanka's Tamil parties back US-Israel war against Iran. wsws.org Amid an unfolding global conflict, workers in Sri Lanka—Tamil, Sinhala and Muslim—stand in the same trench as their class brothers in Iran, Gaza, throughout the Middle East, including Israel, and internationally.

ICRC (2025-07-04). Tehran: The first International Conference on Disability and Physical Rehabilitation in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement was held. icrc.org

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