Middle East

While bombs and invasions draw widespread condemnation, economic sanctions—marketed as peaceful and humane alternatives—continue to inflict mass suffering, largely unchecked. From Iran and Venezuela to Gaza, sanctions quietly devastate civilian populations, while entrenching the very global inequalities they claim to…

The recent ceasefire declared between Iran and the U.S.-Israel axis might appear to be a temporary pause in escalating tensions. However, it reflects a deeper geopolitical reality: the Islamic Republic of Iran has not only withstood sustained pressure but, in…

Nobody saw it coming. Iran and Israel surprised the world by agreeing to a ceasefire precisely at the point when most observers expected their war to spiral out of control. Trump’s decision to bomb several nuclear sites in Iran and…

The Offensive Against Iran as a Link in the Containment of China: The Bully’s Move on a Board He No Longer Controls By Claudia Aranda The ongoing aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot be interpreted solely through the…

The blatant and treacherous aggression of the United States cannot be left unanswered, as this would mean the destruction of the domestic and international image of the government, which has long publicly and solemnly accepted the challenge of the empire.…

We thank Anthony Donovan for providing Pressenza in NYC with the transcript of the statement delivered today, June 22, 2025, by Iran’s Ambassador to the U.N. during the Security Council Emergency Meeting. Thank you, Madam President, for your valuable efforts…

A historian reviews new books by Peter Beinart, Avi Shlaim and Pankaj Mishra on the project that animates Israel’s violence During a sabbatical I spent in West Jerusalem in the late 1980s, my 7-year-old daughter was enrolled in an Israeli…

Several days have passed since the direct military confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Israeli regime began, and it is already clear that this is not just another regional skirmish. What we are witnessing is not merely…

Clear intensification of the conflict: 24 dead and nearly 600 wounded after waves of Iranian missiles The conflict between Iran and Israel has escalated sharply over the past 72 hours, with a confirmed toll of 24 dead and 592 wounded,…

Strictly speaking, if the world were truly willing to uphold its own rules, what Israel has done would qualify it as a terrorist state in the full sense of the term. Let us analyze this in accordance with international law.…