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Iran Says Israeli 'Nuclear Terrorism' Could Have Led to Catastrophic 'Crime Against Humanity'

Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said at a Monday news conference accused Israel of being behind an attack on the Natanz nuclear facility and vowed revenge for the attack of sabotage that outside critics is clearly aimed a scuttling diplomatic efforts between Tehran, the U.S., and others. (Photo: PressTV)

As Saudis Suck Up Weapons, US Accounts for Over 1/3 of All Global Arms Sales

Jon Queally, staff writer

F-35 test aircraft AA-1 undergoes flight test over Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Lockheed Martin/flickr/cc)

New analysis shows U.S.-based war profiteers have supplied increased demand by Qatar, Egypt, the Saudi Kingdom, and others in the Middle East over the last five years.

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Sanders Warns Biden Attack on Syria Puts US on 'Path of Continuing the Forever War Instead of Ending It'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill examining wages at large profitable corporations February 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images)

"Our Constitution is clear that it is Congress, not the president, who has the...

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'Counter-Terrorism'?: Two Decades After 9/11, New Interactive Map Details Footprint of US War Machine in 85 Countries

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

President Donald Trump, who vowed to "bomb the shit out of" Islamic State militants and "take out their families," presided over a dramatic escalation in air and ground attacks on cities including Mosul, Iraq—shown here under U.S. bombardment—in which thousands of civilians were killed. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

"The map raises a number of questions. Why is the United States militarily...

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Mohamed Soltan, 32, a U.S. citizen who became a prominent Egyptian political prisoner, at his home on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Washington Post via Getty Images)

After Vowing 'No More Blank Checks for Trump's Favorite Dictator,' Biden Seeks $200 Million Arms Sale to Egypt

Hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children could die from starvation without imminent medical treatment, a newly published United Nations report warned. (Photo: Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua via Getty Images)

'Yet Another Cry for Help': UN Report Warns Millions of Yemeni Children Face Acute Malnutrition

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have worked been among the most vocal congressional critics of U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

'Ending US Complicity in the Yemen War Is NOT Ending the War,' Says Ro Khanna

Iranian medical personnel cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an elderly woman who has infected by the new coronavirus disease in a COVID-19 section of the Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in western Tehran at midnight on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief

An Iraqi fighter of the Hashed al-Shaabi stands in front of a banner at the site of the January 3, 2020 US drone strike on Qasem Solemani at Baghdad Airport, in Baghdad, Iraq on January 2, 2021. On January 3, Iraq marked the first anniversary of the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani and others in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport that was authorized by U.S. President Trump. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)

Carrying Death Sentence If Convicted, Iraq Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump on Murder Charges

The Psagot Winery—which is located in the illegally occupied West Bank, in the exclusively Jewish settlement of Psagot—has named a wine after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (Photo: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinians, Advocates Blast New U.S. Rule Requiring 'Made in Israel' Label on Settlement Goods

13 Million More Girls Expected to Be Forced Into Marriage Due to Covid-19 Lockdowns and Economic Hardship

Iran is suffering from the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the Middle East, with over one million infections and over 50,000 deaths as of December 7, 2020. (Photo: Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

'Insane and Pathological': Head of Iran's Central Bank Says US Blocking Covid-19 Vaccine Purchases

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks during a rally to express solidarity with immigrants and refugees hosted by MoveOn, United We Dream, Families Belong Together, and Popular Democracy near Union Station on May 16, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Ilhan Omar to President-elect Biden: Seize 'Once-in-a-Generation' Chance to End Disastrous US Foreign Policy

CodePink has joined many Georgia Jews in defending Rev. Raphael Warnock from allegations of anti-Semitism leveled by his Georgia Republican runoff opponent, Sen. Kelly Loeffler. (Photo: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

CodePink Defends Georgia Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock After GOP Opponent's 'Anti-Semitism' Smear

PLO Secretary General and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat has died of Covid-19 at age 65. (Photo: U.S.-Islamic World Forum/Flickr cc)

'A Great Loss for Palestine': Veteran Diplomat and PLO Leader Saeb Erekat Dies of Covid-19

Journalist Robert Fisk during the 2010 Al Jazeera Forum. (Photo: Mohamed Nanbhay/WikiMedia Commons)

'Greatest Journalist of His Generation': Robert Fisk, Veteran War Reporter and Fierce Critic of US Imperialism, Dead at 74

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National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Statement on JCPOA Joint Commission Progress

Stop the War Coalition

Stop the War Coalition Condemns Biden’s Airstrikes on Syria

CODEPINK

CODEPINK Denounces Elliott Abrams’ Appointment as the Next U.S. Special Representative for Iran

National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Statement on Brian Hook Resignation

Win Without War

#EndCOVIDSanctions Coalition Applauds Members of Congress for Call to Suspend Iran Sanctions

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Supports the War Powers Resolution

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Tyler Cullis, Trita Parsi

For True JCPOA Re-Entry, Biden Must Tear Down Trump's Sanctions Wall

Peter Certo

A Personal Recollection on the Day That Launched the Iraq War—and Its Lessons for Us 18 Years Later

Kevin Tillman

How Endless Wars Abroad Helped Spark the January 6 Attack at Home

Reese Erlich

Biden's Bombing of Syria Is a Dangerous Step Backward

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars

Domenica Ghanem

Biden Is Bending Rules to Drop Bombs But Not to Raise Wages—That’s a Mistake

Danny Sjursen

Biden Is Following a Failed Blueprint for Forever War

Trita Parsi

Iran's Refusal to Meet Not Surprising

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies

Biden’s Reckless Syria Bombing Is Not the Diplomacy He Promised

Phyllis Bennis, Khury Petersen-Smith

Dangerous US Bombing of Syria Worsens Regional Instability and Threatens Iran Nuclear Deal