Latest editorial
WORLD powers urged the United States yesterday not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal ahead of a speech by President Donald Trump.
French foreign affairs spokeswoman Agnes Romatet-Espagne called the agreement a “solid, robust and verifiable tool guaranteeing that Iran will not get nuclear weapons.”
In Germany, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said: “We consider this deal to be an important instrument to prevent Iran's nuclear armament.”
RAMZY BAROUD and ROMANA RUBEO analyse how the US has consistently negotiated in bad faith to secure the element of surprise in military attack
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
VIJAY PRASHAD on why the US attack on Iran was illegal and why the attack could actually spur nuclear weapons proliferation