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25/06/2025

"Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," Western leaders loudly proclaim whilst ignoring their own huge stockpiles of nuclear warheads which could destroy the world in an instant.

The United States is the only country in the world that has used a nuclear bomb, dropping two on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians.

The U.K. is purchasing 12 fighter jets to carry its nuclear weapons in what the government calls "the biggest strengthening of the U.K.'s nuclear posture in a generation."

Israel has an undeclared nuclear program and has at least 90 warheads. The highest estimates put its warheads at 400. It has already dropped the equivalent of 6 nuclear bombs on Gaza.

Yet we're told to believe that Iran is a threat to world peace.
"Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," Western leaders loudly proclaim whilst ignoring their own huge stockpiles of nuclear warheads, which could destroy the world in an instant.

24/06/2025

“I’m old enough to remember when the U.S. insisted Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.”

Former journalist Hajer Naili () looks back at the war in Iraq — and sees the same playbook being used again as U.S. leaders beat the drums of war against Iran.

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24/06/2025

“You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?”

That viral exchange between Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz last week wasn’t just absurd — it was revealing.

Only 28% of Americans can find Iran on a map. This embarrassing ignorance is also what allows recycled war narratives to take hold, painting military aggression as liberation and reducing millions of lives to collateral damage.

A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran may be in place — but the propaganda that justifies war is still going strong.

Our latest viewpoint explores how U.S. political leaders rely on that ignorance to revive old playbooks — this time targeting Iran. From “sleeper cells” to “preemptive strikes,” the talking points haven’t changed much since Iraq.

But Americans are more skeptical than they were two decades ago. We now have a record: of Iraq, of Afghanistan, of Libya, of Yemen. Of Gaza — where we’ve watched a genocide unfold for nearly two years, funded by our tax dollars.

“The U.S. propaganda machine is working in overdrive,” writes Iranian American researcher Ciara Moezidis. “But we must remain vigilant.”

Read the full piece below.

The less you know about a country, the easier it is to dehumanize its people. And the U.S. political class is counting on that.

24/06/2025

“You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?”

That viral exchange between Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz last week wasn’t just absurd — it was revealing.

Only 28% of Americans can find Iran on a map. This embarrassing ignorance is also what allows recycled war narratives to take hold, painting military aggression as liberation and reducing millions of lives to collateral damage.

A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran may be in place — but the propaganda that justifies war is still going strong.

Our latest viewpoint explores how U.S. political leaders rely on that ignorance to revive old playbooks — this time targeting Iran. From “sleeper cells” to “preemptive strikes,” the talking points haven’t changed much since Iraq.

But Americans are more skeptical than they were two decades ago. We now have a record: of Iraq, of Afghanistan, of Libya, of Yemen. Of Gaza — where we’ve watched a genocide unfold for nearly two years, funded by our tax dollars.

“The U.S. propaganda machine is working in overdrive,” writes Iranian American author Ciara Moezidis (). “But we must remain vigilant.”

🧵 Read the full viewpoint at AnalystNews.org.

📍Find the direct link in our bio.



23/06/2025

Two of the most dangerous nuclear-armed nations on earth telling another country not to develop nuclear weapons reeks of hypocrisy and undermines non-proliferation efforts, writes Atif Rashid in a timely viewpoint at Analyst News.

Two of the most dangerous nuclear-armed nations on earth telling another country not to develop nuclear weapons reeks of hypocrisy and undermines non-proliferation efforts.

23/06/2025

Israel and the U.S. insist Iran must never develop nuclear weapons. But both nations possess massive nuclear arsenals — and long histories of war, destabilization and defiance of international law.

The U.S. is the only country to have ever deployed nuclear weapons, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, it holds over 5,000 warheads and has waged wars across the globe.

Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, refuses nuclear inspections and is believed to possess between 90 and 400 warheads. It continues to bomb neighboring countries and kill civilians in Gaza with impunity.

Iran, meanwhile, signed the NPT in 1970 and has been under constant surveillance by international inspectors. Even U.S. intelligence and the IAEA confirm: Iran is not building nuclear weapons.

So why the double standard?

Two of the most dangerous nuclear-armed nations on earth telling another country not to develop nuclear weapons reeks of hypocrisy and undermines international non-proliferation efforts.

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19/06/2025

As As U.S. leaders beat the drums of war against Iran, former journalist Hajer Naili recalls all the lies that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Is history repeating itself?

Read her viewpoint ⤵️

I’m old enough to remember when the U.S. insisted Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

11/06/2025

The threat of nuclear war has never been greater than today. The self-proclaimed peacemaker in Washington is to blame.

Read here: https://www.analystnews.org/posts/the-nuclear-trump-factor

05/06/2025

“Although Trump is calling for an end to the fighting in Ukraine, which would reduce the threat of nuclear weapons being used in this crisis hotspot, the overall dangers have increased with the new administration,” David Goeßmann writes.

“Trump’s hara-kiri and doomsday politics, which destroy trust and rely on macho gestures instead of nuclear restraint and international cooperation, are a permanent source of instability and escalation."

Read more at AnalystNews.org

01/06/2025

Can reviving local fashion solutions heal Ghana’s textile waste crisis?

Ghana received $121 million worth of secondhand clothing imports in 2023. But about half of it was mostly unsellable waste.

What began as a trade for affordable clothes has turned into a deluge of fast fashion dumping — polluting land, choking waterways and collapsing local textile economies.

“Ghana is being seen as a dumping ground,” says Greenpeace Africa’s Sam Quashie-Idun. “Our landfill sites are overflowing. Pollution is continuing to increase.”

Local designers are fighting back — upcycling waste, reviving traditional fabrics and reimagining a fashion system that protects people and the planet.

But is it enough to stop a system built on global excess? Read our full piece at Analyst News. Link in the comments.

27/05/2025

Over a century after birthing the crisis in Palestine, the British government still claims to champion international law while enabling Palestinian oppression.

The U.K. continues to facilitate arms shipments to Israel, all while paying lip service to the rights of Palestinians. This inconsistent approach — in which Palestinian human rights are simultaneously ignored and invoked for political positioning — is indicative of the British government’s century-long relationship with Israel and Palestine.

Read our analysis at AnalystNews.org. Find the link in our bio.

23/05/2025

San Diego is a major hub for the global arms manufacturing and shipping industry — and a perfect place to increase awareness and interest in direct action among the local blue-collar workers who keep the industry running.

That’s why the UC San Diego chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement is focusing their activism efforts there, pushing to cut ties between the city’s arms industry and Israel. They also want to show the locals how U.S. militarism hurts them, too.

Their major focus is Maersk, the shipping giant that, according to a Palestinian Youth Movement report, ships “millions of pounds of military goods to the Israeli military from the United States.”

Read more about their efforts in our piece at AnalystNews.org. Find the direct link in our bio.