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WATCH: The World This Week w/John Kiriakou

March 14, 2026
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War rages as destruction spreads in Iran, Israel and on U.S. bases, while Gulf Arabs reconsider U.S. ties and the U.S. considers a ground invasion. Ex-C.I.A. officer John Kiriakou gives his insight. Watch the reply.

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WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The View From Tehran’

March 15, 2026
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Sayed Mohammad Marandi speaks to CN Live! from the Iranian capital under fire from a barbaric U.S. and Israeli aggression rooted in profound ignorance of the country they seek to conquer. Sunday 8 pm EDT.

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Analysis, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Military, United States

DAY 14: WAR ON IRAN

March 14, 2026
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U.S. bombs Kharg Island military targets and announces deployment of 2,500 Marines to the region as the war completes two weeks of destruction.

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Commentary, Genocide, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Militarism, Syria, Trump Administration, U.S., War Crimes

Craig Murray: Joy at Death & Destruction

March 13, 2026
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After the genocide in Gaza, and now on a far larger field in Iran, those in power in Israel and the U.S. have a lust to kill and revel in impunity. There’s an urgent need for regime change – in…

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Europe & the War on Iran

March 13, 2026
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The British and European reaction to the war on Iran is part of a wider trend of increased vassalization of the continent to the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod.

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Asia, Economy, India, Iran, Israel

How the Gas Crisis Impacts the Most Populous Country

March 13, 2026
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The LPG shortage in India following Iran’s wartime blockage of the Hormuz Strait is leaving people and businesses in India frightened and suffering real losses, Betwa Sharma reports.

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Analysis, Commentary, Gulf States, Iran, Israel, Military, Russia, United States

DAY 13: WAR ON IRAN

March 13, 2026
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Militia claim ignored about 4 dead U.S. airmen; Gulf Arabs’ strong second thoughts about the U.S.; Washington forced to lift Russian sanctions because of a war of choice for which there’s no price tag.

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Max Blumenthal: How FBI & Israel Got Trump to Attack

March 13, 2026
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The F.B.I. manufactured plots to convince Donald Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the path to war.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI), Lobbying, Middle East, Militarism, Military, Military Industry

Hedges Report: The Trillion Dollar War Machine

March 12, 2026
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The military-industrial-complex has grown into a monster so powerful that even its earliest critics likely never foresaw its evolution. In the age of Big Tech’s rising power, can anything stop it?

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When the Security Council Cannot Utter the Truth

March 12, 2026
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The world deserves better than this choreography of half-truths and strategic silences. It deserves leaders who act with integrity, not calculation, writes Annette Morgan.

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DAYS 11-12: WAR ON IRAN

March 12, 2026
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Trump has a choice: him or the world; wants way out of war; Security Council blames Iran; Iranian ‘sleeper cells;’ the Pope’s deep sorrow; U.S. bases damaged as reckoning begins; and ‘Nothing Will Remain of Tehran.’

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WATCH: UN Security Council Blames Iran

March 12, 2026
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Russia and China failed to veto a resolution that blatantly blamed the victim rather than the aggressor in the war against Iran. Joe Lauria reports.

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‘It Was More Fun’ to Kill Than Capture Iranians

March 11, 2026
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The U.S. president said a military official told him it was “more fun” to kill rather than capture more than 100 Iranian sailors in the Indian Ocean who had just finished a training session. U.S. forces made no rescue effort. 

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Planet Palantir: The Brave New War Machine

March 11, 2026
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William Hartung and Janet Abou-Elias describe how a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.

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Iran War ‘Biggest Opportunity’ for US Oil Lobby

March 11, 2026
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After resisting Trump’s demands for quick investments in Venezuela, oil industry bigs see Iran regime change as a “wonderful day,” reports Max Blumenthal.

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WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Toll on Israel’

March 10, 2026
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Former Israeli military intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe discusses what he knows about the damage Israel has suffered from Iran, the causes of the war and the direction he thinks it is headed. Watch the replay.

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Another War We’re Not Supposed to See

March 10, 2026
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You have to figure, if those waging war — and covering it — dedicate themselves this assiduously to keeping things hidden, there are surely things to hide.

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Australia, Commentary, Donald Trump, Genocide, International, Investigation, Iran, Trump Administration, United States

Australia’s Deepening Involvement in US War on Iran

March 10, 2026
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Australia’s support for the U.S.-Israel war against Iran by hosting of a string of U.S. military bases and providing a ‘spy’ plane to defend the Gulf states is a critical contribution to the U.S. war machine, writes Peter Cronau.

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Bahrain, Foreign Policy, Gaza, Genocide, International, Iran, Israel, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Pentagon, Zionism

Hedges Report: Imperial Overreach

March 10, 2026
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So far, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on full display.

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American Empire, Analysis, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Saudi Arabia, United States

DAY 10: WAR ON IRAN

March 10, 2026
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Trump yo-yos on when the war ends and Iran says we decide; Australia sending plane to UAE; Rubio worried about Iraq embassy; Trump says Iran would’ve nuked Israel already; and U.S.-Israel air strikes damage UNESCO sites in Isfahan.

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Censorship, Civil Rights, Commentary, Iran, Military, Protest, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Congress, United States, Veterans

Crushing the Right to Conscientiously Object

March 10, 2026
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Elizabeth Vos on the social-media suppression of information that could help U.S service people refuse to join the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran as fears grow that Trump will send ground troops into the conflict.

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