Category: Middle East Wars

Congress Should Condemn Trump’s Iran War — Not Sabotage the Diplomacy Needed to End It

June 25, 2026 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey The Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran is already encountering major domestic headwinds. The Trump Administration is trying to sell a preliminary diplomatic framework as a triumph. Republicans who cheered the war are already arguing that Trump should have […]

Rally against war with Iran, Washington DC. Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/ flickr

If Starting the Iran War Was Wrong, Then Ending it is Right

June 25, 2026 Cole Harrison

by Cole Harrison The Memorandum of Understanding signed on June 17 by President Trump and Iranian President Pezeshkian provides a roadmap towards peace between the two countries. Peace advocates should support it. The journey to this point has been tortuous, the interim agreement contains numerous […]

US-Iran deal announced. Here’s what it means.

June 18, 2026 Brian Garvey

By Brian Garvey The United States and Iran have announced an initial agreement to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That is significant news. It is a step in the right direction. It is also not the end of the crisis. We […]

Promises Without Peace: The Limits of U.S. Diplomacy

June 18, 2026 Gabrielle Griffin-Fetsch

Today, it is nearly impossible to go a day without hearing about U.S. foreign policy. Words of “peace talks” and “negotiations” continue to be thrown around by various news outlets, yet these claims also continue to be countered by other nations and world leaders, who […]

What More Evidence Do We Need? Flotilla Activists Expose Israeli Prisons

May 28, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

People worldwide are reacting to a video released on X by the man who so proudly oversees the system of torture in Israel. Security Minister Ben-Gvir posted himself strutting through a detention facility in Ashdod, where activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla were taken after […]

Peace with Iran is Possible, Just Look at China

May 20, 2026 Jeanne Trubek

The United States and Israel are waging a misguided war on Iran. Meanwhile, China, who the US sees as its biggest geopolitical rival, seems to have stayed out of it. Judging from how this war has played out, the US could stand to learn from […]

What is the US-Israeli War on Iran About? Hint: It’s Not Iran’s “Nuclear Weapons Program”

May 5, 2026 Jeff Klein

Trump and his administration have offered a grab-bag of justifications for the US-Israeli attack on Iran: “democracy” for Iranians, regime change, ending Iran’s supposed support for regional “terrorism,”and eliminating its missile capability that supposedly threatens the US (it doesn’t). Lately, the purpose has centered around […]