#Iran’s foreign policy

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Iran's Reformist President – Scott Ritter

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[changetheprophecy81]

Us non Americans generally don't care about who an American president puts in positions of power because it doesn't impact us and it's not our place to speak about it either. However, America's foreign policy decisions affect everyone so imo we can speak on that.

Ik i said tht Trump was unpredictable but I sure as hell didn't expect him to make Pete Hegseth the Secretary of Defence. That was genuinely surprising and unexpected, even by trump standards. Didn't know who tht guy was until yesterday. And I'm sorry but his takes on foreign policy are downright illogical and awful. It's not lyk there's room for discussion and debate, this guy is literally a neocon. His arguments don't even make sense, he seems lyk one of those podcast dudes with a mic who just makes random wild claims about stuff he doesn't fully comprehend, and that's what makes him so dangerous in this position. Obviously it's different when ur rambling on fox news and when u need to actually act on things as the secretary of defence, but i sure as hell wouldn't put my money on this guy(even if trump is ready to trust this guy with an $87 billion budget)

The only potential silver lining is the argument being made that the administration of the Pentagon is a massive task and this guy has never been in such a post before, so irrespective of his foreign policy he won't stay in office for very long

Uk how so many ppl voted for Trump to end the 'forever wars'? Yeahhh tht shit unfortunately isn't happening any time soon, like I've said before, both the parties wouldn't have done tht.

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil condemns killing of top Hamas leader in Iran

The Brazilian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday “vehemently” condemning the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran after attending the inauguration of the country’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.

“Brazil repudiates the flagrant disrespect for Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in clear violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter, and reaffirms that acts of violence, under any motivation, do not contribute to the pursuit of lasting stability and peace in the Middle East,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

Vice President Geraldo Alckmin also attended Mr. Pezeshkian’s inauguration. Mr. Alckmin was seated only three chairs away from Mr. Haniyeh during the ceremony.

Brazil’s statement does not mention Israel. However, the text adds that the assassination “further hinders the chances of a political solution to the conflict in Gaza by negatively impacting the talks that were taking place for a ceasefire and the release of the [Israeli] hostages” captured by Hamas. 

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[dalibansleeperagent]

Donald the dove, ladies and gentlemen.

Aren't we so happy?

[workersolidarity]

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRADES WITH ISRAELI OCCUPATION- NO RETALIATION AGAINST IRAN FOR INVASION OF RAFAH

A report published in the Hebrew media says the American Biden administration has made a deal with the Netanyahu regime to exchange a potential retaliation on Iran for the their strikes against "Israel," for the Israeli invasion of the city of Rafah, the last bastion for displaced Palestinian civilians.

A report about the deal was originally published by the The New Arab, and has since been republished in the Zionist media, detailing a deal in which the United States has approved an Israeli ground operation into Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip, in exchange for restraint with regards to Iran following a large-scale choreographed missile and drone strike launched over the weekend targeting Israeli military sites.

The Iranian strike was in retaliation for an Israeli attack on the consulate section of the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, killing several Iranian military and diplomatic officials, including two high-ranking IRGC commanders.

No Israelis were killed in the Iranian counterstrike.

To avoid an all-out uncontrolled escalation in the region, officials in the Biden administration have reportedly made a deal with the Israeli regime, avoiding a retaliatory strike on Iran in exchange for a planned Israeli invasion of Rafah.

According to a Senior official speaking with The New Arab, "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to obtain American approval for a military operation in Rafah, in exchange for [Israel] refraining from carrying out a wide military operation against Iran in response to its recent attack."

The official claimed that "discourse of an Israeli response to Iran contradicts the desires of the American administration, and is not realistic, given the Israeli claims that the United States played the major role in repelling the Iranian attack and preventing its success."

The source also noted that "the IDF carried out airstrikes [overnight on Thursday] on several areas adjacent to the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt," adding that "the relevant officials in Egypt were notified before the execution of some of these strikes, which came in the Philadelphi axis at a space adjacent to the border with Egypt."

For its part, Egyptian authorities told The New Arab that Egypt is at "full readiness and preparedness of [its] forces stationed in northern Sinai, along the 14-kilometer border strip with the Gaza Strip, as part of a plan to deal with the scenario of a ground invasion in Rafah."

According to authorities with the Egyptian military, the government is "ready for all scenarios," but that the Israeli occupation must properly evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah before any potential operations.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

[mossadegh]

The Mossadegh Project

• U.S. State Department Documents on Iran | 1951-1980

[oldshowbiz]

1963.

The LAPD escorted the Shah of Iran to the opening of Disneyland's Enchanted Tiki Room.

[protoslacker]

The message is this: The B-2 is the only warplane that can carry the GBU-57B Massive Ordnance Penetrator. These 30,000-pound blasting behemoths are ideal for attacking Iran’s buried nuclear-development sites. President Trump has demanded that Tehran negotiate an end to its nuclear-bomb development efforts. “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,” Trump said on March 30. “It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.” In turn, Iran is said to be weighing an attack on Diego Garcia. U.S. assets and roughly 4,000 largely-U.S. personnel stationed there run the “risk of complete destruction” if the U.S. attacks Iran, according to an Iranian military news outlet.

Mark Thompson in The Bunker, a newsletter published by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO). The USS Diego Garcia

This week in The Bunker: The Pentagon has dispatched half of its operational B-2s to the Indian Ocean to keep Iran in check; SECDEF MIA on Ukraine; a new way to keep V-22s flying; and more.

[choppedcowboydinosaur]

I've noticed this weird false dichotomy amongst Biden supporters where you can either support lgbt people in America or Palestinians. They choose lgbt people in America over the Palestinians. This is the false dichotomy they fell for. My take on this issue is you can care about both and here's why. I dislike Biden's handling of the Israel-Gaza war because he mollycoddles Netanyahu to give him everything he wants. The way Netanyahu is waging this war might lead to a greater war in the middle east not just in Lebanon to fight Hezbollah but including Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran and many others. I fear if this war escalates Iran will become more involved. Despite the fact the Iranians have a new reformer president who wants to make peace with the West I fear he might not be able to stop a bigger war. I worry about this since we are backing the Ukrainians fighting Russia and gearing up for a war with China. This will overstretch our abilities to fight in wars. At best Biden has sanctioned illegal Israeli settlers but that's about it. He has not changed the systemic nature of the war and his current policies with Netanyahu might escalate it. I do not want America getting dragged into another war in the Middle East.

We keep mucking around in places we shouldn't be. This will get service members killed (which include lgbt people by the way) and more people in the Middle East killed. In fact, service members have been killed already like in that Tower 22 base in Jordan near the Syrian border. Where they were killed by drones form Iraqi militia groups. That could be a glimpse of things to come. Which is tragic since it's a region that has suffered over 20 years of conflict and is still suffering from it to this day. We have been at war there the majority of my life. Whether in full military might like the invasion of Iraq or special forces doing black ops like in Syria. Call me chickenshit, call me what you will but I am just sick of the wars in the Middle East which our government constantly gets us involved in. Basically, you can care about both lgbt people, and the Palestinians since Biden seems to just sleepwalk us into more wars.

[changetheprophecy81]

I love the peace and anonymity Tumblr gives in general, but by God i really need PPL to respond to this and share their opinion

For social context, I'm a 17 yr old in school. The thing that gets me is how little ppl care about the news(putting it lightly). And i totally get it, it's not lyk we can actually change anything at all in this world (at least rn), so ur opinion doesn't really hv an impact at all. But also, I hv no one to discuss stuff with. U can't talk about the fact that there's a literal genocide going on without boring ppl (tf even). Not in the sense of making tht ur whole personality, but even mentioning it vil give the impression tht ur being too political or serious or smthng. It's not lyk i ve lost friends over this, but it's just tht I hv friends i love but can't talk to about things like this. It's like this with world politics and history in general, no one really cares at all. I m not asking for ppl to be into history, thts a personal interest, but they're not even aware of the basic reasons of y things r happening the way they r in the world today.

And this seriously bothers me. But given tht I hv no one else in my life who cares about this stuff (parents, sibling, friends, classmates), I'm starting to wonder if I'm the one overreacting here. No one ever even mentions it (like EVER), and if I do they're completely uninformed and unbothered with it. Wht are ur thoughts?

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Brazil “concerned” about Israel’s attack on Iran

The Brazilian government said it sees the Israeli air strikes against Iranian territory with concern. In a statement released Saturday (Oct. 26), the Ministry of Foreign Relations stressed it “condemns the escalation of the conflict and renews its appeal to all parties involved to exercise maximum restraint.”

“Brazil reiterates its conviction regarding the need for a broad ceasefire throughout the Middle East and once again calls on the international community to use all diplomatic instruments at its disposal to contain the deepening of the conflict,” the note reads.

The text also says the Brazilian Embassy in Tehran monitors the situation of Brazilians in Iran and maintains permanent contact with nationals in the country.

Israel attacked military facilities in Iran on Saturday morning, but in retaliation for an Iranian attack this month, Israel attacked military buildings in Iran. The Israeli military said that dozens of jets completed three waves of attacks before dawn against missile factories and other sites and warned Iran not to retaliate.

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Iran mobilises missiles after Trump’s “unprecedented bombing” ultimatum

Iran activated its missile arsenal and placed forces on high alert following US President Donald Trump’s threat of “unprecedented bombing” if Tehran refused to negotiate a new nuclear deal, according to The Business Standard.

The escalation marks a dangerous tipping point in years of fraught relations, with both sides hardening positions and regional stability hanging in the balance. In a televised interview with NBC News on 30 March, Trump warned:

If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.

He also threatened secondary tariffs on Iran and its trade partners, mirroring his 2018–2021 “maximum pressure” campaign.

Iran responded by readying missiles in underground facilities designed to withstand airstrikes, as reported by local media. These include precision-guided systems like the Kheibar Shekan and Ghadr-H ballistic missiles, capable of targeting US-linked assets globally. A senior Iranian military official warned that aggression would trigger a “severe response”, with missiles “loaded onto launchers in all underground cities.”

Collapse of nuclear deal, military buildup

The crisis stems from Trump’s 2018 withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which had curtailed Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief. Since then, Iran has enriched uranium to near-weapons-grade levels, according to UN monitors.

Trump’s demands for a new deal now include dismantling Iran’s nuclear programme, severing ties with regional proxies, and limiting missile capabilities, terms Tehran dismisses as “unfaithful” and non-negotiable under coercion.

The US has bolstered its military posture, deploying B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Diego Garcia–a strategic Indian Ocean base–and dispatching the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to the Red Sea. The B-2s can carry bunker-busting GBU-57 bombs, designed to penetrate Iran’s fortified nuclear sites.

However, military experts believe that the danger of US GBU-57 bunker buster bombs to Iranian weaponry is exaggerated, as the US Air Force recently failed to destroy an underground Houthi missile complex in Yemen.

Diplomatic deadlock, regional flashpoints

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ruled out direct talks, insisting any negotiations must occur through Omani mediators.

The supreme leader has also emphasised that indirect negotiations can continue. We do not avoid negotiations. Rather, it is their unfaithfulness that has caused problems for us so far. They must prove that they can establish trust regarding decisions, and I hope this will materialise.

However, Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Khamenei, warned that an attack would push Iran to pursue nuclear weapons, a red line it has long publicly avoided.

Regional tensions are further inflamed by ongoing US strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen and Iranian-backed attacks on Israeli targets. Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened retaliation against US bases in the Gulf.

When one sits in a glass house, one does not throw stones at others.

The standoff risks destabilising the Middle East, with analysts warning that a miscalculation could ignite a broader conflict. Trump’s rhetoric echoes his 2020 order to assassinate Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, which nearly triggered war. Meanwhile, European allies have expressed alarm over Iran’s uranium stockpiles and the potential for a nuclear arms race.

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