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May 09 2026 
Mohsen Rezaei: Iran’s victory will accelerate Israel’s destruction and the collapse of the American empire
Translation by our friends at Resistance News Unfiltered
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By lecridespeuples on 9 May 2026
### Interview of Major General Dr. Mohsen Rezaei, Former Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, Member of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council.
Source : Al-Mayaedeen, May 6, 2026
Translation: resistancenews.org
– 47 Years of Hostility and 70 Days of War
– The Strait of Hormuz: A New Instrument of Iranian… Continue reading -
May 07 2026 
Ex-IDF, Ex-Israeli: Gilad Atzmon on What’s Really Driving Israel’s Genocidal Logic
Gilad Atzmon served in the IDF. He left Israel at 30. He now identifies as neither Israeli nor Jewish. And he argues that what’s driving the war on Iran isn’t Zionism — it’s something older, deeper, and far more dangerous.
In this episode, Atzmon — international jazz musician, bestselling author and former IDF conscript — makes… Continue reading
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May 06 2026 
US Pressing Others to Help Reopen Hormuz is to Socialize Liability of Its Self-Made Trouble
China’s Diplomacy
This is an editorial from China Daily.
History’s recurring lesson is that great powers often mistake ultimatums for rational strategy. The Middle East crisis offers another tutorial on that error.
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pressed allies in Europe and Asia to contribute to a US-led effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, arguing… Continue reading
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May 05 2026 
Israel Has Kidnapped Two of Our Most Important Pro-Palestine Activists
Two foreign activists – Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek – from a Gaza-bound flotilla who were brought to Israel for interrogation and appeared before an Israeli court on May the 3rd (Photo by Ilia Yefimovichvia Getty Images).
Chris Hedges – The Chris Hedges ReportNothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
India Not Playing A Balancing Act In War On Iran
By Press TV Website Staff
India has abandoned any pretence of neutrality in West Asian developments and the war against Iran, openly siding with Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to an Indian journalist and author.
Ghazala Wahab, a New Delhi-based senior journalist and author, who edits FORCE magazine, told the Press TV website that… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
A negotiated settlement for a sovereign Iran is nigh impossible
Trump today seems torn between the prospect of ‘heavy’ military escalation and an extended Hormuz blockade.
Strategic Culture
Putting two sides together — let alone three — who have wildly diverse chronicles of their histories and even less commonality in charting their future national trajectory was innately unlikely to reach an agreed settlement. More likely in such ill-prepared… Continue reading
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May 04 2026 
War on Iran – 7
Previous Thread: https://sovereignista.com/2026/04/04/war-on-iran-6/
Thanks so much to Jangjo for regular updates – much appreciated!
May 31
Criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
I instructed the IDF to expand the maneuver in Lebanon. Our forces crossed powerful obstacles. They seized commanding terrain and captured the Beaufort Ridge.
And now my instruction is to deepen and expand our hold on areas that… Continue reading
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May 03 2026 
Kevork Almassian & Marwa Osman : The Hidden Alliance
Syriana Analysis
Is Syria’s New Leader in a Hidden Alliance with Israel?
Is Ahmad al-Sharaa helping Israel choke Hezbollah through Syria? In this livestream, Kevork Almassian speaks with Marwa Osman about Israel’s escalating attacks on southern Lebanon despite the ceasefire, the deeper strategy behind efforts to sever Hezbollah’s supply and logistics routes, and whether Syria’s new leadership… Continue reading
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May 02 2026 
Mohammed Marandi | Iran’s Next Move Will Change The World
With Jamarl Thomas
This is a good discussion of future possibilities. Summer in the region, What will Iran take out if there is further kinetic strikes, Critical Infrastructure, Iran’s capabilities, The Palaces, Israel in the crosshairs … A calm and realistic discussion including touching on the economic destruction which is playing out already.
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May 01 2026 
Strait of Hormuz by the numbers
Larry Johnson did a count for us. The Bogus Blockade Claim of the US Department of War
Here is a quoted part, but kindly read his commentary on Hegseth on the blog. .
Here’s what the available data tells us about Strait of Hormuz transits since April 15:
Daily volumes (around April 15): On April 15 alone, there… Continue reading -
Apr 28 2026 
Pepe Escobar : Mr. Araghchi goes to Russia
From now on, it’s clear that no settlement will be possible – and realistic – without Russian influence.
Strategic Culture
Talk about an entrance pregnant with meaning.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi engaged on a high-stakes diplomacy tour to Islamabad, Muscat and St. Petersburg aboard flight “Minab 168” on Meraj Airlines.
In memory, of course, of the 168… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Four Years On, China’s Global Security Initiative Builds Momentum
chinadiplomacy.org.cn
By Matteo Giovannini
China’s Global Security Initiative has steadily built momentum since its 2022 launch, winning recognition across the Global South as a cooperative alternative to traditional security frameworks.
On April 21, 2022, at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping introduced the Global Security Initiative (GSI), presenting a forward-looking vision to address… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Alastair Crooke : The mechanistic fallacy — Why the West so often fails at geo-politics
Washington will not be able to think straight about Iran, and will opt for the wrong tactics.
Strategic Culture
Some fifteen years ago I wrote that western reliance on its lens of secular rationality was no longer adequate as a means to understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It was becoming obvious — even then — that the future… Continue reading
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Apr 27 2026 
Yemen’s Foreign Minister Speaks With Reason2Resist
In August 2025, Israel murdered Yemen’s Prime Minister and several other members of his cabinet, including Yemen’s Foreign Minister.
Shortly after the assassinations, Abdulwahid Abu Ras was appointed as Yemen’s acting Foreign Minister. He has remained in that position since then.
On April 25, 2026, Foreign Minister Abu Ras sat down for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview… Continue reading
