This is the beginning of my new thread on the sub-topic of Trump and Netanyahu's war of aggression in Iran, the death of mass-murder culprit Khamenei and related, as well as the preceding widespread protests in Iran against the Iran-theocracy.
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"Trump appears to link Iran attack to his 2020 election loss"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/trump-iran-attack-2020-election-lossThe global union federation of teachers' trade unions with 32 million members "Education International condemns military strikes on Iran and attacks on schools"
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/32156:education-international-condemns-military-strikes-on-iran-and-attacks-on-schools -
The global union federation of teachers' trade unions with 32 million members "Education International condemns military strikes on Iran and attacks on schools"
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/32156:education-international-condemns-military-strikes-on-iran-and-attacks-on-schools"Doubts grow in Israel over war aims despite killing of Iran’s supreme leader"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-bulletin-reports/908739/doubts-grow-in-israel-over-war-aims-despite-killing-of-irans-supreme-leader/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=Rss -
"Doubts grow in Israel over war aims despite killing of Iran’s supreme leader"
https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/news-bulletin-reports/908739/doubts-grow-in-israel-over-war-aims-despite-killing-of-irans-supreme-leader/en?src=rss&utm_source=TheWALL360&utm_medium=Rss-articles&utm_campaign=rss&utm_term=Rss"Just one in four Americans supports US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/just-one-four-americans-support-us-strikes-iran-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-03-01/ -
"Just one in four Americans supports US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/just-one-four-americans-support-us-strikes-iran-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-03-01/According to the Hengaw human rights organization, Iran's counter-revolutionary military IRGC conducted a drone attack on a camp of the Iran-opposition Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI/KDPI) near Koyeh, about 100 km east of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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According to the Hengaw human rights organization, Iran's counter-revolutionary military IRGC conducted a drone attack on a camp of the Iran-opposition Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI/KDPI) near Koyeh, about 100 km east of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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The Guardian view on Trump’s Iranian campaign: an illegal war that risks becoming the new normal
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Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to overthrow a sovereign government was extraordinary.Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to strike at will. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected Russia’s justification of its invasion of Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. [...]
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-iranian-campaign-an-war-that-risks-becoming-the-new-normalAny politicians, in e.g. the EU, who praise this war of aggression also thereby legitimize that for example Putin might wake up some Monday morning in a bad mood and therefore decide to invade e.g. Poland, using EU politicians' currently praising whimsical war of aggression as legitimization; they are putting you at risk.
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The Guardian view on Trump’s Iranian campaign: an illegal war that risks becoming the new normal
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Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Donald Trump’s Operation Epic Fury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to overthrow a sovereign government was extraordinary.Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to strike at will. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected Russia’s justification of its invasion of Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. [...]
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/01/the-guardian-view-on-trumps-iranian-campaign-an-war-that-risks-becoming-the-new-normalAny politicians, in e.g. the EU, who praise this war of aggression also thereby legitimize that for example Putin might wake up some Monday morning in a bad mood and therefore decide to invade e.g. Poland, using EU politicians' currently praising whimsical war of aggression as legitimization; they are putting you at risk.
Hewlêr/Erbil International Airport in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was bombed, reportedly by some component of the PMF/PMU which while officially part of Iraq's federal army mostly consists of groups aligned with the Iran-theocracy.
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Hewlêr/Erbil International Airport in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was bombed, reportedly by some component of the PMF/PMU which while officially part of Iraq's federal army mostly consists of groups aligned with the Iran-theocracy.
Not only the Iran-opposition "Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan" (KDPI/PDKI) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was bombed by the counter-revolutionary IRGC of the Iran-theocracy, but at least also at the "Kurdistan Freedom Party" (PAK) and Komala (I assume the "Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan", as there are several Komala parties, but from context...).
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Not only the Iran-opposition "Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan" (KDPI/PDKI) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was bombed by the counter-revolutionary IRGC of the Iran-theocracy, but at least also at the "Kurdistan Freedom Party" (PAK) and Komala (I assume the "Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan", as there are several Komala parties, but from context...).
The counter-revolutionary military IRGC of the Iran-theocracy also bombed an arbitrary highway at Hewlêr/Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Very heroic.
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The counter-revolutionary military IRGC of the Iran-theocracy also bombed an arbitrary highway at Hewlêr/Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Very heroic.
The "Morality Police" of Tehran as well as the Gisha Police Station 137 were bombed.
Police are civilian in armed conflicts unless the rulers decide to use the police for military tasks within the armed conflict, which it can strongly argued the Iran-theocracy has chosen to do whereby they made also police valid military targets.
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The "Morality Police" of Tehran as well as the Gisha Police Station 137 were bombed.
Police are civilian in armed conflicts unless the rulers decide to use the police for military tasks within the armed conflict, which it can strongly argued the Iran-theocracy has chosen to do whereby they made also police valid military targets.
Now also as an article, in English:
"Iran targets camps and headquarters of four Rojhilat [eastern, Iran-held part of Kurdistan] parties [...] in Bashur (South Kurdistan [a.k.a. northern Iraq])"
https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/iran-targets-camps-and-headquarters-of-four-rojhilat-parties-84161I have never heard of any "Komel Party", so I guess that is also Komala, but there may also be things I don't know...
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Now also as an article, in English:
"Iran targets camps and headquarters of four Rojhilat [eastern, Iran-held part of Kurdistan] parties [...] in Bashur (South Kurdistan [a.k.a. northern Iraq])"
https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/iran-targets-camps-and-headquarters-of-four-rojhilat-parties-84161I have never heard of any "Komel Party", so I guess that is also Komala, but there may also be things I don't know...
"At least 22 people are dead following pro-Iran [government] demonstrations in Pakistan in which hundreds of people marched on the US consulate in Karachi" (see earlier for some videos)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a495608f0863f6a3eff5a9#block-69a495608f0863f6a3eff5a9It's not "pro-Iran", it's "pro-Iran government" or similar.
It's not "pro" the extremely numerous murderously oppressed people in Iran, so that phrasing is only valid if one only considers the government to be "Iran" or if one only considers the abstract concept without humanity on paper as "Iran". Do better, the Guardian. -
"At least 22 people are dead following pro-Iran [government] demonstrations in Pakistan in which hundreds of people marched on the US consulate in Karachi" (see earlier for some videos)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a495608f0863f6a3eff5a9#block-69a495608f0863f6a3eff5a9It's not "pro-Iran", it's "pro-Iran government" or similar.
It's not "pro" the extremely numerous murderously oppressed people in Iran, so that phrasing is only valid if one only considers the government to be "Iran" or if one only considers the abstract concept without humanity on paper as "Iran". Do better, the Guardian.@b9AcE Guardian sucks , as always.
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@b9AcE Guardian sucks , as always.
@Ciela Depends on what one compares them to. Compared to Reuters and AP, especially in the geographic area, I consider the Guardian to be very much better than them, but like... that's better than "should all be fired for gross incompetence or journalism ethics misconduct"-level for the geographic area coverage.
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"At least 22 people are dead following pro-Iran [government] demonstrations in Pakistan in which hundreds of people marched on the US consulate in Karachi" (see earlier for some videos)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a495608f0863f6a3eff5a9#block-69a495608f0863f6a3eff5a9It's not "pro-Iran", it's "pro-Iran government" or similar.
It's not "pro" the extremely numerous murderously oppressed people in Iran, so that phrasing is only valid if one only considers the government to be "Iran" or if one only considers the abstract concept without humanity on paper as "Iran". Do better, the Guardian.Video of the counter-revolutionary military IRGC of the Iran-regime striking the Iran-opposition "Kurdistan Freedom Party" (PAK) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq this evening, from their own Sipay Mîllî Kurdistan armed force.
The PAK for example fought at the frontlines against ISIS/Daesh while those held their false genocide and marauding "Caliphate". -
Video of the counter-revolutionary military IRGC of the Iran-regime striking the Iran-opposition "Kurdistan Freedom Party" (PAK) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq this evening, from their own Sipay Mîllî Kurdistan armed force.
The PAK for example fought at the frontlines against ISIS/Daesh while those held their false genocide and marauding "Caliphate".As rescue work continues the number of found dead keeps increasing, so now 165 killed by Israel's bombing of the girls' elementary school in Minab, south coast of Iran, plus 96 others wounded.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-school-bombing-death-toll-us-israel-strikes -
As rescue work continues the number of found dead keeps increasing, so now 165 killed by Israel's bombing of the girls' elementary school in Minab, south coast of Iran, plus 96 others wounded.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/iran-school-bombing-death-toll-us-israel-strikesA lot of this in Israel this evening. Mostly Tel Aviv but also elsewhere.
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A lot of this in Israel this evening. Mostly Tel Aviv but also elsewhere.
"Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, said on Sunday that power to its data center in the United Arab Emirates was shut down temporarily after objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and a fire. The UAE is reeling from Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran."
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/amazons-cloud-unit-reports-fire-after-objects-hit-uae-data-center-2026-03-01/
Oh nooooes, not Amazon, among the worst corporations in the world, whom I have been boycotting since 1999?!? Tragedy! -
According to the Hengaw human rights organization, Iran's counter-revolutionary military IRGC conducted a drone attack on a camp of the Iran-opposition Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI/KDPI) near Koyeh, about 100 km east of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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"Amazon's cloud unit, AWS, said on Sunday that power to its data center in the United Arab Emirates was shut down temporarily after objects struck the facility, triggering sparks and a fire. The UAE is reeling from Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran."
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/amazons-cloud-unit-reports-fire-after-objects-hit-uae-data-center-2026-03-01/
Oh nooooes, not Amazon, among the worst corporations in the world, whom I have been boycotting since 1999?!? Tragedy!Starmer decided to drastically increase the danger to everyone in the U.K., whom could be associated with the U.K. worldwide and those in MENA-region living somewhat nearby U.K. bases, by joining USA and Israel's absolutely illegal war of aggression in Iran, letting USA use the U.K. bases to bomb "storage depots or the launchers" in Iran, while also claiming that the invading of Iran to attack those is "defensive" and thereby murdered the English language.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a4abb68f08e575db5bdfb9#block-69a4abb68f08e575db5bdfb9All you would have had to do was to either take the matter to the UNSC to get a mandate, or get an invitation from any guerrilla who could be claimed to be territory holder within and in armed conflict against the crimes against humanity Iran-theocracy.
Then it would at least not be "the supreme international crime". -
Starmer decided to drastically increase the danger to everyone in the U.K., whom could be associated with the U.K. worldwide and those in MENA-region living somewhat nearby U.K. bases, by joining USA and Israel's absolutely illegal war of aggression in Iran, letting USA use the U.K. bases to bomb "storage depots or the launchers" in Iran, while also claiming that the invading of Iran to attack those is "defensive" and thereby murdered the English language.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/mar/01/us-israel-war-on-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-i-dead-latest-reports?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69a4abb68f08e575db5bdfb9#block-69a4abb68f08e575db5bdfb9All you would have had to do was to either take the matter to the UNSC to get a mandate, or get an invitation from any guerrilla who could be claimed to be territory holder within and in armed conflict against the crimes against humanity Iran-theocracy.
Then it would at least not be "the supreme international crime".
