https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/country/me-iranhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/09/enbx-j09.htmlIsrael bombed Central and Western Iran before dawn Monday, striking air defenses, missile launchers and a petrochemical complex used by the Revolutionary Guard, hours after Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israeli cities.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:58:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/78a07e34-1dd2-4dad-842f-6fb536f1e9dJ/enbx-j09.html2026-06-09T04:58:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/08/ccmf-j08.htmlThe war has had two major effects: a deepening of the global crisis of the capitalist system and an enormous escalation of the global class struggle, not least within the United States.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:36:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e9fe3eae-3fd0-42e2-a192-c7410f3b1c4M/ccmf-j08.html2026-06-08T04:36:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/06/tpaf-j06.htmlIsraeli strikes killed at least four people in Southern Lebanon on Friday, and the military ordered the forced displacement of nine more towns and villages in the Sidon district. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:11:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/409c2e5e-1962-4729-93ff-4e675aabd4bJ/tpaf-j06.html2026-06-06T04:11:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/05/aftf-j05.htmlThe resolution is not an “anti-war” measure at all, but rather an appeal to Trump to make Congress a full partner in the war-making process.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:09:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fc78939c-a56c-4977-8381-328f87345f1G/aftf-j05.html2026-06-05T04:09:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/vqqx-j02.htmlThe final meeting in the series will be held Saturday June 6 at the University of Newcastle and online.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:48:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2d5e3291-f1dc-430b-b518-4cdcc9dc1dfP/vqqx-j02.html2026-06-02T05:48:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/02/dkfh-j02.htmlOpposition to the war is growing among workers and youth, who face soaring living costs and worsening social conditions.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:56:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/372cf803-dbe3-4eda-9764-863ac681af4F/dkfh-j02.html2026-06-02T04:56:19Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/29/sgxg-m29.htmlWhile the US and international press are focused on the terms of negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran, Israel is massively expanding its rampage across the Middle East—moving to permanently occupy Gaza and escalating its bombardment of Lebanon. Fri, 29 May 2026 04:03:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/52d1b649-3e3e-456a-a9ee-45e71a4212bO/sgxg-m29.html2026-05-29T04:03:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/28/scxf-m28.htmlGreece’s integration into US imperialism’s war drive is the culmination of the country’s decades-long status as a client state for Washington.Thu, 28 May 2026 17:03:30 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c3f0751d-4389-46b0-9c40-c592e469b6cC/scxf-m28.html2026-05-28T17:03:30Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/fyog-m27.htmlIsraeli forces struck Lebanon with more than 120 air raids on Tuesday, the sharpest single-day escalation since Israel resumed its bombing of the country in early March. The Lebanese health ministry said at least 31 people were killed and 40 wounded in attacks across the south and the Bekaa Valley. Wed, 27 May 2026 04:07:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1fdf7f90-8f73-4950-b76a-6b56041ee6eB/fyog-m27.html2026-05-27T04:07:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/26/mtoq-m26.htmlA US Central Command spokesperson said the strikes on a port city in southern Iran were carried out “to defend our forces” against “threats posed by Iranian forces,” although he provided no evidence or details about the claimed threats.Tue, 26 May 2026 04:43:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/111a2743-30a5-43d7-b754-d29b3a325cdC/mtoq-m26.html2026-05-26T04:43:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/25/qsyb-m25.htmlThe announcement Saturday by the Trump administration that it had “largely” reached an agreement with Iran has drawn denunciations from broad factions of the US political establishment, with Democrats joining Republicans to attack the proposed agreement as insufficiently advantageous to US imperialism. Mon, 25 May 2026 04:18:38 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e7a6b2e4-6b10-482e-a15d-9bffc830be4K/qsyb-m25.html2026-05-25T04:18:38Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/20/xwra-m20.htmlTrump’s gangster-like threats are the authentic voice of world imperialism, which is determined to impose colonial chains on Iran and the entire region as part of the new redivision of the world among the major powers that is already well underway.Wed, 20 May 2026 03:52:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ddb2e7d8-a03d-4fa8-a018-8cf0e49bf0cM/xwra-m20.html2026-05-20T03:52:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/19/bidz-m19.htmlThe bloody US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran and the resulting blockade of the vital Strait of Hormuz threaten workers around the world with economic and financial collapse.Tue, 19 May 2026 05:44:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d36e68ad-5103-4a91-aa2b-e9efc7c3d3bM/bidz-m19.html2026-05-19T05:44:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/18/tjne-m18.htmlIsrael’s nuclear programme dates to the 1950s, when Prime Minister David Ben‑Gurion established the Dimona reactor with French assistance, supplemented by heavy water from Norway and the UK.Mon, 18 May 2026 18:49:25 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/093b40c9-c8eb-41e8-ae60-e7e71ecc93eJ/tjne-m18.html2026-05-18T18:49:25Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/18/lqbt-m18.htmlJust days after Trump’s return from Beijing, American imperialism is making active preparations for a renewed onslaught against Iran. Mon, 18 May 2026 03:57:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/16e1525a-80a5-477a-977d-7cb6007acb7O/lqbt-m18.html2026-05-18T03:57:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/18/yfsl-m18.htmlThis speech was delivered by Tom Peters, a leader of the Socialist Equality Group in New Zealand, at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:47:02 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b7bde705-ee89-43f0-93c0-1f29fab44a1N/yfsl-m18.html2026-05-18T00:47:02Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/16/ktrv-m16.htmlThis speech was delivered by Deepal Jayasekera, General Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), and Dilaxshan Mahalingam, a leader of the IYSSE (Sri Lanka), at the 2026 May Day Online Rally, organized by the WSWS and the ICFI.Sat, 16 May 2026 03:26:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c2420725-bdd9-4ea1-8008-889759e8681G/ktrv-m16.html2026-05-16T03:26:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/brxj-m14.htmlIn congressional testimony Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hurst told the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense that the running cost of the Iran war has grown to $29 billion—and that this figure does not include damage to US military bases.Thu, 14 May 2026 05:21:58 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/93bf891c-e371-4216-bdee-d11b6e5728aJ/brxj-m14.html2026-05-14T05:21:58Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/14/alpg-m14.htmlThe US president seemed to channel the obliviousness of the French monarchy or the Russian tsar on the eve of their revolutionary overthrow.Thu, 14 May 2026 03:02:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/618e7f53-22df-4eda-9f7c-72ca5637599K/alpg-m14.html2026-05-14T03:02:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/cdvh-m13.htmlSpeaking to reporters before departing for China on Tuesday, President Trump said the US would accept only a “good deal” to end the war against Iran, or the country “would be decimated,” adding, “one way or another, we win.”Wed, 13 May 2026 04:16:46 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d5c6a5c0-a522-4168-b3e2-af4500aae33K/cdvh-m13.html2026-05-13T04:16:46Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/13/yfhs-m13.htmlAn attack involving two “unidentified airborne objects” on a South Korean-operated ship in the Strait of Hormuz last week is being seized upon by Seoul as a possible pretext to join the US-led war against Iran.Wed, 13 May 2026 02:51:39 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9de5a687-884e-4121-9b7a-9c6b3ca5bbbO/yfhs-m13.html2026-05-13T02:51:39Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/12/udfy-m12.htmlThe meetings will outline the socialist perspective needed to halt the descent into global war and the accompanying onslaught on the conditions of the working class.Tue, 12 May 2026 05:09:15 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/87c64810-b1bd-454c-b9a4-d9cae647bc0N/udfy-m12.html2026-05-12T05:09:15Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/tkzx-m11.htmlBilal Irfan is a US‑based medical and bioethics researcher working on Gaza and Palestinian health.Mon, 11 May 2026 05:13:30 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c7604a72-af45-4040-8789-a4e19fc3f7cD/tkzx-m11.html2026-05-11T05:13:30Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/11/kxdm-m11.htmlUS President Donald Trump declared Iran's reply to his negotiation terms "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE" on Sunday, threatening renewed military escalation four days before his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Mon, 11 May 2026 02:51:47 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/db0a64b7-408b-4920-a34d-a7875c0d18bK/kxdm-m11.html2026-05-11T02:51:47Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/09/ybhk-m09.htmlUS Navy aircraft attacked two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday as part of the US naval blockade of Iran, in a major escalation of the war.Sat, 09 May 2026 03:52:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e7d625ea-dddf-4997-ab13-6e046bd7d4bK/ybhk-m09.html2026-05-09T03:52:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/08/ecqc-m08.htmlThe closure of the Strait of Hormuz has driven fuel prices in Africa up by as much as 80 percent. Inflation is rising, and food production is in jeopardy, with governments scrambling to avert agricultural collapse.Fri, 08 May 2026 17:06:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3e8cc1c7-e64a-4414-8c96-a3bb1940c11C/ecqc-m08.html2026-05-08T17:06:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/08/lqdq-m08.htmlThe mission is neither peaceful nor neutral. The former colonial powers France and Britain are pursuing their own imperialist interests in the Middle East, which do not align with those of the US. The same applies to Germany and the European Union.Fri, 08 May 2026 04:51:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9306fc57-c16a-4207-b2c2-22e7f2e93a6M/lqdq-m08.html2026-05-08T04:51:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/08/wcsl-m08.htmlUS forces struck Iranian military targets on Thursday after sending three US Navy destroyers through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed since February. Fri, 08 May 2026 03:21:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7a44e18d-0249-4880-95e2-acfe19a3fc7J/wcsl-m08.html2026-05-08T03:21:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/07/swew-m07.htmlThis speech was given by Joseph Kishore, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), at the International May Day 2026 Online Rally, held Friday, May 1.Thu, 07 May 2026 05:02:13 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1f34ebbb-fa35-4443-a47f-982dac8b630A/swew-m07.html2026-05-07T05:02:13Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/06/ojhi-m06.htmlThe Northern Navies would centre on the Joint Expeditionary Force, a UK-led grouping of 10 European countries.Wed, 06 May 2026 18:08:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b4368659-a217-474d-beea-33b3da8bad7L/ojhi-m06.html2026-05-06T18:08:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/06/mzds-m06.htmlUS President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that he was pausing the day-old US military operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz "for a short period of time," citing what he said was "great progress" toward an agreement with Iran. Wed, 06 May 2026 04:49:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0d4e244d-6e6d-4500-bb6c-6a070e449aaF/mzds-m06.html2026-05-06T04:49:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/05/hjnc-m05.htmlThe increasingly desperate actions of American imperialism express the strategic debacle it confronts after 35 years of uninterrupted wars of aggression.Tue, 05 May 2026 04:44:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/43228c60-62dc-4579-8879-1ddaeb23209E/hjnc-m05.html2026-05-05T04:44:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/05/nato-m05.htmlThe announcement by President Donald Trump to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Germany and halt the planned deployment of US intermediate-range weapons in Germany marks a further escalation of the crisis in transatlantic relations.Tue, 05 May 2026 03:47:39 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/76966cf1-d500-4154-89ba-62882da0ff1L/nato-m05.html2026-05-05T03:47:39Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/05/efzo-m05.htmlThe evasions and hypocritical declarations of “neutrality” by Colombo and New Delhi, along with the silence of the imperialist-aligned media, cannot cover up the fact that these governments were complicit in this US war crime.Tue, 05 May 2026 03:43:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9289aec3-e48b-49c6-94e4-578b9cd5dbeB/efzo-m05.html2026-05-05T03:43:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/04/nuqs-m04.htmlIn a rambling Truth Social post on Sunday afternoon, President Trump wrote that the US would begin escorting hundreds of “Ships and Crews safely out of the Strait, ” and that any Iranian interference will “have to be dealt with forcefully.”Mon, 04 May 2026 04:37:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/df0aed88-4fd9-4272-be8d-0aba0b93e5aI/nuqs-m04.html2026-05-04T04:37:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/04/tzdz-m04.htmlSpeakers at the May Day rally analyzed the war against Iran as the culmination of a 35-year capitalist crisis and advanced a revolutionary program for the international working class entering a new period of global struggle.Mon, 04 May 2026 03:58:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c729a980-b00e-4caf-b0a6-bd6935be609A/tzdz-m04.html2026-05-04T03:58:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/02/dfoc-m02.htmlOne can’t help but wondering after two months of war and countless waves of bombing, and thousands of civilian deaths: Does that neighborhood still look like this? Sat, 02 May 2026 03:22:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9813f2c2-3900-43da-9ada-ba765ca6fd8E/dfoc-m02.html2026-05-02T03:22:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/02/nrbd-m02.htmlThe editor of the WSWS German site explained the social, political and historical basis of the struggle against imperialist war.Sat, 02 May 2026 02:33:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4a5427e6-74f0-4f6c-90a8-c5a07c8eb06C/nrbd-m02.html2026-05-02T02:33:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/01/vury-m01.htmlLeading Senate Democrats called Thursday for a major expansion of US military spending at the testimony by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was briefing the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Trump administration's plans to massively increase military spending.Fri, 01 May 2026 04:21:42 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0c59d3e9-950a-40de-a0b0-9b08ae3ae6dK/vury-m01.html2026-05-01T04:21:42Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/01/ghqh-m01.htmlDr. Abeer Omar, an assistant nursing professor at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, denounced the systematic slaughter of healthcare workers by Israel in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and the US and Israel’s targeting of civilians in their war of extermination against Iran.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:27:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/335654ae-b3f5-44c0-85ac-a918477ee9fG/ghqh-m01.html2026-05-01T00:27:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/29/pdfm-a29.htmlBanks are warning of a rise in bad debts, companies are issuing profit downgrades, and a consumer confidence index has fallen by the largest amount since the start of the pandemic, with retailers reported to be “struggling.”Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:29:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5b89c437-4a6b-4dd0-a46d-a22cfb11009A/pdfm-a29.html2026-04-29T05:29:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/28/vneu-a28.htmlSouth Asia accounts for the largest share of people—an estimated additional 8.8 million—being pushed into poverty by the Iran war, with the region particularly exposed to rising food and energy costs and falling remittances.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:08:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/026612af-923c-4d5d-a827-ada7592adc6E/vneu-a28.html2026-04-28T05:08:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/27/gxjo-a27.htmlThe resolution gives expression to the broad and growing opposition among workers to the war, which is backed by the UAW apparatus.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:55:16 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3ce84101-84a6-4c90-a422-40ec976fc01G/gxjo-a27.html2026-04-27T03:55:16Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/27/pfht-a27.htmlThis is the text of a resolution introduced by UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman at a meeting of UAW Local 677 in Macungie, Pennsylvania.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:10:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bb7dc37f-13a3-4e3d-ad42-be4ded777a7M/pfht-a27.html2026-04-27T03:10:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/27/fvhh-a27.htmlFuel, electricity and food prices are rising rapidly in impoverished Pacific countries including Papua New Guinea and Fiji, paving the way for a resurgence of class struggles.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:00:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8f689a27-fd88-496f-bf05-0fa23a7cbdfF/fvhh-a27.html2026-04-27T03:00:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/25/ngtx-a25.htmlProtesters in Brisbane and Adelaide denounced the federal Labor government for its complicity in the US-led imperialist assault in the Middle East.Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:51:28 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5604bf05-7201-49b6-bb3c-fbbdbd0dac4C/ngtx-a25.html2026-04-25T03:51:28Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/25/mrfp-a25.htmlThe United States is expanding its naval blockade of Iran into a global operation against shipping in any ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday. Hours earlier the Treasury Department sanctioned a major Chinese oil refinery and 40 shipping companies for buying Iranian crude. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:46:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6b599be0-1609-45b0-8b9a-9d3c915e6dfM/mrfp-a25.html2026-04-25T03:46:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/24/krez-a24.htmlA new analysis by the Climate and Community Institute finds that the first two weeks of the US-Israel war on Iran produced more greenhouse gas emissions than Iceland with its volcanos generates in a year and that the consequences for fossil fuel dependence will dwarf the emissions of the fighting itself.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:30:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d6a43d7c-73e3-4301-af20-de027e9d493E/krez-a24.html2026-04-24T04:30:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/24/czai-a24.htmlIn a Truth Social post on Thursday morning, President Trump ordered the US Navy to “shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be” that he claimed without proof were placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:12:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/279fc9de-6fc6-4afc-9fce-222fc55ac73L/czai-a24.html2026-04-24T04:12:26Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/23/xzww-a23.htmlAmerican imperialism’s determination to consolidate its geostrategic dominance over the Middle East, one of the world’s most critical energy-producing regions, has already claimed the lives of thousands of Iranians. But the economic fallout from the US-instigated war and blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could prove even more deadly.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:37:26 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b3e29ce9-3b14-4ba4-ac6f-0d5f4f90464H/xzww-a23.html2026-04-23T01:37:26Z