Mnar Adley

Mnar Adley is an award-winning journalist and editor and is the founder and director of MintPress News. She is also president and director of the non-profit media organization Behind the Headlines. Adley also co-hosts the MintCast podcast and is a producer and host of the social media video series Behind The Headlines.  Adley is a recipient of the Women's Institute for the Freedom of the Press Award and the Serena Shim Award for independent journalism. Adley is a regular speaker on responsible journalism and Big Tech censorship. She started her career as an independent multimedia journalist covering Midwest and national politics while focusing on civil liberties and social justice issues posting her reporting and exclusive interviews on her blog MintPress, which she later turned MintPress into the global news source it is today. In 2009, Adley also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Contact Mnar at [email protected]. Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh In 2009, Adley also became the first American woman to wear the hijab to anchor/report the news in American media. Contact Mnar at [email protected]. Follow Mnar on Twitter at @mnarmuh

Iranian Jewish Association Describe Israel as “Ominous Zionist Regime” After Israeli Strikes Destroy Historic Synagogue on Passover

“We are Iranian Jews and we are always ready to sacrifice our lives for our homeland,” Bihdad Mikhail, managing director of the Tehran Jewish Association, told MintPress News as he held back his tears while carrying Jewish religious books that were destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

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A historic synagogue in Tehran, originally built in 1958, was destroyed on the Jewish holiday of Passover by Israeli airstrikes on April 7th. The Rafi-Nia Synagogue, located in central Tehran, was one of the longstanding institutions serving Iran’s Jewish community. Constructed in 1958, it stood as both a place of worship and a symbol of the

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Global Energy Shock: Iran Turns Hormuz Into A Toll Gate Challenging Petrodollar

For years, U.S. strategy has relied on the assumption that sanctions, economic pressure, and military force would weaken adversaries and trigger internal collapse. But as economist Michael Hudson has argued, that logic misunderstands how nations respond under existential threat. “This war will decide whether the U.S. controls the global oil trade — or whether the world becomes independent of it,” Hudson said, framing the conflict as a turning point in the global economic order.

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Iran has taken its control over the Strait of Hormuz to the next level, effectively moving toward a “toll booth” system on one of the world’s most critical energy routes. According to Reuters, Iranian officials and lawmakers are actively considering imposing transit fees on ships passing through the strait, with proposals to charge countries for

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Trump’s Iran Gamble Is Spiraling Out of Control: From Shock & Awe to Strategic Failure

In this week’s episode of the MintCast podcast hosted by MintPress director Mnar Adley, we are joined by Iranian political analyst Ali Alizadeh to talk about Trump’s miscalculation in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran which went from shock & awe to strategic failure. Twenty-seven days into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, what was expected to be a swift and decisive campaign is instead spiraling into a far more dangerous and unpredictable confrontation with massive econimic global fallout because of the closure of the Straight of Hormuz. Early assumptions that Iran’s leadership could be “decapitated” through targeted airstrikes—triggering internal collapse—have proven dramatically misplaced.

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By Mnar Adley

In this week’s episode of the MintCast podcast hosted by MintPress director Mnar Adley, we are joined by Iranian political analyst Ali Alizadeh to talk about Trump’s miscalculation in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Twenty-seven days into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, what was expected to be a swift and decisive campaign is instead spiraling

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Hezbollah Destroys 50 Israeli Merkava Tanks in Three Weeks As Israel Fails to Occupy South Lebanon

Yet despite the intensity of Israel’s bombardment, Hezbollah has not collapsed. On the contrary, the group continues to demonstrate significant military capability. Reports indicate that just in the last three weeks, 50 Israeli tanks have been destroyed, and Hezbollah units remain active across multiple fronts. Far from being diminished, the organization is widely believed to retain a force numbering in the tens of thousands—potentially exceeding the size of the Lebanese army itself.

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On this week's MintCast podcast, MintPress director Mnar Adley is joined by Robert Inlakesh, a staff writer at MintPress and political analyst specializing in Middle East geopolitics -- they discuss Hezbolla's military wins against Israel. As Israel intensifies its military campaign in Lebanon, the gap between its strategic ambitions and

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US Radars Destroyed: Iran writes handbook for Modern War with Empire | Interview: Sharmine Narwani

While CNN censors reports of failing Israeli interceptors, Iran is writing the handbook for how to defeat the US – Israeli empire. From destroyed US FAD radars to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the repercussions of this imperialist aggression against the Islamic Republic have massive global implications and is revealing the true nature of the Arab Gulf states and their commitent to Zionism as explained by political analyst Sharmine Narwani.

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Iran goes max, iran war

The United States and Israel have launched a horrific new war on Iran, but the mainstream media is hiding the true cost to the US military and its installments in West Asia. In this in-depth interview, political analyst and editor of The Cradle Sharmine Narwani joins MintPress director Mnar Adley to break through the "Fog of War" and expose the

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Dr. Mohammad Marandi Interview: Khamenei Assassination, Strait of Hormuz Closure & Betrayal of Arab Nations

In this week’s MintCast podcast hosted by Mnar Adley, she is joined by Dr. Mohammed Marandi — a professor of Orientalism and history at the University of Tehran to discuss the latest on the ground in Iran in the aftermath of the US and Israeli assasisation of Iran’s supreme leader and marjaa’ Ali Khamenei and other war updates including the closing of the straight of Hormuz and the response from Arab states in the region.

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It’s being called a war between good vs evil. The epstein class vs a nation that dares to stand up against US-Israeli imperialism: Iran. The US and Israel launched a full scale war on Iran on Saturday, destroying schools, residential buildings, and assassinating political and military leaders.  Iran's supreme leader and marjaa' Ayatollah

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Scott Ritter: US vs Iran: What War Would Really Look Like –Military Power, Oil Shock & Global Fallout

War with Iran has been the goal of both neoconservative and Zionist factions in Washington for decades. With an increasingly belligerent and erratic Trump in the White House, it could be that the warmongers finally achieve their dream.

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US war against Iran

The U.S. is on the brink of attacking Iran over phony nuclear weapons claims. Repeating tired Iraq War propaganda, the Trump administration is fearmongering about Iran’s weapons of mass destruction capabilities, attempting to convince the public that if they don’t act now, it will be too late. What would such a war look like? Joining the show

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