Starlink’s Secret War: How Musk Is Powering a Covert Campaign Against Iran

Musk may be beefing with Trump online, but when it comes to toppling Iran’s government, they’re perfectly aligned.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
X Starlink Logo and Elon Musk Profile – Indonesia – Dec. 21, 2024

By actively partnering with the U.S. government to smuggle communications hardware into Iran, Elon Musk is once again aiding Washington's attempts at regime change. This fits into a long pattern of both American efforts to dislodge the government in Tehran and Musk's close collaboration with the U.S. national security state, helping it to achieve

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Mohammad Marandi: This War Was Supposed to Break Iran. It’s Breaking Israel Instead

As the bombs fall, Tehran isn’t collapsing—it’s galvanizing. Marandi reveals how Israel’s war effort is failing on every front.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Seyed Mohammad Marandi with burning Tel Aviv skyline and headline: "Israel Is Losing This War"

The Israeli attack on Iran continues. Since Friday, IDF jets and missiles have hit sites across the country, carrying out targeted assassinations of key leaders and hitting buildings and other civilian infrastructure. Iran has retaliated in kind, firing missiles into Israel. The Trump administration, which knew about the secret Israeli attack

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Israel’s War with Iran Isn’t America’s Fight—And Voters Know It

As Netanyahu drags the U.S. toward war with Iran, a rare bipartisan chorus in Congress is saying: not this time. Voters are even louder.

Medea Benjamin
By Medea Benjamin
Israelis gather next to a direct hit site following an Iranian missile strike against Israel, June 16th 2025. Matan Golan | AP

When Israel launched a surprise military strike on Iran last week, it did more than risk igniting a catastrophic regional war. It also exposed long-simmering tensions in Washington—between entrenched bipartisan, pro-Israel hawks and a growing current of lawmakers (and voters) unwilling to be dragged into another Middle East disaster. “This is

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Israel to Strike: Iran Not an Existential Threat to the West with Dr. Assal Rad

Iran is often described as both fragile and menacing in U.S. discourse. With Dr. Assal Rad, we unpack how this paradox justifies U.S. intervention and serves broader imperialist goals in the Middle East.

Greg Stoker
By Greg Stoker
State of Play Ep. 27 Dr. Assal Rad Website Feature image

Iran is overwhelmingly portrayed by the collective West as an existential threat to the survival of Israel and, to a lesser extent, to U.S. national security interests. The issue with this narrative lies in how the Iranian government is depicted. On one hand, it's presented as weak and constantly on the brink of collapse. On the other, it's seen as

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Revealed: Israel’s Hidden History Of Attacks On Iran

Robert Inlakesh breaks down the hidden history of Israel’s decades-long campaign of assassinations, attacks and sabotage against Iran that the media ignore.

Robert Inlakesh
By Robert Inlakesh

Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel was framed in the West as a reckless attempt to spark a major regional war, but in reality,  Israel has been attacking Iran for decades. As is routinely the case with Western-backed wars, the corporate media’s timeline begins at the moment that suits their narrative. We have seen this play out recently, with

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Yemen’s Houthis Speak to MintPress About US Attacks, Their Blockade of Israel

Joining MintCast to discuss the blockade and Yemen’s escalating tensions with the United States is Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a senior political official and spokesperson for Yemen’s Ansar Allah.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti Feature photo

The United States and the United Kingdom recently carried out their eighth round of strikes against targets in Yemen that they claim are being used by Yemen’s Ansar Allah – known in the West as the Houthis – to threaten maritime navigation in the Red Sea. Since Israel began its deadly incursion into Gaza on October 7 of last year, Ansar Allah

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