This is barbaric. They were not permitted to explain to the jury why they carried out the attack on the Elbit factory - which makes the weapons that kill Palestinian children. And the jury was never told they would be sentenced as terrorists. /1

But let's focus on the World Cup.

I have fought the neocons and warmongers in Washington for more than 25 years. Throughout, they have tried to silence, discredit, slander, and cancel me. Only recently, however, have they tried to deport me. At least, that appears to have been the aim of a hit piece in Bari Weiss’s The Free Press, which claimed that Marco Rubio’s State Department was “investigating” me for allegedly seeking to “undermine the U.S.”—presumably because of my opposition to war with Iran. Yet just hours later, the State Department issued a statement to reporters clarifying that “the State Department has no plans to revoke the green card of Mr. Parsi at this time.” Nor did it provide any confirmation for the central premise of the Free Press story—that an investigation of me existed in the first place. So here’s what I think happened. Read the full piece on my Substack: tritaparsi.substack.com/p/so…

A number of Americans have decided to go to the stadiums where Iran is playing and cheer for the Iranian national football team, due to the difficulties the US government has created for Iran's national team (such as denying visas to some team members and preventing Iranian fans from being in the US to support their team). They are also encouraging other Americans to join this action.

Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.

RT @minamonteguide: Mirsalar Khosravi, a 12-year-old boy and football player, was playing on a football field when missile strikes changed…

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🇬🇧 🇵🇸 Four Palestine Action Activists Sentenced as ‘Terrorists’ in UK Legal First Four activists who raided an Elbit Systems arms factory near Bristol in 2024 were sentenced as “terrorists” Friday at Woolwich Crown Court, in what supporters said is the first time UK protesters have been treated as ‘terrorists’ for criminal damage alone. Justice Jeremy Johnson applied a “terrorism connection” under the Sentencing Act, finding the raid on the Israeli weapons maker’s Filton plant caused “serious damage” and was meant to intimidate the government and shut Elbit down. The jury that convicted them of criminal damage in May was never told a “terrorism” finding could follow. Their sentences: ➤ Charlotte Head, 30: 6 years ➤ Leona Kamio, 30: 6 years ➤ Fatema Rajwani, 21: 5 years, 8 months ➤ Samuel Corner, 23: 8 years, 8 months (incl. GBH without intent) The finding means they must serve two-thirds of their terms, not the standard 40%, before parole eligibility. Gasps broke out in the gallery as the sentences were read. 🎥@NoaAvishag filmed the scenes outside Woolwich Crown Court for Drop Site as sentences were delivered by the court.

CNN montage of all the times Trump announced deals with Iran. Anderson Cooper: Today marks 39 times that he has said something like that.

Happening now at Waterloo Station for the #Filton25

American credibility has deteriorated to the point where the president can announce a diplomatic agreement and the near-universal reaction is "let's wait for confirmation from Tasnim"

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's Handala Claims to HACK FBI Security Drones Handala claims it infiltrated FBI surveillance drones equipped with facial recognition and license plate recognition systems, gaining access to live feeds, images, and internal monitoring data for months. The group says it obtained footage directly from FBI-operated drones and mocked FBI Director Kash Patel, referencing the $10 million bounty offered for information leading to its members. Handala also threatened security operations surrounding the 2026 FIFA World Cup, claiming U.S. authorities cannot secure their own surveillance systems while warning that "FPVs are everywhere." The group further claimed access to U.S. military drone feeds and said it is "always one step ahead of the shadows." If true, the breach would represent a major failure of U.S. surveillance and counterterrorism infrastructure. U.S. authorities have not publicly confirmed the claims.

The sense of victimhood from countries that took part in launching the war against Iran on February 28 and then complained about being attacked in retaliation is incredible.

Trump is investigating Trita Parsi, a prominent critic who has spent decades warning that war with Iran would be disastrous For years, Israel has spread propaganda against Parsi, who is Zoroastrian, falsely labelling him an "Islamic regime agent" - lies further spread by the right-wing Zionist Iranian diaspora Now we see what it was all for - they're doing everything they can to shut him up Some still think Trump will "free" Iran when he can't even tolerate critics in his own country

It's pretty disgraceful that there has been absolutely no mention of this from the Prime Minister. It's increasingly clear that some attacks, correctly, warrant disgust, emergency measures and days of media coverage. Others seem to be met with silence.

This U.S. bomb didn't explode. You know what Iranian engineers are gonna do now? 😉

The best way to anticipate the future is to find out what Benjamin Netanyahu wants and then assume it's just a matter of time before Trump does it. Hard to go wrong with that method. I can't think of a time when it would have failed.

Trump just launched a war on Iran in the middle of negotiations for the third time

🔺 Iran Claims Detailed Intelligence Operation Behind Strikes on U.S. Bases Fars News cited a source saying Iran carried out a “complex intelligence and operational plan” in its early Thursday strikes on U.S. military bases across the region, claiming significant damage to expensive American equipment. 🔹 The source said Iranian forces tracked two large U.S. P-8 surveillance aircraft from takeoff — one identified leaving the Diego Garcia base in the central Indian Ocean and another from a U.S. base in Western Europe, both heading toward the southern Persian Gulf. Iran said it then targeted the aircraft’s locations at Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain and Ali al-Salem Base in Kuwait with precision weapons. 🔹 A separate source said Iran used intelligence and field surveillance to monitor the deployment of at least three U.S. F-35 fighters in a hangar at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan until the final moments before launch, then struck the hangar with long-range solid-fuel missiles. The claims have not be independently confirmed, and U.S. officials have not released details on the damage. Unconfirmed circulating videos show damage and fires at the aforementioned facilities.