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“You and I will come to an end somewhere. The most beautiful poem in the world falls quiet,” 23-year-old Parnia Abbasi wrote, who was among 224 Iranians killed by Israeli strikes so far. Nick Paton Walsh takes a closer look at the toll on civilians across Iran.

A reminder that the US overthrow of Saddam Hussain plunged Iraq into years of sectarian bloodshed, paved the way for ISIS and installed a kleptocracy that has failed to provide the most basic services.

Israel is a nuclear-armed state, with one of the most advanced military’s in the world, funded and armed by the U.S., that started a war of aggression with Iran and is committing genocide in Gaza… And the BBC makes it sound like they’re William Wallace resisting the English.

Massacre of civilians continues in Gaza while eyes are on Tehran. Some argue that was the intention all along.

This is 2003 all over again. #Iraq had no WMDs then, #Iran has no nuclear weapons now. The only country in the region that does is #Israel. This context should be added to any news coverage, lest journalists risk peddling war propaganda just like they did in 2003.

So much about this is racism and Islamophobia

Nobody denies that Iran has a nuclear program. But contrary to what Netanyahu claimed, Iran was not actively pursuing nuclear weapons, according to recent US intelligence assessments.

Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say bbc.in/3ZWJ9mL

A key line in this new The New York Times story: "Contrary to Israeli claims, senior administration officials were unaware of any new intelligence showing that the Iranians were rushing to build a nuclear bomb — a move that would justify a pre-emptive strike."

Iran was at the negotiating table when it got bombed.

German chancellor Merz gives Syria as an example that regime change can work. The big difference is that Syrian regime change came from within. Apples and oranges.

Tanks firing at people queuing to get food

“We did not have any proof of a systematic effort to move into a nuclear weapon.” IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ Director General affirms his agency’s findings about Iran’s nuclear program.

CNN put together a collection of clips of Netanyahu warning Iran is close to a nuclear weapon going back to 1996

Spot the difference.

Israeli attacks on Iran are increasing the odds of a change in leadership that would concentrate power in the country’s elite military force, potentially resulting in a more radical Iran wsj.com/world/middle-e… via The Wall Street Journal

“I mean, you don't know that I'm gonna even do it. You don't know, I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm gonna do.” Well now we know… whatever comes next this war will be Trumps legacy!

Trump after entering war with Iran, in which his team previously denied involvement: “I want to congratulate Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like no team has ever worked before.” theguardian.com/world/live/202…

Yes how dare Iran invade a sovereign country, starting civil war&inspiring Islamic State; prop up torturers, war criminals & theocrats; bankroll the singular human rights stain of our time, a campaign of ethnic cleansing and slaughter called genocide by experts -- Oh wait.

I'm no fan of the Iranian government or theocracy in general, but most of my criticism has to do with domestic policy. As an international actor, they don't have clean hands, but neither does anyone else in the region. They largely act out of rational self-interest...