!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-218x150.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")
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Michael Field: On saying sorry – who next? The Banabans?
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Apologies are, more or less by custom, the end of things.
Say sorry, and don’t mention it again.
As...
Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hele Christopher-Ikimotu
I am Banaban. I come from an ancestry of survivors and a once rich land.
However, Banaba died to make other...
From rags to riches to rags again – the Forum’s hidden...
ANALYSIS: By Dr Crosbie Walsh
Nauru hosts the Pacific Islands Forum -- whose membership includes Australia, New Zealand and 16 Pacific Islands nations -- from...
!["That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme](https://asiapacificreport.nz/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-WikiP-680wide-100x70.png "Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof")
