!["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")
Tag: Trump administration
Pacific editor welcomes US court ruling in favour of Radio Free...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The former head of BenarNews' Pacific bureau says a United States court ruling this week ordering the US Agency...
Victory for US press freedom and workers – court grants injunction...
Asia Pacific Report
The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v Lake, affirming the US Agency...
Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Two LGBTQIA+ advocates in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are up in arms over...
!["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")
