Tag: War on Iran
Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent...
OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Minister,
You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time...
Eugene Doyle: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Nordstream’ pipeline is waiting to be hit
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If the US-Israelis escalate, the Saudis should fear for the future of the Yanbu pipeline.
So should we -- even if you...
‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Finance Minister says she has "never felt so dependent on the actions and feelings of one administration and its leaders", as...
Monsters of war – the men who have put the world...
The war in Iran is in its second month. A war started by a criminal defendant, a convicted felon, and a blackmail network that...
NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio
Asia Pacific Report
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has appealed to Foreign Minister Winston Peters to stress to the Palestine genocide "open wound" in his meeting...
Richard David Hames: When will we make war untenable for...
COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames
An Easter message. There's no mystery about why wars start. They happen because someone, somewhere, decides that negotiation is more...
Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
In the coming years, if Iran survives as a sovereign state and retains control over the Strait of Hormuz, countries like...
Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...
Asia Pacific Report
As tensions rose ahead of Easter, US President Donald Trump publicly criticised Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “interfering in political...
Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal...
US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...
Al Mayadeen English
An Iranian government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, has declared that the attacked "bridges and the Pasteur Institute are symbols of Iran’s scientific strength"...
Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives
By Ali Hashem in Tehran
This is a war of narratives with the United States administration trying to push forward its narrative of "victory" while...
Deafening silence about the Israeli Dimona nuclear double standard
ANALYSIS: By Ronny P. Sasmita
The skies over Tehran and Natanz may still carry the lingering haze of joint US-Israeli bombing operations.
Yet the world, filtered...
How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives
COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut
In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that all the countries agree on "controlling"...
Jonathan Cook: Does the tail wag the dog? How both sides...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook
The joint US-Israeli war on Iran has thrust back into the spotlight a divisive debate about whether the dog wags the...
Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade
Asia Pacific Report
Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate plea for his country's sovereignty in defiance of the...
Why is the West dancing to Israel’s tune? What’s leading us...
DOCUMENTARY: Double Down News
The Middle East is in flames. Britain is being dragged into an illegal war, the aims of which are entirely unclear,...
Epstein cabal play games with human lives in Iran while grasping...
COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter
The actions of the Trump administration and its AIPAC-Israeli donors have reached new levels of immorality, illegality and unprecedented venality.
It is...
Eugene Doyle: Kharg Island – into the valley of death
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Described by analysts as a suicide mission, there are nonetheless rumours the US President has his eye on securing for the...
‘Israel First’ – ex-Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy on why Netanyahu led...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman in New York, joined by, for the first time...
‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jessica Corbett
Democrats in Congress have sounded the alarm over US President Donald Trump pledging to commit more war crimes in Iran...
Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
You can’t make this stuff up. The President of the United States, while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister in...
Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent
The Marshall Islands Parliament this week endorsed legislation reducing income taxes for all working people in...
![Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof "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 "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)








