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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani shake hands at the government palace in Baghdad, Iraq, September 11, 2024
IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian slammed the West today, saying that Israel is “committing massacres” in the war in Gaza and using European and US weapons to do so.
President Pezeshkian, who spoke in Baghdad at the start of his highly symbolic first visit abroad since taking office, is hoping to cement Tehran’s ties to Baghdad as regional tensions increasingly pull both majority Shi’ite countries into the widening Middle East fray.
Iran has been a staunch supporter of the Palestinians and Hamas fighters since its October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues
Meanwhile, over 110 human rights organisations and trade unions demand the EU immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel over its ‘egregious human rights abuses against Palestinians’