US-Israeli war on Iran is NOT about nuclear weapons. It's about imperialism.
The US and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. Non-existent "nuclear weapons" are the absurd fig leaf. Trump and Netanyahu admitted they want regime change, to put a puppet in Tehran.
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The United States and Israel are waging a war of aggression against Iran. This is not about nuclear weapons; it's about imperialism.
Trump published a video on social media early on the morning of February 28, announcing, “The United States military began major combat operations in Iran”.
As the US and Israel brutally bombed Tehran, Donald Trump admitted that they want regime change.
Trump ordered members of Iran’s military to “lay down your weapons”, or “face certain death”.
The US president then called on Iranian opposition supporters to “take over your government”, claiming, “It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations”.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the war would overthrow the government in Tehran, to "cast off the yoke of tyranny and bring freedom and peace-loving values to Iran”. (Meanwhile, Netanyahu faces an ongoing arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, due to the genocidal crimes against humanity he committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza, with steadfast US support.)
Iran immediately retaliated, launching strikes in self-defense against multiple US military bases in Qatar, Bahran, Kuwait, and the UAE. The Pentagon’s largest base in the region, Al-Udeid in Qatar, was hit.
The absurd narrative that Washington and Tel Aviv are promoting is that they had to carry out “preemptive” attacks (which are illegal under international law), because Tehran supposedly seeks nuclear weapons.
This is nonsense. Iran signed the nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2015, in which it agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons in return for the US and European countries lifting their illegal unilateral sanctions.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) admitted that Iran was abiding by the nuclear deal. Nevertheless, Trump unilaterally tore it up in 2018, during his first term as US president, in flagrant violation of international law (given that the JCPOA had been endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which even the US had voted for, under Obama).
Iran’s current president, Masoud Pezeshkian, is ironically a reformist who sought to negotiate another deal with the same US aggressors who sabotaged the previous one just a few years before.
When Trump entered office for his second term, in 2025, he oversaw several rounds of bad-faith “negotiations” with Iran. Then, during those talks, the US and Israel suddenly bombed Iran in June 2025. The Wall Street Journal admitted: “In Twist, U.S. Diplomacy Served as Cover for Israeli Surprise Attack”.
The same thing happened in February 2026. The Trump administration participated in fake “negotiations” with Iran.
On February 27, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi, who moderated the talks, said they had made “substantial progress”, and a “peace deal is within our reach”.
Mere hours later, Trump and Netanyahu launched a massive bombing campaign in Iran.
The reality is that the US and Israel do not want peace.
The goal of this war of aggression is clear: Washington seeks to topple Iran’s independent government and finally overturn the Iranian Revolution of 1979, which removed one of the pillars of the US empire’s “twin pillars” strategy in West Asia.
The US empire, and more specifically the large US corporations that it represents, want to control the plentiful resources not only in Iran, but in the entire region, which is home to the world’s top producers of oil and natural gas, as well as critical minerals and other important commodities.
Washington also hopes to cut off China’s access to its top energy providers.
Wesley Clark, a former top US general and NATO commander, revealed more than two decades ago that, following the attacks of September 11, 2001, imperial strategists at the Pentagon made plans to overthrow the governments of seven countries in West Asia and North Africa.
On the US empire’s target list was Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran.
Washington succeeded in destabilizing governments in six of those seven. Iran is the last one standing.
With its war, the United States hopes to install in Tehran a puppet, like the son of the former shah, the murderous monarch who came to power following a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1953 against Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
A Fox News correspondent reported that the CIA-linked US state media outlet VOA Persian is broadcasting propaganda in Iran in support of the so-called “exiled crown prince”, Reza Pahlavi, who has spent much of his life living in the US, and whose dictatorial father terrorized Iran, with staunch US backing, until the 1979 revolution.
Top US officials have been secretly meeting with the so-called “exiled crown prince”, the former Israeli intelligence officer Barak Ravid reported in January. On Twitter, Reza Pahlavi heaped praise on Trump, claimed “the Islamic Republic is collapsing”, and called for the Iranian people to help put him in power.
US imperial strategists believe the Iranian government is weak at this moment, and they are going for the jugular.
In doing so, the billionaire supposed “populist” Trump is fulfilling the dreams of the most ardent neoconservative hawks — even as he calls himself a “peace president”.
In the following video, Geopolitical Economy Report editor Ben Norton explains the real reasons behind the US-Israeli war of aggression, and debunks the lies being spread by Washington:
Timecodes:
0:00 USA & Israel bomb Iran
1:21 (CLIP) Trump threatens Iran’s military
1:49 (CLIP) Trump calls for regime change
2:33 Iran retaliates, hitting US bases
3:26 Iran is not Venezuela, or Iraq
4:18 (CLIP) Trump fears US casualties
4:52 Israel’s PM Netanyahu
6:08 US empire’s plans for West Asia
7:39 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: 7 countries targeted
8:14 Nuclear weapons
9:15 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)
10:31 Fake US “negotiations”
12:21 Oil & gas in Middle East (West Asia)
12:45 USA wants to cut off China’s oil supplies
13:55 Trump’s oil blockade of Cuba
14:25 Israel: US empire’s aircraft carrier
15:26 CIA coup in Iran in 1953
16:04 US-backed dictator, the shah
16:54 Iranian Revolution
17:20 Iran-Iraq War
17:52 US puppet, “crown prince” Reza Pahlavi
19:56 US-backed regime change in Syria
21:01 Imperialism
21:24 Outro
ESSENTIAL SPEECH.
Brilliant analysis and plan.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi:
“Let me begin with a fact that the region has learned through decades of painful experience, and that the world is learning again at a terrible human cost: “Palestine is not one issue among many”.
Palestine is the defining question of justice in West Asia and beyond. It is the strategic and moral compass of our region. It is a test of whether international law has meaning, whether human rights have universal value, and whether global institutions exist to protect the weak — or merely to rationalise the power of the strong.
For generations, the Palestinian crisis was understood primarily as the consequence of an illegal occupation and the denial of an inalienable right: the right of a people to self-determination. But today, we must recognise that the crisis has moved far beyond the parameters of occupation alone. What we are witnessing in Gaza is not merely war. It is not a “conflict” between equal parties. It is not an unfortunate byproduct of security measures. It is the deliberate destruction of civilian life on a massive scale. It is genocide.
The human cost of Israel’s atrocities in Gaza has wounded the conscience of humanity. It has torn open the heart of the Muslim world — and it has also shaken millions beyond it: Christians, Jews, and people of all faiths, who still believe that the life of a child is not a bargaining chip, that starvation is not a weapon, that hospitals are not battlefields, and that the killing of families is not self-defense.
Palestine today is not simply a tragedy; it is a mirror held up to the world. It reflects not only the suffering of Palestinians, but also the moral failure of those who had the power to stop this catastrophe — and chose instead to justify it, enable it, or normalise it.
But Palestine and Gaza is not only a humanitarian crisis. It has become the platform for something larger and more dangerous: an expansionist project pursued under the banner of “security”.
This project has three consequences — each of them profound, each of them alarming:
The first consequence is global. The Israeli regime’s conduct in Palestine, and the impunity granted to it, have deeply damaged the international legal order. We must say this clearly: the world is moving toward a condition where international law no longer is respected and governs international relations.
What is perhaps most dangerous is the precedent being established: that if a state has sufficient political cover and protection, it may bomb civilians, besiege populations, target infrastructure, assassinate individuals across borders, and still demand to be regarded as lawful.
This is not merely a Palestinian problem. It is a global problem.
We are witnessing not only the tragedy of Palestine, but the transformation of the world into a place where the law is replaced by force.
The second consequence is regional. Israel’s expansionist project has had a direct and destabilising impact on the security of all countries in the region.
The Israeli regime now openly violates borders. It breaches sovereignties. It assassinates official dignitaries. It conducts terrorist operations. It expands its reach in multiple theatres. And it does so, not discreetly, but with a sense of entitlement — because it has learned that international accountability will not come.
Let us be candid: if the Gaza issue is “settled” through destruction and forced displacement — if that becomes the model — then the West Bank will be next. Annexation will become policy.
This is the essence of what has long been called the “Greater Israel” project.
The question therefore is not whether Israel’s actions threaten Palestinians alone. The question is whether the region will accept a future in which borders are temporary, sovereignty is conditional, and security is determined not by law or diplomacy, but by the ambitions of a militarised occupier.
The third consequence is structural — and perhaps the most dangerous.
Israel’s expansionist project requires that neighboring countries be weakened — militarily, technologically, economically, and socially — so that the Israeli regime permanently enjoys the upper hand.
Under this project, Israel is free to expand its military arsenal without limits, including weapons of mass destruction that remain outside any inspection regime. Yet other countries are demanded to disarm. Others are pressured to reduce defensive capacity. Others are punished for scientific progress. Others are sanctioned for building resilience.
Nobody should be confused: this is not arms control, it is not non-proliferation, it is not security.
It is the enforcement of permanent inequality: Israel must have a “military, intelligence and strategic edge”, and others must remain vulnerable.
This is a doctrine of domination."
This is why the Palestinian question is not only a humanitarian issue. It is a strategic issue. It is not only about Gaza and the West Bank. It is about the future of our region and the rules of the world.
So what must be done?
It is not enough to express concern. It is not enough to issue statements. It is not enough to mourn. We need a coordinated strategy of action — legal, diplomatic, economic, and security-based — rooted in the principles of international law and collective responsibility.
First, the international community must support legal mechanisms without hesitation.
Second, there must be consequences for violations.
We call for comprehensive and targeted sanctions against Israel, including: an immediate arms embargo,
the suspension of military and intelligence cooperation,
restrictions on officials, and banning trade.
Third, we need a credible political horizon grounded in law. The international community must affirm: the end of occupation, the right of return and compensation in accordance with international law, and the establishment of a unified and independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
Fourth, the humanitarian crisis must be treated as a matter of urgent international responsibility. Collective punishment must never be normalised.
Fifth, regional states must coordinate to protect sovereignty and deter aggression. The principle must be clear: security cannot be built on the insecurity of others.
And finally, the Islamic world, the Arab world, and the nations of the Global South must build a united diplomatic front.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League, and regional organisations must move beyond symbolism toward coordinated action: legal support, diplomatic initiatives, economic measures, and strategic messaging.
This is not about confrontation. It is about preventing the region from being reshaped by force.
Dear colleagues,
Let no one miscalculate: a region cannot be kept stable by allowing one actor to act above the law. The doctrine of impunity will not produce peace; it will produce wider conflict.
The path to stability is clear: justice for Palestine, accountability for crimes, an end to occupation and apartheid, and a regional order built on sovereignty, equality, and cooperation.
If the world wants peace, it must stop rewarding aggression.
If the world wants stability, it must stop enabling expansionism.
If the world believes in international law, it must enforce it — consistently and without double standards.
And if the nations of this region seek a future free from perpetual war, they must recognise this fundamental truth: Palestine is not merely a cause for solidarity; it is the indispensable cornerstone of regional security.
Thank you."
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And it is not just Israel. Zionist impunity and omnipower is only a beginning. We see the same pattern of bringing great nations to their knees everywhere. They are targeting China, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Belarus.
European nations have already been subjugated and stripped of dignity by establishing “European Union” that is a cover-up for governing by force and totalitarian oppression.
Which institutions and States will join Iran? Or will they continue to try to avoid or postpone their own destruction by genuflection to global dominationsts in futile hopes that Zionist-Anglosohere-NATO will spare them?
I have never hated anyone or anything as much as I hate Donald Trump, and his whole sick fascist nutcase crew. Anyone who voted for him--for any of them--is complicit in their crimes against humanity. They are beasts in suits. Monsters from a rotting brain.