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What everyone misunderstands about Iran The story of modern Iran begins with a CIA coup in 1953 - and its lessons should haunt Donald Trump, writes Deputy Foreign Editor Edmund Heaphy.

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"Iran is not simply a hostile state to be managed or a regime to be replaced. It is a country whose modern political identity was forged, in decisive measure, by what America did to it."

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Well done Ireland! πŸ’šβ˜˜οΈ
Well played Wales! πŸ‰
#IRLvWAL πŸ‰

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Yes indeed, he was excellent. Nice to see forgettable woman from the Telegraph and Mr Cleverly put straight... and indeed someone historically contextualising the Iran situation.

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"we don't trust the US or Israel"...
"In a sentence, Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more".

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And then there's the 3 x F-15 @ approx $100M each that Kuwait helpfully shot down, accidentally... 🀷
Human cost... 165 young girls at school and the rest.
Then, after squandering all the money and munitions everyone will have to sit around a table again, as they were already doing.

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They're using Fairford.

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Statement on the unlawful use of force against Iran and on the defence of the international legal order...
from ELDH European Association of Lawyers for Democracy & World Human Rights.
(continued in comments).

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In fairness, there are a few others right up there with them.

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At least 40 girls reported killed in strike on school in southern Iran Dozens of children aged between seven and 12 hit in attack on Minab city

And... a thought for the innocent Iranian lives that have already been lost...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/least-2...

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Baroness Warsi's thoughts on the US and Israel attacking Iran...

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All the countries Israel attacked in 2025: Animated map Israel has carried out attacks in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Qatar and Yemen, as well as in maritime waters.

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All the countries Israel attacked in 2025...

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FILM β€” THIS IS ENDOMETRIOSIS

Huge congratulations to Georgie Wileman for her win Best British Short Film at the BAFTAs for...
"This is Endometriosis" πŸ‘
www.thisisendo.com/watch-this-i...

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Let's all listen to what Akinola Davies Jr had to say...
#Bafta

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What business does the leader of little party have on Chagos anyway?
Anything to spend time away from Clacton.

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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end.
β€˜If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Whoop, whoop!
What a match - well done Ireland! πŸ₯³
#ENGvIRL πŸ‰β˜˜οΈ

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Gawd, don't you just get sick of everyone writing everyone off after a couple of maybe sub optimal days...
That was mega! πŸ₯³β˜˜οΈ

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πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘

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We see it.
Keep up the good fight.
Scary times we're living through.

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I get your sentiment... but pretty sure there's not many of us around the world laughing... it's more like - looking on in horror.

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Exciting times - great to see Italy playing so well...
We did well to squeeze past them! ☘️
And Scotland! πŸ‰ πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰
#SixNations #Rugby

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What we think of Trump...

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Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project β€” if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...

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He's the Prime Minister.

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Go SΓ‘nchez! πŸ‘

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Allez les verts!
#COYBIG
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They'll go far...
Is it possible that Labour recruited them to defect to Reform to thwart Reform's wicked plans? πŸ‘€πŸ˜†

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