Iran is facing severe drought. With soaring high temperatures due to climate change, tensions between hydroelectric water use and decreased river flow, and groundwater extraction exhausting reserves, there are a range of potential risks ahead.

An OEAW interview on the subject with our director, Prof. Florian Schwarz (in German):

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/news/hitzewelle-und-wassermangel-wie-ist-die-aktuelle-lage-in-iran

#Iran#Climate#Klima #IranianStudies

Iran is facing severe drought. With soaring high temperatures due to climate change, tensions between hydroelectric water use and decreased river flow, and groundwater extraction exhausting reserves, there are a range of potential risks ahead.

An OEAW interview on the subject with our director, Prof. Florian Schwarz (in German):

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/news/hitzewelle-und-wassermangel-wie-ist-die-aktuelle-lage-in-iran

#Iran#Climate#Klima #IranianStudies

I find this article to be a bit disingenuous! It assumes that those pushing for regime change in #Iran ( #US, the #Zionist entity, #UK, #EU) are *actually* interested in it being a democracy! The list of countries where US #Empire has #overturned democratically elected governments is *legion*! They don’t care if the incoming regime is a dictatorship; they only want obeisance to the Imperium!

As a follow up to Israel attacking Iran, the Islamic republic regime (ruling Iran) is being horrific to Afghan refugees/immigrants. Afghans are becoming scapegoats and blamed for spying for Israel. The most vulnerable people get most fucked over - always.

And people thought war was going to help.
#iran #afghan#humanRights#israel

As a follow up to Israel attacking Iran, the Islamic republic regime (ruling Iran) is being horrific to Afghan refugees/immigrants. Afghans are becoming scapegoats and blamed for spying for Israel. The most vulnerable people get most fucked over - always.

And people thought war was going to help.
#iran #afghan#humanRights#israel

A new NBC poll finds that only 38% of Americans support Trump's bombing of Iran.

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation #polls
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-oppose-us-strikes-iran-maga-supporters-line-trump-rcna214993

“'They said, "We’re going to shoot them. Is one o’clock OK?" I said it’s fine,' Trump said. 'And everybody was emptied off the base so they couldn’t get hurt, except for the gunners.'”

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-says-he-gave-iran-permission

A new NBC poll finds that only 38% of Americans support Trump's bombing of Iran.

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation #polls
/3

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/poll-americans-oppose-us-strikes-iran-maga-supporters-line-trump-rcna214993

“'They said, "We’re going to shoot them. Is one o’clock OK?" I said it’s fine,' Trump said. 'And everybody was emptied off the base so they couldn’t get hurt, except for the gunners.'”

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation
/2

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-says-he-gave-iran-permission

"When political scientist Seth Masket shared this story on Bluesky yesterday, I couldn’t believe it was real. The right-wing Washington Times reported that at a press conference at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Trump revealed that he had given Iran permission to bomb the U.S.’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation for the American bombing of their nuclear sites."

~ Sarah Posner

#Trump #Iran#war #lies #disinformation
/1

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trump-says-he-gave-iran-permission

"Yes, I wish this had been the case in 2002, and in 1964, for all that, but, finally, thank God, a president has launched a unilateral war of choice and his popularity has not risen. In fact, it’s tanking as thoroughly as the rest of his numbers have."

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/8

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65177514/trump-polling-numbers-iran-israel-war/

Noting that Trump's bombing spectacle was a spectacular failure and his approval rating is tanking, Paul Krugman says,

"In 2002 and 2003 I was one of the few people writing for a major media organization willing to say that we were being lied into war in Iraq, which was obvious to anyone willing to face the facts. Management was not happy, but to their credit allowed me to keep writing."

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/13

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/this-dog-wont-wag

G Elliott Morris's Strength in Numbers also shows Trump's disapproval rating at a new high for his second term.

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/12

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

As the latest Gallup polling data show, Trump's approval rating is right now at its lowest ever during his second term: 40% approval to 57% disapproval.

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/11

https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx

"Maybe the only good thing to come out of this was that the American people, by a large majority, saw these strikes for the self glorifying gestures that they were, and disapprove."

~ Phillips P. O'Brien quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/10

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/25/2329856/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-A-mayoral-race-like-no-other

"If this is the end of presidents making war in places because their policies are unpopular at home, if this emboldens a timid Congress to take back at least some of its war powers back, then it may be best development of all to come out of this Iran mess."

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/9

"Yes, I wish this had been the case in 2002, and in 1964, for all that, but, finally, thank God, a president has launched a unilateral war of choice and his popularity has not risen. In fact, it’s tanking as thoroughly as the rest of his numbers have."

~ Charles Pierce

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #polls
/8

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65177514/trump-polling-numbers-iran-israel-war/

"The silliness of Christofascism doesn’t make it less dangerous. In some ways, it makes it more dangerous."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#Trump #Iran#war #disinformation #lies #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism#Christofascism
/7

https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/but-im-a-cheerleader-understood-the