The presidents of Iran and Turkey pledged yesterday to oppose the independence bid by Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
Iran’s Hassan Rouhani and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan shared a rare moment of unity at a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran following last month’s independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan.
“We will not accept changing borders in the region,” Mr Rouhani said. “Turkey, Iran and Iraq have no choice but to take serious and necessary measures to protect their strategic goals in the region.”
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
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
The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ



