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The Iranian parliament speaker invoked the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted eight years, suggesting Tehran is preparing for the possibility of a prolonged conflict with the US

By Dave De Camp, antiwar.com

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the US must be “punished” in order for it to accept Iran’s demands to end the war.

Jurors found Facebook committed over 43.8 million violations of New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act.

The case traces back to Cambridge Analytica – a British political consulting firm that harvested personal data from 87 million Facebook profiles through a third-party quiz app and used it for political targeting.

When the scandal broke in 2018, Facebook didn't come clean.

Facebook made promises.

Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack.

If you read one thing today, make sure it is this:

In a stunning piece published by the head of one of Israel’s most prominent think tanks, Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman describes the reality of Israel’s new security doctrine:

Important to note that Hayman does not advocate for this. Rather, he contends that this already is the new security doctrine of Israel.

by Tyler Durden

America's Gulf allies have raised the possibility of an Iranian military ground invasion of their territories in the event of a major renewed US bombing campaign, which President Trump has threatened to restart against Iran after the November midterm elections.

Posted by Tyler Durden:  Authored by - Remix News Staff - via Remix News,

A parliamentary inquiry by Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmakers in the German state of Baden-Württemberg has brought to light official data showing that authorities have recorded 358 so-called child marriages since April 2012, with courts formally annulling only eight of them between 2018 and 2024.

newsquawk.com

US President Trump said he will make a decision on Iran very soon; Israeli PM Netanyahu and Trump reportedly discussed launching a major new operation against Iran before the US and Israeli elections.

Iran reportedly stepped up attacks on shipping ahead of the US midterms. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis continued exchanging strikes.