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Professor Mohammad Marandi joins me live to break down the latest developments in the Iran war and the growing role of China behind the scenes.
We’ll discuss the current status of the conflict, why Donald Trump now wants to meet with Iran's leader in person! As Iranian oil shipments continue flowing to China despite Western pressure, this conversation explores whether the Iran-China partnership is becoming one of the most important geopolitical alliances in the world today.
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Geopolitical analyst Andrei Martyanov joins the show to break down new revelations on the status of the USS Gerald Ford as Iran forces what's left of the US Navy back to the Indian Ocean with missile strikes.
Top Iranian military leaders are also warning a strike on Israel could be imminent as the Netanyahu-led colony continues to cross Tehran's red line on Lebanon. Don't miss this must watch show!
The conflict involving Israel, Lebanon and Iran continues to raise questions about the possibility of a wider regional confrontation.
In this episode of Deep Dive Perspective, journalist and media analyst Laith Marouf joins us to discuss developments on the Israel–Lebanon front, the role of Hezbollah, the strategic calculations of Iran, and the broader implications for regional stability.
We explore military developments, political narratives, international diplomacy, the role of the United States, and what a prolonged conflict could mean for the future of the Middle East.
Whether you agree or disagree with the perspectives discussed, this conversation aims to examine the forces shaping one of the most consequential geopolitical crises of our time.
📌 Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 Why Israel Keeps Returning to Lebanon
01:59 Battlefield Reality vs Political Narrative
04:43 The Israeli Military and the Question of Morale
09:52 Escalation and Civilian Displacement
11:42 The Wider Regional Stakes
18:11 Iran, Hezbollah and Ceasefire Dynamics
23:59 Global Power and Political Influence
28:32 The Future Beyond the Conflict
32:29 Democracy, Power and Political Systems
38:32 The Future of the Resistance Axis
46:20 Closing Thoughts
About the Guest:
Laith Marouf is a Canadian journalist, media consultant and political commentator. He founded Free Palestine TV in 2023 and has worked extensively in community media, communications strategy and international affairs. He currently serves as a Senior Consultant at the Community Media Advocacy Centre and regularly provides analysis on Middle East politics, media narratives and geopolitical developments.
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Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is steering his country toward the European Union and NATO in what Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris on The Duran call a near carbon copy of the Maidan playbook that devastated Ukraine, with Russia now cutting Armenian agricultural imports and energy pressure looming over an economy that depends on Moscow for over 80% of its power.
While Pashinyan promises his people the best of both worlds and a future referendum on alignment, Mercouris argues Armenia is already retreating on every front, having lost Nagorno Karabakh, alienated its primary security guarantor, and left itself encircled by a hostile Azerbaijan and Turkey with no credible Western replacement in sight. Can the EU and US actually prop up a small landlocked country surrounded by rivals, or is Armenia walking blindly into the same trap that brought Ukraine to the brink?
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Recent attacks, military escalation, and shifting political signals suggest that what many thought was over may only have been on pause. Former CIA officer Larry Johnson explains how the Iran-US conflict is entering a dangerous new phase — and why Round 2 could be very different from the first.
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Alex Christoforou of The Duran breaks down Putin's pointed response to Zelensky's open letter at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, where the Russian president called the letter rude and designed to prevent talks, dismissed Zelensky as the author without naming him, and told the Russian military to get to work as 141 Ukrainian drones targeted the Leningrad region in what Christoforou identifies as a deliberate distraction from the near-complete Russian capture of Kostiantynivka, the biggest city seized since Mariupol.
The update also covers escalating US and Iran strikes across the Gulf, NATO's new 70 billion aid push led by Merz, EU plans to return military age Ukrainian men to the front lines, and the growing Albanian protest movement now dubbed the Flamingo Revolution over the Kushner island development. With Russia advancing, the ceasefire holding by a thread, and Western money still flowing, is the collective West running out of options to change the outcome on the ground?
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This video is a special release from the original Thinking Allowed series that ran on public television from 1986 until 2002. It was recorded in about 1990.
The late John Searle was professor of philosophy and cognitive science at U.C. Berkeley and author of Intentionality and Minds, Brains and Science and The Rediscovery of the Mind. He argues that consciousness is a property of the human brain, much like wetness is a property of water.
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DARK JOURNALIST DANIEL LISZT PRESENTS AN X-SERIES SPECIAL PRESENTATION: JFK UFO FILE SECRET PHYSICS:
NASA LLOYD BERKNER COVERT AEROSPACE AND ANTARCTICA
FEATURING DR. JOSEPH FARRELL
JFK AND THE UFO FILE
In this stellar presentation Dark Journalist is interviewed by X-Series Host Kellsey Forest on his original groundbreaking research about the importance of the UFO File to the JFK Assassination. DJ reveals the role of NASA and the UFO File at the heart of the actions of a mysterious Executive Action intelligence group called 'X-Protect. Citing secret letters, Dark Journalist shows that President Kennedy was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to make a momentous speech with worldwide implications with UFO physicist Lloyd Berkner just before he was assassinated.
This 2 Hour special also includes the public premiere of Dark Journalist Daniel Liszt's Exclusive Interview with Oxford Scholar Dr. Joseph Farrell on Secret UFO Physics including Thomas Townsend Brown and Nikola Tesla.
JFK THE FINAL SPEECH
Dark Journalist Daniel Liszt goes deep in X-Series Special on the true reasons behind the JFK Assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Based on his groundbreaking research'
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Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down Putin's St Petersburg press conference and reveal what Western coverage is missing: a deepening split inside the Russian Security Council, with Putin standing virtually alone in keeping the door open to the Anchorage agreement while Lavrov, Medvedev, and the rest push for a harder line.
The Duran examines Zelensky's open letter as a coordinated Western operation timed to the forum, the reality behind the House Ukraine aid bills, the fading influence of Russia's business oligarchs, and why the Oreshnik is being quietly perfected for strikes on Kiev command centers. Is Putin running out of time to close a deal with Trump before the window shuts and a new Democratic administration resets everything?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Putin at St Petersburg Forum Overview
00:01:00 Russia Winning: Front Lines and Drone Reality
00:03:31 Oreshnik Disclosure: Combat Tests and Urban Targeting
00:04:34 Putin Walks Back Ukraine EU and US Rhetoric
00:05:46 Rubio Admits US Is on Ukraine's Side
00:06:44 Security Council Tensions: Lavrov Fires Back
00:09:19 Zelensky Open Letter: Freeze Demand Explained
00:11:51 Who Really Wrote Zelensky's Letter
00:13:03 House Aid Bills and the Coordinated Western Push
00:16:25 Everything Orchestrated to Bury Anchorage
00:18:26 Security Council vs Putin: The Anchorage Compromise
00:21:34 Does Anchorage Keep Putin Restrained
00:23:19 Oreshnik and the Inevitable Move on Kiev
00:24:32 How Powerful Are Russia's Business Oligarchs
00:30:24 Russian Economy Update and Growth Figures
00:30:58 Why Putin Should Move Faster Before Trump's Term Ends
00:32:17 The General Staff Plan: Donbass then Beyond
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Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a former advisor to Iran's nuclear negotiation team.
Prof. Marandi discusses how Iran's toll booth is already operating, why Iran hit Kuwait, the decline of Israel & the suspicions that Iran will now aquire a nucear weapon for deterrence.
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The US-Iran standoff has become a full-scale war of economic attrition, with Pakistan playing courier between Washington and Tehran.
Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris break down why oil prices are nowhere near the predicted $150 a barrel, whether Iran's economy is actually close to breaking, and how the Trump administration is buying time ahead of the US midterms.
Are the Iranians more resilient than the CIA thinks, and what happens if this whole strategy collapses by autumn?
Timeline:
00:00:00 Introduction: US Iran Courier Diplomacy via Pakistan
00:01:06 Trump Netanyahu Good Cop Bad Cop Analysis
00:01:54 The Waiting Game: Economic Pressure on Iran
00:03:36 Each Side Waits for the Other to Break
00:04:53 The Real Battle: Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
00:06:53 Lebanon as Cover for the Broader Standoff
00:07:25 CIA Assessment: Four Months Until Iranian Economy Folds
00:09:21 Why Iran May Not Break by September
00:12:01 The Oil Price Mystery: Where Is the $150 Barrel?
00:15:43 Europe in Recession and Falling Energy Demand
00:16:31 US Vassals Absorb the Pain While America Holds Out
00:19:27 A War of Economic Attrition: Who Breaks First?
00:21:29 Trump Strings Everyone Along: Media Control and MAGA Base
00:24:17 Trump's Emergency Cards: Cuba and Greenland as Distractions
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Former CIA Analyst Larry Johnson and Col. Lawrence Wilkerson join the show as Iran continues to retaliate against US aggression, this time launching missiles at a US Destroyer in the Gulf of Oman. Iran has said it isn't done yet, and Trump appears paralyzed. Two of the top analysts in geopolitics with a wealth of experience break down what's happening and where we are headed.
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According to sources with direct access to decision-makers in Pakistan, the Gulf war may be days from ending — with President Trump expected to travel to Islamabad to meet Iran’s President Pezeshkian and sign the “Islamabad Accord.”
In this episode of POWER SHIFT, Zulfiqar Ali, Pepe Escobar, and former CIA officer Larry C. Johnson lay out the full picture: the three-stage roadmap (Israel halts Lebanon and Palestine → the Strait of Hormuz reopens → the accord is finalized), a 24–48 hour announcement window, China’s role behind the scenes with Putin’s blessing, and the real risks that could still derail it.
⚠️ This reflects source-based intelligence on a deal that is NOT yet signed. We present it as developing, and we mark what we know versus what we don’t.
Timeline:
• 00:00 The breaking story
• 00:50 The 3 stages
• 02:30 The Islamabad Accord
• 03:00 Trump vs. Netanyahu
• 03:30 America’s options
• 05:55 Johnson: the source & caveats
• 07:53 Escobar from St. Petersburg
• 09:24 “The mother of all game changers”
• 11:45 Why Munir matters / accord vs. treaty
• 16:54 MBS & Pakistan force the issue
• 18:46 The 20–25 day timeline
• 21:09 A Chinese deal, blessed by Putin
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This week on New World Next Week: Freedom Williams destroys in epic toilet rant; euthanasia is bad...unless it’s by the government; and AI is diagnosing people with made up diseases.
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