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Top Iranian official to The Grayzone: 'The people will not let go of the blood of their Imam' | July 12, 2026

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Source: The Grayzone youtube



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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani after he presided over the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the largest gathering in human history, where millions clamored for revenge for their leader's assassination.

Zakani is a leading conservative politician who campaigned for the presidency as an opponent of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and has since emerged as top critic of the MOU between Iran and the US.

In this exclusive interview with The Grayzone, Zakani addressed the popular calls for vengeance against Trump and Netanyahu during Khamenei's funeral, and whether they expressed an official policy.

As a former friend and ally of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and former President Ebrahim Raisi, Zakani discussed the impact of their deaths on the Iranian nation, and addressed whether Iran responded strongly enough to Soleimani's assassination.

Zakani explained his critical views on the MOU, and provided his perspective on the deadly riots that rocked Iran this January as well as the devastating US-Israeli military campaign that followed.

The Duran | Putin's Hopes for a Trump Security Deal Fade | July 12, 2026

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Source: The Duran youtube



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Putin's Hopes for a Trump Security Deal Fade 

Timeline:
00:00 Intro: Russian advances, Konstantinovka denial
00:56 Naval strike hits Russian oil tankers in Sea of Azov
02:36 The West's war euphoria despite Ukraine's worsening position
03:45 Zaluzhny's Telegraph article punctures the "winning" narrative
05:19 Comparing today's mood to the 1968 Tet Offensive
05:46 Putin's cabinet meeting on the fuel and energy crisis
07:45 Why Russia's refineries can't meet civilian gasoline demand
11:21 Crimea's gas crisis and the sanctions loophole
13:09 Putin's oddly relaxed response to the energy problem
17:10 Putin's core strategy: preserve normalcy at home
21:13 Two wars: Russia winning on the ground, losing the narrative war
24:33 American technology, not European, behind deep strikes on Russia
27:52 Peskov signals the SMO is becoming a real war
28:49 Putin's push for a new European security architecture
36:05 Is Lavrov being sidelined by backchannel diplomacy?

Trita Parsi | Iran-Arab-Turkey Alignment After the War? | July 11, 2026

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Source: Glenn Diesen youtube, Trita Parsi Substack



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Trita Parsi argues that the MoU can still be saved, but there needs to be a wider reconfiguration of the Middle East to adjust to new realities. Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

New World Next Week | Who Wants to Live Forever? | July 10, 2026

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Source: NewWorldNextWeek.com, corbettreport.com, mediamonarchy.com



Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: NATO Summit Begins In Ankara – Who’s Attending, What’s At Stake?

Germany Beats Out Ambitious South Korean Bid For Canada’s Biggest Arms Buy
France Overtakes Russia As World’s No. 2 Arms Exporter (Mar. 11, 2024)
2026 NATO Summit In Ankara
US Strikes Iran As Trump Meets With NATO Leaders In Turkey
Trump Signals Openness To Selling Turkey F-35 Fighter Jets
Trump Renews Greenland Threats At NATO Summit, Says U.S. Could Remove Troops From Europe
UK To Unveil $50 Billion NATO Effort For Deep Strike Weapons
Canada To Reveal New “Global Defense Bank” At NATO Summit: Report
Zelensky In Ankara Still Insistent On Ukraine Joining NATO: ‘Alliance For The Future’
New US Attacks On Iran Were Absolutely Necessary, NATO Chief Says
Rutte Touts ‘Literally Billions’ Invested To Drastically Ramp Up NATO’s Drone Capabilities
NATO Summit Defence Industry Forum
Canada Eligible To Join Eurovision Competition<br>

The Duran | NATO Summit Descends Into Total Farce. Trump Mocks Europe, Rutte Panic | July 10, 2026

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Source: The Duran youtube



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NATO Summit Descends Into Total Farce. Trump Mocks Europe, Rutte Panic 

Timeline:
00:00 NATO summit
01:21 Total descent into farce
02:20 Ukraine's Patriot missile fiasco
03:16 NATO alliance disintegrating into vassalage
06:24 Rutte compared to a dying CEO
07:21 The grift: Roman Empire parallel
09:32 Europe has no weapons left to give
11:35 Fear Europe gets pushed into war by 2030
17:46 Turkey F-35s and sanctions relief
19:00 Israel opposes Turkey getting F-35s

Pepe Escobar & Larry Johnson | Breaking: Iran's Warning One More Strike and We Leave the NPT, Will Iran Build the Bomb?" | July 9, 2026

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Source: Transition Protocol youtube



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Iran has sent a message the world wasn’t supposed to hear. According to sources relayed to Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir from inside the inner circle of Iran’s new leader Mostafa Khamenei, one more US military strike could trigger Iran’s formal withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) — and, in the source’s own words, “all bets are off.”

In this breaking episode, Pepe Escobar and Larry Johnson break down the renewed US bombing campaign, strikes on BRICS-linked civilian infrastructure, the Strait of Hormuz sovereignty standoff, and the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve countdown that could hit crisis by mid-August.

Larry Johnson explains why 70% of US refineries depend on sour crude now blocked at Hormuz, why Iran’s mass mourning of 40+ million people is Iran’s “Pearl Harbor moment,” and why Trump — not Tehran — is the one begging mediators for talks in Islamabad. This is the fullest breakdown connecting Iran’s NPT decision, the oil shock, and the collapse of the Versailles MOU before anyone else. 

Sources: Pepe Escobar (geopolitical correspondent) and Larry Johnson (former CIA / State Department analyst). Some claims are source-based and developing; framing reflects verification status.


Timeline:
00:00 — The Bombshell: One Strike From Nuclear
01:30 — 40 Million in the Streets: Iran’s Turning Point
04:00 — US Bombs BRICS Infrastructure: Railways & Chabahar
06:00 — The Tanker Trap in the Strait of Hormuz
08:20 — The Oil Clock: When America Runs Dry
10:48 — Larry Johnson: Did Iran Hit US Warships?
14:08 — 70% of US Refineries Need Crude They Can’t Get
17:51 — Iran’s Next Target: Ben Gurion?
18:25 — Islamabad Talks: Who’s Really Begging?
21:36 — THE BOMBSHELL: Iran and the NPT
30:18 — Iran’s Pearl Harbor: A Nation Transformed
33:50 — Red Flags: The Signal for Blood Revenge
37:08 — Trump Trapped in His Own Web

MintPress News | Iranian Hypersonic Missiles Takeout US Command & Control Sites - IRGC Prepares For Ground Invasion | July 9, 2026

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Source: MintPress News youtube



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ranian hypersonic missiles struck US command and control infrastructure across the Middle East in coordinated strikes, and the IRGC is now reportedly preparing for a ground invasion against US-backed positions. The era of uncontested American force projection in the region is collapsing in real time.

On this episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh breaks down exactly what was hit, why the shift to hypersonic missiles changes the strategic calculus, and what an IRGC ground offensive would mean for the remaining US presence in the region — and for the global order Washington has enforced since 1945.

This is the story corporate media is already burying.

Alex Christoforou |  Deal is dead, Trump lashes out at Iran. US dumps NATO Patriot missile problem onto Zelensky | July 8, 2026

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Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



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Deal is dead, Trump lashes out at Iran. US dumps NATO Patriot missile problem onto Zelensky

Timeline:
00:00:00 Trump and Zelensky on the Patriot license deal
00:01:49 Video update opens from Limassol, Cyprus
00:02:33 Iran hits oil tankers, ceasefire nears collapse
00:03:17 US strikes Iran, Iran retaliates against Bahrain and Kuwait
00:04:40 Trump declares the ceasefire dead, calls Iran scum
00:06:20 NATO summit shifts focus from Ukraine to Iran
00:08:18 Zelensky faces a Patriot missile shortage
00:09:35 Netherlands and Bulgaria say they are out of weapons to give
00:11:50 Erdogan gets sanctions relief and F35 talk from Trump
00:14:32 Ukraine drone strikes hit Russian shadow fleet tankers
00:17:16 Russia strikes a Flamingo missile production facility near Kiev
00:19:02 Peskov says Zelensky could end the war in a day
00:21:54 Farage resigns his parliament seat amid a gifts scandal
00:24:03 Marine Le Pen found guilty but cleared to run in 2027
00:27:33 EU fast tracks the chat control surveillance vote
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