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EDITOR—A playground for the sociopathic global rich, and a den of hypocrisy and appalling depravity, Dubai, the hyper-Las Vegas of the Middle East, is now collapsing from within in the wake of Iran’s righteous assault.

EI—Mar 19, 2026 #TheElectronicIntifada #TheElectronicIntifadaPodcast

Ali Abunimah, executive director, provides his analysis of what comes next after Israel bombed Iran’s South Pars gas field, one of the world’s largest, marking a serious escalation, as well as Iran’s response.

DL—In the early morning of March 20, 2026, Dimitri Lascaris crossed the Turkey-Iran border by land. He then entered the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan. From there, Dimitri and the foreign journalists travelling with him drove by car to the Iranian city of Tabriz. Tabriz is one of Iran’s largest cities. The U.S. and Israel have bombed it repeatedly since the start of the war on February 28. In this report (his first report from Iran during the ongoing war), Dimitri describes what he has seen and experienced during his journey to Tabriz.

D. LASCARIS—The video provides an extensive and detailed analysis of the ongoing conflict centered on Iran, focusing on the military, political, and social dimensions of the war. Lascaris begins by addressing technical difficulties and the absence of his comrade Ramy, emphasizing the volume of material to cover. The discussion centers on the criminal nature of the war of aggression against Iran, involving Israel and the United States, and highlights the propaganda and misinformation surrounding the conflict. Lascaris references statements from Israeli and U.S. officials, contrasting them with footage and reports from the region, particularly Iran’s resolute leadership and public demonstrations that contradict Western narratives of internal dissent.

ELINA XENOPHONTOS—Plagued by the contradictions of capitalism that have generated the current economic, military and political crisis of the US — it turns to its allies in order to export the costs of its war. Albeit its European NATO partners have politically defied the US, behind the scenes it has de facto gathered whatever remains of its military arsenal, in the Eastern Mediterranean. This places the European Armada within a close range to the Strait of Hormuz, potentially setting the stage for what its leadership claims to be “defensive operations.”

This rhetoric of European bourgeois politicians merely serves as a mechanism to obfuscate the masses into believing that they want no part of this war — thus controlling the narrative. However the strategic position of the EU’s military assets, and the aim of potentially and conditionally extending Operation Aspides to the Strait of Hormuz — places them in direct opposition to Iranian military aims.