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April 28, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold in the coming days — a return to diplomacy or a resumption of the war with the US and Israel. While President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian government ... <a title="As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/28/as-trumps-narrative-on-negotiations-flails-iran-is-setting-its-own-terms-for-ending-the-war/" aria-label="Read more about As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own terms for ending the war">Read more</a>
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April 22, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Tim O’Shea I don’t blame Iran for going cold on another sham negotiation session with the US. After all, why would they take the US or Israel seriously? Or even remotely trust either of them when: They both bombed Iran right in the middle of two sets of previous “negotiations”; and Trump lied ... <a title="No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/22/no-wonder-iran-went-cold-on-sham-talks-considering-the-lying-us-israeli-track-record/" aria-label="Read more about No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying US-Israeli track record">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: To look more at the latest developments in Lebanon and the Middle East region, we’re joined by Dr Rami Khouri, a Palestinian American journalist and distinguished public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut. He’s also a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington DC. Rami, we began talking ... <a title="US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power shifts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/19/us-israel-forced-into-two-ceasefires-as-regional-balance-of-power-shifts/" aria-label="Read more about US, Israel ‘forced into two ceasefires’ as regional balance of power shifts">Read more</a>
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April 18, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Many American apologists cannot see the forest for the trees and think that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz represents a huge win for the United States and that Iran has caved in. Wrong. When the Iran ceasefire was first announced by US President Donald Trump on April 8, it ... <a title="Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran peace deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/18/trump-is-blustering-as-usual-but-in-reality-praying-for-iran-peace-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran peace deal">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
Pacific Media Watch The war on Iran is not only being fought on the battlefield, reports France24 — it is also playing out online. Iran’s state media recently took a leaf out of the White House’s own social media playbook, mocking US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an AI-generated propaganda ... <a title="Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/iran-trolls-trump-with-ai-generated-lego-video-now-banned/" aria-label="Read more about Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’">Read more</a>
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April 12, 2026
Asia Pacific Report Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New Zealand today, calling for an end to the illegal war on Iran and the brutal onslaught on Lebanon this week breaching a fragile two-week truce. While high-powered delegations from Iran and the United States were arriving in Islamabad for ... <a title="Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/12/protesters-rally-across-aotearoa-in-condemnation-of-israel-us-warmongering-and-shameful-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ">Read more</a>
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April 11, 2026
To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank cheque to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest of the world to force Israel to live within its internationally recognised borders of June 4, 1967. Common Dreams reports. ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares A two-week ceasefire ... <a title="Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/11/ending-israels-war-on-peace-irans-10-point-proposal-is-serious/" aria-label="Read more about Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended — just ten hours later — with the announcement of a 14-day ceasefire, on Iran’s terms. Even by the volatile standards of Trump’s presidency, the whiplash is extraordinary. What, then, have the two sides actually agreed ... <a title="What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/what-on-earth-just-happened-trump-iran-and-the-unlikely-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Yanis Varoufakis Having launched an illegal, destructive war that brutally struck the entire planet’s economy (and confirmed once again Europe’s combination of irrelevance and hypocrisy), and after threatening Iran with genocide and “civilisational annihilation,” President Trump ultimately backed down on everything. Like a Roman Emperor during the Empire’s declining years would declare victory ... <a title="How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit the dust" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/09/how-trumps-white-house-demands-as-prerequisites-for-stopping-bombings-bit-the-dust/" aria-label="Read more about How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit the dust">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2025
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally glad that Iran was able to hold out against the US-Israeli attacks this month. The ceasefire, however, will only be a pause in the long-running campaign to destabilise, weaken and ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/28/eugene-doyle-why-asia-pacific-should-be-cheering-for-iran-and-not-us-bomb-based-statecraft/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not US bomb-based statecraft">Read more</a>
