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April 16, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Most of Iranian oil — 96.7 percent — is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that the Americans are really trying to choke off the supply of Iranian oil to China by blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This is a major part of the American containment ... <a title="Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/trumps-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-actually-targets-china/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China">Read more</a>
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April 16, 2026
Asia Pacific Report A massive Stop Wars Aotearoa coalition rally and march on the US Consulate took place in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau last Saturday, 11 April 2026. “We’re going to stand up for the people of Iran, stand up for the people of Palestine, stand up for the people of Lebanon, stand up for the ... <a title="Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . . and Palestine, Lebanon, Venezuela, Cuba . . ." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/16/gallery-standing-up-for-the-people-of-iran-and-palestine-lebanon-venezuela-cuba/" aria-label="Read more about Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . . and Palestine, Lebanon, Venezuela, Cuba . . .">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Without understanding the astonishing network of power exercised by the United Arab Emirates you would have no idea why the UAE was hit particularly hard by Iran in recent weeks. Nor would you know what fuels chaos from Libya to Sudan to Somalia to Yemen. If you understand the UAE’s business-geostrategic ... <a title="Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in the Gulf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/divide-and-rule-how-uae-is-israels-trojan-horse-in-the-gulf/" aria-label="Read more about Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in the Gulf">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 15, 2026
RNZ Pacific The Fiji military has warned that individuals responsible for “any attempt to destabilise national security” and those who aid “individuals engaged in criminal activity” have been “put on notice”. It comes after the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) confirmed just last Friday that “unknown individuals” had made “unsuccessful” attempts to access its ... <a title="Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/15/fiji-military-puts-public-on-notice-citing-national-security-threats/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Asia Pacific Report The planning and policy committee of New Zealand’s largest city today voted decisively to investigate sanctioning companies listed by the UN Human Right Council that are alleged to be complicit with the illegal Israeli occupation and settlements in Palestine Territory. Auckland Council is the local body governing a “super city” with a ... <a title="Auckland council votes to probe sanctioning Israel over war crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/auckland-council-votes-to-probe-sanctioning-israel-over-war-crimes/" aria-label="Read more about Auckland council votes to probe sanctioning Israel over war crimes">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kaveh As an Iranian living in New Zealand, I wake up every morning to the quiet green hills and the calm sea, but my mind is always thousands of kilometres away in Iran. The news from home hits differently when you are far away. You feel helpless, but you sometimes also see things ... <a title="Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/why-iran-will-never-break-and-iranians-will-decide-their-own-future/" aria-label="Read more about Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean This US naval blockade is meant to strangle the Iranian economy by preventing it from exporting oil — the economic lifeline of Iran. It will do nothing of the sort. Please study the infographics below. Before the war started, Iran was furiously loading tankers with oil at 3 times the normal ... <a title="Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/why-trumps-naval-blockade-to-strangle-iran-is-a-joke/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Ship traffic has halted again in the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump ordered the US military to begin a naval blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas starting on Monday. Iran denounced Trump’s move as an illegal act amounting to “piracy”. Iran has threatened to strike Gulf ports in ... <a title="Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/14/iran-threatens-retaliation-over-gulf-piracy-in-trumps-naval-blockade/" aria-label="Read more about Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Bonface Chisutia On the night of February 28, the Israel-US airstrike killed his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his wife, his brother-in-law and sister-in-law. According to a recent report from Reuters, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei suffered life threatening injuries and apparently lost his leg and has a disfigured face. The report said ... <a title="What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a Kenyan perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/what-i-would-do-if-i-was-mojtaba-khamenei-a-kenyan-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a Kenyan perspective">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2026
IRNA News Agency When news reports first indicated that US Vice-President JD Vance was going to lead the Americans in the negotiations with Iran, the country the US and Israel are waging a foolish war against, there was a sense that someone even as young him may have recognised the train wreck that Donald Trump ... <a title="Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/13/why-vance-couldnt-stop-the-trump-train-wreck-an-iranian-perspective/" aria-label="Read more about Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective">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>
