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March 21, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Marcus Alexander In a stunning resignation that has sent shockwaves through Washington, former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent has exposed what many have long suspected but few have dared to state publicly — Israel is systematically undermining peace in the Middle East to serve its own expansionist agenda. Joe Kent, a 20-year ... <a title="Israel – the parasite state sabotaging peace in the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/21/israel-the-parasite-state-sabotaging-peace-in-the-middle-east/" aria-label="Read more about Israel – the parasite state sabotaging peace in the Middle East">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell When Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, was assassinated in the opening stages of the US-Israeli war against Iran, I didn’t mourn. Khamenei was not someone who deserved to be mourned notwithstanding my contempt for the increasing use of assassination by aggressor nations; in this case the United States and ... <a title="Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/20/ian-powell-iran-us-imperialism-and-the-new-zealand-lapdog/" aria-label="Read more about Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2026
Pacific Media Watch Western legacy media is failing to tell the truth on the US-Israeli war on Iran, says a leading US academic and analyst. “Mass murder has been normalised,” said Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs in an interview with the Chinese channel CGTN Live. He argues that mainstream media in the US and Europe ... <a title="Western media failing to tell truth about war on Iran, says academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/18/western-media-failing-to-tell-truth-about-war-on-iran-says-academic/" aria-label="Read more about Western media failing to tell truth about war on Iran, says academic">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
Pacific Media Watch As the US and Israel battle to control the narrative of their war against Iran, their messaging gets harder to defend, reports Al Jazeera’s Listening Post. With the war entering its third week, the upper hand that the United States and Israel hold militarily is being countered asymmetrically by Iran which has ... <a title="War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/war-on-iran-propaganda-in-overdrive-as-trumps-war-spirals-out-of-control/" aria-label="Read more about War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out of control">Read more</a>
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March 17, 2026
RNZ Pacific Pacific Island governments are urging their citizens not to panic about the supply of fuels amid the conflict in the Middle East between Israel, the United States and Iran. The conflict has resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that carries around 20 percent of the world’s ... <a title="Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens fuel supply" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/17/pacific-governments-warn-against-panic-buying-as-war-on-iran-threatens-fuel-supply/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens fuel supply">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Kellie Tranter The US-Israeli attack on Iran has unequivocally demonstrated to the world — apart, it seems, from Australia’s government — that being an ally of the US attracts potentially disastrous liabilities but confers few if any benefits. The US was manipulated into starting this illegal and unjustified war simply because Netanyahu planned ... <a title="War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not a modern Titanic rogue state" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/15/war-on-iran-australia-should-put-trust-in-its-neighbours-not-a-modern-titanic-rogue-state/" aria-label="Read more about War on Iran: Australia should put trust in its neighbours not a modern Titanic rogue state">Read more</a>
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March 15, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The United States and Israel have, for decades, pursued the destruction of Iran as a sovereign state. We are now in the opening days of what may be the final, decisive war to determine either the survival of the Iranian state or the expulsion of the US from the Arab lands ... <a title="Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States along with Iran?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/15/eugene-doyle-will-israel-and-the-us-wreck-the-gulf-states-along-with-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States along with Iran?">Read more</a>
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March 13, 2026
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: The US-Israeli war on Iran has entered its 11th day. Its impact is being increasingly felt across the globe. Al Jazeera is reporting residents of Tehran overnight experienced “some of the most intense bombardment” of the war. At least 40 people were reportedly killed near the city’s Risalat Square. In Lebanon, ... <a title="War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream media is telling the people’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/13/war-on-iran-its-abominable-the-lies-that-the-american-mainstream-media-is-telling-the-people/" aria-label="Read more about War on Iran: ‘It’s abominable, the lies that the American mainstream media is telling the people’">Read more</a>
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March 12, 2026
Only one of these four paths protects humanity — the other three are likely destroy it. ANALYSIS: By Qasim Rashid This week Donald Trump threatened more war crimes on the people of Iran. We are now in the most dangerous phase of this crisis, and pretending otherwise is reckless. As a human rights lawyer, I ... <a title="Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only one viable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/12/four-possible-outcomes-with-the-war-on-iran-but-only-one-viable/" aria-label="Read more about Four possible outcomes with the war on Iran – but only one viable">Read more</a>
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March 11, 2026
By ‘Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News French Polynesia’s President Moetai Brotherson says growing global instability is a reminder that Pacific nations must strengthen cooperation within the region. Speaking to PMN News in an exclusive interview, Brotherson said the Pacific must focus on deeper partnerships with neighbours such as New Zealand to build resilience against external ... <a title="French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/11/french-polynesia-urges-pacific-to-unite-amid-rising-global-tensions/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions">Read more</a>
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March 10, 2026
Zahra Sultana has mocked US and Israeli pretensions, saying in a BBC interview on Sunday — International Women’s Day — that the girls in the Minab school were slaughtered “apparently to liberate women”. SPECIAL REPORT: By Brett Wilkins of Common Dreams US and Israeli airstrikes have killed nearly 300 Iranian and Lebanese children over the ... <a title="’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of Iranian, Lebanese kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/10/10-classrooms-full-of-children-us-israeli-war-kills-hundreds-of-iranian-lebanese-kids/" aria-label="Read more about ’10 classrooms full of children’ – US-Israeli war kills hundreds of Iranian, Lebanese kids">Read more</a>
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March 8, 2026
ANALYSIS: By Hana Saada In an era when images can circle the globe in seconds and newsrooms claim to uphold universal humanitarian principles; one might expect the killing of 165 schoolgirls inside a primary school to dominate international headlines. One would expect emergency debates, moral outrage, and relentless coverage. Yet in the southeastern Iranian city ... <a title="165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes the West’s moral selectivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/08/165-massacred-schoolgirls-in-iran-and-the-silence-that-exposes-the-wests-moral-selectivity/" aria-label="Read more about 165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes the West’s moral selectivity">Read more</a>
