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April 17, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade US President Donald Trump probably thinks he can starve a country that feeds itself. Washington is selling the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as a chokehold. However, it is worth asking whether the hand actually reaches the throat. Iran shares land borders with seven countries — Türkiye, Iraq, ... <a title="Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by accident – it’s by strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/17/iran-hasnt-survived-decades-of-hostile-sanctions-assassinations-and-sabotage-by-accident-its-by-strategy/" aria-label="Read more about Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by accident – it’s by strategy">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 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 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 2, 2026
By Ali Hashem in Tehran This is a war of narratives with the United States administration trying to push forward its narrative of “victory” while the Iranian administration or establishment is trying to push its narrative of being suppressed and under attack. The Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, has clearly said in an open letter to ... <a title="Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/02/iranian-president-calls-on-american-public-to-challenge-us-war-motives/" aria-label="Read more about Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2026
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean US President Donald Trump has been obsessed with seizing Iran’s Kharg Island for more than 35 years — way before he became a politician. In 1990, he wrote in an American newspaper that the United States should seize Kharg. Trump thinks that by seizing Kharg, he would get hold of Iranian ... <a title="Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/04/01/why-trumps-fantasy-obsession-with-kharg-island-may-lead-to-disaster/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2026
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands’ (CNMI) economic struggles are not just a local issue, but a matter of strategic importance to American operations in the Indo-Pacific, say senior US military leaders. In a letter, dated 25 February 2026, Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of ... <a title="Northern Mariana Islands’ security and stability vital for US, say military leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/03/21/northern-mariana-islands-security-and-stability-vital-for-us-say-military-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about Northern Mariana Islands’ security and stability vital for US, say military leaders">Read more</a>
