As has often been the case since the Iran War has started, the U.S. corporate media, whether “left” leaning or “right” leaning, is reporting news on this war that is far different from what is being reported outside of the U.S. media.
So here are two very recent interviews that are both only about 30 minutes long, giving the “other side” of what actually happened this past weekend with the negotiations in Islamabad, which were “led” by JD Vance, as well as views on the alleged current “blockade” of the Strait of Hormuz by the U.S. military.
The Wall Street Journal had actually published a story stating that the U.S. was going to assassinate the delegation from Iran, which forced them to return to Iran in secret after the meetings ended.
Professor Seyed Marandia, who lives and teaches in Tehran and is a U.S. citizen, was actually at the negotiations, and at the time of this writing this is his most recent interview with Glenn Diesen.
He states that the Iranians fully expect a resumption of attacks by Israel and the U.S., and that they are preparing for it.
He stated “Netanyahu and Zionism is pushing the world towards economic catastrophe,” and he also stated that if they attack Iran’s energy infrastructure again, they will start attacking the infrastructure of the rich Arab Gulf States, starting with the UAE, which he states that they can completely destroy in 1 day.
Marandia also states something that I can personally confirm is true, which is that the Arab States around the Arab Peninsula are heading into their summer season, where it gets unbearably hot, where during the day nobody does anything outside, as it is too hot, and that U.S. soldiers would never survive day operations in such heat.
Iran’s summers, by contrast, do not get that hot, and he said that in Tehran today one can look at the mountains to the north where there is still snow on them, and that one needs a jacket to go outside.
I lived in Saudi Arabia for almost 4 years back in the 1990s, and stayed in the Kingdom through one summer, as I was teaching English at their university, and I made double pay for teaching during the summer as most foreign teachers returned to their home countries in the summer.
Air conditioning during those times is a life and death situation, and when someone’s air conditioning went out in the faculty housing, it was imperative that it was fixed immediately, and they had a large staff running the energy infrastructure, mostly Filipinos at that time.
So when Marandi says that if the power goes down in any of these Gulf States during the hot season EVERYONE will need to leave, he is not lying, but speaking the truth.
In the second interview between Pepe Escobar and Judge Napolitano, Escobar states that the Iranians will NOT return to Islamabad for the second round of “negotiations,” but will only agree to a place in either Russia or China.
Russian diplomat Sergey Lavrov is in Beijing today, allegedly assuring China that Russia will continue supplying oil to China if they cannot get it through the Strait of Hormuz.
Escobar also states that there is no actual blockade of the Strait of Hormuz at the present time.
Hellbound and Down 