Citizens International

February 2026

Six points to navigate the turmoil in Iran

This article was produced by Globetrotter ( January 13, 2026 )   Vijay Prashad offers six points to make sense of the situation in Iran amid protests, violence, and threats of military intervention from Washington by Vijay Prashad Iran is in turmoil. Across the country, there have been protests of different magnitudes, with violence on the […]

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Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal to the United States

(Originally published at other-news.info) By Jeffrey D. Sachs* and Sybil Fares* – Common Dreams The Middle East stands at a crossroads between endless war and comprehensive peace. A framework for peace does exist. Will the US finally seize it? History occasionally presents moments when the truth about a conflict is stated plainly enough that it

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Viewpoint (#1)- Dignity Cannot Be Blockaded: Against Washington’s Fuel Embargo on Cuba

Date: 5 February 2026 Following the illegal abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores, alongside a military assault that claimed at least 100 lives (32 of them Cuban nationals), the United States (US) has proceeded to intensify its campaign of economic warfare against Cuba. Trump’s latest executive order imposes a fuel

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Solidarity with the Iranian People, Beware of Imperialist Interference

By Imran Mohd Rasid (The article was initially published in Malay on January 13, 2026, at Pondok Siyasah) I have always had a personal connection to Iran, and today it is in the middle of a number of political and economic problems. As of this writing, mass protests in Iran have entered their third week.

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