International Union of Scientists (IUS)
April 16, 2026
Scientific institutions have long served as neutral ground for international cooperation, places where knowledge transcends borders and political disputes. Now, universities have become targets. During the Ramadan War, over thirty Iranian research institutes were attacked, including Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.
In the following interview, conducted during a fragile ceasefire on 15 April, the International Union of Scientists (IUS) speaks with Professor Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Movahed, a physicist at Shahid Beheshti University. Professor Movahed shares testimony from the attacks, analyzes the systematic targeting of Iran’s scientific infrastructure, and issues a call to the global scientific community. The conversation addresses the separation of civilian and military research in Iran, the historical contributions of Iranian science to world civilization, and the role of scientific diplomacy in resisting an imperial strategy to suppress independent development across West Asia.
Read more: https://www.iuscientists.org/attacks-on-iranian-science-a-view-from-a-scientist-in-tehran/
PDF: IUS16.4.2026
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Open Letter: Protect Scientific Institutions in Iran and Ensure Accountability for Aggressors
To the United Nations Secretary-General, the Director-General of UNESCO, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the governments of all parties to the conflict
April 2026
https://afsaneyebahar.com/2026/04/10/20706756/
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Six Non-Negotiable Terms From International Scholars and Former Officials From 30 Countries to End the U.S. War on Iran Amid Trump’s Threat of War Crimes
The conscience of humanity resists “everything for us, nothing for others,” the creed of the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations. The shameless rapacity and insolence have reached their zenith, and Trump’s threats illustrate the depraved spirit of a decaying civilisation. We must not be passive witnesses, but active architects of a new world where arrogance crumbles and righteousness prevails.
April 10, 2026
https://afsaneyebahar.com/2026/04/11/20706772/
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A Primer on the Petrodollar and the War on Iran: The Sixteenth Newsletter (2026)
The illegal US-Israeli war on Iran is exposing the Oil-Dollar-Wall Street complex that binds oil, financial markets, and dollar power, with consequences that reach far beyond the region.
By Vijay Prashad
April 16, 2026
https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/a-primer-on-the-petrodollar/
PDF: https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/a-primer-on-the-petrodollar/?output=pdf
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‚Trump’s Surrender is a Historic Miss for Israel‘
Conflicts Forum’s compilation of consequential & strategic perspectives from leading Israeli political & security commentators (translated from the Hebrew press)
April 16, 2026
“A Society of War Junkies” — Polls show most Israelis oppose Iran ceasefire: 53.3% oppose ceasefire; 79% back continued fighting in Lebanon /
Raviv Drucker: “Netanyahu is lying to Israelis” on Iran Nuclear Threat /
Israel’s ‘Rational’ Left is more dangerous than Ben-Gvir and Smotrich /
Shin Bet Chief excuses Netanyahu from trial hearings during the ceasefire /
Mossad Next in Line for ‘Netanyahu-ization’
https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/trumps-surrender-is-a-historic-miss
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