Middle East on brink of World War III, Iranian lawmaker warns among escalating tensions

Middle East on brink of World War III, Iranian lawmaker warns among escalating tensions

SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari said that the region is “practically on the brink of World War III.”

The Ghazanfari comments are interesting because they likely illustrate how some of Iran’s more extremist politicians and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) elites view the war. They see it as a regional and global conflict.

The Islamic Republic has worked with Russia and Chinaand has hopes that it can challenge the US-led world order. Iran has long portrayed its Islamic Revolution as a unique event that would transform the region and the world.

This goes back to the fact that Iranian Islamists believed they were presenting a new path during the Cold War that was different from those of the American and Soviet blocs. That changed in the 1990s when the Soviet Union declined.

Iran positions itself on side of a new world order

While Iran has at times considered reconciliation with the United States, it has also sought to position itself alongside countries that want a new world order. Weakening the US and pushing it out of the Middle East is a key goal of Tehran.

Iran International noted on September 9: “Ghazanfari, a Tehran representative in the parliament, said that we are ‘practically on the brink of World War III’ and considered the expansion of the war between Russia and Ukraine and the increase in tension between world powers as grounds for the formation of a widespread conflict.”

“Ghazanfari said that NATO’s support for Ukraine in its war with Russia - and Moscow’s tensions with Britain and Germany - have increased the possibility of the conflict spreading to other European countries. He also called the US-China dispute over Taiwan another area of widespread conflict in the world.”

In the interview, Ghazanfari also focused on Iran’s plan to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “According to him, there is a possibility that this issue will be put on the parliament’s agenda again.”

In the past, he has critiqued the chances of a US deal. For instance, in June he criticized the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US. At the time, it seemed America and Iran might be able to reach an agreement. Ghazanfari said that any deal with the US would lack legitimacy and not be binding.

At the time, Iran International reported that “Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari” said in a “warning to the negotiating team” that they should not cross any of the supreme leader’s red lines.

“Ghazanfari added that the United States had repeatedly threatened Iran and members of its negotiating team during the two-month talks, saying any deal reached under such conditions would have no validity under international law,” Iran International said.

Ghazanfari has also warned in the past about American and Israeli plans for a broader military operation. He claimed that the US might seize Iranian islands.”

“Evidence and signs show that the United States and Israel are planning a large-scale operation. They probably intend to seize some of our islands in the south and have brought many forces and equipment into the region,” he said.

Iran’s regime is currently continuing attacks in the region. Its recent attacks on Jordan and threats to attack tankers indicate that it wants to show that it can respond in kind to any US strikes and is telegraphing that it will not back down.

More Than 62,000 Arrested For Speech-Related Offenses In Britain, Report Finds

More Than 62,000 Arrested For Speech-Related Offenses In Britain, Report Finds

TYLER DURDEN

More than 62,000 people were arrested in Britain for communications offenses over a five-year period, according to a new civil liberties report warning that the country's increasingly broad speech restrictions are having a chilling effect on free expression.

Big Brother Watch found that 62,199 people were arrested between 2021 and 2025, amounting to roughly 34 arrests per day. At least 18,500 people were charged and 12,292 were convicted, according to the organization.

The findings were based on Freedom of Information requests to police forces across the United Kingdom. Big Brother Watch said the actual number of arrests could be higher because some forces did not provide complete data.

The report examined enforcement of communications laws that can cover threatening or grossly offensive messages and other online content.

Big Brother Watch argues that broadly written statutes have resulted in people being investigated or arrested over controversial social media posts, jokes and other forms of expression.

The group also found stark geographical differences in enforcement. Cumbria Constabulary recorded about 25.7 arrests per 10,000 residents over five years, compared with just 1.9 in neighboring Northumbria.

Big Brother Watch described the disparity as a "postcode lottery" that raises concerns about whether speech laws are being enforced consistently.

The report follows growing scrutiny of Britain's Online Safety Act, which imposes extensive content and child-safety requirements on internet platforms. Big Brother Watch says the law has encouraged platforms to restrict lawful material and require age verification for some online content.

Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, called for an independent review of Britain's speech laws and police practices.

"Thousands of people are being arrested for controversial speech, online jokes and non-violent protest," Carlo said. "Enough is enough."

The organization argues the figures demonstrate that Britain's approach to policing speech needs significant reform, particularly when arrests do not ultimately result in criminal charges.

Big Brother Watch is now calling on the government to conduct a national review of laws affecting freedom of expression and to reconsider police training on speech-related offenses.

Migrants Placed In Tiny British Village Will Out Number Locals By 10 To 1

Migrants Placed In Tiny British Village Will Out Number Locals By 10 To 1

Steve Watson

The official line is that 1,256 single adult males will be placed at the old MoD depot on the edge of the Oxfordshire hamlet. Yet the document villagers pulled out of the consultation pack talks about "accommodation for 3,510 service users."

That is not a rounding error. In a place of 350 people and 46 children, it is a demographic wrecking ball.

The Home Office calls the figure an "outdated estimate" and "categorically untrue." But the document has not been withdrawn.

The village has no pub, no shop, no pavement on the approach road and no street lighting worth the name. Men of fighting age would be free to come and go from a site that backs onto the children's playing field. That is the plan they are being told to accept as "fairness."

This is the same village that first exploded in July when the 1,250 figure landed with almost no consultation.

Children from the parish wrote to the Prime Minister asking him not to take the only home they had known. Seven-year-old Rex Perkin, whose family has lived there more than a century, worried he would no longer be able to walk to his sister's grave. On 4 July - American Independence Day - 96 percent of those who voted backed a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom. The second vote is now days away.

The new row began when residents working through the planning papers found an Unexploded Ordnance risk assessment for Bicester Site A. It states that "the proposed scheme" relates to "accommodation for 3,510 service users." The assessment is dated March this year. It is still online. It has not been amended.

The official planning application seeks a ten-year "temporary" change of use for "non-detained asylum accommodation," open 24 hours, for up to 1,256 single males aged 18 to 65. Consultation closes on 17 September. The village's symbolic independence referendum is two days earlier, on 15 September - Battle of Britain Day.

Parish council chairman Tim McNally put the contradiction in plain English.

"Although the proposal states 1,256 single males between the ages of 18 and 65, the service users focuses on 3,510," he said. "That is ten times the size of the village of Piddington. Now if that is an error, correct it. This is more than alarming. It is either deception at the greatest level or incompetence at the highest."

Resident campaigner Ian Darby told GB News the same suspicion is now general.

"Clearly we're concerned and it's slightly beggars belief that if there was some original thinking at sort of 3,500 people, that they'd still be daft enough to include an old report that is no longer relevant in this consultation," he said.

He added, "Some of us are a little bit more suspicious and worry that that is potentially their ultimate plan, which for this village, just to remind everybody, would be ten times the size of this village. It's a takeover. It's a complete destruction of a beautiful little village."

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Experts predict El Nino’s impact on weather as new forecast is issued

Experts predict El Nino’s impact on weather as new forecast is issued

Brittney Donovan

El Niño is strengthening and there’s a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026-27, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday.

"During the October-December 2026 season, there is a 75% chance of a historic event that would exceed the strength of previous El Niño events dating back to 1950," forecasters wrote. “With an event of this magnitude, the chances of experiencing impacts consistent with El Niño are larger, though not guaranteed. In summary, El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026-27.”

El Niño naturally occurs when weakening trade winds build up warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. The phenomenon generally raises global temperatures and alters weather patterns, causing droughts in some regions and heavy rainfall in others.

"The current El Nino is strong and will continue to strengthen over the coming months and has to be the strongest El Nino on record," said Jason Nicholls, lead international forecaster at AccuWeather.

Drought linked to El Niño has ruined bean and corn crops across Central America's Dry Corridor, deepening food and water insecurity for rural households, Oxfam reported.

"We are currently seeing drier conditions across Central America, and that should continue for the next few months while we are in the El Nino influence," said Donald Keeney, agricultural meteorologist at Vaisala Weather in Finland.

Concerns surrounding El Niño have heightened global food market supply fears, pushing up staple prices including vegetable oils and sugar, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

"We do expect some additional warming over the next month or so before a slow decline later this winter and spring,” Keeney added.

“This should equate to increased rain later this fall and over the winter across the central and southern Plains, Delta, and Southeast, and should result in a better year for winter wheat production in the central and southern Plains.”

Usual impacts of El Nino can include:

• Stronger upper-level winds that tend to suppress storm and hurricane development in the Atlantic Basin, while weaker winds tend to enhance tropical development in the eastern and central Pacific basins.
• Stormier weather is more likely in the Southern U.S., with chances of both rain and snow increased during El Nino winters.
• High tide flooding could become a higher risk in parts of the U.S., especially on the West Coast. 
• Changes in the migration of fish and other oceanic organisms, with warm water species moving north while cold water species move farther north or into deeper waters. These behavioral changes impact growth, survival, and reproduction.
• Past El Nino episodes have also enhanced the formation of harmful algal blooms along the U.S West Coast.

The Diesel Crisis Is Here: What the Gaslighters Won’t Tell You

The Diesel Crisis Is Here: What the Gaslighters Won’t Tell You

Mike Adams

Just recently, the average price for a gallon of diesel fuel in San Francisco surpassed $8, marking the first time any U.S. city has ever crossed that threshold ^[1]. The corporate media will tell you this is a temporary blip, a seasonal fluctuation, or perhaps the result of an unforeseen geopolitical hiccup. But I've been reporting on the deliberate dismantling of America's energy independence for over two decades, and I can tell you with certainty: this is not bad luck. This is the engineered outcome of policies designed by central planners who view affordable fuel as a threat to their control over the population.

Diesel is the lifeblood of the American economy. It powers the trucks that deliver food to your grocery store, the tractors that plant and harvest your crops, and the generators that keep hospitals and data centers running. When diesel prices skyrocket, everything else follows -- food, medicine, clothing, and shelter.

The gaslighters in Washington and the mainstream media want you to believe that you're imagining the pain at the pump. They'll point to complex global supply chains and vague references to "market forces" as if these forces exist in nature rather than being manufactured by human decisions. But the truth is far more sinister. As JPMorgan's senior global economist Nora Szentivanyi warned in a report titled "Food Security Is National Security: A Compounding Storm," disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and other critical chokepoints are converging to create a global food crisis that could erupt as early as next year ^[2]. The diesel crisis is merely the opening salvo in a much larger assault on your ability to feed your family.

The Political Choices Behind the Crisis

The sharp swings in oil prices following attacks and negotiations over safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz demonstrate that wars do not always reveal themselves first on the battlefield ^[3]. The Iranians are making it clear that they understand something our own leaders refuse to acknowledge: energy is the ultimate leverage. When you threaten the flow of oil, you threaten the stability of every nation that depends on it. And make no mistake -- America depends on foreign oil far more than any politician will admit.

The emerging diesel crisis is a direct consequence of the war on domestic fossil fuel production and the infrastructure that supports it. Over the past decade, we've witnessed a systematic campaign to shut down domestic refineries, block pipeline construction, and burden energy producers with so many regulations that they simply cannot compete with foreign suppliers who often play by no rules at all.

Consider this: the United States now has diesel fuel reserves for just 25 days, which industry experts have described as "absolutely catastrophic". Twenty-five days. That's less than a month of cushion between normal operations and complete economic paralysis. The refineries that once dotted our coastlines have been converted into expensive real estate or shuttered entirely, and the workers who operated them have been told to "learn to code" or "retrain for the green economy." Meanwhile, the same politicians who champion these policies fly home on private jets burning thousands of gallons of fuel per trip. Their hypocrisy is staggering, but their power to reshape the economy to suit their ideological fantasies is even more alarming.

Here's the hard truth: the diesel crisis will not be solved by politicians. It won't be solved by the Federal Reserve printing more money. And it certainly won't be solved by the corporate media pretending everything is fine. If you want to protect your family, you need to take action to prepare for what's coming. I believe in personal liberty, economic freedom, and the power of decentralized solutions. Now is the time to act on those principles and build a resilient system to survive extreme diesel scarcity and rationing

The diesel crisis is not a media invention or a passing inconvenience -- it's the inevitable result of decades of bad policy, corporate greed, and the relentless march toward centralized control. We are one shipping disruption away from truly empty shelves, and the people who caused this crisis are the same people who will tell you to "stay calm" and "trust the experts." I do not trust them, and neither should you.

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