The adverse economic impacts of unilateral sanctions imposed by the US have emerged in the debates held among six presidential candidates

According to a study published by CEPR, rich and developed countries in the West have increased the use of illegal unilateral punitive measures despite being aware of their ill effects on people

In today’s episode, we look at ICJ ruling on US freezing of Iranian assets, Israel attacks on Syria, Ecuador court’s approval of impeachment of president Lasso on corruption charges, and Pakistan court’s overturn of colonial-era sedition law.

US courts had frozen billions of dollars of assets belonging to Iranian companies and its Central bank after having accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism 

The US expectation is that Iran’s and Russia’s interests as oil-exporting countries will inevitably collide as they scramble for markets

The agreement between the two sanctions-hit countries prioritizes energy and food security in both nations

A resolution against Iran, drafted and pushed by the US and its allies, was passed at the IAEA meeting on June 8, marking a new low in the Iran-IAEA confrontation

Today we look at the strike for secure work and public services in South Korea, the TPLF’s advances in Ethiopia and airstrikes by the government, and more

The talks in Vienna between Iran and the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal stopped after six rounds following the election of Ebrahim Raisi in June. Iran said that it wanted to review the outcome of the rounds held so far

Israel, the US, and the UK have accused Iran of carrying out a drone attack on an Israeli-owned oil tanker off the Omani coast last week which killed two crew members

Pressure from Israel was pivotal in US’ withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. Successive Israeli governments have opposed calls for its revival

Today we look at the mass arrests of Palestinians and the blockade in Sheikh Jarrah, the strike by ArcelorMittal workers in Canada, and more