Headlines June 24, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Final Poll Shows Mamdani Leads Cuomo in NYC Primary
Jun 24, 2025
Headlines June 23, 2025 from Democracy Now!
U.N. Warns of “Spiral of Chaos” After U.S. Strikes Iran, Israel Continues Its Attacks
Jun 23, 2025
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Iran Will Close Strait of Hormuz
In a decisive response to the US aggression against Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, the Iranian parliament has voted to close the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. [ Last Update: Monday, 23 June 2025 6:58 PM ]
Trump Claims US Bombers Targeted Three Iranian Nuclear Sites
The sites had long been evacuated, and only suffered exterior damage.
Sunday, 22 June 2025 1:14 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 22 June 2025 1:24 AM ]
US President Donald Trump claims American bombers carried out airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Headlines June 20, 2025 from Democracy Now!
Israeli Strikes Kill Hundreds in Iran as Thousands Flee Violence
Jun 20, 2025
One rights group found Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 639 people, and wounded double that number. One of the victims was the Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi, who was killed alongside family members in Tehran days ahead of her 24th birthday.
NAACP Will Sue Elon Musk for Polluting Black Neighborhoods
In Memphis Tennessee, the NAACP has announced plans to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm, xAI, for violating the Clean Air Act by running a massive data center near a historically Black neighborhood without legal permits. Musk’s facility runs on 35 methane gas-powered turbine generators, which emit significant amounts of nitrogen oxide and other toxic chemicals.
- Jun 17, 2025 Democracy Now! Photo of Elon Musk courtesy of xAI
Headlines June 18, 2025 from Democracy Now!
ICE Agents Arrest NYC Comptroller Brad Lander at Immigration Courthouse
Jun 18, 2025
Here in New York, ICE agents arrested New York City Comptroller Brad Lander on Tuesday as he was escorting a man at an immigration courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Lander, who is running for mayor, was handcuffed and detained by agents after he demanded to see a judicial warrant as agents tried to detain the man he was accompanying.
Iran Threatens Arab States: Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait in Crosshairs
Tehran Professor Reports from Iran State TV Building
Mohammad Marandi reports from the building bombed by Israel as Trump threatens Khamenei
June 18, 2025
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professor of English literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran who took part in nuclear negotiations in 2015.
Iran's Pezeshkian Asserts Rights on Phone with Macron
International rights cannot be taken away through war or threats, Pezeshkian tells Macron.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (L) had a phone talk on Saturday, June 21, 2025. (Photo by Iran's presidency)
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