Ali Raza Jalbani

A Social Worker and A Humble Learner

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

The Israel lobby is getting less shy about its grip on U.S. policy toward Iran. In Miriam Adelson’s publication, the Lobby's loudspeaker says U.S. policy must ensure America pays a price for any slight against Israel.

High time for Washington to break free from these shackles.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇷 Tehran Metro is turning its stations into emergency-training hubs.

Passengers can now practice CPR on training machines and receive a certificate on the spot.

A simple idea that could make a real difference when every second counts.

Writer: Samuel

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

Trump is hinting at Pickaxe Mountain

Conventional weapons won't cut it, but turning to tactical nukes walks straight into a devastating Escalation Trap

The cost? A humanitarian catastrophe, zero progress on Iran’s nukes, and a wrecked US economy

Urgent to read: https://t.co/m9vgLg9PLQ

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

ENERGY CRISIS: The US is losing its vital shock absorber.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level since 1982—under 40% capacity—as weekly drawdowns hit near-zero.
With buffers fading, who wins the energy war?
Read my full analysis: https://t.co/UxD1bRN85g

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Pakistan and Oman are discussing a strategic maritime agreement to designate Pakistan’s Gwadar Port and Oman’s Sohar Port as sister ports. https://t.co/2bLL5oKMkl

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

'Attacks on a key Saudi pipeline make Tehran’s plan clear – drive up oil prices before the mid-term elections and force the president’s hand,' writes @davidblairdt

🔗 https://t.co/21bdgFCvA6

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

IRAN'S OCTOBER SURPRISE

After:
-- a direct strike on a US carrier
-- Red Sea chokepoints seized
-- Gas surging past $4.30.

Iran is no longer just retaliating—it’s exploiting maximum leverage to trigger a pre-midterm economic shockwave.

The October Surprise to watch for: https://t.co/LixNLJ6GNV

[Vali Nasr @vali_nasr]

excellent take by @yarbatman on ground realities of Iran's economy and why America can’t easily strangle it https://t.co/aeSqKHzQZd

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

Israel BOMBED another journalist in Lebanon, live on air.

ISRAEL IS EVIL!

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Volkswagen once produced weapons for the Nazis. Now it will produce them for Israel.

https://t.co/rTqiSpujmh

[Ali Raza Jalbani @AliRaxaJ]

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[𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐦 @Malcolm_Pal9]

The Israeli🇮🇱 Consul General in New York came to Harvard University to lecture students on "Israel's just struggle,".

All students stood up and left the hall!😂🤣

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

One bombed a wedding, the other attacked military bases in retaliation. Guess which one they call a terrorist?

[Glenn Diesen @Glenn_Diesen]

Israel's national security minister, Ben-Gvir, posted this AI video of Palestinians being sent into a slaughter house on an industrial conveyor belt. It reached 4 million views before he removed it.
https://t.co/9CHVNCq32J

[Bloomberg @business]

Pakistan scored a major diplomatic win over India this week, further rankling New Delhi https://t.co/eXq72vsUmY

[Mushahid Hussain Sayed @Mushahid]

Brilliantly perspicacious article ‘Iran Unleashed’ by American writer, Robert Kagan, in @TheAtlantic provides clarity on strategic impact of American-Israeli defeat in war against Iran: Key takeaways: 1) “Iran’s control of Strait of Hormuz is more useful instrument of power than a nuclear weapon”; 2) Mecca Pact linking Pakistan, Turkiye & Saudi Arabia is independent of US & alternative to Abraham Accords, which aimed at promoting Israel’s hegemony; 3) US has no stamina, political will or even munitions for further escalation, which Iran knows as ‘Iran has defeated US & no longer fears American attacks’! @JeffreyGoldberg

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇵🇰 🇮🇷 Pakistan opened six overland routes into Iran two days after the blockade, and Washington said nothing.

Fmr. CIA analyst Larry Johnson explains the problem with an allowance analogy: you can threaten your own child's pocket money, but the kid next door can stand there and make a gesture with one finger...

"They're acting like Iran is this kid that they've got economic leverage over. They don't."

He notes China and Japan both dumping US Treasuries the same day, with the market falling more than 700 points.

@NewSonof

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

Iran’s endgame isn't peace—it's weaponized time
Tehran is betting Trump won't launch a full-scale war, vowing to stall and wait him out until 2029 while choking off the Strait of Hormuz

Is Washington being completely outplayed?
Full breaking analysis: Escalation Trap Substack

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“If the United States wants to keep itself out of costly conflicts around the world, it may have no choice but to forge closer ties with the new stabilizing powers,” a category that includes countries such as Pakistan and Turkey, writes @asfandyarmir.
https://t.co/ENs2JNV4gt

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

The most important book of 2026 is officially published today!

"Israel’s Lobby" is neither a sequel to John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt’s groundbreaking 2007 book, nor simply an update of it. It does something different.

@EliClifton and Lustick provide a systematic history of the moments when, in their telling, Israel and its American supporters have worked against U.S. interests. But they also add a dimension that Mearsheimer and Walt did not explore at length: money—and, specifically, the financial machinery behind efforts to put Israel’s interests ahead of America’s.

The reason this will become the most important book of 2026 lies in the collision between its findings and its timing. Never before have Americans been so willing to openly debate the once-taboo question of Israel’s influence in American politics.

The revelations are stunning.

Read the full post here: https://t.co/fJBbXX1K3s

[Robert A. Pape @ProfessorPape]

HAS IRAN DETERRED TRUMP?

Since the U.S. last struck Iran on July 30, Trump has threatened, delayed, deflected—and now says he is “low-keying it.”

That is not just rhetoric. Deterrence has a precise meaning: you change an adversary’s behavior by making retaliation too costly.