Scott McLean

Journalist, gazeteci, صحفي, guidebook collector, country music fan, Blue Jays believer. @AFCWimbledon, @Fenerbahce supporter.

[Dr. Dania Thafer @Dr_DaniaThafer]

I told @AJEnglish Iran does not have escalation dominance when it comes to Israel but it does when it comes to the Gulf region.

This is why Iran is pointing the fingers at the U.S. to blame for exchange of fire with Israel. Not only because they think the U.S. is complicit but also because if this continues they will likely try to drag the Gulf region in this escalation because it’s part of their asymmetric strategy. I discuss in detail here👇🏼

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

⭕️ LIVE: Israeli army says missiles fired from Iran https://t.co/5UuL8oLkJk

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

The Israeli army says missiles have been fired from Iran towards Israel.

Al Jazeera's Nida Ibrahim has more from occupied West Bank.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Yariv Oppenheimer, former secretary-general of Peace Now and a member of The Democrats party in Israel, tells Al Jazeera that Iran’s missile attack serves Netanyahu’s political interests and could mark the beginning of a much wider regional war.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

Iranian media report three explosions east of Bandar Abbas, triggering air defences, with authorities trying to determine the source of the sound.

This comes after US strikes on Iran’s southern coast on Monday.

Al Jazeera’s Almigdad Alruhaid reports from Tehran.

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

I also asked about why the Israeli PM's plane has been allowed to use Canadian airspace despite the ICC arrest warrant, and whether Canada prepared at all for the possibility of a US invasion. Full interview is here: https://t.co/DblmHgjwPj

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

I was asking the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister about the logic of Israel being asked to investigate the death of a Canadian, Hassan Haidar, in Lebanon, given that Israel is accused of being responsible for his death. @TalktoAlJazeera @AJEnglish

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

"This strikes me as odd only because if a Canadian citizen died in Ukraine, would you be asking Moscow to investigate?" -- Scott McLean questions Anita Anand on Israel leading the investigation into the death of a Canadian killed by an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

Who holds the cards going into US-China summit... Trump or Xi? Great debate this week between @_GregSwenson, @shaunrein and @zakavkaza #AJCTC https://t.co/vdLsmyJrMw

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett says journalist Amal Khalil received threats from an Israeli WhatsApp number during the last war, warning her to stop reporting or leave Lebanon “if she wanted her head to remain on her shoulders,” before being killed today in an Israeli attack.

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

Trump says US forces seized an Iranian-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz https://t.co/D8e9aHo80j

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

WATCH: Did the JCPOA nuclear deal fail and fuel the US–Iran conflict? Former US diplomat explains https://t.co/vnmdP4gF2O

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Iran's ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog says Israel has attacked Tehran's nuclear facilities. The head of the IAEA says the agency cannot rule out a possible radiological release from Iranian nuclear sites, with serious consequences.

Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

The @AJEnglish anchor rightfully says that some aspects of the deal - eg US inspectors in Iran -described by the Omani FM sound "too good to be true."

But they are true and reveal how far Iran has moved to offer a compromise.

But Trump seems to want surrender, not compromise.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Told @AJEnglish that it is difficult to say that Trump actually wants a deal now, given the very attractive deal on the table that he is rejecting. For the duration of Trump's presidency, there would be effectivly no enrichment in Iran.

He is still rejecting it because he wants surrender - particularly the optics of surrender.

Which the theocracy in Tehran views as suicide...

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

Can Europe reduce its dependence on the US and at what cost? @AJEnglish #AJCTC https://t.co/KwLqyYgK3b

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

@Dons_Sayer_WDON This is great. Can Ryan McLean join the next broadcast? Would be good to hear about the injury recovery.

[CNN بالعربية @cnnarabic]

لماذا يسعى أردوغان إلى التواصل مع من وصفه ذات مرة بـ"الجزار" بشار الأسد؟
https://t.co/1Dgme9EBNQ

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

Chiseled gladiators, tight leather pants, and copious amounts of olive oil: Inside Turkey’s ancient oil wrestling festival https://t.co/qoaOFM58rc

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

Our trip to the Turkey-Iraq border to see the plans for Iraq’s ambitious (some might say overly-ambitious) Development Road project —>
https://t.co/h4b9mtn9NH

[Scott McLean @scottmclean]

Turkish officials call for calm as social media hysteria fuels anti-Syrian riots https://t.co/IdGYG8bPkO