I've seen the lego summary from Iran and this one from China.

https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/s/7KWtWDaAWY

Lmao is that real?

Anyway, I recommend Rev Left Radio's interview with Adnan Husain for a broader history of Persia focused on the context of the current US-Israeli war on Iran. It is very thorough but if you aren't familiar with marxist analysis some of the logic and terminology might require explanation.

This episode of theirs is also good but technically outdated.

This episode by the deprogram is also very good and far less out of date.

These are all podcasts, if you would rather read something I recommend mintpressnews, peoplesdispatch, and if you are looking for rightous belligerence with decent analysis I recommend caitlinjohnstone

Edit: i will add that if you are not a leftist some of this will conflict with your current understanding of geopolitics. I encourage you to be curious and investigate what does not make sense to you.

• !worldnews@lemmygrad.ml » US war on Iran | Megathread for Week 12 of 2026
• American Prestige podcast
  • 🎧 https://americanprestigepod.com/
  • 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanPrestige/videos
• Decline and Fall podcast
• Radhika Desai
  • https://substack.com/@radicaldesai/posts
  • https://www.youtube.com/@RadDesai/videos
• Glenn Diesen’s Substack

It’s a long way away and I can’t do anything to affect it. I watch the nightly news, sometimes I read news media during the day.

Naked Capitalism has a near-daily roundup of Iran War highlights, theories, and speculation grounded in actual reported news. The comment section is fantastic.

If something gets posted and it proves untrue or is wild speculation, it will either be corrected or labeled as such up front.

As for the comments section, Yves maintains a high level of quality

I also like the Al Jazeera minute-by-minute mobile site. It's good to scroll through when I'm eating breakfast and then again before bed