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Trita Parsi

@tparsi.bsky.social

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2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP @quincyinst. Author of Losing an Enemy, Single Roll of the Dice & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.

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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Former Green Beret tells me how the Iran war has destroyed morale within the military. "Folks don't want to do a career in the military any longer. We have an all-volunteer force with the buy-in of a conscript army."

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Can't recall anything good ever coming out of this... BREAKING: Netanyahu flies to Abu Dhabi to meet Emirati president www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

timesofisrael.com

Netanyahu flies to Abu Dhabi to meet Emirati president — report

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Huckabee - who many may mistake for the Israeli amb. to the US - speaks at the "Jewish American Summit" and claims that 60,000 Iranians MAY have entered the US under the previous administration and that we don't know if they came here to grow tomatoes or to be sleeper cells...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Intervening diplomatically goes against Chinese instincts. But if there is a third and more devastating round of US-Iran war, whose economic shocks China no longer can insulate itself from, Beijing may be incentivized to intervene in a manner Washington may prefer to avoid.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Told @NewsNation that while the US will press China on accusations that it has been providing targeting data to Iran, reality is that China could do far more to support Tehran, including providing it with advanced weapons.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

.@chrislhayes and I both attended meetings with Pezeshkian today in NY. On his show tonight, we discussed the absurd situation we are in, why the current diplomacy likely won't work, and why a major escalation unfortunately seems to be in the cards... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcU6...

‘Acutely politically toxic’: Hayes on the Iran War hurting Republican candidates at home

YouTube video by MS NOW

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My conversation with @Glenn_Diesen went to very dark places. But the situation in the Middle East/US/Iran is unravelling, and measures and scenarios that were unthinkable just a few months ago are increasingly being discussed at the government level... www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoOw...

Trita Parsi: Middle East Unraveling — Are We on the Path to World War?

YouTube video by Glenn Diesen

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Told @FOXLA that Trump's ill-advised war gave the Islamic Republic another lease on life. It was facing its worst legitimacy crisis ever, but the aggression by the US and Israel caused a rally-around-the-flag phenomenon. www.foxla.com/video/fmc-to...

Why the Iran War is driving up global energy costs: Dr. Trita Parsi

Glen Walker sits down with foreign policy expert Dr. Trita Parsi to break down the latest developments in the escalating war in Iran. In this in-depth interview, they examine whether the conflict has ...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Prediction: This is the least of the costs that facilitators and supporters of genocide will end up paying... Ed Sheeran Philadelphia Tickets Slashed By Nearly 50% Following Macklemore ‘Free Palestine’ Controversy www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

Ed Sheeran Ticket Prices Slashed Nearly 50% Following Macklemore Controversy

Sheeran’s supporting acts and backing band withdrew from his North American tour after rapper Macklemore was barred from opening for Sheeran at multiple venues following remarks supporting Palestinian...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Israel plans to ask the US for additional defense capabilities as "compensation" after Washington agreed to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, according to Israeli media. www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Israel seeks ‘compensation’ from US following Saudi F-35 deal: Report

Tel Aviv to seek purchasing weapons that Washington previously declined to approve, Israeli media reports | Anadolu

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ansarollah has struck the main airport in Riyadh with drones. While many in Tehran are satisfied, some are also concerned that the escalation may get out of control. Thus far, all escalation has been calibrated. That won't be the case if matters get out of control.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Told @MarioNawfal that the Trump admin is acting with supreme confidence in their strategy on Iran, but after having spoken to numerous regional officials - including very close allies of the US - none seem to understand what that confidence is based on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHXv...

IRAN LAUNCHES A MASS MOBILIZATION AS TRUMP VOWS TO "WIN" THE WAR – w/ Trita Parsi

YouTube video by Mario Nawfal

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This young boy in Northwest DC, probably no more than 10 years old, has more courage and more spine than Ed Sheeran.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The complicity is undeniable. "Germany and the United States supply 99% of the weapons exported to Israel... They could stop this conflict overnight if they stopped the weapons killing Palestinians." - UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Ben Saul

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Seldom does cowardice get punished as much as it deserves. But in Ed Sheeran's case, we're getting close. An Irish radio station - apparently big enough to make the news - has dropped Sheeran's music! It did so, it says, due to feedback from its listeners.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As Saudi military forces surrendered to the flip-flop-wearing Houthi soldiers, the Yemeni group gained control over large amounts of American military equipment...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Despite all the propaganda. All the cancelling. All the influence operations. All the manipulation of social media algorithms. All the $7000 payments to influencers... Support for Israel has STILL dropped a whopping 67 PERCENTAGE POINTS in 8 years!! Yes, the era is over.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Something has happened in the last few months. We went from hearing Western officials describe the US as a challenge, unreliable, unpredictable, and incompetent. Now, Western officials publicly refer to the US as a threat. Carney said it three times in his video speech today.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is where we are. Canadian Premier @MarkJCarney issues a chilling video on past and current "American threats" to Canada. I counted 13 references to the US threatening, seeking to break, or otherwise behaving adversarially toward Canada. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd7k...

'This Is Not The First Time...': Mark Carney Goes On Rampage Against Trump In Chilling Video

YouTube video by Hook Global

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Volkswagen once produced weapons for the Nazis. Now it will produce them for Israel. www.cnn.com/2026/09/07/b...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Iranian school struck in the war’s earliest attacks is now a memorial for children apnews.com/article/iran...

The Iranian school struck in the war's earliest attacks is now a memorial for children

The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Under Miliband, the UK seems to be moving toward rectifying its errors in Gaza. Action speaks louder than words, of course, but words often precede action. If genuine and substantive, then it must be welcomed.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

12 days ago, the US strategy was to get Iran out of the headlines before the midterms. Economic warfare was going to make military action unnecessary. 7 days later, the US started bombing Larak Island. There is a desire to pacify the situation, but a lack of discipline to stick to that policy.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Iran may opt to escalate before the midterms to maximize the political damage to Iran. That may succeed, but Iran may miscalculate if it thinks a Democratic Congress will restrain Trump. A humiliated Trump may take military risks he has so far eschewed.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

China is the main reason why oil never went above $150. They dramatically reduced demand. But not to help the US or to undermine Iran. Rather, to secure their own interest, which is to avoid a global economic recession. My interview with @AJEnglish

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Told @AJEnglish that the American position of imposing preconditions for talks with Iran is either rooted in supreme confidence that traffic in the Strait has been restored, or it signals complete strategic disarray, with the US continually changing tactics and policies.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Wow! Navigator Poll shows one-in-five Trump 2024 voters now regret their choice. Main reason? The Iran war. "Nearly half (45%) cite the war with Iran as a main reason for regret" Trump should stop listening to those who pushed him to start this war. navigatorresearch.org/feeling-dupe...

navigatorresearch.org

Feeling Duped: Trump Voters Go From Hope to Regret | Navigator Research

This Navigator Research report covers the war with Iran and national security.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is what 286 days of deployment in the Persian Gulf did to the USS Abraham Lincoln. It is covered in rust from bow to stern. Imagine what it did to the souls of the servicemen and women who had to serve in this unnecessary war of choice, pushed by Israel?

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Talked to @Glenn_Diesen both about why there is more bark than bite behind Trump's latest Iran sanctions, and why so many foreign leaders - who are squarely in the US camp generally - secretly root for Iran and for Trump to get stuck in the Persian Gulf. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX74...

Trita Parsi: Why the World Is Quietly Taking Iran's Side in the War

YouTube video by Glenn Diesen

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

They changed the META and TikTok algorithms so that Americans wouldn't get to see what Israelis actually do or say: - "What do I care? Kill them. I don't care.” - “This place is for us, it's promised for us, so they can starve to death” - “I think we need to be united and kill them all.”

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

As Arundhati Roy said, what is under the rubble in Gaza is not only the bodies of countless Palestinians killed by Israel, but also the carcass of Western Liberal Democracy...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Fantastic episode by @bianca_nobilo on @hist_uncensored about the deeper history between Israel and Iran - and everything the current media narrative misses. Had the honor of being interviewed for it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQsm...

Israel & Iran Were Allies - How Did They Become Enemies? | With Trita Parsi

YouTube video by History Uncensored

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Told @MarioNawfal that I am increasingly convinced that Trump's D-Day sanctions are not intended to be too biting, precisely because the US doesn't want to generate an Iranian counterescalation. There is far more bark than bite - deliberately. For now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDzs...

BREAKING: U.S. MAKES NEW PEACE OFFER AFTER IRAN THREATENS TO STRIKE - w/ Trita Parsi

YouTube video by Mario Nawfal

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So it turns out that the intel that Iran was seeking to kill Trump came from Israel (!) and was deemed by the CIA as “Israeli-derived, not U.S.-generated, and viewed as low confidence” Anything to get Trump to drop diplomacy and resume war for Israel... www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.com

CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkey

CIA had doubts about Israeli intelligence on a threat to Trump in Turkey that prompted an extraordinary secret flight.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Iran war risks bringing the G7′s fastest-growing economy to a halt In April, the IMF warned that the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran would hit the UK’s growth prospects harder than any other rich country. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/13/i...

The Iran war risks bringing the G7's fastest-growing economy to a halt

The U.K. economy is showing further signs of a long-awaited rebound, but the picture is complicated by the fallout from the Iran war and high energy prices.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

ABSOLUTE MUST-WATCH: @mehdirhasan's interview with Ian Lustick and @EliClifton on their new book: "Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power" zeteo.com/p/aipac-expo...

AIPAC Exposed: Mehdi Speaks to Authors of New Book on the Israel Lobby

Co-authors Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick discuss AIPAC’s ‘toxic’ issue, why the U.S. can never say no to Israel, and their efforts to change the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The number of Americans who view the Iran war as a debacle is steadily growing. In July, only 12% believed the war had achieved its goals...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Told @ABC that this constant investment in military action and illusions of military "solutions" has only weakened the American position, and the Iranians are making demands that reflect that reality. There is only a diplomatic exit out of this debacle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZl8...

Iran expert on Iran war stalemate: Hurting US more than Iran

YouTube video by ABC News

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

@MarioNawfal insisted, so I agreed to debate the former spokesperson of Israel's IDF, Jonathan Conricus. I did so with the expectation that he had the confidence and capacity to engage in a substantive discussion. I may have overestimated him... www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD6I...

"YOU'RE BRINGING THE U.S. INTO AN ENDLESS WAR" - Trita Parsi vs. Conricus on Iran

YouTube video by Mario Nawfal

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Ceuta Crisis Reveals the Limits of European Defense Cooperation In their willingness to blame Spain, European leaders have shown they cannot be trusted on collective security. foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/05/c...

foreignpolicy.com

The Ceuta Crisis Reveals the Limits of European Defense Cooperation

In their willingness to blame Spain, European leaders have shown they cannot be trusted on collective security.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Fantastic conversation between John Mearsheimer and @vali_nasr on the @TomSwitzerMedia show on the US-Iran war! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW-Q...

Mearsheimer, Nasr: What Comes Next in Iran?

YouTube video by Switzerland with Tom Switzer

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Neither military threats nor action have given the US much leverage with Iran. If Washington fully dedicates itself to a diplomatic deal, however, it can use the massive leverage that the promise of sanctions relief carries.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Told @cnn that many US presidents have promised to bring US troops home from the Mideast but failed to do so, partly because regional allies did not want to let go of the US security umbrella. The KSA-Tur-Pak pact is in a way them letting go of the US. That's a good thing.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Given the Pakistan/Turkey/Saudi pact, Tehran has to be careful to ensure that a US-driven project to isolate Iran is not replaced by a regionally driven campaign with the same objective. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJUD...

Trita Parsi: New Deals Will Change the Middle East Forever

YouTube video by Glenn Diesen

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Discussed with @MarioNawfal why Turkey, Saudi & Pakistan have formed a pact, how Iran perceives it, and how this, in the worst-case scenario, can lead to negative bloc formations that prevent an inclusive, regional security architecture from being formed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoHJ...

IRAN CONTINUES FIRING ANTI-SHIP MISSILES IN HORMUZ AS OMAN DEAL FINALIZES — w/ Trita Parsi

YouTube video by Mario Nawfal

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Though you shouldn't miss the substance of my conversation with @Judgenap today about Israel's influence in US foreign policy, you should definitely not miss the surprise appearance of a wolf named Fenrir around 27:18... www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3P5...

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Listen to @DanielLDavis1's full interview, but particularly from 50.30. @bartov_omer is absolutely brilliant. It's a MUST listen. www.youtube.com/live/9FwMS0d...

Netanyahu will Burn Entire Region in War to Stay in Power /frm IDF Soldier & Historian Omer Bartov

YouTube video by Daniel Davis / Deep Dive

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Told @ABC that the Omani-Iranian deal can provide the US with an exit from this deadlock. The crucial interest is to ensure that commerce is flowing freely, not who controls or manages the Strait. abcnews.com/video/135425...

Video Time is on Iran's side with reports of depleted US munitions: Analyst

Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, discusses reports that U.S. stockpiles of air defense missiles have been significantly depleted.

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The @QuincyInst's @EliClifton & Ian Lustick have written the most important book of 2026: "Israel's Lobby." It could not have been better timed. As Ian explains, every American president has had their "Oh shit" moment when it comes to Israel... www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0t2...

How American Presidents are Influenced by Israel

YouTube video by Simon & Schuster Books

Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The war did not GIVE Iran control over the Strait. It revealed that Iran already could control the Strait. So recognizing Iran's influence through a joint management system would NOT extend Iran's control; it would help regulate a leverage that already exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULy2...

BREAKING: IRAN TO CONTROL HORMUZ - w/ Trita Parsi

YouTube video by Mario Nawfal