Durham Miners’ Association chair STEPHEN GUY speaks to Ben Chacko about the Reform threat, what’s needed from Labour and why the Big Meeting will never lose its politics
DISREGARDING the implications for the peace of the world, President Donald Trump has declared that the US is pulling out of the historic nuclear accord with Iran.
The decision deals a powerful blow not just to the prospects for world peace but to the economic interest of almost every major country in Europe.
Trump’s declaration leaves Iran with the choice of trying to salvage what might remain of the deal or, as it has said it might do, restart its nuclear programme.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN


