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Who’s behind the mysterious ‘Iran-backed terror cell’ haunting Europe?

28 March 2026 @ 8:18 pm

Claims that an Iran-backed group is carrying out attacks in European cities raise questions about why they’re not targeting countries directly involved in the US-Israeli war, and why they appear to communicate like Israelis. Strangely, suspects arrested in the attacks have been released on bail. A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of Ashab al-Yamin. Officially known as “Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI),” or the “Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right,” the group mysteriously appeared in early […] The post Who’s behind the mysterious ‘Iran-backed terror cell’ haunting Europe? first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Who’s behind the mysterious ‘Iran-backed terror cell’ haunting Europe? appeared first on

Drugs, sexual blackmail: shocking confession letter exposes Israel’s Red Crescent spy ring

25 March 2026 @ 9:14 pm

A bombshell confession letter obtained by The Grayzone reveals Israeli intelligence recruited an asset in the Palestinian Red Crescent, who admitted using drugs and sexual blackmail to create a “network of informants” which could infiltrate and destroy resistance groups. A leaked confession indicates the Red Crescent was infiltrated by Israeli intelligence, which exploited its collaborator network within the Occupied Palestinian Territories to engage in criminal activity including drug trafficking, shocking acts of sexual blackmail, and political executions.  The document was […] The post Drugs, sexual blackmail: shocking confession letter exposes Israel’s Red Crescent spy ring first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Drugs, sexual blackmail:

Paul Mason instigated GCHQ targeting of The Grayzone’s Kit Klarenberg, leaks reveal

23 March 2026 @ 2:53 am

Leaked material reviewed by The Grayzone reveals failed ‘journalist’ Paul Mason conspired with GCHQ to monitor and attack this journalist and other critics. What did the British intelligence agency do with the sensitive information he secretly provided? Leaked correspondence reviewed by The Grayzone reveals disgraced journalist Paul Mason covertly collaborated with  a unit of the GCHQ intelligence service to monitor and inform on perceived adversaries, including this reporter. In addition to feeding intel on independent reporters to British intelligence, the […] The post Paul Mason instigated GCHQ targeting of The Grayzone’s Kit Klarenberg, leaks reveal first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Paul Mason instigated GCHQ targeting of The

Trump White House plagiarized Iran war manifesto from Israel-aligned think tank

20 March 2026 @ 11:49 pm

The Trump White House plagiarized its justification for attacking Iran from the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, the main DC outfit promoting war with Tehran. The think tank was originally founded to “enhance Israel’s image,” and partners closely with the Israeli government. The Trump Administration appeared to plagiarize its official justification for its war on Iran, copying almost word-for-word a document originally produced by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), a pro-war think tank with close ties […] The post Trump White House plagiarized Iran war manifesto from Israel-aligned think tank first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Trump White House plagiarized Iran war manifesto from Israel-aligned think

IDF threatens ‘elimination’ for Russian leaders who ‘wish Israel ill’

18 March 2026 @ 4:54 pm

Israel’s veiled threat to Moscow came just after Russian media warned traffic cameras in Moscow were vulnerable to the same exploits that Israel reportedly used to monitor Ayatollah Khamenei’s residence before assassinating him. Israeli military spokeswoman Anna Ukolova has drawn outrage in Moscow after threatening that Russian authorities who “wish Israel ill” could be subject to “elimination,” while suggesting Israel could hack into Russian closed-circuit television cameras to identify and track targets. Asked by a journalist with Russian radio broadcaster […] The post IDF threatens ‘elimination’ for Russian leaders who ‘wish Israel ill’ first appeared on The Grayzone. The post

Cómo Israel y el FBI manipularon planes de asesinato para llevar a Trump a la guerra con Irán

6 March 2026 @ 9:15 pm

El FBI fabricó complots para convencer a Trump de que Irán buscaba asesinarlo, mientras que Israel y los aliados dentro de su propia administración explotaron los temores más profundos del presidente para mantenerlo en la senda de la guerra. “Le di antes de que me diera a mí”, dijo un animado Donald Trump a un reportero cuando le preguntó sobre los motivos por los que autorizó el asesinato del líder de Irán, Ayatolá Alí Jamenei, el 28 de febrero de […] The post Cómo Israel y el FBI manipularon planes de asesinato para llevar a Trump a la guerra con Irán first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Cómo Israel y el FBI manipularon planes de asesinato para llevar a Trump a la guerra con Irán appeared first on The Grayz

How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war

6 March 2026 @ 4:26 pm

The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path. “I got him before he got me,” an ebullient President Donald Trump remarked to a reporter when asked about his motives for authorizing the killing of Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on February 28, 2026. With his off-the-cuff remark, Trump revealed that anxiety about his own assassination at the […] The post How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war first appeared on The Grayzone. The post How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war appeared first on

Epstein Army: Jeffrey Epstein helped place 18-year-old woman in ‘elite IDF unit’

4 March 2026 @ 4:41 am

Emails show sex trafficking billionaire Jeffrey Epstein worked Israeli connections to help his lawyer’s daughter join an elite IDF unit. The woman, who Epstein wrote would make a “fantastic ambassador for Israel” at Columbia University, served on the board of Hillel International. Jeffrey Epstein personally recruited an 18-year-old girl from New York to serve “in one of the elite IDF units,” email records show. Epstein’s request came in a June 29, 2011 email to Anat Barak, the daughter of former […] The post Epstein Army: Jeffrey Epstein helped place 18-year-old woman in ‘elite IDF unit’ first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Epstein Army: Jeffrey Epstein helped place 18-year-old woman in ‘elite IDF unit’ appeared first on

NED leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence

24 February 2026 @ 8:11 pm

The National Endowment for Democracy’s president, Damon Wilson, bragged to a House committee of his group’s aggressive efforts to spark unrest in Iran, including by smuggling Starlink terminals and fashioning anti-Iran narratives for the media. Damon Wilson, the head of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), was interrupted by a member of Congress during a House oversight hearing on February 24 after revealing that his agency “began supporting the deployment [and] operation of about 200 Starlinks early on” amid the […] The post NED leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence first appeared on The Grayzone. The post NED leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Sta

Keir Starmer-tied think tank paid PR firm to target The Grayzone

16 February 2026 @ 4:35 am

A shadowy think tank run by British PM Keir Starmer’s top strategist has been exposed for paying a PR firm to spy on journalists including me and the outlet I write for, The Grayzone. Will the scandal push an already collapsing Starmer government over the edge? Leaked files have revealed that Labour Together, the shadowy think tank run by disgraced former top Keir Starmer aide Morgan McSweeney, paid the Washington DC-based corporate intelligence firm APCO Worldwide to spy on journalists […] The post Keir Starmer-tied think tank paid PR firm to target The Grayzone first appeared on The Grayzone. The post Keir Starmer-tied think tank paid PR firm to target The Grayzone appeared first on The Grayzone.