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Israel thought it could strike Iran and walk away unscathed. It was wrong. In this explosive episode of MintCast, Tehran-based professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi joins Mnar Adley from the heart of a city under Israeli bombardment to deliver a stark message: Israel is not in control—and the tide is turning fast. Marandi says Israel’s attacks have only strengthened Iranian unity, while the Trump administration’s betrayal has shattered any future for diplomacy. “There is more solidarity now than at any point since Saddam’s invasion,” he explains. As the U.S. inches closer to full-scale war, public support at home is collapsing—60% of Americans oppose getting involved. Marandi exposes the West’s wishful thinking, the media’s imperial spin, and why Israel may be walking into the biggest strategic mistake in its history. 🔊 Hear it straight from Tehran—where the war is real, and Israel is losing. 🎧 Guest: Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, University of Tehran  🎙 Host: Mnar Adley  📍 Recorded during active Israeli strikes on Iran ▶️ Watch the original video: https://youtu.be/UNrXxCqBFzo [https://youtu.be/UNrXxCqBFzo] Support the show [https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/] MintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member [https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews] on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/mintpressnews/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/MintPressNews], Twitter [https://twitter.com/mintpressnews?lang=en] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mintpress/]. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7qXgJyGwhTxDcgC8UeNF1s], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mintcast/id1460817064], and SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/mpnews]. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines [https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindTheHeadlines/videos] channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey’s new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog [https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/lowkey/].

On this week’s edition of The MintCast, host Mnar Adley speaks with British-Iraqi trauma surgeon Dr. Mohammed Tahir about his harrowing months working in Gaza’s hospitals, the trauma he witnessed, and the global awakening to Israel’s atrocities.  Dr. Tahir describes operating on a “sea of mangled people” under nonstop Israeli bombardment, and shares how his experience forged unbreakable bonds with fellow medics resisting death with every operation. From Greta Thunberg’s “Freedom Flotilla” to Iraq’s steadfast solidarity with Palestine, Dr. Tahir explains why he believes the tide is turning against Zionist propaganda—and why Israel’s brutality has permanently changed how the world sees it. Support the show [https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/] MintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member [https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews] on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/mintpressnews/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/MintPressNews], Twitter [https://twitter.com/mintpressnews?lang=en] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mintpress/]. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7qXgJyGwhTxDcgC8UeNF1s], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mintcast/id1460817064], and SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/mpnews]. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines [https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindTheHeadlines/videos] channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey’s new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog [https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/lowkey/].

In part two of our exclusive interview, American ICU nurse Willy Massay reveals a disturbing pattern of Israeli attacks on Gaza’s medical system and children.  He says Israeli soldiers deliberately shot boys in the penis to prevent them from having families. Massay recounts treating patients with no anesthesia, no gauze, and no electricity—forced to manually keep children alive as bombs shattered hospital walls.  With over 1,400 healthcare workers killed and nearly every hospital damaged or destroyed, his testimony is one of the clearest indictments yet of Israel’s genocidal assault. Missed part one? Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/284746/episodes/17104827 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/284746/episodes/17104827] Watch the YouTube version: WAR CRIMES IN GAZA: Unfiltered Hospital Testimony from ICU Nurse Willy Massay [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApnS0ombQbM] 🎙️ Truth Has Enemies. We Have You.🎙️ For over a decade, MintPress News has been at the forefront of exposing Israeli apartheid, occupation, and war crimes, when few dared to. We've been censored, smeared, and blacklisted for telling the truth. But we haven’t stopped. Independent journalism like this isn’t just important—it’s under attack. If you believe in reporting that defends the voiceless and challenges the powerful, we need your support. 👉 Support Us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/mintpressnews]  👉 Or make a One-Time Donation Support the show [https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/] MintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member [https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews] on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/mintpressnews/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/MintPressNews], Twitter [https://twitter.com/mintpressnews?lang=en] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mintpress/]. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7qXgJyGwhTxDcgC8UeNF1s], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mintcast/id1460817064], and SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/mpnews]. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines [https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindTheHeadlines/videos] channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey’s new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog [https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/lowkey/].

In this powerful and deeply emotional episode, MintPress News Director Mnar Adley sits down with American ICU nurse Willy Massay, who has just returned from Gaza after volunteering on the front lines of Israel’s war on the civilian population. Having worked in some of Gaza’s most devastated medical facilities—including Al-Aqsa, Nasser, and Indonesia hospitals—Massay offers a chilling firsthand account of the deliberate targeting of health workers, the systematic destruction of hospitals, and the devastating toll on Palestinian children. Massay shares how Gaza’s hospitals function under siege: with no real shifts, medical professionals work 24/7 under the constant sound of crying children and explosions. According to Massay, the injuries he treated—many gunshot wounds to the head, chest, and groin of young boys—were too precise to be anything but intentional. “Their reproductive organs were completely dismantled and destroyed,” he tells Adley, calling it “ethnic cleansing at its worst.” The interview also addresses the Israeli military’s targeting and imprisonment of doctors, including the death of Dr. Adnan al-Bursh under alleged torture in Israeli custody. Since October 7, 2023, over 1,150 health workers in Gaza have been killed, among them 165 doctors and 260 nurses. According to the World Health Organization, Israel has damaged or destroyed 33 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals. Massay’s reflections are not just professional—they’re personal. He speaks with anguish about the U.S. government’s unwavering support for Israel’s actions, including billions in aid and military assistance. "Looking into the eyes of a Palestinian child," he says, "it is a terrible feeling to know that my money and my taxes just killed you." This exclusive interview is a rare and urgent testimony from someone who witnessed the atrocities firsthand. It challenges listeners to confront the human cost of political choices and the moral consequences of silence. Trigger warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence against civilians and children. 🎧 Don’t miss this searing account from Gaza’s medical front lines. Support the show [https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/] MintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member [https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews] on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/mintpressnews/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/MintPressNews], Twitter [https://twitter.com/mintpressnews?lang=en] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mintpress/]. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7qXgJyGwhTxDcgC8UeNF1s], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mintcast/id1460817064], and SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/mpnews]. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines [https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindTheHeadlines/videos] channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey’s new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog [https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/lowkey/].

While the destruction in the Middle East has been fierce, the media war surrounding who controls the narrative of events has been no less intense. And MintPress News has been caught up in it. Our investigations into Israeli attempts to manipulate public understanding of the genocide in Gaza have drawn the ire of The Jerusalem Post, who recently attempted to cancel us, labeling MintPress as part of a network of Iranian, Russian and Syrian-backed extremist websites pushing antisemitism. Alan MacLeod, senior staff writer and podcast producer at MintPress News, will join the MintCast host to discuss this. Alan’s investigations, which revealed a network of former Israeli spies [https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media/288457/] and lobbyists [https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-the-israel-lobbyists-writing-americas-news/288575/] working in newsrooms across America, went viral and were read by hundreds of thousands of people. His report [https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media/288457/], entitled: “Revealed: The Israeli Spies Writing America’s News,” discussed how former agents from Israeli spying group Unit 8200 have found a home in some of the corporate media’s most prominent outlets, including Axios and CNN. Unit 8200 is the centerpiece of Israel’s surveillance state and has been the source of many of the most controversial spying and hacking scandals of the last decade. Former Unit 8200 agents developed the Pegasus spyware, which was used to snoop on activists, journalists, world leaders and royals around the world. His second investigation [https://www.mintpressnews.com/revealed-the-israel-lobbyists-writing-americas-news/288575/] cataloged hundreds of ex-Israel lobbyists who went on to work in newsrooms across the country. One example of this is the NBCUniversal network. CNBC’s lead work report was, until 2011, a commander in the Israeli Defense Forces before moving back to America to work for the Friends of the IDF. This group raises money for supplies and support for Israeli soldiers, as well as encouraging Americans to enlist in the Israeli military. This pro-Israel bias goes straight to the top. MSNBC’s executive producer, Moshe Arenstein, is a former IDF intelligence commander. The traction that these groundbreaking stories were receiving clearly put MintPress in the Jerusalem Post’s crosshairs, the Israeli newspaper publishing an attack against us. Support the show [https://www.mintpressnews.com/donations/] MintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member [https://www.patreon.com/MintPressNews] on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/mintpressnews/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/MintPressNews], Twitter [https://twitter.com/mintpressnews?lang=en] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mintpress/]. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7qXgJyGwhTxDcgC8UeNF1s], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mintcast/id1460817064], and SoundCloud [https://soundcloud.com/mpnews]. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines [https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindTheHeadlines/videos] channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey’s new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog [https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/lowkey/].