By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with By an accident of the calendar, this year’s Good Friday follows just two days after April Fools’ Day. It is no accident that the Trump Administration has put its Arab and European allies for the war against Iran on the battlefield of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in order to […]

By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with Russian public opinion is swinging decisively in favour of Iran and hostility towards the US and Israel is growing, according to the latest nationwide opinion poll conducted by the Levada polling group of Moscow between March 18 and 26, 2026.   Sympathy for Iran is expressed by 40% of the nationwide sample; […]

By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The news broke shortly after today’s Dialogue Works podcast went to air. This is China’s attempt to take from Iran its two trump cards in defending itself from the US, Israel and their allies: First card — Iran’s right of self-defence and retaliation against each and every base, including radars, logistics, […]

By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The weapon was first used at least forty thousand years ago, not only by Australian aboriginals (lead image, left) but also by ancient Egyptians and native Americans like the Navajo.   Even the Poles are known to have mastered the technology of shaping mammoth tusks and throwing them at people whose meat they […]

By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The survivors of the US attack and sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena on March 4 are direct witnesses of exactly what happened — not only in the hours and minutes before the attack, but also in the days preceding –at least a week — when Iranian officials were requesting sanctuary […]