Larry Johnson – Video Monday: Analyzing Israel, Iran, Ukraine
by Larry Johnson [6-30-2025 published] Larry C. Johnson(bio).
Mind you, I am not complaining… I had a busy day flapping my gums. The primary focus remains on the aftermath of the Iran / Israel war. But there is action on a new front– Azerbaijan– that I believe represents another Western-supported effort to create trouble for Russia by exploiting ethnic tensions between Russia and the Azeris.
On Monday, Azerbaijan detained Russian journalists and raided the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik in Baku. The immediate trigger was the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a Russian police operation in Yekaterinburg last week against an organized crime group in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, composed of Russian nationals of Azerbaijani origin. Azerbaijani authorities denounced the “brutal killings” and accused Russian law enforcement of acting with ethnic bias.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that Sputnik had continued operating in the country through “unauthorized funding” even after its accreditation was revoked in February 2025. During the raid, police detained several individuals, including Sputnik’s local editor-in-chief and director, and Azerbaijani media reported that some of those detained were suspected of being connected to Russian intelligence.
The Azerbaijani government also canceled Russian cultural events and withdrew from scheduled bilateral meetings with Russia in protest of the treatment of ethnic Azerbaijanis in Russia. Russia, in response, summoned Azerbaijan’s ambassador and condemned the detentions as “unfriendly actions” and “illegal detention of Russian journalists”.
But there may be more to this story — Azerbaijan is used by both the Mossad and the CIA for clandestine operations against Iran. Israel used Azerbaijan air space to launch missiles and drones into Iran during the latest conflict. So, is this flare-up between Russia and Azerbaijan just about the Yekaterinburg incident, or is Azerbaijan now making a turn to the West in order to put pressure on Russia? I think it is the latter. I don’t believe in coincidence. Keep your eye on Azerbaijan.
Monday morning started with my regularly scheduled chats with Nima and with Judge Napolitano. As soon as I signed off with the Judge, I jumped on Deep Dive with Danny Davis, who just returned from a week vacation in Europe. The final video posted below comes courtesy of Randy Credico… Andrei Martyanov and I appeared on his WBAI radio show last Friday and we spent the hour talking primarily about the war in Ukraine.
Larry C. Johnson: Shockwave in Israel: Iran’s Missiles Break All Expectations!
by Dialogue Works [6-30-2025 published]
(Iran should recognize that the US is their enemy. For Iran to believe that they could negotiate with the US in good faith, turned out to be a trap when both Israel & the US invaded. In the past it was the US that encouraged Iraq to invade Iran & Iraq used chemical weapons against Iran, even though Iran didn't use them against Iraq.
Netanyahu has no regard for human life and indiscriminately kills civilians while waging war. On the other hand, Iran focused on military targets in Israel without targeting civilians.
Europe has made itself irrelevant as a power. They are weak & powerless. Since the West doesn't want to acknowledge the "root causes" of the Ukrainian conflict, it looks like this conflict will be settled on the battlefield. They have already lost, yet they & their supporters aren't willing to admit this.
Remember that the US is not looking to be a friend of Russia, China, India, and the BRICS nations. The US is not interested in helping others. They want other nations to be weak, powerless & subservient to the US. That is not a way to build long term sustainable relations. — RAD)
Larry Johnson : How Iran Is Responding
by Judge Napolitano, Judging Freedom [6-30-2025 published]
(The web of lies from Trump's Administration about Iran & Israel is massive. Trump is also delusional about the B-2 bombing results in Iran, since it wasn't "devastating". The US intelligence community had already concluded that the enriched uranium had been moved before the B-2 bombing strikes.
The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) is no longer neutral. It has become politicized and was sharing information with Israel who is not a NPT member. Because of the IAEA, Israel knew the names of key Iranian nuclear scientists and murdered them & their families during the 12-day war, as well as key political leaders.
Focusing on Iran's nuclear activities was a decoy. The real objective was to destabilize Iran & collapse its government. Iran, Russia & China are the top 3 BRICS members and Trump has made it clear in many ways that he wants to cripple BRICS. Both Russia & China realize that if Iran falls, the US will come after Russia & China even harder. Trump is also very upset that the BRICS nations are moving away from the $dollar as a reserve currency and as the way to settle international trade payments. Trump has picked a fight that he can't win in the long run. — RAD)
12 Day War - How Iran's Bombs Changed Israel with Larry Johnson
by Daniel Davis, Deep Dive [6-30-2025 published]
(It is an open secret that Israel has 80 to several hundred nuclear weapons. Israel has refused to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) & doesn't allow any of its nuclear weapons to be inspected. Yet Israel has kept saying for over 30+ years that Iran is just weeks or months away from having nuclear weapons and must be stopped by invading Iran.
It was Trump who walked away from the JPOA with Iran in his first term. Iran was not involved in the 9/11 attack & Iran hasn't invaded other countries. Of course, both Israel & the US are constantly invading other countries.
Russia was previously willing to tolerate Ukraine being in the EU, but that is now off the table since the EU has become an extension of NATO.
Russia is the only country in the world that is self-sufficient with adequate resources for energy, food, & other necessities for meaningful living. Neither the US or China are self-sufficient, which means that they depend upon some other nations for some of their needs. This factors into Russia's negotiating positions.
The West, primarily the US & NATO, has been trying to provoke a war with Russia. For many years they have been preparing Ukraine for a hybrid war against Russia, hoping that they could destabilize Russia & break it up. This hasn't worked out for the West. It is now clear that Russia could win against both NATO & the US. Unfortunately, the West hasn't yet been willing to give up their fantasies about Russia. — RAD)