Max Blumenthal

Piers Morgan invited Max Blumenthal on to discuss his Iran reporting and the illegal seizure of his devices by the US govt, but spent much of his time questioning Blumenthal's "impartiality.""I'm absolutely not impartial," Blumenthal explained. "I am not objective, and the concept of objectivity, as we understand it, is set out by the corporate media according to the parameters devised for them by...

You'll have had your constitutional rights! Arriving back in the US from the funeral in Tehran of Ayatollah Khamenei, the Grayzone's Max Blumenthal tells George Galloway what it was like having his phones unlawfully seized, and what he’s doing to fight back. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.co...

In Tehran, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal meets the director of Explosive Media, the elite team of animators, researchers and filmmakers who decisively won the propaganda war over the US and Israel with a series of viral Lego videos mocking Trump and his henchmen, while stirring sympathy for the civilian victims of the US-Israeli assault on their country. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal visits a neighborhood in Eastern Tehran, Iran bombarded with 8 missiles launched by the US-Israeli coalition on March 9, 2026. There, he met local residents who witnessed what they described as a major atrocity in which dozens of civilians were killed, and many wounded, while scores of families were left homeless. Above the door of an apartment building which was comp...

Former US Rep. Dennis Kucinich joins The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal to discuss Section 219, a measure insidiously inserted into the NDAA bill which will effectively merge the US and Israeli militaries across areas including AI, cyberwarfare, biotech, missile defense, and defense industrial production. Kucinch explains why the bill will shatter what's left of American sovereignty and congressional o...

The US-Israeli coalition bombed Iran's Azadi Stadium on March 5, destroying the indoor volleyball and wrestling complex which hosts international competitions. Max Blumenthal visits the ruined arena and places its destruction in the wider context of US-Israeli attacks on the country's knowledge base and the rigging of FIFA's World Cup against Iran's national team. This is a public episode. If you'...

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal meets top Iranian analyst and journalist Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm in Tehran on July 9, moments after the US resumed airstrikes on Iran, and as the funeral procession for the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proceeded through Iraq. Blumenthal asks Khoshcheshm what the red flags of revenge seen throughout the funeral procession signify, and whether the many public c...

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani after he presided over the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the largest gathering in human history, where millions clamored for revenge for their leader's assassination. Zakani is a leading conservative politician who campaigned for the presidency as an opponent of the JCPOA nuclear deal, and has since emerged as top critic of...

The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed documents the arrival of the body of Iranian leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei to the Iraqi city of Karbala — the spiritual capital for over 200 million Shias — and explains why so many are drawing parallels between his killing at the hands of Trump and Netanyahu, and the slaying of the foundational figure of Shia Islam, Imam al-Hussein. This is a public episode. If you'd like t...

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Setareh Sadeqi of the University of Tehran about calls by average Iranians and some politicians for targeting Trump and Netanyahu as revenge for their assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Dr. Setareh Sadeqi can be found at @leelako on X/Twitter This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal joins Prof. Mohammad Marandi on his trip to Tehran's Mosalla to pay respects to Seyyed Ali Khamenei. The public mourning which began on July 4th for the martyred Iranian leader comprises the largest funeral in human history. Marandi analyzes the significance of Khamenei's life and legacy, and discusses his role in forging the Islamic Republic. This is a public episode...

Max Blumenthal visits a rally in Engelhab Square where masses of citizens chanted against Iran’s assailants to the rhythm of Dammam music. Rallies like these have been held in squares across Iran for over 120 days. Participants see them as an important component in their country’s successful mobilization against the joint US-Israeli military assault. This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc...

The Grayzone's Oscar Leon spoke with close colleagues and friends of Ecuadorian activist Monika Silva, whose killing has shocked the nation, and deepened questions about the government's ties to narco cartels. Monika Silva was one of Ecuador’s most tireless anti-corruption and environmental activists. On June 8, she was found dead in her home in Montañita, Ecuador. The government claims she was de...

After news emerged that the US and Iran had finally reached an agreement to cease hostilities, thousands of civilians raced to return to their homes in Southern Lebanon. Days later, Israel responded to the elimination of its occupying soldiers by carrying out some of the worst massacres in its war on Lebanon, forcing civilians back to an uncertain future in the north — and forcing Iran to close th...

Max Blumenthal joins Mario Nawfal to discuss the fallout from Trump's MOU with Iran This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegrayzone.substack.com/subscribe

The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal breaks down recent reports emanating from US intelligence warning that Israeli spying has reached "critical" levels since President Donald Trump initiated negotiations with Iran. Blumenthal explains who Israel is reportedly targeting, and how the NY Times confirmed his own reporting about Israeli spying on the White House from one year ago. This is a public episode. I...

In his latest on the ground report for The Grayzone, Wyatt Reed travelled to the ancient city of Tyre to document the aftermath of a brutal wave of Israeli strikes on residential buildings and local businesses. Despite Israel’s claims that their attacks target Hezbollah, he found no evidence of militant activity. Instead, he only encountered civilians attempting to rebuild their lives — and, in ma...

Cerie Bulivant, a passenger on the Gaza Sumud Flotilla, joins The Grayzone to share his testimony of experiencing heinous abuses and torture by Israeli soldiers after the aid boats were intercepted. Max Blumenthal is then joined by Wyatt Reed from Beirut, who will discuss his coverage of the war in southern Lebanon between invading Israeli forces and Hezbollah. Aaron Mate also joins to cover Iran,...

The Grayzone's Wyatt Reed interviews Wafiq Safa, a senior Hezbollah official and former head of Hezbollah's Liaison and Coordination Unit. In a candid exchange about Hezbollah's conflict with Israel in Southern Lebanon, Safa provides new details on resistance operations, its intelligence capacity, and how he believes it has forced Israel into a costly stalemate that exposes the limits of Israeli m...

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal reacts to the Department of Justice’s indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro for shooting down a pair of planes from a CIA-backed network of Miami Cubans, Brothers to the Rescue, who deliberately and repeatedly violated Cuban airspace in 1996.Blumenthal explains how the Clinton administration warned that the planes were “taunting” the Cuban government, and w...

For years, the Imam Khomayni mosque and medical center provided free treatment and medicine to the people of Maachouq in South Lebanon. That all ended yesterday morning, when Israeli forces decimated the building, and the adjacent civil defense headquarters, with two massive rocket strikes. Wyatt Reed reports from the scene. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr...

Max explains how the campaign to defeat Rep Thomas Massie reveals how Israel’s lobby network is shamelessly buying U.S. politics, laundering influence through Trump-world, and pushing war and censorship. But the public is finally breaking through the propaganda, and a backlash is building. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode...

The Grayzone’s Oscar Leon interviews Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia and leader of the country’s indigenous and peasant sectors, about the national uprising which now threatens the survival of the government of neoliberal President Rodrigo Paz. Morales discusses the factors behind the growing rebellion and the refusal of the pro-US government in La Paz to address its demands. He describes...

On May 16, a missile from an Israeli drone slammed into a Gaza City residential apartment building late in the evening, killing 7 people and wounding 50.Among the dead is Izz al-Din al-Haddad, known as Abu Shuaib, the general commander of Hamas’ Al Qassam Brigades – effectively the leader of the resistance in GazaThe assassination takes place amid a ceasefire which Israel has consistently violated...

In a report from Southern Lebanon, The Grayzone’s Wyatt Reed met with members of Nabatiyeh Rescue, who were repeatedly targeted by Israeli drone strikes as they attempted to rescue the victims of Israel’s ongoing military assault. Wyatt spoke to crew’s chief, Captain Muhammad Sulaiman, who watched as his 16-year-old son, Joud, was killed by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver food to civili...