Iain Overton
Executive Director at Action on Armed Violence
⚔ Investigating war @aoav 📗 The Price of Paradise (suicide bombers) 📘 Gun Baby Gun (guns) ☞ PhD war-reporting ☞ @TheLancet ☞ @bylinetimes ☞ @soas @BirkbeckUoL
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BBC Admits 'Regret' After Again Failing to Disclose British Colonel's Links to Israeli Defence Force
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bylinetimes.com | Iain Overton
Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features…On 13 June 2025, retired Colonel Richard Kemp appeared on BBC Radio’s Stephen Nolan Show to discuss Israeli military strikes on Iran.
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aoav.org.uk | Iain Overton
The modern Middle-Eastern suicide bomber, the archetypal face of 21st-century terrorism, did not first emerge from the rubble of 9/11 nor the insurgencies in Iraq and Syria. Rather, the modern architecture of martyrdom was born earlier, in a different war and under a different banner: that of the Islamic Republic of Iran during its brutal conflict with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s. This origin story matters now more than ever.
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aoav.org.uk | Iain Overton
On the evening of June 12, 2025, Israel launched a surprise air campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure and senior leadership. The initial strikes hit the Natanz uranium enrichment site and key nodes in Iran’s ballistic missile programme, reportedly killing much of Iran’s top military command and several senior nuclear scientists. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu framed the assault as a pre-emptive blow against Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
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aoav.org.uk | Iain Overton
Here, Manasa Narayanan from The Citizens speaks to a former Palantir employee, who has now turned critic, agitator and educator speaking out against the tech company. One of the most defining images of Trump’s second inauguration was the tech overlords filing up to declare their allegiance. Perhaps this line up was a demonstration that they wield great powers too.
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aoav.org.uk | Iain Overton
More than three years into its bloody invasion of Ukraine, Russia has transformed into a full-scale wartime economy. Despite sweeping Western sanctions, the Kremlin has maintained economic stability and redirected state spending into defence production, with military expenditure now accounting for nearly 40% of the federal budget.
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A good day with some of Britain’s leading experts on the arms trade talking about investigating civilian harm @soas. Thank you to the 100 people who attended. https://t.co/DfcRSSEPY7
In an age where the UK public are being asked to foot the bill for a massive hike in defence spending, I’m not sure spending money on soldiers travelling to Belgium to learn the lessons of the Battle of Waterloo should be a top priority. https://t.co/gaz3Je6ueW
Anti-arms groups plan mass protests over expansion of UK nuclear deterrent https://t.co/dR3HmpuE42
