Jonathan Cook – Jonathan Cook blog Jan 29, 2026
Here is another example of utterly irresponsible journalism from the BBC on tonight’s News at Ten.
Diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley starts by credulously amplifying a fantastical death toll of “tens of thousands of dead” from recent protests in Iran – figures provided by regime opponents. Contrast that with the BBC’s constant, two years of caution and downplaying of the numbers killed in Gaza by Israel.
The idea that in a few days Iranian security forces managed to kill as many Iranians as Israel has managed to kill Palestinians in Gaza from the prolonged carpet-bombing and levelling of the tiny enclave, as well as the starvation of its population, beggars belief. The figures sound patently ridiculous because they are patently ridiculous.
Either the Iran death toll is massively inflated, or the Gaza death toll is a massive underestimate. Or far more likely, both are intentionally being used to mislead.
Watch Caroline Hawley’s two-minute report here:
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/iran2-copy.mp4?_=1
The BBC has a political agenda that says it is fine to headline a made-up, inflated figure of the dead in Iran because our leaders have defined Iran as an Official Enemy. While the BBC has a converse political agenda that says it’s fine to employ endless caveats to minimise a death toll in Gaza that is already certain to be a huge undercount because Israel is an Official Ally.
This isn’t journalism. It’s stenography for western governments that choose enemies and allies not on the basis of whether they adhere to any ethical or legal standards of behaviour but purely on the basis of whether they assist the West in its battle to dominate oil resources in the Middle East.
Notice something else. This news segment – focusing the attention of western publics once again on the presumed wanton slaughter of protesters in Iran earlier this month – is being used by the BBC to advance the case for a war on Iran on strictly humanitarian grounds that Trump himself doesn’t appear to share.
Trump has sent his armada of war ships to the Gulf not because he says he wants to protect protesters – in fact, missile strikes will undoubtedly kill many more Iranian civilians – but because he says he wishes to force Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme.
There are already deep layers of deceit from western politicians regarding Iran – not least, the years-long premise that Iran is seeking a nuclear bomb, for which there is still no evidence, and that Tehran is responsible for the breakdown of a deal to monitor its civilian nuclear power programme. In fact, it was Trump in his first term as president who tore up that agreement.
Iran responded by enriching uranium above the levels needed for civilian use in a move that was endlessly flagged to Washington by Tehran and was clearly intended to encourage the previous Biden administration to renew the deal Trump had wrecked.
Instead, on his return to power, Trump used that enrichment not as grounds to return to diplomacy but as a pretext, first, to intensify US sanctions that have further crippled Iran’s economy, deepening poverty among ordinary Iranians, and then to launch a strike on Iran last summer that appears to have made little difference to its nuclear programme but served to weaken its air defences, to assassinate some of its leaders and to spread terror among the wider population.
Notice too – though the BBC won’t point it out – that the US sanctions are a form of collective punishment on the Iranian population that is in breach of international law and that last year’s strikes on Iran were a clear war of aggression, which is defined as “the supreme international crime”.
The US President is now posturing as though he is the one who wants to bring Iran to the negotiating table, by sending an armada of war ships, when it was he who overturned that very negotiating table in May 2018 and ripped up what was known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The BBC, of course, makes no mention whatsoever of this critically important context for judging the credibility of Trump’s claims about his intentions towards Iran. Instead its North America editor, Sarah Smith, vacuously regurgitates as fact the White House’s evidence-free claim that Iran has a “nuclear weapons programme” that Trump wants it to “get rid of”.
Watch Sarah Smith’s one-minute report here:
Video source: https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/irans-big.mp4
But on top of all that, media like the BBC are adding their own layers of deceit to sell the case for a US war on Iran.
First, they are doing so by trying to find new angles on old news about the violent repression of protests inside Iran. They are doing so by citing extraordinary, utterly unevidenced death toll figures and then tying them to the reasons for Trump going on the war path. Its reporting is centring once again – after the catastrophes of Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and elsewhere – bogus humanitarian justifications for war when Trump himself is making no such connection.
And second, the BBC’s reporting by Sarah Smith coolly lays out the US mechanics of attacking Iran – the build-up to war – without ever mentioning that such an attack would be in complete violation of international law. It would again be “the supreme international crime”.
Instead she observes: “Donald Trump senses an opportunity to strike at a weakened leadership in Tehran. But how is actually going to do that? I mean he talked in his message about the successful military actions that have definitely emboldened him after the actions he took in Venezuela and earlier last year in Iran.”
Imagine if you can – and you can’t – the BBC dispassionately outlining Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to move on from his invasion of Ukraine into launching military strikes on Poland. Its correspondents note simply the number of missiles Putin has massed closer to Poland’s borders, the demands made by the Russian leader of Poland if it wishes to avoid attack, and the practical obstacles in the way of the attack. One correspondent ends by citing Putin’s earlier, self-proclaimed successes, such as the invasion of Ukraine, as a precedent for his new military actions.
It is unthinkable. And yet not a day passes without the BBC broadcasting this kind of blatant warmongering slop dressed up as journalism. The British public have to pay for this endless stream of disinformation pouring into their living rooms – lies that not only leave them clueless about important international events but drive us ever closer to the brink of global conflagration.
its time the rothschild BBC was done away with
After Rothschild took the UK economy after Waterloo in 1815
the jews were ina position to dictate Government policies.
Two world wars and other conflicts were fought for them
At the present time we have helped the Genocide in Palestine
and we are balanced for a war on Iran.
Why ? because the jews want the land and they refuse to allow rothschild banking.
The UK at present owes the jewbankers 4 trillion, a trillion is one million times one million.
the interest in this is £5000 per second.
We can get the jews off our backs if we support iran, if israel is crushed its a win-win for the UK
Britain is finished, Kier Starmer wont accept help from the USA as Trump wants the migrants sent home
something jewboy Starmer wont accept, the British people wanted out of the EU which was run by and for the banks, the reason was to control our borders and get back our fishing grounds, we kinda came out
but did not get these.
So Starmer wants us back in.
He is at present talking to china for help, the people of the UK just want jewboy Starmer out
and the migrants sent home
Iran doesn’t have to go all out for the bomb. Pakistan has told them if they need the bomb then they will give Iran the bomb anytime they want it. I hope they level that shitty little state sooner than later. Tod dem Juden
The Independent
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Keir Starmer signals support for US strikes on Iran
Story by Athena Stavrou
NOT IN OUR NAME
starmer the dirty jew must be stopped
no more illegal wars
the voice of the people must be heard just say NO
WHO WAS PETER THE PERVERT ?
jeffrey Epstein sent thousands of pounds in bank transfers after his release from prison in 2009 to Peter Mandelson’s male partner, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice yesterday.
The money was for defence in possible child abuse cases
Mandleson had links to Elton John Jimmy Tarbuck and Paul Gamabacinni under operation Yewtree
The US justice department last night announced it was releasing more than 3m pages of documents related to its investigation into disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with links to Peter mandelson in the largest cache of files released to date.
Close to 2000 child porn vids belonging to Mandelson were impounded
The latest documents raise fresh questions about Epstein’s close relationship with Mandelson, who was sacked as the UK ambassador to Washington when details of his close support for the disgraced financier emerged in September.
Peters knickname was lord of the rings “Rings ” is a pseudonym for boys bottoms
Letby is innocent, says Beverley Allitt detective
Story by Gwyn Wright •
Lucy Letby is likely to have fallen victim to “the greatest miscarriage of justice this century”, the detective who caught killer nurse Beverley Allitt has said.
Retired Det Supt Stuart Clifton has been carrying out a review into the evidence against the 36-year-old, who is serving 15 life sentences for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven others.
experts have raised concerns about the safety of her convictions in the years since she was sent to jail.
Dr Shoo Lee, whose academic work was cited by the prosecution during her trial, said in 2024 that he was “pretty certain” she had not murdered or attempted to murder any babies.
Last week it emerged that the Countess of Chester Hospital, where the nurse worked, was infected with the same waterborne bug linked to deaths at a scandal-hit hospital in Glasgow.Last week it emerged that the Countess of Chester Hospital, where the nurse worked, was infected with the same waterborne bug linked to deaths at a scandal-hit hospital in Glasgow.Last week it emerged that the Countess of Chester Hospital, where the nurse worked, was infected with the same waterborne bug linked to deaths at a scandal-hit hospital in Glasgow.
A review by Mr Clifton, seen by The Sun, has found no evidence any of the babies were deliberately harmed or that Letby caused deliberate harm to them.
The detective also said so-called confession notes she had written, in which she was told to write “I am evil, I did this”, offer no concrete proof of her guilt.
“I am totally satisfied that Lucy Letby is innocent of all charges and that the evidence in relation to the causes of deaths and collapses put forward at trial is incorrect,” he told The Sun.
“The net result is that this is likely the greatest miscarriage of justice this century – and that we have seen in a very long time.”
Mr Clifton continued: “The inquiry in the Letby case seems to have started from the presumption that there were unlawful acts being committed at the neonatal unit at Chester Hospital, the filthy tap water there several times had contained toxic chemicals
“That’s a dangerous presumption to start from. I think what one should do from the start is what we did in the Allitt case. That was, look at the evidence that is available which would support the supposition that these children died as the result of criminal hands.
“In my view, there is no evidence at all that children were murdered. And I support that by saying that from June 2015 to July 2016, there were numerous reviews by senior paediatricians at the hospital. None concluded there was a criminal in the midst, killing children and babies.”
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Keir Starmer’s popularity plunges to unprecedented low level as over 90% of voters want PM replaced
Story by Richard Jeffries • 8h •A vast majority of voters want to see Sir Keir Starmer replaced as Labour leader, damning new polling has found.
The BMG Research survey found 90% per cent of respondents want the party to replace its current leader,
The Prime Minister’s personal standing has deteriorated to unprecedented levels, with his net satisfaction rating plunging to a record low
Perhaps most concerning for Downing Street, Sir has now lost favour even among those who voted Labour at the 2024 general election, recording a negative net satisfaction with this crucial group for the first time.
Starmers close connections to Peter mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein have horrified the public
Starmer with family back in israel and holding a dual passport j
have fostered mistrust from the public, the people do not support his war on iran and his close connection with rent boys have sealed his fate
These plastic media whores don’t deserve the time of day.
News about Starmer Back Rom China
Trump blasts Starmer China trip
Disapointing he said as
Stamer was laughed at in China
we dont laugh at him in the UK
Starmer might get through his visit to China unscathed but back in the UK his political career has been over some time
IT’S probably for the best that Chinese hackers haven’t yet managed to tap the texts of Sir Keir Starmer’s top team. Imagine one of Xi’s minions choking on his prawn balls at the gay sweary messages
we just want starmer and his migrants out
“Iran has not yet learned how to be multicultural. And I think we are going to be part of the throes of that transformation, which must take place. Iran is not going to be the monolithic society that it once was in the last century. Jews are going to be at the center of that. It’s a huge transformation for Iran to make. It is now going into a multicultural mode and Jews will be resented because of our leading role. But without that leading role, and without that transformation, Iran will not survive”.
— Barbara Lerner Spectre, founding director of Paideia, the International Institute in London for Jewish Studies in Creative Destruction
In diversity is (((our))) strength
Look into my eyes, look deeply into my eyes … do as (((we))) say, not as (((we))) do.
Stop treating the bbc like a news service. It’s the main orifice for the kikes that own britain. Of course it’s going to spew kike shit.
Cook manages skilfully once again, to completely circumvent the Elephant in the Room.
By referring to Israel in a superficially disparaging manner as an “Official Ally” he avoids stating what we all know – that Israel, that is to say the perfidious Jewish gang now infesting every major government and news organisation, is not merely an ally, but is in fact the hidden hand driving it all.
He is either stupid or a gatekeeper.
And I dont think he’s stupid.
Absolutely right. Do bot pay your Tv license! Its toxic warmongering propaganda.
The British MP who writes spy novels under the name nigel west
is given access to all cold war material as its released
But a tranche of documents given to him, had some thing missing.
I contacted several people over this, and only MP said he would chase it up, even he was fobbed off.
I chased this as much as i could and made myself a nuisance
it was a document copied and kept hidden, but removed from the batch given to Nigel West, the removal i was told because it referred to the jewish holocaust as fictitious.
I thought if its ficticious why hide it, i contacteda distant couson at the Home Office, who said the holocaist as is told never happened
i was in shock i always thought this was real
but in the soviet archives its seen as one huge fake
Slags from London
Any Brit forking out good money to access the BBC because they believe what the BBC reports…
Is going to hell.
Britain is the #1 Jew State in the world. It has been ruled by the Rothschilds for over 3oo years. It’s Royalty has been thoroughly inseminated by Jew sperm.
Western media is 100% Jew-owned. No western nation is sovereign. They are all ruled by Rothschild Jewry, et al. They seem determined to get Nuked by Russia, as they are delusional that they can fight Russia, which will exterminate them.
If Nuclear war crushes Jew power forever, I’d say it’s worth it. The world cannot survive Insane Jewry being in charge, much less ever knowing peace & prosperity. Burn it down and start over, without Jews manipulating evil from under every rock.
Jeffrey Epstein sent thousands of pounds to Peter Mandelson’s husband, emails reveal
Story by Marcus Donaldson • 5h •
this headline is stupid marriage is between a man and a woman
a man cannot marry a man thats perversion
read what the holy bible says
Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Peter Mandelson’s partner Reinaldo Avila da Silva, according to documents released by the US Department of Justice.
The money was to offset operation yewtree where mandelson was with elton john and others nobbing small boys
Why is this Imminent Threat of War Against Iran so UNJUST?
The real reasons for it which they actually broadcast, prove that it is simply another Western-based might-makes-right operation to either extort through either threats or force to destroy the infrastructure of the nation and slaughtering of millions of people unless the nation and its resources is turned over to the plunders. However, this time it is necessary in the face of another totally unjust war to officially collapse the sham of the “rules-based” order they formerly hid behind, revealing the total sham of Davos. The truth movement these days simply moves to quickly for them in exposing their scams, and they have clearly decided for the sake of more public support to appeal to the most primitive of human instincts for support, which are greed and the lust for power. The AI facts set out below, which they freely publish, show their actual interests and motivations, and prove that the Western powers are intent on conquering Iran to expand their power base for a multiplicity of gains and for global hegemony.
As for the use of the Jews, the Western powers are content to let the most ruthless people in their midst guide their decisions, and to shift most of the blame for their own shared rapacious plundering to those leaders who likely intend to get the most out of the various extortions and war ventures. Particularly now in the US we see the amoral tribal leaders always eager to take the forefront on the world stage in any huge undertaking promising success, but ever impervious to any blame for the crimes, as if taking the leadership in all roles advances the tribe, much like the adage, “All press, including bad press, is good press.”
There ought to be no argument about this. The problem is that most people simply prefer to take sides and all of the lies in order either to share in the spoils, or they prefer to go along in order to get along with the unjust methods and ends, like PM Carney of Canada admitted at Davos.
Questions to AI Overview and Its Answers
Question: “Is Iran seen as the gateway to control of Eurasia and thus Asia?”
Answer: “Yes, many geopolitical analysts consider control or influence over Iran to be a critical key—often described as the “Eurasian Lock”—to dominating the heart of Eurasia, and consequently, Asia. Iran’s strategic importance stems from its unique geography, linking the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf and acting as a bridge between the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East.”
Question: “Why Iran is Considered the Key to Eurasia?”
Answers: “Geographical Pivot (The “Lock”): Iran connects the Eurasian heartland to the Indian Ocean, serving as a vital node in land-based transit corridors, such as the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), which links Russia to India.
Alternative to Maritime Choke Points: For China, Iran is a crucial component of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), providing a land-based route for energy and trade that bypasses US-controlled maritime routes, such as the Strait of Malacca and the Suez Canal.
Energy Security: Iran possesses the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves and fourth-largest oil reserves. Control over Iran offers significant influence over global energy supplies, with a large portion of its exports flowing to Asia.
Security Buffer: Iran acts as a firewall against instability in the Caucasus and Central Asia, which is critical for the regional security strategies of both Russia and China.
Geopolitical Implications:
Western Perspective: For the US, weakening Iranian influence is seen as a way to disrupt the China-Russia-Iran axis and prevent the consolidation of a unified Eurasia.
Eurasian Power Perspective: Russia and China rely on a stable, allied Iran to reduce their own vulnerabilities to Western sanctions and maritime pressure.
Regional Competition: Iran’s influence is contested by Turkey, particularly in the Caucasus, where competing transport corridors (like the “Trump Route” or TRIPP) aim to bypass Iranian territory.
While Iran is not the only piece of the puzzle—Central Asia, Russia, and China itself are critical—it is widely viewed as a “critical geographic node” that acts as a pivot in 21st-century Eurasia, making it a central factor in the competition for influence across the continent.”
“…not a day passes without the BBC broadcasting this kind of blatant warmongering slop dressed up as journalism. The British public (have to) pay for this endless stream of disinformation pouring into their living rooms – lies that not only leave them clueless about important international events but drive us ever closer to the brink of global conflagration.”
I’m afraid that Brits are too THICK – just too damn DUMB – to survive too much longer.
If they haven’t learnt by now, they NEVER will. 🙄
Go Ahead…Make My Day
The world’s biggest terrorist organization, the US regime and its agencies, which are all under the control of the International jewish Banking Cartel, has been declaring war on Iran for decades, particularly since 9/11. The Neoconderthals wrote it all down in their “Plan for a New American Century”. The plan to take out Iran was widely publicized by jerks like General Wesley Clark with his famous video about taking out 7 countries in 5 years in the Middle East. They are behind schedule.
If the Neoconderthal terrorists who run israel, the jew K and BrainWashington, give the order for a full-scale, full-blown attack on Iran, will the US officers obey? If so, the US is in for a most humiliating surprise.
Logically, and according to Andrei Martyanov, a full-blown attack won’t happen because it would be devastating and suicidal for the US and israhel.
However, the BrainWashington crazies have shown that they are not logical. Their language indicates that they live in a delusional state in which THEY, are the ones who determine what reality is. THEY, are the chosen ones to rule over all. In their conceited little minds, they think themselves high and mighty. THEY, have been begging to be brought down since the jewish banking cartel grabbed control of the US before World War I and Iran is ready to do just that.
The War on Terror was declared shortly after 9/11 and the biggest terrorist organization on the planet is in the sights of a country who decided to take the War on Terror seriously and is prepared to blast these these robotic, order following terrorists off the planet for the benefit of all mankind.
I wish them a Big Beautiful Success.
Voltman
US-Iran War About to Break Out? – Andrei Martyanov, Dialogue Works
Go Ahead…Make My Day
https://grizzom.blogspot.com/2026/01/go-aheadmake-my-day.html
Further evidence of how England is conquered by the Zionist International, now ruled by a foreign power, Israel.
The City of London, a base for the Zionist International, and its Zionist financiers plan for more profits, from war.
Horror as woman, 18, dies after migrant shives her onto train tracks
The 18-year-old woman was pulled in front of an oncoming train by a Sudanese migrant
A young woman has been killed in a horrific attack after being dragged onto a train track by a Sudanese migrant. Fatemah D., 18, was grabbed by 25-year-old Ariop A. and pulled in front of an oncoming train in front of onlookers.
for gods sake send these people home
Iran should kill all the spies, anti-regime instigators and western agents. Secretly, no fuss about it, just low-key, swift assassin-style action to silently get rid of all the mosad, mi6 and cia vermin.
Rixon thankyou for what you do
some great comments here
my personal hero Nick Kollerstrom along with marco sierra stephen welbeck harbinger and voltman thankyou guys
Anyone who believes they are getting any actual truth from the legacy jews, er news, media is severely mentally retarded. The only reports that can be trusted in the least are local stories that you can personally go witness and verify. Or vice versa, like when the Convid-19(84) hysteria was being shoved down our throats, I went to the large hospitals in my area several times and found them comparatively empty, and certainly no refrigerated corpse trailers were found where the jews-news said they were. I already suspected the hysteria was bullshit at least partially due to the absurd recommendations of “experts”, e.g. people to avoid fresh air and sunshine, etc etc., and my probing at the hospitals confirmed it was a massive false-flag terrorism operation.
The short of it is agents of terror covering for major criminals while spouting abject bullshit in the jews media deserve to suffer paralyzing fear and excruciating pain. Take festering c*nts like Caroline Hawley and Sarah Smith for example – they should be chased through the streets, have their tongues ripped out by the root and stuffed up each others’ asses, then tarred and feathered.
And get a load of the very telling look on that shamelessly mendacious presstitute Sarah Smith above, as that first frame tells it all, it is the overt expression of someone who thinks they are a good liar, but the smarm says they suck at it….yet, countless dumb-f*cks believe scum like that anyway.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, courts have declared that “news” is classified as entertainment and are thus under no obligation to tell the truth. While they can be called on the carpet for defamation or slander, they otherwise have complete license to fabricate, distort, and outright lie. The sad fact is you’ll get more truth in an old episode of The Flintstones, where a brontosaurus can be used as a crane and a live pelican’s beak for mixing cement, than you will get from the corporate jews media.
If you are some kind of masochist who enjoys being lied to and mocked as a f*cking imbecile, then keep paying that license like a chump and keep tuning in. If you are sick of being treated like a retarded piece of shit by agents of treachery and terror, then those script readers, editors, executives, and owners have names, and those names have addresses……
A major objective of The Protocols was for Jewry to get a stranglehold on “news” and entertainment organizations after hijacking the systems of currency and credit, and those demonic rabid jackals have been very successful at nailing that objective…and raping your mind, body, and wallet in the process….but The Protocols are just a fabrication of dirty antisemites, right?
The BBC(?). what about the ones in France, Germany and Italy – they’re most likely owned and operated by the same Khazarian Banksters centered in City of London and Basel Switzerland, also, DC and NYC where the Babysitters hang out. There has to be, along with AIPAC – BIPAC, FIPAC, GIPAC, SIPAC, UIPAC and IIPAC and probably over 185 more. And now, Trumpkin had Maduro kidnapped, so you can bet there’ll be a new Rothschilds controlled Central Bank in Venezuela. Only a handful of countries that need a little war started and complete the regime change. Damn, the US tax $$$ debt goes a long ways, ya? I got a better idea, and I’ll bet you can guess what that is!!!!
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