Novara Live Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran’s Water Supply | With Abby Martin
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Mar 30, 2026 
Abby Martin, journalist and filmmaker behind The Empire Files and the documentary 'Earth's Greatest Enemy', joins to unpack escalating strikes on Iran and Trump's threats to its power and desalination plants. They explore risks of a ground invasion, the environmental toll of military action, oil chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz, and how geopolitics, NATO and multipolarity shape the conflict.
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Empire Motive Revealed As Resource Grab
- Trump openly framed intervention as grabbing Iranian oil, removing pretense of humanitarian motives.
- Abby Martin stresses this confirms long-standing imperial aims targeting Iran's resources and regional dominance.
US Campaign Against Iran Is Decades Long
- Abby Martin traces the US campaign against Iran to a 70-year project starting with the 1953 coup and sanctions.
- She cites Mosaddegh, backing the Shah, the Iran–Iraq war, Soleimani assassination and sanctions as continuity.
Not Just A Lobby The US Wanted Iran Crushed
- Abby Martin rejects the idea that a foreign lobby alone drove US policy; she argues US elite consensus built anti‑Iran policy.
- She acknowledges undue influence from pro‑Israel groups but insists the US wanted to crush Iran itself.