Why we wrote our recent deep dive
| Hey, | I disappeared on Thursday. If you emailed me, sorry — I saw it, I just didn't respond. I spent the entire day reading and writing about Iran and the bomb, because the more I dug in, the more I realized how much critical context is completely missing from the conversation right now. | Not the last two weeks. The last forty years. How nine countries got nuclear weapons and who helped whom. Why knowing how to build a bomb isn't the same as building one. The incredible, almost absurd operations the US and Israel ran to sabotage Iran from the inside — and how, after all of it, Iran was still just weeks away. | We sent it to our members yesterday. The response has been the best I've ever gotten on a piece. | Robert S: "This is without a doubt the best dissertation of the history of Iran and its determination to obtain a nuclear weapon." Mona A: "Thank you for helping me to understand what really is true and reasonable for this conflict." Jim S: "The piece on Iran's building the bomb is an incredibly well written piece of history." Brian P: "Excellent. Thanks for the history of them working on the bomb and the American history of sabotage and help to them over the different presidents." Ruth L: "Very informative!!! Thank you for the deep dive." Chai B: "Wow, absolutely incredible breakdown of circumstances!" Michael H: "Excellent explanation of what led up to the strikes." Shirley D: "Thanks for offering true journalism!!" Alice N: "Thank you for this excellent Deep Dive." Ken F: "Wow! Great article about 'the Bomb'." Loraine B: "Very well done!" JY: "Well said! Plain language."
| And from Brandon, our Managing Editor: | | Why am I showing you all of this? | Because this is what we do — and we can only continue if you choose to support us. A piece like this takes an entire day of research, writing, and back-and-forth editing with Brandon, to turn forty years of history into something you can sit down and actually understand. |
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| | And look — I'm not going to do the whole pitch. You know what Upward News is. You know we don't have corporate backers or advertisers. You know it's just us and the readers who support this work. | When you join, you get: | Full access to our daily-brief, including member-only editions Pieces like the Iran report — the deep dives our members love and share Clear, unbiased reporting you won't find anywhere else
| So I'll just be straight with you: we're behind on our membership goals this month, and if this piece meant something to you — or if you've been reading us for a while and thinking about upgrading — now would be a really good time. | You'll get the full Iran piece immediately, plus everything else we publish for members. | | Thanks for reading. Seriously. | PS After you upgrade, you can access the full Iran report here → | Ariel |
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