Iran
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Iran News Links 20 September 2019
20 September 2019 • 21:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back ‘We’ll respond to US plots, all the way from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean,’ Iran warns Washington https://on.rt.com/a22l Hormuz: a play-by-play of the worst case… Continue reading
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Iran/Saudi Arabia News Links 18-19 September 2019
19 September 2019 • 19:39 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Trump Regime Anti-Iran Blame Game https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-anti-iran-blame-game/5689657 How the Houthis overturned the chessboard https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/19/how-the-houthis-overturned-the-chessboard/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 18 September 2019
18 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back If Iran behind attack, ‘US military worthless’ – Tehran prof http://thesaker.is/if-iran-behind-attack-us-military-worthless-tehran-prof/ Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/18/will-americans-let-trump-start-world-war-iii-saudi-arabia-and-israel?cd-origin=rss Continue reading
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Drone Attack on Saudis May Not Lead to War
As’ad Abukhalil maintains that Trump may not actually want war, but the consequences of this attack could still have dangerous consequences Continue reading
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The Trump Administration Is Losing The Narrative Battle Over Iran by Caitlin Johnstone
I’m expected to write something about the Trump administration’s warmongering against Iran over an attack on a Saudi oil refinery, because that’s typically what I do in this ongoing improvisational exercise of mine: I write about the behavior of the US war machine and the propaganda that is used to bolster it. It’s what my readers have… Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia/Iran News Links 17 September 2019
17 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Saudi oil attacks: Drones and missiles were launched from Iran – US officials https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49733558 Trump is in no rush to jump into Saudi defence https://indianpunchline.com/trump-is-in-no-rush-to-jump-into-saudi-defence/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 16 September 2019
16 September 2019 — The New Dark Age Attacks on Saudi oil facility and the changing landscape of the Middle East https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/16/attacks-on-saudi-oil-facility-and-the-changing-landscape-of-the-middle-east/ Russia, Turkey, Iran to continue efforts to remove tension in Syria’s Idlib, said Putin https://tass.com/world/1078408 Continue reading
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Oiling For War: The Houthi Attack On Abqaiq By Binoy Kampmark
The attack on the world’s largest oil processing facility at Abqaiq in Saudi Arabia southwest of Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran had a few predictable responses. Given that the facility has a daily output of some 5.7 million barrels, damaging it was bound to cause a spike in the price of oil. Continue reading
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Damage At Saudi Oil Plant Points To Well Targeted Swarm Attack
Saturday’s attack on the Saudi oil and gas processing station in Abqaiq hit its stabilization facility. Soon after the attack U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went into full ‘blame Iran’ mode Continue reading
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Iran News Links 13 September 2019
13 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back When Will the US and Iranian Leaders Meet? https://journal-neo.org/2019/09/13/when-will-the-us-and-iranian-leaders-meet/ ‘You’re fired!’ Trump cuts loose of his dog of war (by George Galloway) https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/09/13/285008/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 10-11 September 2019
11 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back John Bolton’s Dismissal By Craig Murray https://williambowles.info/2019/09/11/john-boltons-dismissal-by-craig-murray/ Will Iran be a Full Nuclear Power by the End of 2020? No Return to the 2015 Agreement https://www.globalresearch.ca/iran-full-nuclear-power-end-2020/5688823 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 10 September 2019
10 September 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back The NED Strikes Again: How Neocon Money is Funding the Hong Kong Protests https://www.mintpressnews.com/hong-kong-protest-united-states-destabilize-china/261712/ With strikes against Iran, Netanyahu risks jeopardising his closest alliance https://williambowles.info/2019/09/09/with-strikes-against-iran-netanyahu-risks-jeopardising-his-closest-alliance/ Continue reading
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With strikes against Iran, Netanyahu risks jeopardising his closest alliance
The US has not taken kindly to Israel’s actions in Iraq, fearing that a local backlash could endanger the 5,000 troops it has stationed there Continue reading
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US Special Rep for Iran, Brian Hook makes Captain Hook look like a good guy
Over the past few months, US Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook the head of the Iran Action Group, has been personally writing emails and texts to over a dozen ship captains around the world, to make them an offer they can’t refuse. Continue reading
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Meet the militantly pro-Israel Trump official directing the economic war on Iran
From her influential post at the Treasury Department, Sigal Mandelker has vowed to defend “our great partner, Israel” by sanctioning Iran. Her actions have resulted in FBI interrogations of US citizens who attended a conference in Iran and the likely liquidation of a bank that partnered with the US government. Continue reading
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“Terrified” Israel escalates attacks across region
Israel is escalating its attacks across the region, with bombing and drone raids in recent days in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 20 August 2019
20 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Unifor Aligns with Liberal Foreign Policy instead of International Solidarity https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/unifor-aligns-with-liberal-foreign-policy-instead-of-international-solidarity/ Iran News Links 19 August 2019 https://williambowles.info/2019/08/20/iran-news-links-19-august-2019/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 19 August 2019
19 August 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back France is interested in de-escalation of crisis over Iran nuclear program, says Macron https://tass.com/world/1074139 Professor slams US for causing ‘intense hardships’ abroad, and media for not holding it to account… Continue reading
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Iran’s Dangerous Deterrence Policy: Trading Tankers and Another Partial Withdrawal from the JCPOA By Elijah J. Magnier
The UK acknowledged its first defeat by Iran when it released the Iranian super tanker “Grace 1” captured by 30 Royal Navy commandos in the first week of July in response to a US request, as the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell revealed. In response, Iran will release the British-flagged tanker “Stena Impero”, captured by… Continue reading