Iran
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‘This Is Already a Hot War the US Is Prosecuting Against Iran’
Janine Jackson interviewed media scholar Gregory Shupak about the Soleimani assassination for the January 10, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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Washington and What Lies Ahead For Iran
While some people may think that Washington achieved its Iran-linked antiterrorism goal with the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, it appears that they would be sadly mistaken. A recent interview that appeared in a London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq al-Awsat with United States Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, has telegraphed Washington’s future moves against Iran which… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 22-23 January 2020
23 January 2020 • 17:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Dutch foreign minister’s speculations over plane crash in Iran impermissible — Zakharova https://tass.com/politics/1112407 Today’s Links 23 January 2020 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_23.html Continue reading
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Iran News Links 21-22 January 2020
22 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back In the Name of ‘Security’ Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding Information Clearing House Headlines 21 January 2020 https://williambowles.info/2020/01/22/information-clearing-house-headlines-21-january-2020/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 21 January 2020
21 January 2020 • 18:00– The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back The US’s Inalienable Right to Violence https://williambowles.info/2020/01/21/the-uss-inalienable-right-to-violence/ Western media focus on a ‘clown’, but US murders still the real story in Iran http://thesaker.is/western-media-focus-on-a-clown-but-us-murders-still-the-real-story-in-iran/ Continue reading
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Iran Counters EU Threat Of Snapback Sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to destroy the nuclear agreement with Iran. He has threatened the EU-3 poodles in Germany, Britain and France with a 25% tariff on their car exports to the U.S. unless they end their role in the JCPOA deal. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 19-20 January 2020
20 January 2020 • 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Today’s Links 20 January 2020 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2020/01/todays-links_20.html Top Russian scholars warn about main global threats for this year https://tass.com/society/1110941 Continue reading
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The Murder Of Qassem Soleimani Will Deter No One
The Trump administration sees the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani as a form of deterrence not only with regards to Iran but also towards Russia, China and others. That view is wrong. Continue reading
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Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down but There May be More to the Story
The claim that Major General Qassem Soleimani was a “terrorist” on a mission to carry out an “imminent” attack that would kill hundreds of Americans turned out to be a lie, so why should one believe anything else relating to recent developments in Iran and Iraq? To be sure, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 departing from Tehran’s… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 18-19 January 2020
19 January 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back “Death to the Islamic Republic” they chant now- and they call themselves Iranians https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/01/18/death-to-the-islamic-republic-they-chant-now-and-they-call-themselves-iranians/ How Trump Rebelled Against The Generals https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/01/18/how-trump-rebelled-against-the-generals/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 16-17 January 2020
17 January 2020 • 19:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back On Iran-US Crisis (Part I) ‘Why do you allow the United States to bully you?’ – Iranian FM to Europe over nuclear deal tensions https://on.rt.com/a927 Continue reading
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Trump’s EU Poodles – Germany, Britain And France – Obey His Order To Kill The Nuclear Deal With Iran
The European poodles who co-signed the nuclear deal with Iran – Britain, France and Germany (the EU3) – have been told by the Trump administration to kill the agreement. Today they started the process to do so. The other co-signers, Russia, China and Iran, continue to support the deal. Continue reading
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Battle of the Ages to stop Eurasian integration
A bigger bang awaits us throughout the decade: the myriad declinations of the New Great Game in Eurasia, which pits the US against Russia, China and Iran, the three major nodes of Eurasia integration. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 15-16 January 2020
16 January 2020 • 14:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back US War of Terror Continues: Assassinating Iran’s Top Anti-ISIS General http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2020/01/us-war-of-terror-continues.html US to Iraq: ‘Vote All You Want, We’re Not Leaving!’ https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/01/16/us-to-iraq-vote-all-you-want-were-not-leaving/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 14-15 January 2020
15 January 2020 • 17:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Britain, France and Germany (E3) Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism, a Hostile Action Against Iran https://www.globalresearch.ca/e3-nations-trigger-jcpoa-dispute-mechanism-iran/5700677 Persian Peril: The Assassination of Qasem Soleimani and the Prospect of… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 14 January 2020
14 January 2020 • 19:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back How Come the “War Party” Always Wins? https://journal-neo.org/2020/01/14/how-come-the-war-party-always-wins/ A US thinktank eager for war on Iran has been throwing money at Boris Johnson’s cabinet http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/Qiyj_2MfXwA/ Continue reading
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The Long Planned U.S. Assassinations In Iraq Will Increase Its Political Chaos
The Trump administration has given various justification for its assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani and commander Abu Mahdi al Muhandis. It claimed that there was an ‘imminent threat’ of an incident, even while not knowing what, where or when it would happen, that made the assassination necessary. Trump later said the thread was a… Continue reading
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“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation
The government which runs a globe-spanning empire led by a reality TV host keeps talking about the lack of normality in the nation of Iran. Continue reading
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Was The Shootdown Of The Ukrainian Airplane Near Tehran Intended, A Screw-Up Or A ‘Mistake’?
An analysis of the circumstances under which the incident took place unfortunately shows that nothing went wrong. The strategic and tactical decisions that were made were all rational and made sense. But unfortunately shit happens even when everything else works as it is supposed to work. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 13 January 2020
13 January 2020 • 18:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back So, What? https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2020/01/so-what.html Abby Martin and Dan Kovalik: The Plot to Attack Iran: Myths, Oil and Revolution https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2020/01/13/abby-martin-and-dan-kovalik-the-plot-to-attack-iran-myths-oil-and-revolution/ Continue reading
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