Iran

  • Iran News Links 10 November 2019

    10 November 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Iran Discovers New Oilfield Containing 53 Billion Barrels Of Crude Iran with Russia officially launch construction of Bushehr NPP second stage https://tass.com/economy/1087884 Continue reading

  • 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis Recalled

    On November 4, 1979, a group calling itself the Students Following the Line of the Imam stormed the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seized control of the compound, and took several dozen American diplomats, Marine guards, and others hostage. Thus began a 444-day ordeal that shocked the world, fundamentally altered the political scene… Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 13 October 2019

    13 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back HSBC: The World’s Dirtiest Bank https://hendersonlefthook.wordpress.com/2019/10/12/hsbc-the-worlds-dirtiest-bank/ US Denial of Sovereignty – Unipolarism Laid Bare https://journal-neo.org/2019/10/12/us-denial-of-sovereignty-unipolarism-laid-bare/ Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 2-4 October 2019

    4 October 2019 •  19:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back International Federation of Journalists calls on Iran to release detained Russian reporter https://tass.com/society/1081577 Why I Confronted Trump’s Architect of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran and Called Her a… Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 30 September 2019

    30 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 crown prince warns of ‘Iran threat’ to global oil https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49874807 Retail vs. Wholesale Election Fraud in US Elections https://journal-neo.org/2019/09/30/retail-vs-wholesale-election-fraud-in-us-elections/ Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 28 September 2019

    28 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 Playing hostage game like a pro: US demands release of prisoner before Iranian FM can visit cancer-stricken ambassador https://on.rt.com/a2ih New Wave Of Airstrikes Targets ‘Iranian Positions’ Near Syria’s Al-Bukamal –… Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 26-27 September 2019

    27 September 2019 • 16:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Iran was promised that ‘all’ US sanctions would be lifted in return for talks, Rouhani claims Stena Impero: Seized British tanker leaves Iran’s waters https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49849718 Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 24 September 2019

    24 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 Sickness of American Foreign Policy https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/23/the-sickness-of-american-foreign-policy/ The US Should Not Fight a War for Saudi Oil https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/23/us-should-not-fight-war-for-saudi-oil/ Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 23 September 2019

    23 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 Iranian Foreign Minister: “I’m not confident that we can avoid a war” The Sickness of American Foreign Policy https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/09/23/the-sickness-of-american-foreign-policy/ Continue reading

  • Iran News Links 22 September 2019

    22 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 Invisible Man: Trump’s New National Security Adviser ‘Don’t send warplanes & bombs’: Rouhani to present Persian Gulf ‘peace plan’ at UN https://on.rt.com/a25a Continue reading

  • Iran News Link 21 September 2019

    21 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 We blame Iran, because Iranian arms were used! Saudis double down on claim as origin of oil-plant attack remains unclear https://on.rt.com/a24n Iraqi Intelligence Uncovers Iranian Drone Wreckage Hidden By ISIS… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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