Iran
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Imperial Overreach in Iran By Suvrat Raju
In the last week of June 2019, as this article was being written, tensions between the U.S. and Iranian governments escalated sharply. On June 20, 2019, in response to aggressive U.S. actions, including the mobilization of troops, naval forces, and aerial provocations, Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance drone flying near the Iranian border.[i] The… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 30 June – 1 July 2019
1 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Will India And Turkey Jointly Broker An Easing Of US-Iran Tensions? https://orientalreview.org/2019/07/01/will-india-and-turkey-jointly-broker-an-easing-of-us-iran-tensions/ Democrats back Trump’s massive “World War III” military budget http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/pent-j01.html Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 28-29 June 2019
29 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends Iran hunger strike after 15 days https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48810394 Russian-Georgian tensions escalate amid Iran war crisis http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/29/geor-j29.html Continue reading
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US officials join bizarre Iranian cult MEK in rallying for regime change
The exiled Iranian MEK regime change cult rallied in front of the US State Department on June 22, just a day after Trump rejected pressure to start a war on Iran. Current and former American officials joined the bizarre organization, hailing it as the legitimate resistance to Tehran. Shadowed by a team of MEK minders,… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 27-28 June 2019
28 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Monsters Walk the Earth. Why These Three Countries Are the Real Troika of Evil By Philip Giraldi https://williambowles.info/2019/06/28/monsters-walk-the-earth-why-these-three-countries-are-the-real-troika-of-evil-by-philip-giraldi/ Washington’s Wager Concerning Iran https://orientalreview.org/2019/06/28/washingtons-wager-concerning-iran/ Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 26-27 June 2019
27 June 2019 • 14:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day How European Powers Have Sold Iran Out https://journal-neo.org/2019/06/27/how-european-powers-have-sold-iran-out/ Foreign Ministry doubts meeting on Iran nuclear deal may yield breakthrough solution https://tass.com/politics/1065859 Continue reading
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Russia tamps down US-Iran tensions By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The US President Donald Trump is learning that Persian is a tricky language and does not easily yield its hidden charms to westerners. The western media attributed to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani a remark during his televised speech on June in Tehran 25 to the effect that the White House is “mentally retarded.” But now… Continue reading
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Western News Agencies Mistranslate Iran’s President Speech – It Is Not The First Time Such ‘Error’ Happens
Yesterday the news agencies Associated Press and Reuters mistranslated a speech by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani. They made it sound as if Rouhani insulted U.S. President Donald Trump as ‘mentally retarded’. Rouhani never said that. Continue reading
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The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East by C. J. Hopkins
So, according to the corporate media, and to President Literally Hitler, himself, while America was sleeping last Friday morning, the U.S. Air Force was just minutes away from bombing the bejesus out of some desolate outposts somewhere in the Iranian desert and launching another catastrophic military blunder in the Middle East. Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 25 June 2019
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Cost of potential US war with Iran? $250 oil & another [much much bigger] Afghanistan https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/06/25/cost-of-potential-us-war-with-iran-250-oil-another-much-much-bigger-afghanistan/ Will the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Extend into the Middle East? https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-tweet-good-pretext-operationalize-arabian-aspect-w-cpec/5681679 Continue reading
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Washington’s wager concerning Iran by Thierry Meyssan
Even more than Syria, Iran is now at the heart of the confrontation between East and West. The astounded public is witnessing Washington’s daily about-turns in what seems – mistakenly – to be an escalation towards war between the two countries. But this is not what it is about. Fortunately, the two Great Powers have… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 20 June 2019
20 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day US refutes reports on reconnaissance drone allegedly being shot down over Iran https://tass.com/world/1064637 Growing war danger as Pentagon presents new “evidence” Iran struck tankers http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/iran-j20.html US-Turkey conflict nears breaking point http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/ustu-j20.html Continue reading
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How John Bolton Controls The Administration And Donald Trump
Jeff Bezos’ blog, the Washington Post, has some bits on the discussion and infighting in the Trump administration about the march towards war on Iran. The piece opens with news of a new redline the Trump administration set out Continue reading
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Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf? By Manlio Dinucci
While the United States prepares a new escalation of tension in the Middle East by accusing Iran of attacking petrol tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Italian vice-Prime Minister Matteo Salvini met with one of the artisans of this strategy in Washington, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, assuring him that “Italy wants to regain its… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 19 June 2019
19 June 2019 • 15:10 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Who Are the Arsonists of the Petrol Tankers in the Gulf? https://www.globalresearch.ca/who-arsonists-petrol-tankers-gulf/5681046 “Heightened Tensions With Iran”: Provoking the Bear and the Dragon – And Hoping for the Best? https://www.globalresearch.ca/provoking-bear-dragon-hoping-best/5681050 Continue reading
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Have you heard of the CIA’s Iran mission center? by Vijay Prashad
19 June 2019 — MROnline This article was produced by Globetrotter, a project of the Independent Media Institute. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was adamant—just hours after it happened—that the explosions on two Norwegian and Japanese oil tankers were the responsibility of Iran. Iran did this, he said, and Iran would have to pay… Continue reading
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Iranian comment on foreign military forces in the Gulf by Majid Takht Ravanchi
I am writing to you with regard to the recent alarming security situation in the broader Persian Gulf region. There are indications that certain circles from outside of this region – through fabrications, disinformation, fake intelligence and fake news, relying on the support of their allies in the Middle East as well as dispatching naval… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 17-18 June 2019
18 June 2019 • 19:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Tanker War In Persian Gulf And US-Iranian Conflict Russia has no intelligence data on the incident in the Gulf of Oman Continue reading
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UK: Tory government positions itself as most loyal US ally against Iran By Chris Marsden
Britain intends to send special forces to the Gulf of Oman. Their stated mission is to protect UK warships amid rising tensions between the US and Iran. But politically their role will be to help consolidate the Conservative government’s position as the premier ally of the Trump administration, which is considered essential amid the escalating… Continue reading
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War on Iran Stupidest Idea Yet Recorded in a Human Brain by David Swanson
Scientists not employed by ExxonMobil or named Neil DeGrasse Tyson have reached a universal consensus. Wanting the United States to attack Iran is the single stupidest idea yet recorded in a human brain. In the words of one, “It isn’t even close.” Continue reading
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