Iran
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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
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US Axis of Aggression in Gulf By Finian Cunningham
When Washington announced a few weeks ago the formation of a maritime “international coalition” to “protect shipping” in the Persian Gulf, many observers were skeptical. Now skepticism has rightly turned to alarm, as the proposed US-led “coalition” transpires to comprise a grand total of just three nations: the US, Britain and Israel. Continue reading
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John Bolton visit – Forcing Britain’s hand over Huawei, Iran and China before Trade Deal
By TruePublica: There were many public protests with the arrival of Donald Trump to the shores of Britain and contrary to his own beliefs, Trump is not well-liked at all by ordinary British citizens. What was strange though was the fact that there were no protests at all in Britain for the arrival of one… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 14 August 2019
14 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Why Gold Prices Are About to Skyrocket Even Higher https://www.globalresearch.ca/why-gold-prices-about-skyrocket-even-higher/5686403 Is the Geopolitical Chessboard Now Digital? https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/14/is-geopolitical-chessboard-now-digital/ Continue reading
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Iran News Link 10 August 2019
10 August 2019 — The New Dark Age Desperation rules the US’ Iran policy https://journal-neo.org/2019/08/10/desperation-rules-the-u-s-iran-policy/ Today’s links 10 August 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/08/todays-links_10.html Continue reading
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Iran News Links 8-9 August 2019
9 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 Washington’s Utterly Failed Diplomacy https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/08/09/washingtons-utterly-failed-diplomacy/ Venezuela: one year after the peasants’ march – the fight for the land continues http://www.marxist.com/venezuela-one-year-after-the-peasants-march-the-fight-for-the-land-continues.htm Continue reading
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Iran News Links 7 August 2019
7 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 Iran or the fight for the strategic initiative http://thesaker.is/iran-or-the-fight-for-the-strategic-initiative/ Turkey – “Middle Kingdom” between the Two Camps https://journal-neo.org/2019/08/07/turkey-the-middle-kingdom-between-the-two-camps/ Continue reading
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China Considers To Protect Its Ships From … U.S. Piracy
6 August 2019 — Moon of Alabama Will China join the U.S. led ‘coalition’ to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz? It sounds unlikely but this Reuters piece claims that China is thinking about it: Continue reading
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Iran News Links 29-31 July 2019
31 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Iran’s envoy hashes over JCPOA, Persian Gulf with Russian senior diplomat https://tass.com/politics/1071231 Today’s Links 31 July 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_31.html Continue reading
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Tanker Seizures and the Threat to the Global Economy from Resurgent Imperialism By Craig Murray
The British seizure of the Iranian tanker off Gibraltar was illegal. There is no doubt of that whatsoever. The Iranian response to the seizure of its tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar, by the seizure of a British Tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, was also illegal, though more understandable as a reaction. The implications… Continue reading
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New British Prime Minister Faced with Two Major Challenges: Brexit and Iran
The two most pressing issues on newly appointed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plate right now are Brexit and Iran. Will the UK leave the EU on October 31st regardless of whether they have a new deal, as he has stated previously? Will he choose diplomacy with Iran over increased sanctions and a military confrontation? Continue reading
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PEPE ESCOBAR: US and Iran Stuck on Negotiation Ground Zero
All bets are off in the geopolitical insanity stakes when we have the President of the United States (POTUS) glibly announcing he could launch a nuclear first strike to end the war in Afghanistan and wipe it “off the face of the earth” in one week. But he’d rather not, so he doesn’t have to… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 26 July 2019
26 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Did John Bolton Light the Fuse of the UK-Iranian Tanker Crisis? https://www.globalresearch.ca/did-john-bolton-light-fuse-uk-iranian-tanker-crisis/5684665 Washington on the Losing Side of the US-Iranian Standoff https://journal-neo.org/2019/07/26/washington-on-the-losing-side-of-the-us-iranian-standoff/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 2019
24 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Protecting Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s business and no one else’s – President Rouhani London Defends The Shreds Of Its Empire Against Iran https://orientalreview.org/2019/07/24/london-defends-the-shreds-of-its-empire-against-iran/ Continue reading
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Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain’s Impounding of Iran’s Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain’s “Mistreatment of Iran”
Britain’s July 4 maritime piracy, impounding Iran’s Grace 1 supertanker, reportedly bowing to Iranophobe John Bolton’s request, a foolhardy act, a UK miscalculation of Iranian resolve. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 22 July 2019
22 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Dismantled CIA Spy Network Escalation in Strait of Hormuz may threaten navigation Continue reading
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Iran News Links 21 July 2019
21 July 2019 • 21:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back UK Media Found ‘Russian Trace’ In Recent Tanker Seizure By Iran Washington’s bully tactics have failed to persuade Tehran to negotiate a new nuclear deal Continue reading
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As Trump Backs Down, the Pips Squeak By Tom Luongo
Last week it was all fire and brimstone. The US was threatening more sanctions on Iran, the Brits were seizing oil tankers and Iran was violating the JCPOA. Continue reading
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The UK must release the Iranian tanker; The UAE’s mission to Tehran By Elijah J. Magnier
Before Emmanuel Bonne, the special envoy of the French President Emmanuel Macron to Iran, visited President Hassan Rouhani, he promised to deal with the “Grace I” crisis between Iran and the UK. Iran considered the UK confiscation of its supertanker, loaded with two million barrels of oil, an act of unlawfulpiracy and threatened to retaliate for the British… Continue reading
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What the latest secret government file tells us about UK Middle East policy
By Mark Curtis: The British government is refusing to release a 1941 file on Palestine, as it might “undermine the security” of Britain and its citizens. Why would a 78-year-old document be seen as so sensitive in 2019? Continue reading
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