Iran
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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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Iran’s seizes UK tanker in counter-escalation By M.K. Bhadrakumar
The seizure of a British oil tanker by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on July 20 in the Strait of Hormuz has all the hallmarks of a retaliatory act in the downstream of the seizure of an Iranian tanker by the British Navy exactly two weeks ago on July 4 off Gibralter. Continue reading
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Britain Pirates Iranian Ship ‘Grace 1’ – Iran Responds – Takes British Tanker Hostage – (Updated 3x)
On July the Brits used their colonial outlet Gibraltar to steal the Iranian tanker ‘Grace 1’ and its load of 2 million barrel of oil. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps then threatened to take similar measures against British ships. Today Gibraltar announce that it will hold the ‘Grace 1’ for another month. We can guess… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 20 July 2019
20 July 2019 • 20:40 — The New Dark Age Britain Pirates Iranian Ship ‘Grace 1’ – Iran Responds – Takes British Tanker Hostage – (Updated 3x) Speedboats & helicopter assault: Iran shows footage of British tanker seizure (VIDEO) Continue reading
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The UK’s dubious role in the new tanker war with Iran by Prabir Purkayastha
The standoff between the U.S.and Iran is now developing into a reenactment of the tanker wars in the Persian Gulf during the 1980–88 Iran-Iraq War. The United Kingdom seems to have become a part of the U.S.scheme of baiting Iran into military action, triggering a war. How else do we make sense of its seizure… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 19 July 2019
19 July 2019 • 20:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back Iran ‘seizes British-flagged oil tanker’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49053383 Iran publishes video footage disproving reports of US downing Iranian drone https://tass.com/world/1069540 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 18 July 2019
18 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Iran’s IRGC Detained Foreign Vessel ‘Smuggling Fuel’ In Persian Gulf (Videos) US sanctions two leaders of ‘Iranian-backed militias’ in Iraq, blames Tehran for ‘spreading terror’ https://www.rt.com/news/464500-us-sanctions-iraqi-militia/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 16-17 July 2019
17 July 2019 — The New Dark Age Reopening of Pakistan’s Airspace: A Bad Omen for India? Implications for Iran and Afghanistan https://www.globalresearch.ca/believe-it-not-reopening-pakistani-airspace-bad-omen-india/5683848 Today’s Links 17 July 2019 http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_17.html Continue reading
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British Hijack Iranian Ship: Another Day, Another Provocation By Tony Cartalucci
Had Iran openly hijacked a vessel of any nation, for any reason, plying through waters anywhere on Earth, the US and its allies would immediately cite it as a provocation toward war. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 15 July 2019
15 July 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 Europe scrambles to save Iran deal, warning it’s ‘very close’ to unraveling BRUSSELS — European diplomats gathering Monday to try to save the Iran nuclear deal warned… Continue reading
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Iran Faces US Aggression and European Hypocrisy, but this Time It’s Ready
Leaders and politicians of the self-proclaimed free and civilised world – along with some human rights organisations, major media outlets, and state-affiliated public figures – express their unique form of collective inhumanity through absolute silence. After all, repeated threats of a nuclear holocaust and genocide by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump are deeply imbedded… Continue reading
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US pours oil into fire in Gulf, mum’s the word for India by M.K. Bhadrakumar
The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the ‘B Team’. So far, only one top US official has expressed joy over the incident… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 12 July 2019
12 July 2019 • 19:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back UK Deploys Second Warship In Persian Gulf Amid Tension With Iran (Infographics) Iran says ‘foreign presence’ from tens of thousands of miles away destabilizes Middle East https://www.rt.com/news/464030-iran-warns-foreign-powers/ Continue reading
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Iran Keeps Calm While U.S. And Britain Continue Their Provocations
Great Britain has joined the U.S. pressure and provocation campaign against Iran. It is creating incidents to put Iran into a defensive position and to provoke into a violent reaction. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 11 July 2019
11 July 2019 • 15:43 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back. The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis – Oil’s Enduring Sway in U.S. Policy in the Middle East Iran Declares War on the USA’s Covert Influence… Continue reading
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A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
In this article, we examine America’s war strategies, including its ability to launch an all out theater war against the Islamic Republic on Iran. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 10 July 2019
10 July 2019 • 16:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day U.K. Claims Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Tried To Stop British Tanker In Persian Gulf UK govt claims Iran attempted to ‘impede passage’ of British tanker as Tehran rejects accusations https://www.rt.com/news/463889-uk-claims-iran-stops-tanker/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 9 July 2019
9 July 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day US steps up threats as Iran exceeds uranium enrichment cap The Many Lies That Iran Hawks Tell https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/09/many-lies-that-iran-hawks-tell/ Continue reading
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