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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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Has OPCW whistleblower helped prevent war with Iran? by Tim Hayward
“If he’s right, the United States went to the brink of war on the basis of fraudulent information.” So says President Trump’s adviser Tucker Carlson speaking on his Fox News show about Ian Henderson – he’s the OPCW engineering expert whose assessment of the alleged 2018 Douma chemical attack was recently leaked to the public. Carlson is credited with since… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 8 July 2019
8 July 2019 • 18:35 — The New Dark Age Piracy on the High Seas… US and British Aim to Sink Iran Nuclear Deal by Finian Cunningham https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/piracy-on-the-high-seas-us-and-british-aim-to-sink-iran-nuclear-deal-by-finian-cunningham/ US and Europe to Iran: Do as We Say, Not as We Do — Or Else! https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-europe-iran-do-we-say-not-we-do/5683020 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 7 July 2019
7 July 2019 • 13:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Increase in uranium enrichment is attempt by Iran to ‘pressure’ Europe to honor nuclear deal https://www.rt.com/news/463578-iran-pressure-eu-nuclear-deal/ Iran denies oil tanker seized by UK was headed for Syria https://www.rt.com/news/463573-iran-uk-tanker-syria/ Continue reading
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Rather Dangerous US Manoeuvres Around Iran By Viktor Mikhin
The US-Iranian front has recently seen lightning speed developments that keep spreading over an ever increasing number of regions, Presidents and Prime Ministers of many countries, as well as the leaders of various institutions, foundations and companies. International media provide various kinds of comment, articles, essays, hypotheses and forecasts that have literally flooded newspapers, magazines,… Continue reading