Iran
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Iran News Links 6 July 2019
6 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Royal Marines seize Iranian tanker under orders from US British Marines Seized Iranian Oil Tanker http://thesaker.is/british-marines-seized-iranian-oil-tanker/ Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 4-5 July 2019
5 July 2019 — The New Dark Age A new extension of OPEC+ deal and its promises Iran’s ‘duty’ to seize British tanker if UK fails to release captured ship – senior official at IRGC https://www.rt.com/news/463435-iran-reaction-tanker-uk/ The Un-Submersible US-Iran Stalemate https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/07/05/un-submersible-us-iran-stalemate/ Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 4 July 2019
4 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day On Eve Of 4th Of July Parade U.S. Attempts To Lure Iran Into Shooting Down Another U.S. Plane https://williambowles.info/2019/07/04/on-eve-of-4th-of-july-parade-u-s-attempts-to-lure-iran-into-shooting-down-another-u-s-plane/ US Senate votes to give Ukraine $300 million in military aid http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/04/ukra-j04.html Continue reading
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On Eve Of 4th Of July Parade U.S. Attempts To Lure Iran Into Shooting Down Another U.S. Plane
Today a manned U.S. reconnaissance plane entered Iranian airspace in a clear attempt to provoke Iran into shooting it down. Such an incident would have created an occasion for Trump to give the American people a special 4th of July fireworks. Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 3 July 2019
3 July 2019 • 18:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Today’s links http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/07/todays-links_3.html The JCPOA Nuclear Deal: Why Europe Cannot Use the ‘Snap Back’ Mechanism Against Iran https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-jcpoa-nuclear-deal-why-europe-cannot-use-the-snap-back-mechanism-against-iran/5682535 Continue reading
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Creating a Climate for War With Iran
Media outlets are creating a climate for a US military attack on Iran by hyping the idea that Iran is an imminent threat to peace, by failing to offer evidence that calls the US’s accusations against Iran into question, by amplifying warmongers’ voices and by naturalizing America’s supposed right to spy on every country on… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 2 July 2019
2 July 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Nations become ‘more united when bullied,’ Trump should understand – Iranian top official https://www.rt.com/news/463203-trump-iranians-unite-bullied/ Tehran time travel? US accuses Iran of violating nuclear deal ‘even before its existence’ https://www.rt.com/news/463167-iran-nuclear-deal-time-travel/ Continue reading
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No, Iran Does Not Break The Nuclear Deal (Updated)
Here is some fakenews from the Guardian which falsely claims that Iran breaks the nuclear deal. Continue reading
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Taking a Minute to Walk in Iran’s Shoes By Karim Sharara
If one can learn anything from the modern history of Iran, it’s that Iranians have learned to rely on themselves and not on great powers for support and that these great powers will sell — and have in fact sold — them out at a moment’s notice to satisfy their own interests, a matter well… Continue reading
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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
