Iran
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Netanyahu’s Long History of Crying Wolf over Fake ‘WMDs’ in Iran and Iraq
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of crying wolf over supposed nuclear weapons in Iran and Iraq – Ben Norton reports. (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Iran News Links 7-8 May 2018
8 May 2018 — williambowles.info As Iraq Prepares for Elections, Iran’s Influence Looms Large https://www.usip.org/publications/2018/05/iraq-prepares-elections-irans-influence-looms-large NEWSMAKER-Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia chief aims to lead Iraq https://www.compuserve.com/news/world/story/0002/20180508/M1L8N1SB2FR_1312456628 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 2-5 May 2018
5 May 2018 — williambowles.info 5 May 2018 Iran’s Rouhani condemns court order to block Telegram app https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/iran-rouhani-condemns-court-order-block-telegram-app-180505080859404.html Syria News Links 2-5 May 2018 https://williambowles.info/2018/05/05/syria-news-links-2-5-may2108/ Continue reading
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Netanyahoo's "Iran Files" are Well Known, Old and Purloined from Vienna
The dog and pony show the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahoo provided yesterday (video, slideshow) was not based on material Israeli secret services acquired in Iran, but most likely from data Iran provided to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) during the implementation period of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, pdf). Continue reading
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Iran News Links 1-2 May 2018
2 May 2018 — williambowles.info 2 May 2018 Fmr IAEA Inspector: Netanyahu’s Cartoons About Iran’s Nuclear Program are ‘Baseless and Childish’ https://williambowles.info/2018/05/02/fmr-iaea-inspector-netanyahus-cartoons-about-irans-nuclear-program-are-baseless-and-childish/ Military Escalation in Syria. Israel’s Expansion? Selected Articles https://williambowles.info/2018/05/02/military-escalation-in-syria-israels-expansion-selected-articles/ Continue reading
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Fmr IAEA Inspector: Netanyahu's Cartoons About Iran's Nuclear Program are 'Baseless and Childish'
In a ‘show and tell’ type talk, Netanyahu claimed that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program and tried to provide evidence that Iran is violating the JCOPA. Former US IAEA Nuclear Weapons Inspector Robert Kelley tells TRNN Netanyahu’ss claims are baseless, self-serving, and childish Continue reading
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Washington and Tel Aviv lurching toward a war with Iran
Events of the past few days have made it clear that US imperialism—working in close tandem with its main ally in the Middle East, Israel—is set on a course of direct military confrontation with Iran. Continue reading
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NSA: New Findings on Clerical Involvement in the 1953 Coup in Iran
Senior Iranian clerics reportedly received “large sums of money” from U.S. officials prior to the August 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq, according to a contemporaneous British document located by researchers at the U.S. National Archives. It is posted in full today for the first time by the nongovernmental National Security Archive, based at… Continue reading
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US Destabilization Plan for Iran and the Middle East, and the Need to Strengthen the Resistance By Farhad Shahabi
The use of force, in total disregard for the UN Charter, international law, and international agreements, is today, more than ever before, the main characteristic of Washington’s policy decisions. Consequently, the world is experiencing a decisive shift to militarization rather than, and in negation of, regional and international diplomacy, in US approach to policy. Now,… Continue reading
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History of US-Iran Relations: “Regime Change” and the Islamic State in 1979? By Masud Wadan
According to Masud Wadan in this timely analysis of Iran’s 1979 Revolution, the US and its European allies favored the creation of an Islamic State headed by Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s spiritual leader, with a view to undermining Iran’s leftist-progressive revolutionary movement. Continue reading
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Coverage of Iran Protests Illustrated With Protests Not in Iran–Organized by Fringe Cultists By Adam Johnson
When it comes to covering protests in other countries, it seems any vague picture of brown people protesting can stand in for those actually on the streets expressing their grievances. Since the outbreak of protests across Iran three weeks ago, several major outlets have used pictures of demonstrations in the United States, France, or United… Continue reading
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Iran, Israel and Palestine: Selected Articles
January 10, 2018 — Global Research Demonizing Iran: Mainstream Media Madness and US-Israeli-Saudi ‘Behavior’ Problems By Robert Parry, January 10, 2018 There is a madness in how the mainstream U.S. media presents the world to the American people, a delusional perspective that arguably creates an existential threat to humanity’s survival. We have seen this pattern in the… Continue reading
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Think Tank-Addicted Media Turn to Regime Change Enthusiasts for Iran Protest Commentary By Adam Johnson
Since the outbreak of mass demonstrations and unrest in Iran last week, US media have mostly busied themselves with the question of not if we should “do something,” but what, exactly, that something should be. As usual, it’s simply taken for granted the United States has a divine right to intervene in the affairs of… Continue reading
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US Strikes Out with New War-Mongering on Iran
US Ambassador Nikki Halley’s speech on alleged Iranian violations was even less convincing than Colin Powell’s fraudulent UN presentation on Iraqi WMDs, says Trita Parsi (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Trump Administration Plays Media Like Fiddle on Iran/HBO Hacking Story By Adam Johnson
24 November 2017 — FAIR The Washington Post (11/19/17) reported warnings that “Justice Department officials want to reveal [Iran-connected] cases because the Trump administration would like Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran.” It’s rare to see evidence of an administration plot to manipulate the media unfolding in real time, but such is the case… Continue reading
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The US Persistently Seeks to Destabilize Iran. Why is Washington So Deeply Concerned about Tehran’s Regional Influence in the Middle East? By Farhad Shahabi
Thirty eight years ago, in 1979, a revolution against a client regime installed and propped up by the United States succeeded in Iran. This was followed by the establishment of an independent state, the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ever since, the US’s presence, plans and attempts to maintain, deepen and expand its dominance throughout the… Continue reading
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Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu Is Leading US President Trump to War with Iran By Prof. James Petras
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Presidents of the 52 Major Jewish American Organizations are leading President Trump, like a puppy on a leash, into a major war with Iran. The hysterical ’52 Presidents’ and ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu are busy manufacturing Holocaust-level predictions that a non-nuclear Iran is preparing to ‘vaporize’ Israel, The buffoonish US… Continue reading
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US-Israel’s Long-standing War Plan Against Iran – Now Coming to Life? Selected Articles
21 October 2017 — Global Research Donald Trump’s Likudist Campaign Against Iran By Gareth Porter, October 20, 2017 President Donald Trump’s new Iran policy clearly represents a dangerous rejection of diplomacy in favor of confrontation. But it’s more than that: It’s a major shift toward a much closer alignment of U.S. policy with that of the Israeli… Continue reading
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Please Stop Using ‘Woman in Chador Walks by Anti-US Mural’ Stock Photo for Every Article About Iran By Adam Johnson
The general mindlessness in choosing a stock photo is what makes them so pernicious. Editors reach for an image that captures the overall theme of the article while drawing the eye of distracted media consumers—typically as an afterthought, something that accents a piece rather than defines it. It’s not an easy task, but it’s one… Continue reading
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The Iran Dilemma – The Tyrant Has Spoken By Peter Koenig
This Nuclear Deal was an agreement reached after 9 years of meticulous, often perilous and at times for Iran demeaning and offending negotiations. But Iran endured, because Iran’s negotiators, notably the Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, knew what they were talking about, namely that Iran had never any plans to develop nuclear weapons, but using the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 