Iran
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Excessive U.S. sanctions could push Iran “over the brink”: UAE official to U.S. in 1995
U.S. allies from Europe and the Persian Gulf warned the Clinton administration that it would be “very dangerous” and “pose risks for the entire region” if Iran were isolated from the international community through overly burdensome sanctions, according to declassified cables posted today by the nongovernmental National Security Archive at George Washington University. Continue reading
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Is Washington Planning a Pre-Emptive Strike on Iran? Selected Articles
29 July 2018 — Global Research News ‘Arab NATO’: Trump Pursuing Regional Alliance to Confront Iran By The New Arab, July 29, 2018 Washington is trying to strengthen cooperation between the countries on various fronts including missile defence, military training and counter-terrorism, as well as boosting regional economic and diplomatic ties, four US and Arab officials… Continue reading
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As Netanyahu Brags of Killing Iran Deal, Where’s The Outcry?
As the U.S. ramps up anti-Iran efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been filmed bragging about convincing Trump to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. Amid widespread concern over foreign meddling, why has Netanyahu’s claim been mostly ignored? We speak to Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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As Netanyahu Brags of Killing Iran Deal, Where’s The Outcry?
As the U.S. ramps up anti-Iran efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been filmed bragging about convincing Trump to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. Amid widespread concern over foreign meddling, why has Netanyahu’s claim been mostly ignored? We speak to Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Can Trump, Israel, and Gulf Allies Get Putin to Turn On Iran?
Days after Netanyahu’s visit to Moscow, Trump will meet with Putin in Helsinki. But despite talk of a “grand bargain” that enlists Russia in helping the US-Israel-Saudi-UAE front against Iran, don’t expect it to happen, says professor and syndicated columnist Rami Khouri (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Iran News Links 24-25 May 2018
25 May 2018 — williambowles.info Nuclear Chutzpah https://orientalreview.org/2018/05/25/nuclear-chutzpah/ Iranian Canadian Congress: ‘Canada must defend the Iran Nuclear Deal’ https://johnriddell.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/iranian-canadian-congress-canada-must-defend-the-iran-nuclear-deal/ Video: Gina Haspel to Head the CIA, a GRTV interview with Ray McGovern https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-gina-haspel-to-head-the-cia-a-grtv-interview-with-ray-mcgovern/5641768 Continue reading
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The U.S. and Israel Are Marching towards War with Iran By Dr. Ludwig Watzal
On Monday, May 21, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a rant against Iran before the right-wing Heritage Foundation in Washington. It was a bullying speech to push the Iranian leadership to surrender unconditionally to US demands. If the Iranian people are unable to contrive “regime change” the US will do it by military means,… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 20-21 May 2018
21 May 2018 — williambowles.info Europe Has the Potential to Preserve the JCPOA, But Does It Have the Political Will as Well? http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Europe-Has-the-Potential-to-Preserve-the-JCPOA-But-Does-It-Have-the-Political-Will-as-Well-.htm Europe’s Efforts to Preserve the JCPOA and Political Identity http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Europe-s-Efforts-to-Preserve-the-JCPOA-and-Political-Identity.htm Continue reading
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Iran News Links 19-20 May 2018
20 May 2018 — williambowles.info Israel: 200 nuclear weapons aimed at Iran, by Manlio Dinucci http://www.voltairenet.org/article201190.html Iraq’s al-Sadr, promising reform, is constrained by Iran http://www.tampabay.com/iraqs-al-sadr-promising-reform-is-constrained-by-iran-ap_national74241a074cf0459180178e83739606e5 Continue reading
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Iran News Links 17-18 May 2018
18 May 2018 — williambowles.info European Commission nixes US sanctions against Iran on EU soil http://tass.com/world/1004957 Donald Trump is a hero to Jewish Israelis http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/donald-jewish-israelis/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 15-16 May 2018
16 May 2018 — williambowles.info Was There Ever an Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program? https://www.globalresearch.ca/was-there-ever-an-iranian-nuclear-weapons-program/5640634 Brzezinski’s Ghost Shapes Washington Eurasia Geopolitics By F. William Engdahl https://williambowles.info/2018/05/16/brzezinskis-ghost-shapes-washington-eurasia-geopolitics-by-f-william-engdahl/ Tribute to Robert Parry, Founder and Editor of Consortium News, May 19, Berkeley, CA https://dissidentvoice.org/2018/05/tribute-to-robert-parry-founder-and-editor-of-consortium-news-may-19-berkeley-ca/ Continue reading
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Iran News Links 14-15 May 2018
15 May 2018 — williambowles.info Nigeria:OPEC Raises Oil Demand Forecast Amid Global Growth Uncertainty http://allafrica.com/stories/201805150020.html German militarization and Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/15/iran-m15.html Continue reading
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Russia Is Already “Balancing” Iran in the Mideast By Andrew Korybko
Russia’s predominant position in Syria & Iraqi Kurdistan places Moscow right in the middle of the misleadingly characterized “Shiite Crescent” and allows the Kremlin to “balance” Iranian influence in the Mideast better than any other country ever possibly could. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 13-14 May 2018
14 May 2018 14:37:41– williambowles.info Lendman’s dispatches: US to Assure North Korea’s Security? New embassy in Jerusalem inauguration, a reckless affront http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/yx5qT3O5W88/ Russian MP blasts US sanction threats against EU firms over Iran ties as blackmail http://tass.com/politics/1004137 Continue reading
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Israel Baits the Hook. Will Syria Bite? By Tony Cartalucci
Headlines like the UK’s Independent’s, “Israel and Iran on brink of war after unprecedented Syria bombardment in response to alleged Golan Heights attack,” attempt to portray the Israeli aggression as self-defense. The Independent, however, failed to produce any evidence confirming Israeli claims. At face value, for Iran to inexplicably launch missiles at Israel, unprovoked and… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 12-13 May 2018
13 May 2018 12:06:55 — williambowles.info The Real Reason Trump Abandoned the Iran Nuclear Deal https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/05/13/real-reason-trump-abandoned-iran-nuclear-deal.html Low turnout in Iraq vote. Partial results put pro-Iran candidate in lead https://www.debka.com/mivzak/low-turnout-in-iraq-vote-partial-results-put-pro-iran-candidate-in-lead/ Continue reading
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Countdown To War On Iran
The U.S. administration, the neoconservatives and the media are running a remake (recommended) of the propaganda campaign they had launched to wage war on Iraq. This time the target is Iran Continue reading
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Media Debate Best Way to Dominate Iran By Gregory Shupak
The New York Times‘ Bret Stephens (5/8/18) is glad Trump canceled the Iran deal because that allows the US to threaten Iran with “economic ruin and possible war.” The debate in the New York Times and Washington Post over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known… Continue reading
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Who Hired an Israeli Spy Firm to Tarnish the Iran Deal?
Trita Parsi was targeted as part of Black Cube’s spy operations against Obama officials involved in the Iran nuclear deal. With evidence pointing to the Trump camp’s role, Parsi says that Congress sho.uld investigate (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Iran News Links 10-11 May 2018
11 May 2018 17:42:58 — williambowles.info The Sound and Fury and Silences of Donald Trump. “What is the Purpose of America’s Roughly 4,000 Existing Nuclear Weapons?” https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-sound-and-fury-and-silences-of-donald-trump-what-is-the-purpose-of-americas-roughly-4000-existing-nuclear-weapons/5640038 Iran – Trump’s Broken Deal – Maneuver to War? http://thesaker.is/iran-trumps-broken-deal-maneuver-to-war/ Continue reading
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