Iran
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Who’s Reacting to Iran Deal Pull-Out? Why, It’s Women in Chadors, Walking Past Anti-US Mural By Jim Naureckas
Adam Johnson (FAIR.org, 10/21/17) called the “Woman in Chador Walks by Anti-US Mural” image “one of the most overused and toxic stock photos.” Documenting its ubiquity in online US coverage of Iran, Johnson argued that the cliche photo of “one or two Iranian women clad in black chadors, faces usually barely visible, walking past a… Continue reading
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Iran News Links 9-10 May 2018
10 May 2018 23:23:57 — williambowles.info UN chief urges Israel and Iran to immediately end hostilities on Golan Heights http://tass.com/world/1003767 Has Israel opened a new front in Syria’s war? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/israel-opened-front-syria-war-180510122121138.html Continue reading
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CNN's Iran Fearmongering Would Make More Sense Coming Directly From Pentagon By Adam Johnson
The only named source in Barbara Starr’s report (CNN, 5/8/18), aside from the Iranian president, is British Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney, who says he’s seen “no change” in the behavior of Iranian-backed forces. Why doesn’t CNN Defense Department reporter Barbara Starr just leave CNN and instead work directly for the Trump DoD? Continue reading
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America Planned to Break "Iran Nuclear Deal" Years Before Signing It By Tony Cartalucci
The so-called “Iran Nuclear Deal,” officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed on 2015 now under threat by a backtracking US – was billed at the time of its signing as a historic agreement that provided a path forward towards peace between the US and Iran. Continue reading
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Iran News Links 8-9 May 2018
9 May 2018 14:13:43 — williambowles.info Maybe Israel is interfering in our politics over Iran deal? Naaah! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGreanvillePost/~3/c9_s4PhXfRg/ Iran nuclear deal: UK won’t walk away, says Boris Johnson http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44044946 Continue reading
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Has Trump Ended the Iran Nuclear Deal?
8 May 2018 — Global Research News US President Donald Trump is set to declare his decision on the Iran Nuclear Deal before the deadline on May 12. Should Trump decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he is not only compromising the possibility of dialogue with Iran but more so risking the world towards annihilation. Is the… Continue reading
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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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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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