Iran
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International Law and the Iran Impasse by Asli Bâli
Israel, the United States and their principal Western partners all now seem agreed upon a spring 2013 make-or-break deadline by which Iran must accept a Western-backed deal or face an array of threatened military operations aiming to damage or destroy its nuclear facilities. In the meantime, a crippling international sanctions regime, reinforced by even more… Continue reading
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America’s Power Game: Iranian People Victims of US Economic Sanctions By Kourosh Ziabari
The reality is that if the United States and its European allies had compelling evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, they wouldn’t hesitate for a moment to launch a military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, and what troubles them is that Iran is not really seeking nuclear weapons. Continue reading
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Iran: When the Drones Backfire on America. Washington’s Troubled Dream? By Dr. Ismail Salami
What strikes fear into the heart of Washington is in fact the ever-increasing sway the Islamic Republic is gaining and that which can be used as a leverage to counter the influence of the United States and Israel in the region. In other words, Iran serves as an antidote to Washington’s venomous influence in the… Continue reading
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Iran: When the Drones Backfire on America. Washington’s Troubled Dream? By Dr. Ismail Salami
What strikes fear into the heart of Washington is in fact the ever-increasing sway the Islamic Republic is gaining and that which can be used as a leverage to counter the influence of the United States and Israel in the region. In other words, Iran serves as an antidote to Washington’s venomous influence in the… Continue reading
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Iran: Fake AP Graph Exposes Israeli Fraud And IAEA Credulity By Gareth Porter
That Associated Press story displaying a graph alleged to be part of an Iranian computer simulation of a nuclear explosion — likely leaked by Israel with the intention of reinforcing the media narrative of covert Iranian work on nuclear weapons – raises serious questions about the International Atomic Energy Association’s (IAEA) claim that it has… Continue reading
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Video: Iran – Did IAEA Fudge the Numbers?
Gareth Porter: Recent IAEA alarmist report on Iran misstates enrichment numbers, putting Iran program closer to Israeli “red line” Continue reading
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The Reality Principle – Episode 3: "Iran: A Nation under Attack" with Ardeshir Ommani
Although most know Iran today as an international pariah, few pay any attention to the covert war being waged against the Islamic Republic of Iran every day. From crippling economic sanctions to the assassination of scientists to the sabotage of critical infrastructure, Iran is under constant attack by her enemies. Israel sees Iran as an… Continue reading
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The Reality Principle – Episode 3: “Iran: A Nation under Attack” with Ardeshir Ommani
Although most know Iran today as an international pariah, few pay any attention to the covert war being waged against the Islamic Republic of Iran every day. From crippling economic sanctions to the assassination of scientists to the sabotage of critical infrastructure, Iran is under constant attack by her enemies. Israel sees Iran as an… Continue reading
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West Continues Speculation on Iran Nuclear Work By Afsaneh Ahadi
One of the most common political tools, which has been always used by Western politicians is to aggrandize a security crisis anywhere in the world and repeat it in different ways. During recent years, efforts made by Iran to master nuclear technology have been used as an excuse by the Western officials in order to… Continue reading
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Iran vs the Empire: Fighting dollarization By Eric Walberg
The West’s attempts to destroy the Iranian economy through heightened sanctions—including most imports, oil exports and use of banks for trade operations—is having its affect. According to Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke, Iran is facing hyperinflation, with a monthly inflation rate of nearly 70% per month and its national currency, the rial, plummeting in… Continue reading
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A World in Which Truth is a Dying Species by GAITHER STEWART
Hidden away somewhere within the labyrinth of the Pentagon there must be a top secret euphemism department engaged in the invention of the Orwellian surrogate words that have crept surreptitiously into the American English vocabulary and from there translated into many other languages. In my mind I see a unit of studiously serious executives, coffee… Continue reading
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Fair Action Alert: PBS and Iran's "Nuclear Weapons"
In an October 22 discussion of the foreign policy presidential debate, the PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown stated that “Iran’s nuclear weapons program has been a particular flash point.” [But] as most people following this story should know, there is no intelligence that shows Iran has a nuclear weapons program. Continue reading
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NSA 12 October 2012: New Book – U.S.-Iran: Lessons from an Earlier War
12 October 2012 — National Security Archive New Book–Becoming Enemies–Explores Roots of the Current Crisis with IranEx-Officials’ Candid Accounts & Declassified Documents Provide Fresh Details, Illuminate Ongoing HostilityEdited by Malcolm Byrne Continue reading
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The EyeOpener- False Flags over Iran
In recent weeks Patrick Clawson, Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Polic suggesting that a “mysterious” downing of an Iranian submarine could get Iran to retaliate, thus provoking them into war. Continue reading
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Rick Rozoff: Full Interview On Events In Syria, Georgia, Iran, Venezuela
Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list, comments on the latest developments in Georgia and NATO’s emergency meeting surrounding the situation on the Turkish/Syrian border and its role in the region. He claims that: “NATO countries and their Allies in the Persian Gulf aren’t going to back down no matter… Continue reading
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Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
While combating the challenges that economic sanctions represent is an arduous task for any government, it is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran’s government, but at its poor and merchant population. Continue reading
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Financial Warfare: Destabilizing Iran’s Monetary System By Nile Bowie
While combating the challenges that economic sanctions represent is an arduous task for any government, it is important to recognize that these sanctions are not aimed against Iran’s government, but at its poor and merchant population. Continue reading
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