Iran
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Beijing cautions US over Iran By M K Bhadrakumar
Beijing fears a confrontation looming and counsels Obama to keep the pledge in his Cairo speech not to repeat such errors in the US’s Middle East policy as the overthrow of the elected government of Mohammed Mosaddeq in Iran in 1953. Beijing also warns about letting the genie of popular unrest get out of the… Continue reading
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The Real News Network – Iran's supreme leader appeals for calm
Khamenei gave his Friday prayer sermon in Tehran since last week’s election which sparked the biggest street protests in the Islamic Republic’s history. “Today the Iranian nation needs calm,” the supreme leader said. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran’s enemies were targeting the Islamic establishment by questioning the authenticity of this month’s election. “The enemies (of… Continue reading
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Video: The Real News Network – Nuclear threats and double standards Pt.3
In the latest video, TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay asked Gustavo Zlauvinen about the apparent hypocrisy of the IAEA’s pursuit in limiting Iranian nuclear armament. Jay asks that if the major nuclear powers were not disarming, and not signing the NPT, by what standard should countries like Iran limit their own nuclear programs. Continue reading
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Video: The Real News Network – Nuclear threats and double standards Pt.2
TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay asked Gustavo Zlauvinen about the apparent hypocrisy of the IAEA’s pursuit in limiting Iranian nuclear armament. Jay asks that if the major nuclear powers were not disarming, and not signing the NPT, by what standard should countries like Iran limit their own nuclear programs. Continue reading
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Iran: Khamenei rides a storm in a tea cup By M K Bhadrakumar
How is the regime coping? Clearly, Khamenei is in the driving seat and is in control of the state apparatus. He is skillfully navigating the regime through the choppy waters. Khamenei’s meeting with the principal opposition candidate in the election, Mousavi, merits attention. The official statement makes out certain key points. First, Khamenei indicated unambiguously… Continue reading
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Larger Context of the Iranian Elections By Reza Fiyouzat
I for one can state without qualifications that ‘elections’ cannot mean anything but a contest between candidates that are absolutely acceptable to a theocratic establishment. This, in turn, means that ALL elections, to varying degrees, are stolen elections, since the participation of a huge majority of Iranians as candidates, by the theocratic Constitution, has been… Continue reading
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The Aftermath of Iran 2009 Elections By Reza Fiyouzat
For now, the Iranian establishment has spoken unambiguously for the continuation of the Ahmadinejad presidency. So, welcome to four more years of back and forth on ‘to bomb or not to bomb’, four more years of sanctions, talk of more severe sanctions, and reports of covert ops and infiltrations, four more years of seeing Ahmadinejad… Continue reading
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Team Obama/Cult Obama By Bill Blum
I could go through the talk Obama gave in Cairo and point out line by line the hypocrisies, the mere platitudes, the plain nonsense, and the rest. (“I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States.” — No mention of it being outsourced, probably to the very country he was speaking in,… Continue reading
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William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 70 The great, international, demonic, truly frightening Iranian threat
On May 12, in New York City, a debate was held on the proposition that ‘Diplomacy With Iran Is Going Nowhere’ (English translation: ‘Should we bomb Iran?’). Arguing in the affirmative, were Liz Cheney, former State Department official (and daughter of a certain unindicted war criminal) and Dan Senor, formerly the top spokesman for Washington’s… Continue reading
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Iran Election: “Ahmadinejad Won”
Iran’s election commission still hasn’t counted all the votes (roughly 32 million votes in total), but, according to the official results based on about 28 million votes counted so far, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (18,302,924 votes) defeated Mir-Hossein Mousavi (8,929,232 votes). Continue reading
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Report Ties Dubious Iran Nuclear Docs to Israel Analysis by Gareth Porter
The false and misleading charge from an intelligence official of a foreign country, who was not identified but was clearly Israeli, reinforces two of Israel’s key propaganda themes on Iran – that the 2007 U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran is wrong, and that Tehran is poised to build nuclear weapons as soon as possible. Continue reading
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Video: Iran: Saman Salour, "The Final Match"
‘The Final Match’ was made as part of Art for the World’s ‘Stories on Human Rights’ on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Continue reading
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Obama, Netanyahu and Iran
Never before has such an open, detailed and thorough study of Israel’s offensive options been published. The authors of the 114-page study meticulously gathered all available data on Israel’s military capabilities and its nuclear program, and on Iran’s nuclear developments and aerial defenses, as well as both countries’ missile inventory. Continue reading
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Amal Amireh – Israel Using Gays to Bomb Iran
Israel is planning to use Iran’s treatment of its homosexuals to convince the world that Iran deserves to be bombed to smithereens. They are planning to recruit western gay rights activists to do their propaganda for them Continue reading
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Andrei ARESHEV: New Round of US-Iran talks crucial for Russia
The Obama administration has softened its anti-Iranian rhetoric, while NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has even promised Iran a right to play its role in stabilization in Afghanistan. Continue reading
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Sasan Fayazmanesh, "The Iranian Revolution and the US Policy of Dual Containment"
Much of the double talk or military threat was posturing and engaging in psychological warfare. A military attack against Iran is difficult and could have long-term consequences. Therefore, such an attack has never been the first-choice option of the US-Israel. Continue reading
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Israel ready to launch a military offensive against Iran By Lech Biegalski
A SENIOR Israeli diplomat has warned that Israel is ready to launch a military offensive against Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. Continue reading
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