Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel December 2, 2020 Iran Calls On The International Community To Confront Israel2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/iran.jpg200px200px Above photo: A handout photo made available by the Iranian defense ministry office shows officials praying over the coffin of slain Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during the burial ceremony at Saleh shrine in northern Tehran, Iran, 30 November 2020. EFE/EPA. NOTE: Palestine Chronicle reports […]
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Did Trump Order Iran Assassination? By Abby Martin, Empire Files. December 2, 2020 Did Trump Order Iran Assassination?2020-12-022020-12-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/fakhrizadeh-e1606934922353.jpg200px200px This is Abby Martin with your Empire Update wrapping up the last week of US imperialism. Our first story is about a brazen terrorist attack that murdered a civilian. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of the most important nuclear scientists in Iran, was assassinated on November 27 by unknown […]
Iran In The Crosshairs By Eric Walberg, Covert Action Magazine. November 30, 2020 Iran In The Crosshairs2020-11-302020-11-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/picture2-6-e1606701064436.png200px200px Above photo: Thousands protest potential war in Iran in New York City in January 2020. Teresa Betancourt/AFP. Tracing Overt and Covert Action. The assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist and professor Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has seriously complicated any efforts to normalize relations with Iran under a new Biden administration. Walberg […]
Nuclear Scientist Is Assassinated Inside Iran By James North, Mondoweiss. November 28, 2020 Nuclear Scientist Is Assassinated Inside Iran2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nyt1-e1606592101868.jpg200px200px Above photo: New York Times headquarters. ‘NY Times’ ignores Israeli/Trump motive: goad Tehran into retaliating. A nuclear scientist was just assassinated inside Iran, probably by Israel with Trump administration connivance — but, so far, the New York Times is distorting the news and ignoring the probable and dangerous Israeli/Trump motivation for […]
Israel Is (Again) Pushing For War On Iran November 27, 2020 Israel Is (Again) Pushing For War On Iran2020-11-272020-11-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/fakhrizadeh.jpg200px200px Above photo: The scene of the attack in Damavand, near Tehran. EPA. NOTE: Breaking – a top Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated and people are suspicious that Israel, along with NATO countries, is responsible. See this thread of tweets by Trita Parsi where he explains why. (Click […]
The NYT’s Trump Iran ‘Attack’ Story By Ben Armbruster, Responsible Statecraft. November 23, 2020 The NYT’s Trump Iran ‘Attack’ Story2020-11-232020-11-23https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/nyt.png200px200px Above photo: Inspired By Maps and PixieMe via Shutterstock.com. And the failures of foreign policy reporting. The New York Times published a major story this week, reporting that President Trump recently sought options for a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program in response to a new International Atomic […]
DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They Are Controlled By Iran By Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. November 5, 2020 DOJ Seizes 27 Domains, Claims They Are Controlled By Iran2020-11-052020-11-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/seized.png200px200px Above photo: Department of Justice. DOJ, FBI collaborate with Google, Facebook, and Twitter to make the seizures. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that it seized 27 online domains, claiming the websites were controlled by Iran’s Islamic […]
Iranian troops have been moved to the Azerbaijan-Iran border amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, multiple news outlets reported. Locals residents have spotted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps troop movements along the state border between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Azerbaijan. Some Twitter user wrote: “Dozens of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, together with soldiers, are heading to the north of Iran to the border with Nagorno-Karabakh.” – […]
Iran has unveiled a new version of its local-made air-defense missile system during large-scale military exercise. For the first time, the new launcher of the Bavar-373 air-defense missile system was unveiled during the joint aerial maneuvers, codenamed Modafean Aseman Velayat 99. The joint air defense exercise is a large-scale military exercise covering more than half of the country’s territories. It was attended by air defense units […]
President Trump dying of coronavirus and handing over power to Mike Pence. Black Lives Matter protesters surrounding the Clintons’ house in New York and firing gunshots. These are a few of the fake scandals that an Israeli news outlet’s hacked Twitter account tried to fool readers into believing for a few brief moments earlier this month. Twitter says the trolls amplifying them are linked to Iran. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080810012_0:0:1280:720_1200x675_80_0_0_578af4858f2b97c6b8d24176b779292d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sofia Chegodaeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010181080809689-us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-warns-of-sanctions-for-any-arms-sales-to-iran/ On 18 October, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from Iran were lifted. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that arms sales to Iran would breach UN resolutions and lead to sanctions. “For the past 10 years, countries have refrained from selling weapons to Iran under various […]
‘Distraction Mechanism’: NYT’s Crocodile Tears Over Iran Sanctions By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News. October 18, 2020 ‘Distraction Mechanism’: NYT’s Crocodile Tears Over Iran Sanctions2020-10-182020-10-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/iran-e1603041924315.jpg200px200px Above photo: Vahid Salemi/AP. What seems to be a compassionate plea for mercy from Washington by a major US newspaper is actually just a furthering of the US propaganda war against Iran that’s responsible for the strangling sanctions that frustrate its ability […]
Iran hawk Bolton admits receiving ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ from MKO …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Despite Rudi Giuliani’s growing exposure as a flagrant shill for Trump, he continues to get away scot free for his supporting the terrorism of MKO, along with his cohort John Bolton. Despite the extensive public evidence of supporting terrorist groups against Iran and Syria, US entities without diplomatic […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202010171080804073-tehran-announces-termination-of-all-restrictions-on-transfer-of-arms-to-and-from-iran/ In 2015, Iran signed the JCPOA with China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and the European Union, requiring Iran to scale back its nuclear program and severely downgrade its uranium reserves in exchange for sanctions relief, including lifting the arms embargo five years after the deal’s adoption. “As of today, all restrictions on the […]
What seems to be a compassionate plea for mercy from Washington by a major US newspaper is actually just a furthering of the US propaganda war against Iran that’s responsible for the strangling sanctions that frustrate its ability to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a doctor and activist told Sputnik. An op-ed by the New York Times Editorial Board on Tuesday urged: “Iran’s Covid-19 Death Toll Is […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis, VT Editor Rafael Grossi is the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He is not an Iranian sympathizer. But when he was asked the question about how long it would take Iran to build nuclear weapons, Grossi indirectly deconstructed the entire Israeli machination by saying: “In the IAEA we do not talk about breakout time. We look at the significant […]
Interview by Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor, for Press TV The Trump administration is pushing the US war on Iran into high gear with these new ramped-up sanctions that are more extreme than just about any sanctions anyone has ever applied anywhere. These sanctions are now stopping basic medical equipment from getting into Iran such as the Mepilex dressings from Sweden that are used to treat […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010131080756040-unidentified-drone-crashes-in-northern-iran-near-border-with-azerbaijan-report-says/ Tehran previously reported the destruction of an unidentified foreign drone in its province of East Azerbaijan, south of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, on September 29, and on October 7 sent formal diplomatic notes of protest to both Armenia and Azerbaijan about stray missiles and shells making their way into Iranian territory. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0d/1080753634_0:145:3074:1875_1200x675_80_0_0_31720840ab7eece61dc4bcb4060b3155.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010131080753689-trump-expects-iran-to-call-him-first-if-he-wins-november-election/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump says Iran will be eager to make a new deal with the US if he wins the November election. At the end of last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped Washington would continue with its current policy on Iran regardless of the outcome of the November presidential election. […]
…by Jonas E. Alexis, VT Editor, and Mark Dankof Jonas E. Alexis: One doesn’t know whether to laugh or to simply tell Donald Trump to pick up a history book and start reading. Or why is he afraid of looking at CIA files and other documents to see what actually happened in history? Or could it be that Trump already knows what happened, but that his […]
Trump Administration Imposes Crushing New Sanctions On Iran By Josh Marcus, Independent. October 9, 2020 Trump Administration Imposes Crushing New Sanctions On Iran2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/pomp-e1602244158344.jpg200px200px Above photo: The US president has authorised Mr Pompeo to sanction ‘any part’ of Iran’s economy. Pool/AFP via Getty Images. NOTE: It is important to remember that what the United States is doing to Iran is economic warfare. The economic measures are not […]
Washington has announced a new sanctions package against Iran, hitting the country’s financial sector and targeting 18 major banks. Tehran has branded the move a “crime against humanity” and an attempt to starve the country out. The new sanctions were announced by the US Treasury Department on Thursday. The move was made to further “isolate the Iranian economy from the global financial system,” which the Treasury […]
Head of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights Ali Baqeri-Kani A senior official with the Iranian Judiciary says the body is planning to prosecute 46 American natural and legal persons involved in the imposition of unjust sanctions on the Islamic Republic, which among other things, have prevented the country from importing medications necessary to treat patients with serious diseases. Speaking on the sidelines of […]
Senior Iranian Official: Conflict over Nagorno- Karabakh region cannot be resolved militarily by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The Azeris got their wake up call when the forward airbase they were using got destroyed by a Armenian retaliatory strike, legal under the laws of war, as it was launching attacks not only against Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia itself. If Baku did […]
Iran’s Air Defence Troops already operate four battalions of upgraded S-300PMU2s, including launchers themselves plus the accompanying target detection and designation radar equipment. Furthermore, the country’s domestic defence industries have created a range of first-rate air defence systems, including the Bavar 373 and the Khordad-3. Moscow would have “no problem” selling its S-400 air defence system to Iran, Russian Ambassador Levan Dzhagaryan has said. “As you […]
Two out of a flotilla of three Iranian-flagged tankers arrived in fuel-starved Venezuela on 29 and 30 September, as the South American state boasting the world’s largest oil reserves, was forced to close gas stations across the country due to shortages, triggering protests among the population. Venezuela has received a fresh shipment of much-needed fuel as the final vessel in a flotilla of three Iranian tankers […]
Last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the UN Security Council’s decision to not allow an extension of the arms embargo on Iran as “scandalous”, adding his counry is set to continue joint work with the United States to thwart what he dubbed is “Iranian aggression”. Israel has not ruled out a preemptive strike against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned during a memorial service on Tuesday […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US administration is considering sanctioning Iran’s entire financial system to cut it off from the outside world, Bloomberg news agency reported. The sanctions will specifically target around 14 Iranian banks that have so far escaped US restrictions, the report said on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The initiative, if approved, will designate the financial sector, including money-changers and informal […]
by Salman Rafi Sheikh, with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow, …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa [ Editor’s Note: Goepolitical watchers have kept a close eye on Trump wanting to play the war commander card at a politically advantageous time, and where Iran would be the number one […]
Iran and Iraq fought a brutal, eight-year-long war between 1980 and 1988, with Baghdad invading the Islamic Republic to try to seize the oil-rich province of Khuzestan soon after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Up to 1.2 million people died in the conflict, which included Iraqi use of chemical weapons against both Iranian troops and civilians. US President Donald Trump is even more of a threat […]
On 21 September, Washington imposed sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claiming that “for nearly two years, corrupt officials in Tehran have worked with the illegitimate regime in Venezuela to flout the UN arms embargo”. A senior Venezuelan official has described the US as the greatest threat to the international community after it decided recently to slap fresh sanctions […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009251080568035-iran-intends-to-cooperate-with-russia-on-covid-19-vaccine-production-envoy-reveals/ Russia registered Sputnik V, the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, on 11 August following two successful phases of clinical trials that proved that it was capable of building immunity against the virus in all of the volunteers involved in the tests. Iran and Russia are discussing joint production of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali has […]
First published 24 September 2020, PressTV New and deeply disturbing footage shows a Saudi Arabia-backed terrorist group in the very act of a 2018 attack on a parade in southwestern Iran, which killed 25 people and injured 70 others, mostly civilian bystanders. The video pertains to September that year, when the terrorist outfit known as al-Ahwaziya, struck a military parade in the city of Ahvaz, the […]