Elijah J. Magnier “As President of the United States of America, I apologise for the suffering we have caused the world for decades, and particularly in the Middle East. I am sorry for causing so much pain to the Iranian population by inflicting harsh and aggressive sanctions with the aim of curbing their sovereignty and…
Category: IRAN
Unilateral, Illegal and Illegitimate Coercive Measures
Frank Gonzalez Since 2015, Venezuela has been the victim of a number of sanctions, or unilateral coercive measures, imposed by the United States and its global allies,, with the scope and impact of the measures intensifying under the current US administration. Following Washington’s recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as “interim president” in January, a…
Why Did the UK Commander of HM Montrose Refrain from Firing on the IRGC? Who in Iran Gave Orders to Capture the “Stena Impero”
Elijah J. Magnier | @ejmalrai Iranian IRGC Naval unit onboard of the British-flag tanker “Stena Impero“. The US officially asked Europe, in particular the UK, France, Germany and Italy, to provide a naval force to patrol and protect ships sailing in the Straits of Hormuz, even if the command and control is handled by the Europeans and…
British Hijack Iranian Ship: Another Day, Another Provocation
Tony Cartalucci Had Iran openly hijacked a vessel of any nation, for any reason, plying through waters anywhere on Earth, the US and its allies would immediately cite it as a provocation toward war. In fact, even without evidence, suspiciously timed attacks carried out last month on tankers passing through the Persian Gulf were cited…
Join the CIA: Travel the World Passing Out Nuclear Blueprints
David Swanson In the year 2000, the CIA gave Iran (slightly and obviously flawed) blueprints for a key component of a nuclear weapon. In 2006 James Risen wrote about this “operation” in his book State of War. In 2015, the United States prosecuted a former CIA agent, Jeffrey Sterling, for supposedly having leaked the story…
To Hell with Trump
Angel Guerra Cabrera A year ago, Donald Trump, in pure Hitlerian style, decided to break the agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Action Program (JICA). The outlandish action and the reimposition by Washington of suffocating economic sanctions on the country of the Ayatollahs triggered and has aggravated the new American…
Iran Economic Sanctions Kill as Effectively as Bombs
The Trump administration’s illegal economic sanctions against Iran makes it impossible to import essential medicines, says CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot.
Venezuela, Iran: Trump and the Deep State
Thierry Meyssan The new deal of the White House and the Pentagon The parliamentary elections of 6 November 2018 deprived President Trump of his majority in the House of Representatives. The Democratic Party assumed that this would lead inevitably to his destitution. Of course, he had done nothing to deserve it, but a flood of…
US War with Iran? Not Likely in the Next Two Months
Elijah J. Magnier | @ejmalrai War between the US and Iran is not likely in the next two months, regardless of media campaigns, US unilateral sanctions, and the build-up of US military forces in the Middle East. The US sanctions against Iran date back to 1979 and were actually intensified during the Obama era on…
China in Latin America: The US Loses its “Backyard”
Misión Verdad China formally invited Latin America to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative in January 2018, during its meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago, Chile, where the Chinese and Venezuelan chancellors shook hands. Since then, 16 countries in the region have expressed their intention to be…
Duqu 2.0, Lead Actor on Electric Cyber-attacks Against Venezuela
Alfredo Hurtado CYBERWAR AGAINST IRAN In 2010, a computer attack succeeded in delaying Iran’s peaceful nuclear program for two years. A virus called Stuxnet took control of 1,000 centrifuges needed to purify and enrich uranium to turn it into nuclear fuel. It managed to completely destroy 20% of them. For the first time, a virus…
Venezuela Invaded by Russia, China, Cuba and Iran? We Dismantle the Lie
Franco Vielma In Venezuelan domestic politics, the paradox of the debate on Venezuelan sovereignty between Chavismo and the opposition has been present for years. This debate is paradoxical because there is not really a discussion about two country models, but in fact a discussion about a national model and a colonial model. The positions are…
