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Iran Retaliates To US Provocations: Threatens To Accelerate Uranium Enrichment
Iran Retaliates To US Provocations: Threatens To Accelerate Uranium Enrichment Iran celebrated the one-year anniversary of President Trump officially withdrawing the US from the JCPOA – or the Iran deal, as it’s better known – by suspending its commitments under the 2015 treaty, an unprecedented escalation from Tehran that will almost certainly alienate the other […]
Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Warns US Carrier: Stay Away From Our Speed Boats
Iran Revolutionary Guard Commander Warns US Carrier: Stay Away From Our Speed Boats It begins: unprecedented tit-for-tat formal “terror” designations exchanged between Washington and Tehran on Monday could soon enter a hot war on the ground. A mere hours after President Trump formally designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on Monday, Iran’s foreign […]
Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints
Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints Iran’s navy has begun a three day war game exercise on Friday in the Persian Gulf, in an expansive area encompassing Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, to the Sea of Oman and even stretching to northern parts of the Indian Ocean, state media reports. […]
Here We Go Again: US Accuses Iran Of Hiding Chemical Weapons
Here We Go Again: US Accuses Iran Of Hiding Chemical Weapons In a trite refrain straight out of the standard Washington regime change playbook, the United States has lodged a formal complaint alleging Iran is developing nerve agents “for offensive purposes”. Like Syria before (and Russia), first comes the “outraged!” human rights violations rhetoric, then […]
SWIFT Cuts Off Iran Central Bank As Tehran Sells 700,000 Barrels To Direct Buyers
SWIFT Cuts Off Iran Central Bank As Tehran Sells 700,000 Barrels To Direct Buyers As reported last week, shortly after SWIFT caved to US pressure and defied the EU announcing it would cut off a selection of Iranian banks, on Monday, the US Treasury said the Iranian Central Bank has been officially cut off the […]
SWIFT Caves To US Pressure, Defies EU By Cutting Off Iranian Banks
SWIFT Caves To US Pressure, Defies EU By Cutting Off Iranian Banks Shortly after Trump reimposed nuclear sanctions on Tehran on November 5, the international financial messaging system SWIFT announced the suspension of several Iranian banks from its service. “In keeping with our mission of supporting the resilience and integrity of the global financial system […]
US Threatens SWIFT With Sanctions If Iran Isn’t Cut Off
US Threatens SWIFT With Sanctions If Iran Isn’t Cut Off Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin threatened the global financial messaging service SWIFT on Friday that it could be penalized if it doesn’t cut off financial services to entities and individuals doing business with Iran. The warning came just days ahead of the US re-imposition of all […]
Mossad Assisted Denmark In Thwarting Terror Plot; Iran Slams Allegation As “False Flag”
Mossad Assisted Denmark In Thwarting Terror Plot; Iran Slams Allegation As “False Flag” Mossad has claimed responsibility for tipping off Danish authorities after they thwarted an alleged terror plot by Tehran to assassinate three opposition figures living in Denmark, according to a senior Israeli intelligence official quoted in the Times of Israel. This comes days after […]
Iran Warns Saudis Of “Red Lines” And Threatens US Bases “Will Not Be Safe”
Iran Warns Saudis Of “Red Lines” And Threatens US Bases “Will Not Be Safe” Iran has issued a number of threats on Friday following official charges made by leaders in Tehran that Saudi Arabia and the UAE funded a terrorist attack on a military parade in a southwest district last Saturday which killed 25 people, […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls Attack On Parade A “US Plot”; Tehran Summons Western Ambassadors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls Attack On Parade A “US Plot”; Tehran Summons Western Ambassadors Iran’s top cleric and leader Ayatollah Khamenei has pointed the finger at the West for a terror attack on a military parade that took place early Saturday in the Southwest city of Ahvaz, which left 25 people dead and over 60 wounded. Khamenei’s condemnation […]
Israel Warns It Could Attack Iranian Military Assets In Iraq
Israel Warns It Could Attack Iranian Military Assets In Iraq In response to what could soon be a big headache for Israeli PM Netanyahu and US “military advisors” to Baghdad, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman indicated on Monday that it could launch air strikes on suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has widely […]
Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns “Maximum Pressure” Coming
Iran Again Threatens Strike On US, Israel After Bolton Warns “Maximum Pressure” Coming In what now seems like a weekly occurrence, Iran on Wednesday warned its military wouldn’t hesitate to strike American and Israeli targets should it be attacked by the United States after previous words from the US national security advisor warning that “maximum pressure” […]
End of unipolar world? New world order evolves in response to US demands on Iran
End of unipolar world? New world order evolves in response to US demands on Iran © Getty Images If Mike Pompeo’s ultimatum to Iran, after US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal, was fulfilled it would inflict economic warfare on the country and set up Tehran for failure while reasserting a US-led unipolar world order. […]
