With telling embarrassment, Iran is rowing back comments made by an adviser to the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The problem? The adviser inadvertently admitted that Iran values Lebanon only as its...
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Another so-called “moderate” Democrat Elissa Slotkin suddenly says she’s undecided.
Democrat Elissa Slotkin was involved in Obama’s failed Iran deal where Obama sent billions in cold hard cash to the regime in an effort to sign...
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China Quietly Ramps Up Oil Production In Iran
Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com,
The supergiant Azadegan oil field, comprising major north and south sites, is as important to Iran’s overall strategic plan to survive the...
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The U.S. on Wednesday sanctioned an Iranian commercial shipping network it accused of smuggling lethal aid from Iran to its fighters in Syria and to Houthi rebels in Yemen in their fight to control the impoverished country.The Treasury Department...
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iranian Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said on Wednesday that the country had repelled a major cyberattack on national infrastructure.
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The recommendations bring Iran closer to the US’s own advisory regarding travel to the Islamic Republic, with the US State Department urging Americans not to visit Iran, even though most of the world recognizes the country to be as safe a...
American commanders have requested guidance on dealing with an attack from those armed groups and others from Iran and the Syrian government, but officials say they have received muddled direction.
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The United States has taken a more positive stance on Iranian offers of prisoner swaps since the two sides carried out a rare exchange in Zurich through Swiss mediation on Saturday.Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been among several...
Escobar: What Really Happened In Iran?
Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Saker blog,
On November 15, a wave of protests engulfed over 100 Iranian cities as the government resorted to an extremely unpopular measure: a fuel tax hike of as...
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The United States along with Saudi Arabia has blamed Tehran for the attacks, despite the Yemeni Houthi rebels claiming responsibility for the drone strikes on 14 September.
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Matthew Petti
Security, Middle East
Donald Trump said that he needed to help Saudi Arabia fight Iran in Yemen. Now his administration is downplaying Iran’s connections to the Houthi rebels.
Trump administration officials have made a sudden...
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Buchanan: Is It Jaw-Jaw Or War-War With Iran?
Authored by Pat Buchanan via Buchanan.org,
“Jaw-jaw is better than war-war,” is attributed, wrongly, say some historians, to Winston Churchill. Still, the words lately came to...
Iran said on Tuesday that American authorities are holding about 20 Iranian nationals in jail, its official news agency reported, a day after Tehran said it was ready for more prisoner swaps with the U.S.
A...
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OPEC increases output cuts
The Saudis want a higher price
Iran continues to be a problem
Twice each year, the oil ministers of the international cartel gather in Vienna, Austria, to decide on production policy for the next six months. On...
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Iran-born Forouhar has lived and worked in Germany since 1991Parastou Forouhar, Water Mark, a tribute to the drowning refugees, 2015. “This work was created within the scope of the artist residency program of the Brodsky Center, Rutgers...
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David Axe
Security,
The Iranian navy, in essence, built a brand-new corvette, one ostensibly featuring new missile launchers, in order to replace a vessel that in 2018 collided with a pier.
The Iranian navy, in essence, built a brand-new...
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ambassador Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, on the protests in the country, and the weekend prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Iran.
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David Axe
Security, Middle East
Utterly obliterated.
Key point: Tehran's navy stands no chance but that doesn't mean a war would be painless.
The Iranian navy is about to get a little bit bigger. But it’s still hopelessly outclassed by rival...
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David Axe
Security, Middle East
Sanctions.
Key Point: Iran wants to upgrade its fighters.
The Iranian air force on paper is one of the biggest air arms in the world. Its order of battle includes around 350 fighters, more than twice as many as the...
Israel Threatens Iran With "Own Vietnam" In Syria, Hints At Major Pre-Emptive Strike
Days after top US defense officials warned they had credible intelligence of a major Iran threat against American troops and interests in the region...
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